Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-11-18
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An intimation of snow Sunday.
Thanksgiving, November 25th.
A bountiful rain last Thursday.
Ice on the creeks Monday morning.
The nuts are plentiful but not all
first-class.
The rabbit hunters have been busy
the past week.
The turkey seems scarce this year.
The summer was too wet.
The w. G. T. U. will meet at the
Baptist Home 8 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon.
For saie-A good work horse; safe
driver. Apply to I. N. MARI, Iron
ton, Mo.
Mr.. Thos. Johnson brought a few
ears Of very fine corn to this office
last week.
Coming soon. A series of twelve
dramas, each one complete in itself,
entitled "Who PaYs?"
Rev. v. 0. Penley will hold services
in st. Paul's church, Ironton, next
Sunday, morning and evening.
Married-At the courthouse Novem-
Der 18th, 1915, Tim McCabe and Miss
bessie Edmonds-of Graniteville, Mo-,
Judge 0. W. Roop officiating.
1t is said that the quail are nearly
all in the woods these days, the hun
tiers having driven them from the
fields.
Recorder Hawkins last Saturday is
sued a marriage license to Tim Nc
Cabe and bessie Edmond of Granite
vile.
A baby boy was born to our baker,
j. W Smith, and wife, Monday ev-
ening, November Is, 1915, at 4 O'Clock.
Congratulations and best wishes.
DIR. ]. A. Prosser, a we'll know dem
fist, died at his home in st. Louis last
Thursday. The remains were taken
to Caledonia for burial Saturday.
The veteran hat drummer, Mr.. Gus.
Long, of st. Louis, visited his Ironton
customers last Saturday, Mr.. Long
has been on the road about 30 years.
Mrs. S. P. Ringo, we are glad to say,
has sufficiently recovered from her
recent illness as to be able to leave
the hospital and will probably be home
soon.
F. 0. Codding was summoned to
Sedalia, Mo-, Monday, to attend the
funeral of a cousin who had died quite
suddenly while witnessing a foot ball
game.
1t is to the interest of all Ladies' Aid
Societies of the Valley to cooperate
with the Baptist Ladies' Subscription
Agency in securing Magazine sub
scriptions. Phone %.
The ladies of the Baptist Aid Society
are urged to meet at the home Of Mrs.
j. N. Bishop, in Ironton, Thursday
afternoon of this week at 2:30 O'Clock.
A social feature will be am important
part of the afternoon.
Mr.. Albert v. Polak Of Ironton and
Mics Moruorot Ponpa of III Smith
Arkansas, will be united in marriage
at the home of the bride this WED
nesday) evening at 8 O'Clock.
Circuit Clerk Hawkins had the mis-
fortune to run a rusty nail into his
left foot Monday evening. He suffer-
ed greatly that night, but has rested
easier since. 1t is hoped that no Sc
rious results will follow.
Washington county will have q To-
cal option election, Friday, Dec. 10th
Washington county has not had a
saloon in years, but this election is
! held to prevent the establishment OF
barrel houses near to the st. Francois
county line.
Mr.. Delano furnishes us the follow
ing high and low readings of the Their
mometer for one week in November,
1880: 18th, 16, Is; 18th, 80, 10; 10th,
q, O: goth, SO, 13; 21st, 2O,2 2; 22d, %,
g; 23d5 81, /; goth, 35, ~. Some No
vember weather that.
The first real winter weather came
Sunday. The morning was mild and
the thermometer recorded 81. Before
noon the sky became cloudy, the air
grew colder and that night the ther.
mometer went down to 20. Monday
dawned a bright and beautiful winter
morn.
Hon. w. L. Hensley and Mr.. Bert
L. France, farm advisor of St. Fran
co.'s county, motored to Ironton in the
rain last Thursday morning. They
spent the day in the valley and that
evening went to Bismarck where Mr.
France conducted a farmers meeting
that night.
In Sundays parcels post we receiv'
ed a sack of rice "from Begley Seet
Rice Farm, Dudley, Stoddard County
Missouri, northern grown, first il
Missouri recleaned.v Mr.. Geo. Beg
ley, Jr., Of Poplar Bluff, is proprietor
of the farm and is said to have dem
onstrated that rice can be prodtably
grown in Missouri.
The following isreproduced from the
Nachitoches, Louisiana, Enterprise o.