Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-03
q BREvITIEs.

Gooseberries, too.
Fishermen plentiful,
The gardens are fine.
No trouble to rain now.
Bismarck goes dry July LIST.
City council next Monday night.
A little gravel, in spots, would help
Main street.
What is the price of a bottle Of
Champagne?
Cherries more plentiful than they
have been for years.
An adjourned term of circuit court
will convene next Monday.
The electric light plant should get
busy earlier in the evening.
The post offices and the banks had a
holiday NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Day.
DON'T miss Mary Pickford in
"Hearts Adrift'' Saturday night, June
9th.
Teachers examinations in the IRON
ton school building Friday and Satur-
day.
Superintendent Hanson is home
from Jefferson City. He reports the
convention most profitable.
The oil for the streets arrived last
Wednesday night but is still on the
car. Too wet to sprinkle yet.
International Harvester Company's
Sisal Binding Irvine, $3.50 per 100 lbs.
at LOPEZ STORE Co.
Recorder Hawkins Tuesday issued a
marriage license to B. U. Rich and
Mrs. Alisama Strickland of Munger.
The Ironton base ball club defeated
Elvins by a score of 2 to / in a twelve
inning contest at Ironton last Thurs
day.
Jesse O'Neal of Frankclay brought
a number of his young friends to the
valley in his automobile Sunday after
noon.
AS the 4th of July comes on Sunday
this year, the Arcadia Celebration Will
take place Monday, July 9th. Particu-
lars later.
The rainfall for the month of May
totals 7.60 inches, which MI. Delano
tells us is the heaviest rainfall We'Ve
had in May since 1896.
Some eighty men are now at work
in the Sheahan quarries at Granite
Vile. Quite a lot of paving is being
shipped to Kansas City.
The Thirty Eighth Annual Com
mencement Of the Arcadia College
and Ursuline Academy will occur
Thursday afternoon, june 18th, at 2
O'Clock.
Remember Arcadia, July 4th. Rev,
Father Adrian is Chairman of the
Committee of Arrangements, which is
an assurance that there will be ''some-
thing doing"
Rev. Father Wernert Of Arcadia
College. last Friday sent us some
strawberries grown in the Convent
gardens. They luscious, large and
most excellent.
Will Martin, who taught the Ironton
coiored school the past year, left last
week for San Francisco, where he ex-
poets to spend the summer at work
and seeing the fair.
Our rain continues and there has
scarcely been a ray of sunshine in
nearly two weeks. The past three
DAYS have been cold and fire was
necessary to comfort.
Our Arcadia neighbors started to
oil their streets last Wednesday. But
too much rain came and it was deem
ed best to delay further oiling until
there was less moisture.
To Miss Irma, the talented daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. DR.. Hugo Summa, OF
st. Louis, we are indebted for an an
nouncement Of the graduation of the
Fifty Second Glass of Mary Institute.
of st. Louis, June 4th, 1915.
The Jefferson County Bank at De
Soto, of which the late o. M. Munroe
was owner, has not opened for Bust
ness since Mr.. Munro's death some
two months ago. In consequence.
some of the depositors are said to be
growing restless.
Judge and Mrs. Warren O. Johnson
and Master Warren, Jr., of Middle
brook, Mo-, attended the graduation
exercises of the High School in Potos
on Friday. They were the guests o.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Fox while here
Potosi Independent.
The city council at its session mex
Monday evening will designate {
Cleanup Day. The REGISTER hopes
and believes that the good citizens o.
this town will respond with enthu'
siasm. Due notice of the day anC
place Of meeting will be given.
Mr.. r. E. Gunton will complete hi
work as a special agent Census De
partment in a few weeks, after which
he will take a position as travelling
salesman for the Piedmont Tobacco
Company of Danville, Virginia. Hi
territory will be Southeast Missouri.
Massey Ruble who wac operated up
on some time ago for a trouble in hi
head, was able for the first time since
then to come down to his store Mon
day morning. He is gradually re
covering his health to the great salts
faction of his riends.-Piedmont Ban
ner.
A son of Jos. Bergman, the Pied
mont merchant, will make the trip Il
the California exposition In his auto
mobile. 1t is estimated that 1000
persons wal make the trip to the Pa
cifo coast in automobiles this year
Quite an item taken from the railroa'
receipts.
TITS q sad story, the tYagia end 0
Miss Elma Roberts, daughter OF MI
and Mrs. Wiley Roberts of Des Arc
who committed suicide by drinlkinI
carbolic acid at the White Hotel Il
that town, whore she was employee