Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
Soon be fishing time.
Bonanza has a new ad.
Next Sunday is Easter.
Who are the candidates for city
Offices?
City and school election next
Tuesday.
Lopez's millinery opening next
Saturday.
The lawns and meadows are get
ting green.
The rain last week tore the roads
all to pieces.
The Ironton schools close in an
other month.
The Democratic County Central
Committee is called to meet April
9th.
Eleven teachers were examined
at the school house last Friday and
Saturday.
BORN.-To Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
w. Jones, Wednesday, March Is,
1904, a boy.
Circuit Clerk Hawkins has pur-
chased the Robert Hill residence
in the east end of town.
Judge bearing announces as a
candidate for Circuit Judge. We
will refer thereto next week.
Louis Miller, of the Arcadia VAL
ley Grocery Store, takes the first
page of the REGISTER this week.
The young men of Ironton will
give an Easter Ball at the Academy
of Music Monday night, April 4th.
All are invited.
Collector Whitworth settled with
the county court Tuesday. The
delinquent list is the smallest in
the county's history.
Owing to the high waters the
mail carrier to the west end of the
county had to abandon his trip
last Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Woodside asks all the
ladies to be sure and call on the
day of her spring millinery open
ing, next Saturday, April I'd.
Remember we are. always glad
to be apprised of an item Of news.
When you know anything of the
kind telephone or send us a line.
j. L. Smith and family, late of
Mexico, Mo-. have moved into the
Forster cottage. Mr.. Smith has
recently invested in Reynolds
county lands: 1
Communion services at the Pres
byterian church,o on Sunday next.
1t is also Easter, and special music
has been prepared for the occasion.
The public is invited.
Miss Ethel Hale, of Belleview,
will have a complete stock. of
aides and children's millinery
ready for inspection Friday, April
list. A pretty souvenir will be
given to each lady visitor.
1t seems to be understood that
when the county committee meets
next week a call will be issued for
a primary to be held May 21st.
This will give us a short, and it is
to be hoped, a sweet campaign.
The remains of Francis, little son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Whelahon,
were inferred in the Catholic GEM
etery at Pilot,Knob Wednesday.
The bereaved family have the
sympathy of the community in
their ~affliction.
The telephone builders are now
at Piedmont and building south.
Mr.. Obermiller, the gentleman who
is in charge of the construction,
says that the forty miles they have
built through Iron county is the
best work on the line.
Smith P. Fletcher, an old Iron
Mountain conductor, died at his
home in st. Louis last Thursday.
Mr.. Fletcher was for many years
baggage master on the accommo-
dation and was we'll known to
many people in the Valley.
On account of the total suspen-
sion of the running of trains, some
disappointment was occasioned by
the non-arrival of the preacher for
Sunday last at the Presbyterian
church. But the service went on
as usual, the pastor occupying the
pulpit.
Samuel Mitts, who several years
ago ran a barber shop in I%ronton,
but is now livingi in Fredericktown,
was here last week. Mr.. Mitts is
now engaged in selling a patent
hat-rack owned by him and Mr..
Rockwell, who formerly lived in
Arcadia.
Charles Robert, the infant son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L. Smith, died at
the residence of G. w. Collins, in
Ironton, Mo-, Tuesday, March 20,
1904, aged eleven months and
twenty-five days. The remains
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