Iron County register., 1916-06-15
Saturday night, Mary Boland in
1.-THE Edge of the Abyss"


Arkansas, taking the baths for rheu-
matism.
County Superintendent Hanson has
issued programs for the Teachers
School of Instruction to be held in the
public school building, Ironton, July
9TH and Sth.
Collector Burnham has started about
$50 delinquent tax suits for the Octo-
ber term of circuit court; $50 of them
are against purchasers of Murdoek
Crumb land.
Contractor Knorpp of this city has
been awarded a contract to build two
and half miles of rock road in St.
Francois county, near Bismarck,-De
Soto Republican.
Improvements are still being made
at both the Cemeteries and all that
have lots are urged to join she AS
sociation; and if not, please assist by
keeping your lot clean.
County Superintendent Hanson, w.
A. Shelton, VIM. Bogue, Ralph Bean
and Knox Goodykoontz of Caledonia,
motored to st. Louis Tuesday to at
tend the Democratic Convention.
J. W. Harral received telephone
message from st. Louis the first of
the week stating that little daugh-
ter had arrived at the home of his
son, Bert Harral. Bismarck Gazette.
Mr.. J. A. Kerwin, of Arcadia, who
has been in st. Johns Hospital, ST..
Louis, for several weeks past, is now
with his son, DR.. viii Kerwih. He
will probably be back in the valley
soon.
A called term of county court was
held last Thursday to investigate the
sanity of Mrs. Sadie Brooks. The
court found she was of unsound mind
and ordered her sent to the asylum at
Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Edgar, Sr., re-
turned Saturday noon from trip to
Upton, Iowa, his boyhood home, and
where he had not been for fifty years.
Mr.. Edgar says half century is a
good long time in life's span and he
found little that was familiar in the
old home. Mr.. Edgar, we are glad to
say, is feeling fine.
Mr.. A. I. Willard returned Sunday
from Chicago where he had been the
past week as delegate in attendance
on the Progressive convention. Mr..
W. says it was a great and interesting
week in the Windy City. He does not
think the Progressives will support
Hughes-not by any means.
The Cemetery Improvement As
sociatiou solicits donations from
parties not belonging to the As
sociation, who own lots in the Ironton
cemeteries. The Association has had
much work done this spring and ap-
lpearances have been greatly improv-
ed. Help most worthy cause.
Among the Irontonians who board
ed the Sunshine Special for St. Louis
Tuesday morning we're: B. P. Burn
ham, M. w. Daugherty, Sheriff Blue
B. S. Gregory and Miss Mary. Others
in attendance on the convention are
j. M. Hawkins, W. r. Edgar, Jr., Les
Barger and DR.. E. L. Farmhouse.
Our electric light bills for the month
of May were tangled up in the ex'
press employees strike in Chicago or
their way from Lansing, Michigan, tc
Ironton, and were not received here
as usual on the first of the month
They showed up Saturday, however
and Mr.. Porteus was around brigh
and early Monday morning.
| County Clerk Huff has received wore
from the State Auditor that tht
amount appropriated to Iron Count,
from the general road fund for per
manent Improvement is $S5259. Thi
money is now available and road
overseers who desire to share in tn
appropriation should present thei
plans at the adjourned term of count,
court to be held July II.
Mrs. Malcolm Pender, nee Dor
AXE, of Patterson, La, with her tw
children, are visiting relatives in tn
city. One of the children has bee
quite sick since their arrival thoug
it is doing very we'll at this writing
Mrs. Penders expects to remain her
several weeks. Many friends of he
girlhood gladly greet her. Mariana
i, (Arkansas) Courier.
DR.. j. d. Nifong, of Denver, Colo
RADIO, former resident of Ironton
arrived here Monday ON a brief visi
to his sister, Mrs. S. Goulding. II
has been living in Colorado for abou
eleven years and been practicing i
Denver about seven years. Time ha
deal kindly with the DR.. and he look
but little older than he did quartz
of century ago.
From Sundays ST. Louis Globe
Democrat: zone of the most elabor
ate and beautiful weddings of tn
week was that Of Miss Theodor
Thacher and Francis Ewing Glasgow
which was solemnized at 5 o'cloc
yesterday afternoon at ST. Peter
+. Episcopal Church by Rev. 2. B. 7
, Phillips, in the presence Of repre-
, sentative gathering Of friends an
a.