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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
From Pete Allgier.

Dear Father and Mother-T got your
letter yesterday, was very glad to
hear from you all. hope these few
lines find you all well, 1 am getting
along very well so far.
When did you folks hear from JOS
eph last?
/ was surprised when you told me
that Uncle Tony and Aunt Mary were
down to see you all. l got a letter
from Blanche and she told me what a
time she had when she was down to
see you. Also, told me about her
friend that was with her; she said they
hated to leave but had to go back to
their work.
When get back | can tell you folks
lots about France. They have queer
ways, The land lays in little lots, auc
they have rocks and dirt for fencing
They have very good soil over here.
How many Of my cattle did you
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
Executors s Notice.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Letters Tes-
tamentary on the estate of John M. Stricklin,
deceased, were granted to the undersign-
ed on the 23d day of December, 1oIS,by the
Probate Court Of Iron County, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said es-
ate are required to exhibit them for allow
ance 10 the Executor within six m onths
after the date of said letters or they
NAV be precluded from any benefit Of said
estate; and il such claims be not exhibited
within one year from the date of the last in
sertion OF the publication Of this notice, they
shall be forever barred.
This 23d day Of December, 1918.
MONROE JOHNSTON,
Executor with will annexed.
Attest: o. w. ROOP,
Judge Of Probate.
Ironton, Mo-, December 20, 1918.
STATE OF MISSOURI, ss
COUNTY OF IRON.
hereby certify that Monroe Johnston was
granted Letters Testamentary on the estate OF
!, Iohn M. tricklin, deceased, on the date
4 above written.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
\ (sEAL) my hand and affixed the seal
Of said Court this 23d day Of
December, 1918,
o. w. ROOP, Judge Of Probate,
and ex-Oficio Clerk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
A Letter from ]. N. Allgier,

Dear Sister Annie-I write you a
few lines to let you know that I am
well now and hope you folks are the
same. received your letter to-day,
was very glad to hear from you all,
and know that you are all well. /
have been awful sick. l was in the
hospital six weeks, but am we'll now
and feeling fine.
There are sure some nice towns
over here, and we are using some Of
their money. We try to talk to some
of the girls over here but it is hard to
understand them.
! wrote Pete letter this morning;
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
IRONTON, NO. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919.


miles south, and little west of Nam
oy. 1 have improved very much since
l came to this hospital | weighed
yesterday, and my weight was 174
pounds.
We are having some cold weather
to-day.
Well, tell everybody my best re-
CARDS are for them. Tell the kids l
remember them, and that hope
Uncle Jim and Aunt Rebecca do not
worry about Monte being away for he
will be greatly benefited through his
being in Europe, But if he went to
the front, he, suppose will, no donbt,
have much to tell everybody concern
ing the hardships of war.
The doctor just came in and exam
ined me and said | would be classed as
casual, but said he didn't know
where | would be sent to from Con-
troxeville. So suppose FIJI not stay
here much longer. Possibly my next
journey will be to the German terri
tory.
Well, will close, hoping to he, q Il
answer soon. %
Your cousin, sIr
MONTY r. BLACK,a
356 Infantry, M. A. Co., American
E. F., France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16

guess he thinks l was long time
answering his letter. I've only got
one letter from him since have been
on this side of the pond. wish Pete
was with me. Elgin Blanton is not
with me any more.
I guess you were all glad when you
heard the war was over. 1 felt pretty
good because it would be very cold in
the trenches for us boys now.
I will close, wishing you ell Merry
christmas and Happy New York.
AS ever, your brother,
Py'T. JOSEPH N. ALLGIER,
Co. L, 35Oth Infantry, A. P. o. 795,
A. E. f., November "a, 1918.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
My Two Boys in France.
BY MRS. EFFIE G. REED.

BY MRS. EFFIE G. REED.
On April 25th, nineteen hundred sew
enteen,
They kissed me goodbye and start
ed
For lands they had never seen.
Though only children in age,
They we're men in thought and deed.
They were the first from our town
to volunteer
In their country's hour of need.
They heard the cries of the millions
Out across the rolling foam,
Who were being killed and tortured,
Or driven by beasts from hcme.
They were true Americans, God bless
them,
Thsy heard their country's call.
They pledged allegiance to their flag,
With liberty and justice for all.
They were among the first to unfurl
the flag
OF our own dear red, white and blue
On the sunny shores of war-Uorn
: France,
The first in battle, too.
They went across with Pershing's
men,
They were in the first advance,
They've both been wounded and shed
their blood
On the battlefields of France.
They have fought in the blood soaked
trenches,
They've been scorched by bursting
shell,
They've breathed the deadly gases,
The very fumes of hell!
They We seen the dead and dying,
They've heard the wounded cry,
They've encountered the barbed- wire
tangles,
Ever ready to win or die.
My mother heart has suffered all,
With my soldier sons 80 true,
And I've prayed to God, both day and
night,
That He'd bring them safely throu'.
I've missed their sweet companion
ship,
The laughter in their glance.
They had gone, but they could moi
tell me where,
Except Somewhere in France"
But, thank God, the conflict is over,
'rhe victory now is won,
/ hope they'll soon return to me
With these words: sour duty vel
done.p
Then we'll kneel and give thanks to-
gether,
And we'll offer fervent prayer
For the mothers whose sons will nev
er come back,
Brave heroes, asleep over therel
Des Arc, Mo-, Dec. 10, 1918,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
From George o. Reed.

Dear Home Folks-Just few lines
again this evening to let you know
Pm feeling fine. Hope you are all
we'll and o. K.
l have written lot since I've been
here, but didn't expect to stay here
long, so didn't write to my Company
for my mail, and therefore, haven't
received any mail for more than two
months.
Well. I'm thankful for good health
and many other things that God has
blessed us with, but most of al'&or
the end of this bloody war that "
been engaged in the past eie h.Sn
months.
I'm glad Ed and came out as we'll
as we did. It's certainly mystery
how we came out alive. There were 8
pairs Of brothers in our Company and
Ed and are the only ones left, and
both Of US were wounded, but only
flesh Wounds. Ed was wounded in
July and l was wounded October 1st,
during the last big drive at Verdun,
Argonne Forest. Believe ne, that
was some battle, but we were well
paid for it, after all.
During the eighteen months I've
been over here this is the first time to
be away from my Company. They
made the last drive after was wound
ed and sent down here, but that's the
only thing I've eyer missed.
Ed went to an officers school soon
after went to the Hospital. | guess
he'll soon get his commission as
Lieutenant. He'll sure make good
one, all right. He has had more real
experience than many Of them had
when they were commissioned.
Well, we fellows here are expecting
to leave this place any day but don't
know just when nor where. But
there is strong talk of sending us back
home. surely hope so, anyway, be-
cause the war is over and that's all l
enlisted for, was the duration of wa2.
Say, folks, ifyou can get copy of
the Stars and Stripes dated October
goth, that gives the full details of the
big battle we had then and it is sure
interesting. The Stars and Stripes is
published weekly over here by ard
for the soldiers Of the A. E. f. I had
a copy of that date to send home, and
loaned it to q fellow and it got mis-
placed.
Well, it's all over with now and |
guess 1t will be more interesting to
hear us tell about it than to read it.
don't guess it will be great while
till most of us will be sent home; hope
not anyway. / am still at Base Hos
pital, No. %, Bordeaux, France, which
is only few miles from the dock.
can hear the old ships whistle every
day. They've been sending the fell
lows out from here for some time, but
somehow it's hard for me to believe
will be lucky enough to start soon.
Imust close for this time. I'll write
again soon.
Your loving son and brother,
GEORGE o. REED, (No. 105, ,739.)
Base Hospital No. %, Bordeaux
France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
the girls will lust make times right for

the girls will just make times right for
lonesome fellows, since they are SO
scarce and rare. We never saw a
woma for more than a month at a
time while on the firing line. Of
course. when we did see them they
were French, and so we couldn't call
them dolls, and such things, to cheer
them, because they couldn't under
stand an "honest- to- goodness" langu-
age. Well, now I've written enough
about the women folks.
Well, how is every thing by this time?
! wish to hear the mineral prospects
are on the boom by this time. / am
SO far from my outfit I am most
sure I'll not get any mail for some
time, because don't know how long
I'll be here. And if notify my clerk
to send my mail, l no doubt, would
lose it, because I don't know my
company address, and a letter would
have to go thru the A. H. @. Depart
ment and it would take note or
letter possibly month to get to my
Company clerk. So suppose I'll not
hear from home for a long while.
/ don't think we will have to. fight
any more, but I look to have to stay
in Europe for possibly six or months
as the greatest trouble now will be to
persuade German subjects to abide by
the terms of the armistice and the
peace terms, which / am most certain
that Germany will agree to when the
time arrives.
You can't imagine how silent every
thing seems since the guns stopped
shooting. Seventy-five days under
artillery fire is pretty trying on ones
nerves. But was fortunate it seems.
Because shells bursted all around me,
yet came out o. K. Much l would
not dare write of warfare and battle,
yet I suppose could tell stories
which would hold any one of no ex-
perience spell bound. For to be sure
I've seen enough of modern warfare
to do me.
Tell Uncle Jim his advice "to do the
thing up quickly" came in due time,
but as read Hettie's letter l just just
Imagined that if he could have been
there as / read the letter, so that he
could hear those big shells and see
them burst SO near that he would have
thought the idea of the finished jot
was very distant. My, or the battal-
lion to which my Company was at
tached was in an awful close place
which was we'll surrounded by boche
machine guns, and which presented q
very ticklish job, but at the hour OF
IL o'clock on the 18th of November
everything changed so sudden as il O
dream, and in eighteen hours the
Germans and Americans were visit,
ling Camps and getting better ideas Of
what had been the objects OF which
they we're fighting.
ii l don't know where Arthur's outfil
may he, but am most sure his or.
ganization will sail for home befor,
: my regiment goes My organization
: is now in the third army Of the A. E
t f., and is somewhere on the German
frontier. am at Controxeville
) France, II is fine little town, 40 or 81
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
The average American
is open-minded.

folks sell? Take good cara of my
stock. think l will be home in a
month or two. l am glad it is all
over with. Don't worry about me,
am we'll.
l will close; hope to be with you al
soon, so 60 od-bye.
Your loving son,
PRIVATE PETE ALLGIER,
Co. D, 34th Infantry, 9TH Division,
U. S. Army, A. E. F. November 70
1915.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
huenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure it you must take an
internal remedy Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years. 1t is COM
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J: CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Advertisement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
From Private Monty r. Black.

Dear Cousin--I will try sending you
few lines to tell you am still among
the living, and still remember you.
Iimagipe you are somewhat lone
some since all the boysare gone away
for training, and to France. But
Eince | began to write recall the
fact to mind you are just In it, because
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
Minister a Linuuist.

Four languages were used last year
in the preaching of Rev. Paul Burgess,
Presbyterian missionary in the Que
zaltenango field of Guatemala, accord
ing to the Guatemala News. He spoke
in Spanish, English, German and Cak-
chiquel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
Why That Lame Back?

That morning ameness--thoses sharp
pains when bending or lifting, make
work burden and rest impossi BILE.
Don't be handicapped by Dad bac &
look TO your kidneys You will make
no mistake by following this Flat
River residents example.
Mrs. r. A. Cunningham, Federal
Hill, f lat River, Mo-, says: 81 was
troubled with my kidneys for severn
years and finally could hardly get
about. My back was weak and lame
and panied constantly and my feet
and limbs were SO swollen | could
hardly bear my weight. My kidneys
didn't act right, either. Four boxes
of Doan's Kidney Pills put my KID
neys in good order. The swelling was
reduced and / was relieved of the
terrible backaohes."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don \
simply ask for a kidney remedy ge
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Cunningham had. Foster Mil
burn Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y..-Adv,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16
NUMBER 33.
Wind and Trees.

The existence of tall plants nd trees
depends largely on the wind orce. A
tree with square trunk and branches
would offer SO much resistan e to the
wind that it would be continually hav-
ing it's branches snapped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16

Strayed-A year old-past Steer;
red; whitefaced. Marked with un--
derbit and upper bit in right ear, and.
split in left; with label, "P, A. CALI
son." Finder will please notify me.
20. CALLS ON.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-16

Fresh Beef-18 TO 80 cents a lb
Fresh Pork, country style, % cents a
ID. NICHOLS MEAT MARKET.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22

Put up in gals, u gal,
qts., pts, " pts. All shades
and clear.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22
$50. 900. 90 MIDDLEsEX COUNTY. ". J.
COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Undersigned at his office In the
wick. New Jersey. until two o'clock.
p. NJ, Thursday. June 5th, 1919. for
the purchase of the following issues
of bonds of Middlesex County. New
Jersey, the amount of the issue stated
being the maximum amount of bonds
which may be issued. and the amount
of money which it is desired to raise;
Bonds, dated May 1, 1919. denomina-
ton $1,000; maturing in numerical or
der, $4,000 on May list of each Of the
years 1920 to 1924, both inclusive. with
cent? per annum. payable semi-an-
nually May 1 and November 1.
Said bonds are In coupon. 1orm with
privilege of registration either as to
principal and interest or as to princi,
pal only. Principal and semi-annuai
Interest are payable at the office OF
the County Collector in New Bruns-
wick, New Jersey. on any bonds reg
istered as to principal and interest,
the interest will. at the request OF the
holder. be RENTED by mail in New
The bonds win be engraved under
the supervision of the United states
Mortgage & Trust Company or New
York City, which will certify as to the
g~enuineness of the signatures of the
county officials and the seal impressed
thereon; and the approving. opinion OF
Messrs. Caldwell and Masslich OF New
1OTk SllS as " AC6aAhy
nished to the purchaser without charge;
said issue of bonds will, unless all
bids therefor are rejected, be sold TO
the bidder or bidders complying with
the terms of sale and Offering to pay
not less than 100000 and to take
therefore the least amount of bonds
commencing with the first maturity
and stated in a multiple of $1,000;
and If one or more bidders offer TO
take the same amount of bonds, then
said bonds will be sold to the bidder
or bidders offering to pay therefor the
to the price bid the purchaser must
paw accrued interest from the date or
the bonds to the date of delivery. The
tight is reserved to reject all bids, and
any bid not complying with the pro-
visions hereof will be rejected.
Bids are desired on forms which
will be furnished by the county, and
each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check oil an incorporated
bank or trust. company, payable 10
the order of the County Collector or
the County of Middlesex. for two per
bid for to secure the county against
any loss resulting from the failure of
the bidder to comply with The terms
of his bid.
successful bidder at the office OF the
J.. on the 18th day of June, 1919. at
ii o'clock, A. NJ, or as soon thereafter
as bonds can be prepared.
nv order of the Board OF CHOSEN
F~reeholders of MiddleseX County, New
Jersey. 1yuurp
County Collector.
| Dated. New Brunswick. New Jersey,
, May 18th. 1919.
4672-5-22-1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22
SONGS SPEED RECOVERY
OF THE SHELL SHOCKED.

Paris. April 1s-"Just a Baby's Prayer
at Twilight" sunE in a sweet. low so
pr.no, sounded beyond the doors Of the
shell -shock ward in a base hospital near
enc Of the old camps.
That" said the surgeon who was con-
Quoting M visitor through the hospital.
is our new cure for s~hell-shock."
The song ended. but after q moment
the singer resumed with The Little Gray
Home In the West" and then continued
with q lullaby. the kind that all Ameri-
can mothers Groom as they sesth their
little ones held In their arms. occa-
sionally a few thin masculine voices join
ed In the singing. their brave efforts be-
coming stronger as the melody shifted
gradually to songs Of a more spirited
kind. Then from the ward. followed by
n faint cheer. came the singer-smiling.
She was Miss Paula Lind Ayers, for
msrly on the New York concert stage.
She wore the uniform and insignia of .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22

Y. III. C. A. entertainer in France. but
the surgeon introduced her as song
physician to the shell-shocked d~oughboys
Of the A.. a.. =.
Miss Ayers career as a song-physician
began by accident. While touring a
number Of American camps to sing to
the doushboys, she visited a base hos
pital one afternoon and ans to the pa
TENTS In the various wards. mo need
to 80 In there" she was told. in front Of
one closed door. The shell-shock patients
are in there. They are making so much
noise that they probably wouldn't hear
you"
II should like to try. anyhow" she
said. Before the end of Miss Ayers FIRST
stanza, all but three or four Of the worst
cases had been Quoted, and were listen
ing to tho song. By the time she had
sung half a dozen songs. a few Of the
men were Joining In the chorus. II was
the first time that some Of them had
spoken since they had been stricken with
shock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22
Telephone 155
South River, N. j.

Romond's Grocery store. 2ss High ST
Pagan. 20 Smith st.
Delicatessen Store. SO Smith st.
Palisi. 1872 Smith st.
Barenv inger, 224 Smith ST.
Red Cross Pharmacy, $50 smith ST.
Terminal Lunch. 23S Smith ST.
Harris, 313 Smith st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22
George Allgair,

Lewis. 343 Smith st.
vitrol, 500 Maple st. :
Burlington Lunch. 81 Smith ST. !
Perth Amooy Rest. 81 Smith St.
Angelo, s Smith st.:
Pribuia, 42s state ST.:
Kaufman Bros. 336 State 81.
Victory Lunch. 322 State st.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-07-29
MENTION
gs ,"r"." rn""." or ." S". ."' rs AZ" r'S'Ss vS;
AMoN ,>u ,OMINGs OF LOCAL FOLKS.

fnr ~ Spring Creek. whore she stop
ped for u visit with her parents.
Miss Ester Mon,clius. who has
been here on her vacation for II fcw
weeks. left this morning for her
home IN Alameda. Miss MontclIus
has had such It delightful trip that
sh. declares she viii spend her On
tire vncr ion here in the future
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-07-29

will he reprecnted by living figures.
The first day will BE- indian day; the
second, Spanish and Francifcan day,
and the third win be devoted to SYM
boliziDg New MexicO's ideals for the
future. incidental TO the fiesta, there
will be held the fifth annual exhibit
Of the Taos Society of Artists.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-07-29

h. LlnpnuIl pa "
u v. osIlv'e Is J" "'''"'
), present. ,.,,, no,
~. w. = Lowlcr IA her" ''''" wv
N", :. e vsed for few days
home .,a,n ~ A. A. Atkinson Is "'''
cap'''' p,,.ldIo.
from y" s,erman Is e Portland ''".
D. u ,,,mo,h Falls,
'of % j, n,r ~,a,on Is in the city from ~
H. " u.,p on buslncs',
BONE !" case and Mrs h"r'ha I'H''
w. - ,own from OLA. california
he U ,., ,. ao.wIck Of Loa Angeles j.
A'. ..,n, IN klamath Falls 'hi'
'T ',,,,,e,h Dick with Mr. an" "'''
n,.n.r eome In yesterday from
~" v..,s,seo
., y Lamm II down from h'H
~
,,mu at Modoc Point. looking
'' ,,.,,ess matters,
NV W.. mildred Thrnsh"r and MI"
c,o,a,n have returned from u
~ o,,,nr AT spring crcnf.
8 Kellogg and Mr and Mrs. +.
,...h,,, or, tourists paving EIhm-
=, ro,,y A visit this GUNNER.
u,s r. c. SPHINX la down r"W
,r.,.s, m Spring Creek to Hr"Dd
a.. v..t with her daurh'er 'luidi"
c.oyre shemmel and n NJ, Fuller
..,. messengers on the stag" bound
u, r,a,er Lake and Mcdf0rd this
uorolpx
yR Reams has returned from his
,ous In California and Vii! spend
,hou, two weeks here looking after
NJ. banking business.
Mr. and Mrs. james Rogers after
, visit with their son, Lcglie Rogers
md family, left this morning for
,bslr home In Oakland, California.
WR Wheaty and VIM, X Brown
,r, tourists here from san Francisco
Mr. and Mrs ". u, Cox are IN town
from their home In Doris for few
DAY,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Mckee. l.. Oppcr.
hem, Nrs. J. p. Lourhamc. Miss
Edith Bull and CAL K.rdbar are in
The city from San Francisco for u
short time
Nm Ed Martin. Mrs. Charles Mar.
lin snd their mother and sister from
Ashland left early this morning for
cn.s Lake where they will spend
Two days
Nr and Mrs. l.. p MONTGOMERY
accompanied BY Eeari Hilton left
Yesterday morning for chIloauin
sAre they are connected with the
Nodoc Lumber company.
Nr and Mrs, s. II nr-hcr who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs W. r
shive for the past week. started ,s,s
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-07-29

man, the Fiesta Of Santa Fe," 3
day celebration depicting in pagean-
trv the past, present and future o.
New Mexico, viii begin here SeptnTn-
Der H.
thousand years Of the states
history. its accomplishments OF 20
day and It's aspiration for tomorrow