Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-11-01

Mr.. Harry E. Blood, Of Burlingame,
California, has arranged . Peace
Guessing Contest. Guessers limited
to 20l names. Each guesser gives .
date ~ to when the war will end and
pays e5 for his guess. II interested
write Mr.. Blood at Burl:ngame, Cali
fornia, for particulars.
Last Saturday afternoon while Mrs.
J. A. w. Lewis was driving along
Main street, in front Of Madigan &
Whitworth's store, she collided with
q two-horse wagon. The buggy
shaft was broken and Mrs. Lewis was
thrown to the ground. Fortunately,
her injuries were not serious.
Among the attorneys in attendance
IN circuit court last week we're:
Messrs. Gentry, English and John A..
Hope, of st. Louis, S. G. Nipper, of
Potosi, r. I. January, of C%entervilIe,
Chas. p. Damron, Anthony l. Davis,
OF Frederickto wn, and o. l.. Munger
and J. II. Raney, of Piedmont.
Some parties from Arkansas have
leased the Baldwin hub factory build
ing and will install corn-shelling ma
chinery therein. They expect to bring
corn on the cob here from Arkansas
and other points south, shell it and
ship on to the market. The plant
will probably be in operation for a
couple of months.
Mr.. w. M. Seitz and family remov-
cd from st. Louis to Middlebrook last
week and are now domiciled in the
old Seitz home. Mr.. Seitz was born
and reared in Middlebrook but has
been in st. Louis the past twenty-five
years. We welcome him back to Iron
county and hope he will find pleasure
and profit at his boyhood home.
Albert Jones, who lives on Marble
Creek about seven miles south of
Ironton, was in to see US Saturday.
Mr.. Jones tells us the wolves have
been causing considerable annoyance
in his neighborhood recently. About
two weeks ago, he says, they killed a
SOW for him that was easily worth
$50. Some Of his neighbors have lost
hogs, too.
Circuit court adjourned Saturday
before DON There were but two
jury trials during the term and they
were misdemeanor cases. The jury
was finally discharged Friday. The
docket, with the disposition thereof,
is printed this week. An adjourned
term of court will be held November
18th to dispose OF some unfinished
business.
Miss Allie Patton, who has served
as assistant in the Ironton p%ost-oflice
for the past two years or more, left
Monday for Pennington to accept a
position in the post-otiice there. Miss
Allie is a most efficient and worthy
young lady, and has everybody's
wishes for success in her new place.
Miss Elizabeth Rosentreter has sue
ceeded her in the office here.
While in Ironton attending court
last week Hon. Chas. P. Damron, OF
Fredericktown, confided in some OF
his friends that he was seriously con
sidering the proposition of entering
the race for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Congress in this district next
year. He will announce his decision
in due time. Mr.. Damron would,
doubtless, prove a strong candidate.
Mrs. John W. Turner, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Kelton Ewing
White, who has been with her for
some time at her summer home at
Arcadia, Mo-, will return November
and open her home at 1854 Maryland
avenue. Mrs. White spent part of the
summer at Yellowstone Park and Gla-
cier National Park. She and Mr.,
White will be with Mrs. Turner fol
the winter.--St. Louis Post. Dispatch.
From fridays st. Louis Post Dis.
patch: Burglars last night looted the
dental office of DR.. F. w. Trauernicht,
in the Mermod- Jaccard Building,
Broadway and Locust street, and stole
a dozen set of false teeth, several
pieces of bridge work, some gold US
ed for filling and a bottle of cocaine.'
The DIR. has hard luck since he left
our peaceful valley, about a year ago,
for the wiles of a big city. 1t will be
remembered that he was held up on
the street and robbed last winter.
L. r.. Adams, a student at the
University of Missouri from Goodland,
Iron county, had a part in the patriotic
pageant, "The Progress of LIBERTY
given as a Red Gross benefit in the
University auditorium on Saturday,
October eth. Mr.. Adams took The
part OF a soldier G the Austrian tyrsht
In Episode IN Of the pageant. This
Is the pageant that is being given in
different places in the state by the
Woman's Committee OF the Missouri
Division OF the Council Of National
Defense as q part Of their %educational
campaign. The author Of the pageant
ia F. Louise Nardin, Phi. D., Of the