Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-19

him. His left arm was broken in
two places and his head and face
badly burned. DIR. Eaton treated the
injured man and he was taken to the
railway hospital at st. Louis where he
will remain until he RECEIVERS. He
surely had an almost miraculous es-
cape from instant death Harrington
Times,
Died-At her parents home, near
Ironton, Mo-, March IA, 1914, at IL 15
A. M, Elizabeth Vienna, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Allgier, aged Is
years, l month and 8 days. The
funeral was held Sunday, Rev. Calvert
conducting the services. The remains
were laid to rest in the K. P.
Cemetery. The whole community
joins with me in expression of sym
pathy for the bereaved family. May
time heal the wounds untoward fate
has inflicted.
Says an exchanges: ga dearth of
local news often leads to murmurs on
the part of those who prize local
gossip above all else, and it is not all
the fault of the publisher. Any live
publisher will not fail to give all the
local news worthy of note, therefore
when the local departments is short
you should not rail at the editor, but
remember you might have committed
suicide, got married, quarreled with
your neighbor, stolen chickens, let
your team run away, or done a hun
dred other things to make a local
item. If you want a good newspaper
you. should do your share towards
getting it. Any man can die and
deaths are news"
The following is taken from The
Tri- State Union under date March s,
1914: Gamma Cecilia Schoield, the
daughter of Mrs. Mary J.. S%choield,
died at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hulet Seybolt, No. % Orange-st., at 9
O'Clock on Monday morning, after a
long illness, of complication of di-
seases. She was aged "a years. Miss
Schofield was born in this city in the
year 1890. She was the daughter of
the late R. Ed. Schofield and Mary j..
Schoield. She had resided in this
city all her life, until about four years
ago, when, owing to her i'll health,
Mrs. Schofield removed to Huguenot.
They resided there until about a week
ago, when they returned to Port Jer-
Wis to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sey-
bolt. Miss Schofield was Of a lovable
disposition, and was a favorite with
her many friends in this city. Those
who survive her are her mother, Mrs.
Mary ]. Schofeld, Of this city, and one
brother, James Schofield of New
York City" Miss Schofield, together
with her parents, visited Ironton dur
the st. Louis Worlds Fair and made
many friends while here, who will
hear of her death with sorrow. She
was a niece of Mrs. Hattie 0. Davis of
this place.
Talk about your freak lightning!
Last Tuesday night a week ago dur
ing the thunder storm a gum tree
about three feet in diameter was
struck by lightning on Glover Valley
Farm. The shock was SO severe that
all the n~eighbors say they thought
their houses would fall from their
foundations. A day or so later Gus
came home from town and noticed on
their hill something standing about
twelve feet high, which looked like
lumber. On going and investigating
he found it to be a large gum tree
nothing left but a part of the trunk
twelve feet high, and on the north
east side of the tree a hole ten feet
long, tand two and one-half feet
deep and about three feet wide at top.
Rocks had been thrown out which
would weigh over 100 ponds, Follow
ing this about 100 yards, lightning had
gone along the ground and split into
rails a tie log which was lying on the
ground. Fifty pounds of dynamite
could not have caused a greater jar.
Not a limb of the tree over a foot long
could be found, and mud and leaves
were thrown in the tops of the tallest
trees standing near it. One of the
bolts passed over the farm stock
yards, but was too high to do any
harm. P. S.-Since then Gus has killed
three snakes, and one of the Thurman
boys four. The lightning must have
shocked the snakes SO that they came
out of their winter quarters. Any
way, that is the superstition Of some of
the neighbors.
The following letter, issued January
20, 1914, by Mr.. A. e.. Webb, Superin-
tendent of the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way, Wichita, Kansas, is worthy of
reproduction in every paper in Mis-
souri, as well as Kansas: "To School
Principals and Teachers: Am writ
ing you in the interest of Safety First
movement, which has been organized
by railway companies and other large
industries all over the Uuited States.
The object is, as you know, to prevent
accident, and put the crutch factories
out of business, to make every man
his brothers. keeper, and to have his
Safety in mind, as well as his own.
MANY children are made orDhans and