Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-30
LOCAL BR EVITIEs.

The war tax goes into effect to-mor-
row.
Basket picnic at Hancock's Grove.
July 18th.
Services at NJ. E. church in Iroutou
at s o'clock Sunday.
Christian Endeavorers, read the
special notice in this paper.
The raspberry was conspicuous by
its utter absence this season.
The heavy rain Sunday afternoon
played havoc with the streets and side.
walks.
Preaching at Graniteville NJ. F..
church Saturday evening and Sunday
morning.
The man who insisted this was dry
moon has been conspicuously absent
since last Sunday.
The young men of the Valley are
talking of giving a dance at the Acad-
envy the night of July 4th.
Services at the Baptist Church Sum
day-morning and evening. A cordial
H..
The war revenue law goes into ef-
feet tomorrow, July l. The principal
features of the bill were published in
our last issue.
The tennis club is having court
prepared east of Lopez's store, Mr.. }.
Lopez having kindly rendered the club
use of the ground free of charge.
Parties desiring internal revenue
stamps, required by the war revenue
law, can secure same by applying to
the Iron County Bank, Ironton, Mo.
For 4th of July, tickets sold at one
fare for the round trip. Tickets sold
on July I'd, Sd and 4th. Return limit
July 9TH. w. P. WEMP, Agent
With this issue the REGISTER enters
the thirty-second year. With posi-
bly, one exception it is by several years
the oldest paper in all Southeast Mis-
souri,.
The institute closes at Belleview this
week The teachers will vote to-mor-
row on the place to hold the institute
next year. The opinion seems to be
Ben Left aud VIM. Spaugh were ar
raigned before Mayor Edgar Tuesday,
charged with creating a disturbance
within the city limits. They pleaded
guilty and were fined 81 and costs
each.
1t is said that Ironton will have
couple of new doctors in the near
future. We have heard that DR..
Blanks of Pilot Knob and DR.. Gay of
Leeper intend locating here in the i'm
mediate future.
During the summer months ice
cream will be served at the Blue Store
on Wednesdays and Sundays. Orders
for cream by quart or gallon for fam
lilies or parties will receive prompt and
careful attention.
We hear that our late :ellow-towns
man, Mr.. II. +. MelhadO, was united
in the bonds of matrimony to a lady in
Terre Haute, Indiana, last week. All
his friends here will unite In wishing
him much happiness.
Hon o. L. Munger, of Carter county,
candidate for Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioner of Missouri, will address
the people of Iron county at the picnic
at HaIe's Grove, Belleview, July 4th.
Turn out and hear him.
The lawn social given on Tuesday
evening by the Girls Guild in connec-
ton with St. Paul's Church made a
very successful commencement for
their work in aid of that church, and
ho+ . no
and often.
LLOYD Lindsay, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. +. Lindsay, Piedmont, has Joined
the army and is now at Tampa on his
way to Cuba. The young man had
quite an interesting letter, telling of
army life in the last issue of the
Greenville Sun.
Our young friend, c. p. Harviell, is
in Ironton, representing the Aetna
Life Insurance Company of Hartford,
Coma. The Compauy's rooms in st.
Louis are 50S-51O, Odd-Fellows Hall.
Charley is an old-time Valley boy, and
the people here know him to be 0. *.
Following are the signal service
readins at this point for the week end
ing June Zotus SllO"luS OhLO
and lowest temperature recorded each
day: June 22d. 81, 50; 23d, 81, 81;
oath, "a, 81; 25th. 80, 40; Goth. 81,
81; 9th, 80, Ga; 2Sth, 81, 90. Rain
fall, 4.67.
St. Louis people are endeaToring to
have the War Department use Jetfer-
son Barracks as Il mobilizing station
for troops to be sent to Cuba and the
Philippines. If the effort proves sue
cessful it is said many of the troops
will be sent to the range here for tar
get practice.
Next Sabbath, July Sd, will be the
next regular communion Sabbath at
the PRESBYTERIAN church, and the pas
tor hopes that all the members will be
out. There will be the preparatory
service on the Saturday before at
which it is hoped that as many as can
will be present.
One day last week seventy-two hon.
ing pigeons from Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin, were liberated at the station here.
No advice has been received as to how
the birds Jared in making The trip
home. Another lot of pigeons from
Green Bay, Wisconsin, were released