Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
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The first cantaloupes were imported
last week.
Found-Monday, a stick pin. Call
at this office.
Big time in Ironton July 4th. Ev-
erybody come.
Big Aluminium Ware Sale at Lopez's
next Saturday.
Fletcher & Barger received a car of
Fords Thursday.
The early tomatoes, it is said, will
be ripe early in July.
A number Of summer visitors have
arrived the past week.
Lost-A blank aheck book on the
Iron County Bank. Finder please re-
turn to this office.
The Girls Glee Club have issued in
vitations to a dance at the Valley Inn
next Friday evening.
The soldier boys have abandoned
the idea of a Barbecue July 4th and
will give a Basket Picnic instead.
Fine Home-Cured Smoked Bacon,
3Sc per h., by the piece.
LOPEZ STORE 90.
The nan with a potato patch wants
rain. The fellow in the harvest will
not care if it holds off a day or two.
The oil on the streets is subsiding
somewhat, but it certainly has been
gaumy and sticky the past two weeks.
Mr.. Eastman, our baker, is kept
very busy these summer days supply
ing the demand for his popular pro-
ducts.
The first huckleberries of the season
were on the market Saturday. Fifty
cents a gallon. They r said to be
quite plentiful.
Lost-Last Wednesday, between Pr
lot Knob and Gaaniteville, a Lady's
Fur Scarf. Please bring to this Office
and receive reward.
A letter from my old friend, Mr..
VIM. Fl. Webb, of Bixby, received as
we go to press, will appear next week.
His letters are always good.
To Mr.. Sampson at Morningthorpe
Farm we are indebted for a couple of
tomatoes, the first of the season, pre-
sented this morning. They are fine.
Seventeen members of the Ironton
Chapter Order Eastern Star visited
Pennington lastThursday for the pur-
pose of installing a chapter there.
Judge o. W. Roop was able to be
over in town Monday, after being
confined to the house for a month.
He says he is on the mend, though.
now.
The Hogan people had a social
at the home of A. G. Pinkley last
Saturday. A large crowd was in at
tendance and everybody had a good
time.
A card from friend Trauernicht ad-
vises us that after a stay of a week
in st. Louis he and Mrs. Trauernicht
went to Granville, Ills, where they
will spend several days.
superintendent Hanson has issued
programs for the Teachers Meeting
and School Board Convention to be
held in the Ironton High School
building, July 18th and 10th.
The Missouri Baptist Assembly con-
venes on Arcadia Heights Monday,
July 9TH, and will be in session until
July goth. Indications point to a well
attended and interesting session.
More raspberries have been on the
local market the past week than in
any season for a number of years.
The quality is good and the price high
enough-from % to 35 cents a box.
When will a postmaster be appoint
ed for Ironton? 1t occurs to us that
the prolonged delay in making a se-
lection is without sense or reason.
The vacancy has existed for more
than a year.
Local rains have been frequent the
past few weeks. A heavy rainfall is
reported in a vicinity and a short dis
lance away there is little rain. 1t is
generally said this NEAR a dry seas
on. Hope not this year, anyway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Higgins and little
son, Edward, motored to Arcadia,
Tuesday. They brought back with
them their two daughters, Misses
Fidelis and Avolyn, who have been
attending Arcadia College, Lead
Belt News.
No big catches have been reported
from Lake Killarney recently. One
veteran angler gives it as his opinion
that the reason therefor is that the
Lake has been pretty we'll "fshed
out" in the frequent raids made there
in the past spring.
Harry Patton and wife arrived in
Ironton last week. Harry says that
people who have an idea that Ohio Is
l'bone dry" since prohibition became
effective in that State have another
guess coming, as booze il On open
sale in most of the big towns.
A fellow came to the office the 9TH
or day hunting a job of ONE kind.
We told him we would like to get the
weeds on the lot cut. How much do
you suppose he wanted for the job?
Just S3.50i Well, he didn't get job.
DON'T think he was looking for work.
Just q bluff, that was all.
The Moss Tie Company's tie drive
down West Fork arrived at Gen.
~terville last night (Monday) and will
proceed down the river to Lesterville
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