Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-29

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farm with his mother, widow of a
former South African missionary.
ST. LoUlS-Corinne Shine, 8 years
old, 5451 Odell avenue, died at the
City Hospital from the shock of an
operation performed recently to re-
move a toy watch the size of a scent
piece that lodged in her throat when
she accidentally swallowed it.
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Observation-Disclosures Judge H.
G. Mulligan, 70, pioneer resident of
Greene County, is dead at his home
north of Springfield. He served two
terms as Judge of the County Court
and twice represented the county in
the State Legislature.
WEST ALToN-The raising of the
steamer Belle of Calhoun, which was
beached on the south end of Illini
Island to prevent her sinking in the
middle of the Mississippi River, has
begun.
POPLAR RLUFF.-The big Russell
Wisdom revival at the Southern Meth
odist church came to a close on Sun
day evening and it reached the close
with a grand climax, for on this oc-
casion of the last service 200 persons
were turned from the church because
of the want of room in which to take
care of the audience.
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POPLAR BLUFF.-Typhoid fever
having made it's appearance here the
board of health advises that all drink
ing water be boiled.
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FULTON.-Students of Westmin-
ster college have organized a prohi-
bition league. The membership in
cludes the major portion of the stu
dent body.
MEXlco.-C. c. Hickman of Far
Der has bought the handsome Bragg
property here and will make this
place his home. Mr.. Hickman traded
in one of the finest farms in Audrain
county as part payment on the deal.
coLUMBIA.-The Boone County
Trust Co., which recently sent $50 to
the Kennett Commercial Club to buy
a bale of cotton, has received a letter
from the latter stating that the bale
OF cotton bought was produced on the
farm of Mrs. M. E. Pool, whose hus.
band recently died.
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DRESDEN. P. Keller went to
Omaha to see the sights. Within two
blocks of the depot he became &C
quainted with two men and soon was
matching dollars. In half an hour he
lost his money, $50, and borrowed
enough from n of the confidence
men to buy a ticket home.
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POPLAR BLUFF.-George Rogers,
a farmer living south Of Poplar Bluff,
was accidentally shot while hunting.
Rogers sat down on a log, and, lean
ing his gun against it, in some way
the gun was discharged the shot
striking him in the face and shoulder.
He probably will die.
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MAcoN.-The murder charge
against George Houck, who killed
John H. Dale, a blacksmith, was dis
missed in the Shelby county circuit
court. Houck is an officer Of the
Shelby Northwestern railroad.
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SEDALIA.-President Stillwell of
Higginsville, Grand Chancellor Robin.
con OF La Plata and Grand Inner
Guard Drummond of Odessa, all of
the Ninth Pythian district of Mis-
souri,, met with the two local lodges
and arranged for the initiation Of the
Rathbone Bible class of 200 members
here on Nov. %.
JEFFERSON cITY.-Good roads
advocates the state over are engaged
in a heroic effort to save the mill-tax
amendment from defeat, and there is
a possibility that their efforts may
pull 1t through.
MARSHALL-The Y. M. c. A.
work was represented in the Missouri
synod by James M. Banks of st.
Louis. He is state secretary of the
acuooiofion DaHy Chorlae Arnold
presented Sabbath School works.
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MACoN.-Miss Goldye Reedy, teach
erer Of the La Porte district school, II
teaching her girl students how to
make their own garments and the
boys how to sew on buttons as a par
Of the curriculum.
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SPRlNGFIELD.-A resolution rec
ommending the uniting Of Carlton col
lege, a Methodist Episcopal school In
Pennington, Mo-, with Marion col
lege, a Methodist. Episcopal, South
school in Fredericktown, Mo, was
adopted at the session of the st. Louis
conference Of the Methodists Episco
pal church at Marionville.
GREENvlLLE.-R. Laird, general
superintendent for the Wayne Iron
and Lumber company, owned by q
Canadian syndicate, has departed fol
Regina, Saskatchewan, where he has
been commissioned a lieutenant in
the Canadian army service corps.
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HANNIBAL.-A grand jury, which
has been in session here for two
weeks made a final report to Judge
William 7. Ragland In the court ct
common pleas. 1t recommended the
erection Of a ANEW jail, declaring the
present one is a disgrace to the city.
SEDALlA.-John M. Jackson, q
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