Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

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derstand, has been named as temper
airy carrier for the new rural route 10
be established out Of Arcadia Septem-
Der LIST.
Relief from the excessive heat that
has characterized the past six weeks
or more came Sunday evening and
the night was pleasant and cool. The
weather man, Hicks, says that the
next ten days are to be unusually cool
for August. There have been a eou-
pie of showers the past week, but we
still need rain.
The past weeks session OF the Bap-
fist Assembly on Arcadia Heights has
been successful in the extreme. Ev-
cry body seems pleased and happy and
the hill has never been more popular
than it is this year. The attendance at
the morning service Sunday vas large
and about $1,000 was subscribed for
further Improvement.
Miss Anna Polk of Marble Creek
left Monday for Ingomar, Montana,
where she will take charge of a school.
She is a bright, intelligent young lady,
| we'll equipped for her new duties, and
goes to her new home attended by the
| good wishes of this community. Her
brother, o. H.. Polk, is editor and
publisher of the Ingomar Record.
Permission was given the Silver
Mine Telephone Co. this week by the
County Court to construct and main
tain telephone lines through st. Michael
and Polk townships, The telephone SER
vice between Fredericktown and the
mines is so poor that superintendent
Edmondson has decided to construct
his own line direct between the two
points. = Fredericktown Democrat
News.
A change in the management of the
Bismarck Hotel was effected Thurs
day when Mrs. L. James of st. Louis
purchased the interests from Mrs. B.
T. Eaton. Mrs. James will ass ume
charge about 18th. Mrs. Eaton has
been conducting the hotel since the
death of her husband and has kept one
of the best hotels in Southeast Mis-
souri,. The new proprietress is also
no stranger in the business as she
managed the Commercial Hotel at
De Soto for a number of years.-Bis-
marck Gazette.
The hot weather, we suppose, de-
veloped the war spirit in our Nnusally
peaceful community last Saturday, for
there were three fights in the valley
that day. j. w. Allen Of north Ironton
and Chas. Landie, of Graniteville had
a fight on Main street, and Lee Usher
of north Ironton and VIM. Hornbeck
of Pilot Knob had an ARRAY near the
Ironton station. Jack Coad and a
man by the name of Wilkie in Arcadia
had a scrap in Arcadia in the after
noon. Some pretty hard knocks
passed, but nj n seriously injured.
From the Kennett Democrat: ''In-
terest in the big union revival, con
Quoted by Burke and Hobbs at the
Tabernacle, is daily increasing. Many
are attending from nearby towns and
large audiences are enjoying the
strong gospel preaching and the sing.
ing. Sunday evening, at the close OF
the sermon, 80 expressed a desire to
live a better life, and came forward
for a word of prayer. OF this number
81 gave themselves wholly to Jesus
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evening many nor expressed theil
desire to live a Christian life"
Prosecuting Attorney Edgar Tues
day filed with the Circuit Clerk infor-
nations against George and Elliot
Sheriff., alleging violations of the
local option law. The Sherrills' place
of business was in one of the small
!, store houses in north I%ronton, neal
the depot. When the officer went tc
make the arrest Tuesday Afternoon
he found that the birds had flown
probably to greener fields and pas
lures new. Elliott Sheriff. was indict
ed by the April grand jury and wa
out on parole. Should they yer re-
) turn to this bailiwick they will
7 promptly be taken in custody.
From Sundays st. Louis Globe.
democrat: SAN interesting trip fol
testing purposes was made on Friday
! August 4th, by H. B. Krenning, presi
dent, G. F. Doris, vice president, ant
Geo. L. Jeek, superintendent Of thu
Doris Motor Oar Company. The tril
was to try out the cooling system O.
the new Doris under the most sever
conditions. The run, which was to Ar
: cadia, a distance of over 100 miles
:. was made over the Lemay Ferry road
D going through Maxville, Antonio
Q Hillsboro, De Soto, Bonnie Terre, Des'
loge, Flat River, Bismarck and Iron
n ton. This trip is known as n of thu
: hardest out of st. Louis on account Q
, the severe hills of the De Soto road
3 The party left here at 7 A. NJ, arrivinI
! at Krenning's country home at Area
!, dia at II: 80 A. M, thus making the dis
lance in four and a half hours, an av
erage of over twenty miles an hour
y The city temperature was about 8
r degrees and that on the road mus
have been fully 10 degrees. The en-
n tire trip and also return trip was mad
on the original amount of water, all
the car performed in a s~atisfactor
manner, which is proven by the tim
!, made. st. Louis motorists can Civ
4 their machines a try-out, as well a
enjoy a magnificent trip, by drivin
!, to Arcadia through the. foothills of th
y Ozarks. The road is in excellent con
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