The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
DAVIS city.

and Mrs. Harry SANKEY'S. We suppose
all are doing welfas we heard Harry
was out hunting for Il barrel.
D. b. Guthrie and Guy Keller went TO
Leon last Monday.
Mrs. Hulda Shamblin, of Bethany,
was the guest OF Mrs. E. I. Shirley the
past week.
George Howell is home, having finish
ed his schoolln Missouri.
Is Meeting was held in all our churches
Sunday both morning and evening.
Our city has four good Sabbath schools,
one at each of the three churches on
Sunday morning, and one at the Seven
Day Adyentist's church on Saturday
afternoon.
w 0. Patterson 5 sale on Wednesday
was well attended.
Frank Ordway returned from his trip
to Wyoming last Saturday.
The Valentine bail was fairly we'll at
tended Some OF the costumes were
very pretty and some were ludicrous in.
deed. All seemed to enjoy themselves.
G. w. Sutherlin has moved his stock
of merchandise into the Cumming IS
building on south Bridge street. A
gentleman from Kansas is starting a
restaurant in r. Hartshorn's building
formerly occupied by Sutherlin.
Rob Mitchell.of the firm of Lanning &
Mitchell Medicine Co, left last Tuesday
on two weeks business trip in the
interest Of the fifm.
John keownKmade trip to Blythe
dale the past week.
Elder MclNaSYs Of Oklahoma, visited at
the home Of VIM Frazier the past week.
The new Methodist church is now an
assured fact, between $1,000 and ST. 500
having already been subscribed. The
Methodists never do anything by
halves SO our church will be something
| nice.
| A Valentine party was given at the
home of Miss Alice Jeffrey last Wednes-
day evening FOR the juvenile portion OF
Davis City society. All report a nice
time.
John Keown has moved his family
into the house known as the Billy lay
lor property near the cemetery. Frank
Lepoint, who formerly occupied the
Taylor property, has moved into the
Smith property in South Davis City.
Miss Jessie Walker, of Leon, visited
Davis City friends the past week.
Mrs. VIM. Seymour moved last week
| into the property she recently bought
on Clark street.
Ed NanBeek returned last Tuesday
| from Weldon where he had been work
| ing in John Grimes harness shop.
Miss Clara Tilse left last week for a
visit with relatives at their former home
in Kansas.
| Walter Sylvester returned. from a
visit with friends atWeldon last Tues
| day.
Miss Josie Bowman came in last Wed.
nesday for visit with Davis City
! friends
Jim Mccoy, of Leon, was a Davis
City caller last Sunday.
Miss Kate Cartwright, of Woodla nd,
visited Davis City relatives the past
week.
Mrs. John McBroom has bought her
mothers old homestead in Davis City
and will soon move to town from the
| farm.
Refine Harvey has so far recovered
from his recent illness as to be on our
streets again.
Lew Jackson, of Pleasanton, was a
Davis City caller last Sunday.
Mrs. j. HI. King and Myrtle Howell
visited Leon friends the past week.
| A son took up his abode at f.. M.
Kicks last Thursday morning.
John Rogers, of St. Joe, is visiting his
>pa,gse II s, Mrt ard Mrs. i, ~. Rogers.
VIII the Grand Ri,tr ecrrs44s % -, :. :
tell the REPORTER readers the answer to
his English riddle given last week.
| Miss Sadie Scales closed very success
full term of schoolat the Round Top
school house last Friday.
Genus Cummings and family moved
to town last week and took possession
Of the property they recently bought of
the Clark estate. We gladly welcome
them as citizens to our town.
Miss Anna Shirley sports new bi.
cycle.
Mrs. Al Bell is on the sick list as is
also Mrs. Nelson King.
Mr...and Mrs. F.. M. Freeman went to
Leon last Monday for visit with Leon
relatives.
Davis City again had close call for a
burn out. Last Wednesday fire was
discovered in j. @. Keshlear's building
on Bridge street in a room occupied by
supposed to have caught from the stove
pipe as MIR. Brown had filled up the
stove and gone to the barber shop for q
shave when the@fre was discovered. A
bucket brigade was formed and with the
a help of fire extinpuisher it was soon
under control, but not before the whole
interior of the room was badly burned.
Mr.. Brown suffered quite loss by hav.
, ing books and accounts burnt, including
some papers that will be hard toreplace
Uncle Billy Fortune is very sick again
DR.. Stafford, former resident Of this
place, is in our city looking up a suit
able location for residence here.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Ewing visited in La.
moni Tuesday.
Mrs. r. j, Harmon is OH the sick list
and Grandma Caldwell is also very sick.