Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-19

Chriftmas shopping early"-is
we'll considered. 1t will give you
the more time to replenish your
purse against the next Christmas
MarriedAAt the court house
Ironton Mo-, Thursday, December
IL, 1912, Judge Roop officiating,
Mr.. Sam Dennison and Miss Luls
Hughes-all of Sabula, Iron coun.
ty.
Some unsightly outhouses anc
dilapitated, tumble down fences
in this town ought to be made
conspicuous by their absence
One disreputabl BILE structure may
mar the beauty of a whole neigh
,borhood.
The steam shovel, which was al
work on the railroad at Tip Tor
for several months in the spring
and summer, and afterwards taken
to Summit, was last week taken
down to Arkansas on the White
River Branch.
If you want to~add to the beauty
of this town, tear down that old,
ramshackle fence. The care yoU
put on your lawn will show
to greater advantage and the
painters and carpenters bills
will visibly shrink.
Iron Lodge, No. 1O7, 1. o. o. F..
will observe Thursday night
December 10Th, as Home Coming
Night. All members are urged to
be present at the roll-call. Visit.
ing Brothers are welcome. A
lunch will be served after Lodge.
Cordwood is re-establishing itt
place in local domestic economy,
Hub-wood demand far exceed;
the supply, and we're getting back
to first principles. It's next and
final displacement will be by Kine
Coal, who, though a merry old
soul, taxes his subjects to the limit
All sorts of good things to eat al
Twomey's Restaurant and Market
Green Onions, Radishes, Car
rots, Soup lunches, Grapes, Tropi
cal Fruits, Oysters, Shrimp, Picked
Herring, Pickled Pigs Feet, Linn.
burger, Brick, and Swiss Cheese.
Imported Sardines, Cranberries
etc.
A new time card went into effec
Sunday. No. 8, local train, south
bound, now gets at Ironton at II :0(
o'clock A. M.-forty-five minutes
earlier than heretofore. No. 1C
north bound, gets here at 4:55 A
M, ,Theretofore at 6 A. M. Neither
of the changes are of any benefit
here.
Crow & Bro. have just put intc
their mill an 8-horse power gaso'
line engine, a planer and rip-saw
They also have built a shed forty
by fifty feet in dimensions, for thu
storage of lumber and other ma
teriai. The REGISTER is glad tc
note the continued growth Of thii
establishment in capacity ane
efficiency.
There are humps and hollowF
on Main street which make il
mighty uncomfortable for drivers
of hacks, buggies and automobiles
1t is an annoyance that ought tt
be done away with, and | hope
the City Fathers may take thu
matter in hand in good earnest
Their wisdom and power are Ger
tainiy equal to the occasion.
Rev. Milford Riggs, now ii
charge of the First Baptist Church
Of Ironton, preached his initia
sermon last Sunday. He and hi
family will take up their residence
here SO soon as a suitable hous,
can be. obtained. He will preacl
on the first three Sundays Of eacl
month, excepting this month
wherein he gives the last thre'
Sundays.
Somehow, the electric lights il
this city are unevenly distributed
The lower end of the town i
plenteously served, but farthe
north the lamps are very sparsely
in evidence If necessary, lesi
grouping, gentlemen, and NOR
distribution. I don't like to kick
but here there is certainly a kicl
coming. The dark is too s%trenuou
for my old eyes.
Rev. Mr.. Steel, pastor Of tn,
Baptist church, Of this city, wen
to st. Louis Wednesday to MARI,
a couple at the Planters Hotel
The DR.. was pastor of one of tn
leading Baptist churches in tn
city for several years, and thi
call from these his former parish
toner's to solemnize the rites o
matrimony show their apprecia
ton of him.-Lead Belt NeWs.
Will the weather man give u
ice this winter? Generally, unles
the crop is harvested before tn
holidays, we have to import tn
ensuing summer, and the pric
scars heavenward before autumn,
comes. Are the elements i
league with the High Cost of Liy
ing Combine? There remains bu
one short month in which the,
may make good on the side 9
suffering humanity.
A perfect town is that in whic
you see the farmers patronizln
the home merchants, the laborer
spending the money they ear
with their tradesmen, and all ami
mated by the spirit that they wi
not purchase articles abroad thu
can be bought at home. TIL