Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10

county examiners, and devOteS some
time to literary work, so we infer he
is getting along very we'll.
DIED-At Ironton, Mo-, Monday,
July 9TH, 1902, at 9:45 o'clock A. NJ,
VIM. Theodore Francis, infant son Of
Theodore E. and Mary j. Freeman,
aged 2 months and % days. The
funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock P. NJ, and the little body was
laid to rest in the Masonic Cemetery.
The sympathies Of all are extended to
the parents Borrowing for the blossom
withered while yet in the bud.
Three times within the past week
has the fast mail train north and south,
stopped at Ironton, by special order.
On each occasion, from eight to twenty
passengers got aboard at this point.
There is no train on the road that
would give more accommodation to the
people Of the Arcadia Valley than
Nos. 3 and 4, provided stops were
made by them at ~Ironton and Arcadia.
Cannot the railway management
render US this favor?
Word was received here Tuesday
announcing the death, in St. Louis,
the evening before, Of Mrs. L. Steffens,
wife of VIM. Steffens Of Graniteyille.
Mrs. Steffens was taken to the city a
couple of weeks ago to have a surgical
operation. The deceased was a noble,
good woman and Mr.. Steffens and the
family have universal sympathy in
their irreparable loss. The remains
were brought home and interment
occurred in the Catholic cemetery at
Pilot Knob Wednesday.
Walter Nall paid a visit to the
Valley last Sunday and tried to get
away on No. 4. He just got to Arcadia
in time to catch the train-and had to
make a fast run to do that. just as
he finally got aboard he discovered
that his pocketbook containing about
$50 and his transportation were miss
ing. The train was stopped and he
was fortunate enough to find his
pocketbook near the depot. By this
time the train had gone, though, and
Walter could not get away until next
morning. He figures that he was
lucky, and unlucky, too.
The r. r. Y. M. G. A. of De Soto
will give a picnic at Goulding's Park,
Thursday, July 18th. The excursion
train bringing the members, their
families and friends, will arrive about
9:45 A. M. Many visitors from De
Soto and vicinity will accompany the
ex~cursionists. No effort will be spared
to make the outing a pleasant one. A
game of base ball will be arranged be-
tween the home team and the visitors.
Other games and contests will take
place. Luncheon, coffee, lemonade,
etc, will be served by the Ladies' Aid
Society and Young Peoples Union OF
the Baptist Church.
The picnic at Gr~aniteville, under
direction of the Woodmen, the 4th, was
largely attended and was a financial
success. The day vas celebrated in
the usual way, with music, games,
dancing, etc. The A. V. Cornet Band
furnished the music all day long, and
at night the Budweisers played for the
dancers in Workman's Hall. The best
of order prevailed, and very few were
'under the influence" Our Neighbor
Woodmen have good cause to feel
proud Of the conduct of the whole
affair, and the REGISTER congratulates
them upou the perfect arrangements
that made it a success. The ball broke
up in good humor at 4 A. NJ.
An exchange says that the young
people will hear with interest thai
sitting out a waltz will be more fash
ionable in the future than dancing.
The only difference is you sit instead
of dance. The mans right arm il
around the girls waist while his LEFT
hand holds her right. Her left hand
is placed on his shoulder, while hel
head rests lovingly on his bosom and
all they have to do is to sit and lister
to the music. Now, that's something
like it; we have always regarded il
quite a nuisance to gallop a mile OF
two. A room full of people sitting
around on sofas. hugging to music, is
more to our notion. This will give
the old rheumatiky brethren a chance
to waltz, and while many a man may
lose his appetite to dance, he has tc
grow powerful old before he loses hi
appetite for hugging a pretty girl.
l heartily endorse the sentiment o
the following, taken from The Bant
!, Director: "Rag time music was neveI
admissible except as a novelty and al
an examplar of the base uses to which
the divine art might be graded: NJ
more rag time music will be heard
from the Marine band at the White
House, except in response 10 encores
1t does not agree with Bandmastel
Santelmann's ideas Of the respect dut
to the abiding place of executive
power. Punishment of the o on sons
from the halls OF the mighty, it ma!
appear, is at least justified if not on
grounds of It's lack of dignity on the
the better basis of its ~threadbare con
dition. The syncopated darkey melody
altogether written by white men-il
beginning to pail on the a o only
of cultivation, but on that Of the mos
umitigated vaudevilleian. Its varia
tions have been rum"
Sound and conservative i~nancierine
brings Its own rewards. This is vel
illustrated by the announcement tina
the Boatmen's Bank, the Oldest financia
institution In St. Louis, organized IL
1847. has accumulated a surplus funl