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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26

UXN7HAT did TIL stranger Teller
opine t take rom your? queried
Phineas X. Hoskins of Jupiter Jordan
as the two paused midway of Den
ver's 18th street viaduct Just after
being accosted by somewhat seedy
wayfarer who had engaged Jupiter
in monetary conversation
'Oh. Just tn usual nightly toll, I
spose," grumbled Jordan. as he look
ed down into the tracks where trains
were shutting back and forth, and
beyond toward the Union station.
with its throngs hurrying to and
from the cars. "a
Jupiter was fast developing, an alb
sorbing crouch. For, four days he
had maintained his country makeup.
His beard prickled; he wanted a
shave. His clothing was uncomfort-
able and unsightiy, and at heart he
was inclined to be. fastidious In his
dress. His dried and. wrinkled boots
felt like bands Of corrugated steel on
feet that were more used to silk
hosiery and patent leather shoes. In
living up to his part he had chewed
enough toothpicks and eaten enough
straw to fill a tick. All to no pur-
pose. The man by his side Struggled
to his roll, as Jupe put 1t. like a sick
cat to hot brick. He had refused to
pay carfare, buy q drink or dinner.
But Phineas was at last nibbling an
Undated hook. Whore all well laid
nets had failed to enmesh, he was
now boldly grabbing at bait, line and
sinker.
Toll, " say? How comes thet?"
cross-examined tho master Of the ex-
cheauer. Was It, toll y give him?'
Be this toll bridge. Mr.. Jordan?" 2
Jupiter gazed afar down the Platte,
rejecting the bridge lights. The big
idea took haze shape and ne an
NUwered: i,Sfskst iAj vs. |ByttttyttF ,,iJ tli
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26

b ARTICLES HE DESCRIBED.
hand, while Soapy sat in cafe privacy,
incoming at his barrel top and hum
ming sprightly tune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
Goodwater Items.

we have real winter at last. The
ground is frozen, and snow is falling,
The Spanish Influenza has been rag
ing mere the past week. There have
been rs cases in this neighborhood the
last week and some of them have
been very bad. DR.. j. @. Mincher of
Viburnum has been the attending
physician.
sanford Gillian, who was in France
Tor several months, has been visiting
homefolk the past week. He RETURN
go to a base camp in Iowa Monday.
lie was severely wounded in his right
shoulder in n of the big battles.
Eta Wigger closed her school in
the Jennings district last week.
Fannie Payne closed her school in
the Bays district last Tuesday.
Earl Payne is home on a furloupb
He had been in France several
months. We are certainly glad to
see the boys coming home.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stroups died OF influenza,
Thomp Payne died at his home Last
week OF pneumonia. He was about
l9years of age and leaves a widowed
mother, n sister, three brothers and
a host of friends to mourn his death.
Mrs. Glib Evans died at her home at
of Influenza, She was 60
years old, and was respected by all
who knew her. She leaves an aged
husband, one daughter and two sons.
n had been a lifelong Christian
and belonged to the Baptist church.
Chas. Payne of Viburnum died last
week of pneumonia. He was about
30 years old and is survived by a wife
and two small children.
Otis Henslee, aged % years, died at
his home, near Viburnum, last Friday
Of pneumonia. A wife and two-year-
oid daughter mourn him.
Inc remains of Mrs. Jasper Ander-
OF lronton, were brought here
friday for burial. The remains were
accompanied by the husband, her son
Sugar, her daughter, Mary, and J. g.
The deceased lived here a
greater part of her life. She was a
member of the Christian church, and
ner life had been such that she was
owed and respected by all who knew
Ter. She is survived by an aged hus-
'and, four sons and two daughters.
'ahy ON. l.. W s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

Died-At her home, near Des Arc,
Mo-, November Sd. 1918, little Neva
Kathleen Fowler, daughter of Myrtle
and the late Sam Fowler.
Although it has been some time
since the passing away of the subject
of this little sketch, l felt she was too
sweet a child for her death To PASS
unnoticed, or without a memoriam.
Little Neva was almost two year
old and was an unusually bright chiIN
for her age. We will never forget
some of her cute, childish ways, or
her bright speeches. 'Tis hard to
think of little Neva as dead, bus we
know what we have lost heaven has
gained, for He has said "Suffer little
children to come unto me, for such is
the kingdom OF heaven TITS a broken
family here on earth, but we trust
they shall all meet again up there.
Little Neva was laid to rest by the
side Of her father in the Des Arc GEM
Rev. Summers conducting the
funeral. May God bless and comfort
her mother and brother left here on
HER AUNT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
In Memoriarn.

Anna Evans Boner was born at
Rushsylvania, Logan county, Ohio,
August LIST, 1913. May Z, 1864, at the
close of his three year term of SER
vices in the Civil War, she married
aaron Lovelace Elliott at Urbana.
Champaign county, Illinois. Soon
afterWard, Mr.. Elliott re-enlisted and
was sent to Texas. As to whether
MS young wife accompanied him. 7
am not informed.
soon after the close of the war. the
Elliotts settled in Ironton. and ever
after made it their home. | believe
they were both charter members of
Union Methodist Church, or First
Onurch as it was then called, and con-
tlnued members of it as long as thew
ilVed. However, sister Elliott,s mem
oershlp in the Methodist church he
gan IN her childhood and was never
interrupted.
bro5ner Elliott died September -.
1914. The widow continued TO reside
In the house where they had lived to-
gether for thirty nine years. Her
departure occurred December %
1913. The last three months of her
me- she was cared for by Mrs. Jennie
Edler. She had no children to care
Tor her, and only one brother living.
who was older than she, and for sev.
eral years has been in one of the old
soldiers homes.
Sister Elliott was faithful to her
cnurch' which she served many years
as steward She was a member ri tho
Sunday School to the last. and when
She became too feeble to attend. she
would send in her contribution. Her
pastor was often the recipient of her
Kindly thoughts and deeds.
The day before Christmas. her re-.
mains were taken to the little churcb
SO dearly loved, and after short
services were taken to the K. P.
cemetery and laid beside those of her
husband by her pastor, Rev. II. r.
Here she abides with the
'lient dead, her spirit with the loving
'a'her. NELSON B. HENRY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
From MIR. Hlburn.

Editor Register-"Fools rush in
where angels fear to tread.n So 7
must plead my excuse for taking M
this muehly discussed subject, the
"Bolsheviki" l don't know Just what
constitutes a B~olsheviki, never having
seen any Of their literature. The
Shreveport Times said in a recent is
sue that they oppose the marriage
relation, but as that has often been
alleged against the Socialists, the
Salvation Army and the Holiness
people, feel constrained to demand
a little salt to swallow with it.
Almost every one now acknow-
Lodges the high standing of the Saliva
tion Army people and the Holiness
people, and few are 80 ignorant now
as to repeat this hoary old hoax
against the Socialists. But d~etractors
OF the Bolsheviki are still safe on this
side of the Atlantic, for few there be
who know their creeds.
l naturally sympathize with the
poor, the weak, and misguided, but l.
must admit that the name, Bolsheviki,
was rather getting on my nerves un-
TIL l learned through the public prints
tnat the unspeakable Hindenburg was
opposed to the "Bolsheviki.n In
stantly the name rose 100 per cent in
my estimation.
| could find no place in the IA
points of Mr.. Wilson to fasten a line
of criticism, and l believe the Amer
can people who take the trouble to
10 their own thinking will indorse
lis stand on the league of nations as
against the ideas of M. Clemenceau
md his balance of power.
f. T. HILBURN, Lewisville, Ark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
In Memoriam.

The following resolutions were
adopted by the Arcadia Valley Wo-
mans Missionary Society:
Whereas, in His infinite wisdom
and love God has called to her re-
ward, Mrs. Drussilla Whitworth, q long
time resident of Arcadia Valley.
therefore resolved:
l. That not only has her family and
the church lost a devoted member.
but the members of the Arcadia VAL
ley Woman's Missionary Society feel
a loss of one of their most valued
members and that we shall mis- her
ready sympathy and interest in the
work.
z. That we extend to the bereayed
son and daughters our deepest SYM
pathy and Commend them to her
savior whom she SO faithfully served.
.. That copies of these resolutions
be sent to members of the family and
a copy be placed upon the minutes Of
this auxiliary.
MRS. ELIZA HATToN,
MRS. G. W. FARRAR,
MRS. Al BoARDMAN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
An Appreciation.


DrussiIla E. Tong was born in wha.
was then Madison county, but nov
Iron county, Mo-, December 26, 1s45
She was the daughter of William an,
Martha HHl-Tong, one of the sub,
stantial families of Arcadia Valley.
where Drussilla was reared and edu,
Gated, her education being obtained
at Arcadia College during the presi.
deney of that prince of educators
Rev. Jerome O. Bergman, A. M.
AT thirteen years of age and while
she was attending school, she gave
her heart to jesus, and joined the
Methodist Church, when the old
Seminary building was used for
church as well as for school purposes.
linus, for sixty years her name has
appeared unchallenged on what for
nifty years has been the Fort Hill
Church register.
In 1868, she was united in holy
matrimony to John Winston Whit
worth, a son of Isaac G. Whitwortb
also of Arcadia Valley, who for go
many years was considered the prince
OF merchants in Ironton. Five chill
dren were born to them, three of
survive their parents; namely.
William and Anna of Arcadia, and
Mrs. Isabelle Campbell, of Los An
geles, Cal. OF this branch of the
Tong family, only three sisters sur
vive-Mrs. Jane Levin, of New York
CITY, Mrs. Minnie Tong, of Washing
ton, ID. O., and Mrs. Mariana Scott.
of Dallas, Texas.
Sister Whitworth was of a very IRE
firing disposition, hence she was sal.
dom seen in public She did much
the needy, but usually did it
through her children and others. She
was a member and ardent supporter
OF the Woman's Missionary Society as
well as of her church. For several
years her health had not been good.
out 1t had grown better, SO that when
retired Sunday night, December
~ she doubtless dreamt not that she
would awake to find herself on the
'un-lit shore of "the Home of the
soul" And yet it was SO. The chill
and friends of this sweet spirited
woman have no need of any uncer-
ainty as to where to find her, and the
way thereto. Many a time she had
erved her friends on Christmas day.
'ut on the last Christmas they carried
ler lovingly to Fort Hill for short
eilgious services, and then to the
lasonlc Cemetery, and gently laid her
0 rest beside her late husband.
NELSON B. HENRY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
ARE YOU HELPING
THE
TO CONSERVE COAL?


Our Government has a Tremendous task be-
Iore 1t IN supplying food and fuel across the
our ships, our railroads, our manufacturing
We nave begun. Coal production in France
cannot 10 returned to normal for two years, be-
ton. u
Fuel is the fundamental basis of all setiv;.
nes; The problem of fuel conservation is not
LEGAL, not even national; it is a world problem.
We must not make the mistake of assuming
mat there is coal in great abundance merely
supplied.
There must be more coal produced here to
supply the world demand. For several weeks
the miners ranks, already deplsted By the
draft, have been further crippled by influenza.
Missouri is expected to save 800, Oeo tons Of
coai this year, and this can only be. accom-
plshed by conservation in every household and
every industry.
ryATTaR 1 N
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

HE st. Francois lead companies,
according to the Pennington Times,
are suing for a reduction of the taxes
assessed against them. The Times
INDUCES in sarcastic criticism OF their
action and may be justified, but l long
ago learned that there are two sides
to every question and we can await a
judicial termination of the matter. 1
know that "taxation to the limitn is
too often the result of up-to- dateness
in government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
Listening I'M in Enxnt

Mohammedans in Egypt are "listen-
ing In" The attendance is steadily
increasing. and one Sunday four Mo-
mammalian professors were at the
preaching service and Is Mohammedan
boys came to the Sunday,schoo for the
FIRST time. Their fathers stood outside
the window to ascertain what the
teaching might be. A number Of them
We're thus listening out Of doors.-The
Christian Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

WHAT is our Missouri Legislature
going to do about the National Dry
Amendment? The voters of Missouri
at the November election gave about
$4,000 majority against State Prohibi-
ton, and no reasonable man can fail
to know that the majority against a
national enactment would have been
much greater. What are our legisla-
tors going to do? Obey the voice of
our people, or bow to the dictum 70
the professional Reformers and their
following?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
Huzzah Items.

1t is real wih5er weather Of last
christmas passed off quietly anG
New Year is here.
Two of u boys, Arthur Dav a
sailor, and Willis Freeman, a marine.
were home on furloughs Christmas.
have returned.
MRS. A. W. Schwieder and little,
LOIS, have returned from a weeks
visit with the formers parents.
MI. Wilbur Dodson has returned to
salem, school havingr re-opened af-
ter the holidays.
Mrs. Henry Bay is here on busi-
ness.
Mr.>and Mrs. George Martin have
returned from a visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Thomas Kitchen. who
lives in Illinois.
miss Lizzie Conway, of Bill,s Creek
was a guest in the home of Mr.. and
s. Fl Dodson last week.
The Misses Amy and zelda Bav. Of
Webb City, are spending the winter
with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Joseph Bay.
Mr.. Clifford Webb and the Misses
Gladys and Elsie Webb, Of Oates
spent Christmas with their relatives
here.
MT and Mrs. Joseph Bay spent a
recently.
Inc "hu',is still raging. DR.. Stat
ora 10 kept busy almost night and
January 2, 1919.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
TelItaIe Ewes and Tnes.

The eyes tell the story Of guilt when
oil the other muscles are controlled
Ihis you will learn in the eleventh
chapter of Darwin's book. Sometimes.
when the face is controlled, as in the
case OF natives of India, other muscles
are uncomfortable. Sir Henry Maine
declares that in India the judge can
tell when a native is lying by watch
ing MS toes. He keeps his face per-
.fectly straight and his eyes express
sionless, but his toes begin to wiggIe
as soon as he begins to lie.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
HERE are a few excerpts from ii.

HERE are a few excerpts from the
Anti-Tobaceo handbook:
zone million four hundred and fftv
thousand acres of good, productive
land will this year be wasted in grow
ing tobacco unless you prevent tn
"The land could supply every grain
need of our nation and it's allies. The
labor conld supply every labor short
age in America
Tobacco lessons mental efficiency
by over 10 per cent"
ut causes deafness, blindness. can-
Ger, tuberculosis, insanity, apoplexv.
dyspepsia, hardening of the arteries
and heart disease"
1T impoverishes men,
ut lowers the working nower ~
the human muscle by a large per-
centage."
destructive fires.n
Infants in cradles have been killed
~ q tobacco smoke of their fathers.D
congress has voted to prohibit
snree per cent beer. Why not to-
All this hath a familiar sound-an
extenso, SO to say, Of the lucubrations
set before us by the anti LIQUOR
leagues. Assertion without limit and
statement without regard to fact, are
made to ~terrorize the common herd
and lead them into corral Of the Re-
former: one whose soul is so harrass-
cd with care for the welfare Of neigh
bers that he has no time moi will to
safeguard himself against his own
shortcomings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT
INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS
AFTER INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC.
U. S. Public Health Service Warns
Public Against tuberculosis,
One Million Cases Tubercu-
losis in United States-Each a
Source of Danger.

Influenza convalescents Should Have
Lungs Examlned-colds Which Hang
On Often Beginning of tuberculosis.
No Cause for Alarm If tuberculosis
is Recognized EarIy-Patent Medi.
cines Not to Be Trusted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
stucco for Renovatino House

Many men will spruce up tbe old
place" when they will not tear down
and rebuild. Sometimes it is senti-
ment' sometimes economy. Renova-
tion can do a lot more than improve
the looks of the house. Remodeline
ana o%yercoating with stucco make the
walls Observation-Disclosures insur-
ance premiums and increasing safety.
1t makes the home easier to heat in
winter, cooler in summer, and often
lowers the cost Of repairing or repaint-
ing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

Do not fail to note the offer. ga
REAL NEWSPAPER BARGAIN.u
made by the sterling newspaper. the
ST. LOUIS GLOBE. DEMOCRAT else
where in this issue. In spite of the
enormously increased cost of produc-
ton, the DAILY GLOBE. DEMO
oKAT, except Sunday, is offered at
tase remarkably low rate of "a 90 per
year--or in complete clubs Of three or
more, at the net club rate of SO. so for
each yearly subscription. The DAILY
GLOBE DEMOCRAT including sun
day, is offered for 81 80 per year. or
10 clubs of three or more at the net
rate of $6.66 for each yearly s~ubscrip-
ton. Again we urge you to read the
offer and send in your order AT
ONCE. Address the Globe Printing
Company, Publishers, st. Louis. Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

The Legislature meets to-day. The
House is Republican, the Senate
Democratic-a mixed nuts aggrega-
ton. Let us hope they, notwith-
standing, may get together on needed
legislation-if there be such.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

NoTE.-The precipitation includes
ram, hail, sleet and melted snow, and
Is recorded in inches and hundredths.
g inches Of snow equal one inch Of
ram. ! indicates trace of precip'ta-
hon. ARCADIA COLLEGE Observer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

Ex-PREsIDENT ROOSEVELT died at
his home at Oyster Bay Monday
morning at 4 O'Clock. All are euloe-
izlng him, but his passing has reliev-
ed the strain upon more than one
mourning "statesmsn.n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

The Columbia University is modest
~ asking the legislature for a grant
of two and one half million dollars to
tide it over the ensuing two years.
o, Education, what leg pulling the
State is called upon to endure in thy
name!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09


Is the old-time "wild pigeon" going
to be with us again? The following
is taken from the Christian Science
Monitor of December 2sth:
When they hear the current report
that, a member of the Connecticut
state Game Commission has seer sew
eral passenger pigeons, persons who
know the story of bird life in North
America are almost as surprised as if
he had said he had seen specimens of
the great aux. The passenger pigeon
nas been considered equally extinct
Less than a century ago it was the
most plentiful game bird on the con-
tlnent, and focks of passenger
pigeons are said to have darkened
the landscape like a cloud passing
beneath the sun. This seems likely
enough, when one recalls Audubonjs
estimate of well over a billion,pigeons
in a migrating flock. Their reappear-
ance would be a true return of the ma
tive, and would be widely welcomed.
1t was considerably less than a CEN
fury ago that they were with us in
great hunters. In the early spring
OF 1870, while on a horseback journey
between Eminence and T%homasville.
one afternoon, l saw a flock of these
birds which fairly darkened the sur
and required over an hour in passing.
Their sudden and apparently com
plete disappearance a few years later
was inexplicable, and truly everybody
will rejoice if they return to us.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
NOTICE OF FINAL sETrr rMr,-r

Noticeis hereby given that tbe urdo.
81, Mckinney, Guardian and Cusa-
I pa. 81 tne estates Of Dent Mckinney md
a n.vnei mchinney, minors, will make 6nal
os"iement OF his accounts with said estate
as such Guardian and Curator ~ ne
60 .erm Of the Probate Court Of Iron
,sounty' Missouri, to be holden al Irorton
airy, A. p. 1919. reOru-
D.J. MCKINNEY,
Aa.. Guardian and Curator.
1Aves'; SAM M. BREWSTER.
Judge Of Probate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

lam afraid of a tangle in the Euro
pean peace negotiations. All the
participants are not Woodrow Will
sons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
Warninsl No Trespassinsl

Limiting ld9EL and trespassing are posi-
w S,ae,y forbidden on my premises. MI.
oo'e has charge OF my place, ~"
Ra,len,om j. III. LONG.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
Weather Report.

meteorological Report OF Ooopera-
tive Observer at Ironton Iron County.
MO-, for the week ending Monday'
January s, 1919.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09

A LADY residing in Louisiana has
sent me a clipping from the New
Orleans Item which suits my taste to
a dot. | have perforce delayed pub
fishing it, and now it is out Of date,
but | appreciate the friendly intent
OF the sender. The REGISTER owes
more than it can make good to its
lady friends. and I take this oppor-
tunity to tell them their good will is
held in high esteem, God bless them!
If l were the arbiter of their destinies,
happiness would attend their lives all
through ''this vale of tears"