Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-05-16

of the Southeast Missouri Drum
mers' Association will be held at
Pennington, Mo-, May 23d, Gath
and 25th. A cordial invitation
to all to attend.
Teachers for the ensuing year
will probably be employed at the
meeting of the Ironton school
board next week. The contract
will also likely be let for putting
in granitoid walks.
The editor acknowledges with
pleasure the receipt this morning
of a box of delicious homegrown
strawberries, the gift of Mrs. Aug
ust Schwab of Pilot Knob. They
are the first of the season.
Mr.. H. A. Nall, wife and baby,
of Jefferson City, are visiting in
Ironton. Mr.. Nall will go to Fred
ericktown Thursday to sec his
sister, Mrs. Hattie Dale, who lis
still in a critical condition.
Mr.. Kelton E. White, quite we'll
known to a number of valley peo-
pie, has been elected treasurer of
the Little & Hays Investment
Company, st. Louis. The young
mans friends congratulate him.
The ladies of the Woman's
Home Mission Society of Fort Hill
Church will give an ice cream and
, strawberry social Thursday after
noon and evening, May %. Place
t will be made known in next issue
, of the REGISTER.
Just Arrived-A tremendous bar
gain in mems and boys fine hats.
} Among these hats are a lot OF
S1.5O, So, $3.50 and So hats. Do
not wait too long to see them
Choice for rs cents.
!, B. N. BROWN.
Elias Nichols, son of M. Mich
+, OILS, who formerly conducted 9
: store in the brick building south
: of the courthouse, was here iron
st. Louis Tuesday. He says they
Q like the city and are doing a gooe
Q business in a meat market ant
: grocery on South Broadway.
9 G. A. White and VIM. Vandel
of Lesterville were in Ironton Sun
day. Mr.. White tells us that they
Q will probably soon remove tn
y hub factory from Lesterville a
Q timber is getting scarce. He say
It they now have enough orders t.
keep the two factories busy for
year.
l. G. A. Buckley was last Frida,
Y, awarded the contract by tn
D county court for building grant
D. told walks around the court hous
square at 8 3.4 cents a foot. Their
% were a number of bids rangin
from Buckeyes price up to IL cent
J. The Job will cost in the neighbol
ic hood of $500.
The editor acknowledges tn
= receipt of an announcement OF th
commencement Exercises of tn
Senior Glass of the Kenneth Hig
k. School, May 18th. Miss john
20 Walker, daughter of Mrs. Mann
Walker, of Ironton, is a memp
lis of the class. We congratulate ii
young lady.
n The funeral of w. R. Hinsda
occurred from the family residen
,;s in Pilot Knob last Friday ate
noon, there being an unusual
large attendance. The servlc
y. were conducted by Rev. Hickok
the Pennington Presbyterli
so church and interment was made
the K. P. cemetery.
,as A plain and distinct shock
earthquake was noticeable in t
valley about 1920 o'clock Mo
day morning. Houses shook a
MS the windows ratified. 1t "
thought that a severe seismic di
ar turbance had visited some part
the the country, but the papers nj
day had no reference thereto.
in A number of the brethren
,rd Star of the West Lodge, No. l
A. F. & A. M, visited Mos
Lodge, Belleview, Saturday mig
rs The visitors report a very please
"a evening, notwithstanding the
clement weather, and say that
he spread after lodge was siml
j Of great. 1t was a most bountl
feast.
The Stated services at the Prest
the terrain church: Preaching I'd.
day and 9Th Sundays at II A. M. 9
Is P. M. Joel T. Mitchell, pas
supplying. Sunday school q
St. Sunday at 9:45 A. M. Q. ). II
ilota sell Supt. Prayermeeting, for
tied present: Wednesday evenings
fore I'd, 4th and 9th Sundays
riy- s o'clock.
A fast freight train, mol
bound, loaded with strawberr
o. was wrecked about two miles Sc
of Bismarck shortly before nj
stuff Sunday. The track was torn
for nearly half a mile and STR
est. berries were strewn everywh'
In consequence Of the accident
the srack VI
can hours " M
ned. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry 3. Bl
,r.h visited relatives in Ironton
past week. They left Tuesday
ID of Hr L ~ wesL ~ their
'o''S to Los Angeles, where they exI
Ito arrive about June 1st.
I. D. editor acknowledges q pre-
left from Mr.. Blood of a coupl,
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