Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-17

She and her husband, who survives,
celebrated their sixty-eighth wedding
anniversary. She was born in Illinois,
and was a close friend of Abraham
Lincoln.
The American Association of Fairs
and Expositions has fixed the dates
Of the 1915 Missouri state fair at Sc
dalia September rs to October 2, in
elusive. The Illinois state fair will
be held the preceding week and the
American Royal at Kansas City the
week following the Missouri fair.
The first movement in Fulton to-
ward aiding the starving Belgians
took place when the teachers of Will
liam Woods college gave a private en-
tertainment, the proceeds of which
will be handed over to the Belgium re.
lief committee. The affair hetteG
about $50.
The life of Mary Phillips, 15-year.
old daughter of Mrs. Aaron Phillips,
of Warrensburg, was saved by the
mother after the girl had drunk con-
centrated I've by mistake. The fam
lily wash was in progress and a solu-
ton of concentrated I've had been pre-
pared and placed on a shelf near
where the drinking water was kept.
The girl drank the poison, thinking
she was drinking water. The mother
gave her vinegar and she will recover
Capt. William Greer, 70 years old,
is dead at his home in Macon. In the
Civil War Captain Greer was a mem
Der of the One Hundredth Pennsyl-
vania regiment. He lost an arm while
the Union army al engaged with
General Longstreet. Shortly after his
recovery from the amputation Captain
Greer attended the Ford Theatre in
Washington and was a witness of the
assassination of President Lincoln.
After the war the captain moved to
Missouri, locating in Ray County,
where he held various offices.
More carloads of live stock were
marketed in Kansas City last month
than ever before in November. Re-
ceipts of hogs were twelve thousand
more than the previous high record.
November, 1908, and total carloads
were 625 ahead of the maximum ever
before received, which was in Novem-
Der, 1909.
The annual convention of the Mis-
souri, County Clerks Association was
called to order at st. Joseph by
Thomas }. Ashworth of Newton Coun-
ty, president of the association. The
clerks were welcomed by Mayor Mar
shall and an address was delivered by
the Rev. Graham Frank of Liberty.
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The body OF Stephen Primer, 55
years old, a packing house employee,
was found in an alley at st. Joseph,
with the back of the head crushed.
There was evidence that he had been
slugged and robbed.
Otto Dierking, As years old, machine
foreman at the South mine, near Lex
ington, was killed by a fall of rock re-
Gently. His back was broken. He is
survived by his wife and three chill
dren.
A much needed rain fell in Central
Missouri the other day, greatly benefit
ting wheat and pastures. Because of
good pastures the market is livestock
cd with butter at twenty cents a pound,
the cheapest for years.
Jostph Taylor of Carthage, a miner,
was killed recently at the Boyd mine,
east Of there, by a falling boulder.
Mrs. Frances Hart, 80 years old, for
sixty years a resident of Carthage, was
found dead in bed the other day.
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Thomas c. Hunter, chief of police OF
Springfield, has been acquitted on
charges of bribery in connection with
alleged police protection Of ~disorderly
houses. The jury voted to acquit on
the first ballot.
w. N. Phillips died at Carthage on
his seventy-seventh birthday after a
long sickness. He was a pioneer set
tier of that region and wal a veteran
of the Civil war.
A monument in memory of the sol
diers and sailors of the C~onfederacy
was unveiltd in Forest Park, st
Louis, the other day. The monument
represents a Confederate soldier
leaving for the front and bidding fare
well to his wife, mother and child.
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Receipts from tag day in Indepen
dence are estimated at $3.50. A mum
Der of solicitors and subscriptions will
be reported later and the amour
probably will reach $500.
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? The Versailles Leader has changed
hands. Samuel Daniels purchased tn
half interest of John A. Hannay, an,
, thus became sole owner and publishe
Of the paper. Mr.. Hannay has bee
engaged in newspaper work there 70
forty-three years. He will move t
Portland, Ore, in March.
H. B. Mcdonald, 73 years old an
one of the w%ealthiest residents of Al
drew County, died at his home nea
Savannah recently. He was a brothe
I ~ u T. McDonald the nioneer &