Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-19
Des Arc Items.

We are having winter in good shape.
E. w. Graves has Lagrippe.
Mr.. Stevenson, our barber, is sick.
VIM, Stevenson is again in the store
after six weeks sickness.
Henry Sutton is still confined to his
room.
Andrew Myers has been sick for
some time, but is a little better at this
writing.
Chas. Hackworth and William Carter
were seen on our streets Friday.
Thos P. Fitz spent Saturday at Mill
Spring looking after hub timber.
Gus, Funk and Doc Buford have
bought a mill and a large tract of
timber, and will move there soon.
They have sold their property at An
napolis.
Dr.. Fred Farr will locate at An
napolis and will live in the Funk house,
formerly r. A. Clarkson's property.
Doc Buford sold his house to Rob't
Dunn of Annapolis.
A lot of stone masons are here put
ting 24-inch thing in all the wooden
culverts They claim that the wooden
c~ulverts catch aire when the big *
press runs over them in a dry time.
Stevenson Bros. and E. w. Graves
have sold all their thing.
Frank Wray has bought the Doc
Clarkson property, on the corner as
you go over to Mill Town.
Miss Lizzie Burk is visiting friends
in Des Arc.
Mrs. Nellie Hector is at home visit
ing her parents, Jas. and Mrs. Love-
lace.
O'Neal Manufacturing Co., of Mill
Spring, bought a large porker last
week; it weighed over 500 pounds and
cost $44. That Is a good hog for
Wayne county.
The Leeper Lumber Co. took stock
the first of Jan. They have owe eight
million feet of lumber in stock. That
will build several houses.
John Carter and others will open a
store at Piedmont in the old Klotz
building. Piedmont will be the end
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e. w. Graves says the reason that
the ground hog went back in his hole
so soon on the I'd of Feb, was that he
was afraid that Roosevelt would put a
niger in his hole.
John Davidson, a young man that
lived here a long time and worked on
the section, died at Jas. Johnson's
near G%reenville, last week; he was
only sick eight hours.
Miss Matte Maddox went to Bis
marck Monday to visit friends.
Henry Golden went to Keener Friday
} to get q job, but returned Sunday.
He says Brunot is good enough for him
Henry Brewington has sold his farm
and will move to Southwest Missouri.
Rev. P. D. Hartman will preach his
first sermon in March. We wish him
much success. He is a good Christian
and may God bless him in his work.
Rev. Alcorn is talking of preaching
for us every second Sunday as no one
breaches here or that day.
They say Clay Clifton is very sick Of
city life. Having everything to buy
don't suit a man that was raised on a
farm and don't have to buy anything
but sugar and coffee.
The doctors are making more money
than any one else in this section. DR..
Farr, of Des Arc, booked $142 and col
lected $65 in January; the balance, he
says, is as good as gold.
Our old friend Jack feathers was
here last week, after being absent
> sixty days, He will come regular from
now on.
: Mr.. Guessing, of the Guessing Mill
: ing Co. of Pennington, is selling the
, best flour made in Southeast Missouri
Y Born-To Mrs. W. l.. Fitz, a fine
%ten-pound boy. Both are doing well
Jas. Pate, our blacksmith and Wagon
; maker, is on the sick list.
Ed. Maddox, our brakeman, was a
home Sunday.
DR.. Jones, of Brunot was here Mon
day. ISAAC.