Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-12-06
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'e'N $3.50" !
wonderfully.
The big corn crop around Charles
ton is being gathered. Bertrand ship.
ped out more than 100 cars. One firm
there paid ont $4,000 for corn.
Morley has 10000 bushels of shelled
corn for the market. saw 33 teams
unloading corn at Blodgett, and saw
one crib Of corn in the field, near
Diehlstadt, with over 100 1000 bushels
of corn in it, with no top on it. Corn
there is worth from s 1.40 to $3.50 a
bushel. Labor is scarce; farm hands
want 80 a day and board.
II. G. Harrison, our banker, has
been attending court at Greenville the
past week.
Jno. Johnson and sister, Mary, have
gone to Pueblo, Colorado, to visit
their sister, Mrs. Geo. Lloyd.
Mrs. Ed Maddox has returned
from st. Louis where she went to see
her husband, who is in the Missouri
Pacific hospital, recovering from an
operation for appendicitis.
DR.. Fred Farr went to 81. Louis
Monday to take John Lowe, who has
been in poor health for about five
years, to the hospital. His brother
also accompanied him. Mrs. Lizzie
stevenson from Piedmont was here to
see him Monday before he left.
Mrs. Taylor Collins Of Piedmont is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. II. G. Har-
rison.
M. Summers, the merchant on Col
lege Hill, was married at Bismarck
last week to Miss Mae White, of Fred
ericktown, formerly of this place.
They will reside on College Hill.
We were very sorry to hear of the
death of the young son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Curtis, of st. Louis. They
have many friends here who sympa-
thize with them in their sad bereave-
ment.
John Reed has returned home from
Flat River.
Miss lola Howard spent Sunday at
home.
Mr.. Jas. Lovelace, Jr., and family
from Doniphan spent Thanksgiving
here with relatives.
Mrs. r. II. Stevenson has gone tc
Washington, D. G., as a state delegate
to the convention. The meeting will
be addressed by President Wilson, W
j. Bryan and other notables.
John Keathley and wife spent last
Thursday with their son, Marvin, ant
family at Annapolis.
Mrs. Chas. Hickman has returned
from a visit to her son, J. d. Hick'
man, at Bonnie Terre.
Prof. ]. b. Jackson spent Sunds.
with his parents here.
Mrs. r. Davidson and family spen'
Thanksgiving with relatives in Gran
lite City.
VIM. Keathley has moved his famil!
!, to Bismarck.
John Lovelace spent Sunday her
with his family.
Miss Lora Tolleson spent Sunday
with her parents at Graniteville.
, We were glad to have with us for
4 few hours last week one Of our nav,
recruiting officers, Mr.. Elmer E
> Steele, whose headquarters are In 3,
. Louis. He is a fine young man an
gave us many incidents OF his life /
the navy which which we're very In
I teresting. He was here to get r Q
cruits for the navy. He has been Il
the navy eight years, enlisting whei
II years Of age, and expects to re.en
b list in March for the period Of the wal
Rev. ". Il. Patterson preached tire
. Saturday night, Sunday an
Sunday night--at the Baptist church
Rev. Wilson and wife from Zalm
are conducting a meeting at tn
F. Woodmsn Hall. They represent tn
Church Of God.
I q. 8. Fitz, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Tho
Q p. Fitz, enlisted In the navy June l6t
as q radio electrician, and on June I
left St. Louis for Brooklyn, N. Y. II
remained there only . short time, BE-
q ing transferred from the Brookly
' Navy Yards to Harvard Univsrsit,
Cambridge, Massachusetts,, TO sats
the Naval Radio School - . wlrsls,
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