Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-08

august sth, than you could by read
ing everything that has been written
about il.
County Court was in session Mon
day. Because of the primary election
on Tuesday adjournment was made
Monday evening until Saturday when
the business OF the term will probably
be completed.
W.T.. keath!ey vas Monday award.
ed the county farm and care of the
panpers for three years by the coun-
ty court. The rent OF the farm is
$500 a year. sig a month is paid for
the care Of the paupers.
The Local Board entrained two
more "Limited Service men for
Syracuse, y. Y, on the 9TH inst. They
we're:
James William Mayberry, Good.
water.
George Andrew T~iefenauer, Munger.
In response to petitions presented
by the voters of Union Township the
County Court Monday made an order
that an election be held in said town
ship on Saturday, August 3lst, for the
purpose OF voting on Il proposition to
bond the township for S35, 900 for
road purposes.
Among those from here attending
the Baptist Assembly at Arcadia
Heights are Rev. Cunningham and
family, Rev. A. G. Jones and family,
Miss Anna Menge, Miss Ethel Menge,
Miss LoVetra Mitchell, Miss Edith
Davis, Miss Marie Thomson, Mrs. 0,
j. Mayberry and Ebert Menge.-
Pennington News.
An alarm of fire was raised at the
: home Of Judge E. NJ. bearing last
Friday morning about 10 o'clock, bu'
r the blaze was quickly extinguished
by neighbors who responded to the
, alarm, and damage was slight. A
lighted and uncontrolled oil stove il
the kitchen was the cause of thu
a blaze.-Potosi Journal.
Bismarck Gazette: "Prof. and Mrs
: G. w. Signer Of Potosi were in Bis
n mRck Saturday and while here Prof
Signer met with the Board of Educa
ton and signed a contract in whicl
% he becomes Superintendent of tn
schools the coming year. This wi
[. be good news to the patrons of tn
school. The two years that Pro-
Signer had charge of the school wer
q, the best in the history Of the school.
-. Thos. N. Mari Tuesday received
telegram announcing the death Of hi
J., brother-in.law, J.. W. Lay, at b
-, home in st. Louis that morning
five O'Clock. Mr.. Mari went to s
Louis that afternoon and will atten
"a the funeral Wednesday. The d.
ceased was probably fifty years
age, was long a resident of Bellevie1
to having removed to St. Louis abo'
ps fifteen years since. He is survive
by a widow and two sons, who ha'
as much sympathy in their bereave
al ment.
to To my good and longtime frien
Mr.. MS. Hogue, of Holcomb, Mo.
er but formerly a Vallegian--l a
r. indebted for seventy-ive pounds
r. Dunklin county watermelon, sent n
by express last week. There wei
,rs two melons, and their "meat" W
ar red, sweet and luscious. Did we g
ay JOY the fruit? Goto, young man, a
ask no vain questions. The taste
those melons will abide in memo,
until melon season comes again. 7
sa future may bring as good, but mol
can be better.
-. The drouth continues and the ter
perature has been excessively his
night and day, for nearly a wee
The high point recorded on saturd'
Sunday and Monday was l07, LOG a
10" 1906; Tuesday was about the san
W and apparently there is no relief
~ sight this "wednesday morning,
eFe has been two months since we hat
real rain and vegetation is litera
nts burned up. Gardens are gone,
i'd meadows and lawns burning vast
cry and the corn shriveled and twist
vas In this immediate vicinity there
be no corn at all.
last United States Senator Whitley mi
me a brief talk at the courthouse
are Thursday morning. He came h
ard unannounced on his way from the L
Belt to Piedmont where he mad
for speech that afternoon. Owing to
It s: fact that no notice Of his visit h
:. had been given, there was no Ia
IN. audience to greet him. But those p
emit heard q mastery speech from
h,,a mastery man. II was the first t
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