Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-10-30

number of people had assembled at
the station and his majesty seemed
pleased at the ovation accorded him
by the Illinois town.
James N. Paullus of Belleview is
here at present, visiting his son, Rob-
ert. Mr., Paullus is in his seth year,
but he is enjoying good health and can
get around about as briskly as some
OF his sons. He expects to go to Cold
water in a few days for a visit with
his son, ]. N. Paullus, before returning
TO MISUNDERSTANDING Sun.
Stray-The undersigned will pay s5
for information leading to the recov-
cry, or $40 for III g return,of one mouse
colored Horse Mule, IA "a hands high
and 8 years old past; strayed from my
place about June Is, 1919. This mule
has slight blemish in right ear, causing
tip to turn down. ,
Roy TURNER, Elvins, Missouri.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Chas. E. Bean and Edith Lee Turner
of Caledonia.
Geo. S. White and Nettie Robinson
of Annapolis.
Sam Moss and Mrs. Lena Moss of
Annapolis.
Louis Siebert of Crystal City and
Clara Mund of Pilot Knob.
-Four or five petitions, adore ssed to
the county court asking that body to
call a special election so that the vot-
ers may pass on the proposition to
bond the county for 5000, 900 for road
purposes, have been circulated in va
rious sections of the county the past
week. 1t will require little or no eff
tort to eur the 200 signatures re-
quired and the petitions will be filed
SO that the county court may take &C.
ton at the regular term next week.
Mr.. W. w. Reese last week receiv-
ed a letter from Congressman Rhodes
stating that his name had been certifi-
ed to the President for appointment
as postmaster at Ironton, the Civil
Service Commission having ruled that
his grades we're best in the examine
ton conducted among applicants for
the position. After so long a time,
now, perhaps, a postmaster will be
appointed. Why it could not have
been done a year ago is beyond the
ken of the average mortal.
The following is reproduced from
last Thursdays st. Louis Post Dis
patch: "Miss Jennie Louise Hinsdale,
daughter of Mrs. W. r. Hinsdale Of
1917 Lafayette avenue, and Harry
Myers Kendall, were married Monday
the Rev. R. @. Williamson of Tyler
Place Presbyterian Church, officiating
Mr.. Kendall, who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Kendall of Ironton
Mo-, served with the Twenty sixth
Division in France. Mr.. and Mrs
Kendall will make their home in Ak
ron, Ohio"
The rain fell almost continuously
Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Tit
water came down in torrents nearly
all of Sunday night and for 'the frs
time in many months the branches
and creeks were overlooking. |
cleared up Tuesday morning and tn
weather which had been unusual.
warm became much colder. Tn
rainfall Saturday was 1.25 inches
|, Sunday, 1.65 inches; Monday, 40 inch
. es; a total of 1872 inches for the three
) days. 1t is raining again this (Wed
+. nesday) morning.
So far the men who robbed tn
, Bank of Potosi here early last Wed
nesday morning have eluded arrest
. Later developm ents indicated, tina
, there were two men only taking par
in the robbery. Outside of the dam
!, age done to the vault door, the loss t
the bank itself was small. The heav
lest losers are individuals who ha
: their Liberty Bonds stored in tn
: vault. Mr.. Jas. M. Richeson, of thi
. place, lost $500, and Lon Higginboth
: am of Latty $3.50. Two men wer
= arrested at De Soto Wednesday 0
suspicion, but there was no evidenc
4 on which to hold them.-Potosi Jour
nal.
The strike of the employees of tn
Federal Lead COMPANY, at Flat River
inaugurated. some two weeks agt
seems to be proving a failure. Som
n of the Federal shafts have since open
q ed and it is stated that several hur
j dred of the men who went out on th
strike have since returned to worl
d Last weeks Harrington Times,a pape
alwaysfriendly to the Union, in CON
If menting on the situation says: "Man
= in this locality are already prophesy
ing that the strike will fail, and th'
st this will mean an end to Union orgt
J. nization in the Lead Belt OF st. Fran
-. r. n d. "a