Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-26
LOCAL B~REvITIEs.
Halloween next Tuesday.

Teachers Meeting at Annapolis
Saturday.
Sale at the Graham Farm, west of
town, next Saturday.
W. d. Fletcher shipped a car of
cattle to st. Louis Monday.
The probate docket for the Novem-
Der term is printed this week.
The railroad company is lay ing new
steel over this part of the road.
For SALE-Fresh COW; has week.
old calf. Apply to A. M. MADIGAN.
The local Democratic candidates are
in the western part of the county this
week.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid Society will
meet at Mrs. G. A. Buckeyes this week
on Thursday, 2 P. M.
The Valley Manufacturing Company
has the factory building, near the de-
pot, just about completed.
1t is charged that some whiskey
is being used in the campaign.
Haven't seen any ourselves.
An unusual lot of molasses made
hereabouts this fall. Consequent,
perhaps, on the high price of sugar.
On account of the space required for
the official ballot several matters are
unavoidably crowded out this week.
Strayed-Six months old red heifer
calf, white in forehead, unmarked.
Liberal reward for it's return to Paul
Whelahon, Ironton.
A thousand automobiles in q Demo-
crat parade at Cape Girardeau Tues
day of last week. Four, acres Of peo-
pie. Not much Of a day for Demo-
Gratis, either.
Married-At the Courthouse, Iron.
ton, Mo-, October 18th, 1916, B. 7.
Woodruff and Miss Effie Walters of
st. Louis, Mo-, Probate Judge O. W.
Roop officiating.
Ironton Chapter of the Order of
Eastern Star had an interesting and
enjoyable meeting Monday night.
There were initiatory services and a
lunch after lodge.
Hon. Chas. M. Hay, one of the noted
orators of the State, will make a
Democratic speech at Des Arc, Satur-
day afternoon, November 4th, at
1870 O'Clock. Hear him.
There have been a number of cases
of scarlet fever in Pennington recent
ly, butthe quarantine "a lifted last
week and it is now thought the danger
of an eDide mic has passed.
Mr.. @. S. Russell tells us that he has
leased his farm, east of town, for the
ensuing year, and that he and his son,
Linton, will try farming in New Mad
rid county the coming season.
Nm. T%rauernicht spent a couple of
days the past week in Bonne Terre.
He says that business is certainly
booming in that section and there is
evidence of prosperity everywhere.
Married-At the Courthouse, Iron
ton, Mo-, on the 21st day of October.
1915, Jackson Brown and Miss Viola
Probate Judge o. W. Roop officiating
F. D. Baldwin, one of the oldest en-.
gineers on the Iron Mountain, died in
the Missouri Pacific Hospital, st. Lou.
is, Tuesday evening of last week. Mr.
BALDWIN, had been in the service since
1871.
The corner store at Pilot Knob, the
old Maschmeyer store building, was
sold at partition sale by Sheriff Blue
Tuesday morning. Theo. Dettmer o.
Pilot Knob was the purchaser, bidding
$3.50.
Mrs. E. M. Hale, of St. Louis, q
daughter of the late A. j.. Hurrel, OF
this county, was an Ironton visitor
last Saturday. Mrs. Hale went from
land interest there.
Mr.. @. P. Damron was here from
Fredericktown this week attending
court. He says that FredericktowI
is certainly a lively town these days
and he thinks they will find it a very
agreeable place to reside.
Mrs. Charles Damron arrived thiI
week from Arkansas. Mr.. Damror
will come later and they will make
their home here, having purchased
the Shannon property on College Hill
-FrederlcktoWn Tribune.
Lew Todd, the genial Representative
of the Curlee Clothing Co., was il
town Tuesday, being accompanied By
his wife who as driver of their elegan
car isgetting pleasure of the trip Will,
he is getting orders.-Bonne Terri
Register.
j. V. Webb, the old railroad con
ductor, now living near Carb ondale
Illinois, was in Ironton the first Q
the week. Mr.. Webb bears his g.
years mighty we'll and says that HI
works as hard as any farmerin Illinoi
= these days.
Sergeant w. w. Reese returned
Tuesday morning from his fou
months outing with the soldier boy
in Texas. He looks we'll and show
unquestionably that the soldier lift
agrees with him. He is glad to ge
back home.
The Ironton school board last weeI
purchased from F. p. AXE lot two, ii
block six Of the East Addition to tn
City of Ironton as a site for the Higl
School. There is just a little less thai
two acres in the tract and the pric
paid was $500.
A travelling man, who says he ha
been a Republican all his life, was IL
Ironton Tuesday, prophesying tina
Hughes will not carry three. states i
the election. He says the Wilsoi
following in Iowa and Kansas, wherv
he travels, is truly remarkable.
Lee Usher, who was badly hur
while helping to put up the tent TO
the Democratic meeting a month age
has sufficiently recovered to be able T.
get about with the aid of crutchet
He returned home last week from tn
National Hospital at Flat River.
The Ironton School Board ha
adopted plans and specifications fur
nished by the firm of Lauvis F.