Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-08-19
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The tomatoes are certainly fine.
No trouble at all to rain these days.
Farmers are getting ready to pillow
for wheat.
Coal dealers report that they can
get no coal at all at present.
A picnic at the French Ford on Mar
BILE Greek Saturday, August 26th.
Cantaloupe growers in Dunklin
county realize from S120 to $3.50 an
acre.
The prospect for a corn crop is
better than it has been for several
years.
Some mighty fine looking girls in
the crowd that camped on the Heights
this year.
John W. Lovelace has purchased
the Chevrolet car of j. F. Robertson
in Arcadia.
Fletcher & Barger drove another
consignment of Ford cars from St.
Louis Saturday.
1t seems to be a difficult matter to
keep anybody on the job as rural
carrier out of Arcadia.
The haulers are asking $2.75 a load
for pole wood and says there is not
much money in it at that price.
Chas. J. Newman went to Annapo-
lis Tuesday where he has about a
weeks work on the bank building.
Our light service has been fine
recently. There hasn't been a
ttbreakn for some time, we are glad
to say.
Ticket sales at the Ironton station
in July were almost $4,000. We are
entitled to better service than is ac-
corded US. go
Automobiles report that the roads
between here and st. Louis are in
better condition than they have beer
for some time past.
Lake Killarney has become quite
popular as a bathing, fishing and pic
mic resort and its popularity seems to
wax as the days go by.
Lost-About three weeks since a
child's ring, has small diamond, with
initials, SD. D. O." Please return to
this office and receive reward.
Wanted-Men with teams to cut
and haul ties and mine props. See
j. o. Cottle, photographer, Academy
Theatre Building, Ironton, Mo.
superintendent Dearborn has a
communication in this weeks paper
relative to the opening of school. AL
pupils will be interested therein.
About all the visitors on Arcadif
Heights got away Sunday evening
and Monday. A few families are re
manning on the hill for a short stay.
Mrs. VIM. G. Thurman writes from
Lepanto, Arkansas, that her brother
Peter Left, is in a hospital in Kansas
City, where he underwent a surgica
operation August 9th.
The local base ball team sustained
an awful drubbing from a nine from
Fredericktown in Fletcher's field Sun
day afternoon, the score being II to
iu favor of the visitors.
Superintendent Hanson has issue
programs for a Township Meeting o
Teachers and Directors to be held a
the Goodland Church, Friday, Sep
tember 18th, at ten o'clock A. M.
Quite a number of Boy Scouts, VIII
have been camping at Irondale thl
summer, came to Ironton with a BAN
last Wednesday and spent severs
hours here having a real good time.
J. McRoberts, formerly superin
tendent of the Sligo Furnace Compa
ny in Iron and Dent counties, has en-
gagged quarters for himself and Mr.
McRoberts at Valley Inn for the win
ter.
ga Trip Around the World" b
the Epworth League last Friday eN
ening was a novel and pleasing or
tertainment, enjoyed by all tn
participants. The patronage we
quite satisfactory.
Mr.. @. L. Carson sold to Judge "
II. Gay this week lots 7 and s, Bloc
q, on Reynolds street. This pre-
perty belonged to Mrs. Louisa Bleme
who formerly ~residedin I~ronton-no
living at Bonnie Terre.
Mr.. Edgar Gibbons, of Montros
Illinois, made an automobile trip
Ironton last week, starting hon
Thursday. He made this office
much appreciated call and reported
very pleasant trip coming owe herr
There will be two compieUe shoy
of Charlie Chaplin7s, ga Dogs Lift
and "The Cruise of the Make-B
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