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From: "Kathy Bowlin" <>
Subject: Higbee News, 26 Jan 1928, pt 3 of 3
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:23:54 -0500


The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which
was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888
through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of
the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping
this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not
harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from
this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the
microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a
photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available
for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library,
generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society.
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Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Atkins were Monday night guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Majors.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Fred Blaise received a message Thursday night to come to see his sister, Mrs. Otto Emmett, at Wichita, Kas., who is very sick in a hospital there. A letter Monday stated that she is doing as well as could be expected, and this we consider good news.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Milt Wheeler and family are enjoying the merits of a new six-tube radio purchased last week. Mr. Wheeler's father, Chas. Wheeler, is especially delighted with the new radio.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. F. M. Blaise had the sympathy of all the neighbors and relatives over a three days' illness caused by the shock incident to the severe illness of her daughter in Wichita, Kas., and the burning of the home of another daughter, Mrs. Wm. Harris, the news of each reaching her at the same time Thursday night, which was too much grief at one time.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Miss Orpha Blaise and Code Blaise spent the week-end at home helping their mother during the absence of their father.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. Thelma Blaise spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Golden.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. C. T. Hargis spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Harris.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Newman and children and Mr. and Mrs. William Hurshman were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Atkins.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Kirk Pitney and family and Chas. Atkins and family were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 2, Col. 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--The two story residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris was completely destroyed by fire, with nearly all of its contents, Thursday afternoon. None of the family was at home, except Mr. Harris. He had gone to the hen house to water the chickens, when he first saw the smoke and flames on the roof round the flue. The wind was blowing a gale and the flames spread so fast that but few things could be saved, some bedding and clothing. Several neighbors came as soon as the fire was discovered, but too late to be of much assistance. Some insurance was carried, but not enough to build the house, much less replace the contents. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have the sympathy of the entire vicinity in their misfortune.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 3, Col. 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Mrs. Hamp Thornhill received word last week of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Nancy Singleton, of DeWitt, Mo.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 3, Col. 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--John Ora Hombs and wife visited her parents, Hamp Thornhill and wife, from Saturday until Monday, returning to their home on the John Denny farm near Fayette.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 3, Col. 1--PERCHE ITEMS--A. G. Oldham has gone to live with his daughter near Sturgeon, since the death of his wife.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 3, Col. 1--PERCHE ITEMS--Mrs. Barsh Griggs of Howard county has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Susan Cleeton, the past week.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 3, Col. 1--PERCHE ITEMS--

Mrs. Aubrey White is at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Thos. Farris of Moberly, who is very ill.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 3, Col. 2--BIRTHDAY DINNER--Sunday, January 24, was a very enjoyable day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kirby and daughter, the day being Virgil's 24th birthday.

At noon the table was spread with many good things to eat, among which was a turkey. The afternoon was spent with music and kodaking.

Those present: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Knaebel, Mr. and Mrs. Mack McCullens, Mr. and Mrs. Mexel Jackson and daughter, Frances Dean, Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. George Berkley and daughter, Cleda, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Kirby, Mrs. Emma Kirby, Misses Lovella Kirby, Trecie Jackson, Marie Kirby; Messrs. James Cronnen, ______ March, Clay Jackson and Earl Kirby.

(Kathy's notes: The paper was filmed out of sequence, jumping from page 7 to page 12.)

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 12, Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. David Davis spent Tuesday in Moberly with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Arnsperger.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 12, Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Mabel Turner returned Wednesday from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ed Seibert, of Paris.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 12, Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Loreta Lessly went to Fayette Tuesday evening where she played the wedding march at the marriage of Mr. Noel Edwards of Columbia and Mrs. Mary Eaton, the ceremony being performed at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. J. W. Myers.

Thursday, 26 Jan 1928, Vol 41. No. 38, Page 12, Col. 4--IN MEMORY--Of our dear mother, Elizabeth Pitney, who departed this life Jan. 15, 1928.

Dearest mother you have left us And your face we'll see no more,

But we hope again to meet you On that bright and golden shore.

No more you'll treat the rugged path, No more you'll suffer pain.

We can not wait your coming, For you'll never return again.

Around the old home fireside The family may gather there,

But that voice is stilled forever--There remains a vacant chair.

You're gone, but not forgotten, Left us here in sin and pain.

It seems so sad to part with you, But we call our loss your gain.

Then let us trust in God today, As our unfailing Friend,

And let Him lead us all the way, Who liveth to the end.

Sadly missed by Father and Children.


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may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc.
without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is
not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes
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Kathy Bowlin
Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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