Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-09-06
& BREVlTIES.

IHc hSahio"Seo hSStsttTtu III sun |
day.
The banks and the post-oHi ces OBJ
served labor day.
Work on the Fletcher K Barger
building nears completion.
County court met in adjourned ses-
sion Tuesday. viii adjourn Wednes-
day.
DR.. Farmhouse is finishing an artistic
stone fence in front of his residence
on Shepherd street.
Elias Nichols has closed out his ice
business and "gone to war" Plenty
OF cory and safe return to him!
Recorder Hawkins last Friday issued
a marriage license to Elmer Mann and
. Tressie Bennett of ltedford, Mo.
Sale of Pure bred Duroc-Jersey
Swine at A. j. Young's, near Farm
iDgton, Tuesday, September 18th.
Seed Rye for Sale-Fanned and
clean. No weed seed.
STARK FARM, Arcadia.
To friend Kanouse we are indebted
for some more of those delicious cam
taioupes grown in the Valley Inn gar.
dens.
The Ironton schools opened Mon
day. 1t is proposed to occupy a por-
ton Of the new high school building
next week.
After a most prolonged lay-off S.
w. Andrews last Sunday resumed his
run as passenger train conductor on
the Belmont Branch.
Joseph kilgore, Virginia Pearson
aud little Bobby Connolly in "The
Writing on The Wall" Frank Daniels
Comedy and Ford Weekly-Saturday.
DR.. Marshall reports that the stork
left a baby boy at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs, Ben. II. Blanton, lronton,
Sunday, September ?, 1917, at , o'clock
P. VI. All we'll.
A card announces the arrival at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Franco G.. Bond,
Poplar Bluff, Mo, Saturday, August
25tk, 1917, of Miss Ruth Tetwiler Bond,
weight 6 lbs. Our congratulations.
Reynolds county is circulating a pc
tition addressed to the county court
asking that body to call an election to
submit to the voters a proposition tc
bond the county for 500, 900 for road
purposes.
Flat River News: "Mrs. T. 3. Polk
who underwent an operation for ap'
pendicitis III a st. Louis hospital two
weeks ago, returned Friday night
The operation was entirely successful
aud Mrs. Polk is improving rapidly"
Bernard Adolph was home a few
days the first OF the week. "Bernie'
is now in the employ of the Western
Electric Company and has beel
stationed at Moberly, Mo-, for tn
past several weeks. He is "makini
good"
The editor acknowledges a pleasant
call Tuesday by Messrs, Il. w. Graves
and II. G. Harrison of Des Arc. The.
came to Ironton to consult with the
county court on road matters. Bot
are good roads ad vocates, and we ar
glad to hear that good results wi
follow the consultation.
Mrs. Hettie House went to st. Lou
last week to accompany to his hom
on Marble Creek her brother, Fran
Kuhn, who had been in the Alexia
Brothers. Hospital for several week
where he underwent an operation 70
appendicitis. Mr.. Kuhn made US
call Saturday. He is yet In a weaker
:, ened condition, but hopes soon to b
himself again.
} A meeting will be held in. the bar
building, Arcadia, tomorrow (Thur'
day. evening for the purpose of o
ganizing a commercial club. Ever.
body invited and farmers especial
urged to attend. A talk will be mat
by Mr.. Garland s. Brickey, form
secretary of the Mariana, Arkansa
Commercial Club, and a well know
uoJthor,, horefar
Our citizens were startled last We
nesdsy evening about ten O'Clock
an alarm OF fire. The whistle at t
light plant blew loud and long. 4
investigation revealed that an elect
iron had set fire to the cloth GOVERN
on the ironing board at the home
Everett Pigg, just north Of kuhl
butcher shop OH Main street. I
flames were extinguished before mu
damage was done.
The following is reproduced fro
last weeks Fredericktown Tribu'
"Tor some time 1t has been rumoi
that there was to be q new hotel
this city, put that rumor has come
be a fact now and Dan Wilkinson v
be landlord. He has signed q contr
with the Consolidated Store Go. I
a lease on the new building VIII
they are erecting on the northe
corner OF the square. The ent
second story will be fitted up for he
purposes with oil tho modern O