Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-11
LOCAL BREvITIES.

There is talk OF a wedding or two.
The melancholy days are almost
here!
The city visitors have mostly de-
parted.
Howe's Great London Shows Sep.
TENDER 18th.
September has brought most mag
niicent weather.
The Pilot Knob Public schools
opened Monday.
Mr.. Thomson is arranging to build
an addition to VALLEY Home"
Mine host Kanouse has put up a
street lamp in front of the Commercial
Hotel.
DR.. Baird's professional card is
printed in this paper. He is q physi-
clan of merit.
The small boy and some of the larger
ones, too, are impatiently waiting for
circus day to roll round.
Dr.. Summa has recently purchased a
very handsome Shetland pony and
little wagon for his family.
The Democratic and Republican
Central Committees of the county meet
in ~lronton next Saturday.
The bill posters car for Howe's show
we're here lastFriday. The show goes
from here to Pennington.
The circus will hold forth on the
vacant land across the creek from
where the foundry used to be.
DR.. and Mrs. W. j. Smith have
issued cards OF invitation to the twenty
fifth anniversary of their wedding on
September.
Miss Maude Miller and Lucy Ken
ner went to Arcadia Wednesday, where
they will attend school this year
Harrington News.
A church conference will be held at
Fort Hill church, following the morn
ing service, next Sunday. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
There will be an excursion from St.
Louis to the Valley and return Sep
TENDER 21st. The report that there
was to be an excursion last Sunday
was an error.
The Willing Workers of the Presby-
terian Church will resume work to-
day, Thursday, Sept. 18th, at Mrs. c.
F. Hanson's. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Dean Potter held services in St.
Paul's church Sunday evening, and the
rite of baptism vas conferred upon
two. A good-sized congregation wit
messed the ceremony.
Hon. W. j.. Bryan will make
speeches at Piedmont Saturday, Sep
TENDER goth, at one o'clock P. NJ, and
at De Soto the same date at seven
o'clock in the evening.
Mahara's Minstrels we're here last
Friday and played to a crowded house
that night. The company has a most
excellent band and that was about all
there was to the show.
Miss Utica Reagan entertained her
Sunday School class and Miss Robin
sons music class at the Cedars Tues.
day ever ing. The young people en-.
joyed a thoroughly good time.
From Monday, Sept. goth. we will,
for three days, make free of charge
one of our platino photos OF babies
under two years of age.
w. c. PERKINS.
Rev. L. G.. Peterson, OF L~utesville,
Mo-, will preach at the M. E. Church
Sunday morning and evening. j. A.
Peterson, the pastor, will leave Satur'
day morning to visit friends 10 Illinois,
Mckinney Bros. Of Belleview las1
week sold two car loads of cattle
yearlings and two-year-olds-to Hi
nois parties for $1670.6 So. There were
fifty-six head and all from the McKin.
ney farm.
Grand railroad excursion, St. Louis
to Pilot Knob, %Ironton and Arcadia
Mo-, Sunday, Sept. 81, 1902, via the
Iron Mountain route. Train leaves
Union Station $3.50 A. M. Tickets
$1.25. Griffin excursions.
Sam Park OF Reynolds county hac
a hearing before the U. s. Commits
sioner here last Friday, charged witt
passing a $40 Confederate bill on one
of the Syrian peddlers. Park wa
held for the federal grand jury.
The people OF St. Paul's Church ar
taking steps toward the building OF
rectory.. A goodly portion of thu
money necessary has been subscribed
and bids for the erection OF the struc
ture will be called for in a few days.
A great portion Of the south side O
the old Ironton House saloon fell dowl
couple! Of weeks ago. Fortunately NJ
n wal in the structure at the tim,
and no one was hurt. The old build
ing is just out, going into decay
The weather for the past ten day
has been delightfully."- cool and pleas
ant, with clear skies and glorious sun
shine. Twice has the Thermometer
gone down to SO degrees, and the no
days of midsummer are now only
memory.
Rev. A. D. Ball, D. d., delivered ,
lecture--"Above the Clouds To-Day
in the Bowels Of the Earth Tomorrow
at the Academy of Music Tuesday
night. He was greeted by a fair-sizet
audience, and was listened to witt
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