Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-24

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at Miss Fitzjerald's wedding
Piedmont Banner.
Misses Lora and Lille Bishop,
who are attending the Summer
Normal at Cape Girardeau, write
us that they heard Nj. Bryan de-
liver his famous lecture, "The Price
of a Soul" Monday night of last
week. The young ladies char
acterize the address as most elo-
quent and beautiful.
Mr.. j. Hummel returned Satur-
day from a prospecting tour in
Mississippi and Alabama. He has
decided to locate in Jasper, Ala
bal a, where he will erect a hub
factory. Jasperi is a town of about
$1,000, about forty miles from Birm-
ingham. We wish him greatest
success in his new field.
P. w. Whitworth has been carry
ing his left hand in a sling the
past week, the result of an attempt
to hold on a chain with an infuri-
ated bull on the other end. The
palm of his hand was badly
lacerated and occasioned consid-
cradle pain, but fortunately no
lasting injury will result.
Mrs. Sonora Cassidy, wife of
Thos. Cassidy, a plasUerer, who
has been working in Potosi at in
tervals for several years, died at
the home of her father, VIM.
Spaugh, at Salem, Mo-, on June
9TH, at the age of 81 years. Be-
sides her husband she is survived
by a son, four years old. Mrs.
Cassidy was a native of Potosi.-
Potosi Journal.
At the meeting OF the Ironton
school board Monday evening
seven of the eight $500 bonds is
sued by the district for the pur-
pose of building an addition to
the school house we're disposed of
at a premium of $53. Five of the
bonds were awarded to Arthur
Huff, as an agent for some one,
and two TO Mrs. Thos. Newman.
Another bond is yet to be sold.
Otto f. Rieke, Nineteenth Re-
cruit Company, has been trans
ferred from that organization to
the new Twenty-fourth Recruit
Company band, which is now
being organized at the depot, and
appointed a sergeant therein. APP
piicants for the new band are being
examined at Fort Slocum, N. Y,
and Columbus Barracks, Ohio,
and those found proficient will be
forwarded to this depot for assign
ment.-Globe- Democrat.
A.. H. Greason, formerly one of
the best-known lumbermen in this
section of Missouri, died Sunday
afternoon at 4:15 O'Clock. His inn
mediate family surrounded him,
with the exception of son, Glenn,
who lay critically i'll in another
apartment of the home at Seventh
and Vine streets. The funeral
ceremonies we're arranged for 3
O'Clock this afternoon, the obse-
quies to be under the conduct of
the Rev. j. o. Willett of the First
baptist church. Mr.. Greason CAME
to Poplar Bluff in 1882. He en-
gagged in the lumber business and
was a member of the Garetson-
Greason lumber company. About
a year and a half ago he fell ill
and never did he regain health.
He was taken to a sanitarium in
st. Louis and underwent two OPP
erations. 1t was thought his con-
dition had so improved that he
could safely be brought home and
he came here about one month
ago. He suffered disorder of the
stomach that Slapped his strength
and he steadily declined until his
death. He at one time was a
member of the Poplar Bluff board
Of education and was deeply in
terested in educational and public
affairs before his health was un-
dermined. Mr.. Greason leaves a
widow and ten children. Three
sisters, who live in the west, and
one brother, j. D. Greason, survive
him. He was 81 years old. His
son Glenn has been dangerously
sick for a long time, having re-
turned a short while ago from the
west, whittier he had gone in an
unsuccessful quest for health
Poplar Bluff Citizen-D Democrat.
The wedding of Miss Olive
Begley and Mr.. Richard Jacob
meyer took place at $3.50 o'clock
Wednesday evening at the Vine
street residence of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Begley. 1t was a most notable
event of the year. About 15(
guests were present. The cere-
monies attending the nuptial ben
ediction by the Rev. w. M. Baker,
pastor of the Christian church,
were exquisitely beautiful. The
minister stood beneath a great
bell of carnations and smilax in
the first parlor to receive the bridal
party. The smartly clad guests
were grouped in the parlors and
hall, which were gardens Of red
and white roses and rich foliage,
} Potted plants and festoons Of
smilax added their refreshing and
. restful loneliness to the decora-
tions. A heavy rainfall, that APP
parently had no effect on the at
, tendance, caused the postponemeni
I of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobmeyer's