The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
Correspondence.
And Items of Interest
.,ds Reported by our
Correspondents
Davis City.

Davis City.
There is firm building an addition
to their store room on the corner of
Davis and Bridge streets. AS the firm
is new one and we correspondent did
not know their names we thought we
would borrow from our home paper but
imagine our surprise that with five or
six dry goods establishments in our
city, not one name could we find in the
columns of our home paper.
Curt Burrell son Of James Burrell,
made an attempt to commit suicide last
Monday evening. He went to the drug
store, bought two ounces of choloroform
and said he wanted it to clean clothes
with; went back to the City Hotel where
he had been working as porter, told
some of the girls who worked there
what he intended to do and told how
he wanted to be buried, but told it in a
joking manner and they thought he
was in fun. He then went up to his
room and took about half of the con-
tents of the bottle of cholorform. For.
tunately he was discovered in about
half an hour and medical aid was sum-
moned, and by hard work succeeded in
bringing him out all right. The cause
is supposed to be temporary insanity
caused by the intense heat of the last
few days, as he has lived all his life in
and near Davis City and was general
favorite with all. He is yet in very
bad condition.
Mrs. Geoge Shoemaker and daughter,
Of Alton, are visiting relatives in our
city.
Mrs. emma Bowman was called to
GENTRY, Mo-, the past week to see her
daughter who asseriously i'll.
Il Miss Fsnaie Ieotson, who has been
"a .;;1ag at Andover for sosae time, spent
Sunday with home folks.
Mrs. Maggie Brown, of Leon, was the
guest of Mrs. Flora Brown Friday.
Mrs. Z. +. Horton is expected home
from Denver this week.
Lawrence Shene, of Beatrice, Neb.,
was looking after business in our city
last week.
George Shoemaker returned from a
visit at Alton last week.
1 ]. N. Gates returned from the meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Masons held at
Spirit Lake, last Friday.
Mro part CfoEor r,f
Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Cort Merritt
and babies, of Wyoming, lsvi sting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Goldman.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. h. Adams, of Tus.
keega, were callers in our city Saturday.
j Miss Rem Williams, of Bethany, Mo-,
was guest at the Mcintosh home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. l.. McClaran took
possession Of their new house last
Thursday, 1t is one of the finest dwell
ings in our city and home to be proud
of.
Mr.. John Franklin and Miss Dora
West, OF DAYS. City, were married at
the home Of the groom's mother, last
Wednesday. We wish them success in
life.
Mr.. Williams had sale Of Western
horses Saturday.
Picnicing is now the order Of the day,
and our little village and city park as
well as the surrounding groves on Grand
River are filed with campers, all intent
keeping cool this warm weather. Davis
City is fast coming to the front as a
nice little summer re sort.
Mrs. J. w. Laney left last Friday for
Hamburg, Iowa, to visit her only sister
who is very III.
Some parties from Leon were in our
city last Saturday looking for location
to start hop ale stand.
j. w. Willis is building new house
on Clark street.
A. Bell and wife, Geo. Elston and
daughter left Thursday for Colorado.
They went with a team for the ben eft
of Mrs. Bells health.