Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-30
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.

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County court is in session.
See Rieke & Sons new ad.
Read Browns after Christmas
ad.
Our trains are all late these
days.
Taxes become delinquent Janu-
airy LIST.
The public schools re-open
Monday next.
The local banks will be closed
New Years Day.
Lots of people coming and
going the past week.
Will you watch the old year out
and the New Year in?
Remember the M. w. A. ball at
Graniteville, New Years eve.
The express company did a big
whiskey business the past week.
1t is whispered that Ironton may
soon have a wholesale liquor
house.
First winter in five years that
there has been any ice put up in
the valley.
The Christmas turkey was scarce
and high. Any size bird would
bring $3.50.
Tuesday was the coolest night
zero. Nine inch ice is being put
away this morning.
The hub factory is shut down
this week. Many of the employees
are helping put up ice.
In the neighborhood of one
hundred car loads of ties are at
the Arcadia station awaiting ship
ment.
Chas. Bond writes to change his
paper from Kingsdown, Kansas, to
Belleview. They will come back
" lIoH county
Lost-On Main street, Ironton,
Chrirtmas day, a lady's gold
watch. Return to this Office and
receive reward.
The students of the day school
in the Arcadia convent had an in
teresting Christmas entertainment
last Wednesday morning.
F. Buechsenschuetz, Of Middle
brook, writes: cam storing eight
inch solid ice in my ice house.
Can you beat it in the Valley?"
Christmas throughoutthe county
seems to have been very orderly
and quiet. We've heard ;of no
serious disturbances anywhere.
Lena Morrow Lewis, socialist,
from Chicago, lectured at the
courthouse last Wednesday even
ing. A small audience was in at
tendance.
Morris, fourteen-year-old son OF
Arthur Huff, went out a couple OF
miles east of town and bagged a
couple of wild turkeys inside OF
an hour Christmas morning.
Strayed or Stolen-From my
home in Arcadia ON or about De-
cember 18th, a large Newfound-
land dog. l will pay reward for
his return. S. j. TUAL.
The remains of Mother Marian,
for many years S~uperioress at the
Arcadia Convent, were brought
down from st. Louis last week
and inferred in the convent Gem
etery.
II you want clothes that are
made right, look right, and are
right, in style, quality and price,
we can please you out OF our I'M
mense stock.
LOPEZ STORE Co.
The Baptist and Methodist Sun
day schools in Belleview joined
hands this year and had two big
Christmas trees in the Methodist
church at Belleview Christmas eve
"A large crowd was in attendance.
F. Buechsenscheitz, at Middle
brook, was putting up ice most Q.
last week. 1t was from four tc
six inches thick. Delano y Farra1
commenced putting up ice here
Monday morning. 1t is six inches
and more.
"Sunset," given by the pupils
OF the G%raniteville public school
Christmas eve, is pronounced 6
most creditable entertainment
Owing to the inclement weathel
the attendance was not so large al
had been anticipated.
We are in receipt of a very pleas
ant letter from our old friend, MT
T. r. Walsh, of st. Louis, who wa
50 long located at Granlteville
Mr.. Walsh is a very busy mai
these days, but always has TIM
fora pleasant word with Iron coun
ty friends.
Mrs. Mary Spaugh, mother 2
William and Arthur Spaugh, wa
in Jefferson City recently in al
effort to secure the release OF on
or both Of her sons from the pen
itentiary. 1t is said that she re
ceived little or no encouragement
from the officials. We shouit
think not.
r., T. White was called to Fred
ericktown Christmas day by In
information that his father ha'
been thrown from a buggy and Sc
riously injured. Mr.. White cam
e~aeMnndau awning and saw