Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-10

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by order of the city commission re
Gently. Revenue obtained from the
increase would be used to add more
men to the police department.
Sigmund Brugger, IS years old, was
killed and four others were injured,
two probably fatally, when a motor
car in which they were riding upset
northwest of Springfield.
Ernest Sanders, Is years old, a son
of Henry Sanders, a Higginsville con.
tractor, was drowned recently while
swimming in a pond.
Blaine Vawter, 80 years old, a coal
miner, was probably fatally injured
in mine 66 of the Central Coal and
Coke Company at Bevier. He has a
wife and two small children.
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Robbers broke into the postoffice
at Gait recently and stole ten cents
and the postmaster's watch. All other
money and stamps had been put in
the safe the night before.
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Oscar Johnson, president of the In
ternational Shoe Company, died at his
office in st. Louis recently. Mr..
Johnson complained of the excessive
heat. A few minutes later, it was dis,
covered he vas unconscious in his
chair. Efforts to revive him failed.
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Henry Shores of Springfield was
drowned the other afternoon while
bathing in Lake Taneycomo. He was
attending the assembly on the Presby.
terrain assembly grounds across the
lake from ,Branson.
James Crawford, a Santa Fe fire
man, was instantly killed when a
runaway coal car sideswiped the
switch engine on which he was riding.
The a demolished the cab, crushing
Crawford.
Thirty-two fine mules were burned
the other morning when a large stock
barn IN the farm of John T. Buckner
of Bryant Station was destroyed by
fire. The loss on barn and contents
was $4,000.
The livery stable of W. J. Peak, at
Lexington, was completely destroyed
by fire recently with all the contents,
including two horses. The damage is
estimated at $4,000.
Col. W. H! Phelps of Carthage, who
underwent a major operation at a hos
pital in Rochester, Mimi, recently, is
dead. He failed to rally after the
operation.
Unless a good soaking rain comes
In ten days the corn crop in the coun-
ties in central Missouri will be ma
terially decreased, Dean F. B. Num-
ford of the Missouri College of Agri-
culture, said recently.
Col. Louis Henry Waters, dean of
the Kansas City bar, died Of bron-
chial pneumonia recently at his home
there. He was SO years old. Colonel
Waters developed the malady ten
days ago and steadily grew worse.
Edward Doke of Salisbury was shot
and killed by Russell Jones, a farmer,
at the latter's home north Of Hannibal
the other day. Doke's wife had been
nursing Mrs. Jones for two weeks and
failed to return home when requested
by her husband. Doke came to Han
nibal, went to Jones' home and at
tempted to gain entrance when he
was shot.
Thomas Francis, rs years old, is
lead at his home in Bevier. He was
postmaster of Bevier sixteen years.
He leaves a widow and son, and also
mis- son-in-law, A. D. Nortoni of st.
SCATTERING Of a jointer wheel weigh
ing several tons injured a dozen per-
sons and wrecked a heading mill near
Morehouse the other day. The Rev.
Grover Rose, who recently came from
Mo-, and T. B. Jones, a mill
employee, were reported dying from
injuries.
The st. Louis Globe-D Democrat an.
1ounces an increase in the price of
It's daily edition in st. Louis from one
cent to two cents, effective August
/. The high cost of print paper is
given as the cause of the increase.
Keen competition between the two
elevators has raised the
price Of new wheat to several cents
over the shipping market price. Sew
eral thousand bushels were purchased
here recently at $1.26 to $1,2S per
Vivian Green, 5 years old, and
Jessie Green, 8, only children of John
Green Of Rich Hill, were drowned in
IN old strip pit neal their home the
,ther afternoon. The children had
'eturned from Sunday school and
tered away.