Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Hay rides seem to be very popu-
lar these days.
The first ice of the season last
Sunday morning.
We must have better train SER
vice at this station.
And still there is a demand for
dwelling houses in Ironton.
The Guild of st. Paul's will meet
at Mrs. Ringo's this afternoon.
Some wild ducks have been
killed on the creek the past week.
Go to Fairchild's for Busy Bee
candy and Blankets fine cholco-
lates.
1t is reported that there are quite
a lot of ducks on the Iron Noun
tain dam.
The screen factory will probably
begin operations for the season in
a few days.
w. P Patterson last week pur-
chased from w. F. Elsman a farm
east of Pilot Knob.
There is general complaint at
the delay in nearly all freight ship
ments on the road.
Louis Miller will soon have his
grocery and hardware store in Ar
cadia ready for business.
There are no night passenger
trains on the branch since the new
time-card went into effect.
A great many of our exchanges
throughout the Southeast are tell
ing of October strawberries.
Rt. Rev. D. S. futile will hold
services in st. Paul's church, IRON
ton, on Sunday, November 18th.
Poplar Bluff has free mail de-
livery after November list and
seems to be very proud OF the fact.
Eight or ten of our nimrods were
out driving deer one day last week
but they failed to get a single shot.
Circuit court convenes next Mon
day. The docket is printed this
week and is somewhat larger than
usual.
Mrs. Nancy Moon, aged about
seventy-five years, died at her
home in Pilot Knob last Thursday
after a long illness.
Lopez's millinery department.
this season is most complete.
Ladies in search of anything new
and novel should call.
Do not forget the Autumn Festi-
val at the Academy of Music next
Tuesday night. 1t is going to be
the affair of the season.
The City Collector is waiting for
you to call on him Remember 1T
is not many weeks now before city
taxes become delinquent.
j. T. Baldwin & Sons yesterday
received twenty-five dozen brooms
which were bought before the raise,
and which will be sold at a bar
gain.
AS long as the strike of the ex-
press employees continues We'll
have to do without oysters, fish and
all the other delicacies that come
by express.
FoUND-In front of Lopez's store
on Tuesday, October Goth, a lady's
Jacket. Owner can have same by
proving property and paying for
this advertisement.
MARRIED-At Ironton, Missouri,
Wednesday, Oct. Fl, 1908, by w.
G. Fairchild, j. p, Loranzy D.
Miner and Nancy Wicks, both of
Washington county, Mo.
G. G. Farmer brought some very
fine specimens of yellow corn to
this Office Wednesday. The corn
was grown on the farm of j. D..
Stephens near Caledonia.
To our very good friend, Her.
man Kretschmar of st. Louis we
are indebted for a bottle of 'sextra'
dry" Mr.. Kretschmar isisojourn-
ing at Eureka Springs for short
time.
j. P. Gillian this week brought
to the REGISTER Office some very
fine large peach-blow potatoes.
Just twenty-seven of these pota-
toes, Mr.. Gillian says, made a
bushel.
Ludwig Reichert has just moved
into his commodious and hand
some new home, just completed,
on the Hinchey place, south of
Arcadia, which he purchased about
a year ago.
The manin the moon lay dream
ing, that he was wandering in
shady dell, when the COW made a
Jump, that made the moon hump,
and woke the old nan with the
sound of her bell.
We hope to see great interest
manifested in the Corn show to be
held in Ironton on November I'd.
Every farmer in the county should
try-and make an exhibit. Let Iron
county do her best.
Recorder Hawkins granted mar
rage licenses this week to George
Robson, Of st. Francois county,
Mo-, and Perrie Dunn, Annapolis,
Mo-, and l.. D. Miner and Nancy
Wicks-both of Washington coun-
ty, Mo.
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Mrs. Blemel had a party Monday
evening. A number Of friends
were present and the hours passed
most delightfully."-. Everybody had
q rnnd tima. and the assembled