Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-05-26
LOCAL BRRyITIEs.

Store Co.
Garden truck certainly all mighty
late this spring.
The ice man feels like his day Is
late in coming.
Circuit court convened in Reynolds
county Monday,
T. B. Pruitt is a recent purchaser of
a Ford runabout.
For Sale-A fresh Jersey COW and
calf. Apply at this office.
The local banks will not be openfor
business NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Day.
Mrs. Azarah Martin in now domicil-
ed in her residence in Fort Hill Park.
The oil for the streets arrived Mon
day morning and is being distributed
now.
An electric pipe organ was installed
in St. Joseph's chapel, ARCADIA, last
week.
Look for the advertisement OF
Henry Adolph next week telling of
great reductions in prices.
The past few warm days have sure
been growing weather. But a rain
would be most acceptable now.
For Sale-A good, secondhand
Ford Touring Car. Good tires; good
running order. Apply at this office.
Leave your watch for repairs with
JIM. Whitworth.
r. L. MCLAUGHREY, Jeweler.
Rev. A. r. Foster, of Kansas City,
will conduct a revival in the Baptist
church in Ifonton from June 9th to
June 10th.
More dust In Ironton the past few
weeks than there has been at any
time the streets were first oiled sew
eral years ago.
The Fort Hill Sunday School will
give an Ice Cream Social on Mrs
Boardman's lawn Friday evening, be-
ginning at 6 o'clock.
After June lst the Ironton barbert
will close their shops at 1880 in the
evenings, except on Saturday, wher
they will close at 1880.
The Graniteville Base Ball Team if
prepared to meet all corners. Club
desiring to arrange for a contest ad
dress John Q, Cole, manager, Granite
vile, Mo.
A. Winkler Of Poplar Bluff was IL
Ironton Sunday. Gus says that in 81
the,years he has live din Poplar Bluff
he v knew business to be al dull
asst Is now.
s. W. Andrews, who has been run
ming a train on the SCAT road TO
several months, arrived home las
Thursday and will probably spend tn
summer in the valley.
Chas. Bond has purchased the in
terest of w. T. Gay in the blacksmith
and wagon business of Gay 8 Bond il
!. Ironton and will in future have charg,
of the business himself.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Collins of PHO
Knob announce the marriage of thei
daughter, Miss Alice Collins, to MI
w. L. Leary, May the Fourteenth
1921, Fort Worth, Texas.
The prediction is freely and fire
quently made these days that in tie
years the ssouthern. part Of Iron coun
ty will be the busiest mining com
mnnity in all Southeast Missouri.
Miss Alice M. Gay underwent
surgical operation in q hospital in $
Louis Monday. The many friends {
this most estimable lady will be gla
to know that she is doing nicely.
Let the electric light burn a littl
longer than two minutes after the al
rival of the night train. AT least Civ
q fellow time to get home from tn
station before you shut him out ]
darkness.
The s~tagnation in all lines of busi
ness is strongly in evidence in th
Recorders Office these days. Not
a long while have there been 30 fe'
documents filed in the office a Their
are these days.
There has been considerable &C
tivity in the mines at Iron Mountai
the past ten days or more and it sal
there is possibility of a real boom
the near future. Six or eight cars al
being shipped daily.
From the Coulterville, Illinois, RI
publican Of May 10th: "Contractt
w. w. Strother broke ground Thur
day morning for the H. L. Barn'
building on what was long known
the Odd Fellows corner.n
"a baby boy was born to Mr.. on
Mrs. Albert Collins, Friday, May 2
1921. Mr.. Collins returned from s
Louis, where the babe was Dor