Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-28
& BREVITIES.

Saturday.
Eggs are more plentiful and the
price is off a little.
Several persons in the valley afiict-
ed with "pink eye"
Mr.. Nichols says he didn't sell his
ice-house; only leased it.
! The great story, "Over The Top"
commences next week.
1t is rumored there will be a raise
in the price of Ford cars soon.
There are few, il any, empty dwell
ing houses in lronton at present.
There has been an unusual lot of
wind this month-plenty for March.
j. c. Forshee has purcht sed the ice
house on Stout's Creek from ). X. Bal
dwin.
Recital at the Academy of Music
Friday night for the benefit Of the
Red Cross.
There will be preaching at the Bap'
fist church Sunday morning by a for
mer pastor.
There was much automobiling Sun
day. 1t is remarkable how much the
roads have dried.
The Iron county banks are organic
ing for the Third Liberty Loan Bond
drive-probabIy in April.
Mrs. Mildred Langdon gave a recit-
al at Hornersville, Mo-, on the 18th,
for the Red Cross, netting nearly $50.
Fletcher e. Barger this week sold a
Ford Touring Car, equipped with
starts, lights, etc. to Mr.. j. II. Rob-
lee.
Blind Boone at the Academy Of
Music Tuesday night gave a creditable
entertainment and was we'll patron
lied.
Eggs are more plentiful than they
have been in a year. The price is
forty cents a dozen, but will be lower
soon.
st. Francois county is considering
the ACCESSIBILITY Of establishing a pest
house in an endeavor to rid the Lead
Belt of smallpox.
An unusual number of farms have
changed hands in the Belleview Valley
in the past month. Prices paid have
been more than good.
An extra gang is laying heavy steel
between Middlebrook and Iron Noun
tain. Afterwards they will work be-
tween Tip Top and Hogan.
The building occupied by VIM. Els.
mar at Pilot Knob was destroyed by
fire Tuesday afternoon. Caused,
probably, by a defective fiue.
Raymond Gordon, son Of 0. II. Cor
don, care-taker at Il. D. Lewis, has
succeeded Louis Favez as care-taker
at MI. j. A. w. Lewis "Ozark Home."
Dorothy Gish in "Her Official Faith
err and "A Berth Scandal" Keystone
Comedy, Tuesday, March 5th.
By order of Director Gene raj Nc
Adoo the railroad passes of the bonds
men have been called in. 1t is said
that almost all passes will be elimi-
mated.
The lines, "Only a Volunteer on
our first page, were sent US by Cor
poral Howard Helms of the west end
Of the county, now "some where in
France"
For Sale--A limited quantity Sweet
Potatoes for bedding. Will sell for
80 cents per peck, as long as they last.
THos. JOHNSON, Ironton, Mo.
!, Phone 81.
a. Tim McCabe, the Graniteville pitch.
sAzer, who has been with the St. Louis
Browns the past three or four years,
has been released to a Salt Lake tea
In the Pacific Coast League.
John Probst, the we'll known farmer
on Crane Pond, last week purchased
a Ford touring car from Fletcher &
Barger. Mr.. Probst was the first man
to pay the increased price, $3.50.
Fouud--On the street in Ironton,
Saturday, February Esd, a lady's gold
bar pin. Owner can have same by
calling at this office, proving property
and paying for this advertisement.
J. N. Hawkins, T. N. Mari and W
r. Edgar, Jr., last week purchased
the Sheppard Mountain tract from
J.. 9. Forshee, L. A. Mckee and A. l.
Schwab. There is about 100 acres In
the tract and the price paid was 10
the nelghborhood Of $4,000.
PUBLIC SALE. = The undersigned
will offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bsddsr for cash in hand 81
his farm, (known as the Achilles SUIT
ton placel, two miles west Of Ironton