Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-07-23

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Happenings Of Interest
throughout
MISSOURI
JEFFERSON cITY-Benjamin Ca,
son, IS years old, and Mrs. Ludena
Hollingsworth, So, we're married here
by Probate Judge John Garman. Both
had been married before. Judge Gar
man refused to take the customary
fee.
RICH HlLL.-Failing to return at
his meal hour the police were asked
to locate William Lawson, an aged
citizen. He was found entangled in
a barb wire fence with his mind a
blank. The excessive heat is held re-
sponsible for his condition.
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LEBANON. = Milan w. Seri. 70
years old, died at the home OF his
daughter, Mrs. Joseph C. Gadd, Jr.,
neal Lebanon. Scarf was a pioneer
of Lebanon, coming here in 1857. He
was a druggist for more than 40
years.
MACoN.-A daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Richardson of
Ten Mile on the birthday of both Mr..
and Mrs. Richardson.
SEpALlA.-Wilbur s. Allen, manag-
ing editor of the Sedalia Capital n
we'll known throughout the state,
dropped dead in his office here. He
was "a years old. Physicians said
heart disease caused his death.
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NEVADA.-Ernest Weaver was
killed and Jacob Pine and Alvin Hud-
son were injured when the boiler of a
threshing engine on the farm of M. L.
George, near Bronaugh, exploded. Pine
is believed to be fatally hurt.
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CARTHAGE.-Walter Hawk, IL,
drowned near Newtonia, a small town
southeast of Carthage, when a boat in
which he and four boy friends were
rowing capsized. Hawk was unable to-
swim.
CAPE GiRARDEAU.-Dr. Marshall
Edgar Shelton, public administrator
for Cape Girardeau county, died in this.
city after an illness of nearly two
years. He was a dentist for 80 years,
coming to this city from Maxville, Ind.
He was 65 years old.
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JEFFERSON crTY.-School Of
ficials here had hoped that the school
funds of the various counties would be
augmented by the payment of the
huge trust fines, but the supreme
court has ordered the money so far
collected, some $4,000 to be paid
into the general fund.
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FRUIT clTY.-W. C. Uphoff, pro-
moter of the Railroads Unimproyed
Land association, with large holdings
here, has been arrested in st. Louis,
charged with fraud in the disposal of
the acreage. He promises to restore
all the money collected.
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PLATTsBURG.-Returns in the
p~ostmaster's primary show A. r.
Alexander to have won by a majority
of eight. Alexander and Harry M
Young, Democrats, were applicants.
for the postmastership. A primary wss
necessary to show the peoples choice.
JEFFERSON clTY.-Attorney,Gen-
eral Rutherford received a petition
asking that the supreme court enforce
its decree of custer and collect the
original $4,000 fine standing against
the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel conf
pany.
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ST. LOUIS.-Frank Adamowicz a
2k-year-old boy, went to the store for
matches. On his way home he fell,
the matches ignited and he was badly
burned before help could reach him.
The child will probably recover, it is
expected.
WEST PLAlN.-A movement has
been started among business men of
West Plain to construct a toll road to
the Arkansas state line via South
Fork, Bakersfield and Alice Mines,
and other points. 1t is proposed that
a stock company be formed.
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Observation-Disclosures Williams
was shot by Ben Raymond while
hunting turkeys. While crawling
through the brush each hunter mis-
took the others call for an answering
turkey and Raymond fired at the NOV
ing bushes.
SEDALlA.-Interviews with promi-
nent farmers and stock raisers Of Pet
tbs county show an abiding faith in
President Wilson's judgment in nomi-
mating Thomas d. Jones and Paul M.
Warburg on the federal reserve bank
board.
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BRookFlELD.--The committee in
charge Of the good roads day has
completed the program for a tour of