Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.

ocnool next Monday.
Special city election January Z.
This is the last day for paying
taxes.
Make your resolutions for the
New Year.
The banks will be closed on New
Years day.
The hub factory has been closed
down several weeks.
Will you watch the old year out
and the New Year in?
Castle Square Entertainers to-
morrow Thursday night.
Quite a number of turkeys we're
shipped to st. Louis last week.
Woodmen's Ball and Festival at
Graniteville Thursday evening.
While in st. Louis recently ].
K. Baldwin purchased a pianola.
No "ring busters" step into Of
flee in Iron county this January. :.
Miss Broadwell's new residence
in south Ironton is about COM
pleted.
By a recent census Elvins, in st.
Francois county, has a population
of 2012.
Seldom the winter gets so far ad-
vanced as this without any snow,
whatever.
There was some sort of a scrap
in Arcadia Christmas day. Not
much of a disturbance, however.
o. j. Buford sends us a Christ
mas card and best wishes from
Greeley, Colorado.
The we'll drillers completed a
well for Lee Barger and are rest
ing until after the holidays.
What has happened to our Ar
cadia correspondent? We should
like to hear from him again.
The hub factory received by wa
gon 500 worth of logs every day
for several days before Christmas.
Chas. Hanson, we understand,
will be a candidate for councilman
at the special election. A good
man.
Alex Buckley is receiving some
fine pine logs. Yet twenty years
and more ago they said the timber
was all gone.
Horace A. Smith has removed
to Isabel, Illinois, where, we UNI
derstand he will engage in the
mercantile business
The consensus of opinion seems
to be that the young ladies did
themselves proud in the produce
ton, CATER the Came"
John M. Thomas writes from
Los Angeles that he will witness
the wonderful flower parade in
Pasadena on New Years day.
Born-To MI. and Mrs. E. G.
Tual, Arcadia, Mo-, Christmas,
1908, just a few minutes before the
dav was gone, a girl. All are we'll!
Our western friend, j.. E. Pink
ley, Mayor of Lewistown, Monta-
ma, writes a Christmas letter to
tell us of the greatness of the wes-
tern cities.
The piece of brick sidewalk in
front of the Christ premises on
Main street ought to be amended.
Tt is q snare to unwary feet, es-
pecially at night.
What is fame? Saturdays Re-
public referred to VIM. HI. Thorn
son, the genial cashier of the Boat
mems Bank, as a "bachelor," and
spelled his name with a "p."
The latest information is that
Miss Annie Polk, who is in the
Baptist Hospital, st. Louis, is get
ting along very nicely and hopes
to be able to return home soon.
We are sorry to learn that W.T..
Niccolls and his estimable family
are leaving De Soto for st. Louis.
Mrs. Nicolls says she is not going
for good, though.-De Soto Republi-
can.
Hon. @. H. Polk will start to
Jefferson CITY Sunday. He will
be glad to hear from his constitu-
ents at any time in reference to all
matters coming before the legisla-
ture.
Last Fridays express brought us
a most excellent box of cigars
from Chicago Christmas re-
menlbrance from the Murdoch
Crumb Co. Many thanks, gentle-
men.
We acknowledge Christmas
greetings from E. H. Amelung,th
old Knob boy, now superintend-
emit of the Prudential Life Insur-
ance Company at New Albany,
Indiana.
The valley has been extremely
quiet-commercially, socially and
otherwise during the holidays.
Jake Grandhomme says t he reas-
on therefor is that we are SO aw-
fully "dry."
DR.. and Mrs. j. M. Sloan, Mr.. T..
L. Smith and Miss Ida Belle
Smith will attend a Christmas
family reunion at the home of Mr..
Geo. w. Clarkson of Arcadia. Mo.