The Leon reporter., 1900-03-01
Davis City.

A.. Ewing, of Armour, Neb., was
the guest of his brother H. last week,
George Kimble is moving into the
vacant house belonging to Uncle Billy
Bowman known as the Henry Bowman
property.
Uncle VIM. Fortune is reported as
being some better this MOI nlng.
Mrs. Carter Scott has been OH the
sick list the past week.
w. G. Switzer is at home from a sew
eral months stay near Des Moines teach.
ing music
G. A. Wickes, editor Advance, wen,
to Des Moines Monday.
We hear wedding bells near by.
q. w. Keller returned home last Sun.
day from his visit in Kansas.
John Keown was badly injured last
week by being kicked off a freight train
by one of the brakemen at Blythedale.
The r. r. adjuster in such cases inter.
viewed him Monday.
Please let us correct an error in last
| weeks communication, which should
haye been Rev, Hembry, of Oklahoma,
was visiting VIM. Frazier instead Of
ay.
An Watsabaugh returned to
j. at Tingley last Saturday after
! D % 8 stay In pay1s City where
she has been helping care for her mother
Mrs. w. w. .Bozarth who has had luite
stage of fever, but is now GONZALES.
cent.
Miss Allie Guthrie, of Reddipg, at
tended the funeral of her friend, Mrs.
Edith King.
Miss Inez Williams returned to her
home at Bethany Saturday after visit
ing Davis City friends.
Mrs. b. Walters left the past week for
visit of two weeks With friends in her
former home, Webster City.
F. "A. Robertson, of Lamont was seen
on our streets Monday.
Charles Norman, Of Troy, Kas., visit.
ed last week with his parents in this
city. He was enroute for Chicago on a
visit to his sister Miss Stella.
Grant Graham and wife came in Fri
day from Nebraska and expect to re.
main in Decatur county till fall.
OFT Wheeler is confined to his room
with rheumatism.
A. Teale and family, of kellerton
attended the funeral of Mrs. Nelson
King.
Davis City had another close call to q
burn-out last Thursday morning, when
o. w. Halstead cape down to his jewelry
store and opened the door be found the
room full of smoke which proved to be
the floor on fire which had burned till
the stove fell over. Supposition is that
spark had caught in the ash box and
had been burning all night, but as there
was no draft it did not spread.
Mrs. Lizzie Hines, of Omaha, is visit
| ING Davis Citv friends
Married at the home of the BRIDES
parents Southwest of town, Miss Lulu,
Oldest daughter Of ID. B. Guthrie to GUY
Keller. This young couple are so well
and favorably known that comment is
useless. Both have many friends who
| wish them long and happy life
| DR.. j. W. Wales and i. A. Robertson
made trip to Leon Tuesday. !
Mrs. Franklin and children returned
home last week from an extended visit
in Nebraska and Humeston, la,
Our new restaurant man opened up
Monday for business.
| Mrs. Frank Cartwright spent last week
with her mother at Grant City.
| A man was here this week trying to
locate an agent for steam laundry at
Quincy Ill. 1t seems that it would be
policy to at least keep our wash bills at
home and not faunt our dirty linens
across two states when Iowa has one OF
| tWo steam laundrys in almost every
town of any size.
The Modern Woodmap gaye a ban.
quet at their ball Monday night.
Frank Horton had business at Gains.
vile Thursday and Friday.
Will Adams, of Albany, visited home
folks the past week.
Word has been received from A. G.
Craig and bride that they are we'll pleas.
ed with their Rew home.
Mrs. Stella Stewart returned to her
home at Sabatha, Kansas, Saturday
after two week g visit here.
Mrs. Edith King nee Teale died Feb.
q of consumption and was buried Friday
in the Davis City cemetery, Rev. E, q,
Newland, of Promise City delivering the
funeral sermon. What makes this an
occasion Of unusual sadness, she was
the youngest and only remaining daugh.
ter at home 9th her father j. K. Teale.
She was less than six months a bride.
The coffin stood on the bier in t he dou.
Bile doors of the parlor,--on the same
place she had stood bride last August,
the sane minister officiating on both
occasions
f. "A. Robertson and family of Lamo.
nj, passed through here enroute for
Wright county, Ia, where they will
make their future home.
Mr.. Tilton, of Humeston, ex-Grand
Master Of the Rebekah lodge visited the
Davis City lodge Wednesday. evening.
Ars. Charley Hall, Of Osceola, came
in Tuesday for visit with her hnsband. !.
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