Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-22


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Mrs. Almeda Walker, a member of
the Missouri Home for Aged Baptists,
died at the Home in Ironton, January
II, a few minutes after midnight. Mrs.
Walker was seventy years of age. She
was a charter member of the Euclid
Avenue Baptist church, of st. Louis,
and came to the Home in May last,
being the first woman and the second
person to enter the Home after it's
opening. On December 2 she suffer
ed what seemed to be only a Slight
stroke of paralysis, but grew gradual
ly worse. She was carefully doctored
and tenderly nursed at the Home, but
the end was inevitable. Sister Walk
er was a woman of strong Christian
character and gentle disposition, and
loved by all who knew her. Hers is
the first death to occur in the Home.
A short funeral service was conduct
ed Saturday afternoon in the Home
, by the Superintendent, DR.. Riggs, af-
ter which the remains were sent to
st. Louis for interment following a
funeral service conducted by the pas
tor of the Euclid Avenue Baptist
church.
On Thursday night January Sth a
man registered at the Willard Hotel
as E. E. Dunn, and when leaving the
following day, requested the hote-
people to get his expense checs
cashed. AS the man was recognized
by Mr.. Willard as having been
guest of the house about a year ago
he had NO hesitancy in endorsing the
F. check, which purported to have beer
drawn by Marion Steel Range Co., or
Peoples Savings Bank of Little Rock
Ark, for $37.7 1 Several days after
i notice of protest vas received witt
the notation that none of the parties
/, were known in Little Rock. Upon in
yestigation it was found that the
! same man, under the nam of A. L
King, had cashed a similar check a
the Bismarck Hotel. When here las
| year as shown by the register at thu
+ Willard Hotel, this man registered a.
E. E. Rell. He is of medium height
about ffty-five years old, hair quit
8 gray and a gray stubby mustasche
Wore a brown suit of clothes an
carried a straw bag, trimmed wit
!, leather. MI. Willard will pay hand
somely for information as to hi
whereabouts.
DIR. Hafner, optician, is well know
y to many Irontonians, all of whom viii
regret to hear of his misfortune a
given in the De Soto Republican O
the 18th: "Dr. L. G. Hafner of thi
city was run down by an automobil
!, in st. Louis Saturday night and sus
(. tanned injuries which we're thought TO
D a while would necessitate an %operatior
8 but upon closer investigation it wa
decided that it would not be necessary
y
1t seems that the doctor had been t
i Central College, where he had de
W livered a lecture during the evenin
is and had just left the building in com
pany with the president of the colleg
+ and while crossing the street at tn
same time watching an approachin
car, was struck by the auto an
! thrown violently to the groun
~ directly under the moving street cal
% Eye witnesses to the accident say ths
q the presence Of mind and quick actio
4 on the part of the motorman save
il the doctor from being ground t
70 pieces under the car. Adam A. Hafne
q of De Soto, a brother, was notified {
the accident and left at IL o'clcc
Saturday night on a freight train fc
II the city and was soon at the bedsid
u of the injured man. He returne
! home Monday morning bringing til
!. good news to the DOCTORS frienc
= that he was out of danger, but that b
would be laid up for a week or two
DIR. Hafner left here on January fri
:, and took charge of a jewelry an
optical business in East st. Louis an
! had an engagement with the collee
:. for two or three lectures a week"
10 take the following from Sunday
st. Louis Republic: "Charles Hayni'
at a prosperous farmer and president
): a bank at Williamsville, Mo, we
of killed a half mile south of Foristel