Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-26
HAPPENINGS
of f6e sOeek
IN MISSOURI

A tractor parade, a mile long, viii
be a new feature of the Missouri State
Fair which is to be held at Sedalis
this fall. More than fifty motor trac
tors will be on exhibition, and twenty
five more will be blowing the fields
near the fair grounds. These will be
assembled for the parade,
Harold Boyd of Jacksonville, ILL.,, q
member of the Jeffries Band, playing
at the Davies County C%hautauqua, was
drowned in Grand River nea Gallatin
the other afternoon.
Willie Kimmons, Z years old, son O.
MI. and Mrs. j. R. Kimmons, was
drowned in a small pond on his I'm
cle's farm near Poplar Bluff. Mr.
Kimmons is a travelling salesman fol
the Norvell Shapleigh Hardware Com
pany. His headquarters are in Sa
lima, Kas.
A suit to determine which of two
conflicting state laws concerning the
sale of oleomargarine is now in force
has been filed at st. Louis by Prose
cutting Attorney Sidener. The pro
ceedings took the form of a test suit
against a legal dealer.
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George B. Mather is dead at Sedalia.
He was born in Kentucky in 1888 and
had been a. resident of Pettis county
since 1860. He served as a Union sol
der in the Civil War. He is survived
by one son and one daughter.
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Fire starting in a livery barn at
Kingsville destroyed that building
with several vehicles, a blacksmith
shop, a barber shop, restaurant and
the postoffce. The loss is about
$4,000.
Judge and Mrs. Peter Dick celebrat,
ed their golden wedding at Upton the
other day. Judge Dick was a member
of the county court n term. He is
73 years old.
Seventeen carloads Of walnut logs
have been shipped from the town OF
Centerview to be manufactured into
stocks of rifles to be used by the AL
lies. The logs have been shipped to
st. Louis and Kansas City planning
mills, where they are roughed into
stocks and then sent to the rifle man
ufacturers to be finished. The high
price offered by the manufacturers fol
Johnson county walnut has caused
owners of the timber to sell it.
Invitation to the Missouri United
Conferedate Veterans to hold their an
nual reunion this year at Springfield
has been accepted, according to wore
received by General T. G. Love, com
handing the Western division, from
General George P. Gross of Higgins
vile, commanding the Missouri divis
ion. The reunion will be held Septem
Der % and 20.
Seven months ago the Twin Cit.
mine, near Carthage, was offered TO
sale at less than $4,000, with no takers
Recently the mine was bought by Ok
lahoma oil men for $4,000. The mine
one of the oldest in the district, wa
idle until the price of zinc began t
soar, as a result of the war.
The Rev. Charles D. Todd, for tw
years pastor of the Second Congregf
tional church Of Sedalia, has II
signed. On September l he will b.
come a member of the extension sta.
of the Moody Bible Institute in Oh
cago, and will travel eleven months {
the year, doing evangelistic work.
Carrollton at a recent special ele,
ton voted a levy of fifty cents @
the hundred dollars valuation
replace the $4,000 yearly wen tn
city will lose when the saloons al
closed September l.
Speaker Champ Clark has been of
cially informed that there is a cor
munity called High Point in Montgor
cry county which is entitled to Il
J blue ribbon because of the number
twins that have been born in Il
neighborhood, the number belr
: twelve pair within a radius Of abol
two and one-half miles. The speak
] says he wants ex-President Rooseve
{ to visit the community and make pro
er recognition. One of the eleven fal
!. lilies had two sets of twins.
, The ten-months-old daughter Of +
erett Montgomery was strangled
Z death al, the home OF the parents
: Buffalo when a bean which she swi
: lowed lodged in her windpipe.
James M. Means, one OF Clay Gov
8 TVS Oldest citizens. was found de
in bed at his home east Of Liberty.
{ { was born in 1926 and lived all his i
within q half mile Of his birthplace.
With additional zinc ore discover
/ almost every day, Springfield
! attracting mining men from all pa
: Of the country.