Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-07-06

from the office.
w. L. White Of Marble Creek has
bought the stock of merchandise be-
longing to the estate Of the late s. ].
Tual and will conduct a general store
at the old stand in Arcadia.
Had it not been for a timely dis
covery there might have been a dis
astrous fire at the Ironton Flour Mills
last Thursday. The roof had caught
on fire from the exhaust pipe.
G. Q. Lashley, a former resident of
Ironton who has been living at New
Burnside, Ills, for several months
past, writes the REGISTER that he is
now located at Gray Ridge, Mo.
Wendell Bros, having sold their
garage in Ironton, will devote their
entire attention. in future to their SER
vice and sales station which they have
been operating in Flat River for some
time past.
A book on rectal diseases will be
sent free for the asking if you men,
tlon this paper. Ask for it. Address
DR.. d. H. Bell, 1928 Central National
Bank Building, 7th and Olive street,
st. Louis, Mo.
Joe Selinger, of Crane Pond, who
was in town last Saturday, tells us
that his section had much more rain
last week than we had here in the
valley. With one of the rains there
wal some hail.
The bronze tablet to be placed in the
courthouse hall as a memorial to the
Iron county boys who made the su-
preme sacrifice in the World War has
been received. dwelling ceremonies
Saturday, July 18th, 1870 P. NJ. Pro-
gramme next week.
r. HI. Stevenson of Des Arc waa
a visitor to Ironton Saturday. Mr..
Stevenson several months since sold
his stock of merchandise and has not
since been engaged in business. He
has not yet determined what he will
do.
The barn of Isaac Bay, some three
miles beyond Belleview, was struck
by lightning and destroyed by fire
during the storm in that section last
Friday afternoon. There was a large
lot of hay in the barn. Insurance,
500.
W. A. Shelton, of Belleview, has
closed a deal for the purchase of the
brick residence of Mrs. Martha J.
Francis, in East Ironton, and will
move here and make his home. The
consideration is said to be in the
neighborhood of Sc, 1000.
MI. G. P. Jewett, who is now in
charge of the Wendell garage, will
move his battery and tire stock there
from the I. o. o. F. store room. Vic
tor Boring, who has been the me-
chanic at Bells garage, will be as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Jewett.
Rev. Milford Riggs, superintendent
of the home for aged Baptists at Iron
ton, Mo-, preached at the Baptist
church in this city Sunday. Rev.
Riggs is an able speaker and gave his
hearers an interesting talk at the
morning service.-Steelville Ledger.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Edward Joseph Larkin, Jr., anG
Nelly Latty of st. Louis.
Alfred Vallen and BERTHE /. Dosa Of
Pennington.
Quite a number of Vallegians
journeyed to Desloge Sunday after
noon to see the ball game between
the Arcadia Valley Nine and Perry
vile. An unusually interesting ano
close contest resulted, the Arcadis
Valley team winning by a score of
to 2.
The extreme quietness and lack o
interest in the present primary cam
paign is in strange contrast with thu
rip-roaripg. exciting contest that in
variably characterized the primary
election of thirty years and more ago
In the olden days there was fun enc
lots of it. :
People who journeyed to the Leat
Belt last Sunday afternoon ran init
all kinds Of rain and were very much
surprised on returning home in TIM
evening to learn that there hadn'
been a drop Of rain in the valley. Blu
we got ours that night-just what W
wanted. One inch and a quarter Q
l rain.
1t is announced that the Popla
Bluff base ball club is disconsolat
. over it's defeat at Desloge a week ag'
Sunday and refuses to be comforted
] The Poplar Bluff Republican last wee
absolutely refused to make any refer
ence, whatever, to the game. Ignor
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