Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-31
HAPPENINGS
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IN MISSOURI
Bertha Kneehtnhoffer, 13syears old,
daughter of Fred Knechtnhoffer liv-
ing two miles west of Amazonia, was
killed when a window fell on her neck
as she attempted to climb into the
Liggett school to get a book. Her
father took her to the school house
and after allowing her to alight from
the buggy, went to a neighbor's on
an errand. When he returned a half
hour lated the child's body was hang
ing by the head from the Window
Her neck was broken.
Marshll j. Jenkins, 76 years old. a
pioneer Christian church minister Of
southwest Missouri, is dead at his
home, six miles east of Carthage. He
served two terms as a member Of the
Missouri legislature from Jasper u
ty.
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Giving as his reason that he could
make more money in the mining
business, Walter Ragland, postmaster
at Webb City, has resigned his posi-
ton to take effect Immediately. Mr..
Ragland will resume his position
with the Eastern Lead and Zinc Com
pany.
Several scores of persons were in
jured, many of them dangerously;
more than a score of horses were
killed and traffic was demoralized in
all sections of St. Louis as the result
of the slippery condition of the streets
following a recent sleet storm.
According to the annual report, sub
mitted to the board Of welfare by
the manager of the Kansas City pawn
shop, the welfare loan agency made
10000 separate loans in the fiscal
year ending December l.
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born, ex-deputy city treasurer of st.
Joseph, indicted on a charge of en-
bezzling $4,000 of city funds, was
discharged after having been out
eighteen hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. BARLEY recent
ly celebrated their sixtieth wedding
anniversary with a family reunion
and dinner. They have resided in
Jasper county since 1867 and both are
hale and hearty, though they are ear
ly 80.
Judge L. G. Hopkins is dead at Lib
erty. He was n years of age and
was born near Durham, N. G. He
served in the Forty-fifth North Caro-
line infantry, c. S. A., as a lieutenant
in General Lees army. He had been
a resident of Clay county forty years
and for the last twelve years was
judge Of the probate court.
Maj. Charles g. Confer, long known
as the oldest reporter in st. Louis
died of heart disease at his home re-
Gently. He was SO years old. He
was an intimate friend of Mark Twain.
Judge Samuel Davis, in the Saline
County Circuit Court, has sustained
4bo dapourror ~ tho saoond Dofitiau
in the case of the State of Missouri
ex rel. Attorney General John T. Bar
ker VS.. the Chicago & Alton Railroad
to recover excessive freight and pas
senger rates.
Miss Lucille Brown, teacher in art
instruction at Drury college, has re-
signed her position to become assist
ant instructor at the University of
Kansas. Her home is in Lawrence.
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Harry Moore, 20 years old, acct
dentally shot himself in the right tenn
pie with a shotgun at the home of his
brother, Charles Moore, in Hartville.
He is fatally wounded.
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Railroad and packing companies
have begun cutting and shipping ice
at Lake Contrary. Hundreds Of men
will be given employment as long as
the weather. continues cold. The ice
is eight inches thick and the best In.
several years.
Samuel Westheimer, so years old
and a pioneer business man of st.
Joseph, died recently at his home.
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Peter Mueller, 10, a retired mer-
chant, who served in the Thirtieth
Ohio Infantry in the Civil war and
lost an arm at the battle of Vicksburg,
is dead in Sedalia. He is survived by
two daughters.
The Rev. =. G. ELY, 81, born In Cal
laway county, is dead at his home
south Of Fulton. Mr.. ELY and his
wife, who died last August, were mar
ried sixty-four years.
The first death attributed directly
to the cold this year was recorded at
st. Louis when George Stillwell, 81
years old, was found frozen to death
at the rear of his boarding house.
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