Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-21

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biles will run to Arcadia from fvel
to six O'Clock; return, from eight to
nine O'Clock.
The ladies' Social Club held arecep-
ton, in the basement of Presbyterian
Church last Friday evening, in honor
of Mrs. Emma Hills, who wa visiting
here from st. Louis, and Mrs. D. E.
Morris, who is soon to depart for her
home in Iowa.
Attention is directed to the card of
Mrs. Mamie Walker, notary public.
Mrs. Walker is prepared to all kinds
of typewriting, write deeds, take ac-
acknowledgements and prepare legal
papers. She respectfully solicits a
share of the patronage.
Mr.. Whitehead, after spending a
month in Ironton with his daughter,
Mrs. DR.. Farrar, left Saturday even
ing for his home in Birmingham, Ala
bama, where he is associated with his
son, Rev. Whitehead, in the publica-
ton of the Alabama Christian Advo-
cate.
Mr.. G.. w. Clarkson, President of
the Grand Avenue Bank, st. Louis
to the valley last Friday in his new
car, a "Marmon," which he purchased
last week. Mrs. Clarkson, j.. W.
| Clarkson and wife, of Clarks, Louisi-
ana, and a chauffeur. made the trip
| with him.
M. Nichols last Thursday purchased
from Mr.. 1. G.. Whitworth the store
building on the southwest corner of
Main and Russell streets, at present
used by A. M. Madigan as a hardware
store. Mr.. Nichols gets possession
March LIST, when he will move his
butcher shop and grocery thereto.
Price, $25O0.
Tue Dandy Dixie Minstrels will be
here Friday evening, August 22d.
They will show in their big tent which
will be located on the lot north of the
Roehry residence. The company
carries a full baNd and orchestra, ano
promises a refined and moral enter
tainment. Popular price of admission
Go and see and hear them.-Adv.
The big strike in the lead belt in st
Francois was ~inaugurated last week
and some four or five thousand mel
quit work. The mines are filing witt
water and the outlook is blue. Twt
foreigners, members of the union
were shot and seriously injured by tn
guards of one of the companies Tues
day. Strike breakers have been i'm
ported, and more trouble is expected
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robinson wen
to Ironton Sunday to 9 the former
sister, Mrs. J.. G. Forshee, who ha
just returned from the hospital wher
she recently underwent a successful
operation for appendicitis. They wer
accompanied to Ironton by Mrs. For
shee's children Claud and Esther, VIII
have been staying with their uncle an
aunt during the mothers Illness
Pennington News.
: A. K. Sutton, an old and honore
; citizen of this county, died at hi
home, two miles west of Irontol
! Saturday, August 16, 1918, after an il
: of two days of cholera morbus, age
rs years. The funeral occurred Sun
3 day afternoon and interment wa
made in the Sutton cemetery. III
\ deceased was a good man and citize
Q and had been a resident of the vale
and vicinity for many, many year
/. To his bereaved widow we exter
sympathy. May he rest in peace.
Q Judge E. M. Deering fined fol-
: Wayne county citizens $25 each al
costs Monday afternoon for indnlgir
IS in that famous Ethiopian game
t which numbers "seven or eleven'' G
such an important figure in the TO
4 tunes of the participants. On the
i way back to the jail they procured
new pack of cards and spent the re
OF the day in the great Americ'
IL game "draw." They were hailed in
court the next morning and given
additional fine of 5000 each and t
osts.-Ellington Press.
q While hitched in front of the Bl
Store last Wednesday morning a hoi
rs belonging to Mr.. CD. Alexano
took fright at an approaching aut
, mobile, broke lose and ran away.
% the animal rounded the post Off
corner, going east, he sustained a te
! Tribe fall. But he got to his feet a.
went on, taking the buggy with hi
Over about the railroad crossing Il
horse got away from the buggy a
, ran some distance farther before
80 was stopped. The buggy was a wre
and the horse badly hurt.
A large automobile, built for carr
ing passengers, belonging to G.
Cunningham, of Pennington, jump
from a four-foot embankment VIII
ne coming down the hill from Arcat
20 Heights last Wednesday night,dashi
y into the woods. The passengers w
bruised and scratched, but no one
TO- riously hurt, and the machine v
e. damaged some. However, the
was sufficiently repaired to resu
I'M the journey to Pennington early ne
90 morning.