Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-01-20


A. e. Tinpane of Chanute, Kas., a
travelling man, was given bichloride
of mercury at Carthage by his wife,
who thought the poison was medicine.
Physicians say Tinpane will die.
Mrs. Nancy Railey of Marshall cele-
brated her ninety-ninth birthday re-
Gently. She has been a resident of
Saline county for fifty-five years and
a Christian Scientist twenty-six years.
By vote of the members of the Ozark
Fruit Growers Association, in session
at Monet, the millions of fruit pack
ages it markets annually will here
after bear a uniform label, advertising
Ozark products. A publicity depart
ment vas also created.
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MI. and Mrs. w. c. Tresize of Schell
City recently celebrated their sixty
eighth wedding anniversary. Both are
very feeble. A dinner was given in
their honor. Mr.. Tresize is 80 years
old and his wife 81.
Cooper county, outside of Boonville,
was voted into the dry column by a
majority of 275 the other day. Boon
viIte voted to remain wet about a
month ago.
Judge Fred Lichte, Is years old, for
twelve years presiding judge of Mont
golnery county, and an active Republi-
can, died recently.
DR.. H. ]. Freeman, the oldest resi-
dent of Joplin, is dead. He had lived
there sixty years and was IS years old.
The Rev. r. j. Mathews, rs years
old, pastor of the Congregational
church at Bevier, is dead. He had
been in the ministry for nearly a half
century, occupying ~parsonages in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas and Mis-
souri,. He leaves a widow, a son and
a daughter.
Opponents of the cigarette at Co
lumbia received a knockout blow
when Judge Samuel Davis of Marshall
granted a permanent injunction re-
straining the city from enforcing the
anti-cigarette ordinancue passed in
October.
At the monthly meeting of the board
of managers Of State Hospital No. 2,
John F. Minor was superseded as
steward by Jacob l.. Bretz, and DR..
c. M. Kimberlin of Clarksdale was ap-
pointed assistant physician to take the
place of DR.. c. L. Woolsey of Braymer.
s. v. Hinkley, a st. Joseph saloon
keeper, was the victim of a peculiar
accident the other day. He was walk
ing along the street when he sneezed.
The spasm ruptured ligaments Of his
left side and his condition is dan
gerous.
The state board of agriculture has
reelected E. G. Bennett of Carthage
state dairy commissioner, for a term
OF four years at an annual salary of
$4,000.
The city council of Maryville has
called a local option election for Feb
ruary A.. An election held January 5,
1912, resulted in a wet victory by So
majority.
Wallace Crossley OF Warrensburg,
state senator from the Sixteenth dis
trict, the other day announced his CAN
didacy for lieutenant governor on the
Democratic ticket.
Queenie B., a white Leghorn hen,
owned by T. H. Buckingham of st. Jo-
seph, established what is believed to
be a worlds record in egg laying when
she laid two eggs within one hour.
The record was made at the Buchanan
Country Poultry show. One Of the
eggs has a she'll that is soft, but both
are normal size. The hen has a rec
ord of more than 200 eggs a year.
Queenie B. was a year old last Sep
TENDER.
A tannery which, when completed,
will employ between four thousand
and five thousand men, is to be erect
ed at st. Louis by the International
Shoe Company, it was announced by
officials of that concern recently.
Charles Welborn Knapp, formerly
editor and publisher Of the st. Louis
Republic, who became treasurer of
the New York Times Company, Jan
uary 8, recently died of apoplexy while
seated at his desk in the Times office.
Less than ten minutes before he had
been in conversation with associates
and apparently was in the best OF
health.
In the recent election at Dearborn
for granting a franchise for electric
light, thu proposition carried by about
20 to 1.
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The state fair board has been or
ganized with these officers, all elect
ed for four-year terms; G. w. Ar
mold, Sedalia, president; q. q. Swink,
Pennington, vice president; e. p. Ma
jor, Sedalia, secretary; w. w. Barrett,
Sedalia, treasurer; y. G. Bylander, Sc
dalia, superintendent Of publicity.
A land congress Of northeast Mis-
sourlans in which the question Of re-
claiming bottom lands Of that section
will be the principal subject OF discus
sion Is expected to be held sometime