Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-02

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shot fatally at Sedalia by Peter
Boyder, a boy companion, who did not
know a target rifle was loaded. The
boys were at play when the rifle was
accidentally discharged.
Mrs. Barbee, mother OF Saline
County's representative in the legisla-
ture, Joshua Barbee, is dead at her
home in Marshall. She was born In
Lafayette County in 1880.
Col. Nathan Phipps Ogden, pioneer
banker and capitalist of st. Joseph, is
dead at his home in that city. He vas
Sc years old and had been a resident
of st. Joseph since 1880.
Seventy-five delegates of the Mis-
souri, Federation of Women's Clubs
met at Columbia for a session OF two
days, President Hill of the University
of Missouri delivered the opening ad-
dress recently. Mrs. w. p. Chivvis OF
St. Louis, federation president, was
the other principal speaker.
The 18-month-old infant of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hacker of Buffalo fell
head foremost into a bucket OF bran
and was strongled to death. The
mother rescued the baby almost imme'
diately, but particles of bran had
lodged in it's throat.
Two new powder mills now are I'M
der construction in Jasper County,
and it is expected they will commence
operations by the first o. the year.
A big automobile driven by Claude
Brewer struck a baby carriage being
trundled by the mother at a street In
tersection at Springfield and demol-
ished the carriage. The car lost two
wheels when it skidded in the curbing.
The baby escaped without a scratch.
DR.. Gordon G. Brown, who had prac-
ticed dentistry for thirty-five years in
the same office at Cameron, is dead
A widow and four children survive
Two of his sons, Gordon G. Brown,
Jr., and Cyril, are attending a Kansas
City dental college.
Jacob Straw, a farmer OF Tebbettsi
shook hands with his wife recently
and then went out in the yard and
killed himself with a shotgun. He had
suffered for a long time with a severe
attack of rheumatism.
Sam Egan, SO years old, was killed
and William Apologize badly burned
at Trenton when a wire they were
transferring from one side of a roon
to the other touched another wire cal
rying 1900 volts. Electric power wa
turned CT twenty minutes all over tn
city while Apologize and Eagan's bod,
were taken from the room.
The corner stone of a new $22'oo
Christian church was laid at Fayett
recently by C. H. Briggs of Sedalis
past grand master of the Masoni
4 Lodge.
I Mrs. Lucy Ann Peters, so years oil
! nearest known lineal descendant
Patrick Henry, is dead at Hannlba
It She was the daughter of Edmund Hel
nv. Oldest child of John Henry, VIII
was the oldest son of Patrick Henri
Mrs. Peters lived here for more tina
fifty years.
A. A. Hess, 81 years old, a polite
a writer, is dead at his home in Jone
burg, Montgomery County. He W;
n buried at Jonesburg.
Lewis Martin, a patient at the sta
"a asylum in Nevada from Henry count
"a committed suicide recently by cuttil
his throat. He was a "trusty."
"a J. G. Ratekin, 81 years old, is de-
"a at his home in Mokane. Patri
M Even, father-in-law of Mr.. Rateki
"a erected the first cabin occupied by
81 white person in Galloway county.
81 Garner Covert, 16-year-old son
n James H. Covert, an attorney at Ho'
"a ton, was found dead in bed by
% parents on their return from town I
d other night. A small shotgun was
"a his side. 1t is supposed he accide
M ally shot himself with the gun wh
"a cleaning it preparatory to going hu
ia ing.
|M Noel L.. Brown, an insurance ag'
Ia Of st. Louis, jumped from an clever
" story window of an office build
there to a roof in the court, ten flo
: below. Death was instantaneous.
Joseph Thalman, 81 years old,
killed by a Missouri, Kansas & TIE
train at Harwood, north of Neva
recently. He was attempting to CT
'eat the track in front of the engine. 7
a man was a native of Switzerland,
lit- had resided in Vernon County thi
five years.
,lue Lawrence HAYES. ri years
the whose home was at Beddison, fell
der a Wabash train at Stanberry
in other night and received injuries
igh1 raaultad in his death In a hospita