Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-02-08
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In an alley.
Half the business district OF Fair
Grove was destroyed BY flames the
other night. The loss Is about $20.'
600. A bucket brigade stopped the
fire after q three-hour fight.
John Walters, IS years old, OF La
belle was burned to death when his
home was set on fire by q defective
flue. His aged wife was able to escape
from the house.
The Topeka franchise Of the West
ern league will be transferred to Joir
lin as the result of $1,000 being raised
there for the building of a new base
ball park. The park will be situated
near the business district.
A motor car containing six persons
went through a hole into the Missouri
river at Phelps City. when a party OF
young people were returning on the
ice from Brownsville. Neb,, just across
the river, from a dance. All were In
the water a few minutes before they
could be e%xtricated, but it was report.
ed all will recover. In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. Cool Smith. Albert
Rendering, owner, who was at the
wheel; Miss Allie Adams, Miss Helen
Myers and Miss Amy Rendering.
Ruth Greer, Z years old, was on her
way home from school in the country
near Liberal. She attempted TO cross
the road in front of a coal wagon,
stumbled and fell under the wheels,
and was killed instantly.
Mrs. Caroline w. C%rittenden, widow
of a former governor Of Missouri, T.
T. Crittenden, died recently at the
home of her son, T. T. Crittenden, jr.,
in Kansas City. Mrs. Crittenden had
been i'll several months. Recently her
condition became so grave she was
taken from the Hotel Lucerne where
she had been living with another son,
Henry II. Crittenden. Another son,
William J. Crittenden, Pittsburgh, Pa,
and a brother, Samuel Jackson, Hig-
ginsville, also survive. Mr.. Critten-
den died May 20, 1909.
Angered, it is said, because a recep-
ton was rendered on Sunday to the
Sarcoxie company Of the national
guard of Missouri, which recently ar.
rived home from the Mexican border.
Rev. r. Fl. Hickman, pastor of a Meth
odist church of that town, has re.
signed.
The south half Of the business dis.
trict Of Sparta, Christian county
burned the other night. Seven stores
were burned. The total loss was abou,
5000.
All records for bank transactions lL
st. Joseph were broken recently wher
the total rose to SIS, $50, 1856. The
previous record was made for the
week ending December 81, 1916. wher
A Missouri police officers associa
ton was formed at Sedalia when NOR.
than fifty chiefs of police, sheriffs ant
railroad special agents from over tn
state met for that purpose. John r
Burger, Sedalia chief of police, wa
elected president; J. W. Reyes, sheI
if at Marshall, vice.president; T.. L
Mitchell. chief Of police at Carthage
secretary, and Roy Bendure, specia
agent NJ. X. C T. Railroad, treasurer
The Missouri nurserymen attendin
the Western Nurserymens' Associa
ton meeting at Kansas City, organize
the Missouri State Nurserymens' Al
ISOLATION. These officers were cleo
ed: F. A. Weber. president, st. Louis
Lloyd Star. vice-president, Louisiana
F. r. Won Windegger, secretary trca!
urer, st. Louis.
Mrs. Zelda Torsee, 80 years oil,
died recently in st. Joseph. Mrs. Fo
see leaves a valuable estate, most,
in realty. which originally was a pal
OF the 3.miliion.dollar Corby estatl
She had lived there sixty years.
. Retail coal dealers Of Springfield
were absolved Of any abuses in tn
} sale Of coal, following an ~investig
ton by the city council. It was foun
that less than thirty cents profit Wa
made IN a ton Of coal.
! Father Kilkenny Of the st. Lawrent
, Catholic church. at Monet found
! baby boy on his doorstep the 9TH
. night. The heading of the CathOl
, paper, the Visitor. was pinned on Il
{ baby's coat.
> It was announced recently Il
Montgomery County Times. edited
/, n. G. Booth. will move from Be
flower to Montgomery. where It W
: be edited as a dry" paper. It
said q local option campaign will
started there soon.