Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-09-10
Happenings of Interest
throughout
MISSOURI

sHELBYVlLLE.-The twenty-sey-
enth annual old settlers reunion Will
take place here Sept. II. and a large
crowd is expected. Arrangements for
their entertainment have been made.
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5ooNvlLLE-A building boom has
hit this place. over $4OO, 900 worth Of
building is being done here this sum
mer, chiefly in the business district
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STURGEON.-Coroner Davis came
to this place to hold an inquest over
the badly decomposed body of a white
man found here in a eornfield- 1t
proved to be ''Pick" Caldwell, a we'll
known local character.
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MoBERLY-Mrs. Anna Angel, 70
years old and feeble, was attacked in
her home at Renick, six miles from
Moberly, by an unidentified man and
beaten. Robbery was the motive.
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ST. JOSEPH.-At the meeting Of
the Missouri conference Of the M. E.
Church, South, Bishop Hendrix, who
has just returned from Europe, pre-
sided, and his prayers for peace have
created much comment among the
members of the body.
DExTER.--Curley Harty. working in
a gravel pit here, had his head blown
off by the premature discharge of
dynamite. w. M. Head met a like
death near here while blasting
stumps.
COLUMBIAN woman claiming to
be a niece of Mrs. McAfee, from Ken
lucky, presented a $500 check to the
Exchange National bank. The name
of Mrs. McAfee was on the check and
the check was one with her name
printed on it. An investigation proved
that the check was not genuine, but
the woman was gone.
KANSAS ciTY.-The new biennial
working contract already agreed on
by committees of the coal miners and
operators Of the southwest has been
ratified by the United Mine Workers
convention.
JEFFERSON ClTY.--L. ". Dix will
gather some 5000 bushels Of pears
from his big orchard heal this city.
Mr.. Dix raises two varieties of pears,
one Of which is now ready for the
market and the other variety will not
be placed on the market until the lat
ter part Of the month.
HARRISBURG. The p~rotracted
meeting held here under the ministra-
ton of Rev. w. S. st. Clair and Rev.
Eagen Herndon is attracting good
crowds and is meeting with much sue
cess. The meeting will continue some
time vet.
COLUMBIA. - Gentry Clark sold
eight mules to Howard Bailey for
1856.
MExlco.-There is a movement on
foot here to start a municipal dance
hal, under perfect management and
chaperonage.
WEBB clTY.-Earl Case, 28 years,
drank two @hnces Of carbolic acid in
the presence Of two brothers and sis
tiers. dying a short time afterward.
Marital troubles and excessive drink
are said to have caused him to com.
init suicide.
CLAYToN.-The st. Louis county
grand jury, in session for months,
submitted their report, in which they
urged county officers to be more dill
gent in the upholding Of the dramshop
excite commission laws.
Observation-Disclosures Henry
Clayton Etherton, superintendent of
the schools at Overland, Mo, and Miss
Winnie Morton, a teacher in the Over
land schools, were married at the
home of the brides father, Hiram c..
Morton, in Warrensburg.
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HH 1a VI 'OoADh hd1 a Z
signed as cashier of the Farmers and
Merchants bank of aVndalia. A. L.
of Chattanooga, Tenn,
has been elected to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Lemon will remain in Vandalia,
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ST. LoUiS.-Two graduates Of a
theological seminary here, en- route to.
foreign missionary fields, have been
impressed into the German army, ac-
cording to a letter received at the
institution.
AUxvASSE.-The ex~-Confederate
reunion closed here Saturday. The
attendance was small on account of
the heavy rain. s. S. McCne Of Aux
vase was reelected president, s. S.
Mckinney Of Mexico, secretary.
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ST. L0ulS.EShoe factories all over
the state are resuming operations,
having shut down in a panic a few
weeks ago. Prospects of large orders
from Europe have given employment
to several thousand men over widely
scattered territory.
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cENTRALlA.-Among the many
novel features promised for the an.
nual meeting of the Missouri Press as.
ISOLATION is a high-class cabaret en-
tertalnment. The meeting will be held
in st. Louis Sept. 1916.
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MONTGOMERY cITY.-A coroner's
Jury, after investigating the death Of
julius Meyer, returned a verdict Of
accidental killing. The body Was
found lying near the Burlington rail-
road, near Buel, this county. The
skull and shoulders were badlv.