Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-05-09

Mayor Rasche last week received
a letter from the electric light folk
saying that work was going right
along on the machinery to be used
in the plant.
G. M. London of st. Louis has
leased the residence in west IRON
ton, recently vacated by Fuller
Swift, and will occupy the same
this summer.
The young people of the valley
had q very pleasant dance at Mrs.
Kanouse's place-the old Baldwin
home-in south Ironton last
Thursday evening.
The dedication of the st. Louis
Arcadia automobile road will take
place at Pennington May 23d. The
dedication of Rainbow Dam is set
for the following day.
The county court will to-day,
we understand. let the contract for
putting granitoid walks around
the courthouse square. 1t will be
a'pretty goodsized job.
1t is said that many improve
ments are to be made on the Iron
Mountain railroad and that the
road will be double tracked from
st. Louis to Texarkana.
A granitoid walk has been built
in front of the Rodach property in
north Ironton, known as the old
Dinger homestead. There are
about $500 feet of the walk.
The dedication of the Arcadia
Country Club house-"The Ma
ples"-occurred last Saturday.
About forty ladies and gentlemen
were present from st. Louis.
County Superintendent Burn
ham announces that everything is
in readiness for the County Grad
uation Exercises next Saturday.
With good weather a large crowd
is expected.
The Ironton school closes next
week. The first week in June
Prof. Loomis and wife will go to
Columbia, where the Professor
will spend most of the summer at
tending school.
Mr.. j. Grandhomme has ac-
cepted the agency for the Baldwin
Piano Company at this place. Ii
you are thinking of buying an in
strument Mr.. Grandhomme would
like to talk with you.
Harvey Shepherd was declared
of unsound mind and ordered sent
to the asylum by the county court
Monday. The court will pass on
the sanity of VIM. Pyle, a young
man from Belleview, to-day.
At a regular meeting of the city
council Monday night a committee
was appointed to make contracts
for building crossings over the
streets and alleys. Some work
along this line will be done at
once.
Just Arrived-A tremendous bar
gain in mems and boys fine hats.
Among these hats are a lot OF
$3.50, So, $3.50 and So hats. Do
not wait too long to see them
Choice for IS cents.
B. N. BROWN.
The nan hers of Star of the
West Lodge, No. 1873, A. F.& A
M, are invited to attend a meet
ling of the Mosaic Lodge at Belle
. view next Saturday night, May
, nth. Two candidates for the M.
M. degree. Refreshments after
Lodge.
For Sale or Rent-My 8-room
house with % acres of land, just
outside of city limit. Will sell
choice building lots along the
county road, north Of j. Albert's,
Call or write.
MRS. j. SCHWAB,
Ironton, Mo.
|. MI. A. H. Hinchey, an old val.
ley boy, was in town several days
the past week. Allen is now in
i newspaper work at Cape Girar-
, deau, being editor of the Daily Re-
publican, and is acquiring consid-
cradle fame in the literary world.
. He is the same genial and inter-
esting AL as in the days of long
ago.
:; Mr.. w. R. Hinsdale died at his
residence in Pilot Knob, Mo-, this
"Wednesday morning at IA
9 O'Clock after a long and distressing
illness. A most loving and de.
voted wife and two daughtere-
lovely young ladies-mourn his
demise. The funeral will occur
from the residence Friday after.
noon at two o'clock. Interment
in X. P. cemetery.
? Mrs. Belle v. Van Kirk, aged 81
Years, s months and % days, dice
I at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Grace Falte, two miles west o.
81 Ironton, Wednesday, May 1, 1912,
The deceased had been an invalid
4 for a number of years and but re-
Gently came here from Chicago.
The funeral occurred Friday anc
interment was made in the X. p
: cemetery. To the bereaved we
! extend sympathy.
Manager Butler, of the Ameri'
can Hotel, st. Louis, and a party
. of friends were here Saturday
looking over the valley with 6
9 view Of ascertaining what money
there would be in a high class sum
/ mer resort hotel in the valley
We understand that the gentle