Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07
IrOntOn. Missouri,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1915
LOCAL BREViTIES,
Probate court next week.

Oh for the SpriBgtime, gentle Annie.
DE Soto now gets electricity from
the KeOkuk dam.
Proctor Shular of Marble Creek re.
ceived a new Ford Touring car Satur-
day.
Frank Reichert, south of Arcadia,
was a purchaser OF a new Ford car last
week.
In after years we will talk of the
winter Of l9l7-1s-that awful winter
of the war.
No. 6 has been running from an
hour to three hours late for several
weeks past.
1t will be ayear next Saturday since
the Arcadia College building was de-
stroyed by fire.
There will be services in st. Pau!'s
Church, Ironton, the coming Sunday
Iii A. NJ and 7:30 p. NJ.
The Ironton High School Won the
decision in the debating contest with
Fredericktown last Friday night.
Milder weather has come at last.
TAe minimum Tuesday night was 40
degrees and the thaw'is on in earnest.
Recorder Hawkins Saturday issued
a marriage license to William Lee
Dennison and Rose Aldridge of Pilot
Knob.
Work on the new buildings at Ar
cadia College has been at a standstill
the past six weeks because of the cold
weather.
The Ironton schools will hardly
have enough coal to carry them
through the winter and ii will proba-
bly, be Necessary to finish the season
with wood.
The fast mail train carried the st.
Louis papers by Sunday morning and
we had no news that day until No. 4
brought them back about s O'Clock in
the evening. 49,.
January will go down in history as
a real winter month. The total snow
fall was 81 inches and there were tif-
teen days when the thermometer re-
corded zero or below.
For White Sweet Glover Seed,
$500 per 100 lbs. f. o. b., Annapolis,
Mo-; also fine lot Ninety-Day White
Seed Corn, 50, 90 per bushel.
&. W. COLLINS, Minimum, Mo.
G. l.. Imam, a faithful reader of the
REGISTER at Herculaneum, Mo-,
writes: The IRON COUNTY REG1sER
is like a letter from home. We don't
think We cal get along without it,"
August M. Trauernicht has resigned
his position rs trainmaster with the
NJ. r. & B. r. Railway at Bonnie
Terre. We do not know what Mr..
Trauernicht's plans are for the future
We understand that Leslie NJ. Yount
will act as carrier on the Arcade
route February 18th. There has beer
no mail on the route the past month
because of the snow and ice on the
road.
If you have any news relative to
the Iron county boys who are in thu
service kindly communicate the SAME
to Mrs. Milford Riggs at the Baptis
Home who will furnish it to the REG
IsTER.
Red Cross Benefit Recital by Mis-
Irene Marshall and her pupils, Acad
envy of Music, Friday evening, Febru
airy 18th, 5 p. NJ. Admission, .25 ant
35 cents; gallery, 15c. Come! A rare
treat awaits you!
Assessor John +. Marshall was al
lowed $780, IS by the county cour
Tuesday for making the land ant
personal assessment for 1917. Hal
of the amount is payable by the coun
ty and half by the State.
Mrs. Weidmann, aged IS years, whit
lives with her daughter, Mrs. G. S
Russell, in Russellville, had the mis-
FORTUNE to fall on the ice January 27tI
and fracture one of her arms. TIL
venerable sufferer is doing very well
Last Saturday was, generally speak
ing "a cloudy day but there was a shor
time in the afternoon when the su'
peeped from behind the clouds an
MI. Grounding could see his shadow
Does that mean six more weeks q
winter?
Adolph Rem of M~iddlebrook wa
arrested by Sheriff Blue Tuesday af
ternoon on the charge of disturbin
the peace Of his wife. He is now !
Jail where he will probably remain III
til circuit court unless he gives bon
for his appearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Flowers of ID
don, Iowa, are now s%ojourning at liz
Springs, Arkansas, Mr.. Flowers bein
80 4 L. Int