Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-22

GEO. TULLoCK, Ironton, Mo.
Strayed-Two yearlings; one is a
white and red spotted; the other, a
dark red, with white face, with some
black around the eyes and nose Both
are marked with a crop and split in
the left ear, and both have horns.
Please notify W. P. PIPPIN,
Redmondville, Mo.
Mr.. John s. Conway underwent a
surgical operation in the Baptist SAM
tsrium, st Louis, Monday for append
icftis. The operation was performed
by DR., Upper. A letter was receiv
ed Tuesday stating that Mr.. Conway
stood the operation nicely. We hope
to announce his early restoration to
health.
That fellow at the light plant. His
watch must be fast. He never keeps
the lights burning until twelve O'Clock
but turns them off a few minutes be-
fore. And the longer we experience
it the more firmly we become con-
vinced that light service that does
not last the whole night through Is
not worth -.
From the Elvins correspondence in
the, Flat River News: "Jas. G. New
man, who has been employed for a
period of two or three months, as a
salesman in Miller's store, is spending
the week at Ironton making prepare
tions to move his family here. They
will occupy the Geo. Baker house on
Mill street. Mr.. and Mrs. Newman
are excellent young people and will
be gladly welcomed by our people"
the indications are that the Masque
Ball at the Academy of Music Friday
night, January Both, is going to be the
most successful occasion OF the KIND
that has been given In the valley in
years. A glorious good time is antic'
ipated. Admission, 81 per couple
spectators will be admitted to the gal
lery at rs cents each. Costumes fol
the ball may be secured by placing
your order at the Handy Kitchen moi
later than next Tuesday.
Miss Elizabeth Kraft, who has in
structed the Red Gross Glasses II
Home Nursing and Hygiene in Iron
ton, Belleview and Des Arc for the
past two months, departed Monday
or Festus where she will have charge
of a number of classes liz Jefferson
county. In her ~sojourn here MISS
Kraft proved herself a most compe-
tent and popular instructor land mace
many friends who wish her health
happiness and fortune where'er she
may cast her lot.
In speaking of the establishment o
a new mercantile firm in Poplar Bluff
last weeks Citizen Democrat says
aPoplar Bluff has a new mercantile
establishment in the Banner Store
and with the introduction of this stor'
to the public comes the announce
ment that Henry Macon and Claut
T. Marshall have entered into a part
nership for the operation of the bust
ness. Claud T. Marshall, formerly o
the Marshall Begley Shoe Company
is a merchant of wide experience. l
dates back TO boyhood in a genera
store at I%ronton."
The county court last Thursday al
vided the county into six road dis
tricts-one district for each of the 81
municipal townships in the county
This does not affect the three specia
road districts, Glover, Chloride, an
Hogan, which are separate and dis
tinct. Heretofore there have bee
twenty road districts in the county
The overseers for the six districts wi
be named at the February term c
the county court. The new district
are numbered from n to six, be
ginning with Union Township, No. J
and ending with Dent Township No.
When I was a young man I hear
the great Talmage say: "It I was nc
a minister I would be q life insuranc
agent.n Since I could not qualify fo
the ministry I took the next best cal
ing. The first 2O-Payment and 2(
year Endowment Policies I sold hav
been maturing during the past year
the holders of these policies az
"tickled to deathn at the settlement
being made with them; the MOI
grateful men and women | am meet
ing these days are those to whom
sold these policies. I feel that tn
people whom I shall induce to leav
less favored chimes and take up the
abode here will feel no less grateful I
me. invite you, Mr.. Reader, to bel
make this dream a reality. ADV.
O. L. CARSON.
M. R. Cole, an engineer in the en-
Nov NJ tha eastern capitalists WI