Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-04-29

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Lost = Saturday, between g. W.
Marshall's store and Mr. W. R. Edgar's
residence, 9 small purse containing
four 81 bills and some change. Find
er please return to this office and Q
eeive reward.
Eward Masterson, with the Egypt
ian Timber Company, says that a
scarcity of teams is retarding the
timber business materially these days.
Teams are just not to be had, either
for love or money.
For Sale-A new Briscoe car, in per-
feet condition. AS I have no use for
1t, 1t will be sold at q real bargain. Mrs.
DR.. Houston will show the car to any
n wanting to see it.
j. A. REYBURN, Ironton, Mo.
Chas. Vale, an old resident OF this
county, was killed in the mines in st.
Francois county a couple Of weeks
since. An account of the accident,
resulting in his death, is reproduced
from the Desloge Sun. y
While in Jefferson City last week
Sheriff Blue saw young George Begley
of Poplar Bluff, who is serving q ten
years. sentence in the penitentiary.
The young man is employed as sste-
nographer for the deputy warden.
F. E, Callison has sold his far m, six
miles south of Ironton, on Marble
Greek, to John Thompson. There are
ninety acres In the tract and the pur-
chaser takes possession at once. Mr..
Callison intends to go to Chicago to
live.
The dance at the Academy Of Music
last Friday evening, after the high
school play, was the most largely at
tended and thoroughly enjoyable &C.
casion of the kind that has occurred
in some time. Everybody had agood
time.
Loren F. Knight of Marble Greek is
putting another saw mill on the
Rothenfue place, south of Arcadia,
and will saw logs for the Egyptian
Tie & Timber Company. He expects
to begin operations within the next
week.
Bob Blanks, who carries the mail
between the Ironton post-of1ce and
the railroad station, now receives $50
a month for his work. He formerly
received but $50 a month for the Job.
He is we'll entitled to the increase,
and then some.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Reyburn arrived
in Ironton Saturday from Desloge,
where Mrs. Reyborn spent the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. Mackley.
| We are sorry to hear Mrs. Reyburn
has been in quite poor health for
several months.
From an article reproduced in this
paper from from the Fredericktown
Democrat News it will be seen that
Prof. B. W. Loomis has been elected
president of Marvin College at Fred
ericktown. Valley friends %congratu-
late Mr.. Loomis.
Prof. E. Dearborn, who will have
charge of the Ironton schools the en-
suing year, has leased the Baldwin
cottage on Shepherd street, at pres
ent occupied dy Mr.. VIM. Conway.
Mr.. Conway expects to move to st.
Louis this week.
There are ten reels OF "The Shep-
herd Of the Hills'' to be shown at the
Academy Theatre next Friday night.
Because of the extent of the picture
the show will start promptly at
1880 o'clock. II you want to see it all
be on hand promptly.
The vote in the special city election
held Monday to elect a successor tc
Roland Hill, who resigned, was al
follows: Ward No. 10. F. Hanson
80; A. I. Willard, 20; Ward No. 20
F. Hanson, 35; A. L. Willard, 80
Hanson's majority, Is.
Pallie Lucas, a student at Cape
Girardeau, was in Ironton Friday or
his way back to the Cape, after spend
ing a couple of days with his parents
at Goodwater, in the west end of the
county. The young mar expects to
be in school until August.
Iron county friends will be very
sorry to hear that Mr.. A. M. Madigan
now living In San Francisco, Cali
~fornia, is now in very poor health and
has been unable to work for the pas
two months. We hope to hear OF ar
early Improvement of his condition.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Hatten OF Aroadis
had the misfortune to sustain a fal
Saturday d%islocating her shoulder and
breaking an arm. Because of Mrs.
Hatten's age the injuries are some
what serious but the estimable lady's
many friends hope for her speady re-