Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-04-15
q BREVITIES.
A mighty cold April.

A mighty cold April.
The Ironton schools close May 14th.
Lee Barger is driving a new Ford
coupe.
The boys are sharing lots of suckers.
Big ones, too.
Too wet to do any farming or
gardening either.
If we could just have some of this
rain next summer.
Fletcher & Barger received a car of
Fords last Thursday.
The county court will sit as a board
of appeals April Goth.
Results of the Athletic Meet will be
found on the last page.
The prospects are that candidates for
county offices will not be numerous.
Surely milk and butter will not be
quite so scarce when the grass gets
plentiful.
l. E. Whithworth and Mayfeld Huff
have accepted the local agency for the
Dodge a
Meeting of the stockholders of the
Bank of Arcadia Valley Friday Of
next week.
Fl. L. Bell, the local dealer, Satur-
day sold a Chevrolet car to Chas.
Dennison, of Edgehill.
1t looks liks it will be a long time
distant before any of the road work
can be done in Iron county.
For Sale-1919 Ford Touring Car in
good condition.
D. M. ROBERTSON, Ironton, Mo.
Potatoes are quoted at Sc a bushel,
and none to be had at that price.
When will we get away from FL. o. L.?
The Ironton newsboy sells about
100 st. Louis papers week days and
nearly double that number on Sundays.
Rev. Weddell of st. Louis will hold
services in St. Paul's Church, Iron
ton, Sunday morning April IS, at IL
O'Clock.
J. L. Grandhomme is considering the
~practicability of making his own ice
cream for the Handy Kitchen this
summer.
The Howell county papers say that
the big freeze Sunday night of last
week just about wiped out the peaches
in that section.
Jake and Harry Dinger, who have
been living on a farm, east of town,
the past year, are arranging to move
back to Ironton.
An Entertainment and Box Supper
will be given by the PilotKnob Public
School Friday evening, April 23d.
Everybody invit ed.
While playing ball at the Cove school
east of town, Sunday afternoon, Ches-
ter Stumbaugh, about sixteen, had
three of his teeth knocked loose.
Wanted-Cook, Iron Mountain Ho-
tel, four in family. Wages, $40 a
week, without helper; $500 per week
with helper. Phone Mrs. Lavery.
A broken belt put the light plant
out Of commission for a while Sunday
evening and the people had to wend
their way to church in the darkness.
It has been cold all week and there
was quite a freeze again Monday
night. Some people say the fruit is
all killed while others insist it is not.
J. W. Reed and family are arrang-
ing to move to Akron. Ohio, where
they will make their future home.
Their removal will leave the Kesling
Hotel without a tenant.
j. W. Thompson, whom it was re-
ported last week had bought the Gall
ison farm on Marble Greek, has since
contracted for what is known as the
Signer farm, on Marble Greek, six
miles south of Ironton.
w. D. Fletcher went to st. Louis
last week with the intention of buy
ing a car of horses, but he found
prices too high to justify him in
bringing a car load home.
The work of transforming the store
building acros the street from the
Academy of Music into a garage is
we'll under way and Contractor Tual
is rushing the job to completion.
Farm Wanted-Wanted to hear from
owner of farm or good land for sale.
State price and description. Fall de-
livery. LESLIE JONES,
Box 10, Olney, Ill.
Quite a number of the stockholders
of the Annapolis Lead Company from
ST. Louis we're passengers on No. II
Friday night on their way to Annap-
oils to make an inspection of the
mines.
The announcement of Mr.. A. I.
Willard as a candidate for City Col
lector appears in this issue OF the
REGISTER. Mr.. Willard is an expert
book keeper and most competent
man in every sense of the word. He
respectfully asks consideration of his
claims by the voters at the special
election.