Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
LOCAL BREvIrIEs

day.
The ice man has commenced
his rounds.
The Graniteville school closes
next Friday.
Six inches of rain in n week.
Will that do?
Monday seems to be the rainy
day this spring.
The creeks have been booming
the past few days.
Board of Appeals at the court
house next Monday.
Business on the railroad is ex-
cedingly quiet these days.
Buckley has his sawmill about
ready to begin operations.
The Ironton base ball team will
play in Frederiektown next Sum
day.
1t is said that ice-making will
commence at the creamery this
week.
There seems to be some oppose
ton to Sunday ball playing in the
valley.
Al unusual lot of lightning ac-
companied the storm Sunday and
Monday.
The Baptist Sunday School boys
have received their new band in
struments.
A gang of concrete workers built
a couple of culverts near the depot
the past week.
Quilting at Mrs. Codding's
Thursday and Tuesday afternoon
for st. Paul's Guild.
Baldwin Bros. last week bought
the vacant lots on Main street. west
of the old Zwart home.
The local freight now makes a
trip every other day. More evil
dence of the Taft prosperity.
Church services at st. Pauls
Friday evening at 1880; Sunday
morning at 1900 and evening 1880.
The Salvation Army solicitor is
getting to be a frequent visitor to
the rural communities these days.
Iron Lodge, No. 1917, /. O. Q. f.,
will hold anniversary exercises in
the hall Monday evening, April
Goth.
John T. Baldwin has sold his
former home on Shepherd street to
his brothers, T. 7. and ~ 4. Bald
win.
Mr.. Hummel tells US that he is
thinking some of going to Texas
to engage in the brick making bust
ness.
The railroad rate question has
not vet been settled. What the
rate will be after May list has not
been agreed on.
The dam at Pilot Knob is about
completed. Arcadia Heights peo-
pie contemplate making it a popu-
lar place this summer.
w. P. McCarver has moved back
to Ironton from Pilot Knob and is
domiciled in the store house lately
vacated by Con. Kendall.
DR.. Smith last week signed 9
contract to entertain one hundred
guests during the big Baptist
meeting here on Arcadia Heights
during July.
Prof. Burnham will remove tc
Belleview as soon as his school is
out at Pilot Knob. He will prob
ably return to the valley in the
fall, however.
1t is reported that the Clark Gay
hub factory in Ellington, Reynolds
county, will be removed to Winona
in Shannon county, on the Cur
rent River railroad.
I- NIT
Hugh M. Bradley has sufficiently
recovered from his recent illness te
be able to return home. He is ex'
pected in Ironton from the hospita
in st. Louis this week.
A Silver Tea will be given a
Mrs. Thos. Newman's, Thursday
afternoon from 2 to $3.50, for the
benefit of st. Paul's church. Ev-
erybody cordially invited.
Rev. w. j. Hatfield, ID, of Pop
laI Bluff, Mo-, will conduct thu
union revival services here during
the next two weeks. Everyone il
cordially invited to attend.
Now they tell US that the cole
nights Of a couple Of weeks age
did not kill all the peaches ant
that il no further killing frosts
come we may expect d fair crop.
Mayor Rasche has been SUFFERING
from inflammatory rheumatism
again the past week but is improv
ing now. His many friends hops
for his early restoration TO health
A train load Of sheep went nortl
through here Sunday about noon
They 0 from Texas and hat
been on the road three days. Prob
ably four thousand sheep in the
shipment.
w. r. O'Neal was here from
Frankclay Saturday evening. Bill
says that the Taft prosperity hasn'
materialized in the lead belt. Bust
ness is bum, bum, awfully bum
over there.
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