Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
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From Near Arcadia Heights.

Since my last letter to the REGISTER
my heart has been made to rejoice
over the fact that we have at last
succeeded i whipping old Germany
''to a frazzle," as | stated nearly n
year ago that we would do. That
might does not make right is definite
~ settled; and there cannot be any |
doubt but that German Autocracy and
Prussian milItarism are crushed SO
completely that they will never give
cause for future wars. The U. S. to-
day is the greatest nation in the world,
and since the recent war began many
foreign countries have experienced
some of the power Of old Vox Populi;
and to-day, no doubt, they would be
glad to have his glorious power reign
over them.
Thanksgiving out here passed off
very quietly; the fact is, the day ap-
peared more nearly like Sunday than
it did Thanksgiving. We had greater
reasons for being thankful on that
day than at any other time d uring II
lives. The chief reason being that
the cruel war is perhaps ended, and
that a new CLEAN of liberty aud de-
mocracy is penetrating every nook
and crevice of almost every nation Of
the whole world. The United States
will, in future, stand as an exponent
to all that liberty and democracy may
mean to the whole world, where, in
former years, autocracy, slavery, and
serfdom have existed. The modern
> ideal OF democracy and liberty is be-
coming tangible almost over the
whole world to-day, and it should,
. and will, prevail.
II seems that the influenza is very
materially ~handicapping the teachers
. in the success of their schools, 1t ia
! a very hard proposition for teachers
to keep their pupils interested in face
. OF the fact that their schools have
Il been closed, in many districts, from
. three to five weeks since the begin
. ming. 1t Is to be hoped, however,
u that the condition may soon change
9 for the better. There ie, and has
y been, entirely too much gadding
about unnecessarily.
9 1t had been reported that Otto
" Patterson was confined to his bed
with the "fu,' but such was not the
. case. Otto has been in st. Louis 70,
the past three weeks; he has a posi-
Z ton with the S~hapleigh Hardware
Company, ct $4,000 per month, and
gets off at 100 p. NJ, every Saturday
rs This 10 the same Company for which
~ your writer worked a year ago, ant
10 when l sent Otto there looking for q
q job, the superintendent put him tt
work Immediately.
Mr.. Paul Whelehon, OF Clifford
Illinois, called not long ago to sc,
your writer, but l am sorry that | di'
I'd not get to zee him, as l was ava,
from home.
O.. j. d. Vance last week sold o youn;
horse to q gentle man from Madison
We county.
m The writer attended the public sal
In Arcadia Saturday afternoon. Their
u. was a large crowd Of people present
ed and nearly everything offered 10
sale sold quickly and ut fair prices.
I'd J. L. Logan, OF B%elleview, was 4
1ronton~ Saturday; also, Judge Town
lilo send and brother, Alb.
t. Mr.. Dinger, Of I~ronton, has pur
or chased from u. L. Cook the Abne
% farm, one mile east Of town. MI
Dinger informs Is that he will re
D. model the dwelling houses, repair tn
!. fences, and remove into the propert
In In the near future. r.