Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

mrs. maggie r. BoliDger OF Sabula
writes the REGISTER from San Anto-
MO, Texas: 81 see many things of in
terest here and Texas is a great state,
but old Missouri is good enough for
me to live in. Nothing looks better
to me than the Ozark Mountains
though l am having a pleasant visit
with my children and enjoying good
health, but my mind runs back to old
Iron county"
A masquerade ball will be given in
the Academy of Music, Ironton, Mon
day, February Sd, 1919. Surplus pro-
ceeds will be given to the Provident
Association. Every one attending
the ball must be masked and in cos
tune. The gallery will be opened for
visitors, an admission fee of Is cents
being charged. Admission to ball, 81
per couple. Order costumes at j. E.
Grandhomme's Handy Kitchen at
once,
Mr.. Delano says that an examine
ton of his record of the past forty years
discloses the fact that we have had
lots Of real warm weather in January
in the years gone by. Perhaps the
spells of genial January weather have
not been as protracted in past years
as they have this, but there has been
much mild weather in January just
the same. In one January several
years ago the thermometer registered
as high as 81 degrees.
The remains of Mrs. Shular, relict
of the late Simeon G. Shular, were
brought 10 Ironton last Thursday for
interment, the funeral being conduct
ed from the Baptist church after the
arrival of train No. 8. Mrs. Shular
died in a hospital in Belleville, Ills,
the day before, never having recover
ed from injuries received in q fall a
couple of weeks since. The deceased
was for many years a resident of Iron
county, living on a farm on Marble
Creek, eight miles south of Ironton.
A number of grown children survive
her. \
Matthew Hastings, 81 years of age,
painter of portraits, landscapes and
religious pictures, a resident of st,
Louis for 70 years, died in the Mullan.
ply Hospital, St. Louis, last Thursday
afternoon. He had been i'll a month
For many years past the deceased was
a regular summer visitor to the val
ley, spending two or three months a
Arcadia College, where he painted 6
number of pictures. Mr.. Hastings
was a man of charming personality
large-hearted, interesting and affable
Many friends will long cherish hi!
memory.
w. ]. Coleman, for many years 6
farmer and saw mill man at Sabula, il
this county, but who has been living
in Texas the past ten years, writes
~ was just thinking how long | hat
: been reading the REGISTER. Do yol
know? Since 1914 years. Man.
things have happened and many oil
friends have passed, gone over, sine
then. Yet some are left and l, TO
one, feel thankful, and hope that
, may be here to see the final wind-ul
!, of the biggest thing the world ha
, tackled in all these years. I congrat
ulate the REGISTER and its able edito
on their stand for Democracy and
: free world"
Everett Twomey arrived here Mon
: day evening on a visit to his brothe
Fred and family. He just recent
returned from England, where he ha
been stationed for five months wit
the Navy, his duties being the re
pairing of seaplanes. Mr.. Twome
!. came across in the Leviathan, former
u ly the Vaterland, one of the larget
: ships afioat. The chip is also the fast
est, making the trip in AZ days. Sh
carries 10000 passengers and has
crew Of 23OO.F Mr.. Twomey stated th
. ship was so fast that a convoy neve
. was sent with her, besides she We
heavily armed, carrying twelve gun
9 Bismarck Gazette.
While the lead market is still jul
: about as bad as 1t can be, there hi
= been some Improvement in condition
= in the Lead Belt during the pa
" week. The companies are reemploy
! ing about all of their men who wer
- laid off who have families and are all
giving places to all their men wh
Is went into the army just as fast
they return. Most, if not all of ii
n foreigners, have left. Some of thel
9 were told to go by the companies, b
l. most Of them couldn't have bee
IS hired to stay. A few single men hay
IS been laid off the past week to mai
a room for men with families. Six da.
are now being put in each week