From the pages of the Ridgeway Journal dated November 9, 1916: The Journal reported that “indications are as we go to press Wednesday afternoon that Woodrow Wilson has been reelected President by a close margin.” The paper also mentioned that “The race for governor in the state is close between Gardner and Lamm, the returns favoring the latter.” Frederick Gardiner, a Democrat from St. Louis won over Republican Henry Lamm in the closest gubernatorial race in Missouri history. Lamm won the Harrison County vote.
The Methodist Church was pleased to report that 142 attended Sunday School with a collection total of $5.00. J.H. Thompson wrote the column for the church: “The election is now over and the president and governor and all other needed officers elected, so let us get down to hard work again for the kingdom of God.”
The Rex Theatre was showing “Rupert of Hentzau”, a photoplay based on the sequel to “The Prisoner of Zenda” and was a story about an Englishman who “had been elevated to rule as the King of Ruritania at the time with the rightful king was being held prisoner”. He looked so much like the king that even the queen didn’t know the difference until after the coronation.
The community was saddened by the loss of Pansy Alice Henry, a young woman who passed away after a long illness. D.L. McCollum advertised his home in the Sunnyside addition for sale. Twenty-three local property owners posted that “we, the undersigned, will positively not allow anyone, with guns or dog, to trespass on any land owned or leased by use and anyone caught in the act will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” There had been a few accidents in the community caused by careless hunters or loafer “and we are positively going to stop it. This is not a slight hint, but we actually mean business.”
