Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-03


Pennington people are preparing
to entertain the st. Louis District
Conference of the M. E. Church,
South, which meets there the latter
part of this month.
We suggest that if No. 1, the
evening train, is never to get here
on time again the schedule should
be changed so That it can reach
this station on time.
The band boys are going to
Fr~edericktown to attend the Wood
men celebration September 18th.
Quite a number of people from
here will also likely attend.
1t is stated that the Schneider
Granite Company has recently
closed a contract that will keep a
goodly number of stone cutters at
work for three months or more.
DR.. w. j. Smith and. Miss May
Mangold of Arcadia left yesterday
for Kirksville, Mo-, where Miss
Mangold will be examined by DR..
Still, the originator of osteopathy.
Mrs. Thomas, while carrying
some boiling starch Monday had
the misfortune to fall and badly
burn her hand and wrist. The
injuries are painful but not serious.
The Juvenile Concert Company
of De Soto will appear at the Aca-
deny of Music next Wednesday
night, September 9th. 1t is said
they give an excellent entertain
ment.
1t is reported that Mr.. Robert
Trauernicht, now of Irondale,
raised 10000 pounds of mineral
last week-one solid nugget weigh
ing 800 pounds. He has a fine
prospect.
Mr.. Myers, the meat man who
occasionally visits Ironton, blush
ingly admits to his friends that he
is to be married in December. His
numerous friends here wish him
every happiness.
The Harvielle place in Arcadia
did not sell at trustees sale last
Saturday. DR.. Harvielle made a
sale of the place on last Friday to
w. G. Bopp. The price paid was
S2500. A bargain.
John Brierton was here from
Festus for a few days the past
week. John is just recovering
from a severe attack of typhoid
fever and as soon as he is well will
return to Alabama. \
Mr.. Ed. Cain of the screen
factory went to st. Louis Saturday
to meet Mrs. Cain. They arrived
in Ironton that night and will go
to housekeeping in the cottage
vacated by MI. Malugen in a few
days.
The local option wave seems to
be passing over Southeast Missouri
again. There will be an election
in Stoddard county in the near
future and those who ought to
know say that the county will sure
ly go dry.
Joseph Campbell of Marble
Creek Tuesday brought to this
office several very fine large apples.
They are of the Choice Kentucky
variety and as large and excellent
apples as we have seen for a long,
long time.
Frank Walker, who badly cut
Marlin Cox in Bismarck on July
4th had his trial in Pennington last
week and was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary. Walk
er's home is on the gravel road
east of here.
Services at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning and
evening. Sunday school at $3.50
A. NJ, preaching at II A. M. and
1880 P. M. Christian Endeavor at
$3.50 P. M. A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
The machinery from the Bald
win hub factory has been removed
to the addition lately built to the
Clark factory. Work has been
abandoned at, the Baldwin factory
and the premises turned over to
the screen factory.
There was a game of ball be-
tween a home team and the soldiers
Sunday morning in which the mill
tary boys came out victorious.
That afternoon the soldier team
played with a nine from Bismarck
and the latter won.
Leroy Barnes, the little son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes, of Pilot
Knob, died Sunday evening and
was buried at the Pilot Knob ceme-
terry Monday evening. Rev. Geo.
Steel conducted funeral services at
the family residence.
w. G. Bopp gave possession OF
his farm, west Of town, which he
sold to a Mr.. Rudy of st. Francois
county, on September 1st. MI.
Bopp received $4,000 for the place
including all stock and the crop.
1t is a splendid farm.
The colored people chartered a
car to make their excursion to st.
Louis to-day. They went up on
No. 10 at four o'clock this morning
and will return on No. 3, the fast
mail, tomorrow morning. The
car cost $40 for the round trip.
There has been some delay in
the shipment of the new black
boards for the principals room in
the public school. 1t is hoped,
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