Lowry City Indepedent
Lowry City, Missouri
28 February 1929

Mrs. G.W. Petry of Kansas City, spent the weekend with J.W. Titus and family, and also called on Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fields.

Mrs. Reed Wells and two sons visited from Thursday to Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pattison. They ate dinner Thursday at the Wm. Well’s home west of town.

Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Foster celebrated their thirty-first wedding anniversary, February 22, with a dinner. Guests were Mrs. Matilda Bagley, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pattison and Louise and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Weir.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Hart and son of the Star neighborhood spent Sunday with the L.C. Cleveland family, of southeast of town. They were old neighbors when Cleveland’s lived down in the Star neighborhood.

Mrs. Leo S. Wright attended the M.E. ladies bazaar and Washington’s birthday supper at Osceola, last Friday. Miss Miriam, who teaches in the Osceola schools, returned home with her for the weekend.

Farm Barn Burns
The 30 by 50 foot barn on the Dale Smith Farm, one mile east of Lowry City, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin, which was first observed about 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith had gone to the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Daugherty’s early that morning, where the men folks were cutting timber. Wes Duvall, passing the Smith place at about 2:30 o’clock that afternoon, noticed Mr. Smith’s Chevrolet coupe in the barn, but saw no sign of fire, but a short time after reaching his home noticed smoke arising from the Smith farm and returning to the place found the barn in flames, which had gained such headway that very little property could be saved.
The barn and most of its contents were consumed, including a Chevrolet coupe, a buggy, between 400 and 500 bushels of corn, 4 tons of hay, two calves, a set of harness and other things. Another calf suffered burns from the flames.
Mr. Smith carried insurance on the barn, hay and calves, and receives $550 insurance from the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company on his loss. The car, buggy, corn and other contents were not covered by insurance.

Josh Benigar: “My neighbor, Harrison Wright, got out with his Ford the other morning, hitched my drag on behind, and did a mighty good job of dragging the road.”

U.L. Davis and family left last Thursday for Mountain Home, Arkansas, where they visited relatives, returning home Sunday. Miss Tevis Terwilliger accompanied them. Dave Moran carried the mail for Mr. Davis on route 2, Thursday and Saturday.

J.W. Titus celebrated his 90th birthday, February 22, with a chicken dinner and all the trimmings that go with it. Those who participated in it were, his son J.H. Titus of Clinton; “Aunt” Nan Caudle and Mrs. Nannie Gordon of Lowry City, Mrs. G.W. Petry of Kansas City.

Mrs. E.C. Hadley of Fair Play, visited here between trains Friday, at the Ralph Hadley home.

Earl Link and wife who have been living at Miami, Missouri, for some time are moving to the tenant house on J.D. Snyder’s farm now occupied by Lee Robertson and family.

Rev. E.D. Strohm will fill his appointment at the Ohio church, Saturday night, and Sunday morning and night.

John D. Snyder has been “kidded” quite a bit because of an error in last week’s Independent. The item stated that his 34 head of whiteface steers averaged 270 pounds in weight and brought 10 cents. Rather lightweight steers, thought the readers. The whitefaces really averaged 1300 pounds in weight and brought 11 ½ cents per pound. His 33 head of hogs, shipped at the same time averaged the 270 pounds and brought 10 cents per pound on the market.
“My wife sure had a hearty laugh over the mistake,” said John D.