Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Brown has a new ad.
Are you ready to swear off?
A patent medicine show in town.
You'd better pay your taxes this
week.
Masque ball at Bismarck next
Monday night.
Holiday travel on the railroad
has been brisk.
A dance at the Academy of Mu-
sic Thursday evening.
Considerable Christmas boozing,
but no trouble to speak of.
Are you going to watch the old
year out and the New Year in?
No shooting matches in the VAL
ley Thanksgiving or Christmas.
The skating rink fad seems to
have captured Southeast Missouri.
The north bound passenger
trains are all way late these days.
The local banks will not be open
for business next Monday, New
Years day.
Christmas made lots of work" for
the express agent. He's been
hustling all week.
There was a larger crowd in
Ironton Saturday than has been
here for a long time.
January sale at Browns will be-
gin next week. Watch the pa
pers for special bargains.
This is holiday week. The
gentle reader will be patient with
the papers shortcomings.
Why the delay in putting the
bridge across Knob creek? Hurry
up the contractors, please.
Miss Ada Marks very pleasantly
entertained a number of the young
people at her home last night.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
had a Christmas tree Sunday eve
ming. The Baptists had one Tues
day evening.
To Messrs. White & Hummel,
manufacturers of wagon hubs, we
are indebted for a very neat and
attractive calendar.
John D. Webb, an old citizen Of
Iron county, died in Bismarck last
Wednesday. The remains were
inferred there Friday.
The Sweeney place, west of
Graniteville, was sold at trustees
sale last week. Arch Hall of Ar
cadia was the purchaser for S11O0.
If you want to know what is
going on in Iron county during the
year 1905, you'll have to read the
REGISTER. Better subscribe now.
Installation of officers of the
Woodmen Lodge at their hall in
Ironton, at a special meeting,
January 9TH. No meeting Janu-
airy I'd.
Three pusher crews are now at
work. Two night and one day.
Nearly all of the north bound
freights in day time double the
Knob hill.
The rink has been literally pat
ronized the past week. Friday the
Budweiser orchestra was in attend
ance and the evening passed most
pleasantly.
Frank Mangold of Arcadia was
awarded the prize for being the
best boy skater at the rink Satur-
day night. Clara Orrick got the
girls prize.
Christmas in the Valley was
quiet and peaceable enough. No
stir, no noise. The day was as
pretty a Christmas day as was
ever known.
What is known as the Vail place
south of Arcadia, has been sold to
some man from st. Louis, who, it
is said, will build a residence there
on in the near future.
While cutting down a tree on
the Carly place, west Of town,
Tuesday afternoon, Rob. Purkiss
had the misfortune to have his leg
broken below the knee.
U. S. Grant Post, No. $40, G.. A.
R.. meets at Hall, in Pilot Knob,
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock,
on or before full moon.
JEHU JONES, P. G.
j. s. LUTHY, Adjutant.
The many friends of Rev. T. F.
Marshall will be glad to hear thai
he has recovered from the opera
ton finely, being able to leave the
hospital at the end of two weeks.
MARRIED-AtMi ddlebrook, Mo-,
on December %, 1905, Mr.. Godfrey
Jaeschke of Washington county,
to Miss Mary Meyer of Middle
brook, Judge w. G. johnson
officiating.
MARR1ED-At the M. E.. parson-
age, 1ronton, Mo-, Sunday, De.
cember a., 1905, Joe Gilman o.
Elvins, Mo-, and Hattie Profit o.
Iron Mountain, Rev. 7. G.. Peter
son officiating.
The regular price of scholarships
in all departments Of the Queen
City Business College, Spring
field, Mo-, has been reduced TAX
ing effect January list. Good
board and furnished room can be
secured in private houses for $500
per week.