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

cars demolished. The track was
blocked for several hours in con-
sequence.
like to hear the bells ringing on
Christmas and Easter morn; | like
to hear the school bell, the dinner
bell or horn; but thereis one thing
| do not like-it almost makes me
weep-is the ding-dong knell Of
that old COW bell, when | want tc
go to sleep.
There were a dozen or more pas
sengers for the Valley on No.
which owing to the wreck at Iron
last Friday evening went
down the branch instead of on the
Main line. The Valley passengers
road to Iron Mountain on the
wrecker and were driven from Iron
Mountain here.
Geo. Stricklin, who lives in the
west end of the county, went to
Flat River about two weeks ago to
dispose of a wagon load of chick
ems. He sold his chickens all right
but some one stole his horses. The
missing animals were located al
Caledonia several days later.
News reached here, this week, oil
the marriage, about two weeks ago,
Mrs. Hettie L~angdon Jones tc
Arthur Shade, of St. Louis. The
was born and raised in this
county and lived here until about
five years ago. Mr.. Shade is con-
nected with a wholesale shoe house
of st. Louis.-Dmklin Democrat.
w. H. Thomas, who has been
conducting a general merchandise
business on the corner south of the
REGISTER Office for the past eight
months, made an assignment fol
the benefit of his creditors last
Thursday James H. Clark is in
charge of the stock. The liabilities
are said to be in the neighborhood
of $1,000. What the assets are have
not yet been determined.
How dear to my heart is the ole
pumpkin, when orchards are
barren of stufin for pies; when
peaches and apples have been a
failure, and berries of no kind have
greeted the eyes; how fondly we
turn to the fruit that our children
are taught to despise-the old yell
low pumpkin, the big bellied
pumpkin, the undiscovered pump
kin that makes such good pies
Er.
The commissioners appointed tC
assess damages for property own
ers on the right-of-way of the pro-
posed railroad from Middlebrook
to Sheahan's quarry, held a meet
ing Monday and assessed dam
ages as follows: Syenite Granite
Co., St1S; Iron Mountain Co., S37;
Chas. Orrick, $40; Thomas Hill,
S125; Warren G. johnson, S15.75;
Elizabeth Waldron, $3.50. Total,
$685. Is.
Chas. j. Newman was with home
folks Saturday and Sunday re-
turning to st. Louis Sunday even
ing. Charley is now with the o.
j. GUIDE Co., one of the largest adj
vertising concerns in the country
and during the fifteen months that
he has been absent from home has
visited most of the larger towns in
New England and the east. He
will be employed for some weeks
in the st. Louis neighborhood and
expects to pay frequent visits
home.
It seems to be well, understood
that the liberal advertiser gives the
best bargains, as he is not close,
and some people claim that the
best advertiser is generally the
best business man and the most
liberal to trade with. If you want
and liberal treatment
you should always trade with a
liberal advertiser. Money spent in
iudicious advertising in a paper
that goes into the homes is always
we'll invested, as successful mer-
chants readily testify. Close-fisted
men seldom advertise, and also
seldom give bargains, as the say
ing goes. Keep your eye on the
advertising columns of your home
paper. 1t pays to read them.
Keep posted as to bargain places
we'll as news.-EI.
The Fort Scott Daily Tribune
pays the following compliment to
one late a resident of Ironton
&C. A. Byers, who recently gave
up the newspaper business to do
magazine work, is one of the prom
Using young writer's of this county
In a recent issue of the ''Sumng
a magazine published at
Atlanta, Ca, Mr.. Byers had a prize
winning story. There were a num-
Der of contestants, among them
the best writer's in the
States. Mr.. Byers was
seventh in the list Of prize winners
and he was given a cash prize.
This speaks well of the young
writer and marks him as one OF
the best of Kansas productions.
Mr.. Byers was formerly in the
newspaper business in Missouri
but about six months ago he dis
Of his interests there and
came here to do magazine work
for the Mcclure syndicate"
While coming from his home in
Russellville to Ironton last Friday
evening about dark Mr.. w. H
Delano had rather an unusual ex-
perience. He was approaching the
railroad bridge when he saw some-
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