Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-10
HAPPENINGS
of the sOeek
IN o

i IN MISSOURI
Reports received from Barry coun-
ty told Of the first outbreak OF forest
fires in the timber belt of Southern
| Missouri. Persons arriving at Spring
field said that fires on the mountain
sides were visible from passenger
trains between Cassville and Exeter
on the Cassville & Western. and be-
tween Exeter and Monet on the
Frisco.
Eight men we're injured at Carthage
by a boiler explosion at the Atlas
mine. The men had just left the
building at noon and were barely out
side the door when the huge tank
shot up through the roof. The plant
was badly damaged. All the men, it
is believed. will recover.
Otis Watson, IS years old, Of Ne
vada, was killed, his father, George
Watson, was probably fatally injured,
and John McAninch was seriously
hurt five miles east of Nevada, when
a concrete bridge from which they
were removing the false work cayed
in IN them.
The Hickok Block, at Eldon, con-
tanning the Haynes general store,
Hickok furniture and the Electric
Theatre, burned recently. The loss
was about $4,000, with practically no
insurance.
An 11-pound ham, consigned from
the postoffice at R%ocheport to Pek1n,
China, was transferred recently in the
handling of parcel post business. The
ham carried postage to the amount OF
SLAP. Ut will reach Pekin about De-
cember 20 and is a Christmas gift.
The Pettis County Good Roads As
s~ociation has been organized at Se-
dalia under the auspices of the Se-
dalia Boosters Club, the Pettis County
Bureau of Agriculture and the Pettis
County Automobile Club.
Bids for 100000 flannel army
shirts for the Allied army were sub
mitted by several st. Louis firms to
representatives of the British var de-
- -oaouA1Ay IL 80 ha1inUnd thu
contract will amount to mor than
$4,000, 900.
The Webster county court has APP
pointed Mrs. BERTHE Brixey sheriff OF
Webster county to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Sheriff Brixey,
who was killed at Niangua by Edgar
Bartlett.
Amos Whitsett, "a years old, died
at the home of his son, Fred Whitsett,
in Lexington, recently. He was born
near Greenton, Lafayette county, and
lived there all his life. He was a JUS
tice of the peace for many years.
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Chevy Blythe, a "16-year-old farmer
boy, was killed nea Galena by the
accidental discharge of a shotgun I'M
the hands of William Craft, 16. The
boys were hunting ducks,
Edward Hoover, a gang foreman att
the water plant in Palmyra, was in
jured recently by a blast and died
a few hours later.
The business men of Harrisonvillet
will give free moving picture shows
to the public every Saturday after
noon. The entertainments will consist.
of high class comedy and educational
films, the latter pertaining chiefly to-
agriculture.
A bill calling for the creation of a.
court Of domestic relations with pow
ers not ~precedented in any similar
court is to be presented to the Mis-
souri, legislature when it meets in
January.
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J. H. Dintelman, night marshal Of:
Kirkwood, shot and killed a man
whom he saw proving near a bank
the other night.
While cleaning his fathers revolt
yer, Charles Prewitt, Is years old, Of
Carthage, was accidentally shot in the
stomach. His recovery is doubtful.
Anastosios Loizos, who was found
living over a cafe near the heart OF
st. Louis, was pronounced a leper by
the city bacteriologist in a report to
the health commissioner.
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A contract for 100000 pairs of shoes
for the United States navy has been
received by a st. Louis firm. The
same company is at present manufac-
turing 100000 pairs Of shoes for the
United States army.
Charles J. Harrison, pioneer lumber.
mar Of southwest Missouri, is dead at
his home in Carthage Of heart trouble,
He was 70 years old. He had been
in business there over fifty years, and
took a leading part in the building Of
the first railroad into southwest Mis-
souri,.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie
Ryan and her ~sonin-law, Isaac Strick-