Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
Miss Alta Kindell OF st. Louis spent
Thanksgiving with her parents.

Pond, eight miles south OF IrontOn, on
November 2sth, COW, with young calf;
COW has white face, bell with a new
collar; under half crop in left ear,
split and un ierbit in right ear. Owner
can have the % and calf by paying
expense. j. NJ. ~lvEsrER,
Arcadia, Mo.
Mr.. Rosentreter has traded his
residence and stables in north Iron
ton for a rooming house on Plymouth
Avenue, st. Louis. Mr.. Rosentreter
expects to go TO st. Louis next week
and the man with whom he has traded
will take charge here about the same
time. Mr.. Rosen,reter has been here
in lronton about ten years. We are
sorry to e him leave.
"When Blue Stars Turn to Gold" is
the title OF a beautiful song by DR..
Nettie Odds. Haight of Los Angeles,
California, authoress of both words
and music. Its rendition at the Acad-
envy of Music Saturday night, the I'D
ult., was greeted with deserved APP
p~lause-boih words and music appeal
ing to the heart. A few copies are on
sale at the Handy Kitchen. Price,
% cents.
Mr.. w. l.. White of Marble Greek
was a caller last Saturday. Mr.. White
told us he had just received a letter
from his son, Luther L., who went to
France last June. At the time the let
ter was written the young man was in
a hospital, havingtwo weeks previous
ly undergone a surgical operation for
appendicitis. He however, stated
that be was getting along nicely and
hoped to be well soon.
The REGISTER is in receipt of IN
announcement Of the death of Rev.
f twin Parker Reach at his home in
Fredericktown, Mo, Saturday even
ing, November 80, 1918, at $40 o'clock
at the age of 81 years and 20 days
. Many years ago Rev. Reach was a
!, resident of the valley and old friends
here sympathize with the family ir
their bereavement. The funeral vii
be held this wednesday, afternoon.
=. 1t is announced by these who arr
=. circulating petitions for a dry or loca
option election in Butler county tina
a sufficient number Of signers hav'
been obtained to make the matte
y of calling this special election legal
g and further that the matter will in q
4 probability be presented at the mex
u term of the county court for approx
al and at which time it is presume
that the special election will be call
a ed.--poplar Bluff Republican.
<, j. D. Palmer, an old Iron count
II boy who has been living in Murphy
.s boro, Illinois, for many years, write
81 note that Uncle Sam says that '
xt "dead- beats" must pay for vail
IN received in the way of newspap'
subscription or get no paper att
n. November LIST. This will 60 pref
or hard with some of us as we have be-
taught 80 long that editors and preac
~ ers could somehow exc out an eXis
an ence without being paid for their sc
ia vices. AS the REGISTER is like a le
ia ter from home to me, and have ia
he on it SO long, I do not feel like l Ct
get along without it, so had bett
come across"
- The United States Civil Serv'
Commission has announced al eAa'
nation for the County of Iron, NJ
souri, to be held at %Ironton, on Sat-
day, January 18th, 1919, to I'LL the |
- sition of rural carrier at Arcadia
lay vacancies that may later occur on
raj routes from other post-ofhces
this county. The examination Will
~ open to male and female citizens v
Dry are actually domiciled IN the territ'
TO- of a post. Office in the county and '
meet the require ments set forth
the Form No. 1870. This form and ap,
ate cation blanks may be obtained II
in the offices mentioned above or II
hty the United States Civil Service Ct
me mission at Washington, D. c. Apl
ing cations should be forwarded to
for Commission at Washington at
earliest practicable date.
our Hon. Arthur T. Brewster OF Iron
ma. was a visitor at the Outlook "
the here this week attending our fall t
ma. of Circuit Court. Mr.. Brewster
al,v the Democratic nominee for Cong
in this Dictrict at the General Elec
ton lust passed but was defeated by
Republican opponent, Marion
Rhodes. MIR. Brewsteris a splel
eh"s gentleman and is in every way 9
are flied for the important position
. which he aspired and his defeat G.
'oo's no way be attributed to his unp'
shu laritv or the principles for whicl