The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
ALI 60 to Cores barn for feed.

All 90 to Cores barn for feed. If
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wilson last Sunday.
Lou Honnold has gone to work in
Langreder's tailor shop.
Native lumber of all kinds and dimen.
sions for sale. H. L. CooNTz,
81 At Woodland, Iowa.
Robert Good is putting down sub
proving his residence property.
F, G. Mullinix is building an artistic
addition to his cottage in northeast
Leon. The work is being done by w.
III. Howard
Two or three young ladies who desire
to'learn typesetting can secure positions
in The REPORTER office. Pleasant work.
Call at once.
DIR. o. w. Foxworthy, of Weldon,
yesterday purchased Capt. J. D. Browns
fine residence and will move to this city
and practice medicine.
M. Grogan has purchased Ham Tullis'
residence property, paying $l,250. Mr..
Tullis will move to Decatur City, where
he will run dray line.
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Those wishing to join a congenial
party to visit the Yellowstone National
Park this season should report at once
to g. NJ. Ketcham. He goes with party
in special car June 23d.
Mrs. Frank Johns, living six miles
northwest of Leon fell down the cellar
stairs last Thursday and sustained a
very painful injury to her elbow, requir.
ing the services of physician to attend
the injury.
]. +. Cummins. who recently received
an appointment in the railway mail
service went to Burlington yesterday,
having received orders to report to Chief
Clerk J. G. Murphy for instructions,
and he will probably be soon assigned
to substitute duty.
James Bonner, of Burrell township,
was arrested yesterday by Constable
Bert Warner, an information having
been filed before Justice Beck by w. P.
Axes, charging him with criminal tres.
pass in having cut wood to the value of
i xe i-om land owned by Axes. Bonner
gave bond ID the gum Of $50, and the
preliminary trial is set for Friday.
County bridge superintendent j. E..
Leeper met with painful accident while
at work on bis farm near Pleasanton
Monday. He was holding post for his
man to drive and let his right thumb
slip over the top of the post just as the
sledge came down, and the end of il
was badly mashed. Fortunately he
had on heavy leather glove and this
served as some protection.
County Superintendent Mcintosh in
! forms us there is great scarcity Of
3 teachers for the rural schools of Decatur
county and quite number Of schools
have been unable as yet to secure teach.
ers for the spring schools. There is also
scarcity of teachers in Ringgold coun
ty and number of Decatur county
teachers have gone there on account o.
the difference in salary, they receiving
$50 per month in Rlnggold county as
: against 500 and $25 in this county.
The combination sale at Axes Il Jones
barn in this city Saturday promises te
} be the biggest sale ever held in Leon
7 In addition to horses and cattle adver
l tised they will sell some high bred road
sters and also some mules. 1t is the in
tention of Axes & Jones to make these
sales regular thing, and anyone who
has one or more head of horses o.
cattle can consign them and have then
sold by good auctioneer at very littl,
expense. Attend the big sale Saturda,
I afternoon.
! The school board has decided not te
force the members Of the graduating
class to deliver orations at the com
mencement exercises this year. Their,
are % members of the class and it il
b proposed to select two or three of thu
3 best speakers to deliver orations ant
then secure good speaker or arrange
mixed program for the evening thu
+ saving the public the misery of sitting
for four or five hours listening to ora
tons and the graduates who are MOI
elocutionists from trying to deliver al
grafton under the most trying circum
stances. Very frequently the bes
scholar of class is the poorest public
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