Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-06
LOCAL B~REvITIEs.

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Still catching lots of fish in the Shut
In.
Try the Ironton Bakery Bread. It
is fine.
Probate court next Monday. A light
docket.
@. D. Alexander has bought an
automobile.
Full Moon Lawn Party in Arcadia
this evening.
Remember the Yeomen Ball at
Graniteville Friday night.
Ihave a good farm for sale.
j. T. WEBB, Annapolis, Mo.
Because of the drouth the Piedmont
Tri-County Fair will not be held this
Year.
The postmaster never knew what
trouble was until the parcels post be-
came popular.
Not in years have there been as few
st. Louis visitors in the valley as there
are this summer.
The Southeast Missouri watermelon
crop is very short-about a third OF
what was expected.
For Sale-A ten-passenger Hack.
Cheap for cash Or trade. Apply to
DIR. w. J. Smith, Ironton.
Some hot weather again the past
week, but pleasant the past few days.
A third of an inch of rain Monday.
Twenty car loads of alfalfa hay from
Colorado we're shipped to st. Fran
co.'s county last week. The price,de-
livered, is $3.50 a ton.
Some automobile drivers are going
to get in tronble in Ironton for ex-
ceeding the speed limit, if they don't
look out. A word to the wise should
be sufficient.
Edgar Fletcher tells us that while he
was at the Iron Mountain dam one
day last week he saw a fellow who was
slug fishing'' land a six pound bass.
Pretty good sized bass that.
Notwithstanding the unusual drouth
and scarcity of water We hear OF a
couple of wells being dug in the valley
the past month and an abundance OF
water secured at a depth Of Is feet.
The county court concluded Monday
to have the county depository, The
Bank of Ironton, give a new bond.
This action was taken because Of the
fact that j. E. Franklin is on the old
bond.
John Mayes, the livery man, was
arraigned before the Mayor last week
charged with obstructing the street
in front Of his stable. A pies of guilty
was made and a fine Of 81 and costs
imposed.
Mr.. James Falkenberry, our good
friend, the efficient surveyor of Rey-
nolds county, was in Ironton Tues
day afternoon. Mr.. Falkenberry was
on his way home from a business trip
to Madison county.
Miss Jenna Logan, MISS Alice Gay,
Mrs. M. A. Gay, Mrs. 7. B.iPruitt, Miss
Alice Pruitt and Master Sam Gay
made a trip to Pennington Saturday
evening in Miss Logan's automobile,
returning to Ironton next day.
Free hacks will be run from Ironton
to Arcadia and return for the convent
ence of those who wish to attend the
Full Moon Lawn Party in Arcadia this
"wednesday evening. Hacks will
leave the Ironton post Office from 6
: to 8 O'Clock. Free to all.
There will be the regular services
at the M. E. church next Sunday
Ladies' Aid at Goulding Park, with
Mrs. William Harris, on Wednesday
afternoon of this week. Prayer Meet
ing on Thursday evening.
M. N. POWERS, Pastor.
Arrangements have been made
whereby Burk and Hobbs, the evan
gelists, will begin their meeting here
August goth. These great evange-
lists are now conducting a meeting a
Salem, Mo-, and after that closes they
will come here.-Bismarck. Gazette.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Home. Mission Society, O.
Fort Hill Church will be held atthe resi-
dence of Mrs. Jacobs, Thursday, Aug
ust 10, 1914, 2:30 P. M. A full attend
ance is desired, as the business OF the
year will be finished at this meeting.
Mrs. Frank Richardson and her son.
in-law and daughter, Chas. Chandler
and wife, and Ralph and Roy Bleme
of Bonnie Terre passed through towr
in their automomobile Sunday morn
ing on their way to Marble Creei
where they spent the day with Mrs
@. Kuhn and family.
To our good friend, Mr.. A. Roehry
we are indebted for some unusually
fine tomatoes presented to us last
week. Considering the drouth Mr.
Roehry's garden is exceptionally fine
and more than once has his generosi
ty added to the scant fare Of the edi.
TORS table during this awful summer
AT a meeting of the city council
Mondav avaninv a committee. com