Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
q BREvITIEs.

collector says hurry up,
now.
No. 4 is running a little late these
vtsys.
my good resolutions for the New
YearTa
stones delicious fruit cake at Lo-
pez's.
See the pictures Thursday night at
the show.
The aspirants for county office will
soon be getting busy.
The Bank of Arcadia Valley ex-
tends Christmas greetings.
Annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Belleview Valley Bank, Janua-
ry 9th
Louis Miller has been called to Fred
ericktown, at once, to build some
new houses.
A Merry, Merry Christmas, and a
Happy and Prosperous New Year to
every REGISTER reader!
JOS. Collins of Arcadia has moved
to Graniteville and will live on the e.
j. Hitzman farm there the ensuing
year.
Already is the campaign for 1916 on
in Wayne county. James M. Bowers
has announced his candidacy for the
Legislature.
About $50 was realized by the Valley
Provident Association last Saturday
from the sale of tags. A very salts
factory showing.
The "tag girls'' were active in Ar
cadia Saturday. Some fellows who
would not wear their tags had to pay
more than one assessment.
Every lady purchasing a 10 cent
ticket to the picture show Saturday
night, December 25th, will receive
an attractive calendar for 1916.
So great has the parcels post bust
ness become on the Silver Mines and
Roselle route that a cart is nov used
to carry the mail to those offices.
The proposed sale of stock at Iron
Mountain last Wednesday was called
off on account of the inclement wealth
err. Another date will be announced
later.
Miss Pearl Conway has given up her
position in the post office. Miss Allie
Patton, who is teaching in Ste.
Genevieve county, will likely be her
successor.
We are sorry to hear of the con-
tinued serious illness of Mr.. J.. A.
Kerwin, who is in a hospital in st.
Louis. Mr.. Kerwin is suffering from
kidney trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Nall of st. Lou
is now have five grandchildren, the
wife of their son, Charles, giving birth
to a boy, Tuesday, December 21st,
1916. Our congratulations to all!
Large fresh stock Of Candies, Mixed
Nuts. Fruits and Christmas Delicacies
just received, Special low prices
made to churches and schools in guam
tity purchases. LOPEZ STORE 90.
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Sundays st. Louis Globe Demo-
Graf: son the corner of Florrissant
avenue and Jennings Station road
Father Adrian of Arcadia, Mo-, is
getting plans on a granite church to
be erected, which is to cost about
$45, OOO."
Mr.. F. O. Codding, the travelling
a returned hcme from the south
last Friday. suffering intensely and
has been confined to his room ever
since. 1t will probably be a week or
more before he is able to go ON the
road again.
Father Adrian was in the vallay a
couple of days last week. He says
that he is pleasantly situated in St.
Louis and is getting along nicely in
his work, but, for all that, he often
sighs for the valley. He went to Pop
lar Bluff Thursday to spend q day
with his brother.
A fire which originated from a
gasoline stove in Lee Laird's restaur-
ant, at Elvins, about 7 o'clock last
Friday morning, destroyed the frame
buildings from the bridge to Sizemore
& Smiths barber shop, adjoining the
Miller hotel building. The loss is es-
timated at about $4,000.
The Ironton Manufacturing Compa-
nv has closed down and will not grind
any more wheat, for the present, at
least. The intimation that the closing
Of the mill is due to Democratic 'shard
timesu Is as absurd as unjustfied. II
has been an open secret for many
years that the business vas not pros
porous. =,
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Jesse LaPlant and Clara Fairbough
of French Mills.
Edward Crowley and Stella Myers
OF Brnnot.
Our weather at the present time IL
unmarked contrast to that we had year
ago. Then we had three inches Of
snow and one night the thermometer
went down to 10 below. So far this
winter u coolest night has been II