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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23
Harve Poush and wife of near Pleas

Harve Poush and wife of near Pleas
anton were callers in our city last sun
day.
Ira Daniels of Ridgeway, Mo, visited
his father D. Daniels the past week.
]. E. Stewart made trip to Promise
City, Iowa, last Monday.
j. N. Gates and family visited Leon
friends last Monday and Tuesday.
+. p. Shirley made a trip to Gains
vile last Thursday.
D. j. Hullinger came in from South
Missouri last Monday with bis bride.
His many friends extend congratulate
tons.
A birthday party for Uncle John Bur
rell last Sunday was held in honor of
the old gentleman's S0sh birthday at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alex
Hill. About eighty relatives and friends
were present.
L. o. Kinsev has sold his house and
Street to J. N. Gates.
Mrs. Allie Smith returned to her
home at Lamont last Monday after
several days visit with friends in our
city.
MIR. and Mrs. Arney had relative Wis
itlng them from Leon the past week.
Mrs. Dr. Hargrove of kiddas, Mo-,
was guest of Mrs. II g. Griffith the
past week.
The coming graduating class was en-
tertained at the very pleasant home of
Mrs. Carter Scott last Wednesday even
ing.
S. d. Leacbman OF Lineville was in
our city last Wednesday.
Miss jennie Rabidaux of ST. Joseph,
Mo-, visited her sister, Mrs. Walter
McCully last week and returned to her
home Thursday.
E. P. Shirley made trip to Terre
Haute last Tuesday to be present at
meeting of the Burrel township board
of which he is a member
Mr.. kinsey and family left for Perry,
Iowa, last Wednesday. They go to
make that a permanent home as Mr..
Kinsey is in permanent business there.
The Masonic lodge gave banquet
last Friday evening to members of the
order in honor of the two new members,
w. II. Weller and H. A. Hartshorn
just initiated. Several visitors were pres
ent from Leon, Decatur, also from
Pleasanton and Lamont.
] Mrs. RUDE Marks of Charlton was in
our city last Wednesday.
M. H. Adams and wife of near Tus-
keego were Sunday visitors in Davis
City.
Mrs. James McClaren enjoyed visit
from her grandson, Mr.. Rumley of
Spring Valley last Sunday and Monday.
Union Ridge.
Mrs. E. Merrman and daughter went
to Garden Grove Saturday and visited
over Sunday with friends.
| Quite number of relatives and friends
of Mrs. George Roberts enjoyed birth
day dinner given at her home Sunday.
Nora Gardner called on Mrs. Sage
Wednesday.
Miss Bertha Alldredge is assisting
Mrs. Henry Axes with her housework
! c. M. Waller and mother visited over
Sunday with relatives near Hickory
| Grove.
| Mary Cox, Laura and Lorna Waller
called on Julia and Lucy Butts Sunday.
e. E. Merriman and family visited at 0.
II. Reynolds last Sunday.
Z. M. Waller assisted Mac Cox with
his work last week.
Miss Pearl Wood called on Lorna
Waller last Tuesday.
Mac Cox had business in Davis City
Tuesday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23
Indian Creek.

MIR. and Mrs. Siphers Latta called in
these parts Sunday.
James Rumley had business in Leon
Friday.
George Fasset and wife were pleasant
callers in Leon Saturday and Sunday.
Julia and Lee Horney visited their
little cousins, Ray and Artha Under
wood, Saturday night.
Bailer McDaniels' baby is reported
better at this writing.
George Jennings and wife were pleas
ant callers near Woodland one day last
week.
Otis Hamilton was seen going south
Sunday
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23
Decatur.

House cleaning seems to be the order
CT the day.
Charley Charrington made business
trip to Lamont last Sunday.
Ollie Walker was Leon caller Thurs.
dav.
F. NJ. Allen was passenger for Chart
ton one day last week.
Tilman Schenck departed for Lamar,
Colorado, Tuesday, where he was called
on account of the sickness of his son
Ed.
DR.. B. l.. Eiker was Leon visitor
Wednesday.
Charley Charrington was Leon caller
Thursday.
Mrs. James Cresswell is much improv-
ed at this writing.
Rev. Scoggan and wife went to Van
Vert Thursday to attend the mission
airy convention.
Nj. F. Osborn had business in our city
Thursday.
Mrs. John Clay is much improved at
this writing.
Miss Zetta Springer spent Sunday at
home.
Prof. j. w. Long and wife were Leon
callers Saturday.
Miss Blanche Downey was Leon
visitor Friday.
Roscoe Mitchell, of Weldon, was in
our city Saturday.
John Cresswell and family spent Sun.
day with Mrs. Tolbert.
Clarence Ammons and wife spent Sun.
day at G. Brazelton's.
The baccalaureate sermon was deliver
ed at the NJ. +. church by Rev. E. B.
Scoggan. The CONNIE ncement exercises
will be held at the M. E. church Friday,
evening, April "a. The address will We
delivered by Hon. II. M. Towner.
Jerry S. Green will lecture at the NJ.
E. church on Odd Fellowship, on Satur.
day, April %.
Eta Mclaughlin was Leon visitor
Monday.
Mr.. Konkler, north of town. is report.
ed no better.
Rev. Johns filled his regular appoint
ment at the Christian church Saturday
night and Sunday.
Open the door, let in the air.
| The winds are sweet, the flowers are
fair,
Joy is abroad in the world for me-.
Since taking Rocky Mountain Tea.
i
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CORRESPONDENCE 5;
Items of Interest as Reported
by our Correspondents. )
DeKalb.

Mrs. Chess Woodland and neice, Miss
Grace Brown, visited Mrs. George Wood
ard, of Van Vert, Sunday
Charlie Wilson hauled the shingles for
their new wood house last week.
Jack Young is hauling logs to A. Will
sons mill for house pattern to be saw
ed.
Mrs. A. j. Young stayed With Mrs. M.
j. Miller while her daughter Lucy at.
tended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs w.
b. Hamilton.
Mrs. y. Dixon, who has been very
sick with la grippe for some time, is
slowly recovering.
Curt Young is working for Cyrus
Crees.
Fred Beers returned to his home near
Decatur Monday, after several days visit
at the home of his grandmother. Mrs.
M. j. Miller.
Bird Mckee sold nice young horse
last week for the sum of $135.
David Dixon visited a. the Miller
home Sunday.
Miss Alta Hauenstein, of Grand River,
is teaching the spring term of school at
the Comstock school house.
Mrs. George Woodland is reported nc
better.
Miss Bessie Young visited with hel
sister, Mrs. I. Munyon, Wednesday
afternoon.
Foley's Honey and Tar contains nc
opiates, and will not constipate like
nearly all other cough medicines. Re
| fuSp S,1hstitntau L. VanWordap
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Woodland.

John Duncan and Sam Vandal of Line.
vile, was in town on business last
Thursday.
Mr.and Mrs. KKeller were called to
Stanberry, Mo, last Thursday by the
sickness of some OF their relatives.
Dennis Daughton and w. a. Grogan,
of Leon, were here last Friday buying
horses.
MIR. Acton and A. G. Stephens, of
Leon, attended Women lodge here last
Friday evening.
Ted Morris, of High Point, was in town
Saturday.
Bonnie Bledsoe, of Morgan, was here
last Saturday.
Mr.. Matsler, OF Leon, had business In
town Saturday morning.
Arthur Dunn, of Derby, called on his
best girl here Saturday.
Mrs. II ali. of Garden Grove,is visiting
at j. A. Beavers.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. s. Beavers visited at
Dyes Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Richardson, /. N.
Beavers and Roy Beavers took dinner
at r. D. Lockwood's Sunday.
John King has charge of the mill
again and did quite nice business
Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23
To Mothers in This Town.

Children who are delicate feverish and
cross will get immediate relief from Mother
cleanse the stomach, act on the liver, making
a sckly child strong and healthy. certain
cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c
Sample free. Address Allen S. Olmstead LIE
Roy. N. Y. 3E-4t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23
paroid Roofing.

Best thing known for fiat roofs. porch.
es, decks, etc. Will not rust or rot and
is practically fire proof. Sold by @. +.
Fransham & Son, the lunbermen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23

Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys
and Bladder, right. Don't delay taking
l.. VanWerden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23

Itching hemorrholds we're the plague
of my life. Was almost wild. Doan's
ointment cured me quickly and perma-
nently, after doctors had failed" G. F..
Conwell, Valley Street, Saugerties, n.
Y
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23

Bodily pain looses its terror if YOU
bottle of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil in
the house. Instant relief in cases of
burns, cuts, spralns, accidents of any
sOrt
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23

For Oklahoma real estate, write to
all on G.. B. Jordan. Enid, 0. T
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23

Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
opiates, and will not constipate like
nearly all other cough medicines. Re.
fuse substitutes. l.. VanWerden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-23

Open the door, let in the air.
The winds are sweet, the flowers are
fair,
Joy is abroad in the world for me.
Since taking Rocky Mountain Tea.
w. @. Stempel & Co.
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now running. and they do business of be-
tween nine and ten million dolalrs a year"
Shall you continue to operate these
ties in the Guardian Trust Company. and
what is your system for keeping track Of
such a large business?" Mr.. Woolworth was
asked.
,, Il shall always keep the stores. They
are my first love and my heart. is in them.
The system of operating is not compli-
Gated. We have central office In this city.
goods upon requisition from the different
stores. We have eleven buyers, three Of
whom go to Europe.
Each store has manager who works
and the only compensation he gets Is
on a commission basis. In other words.
he has got to make his store profitable
or he will not benefit from its operation.
1t Is delivered. There is not one cent 9
worth of credit in the entire business. but
the stock of each store Is checked up and
livered."
Have you a system Of promotion in your
stores?'
men who are competent or dischargins
those who are incompetent. No pulls go
in my stores. A man gets to the top on
merit alone. In the first place, young
me by some one l know before he is taken
into the stores. First he is placed on
nominal salary and given an opportunity to
learn the business. He has no promise Of
depend upon my managers and three In
spectors to report to me about the young
man. When II comes to the time when I
want new manager l have a report OF
every man in my employ likely to. fill the
position laid before me. and select the
best man."
PLEASED AT FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
What should you say young man
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FORGIVE PREACHER WHO
Welded OLD SWEETHEART
ConCregntion of SnyvlIe Lutheran
Church Meets Pastor at Station
After His Hone. moon.

New York. July ls.-When the Reverend
Herman zoler and his bride of two weeks
returned to Sayville. L. l., after a honey
moon trip they We're met at the railroad
station by brass band and no small pov-
ton OF the congregation of the German
lutheran Church, of which Mr.. Zoller is
>pastor.
This reception was Slyvile's way of say
ing 10 the young minister that his consre-
cation had forgiven him for disrecardn.;
all their wishes in regard 10 his choice Of
q wife and for taking to the altar Miss Au-
lie Marsh, one Of his SuaGay-Schooi teach
When Pastor Zoller left Sayville two
weeks ago after having somewhat uneX-
pecteGly welded the girl of MS own cnOic,
she was only 10 years oid-there was feac
IN tie hearts OF some of the members thar
terence over the affair Some Of the par
ishioners said the match was a good one
ana DAD both the pastor and his bride cred /.
Otners. perhaps with eligible daughters
or their own. thought the bride should hive
been elder, or thought there saoud have
been more ceremony about the cu.mInaIiOl
of the romance.
strife would not be brought to an issue rs
10 which faction should have possession o.
the church. But while Mr.. Zoller was away
TIE congregation had time TO think II over
and time heals all wounds. Mr.. and Mrs.
= Zoiier We're radiantly happy last night N
their little parsonage home secure In
the knowledge that their experience alon :
!. old saying that all the world loves a
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should do besides attending to the tasks
assigned him to make success in life?"
He should live we'll within his means.
no matter how limited they are. He should
never run in debt, and no matter what SAL
airy young man receives he should save
at least one-fourth of it. A young man
must select an occupation that is congo
NAL. He cannot make a success OF life I'M
less he makes his business pleasure"
Have you any observations to make re-
garding the general financial and business
condition of the country"
They are excellent. If 1 should find any
fault at all 1 should say there was too
much speculation. 1 believe, however. We
have reached a point when this element
will not disturb conditions. Overcapitalfza-
ton has a great deal to do with the lack
of confidence in our financial condition. A
great many people have become loaded up
with securities that are not good collateral.
They cannot borrow money on them to con-
tinue speculation. do not believe In trad
ing on margins: 1t Is too much like gam
bling
why are there so many failures and re-
organizations in business enterpriSeS?'
Lack of harmony Is the principal reason.
A trust company or any business organiza-
ton to be successful must have absolute
harmony in its board Of directors. And it
must be run on strictly business principles.
There must be system If there is harmony
and affairs are conducted on strict business
lines. there will be few failures in the BUSH
ness world
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TELLS YOUNG MEN
SECRET OF SUCCESS,
Practical Suggestions From Presi-
dent of the Guardian Trust
Company.
WAS ONCE A FARMER.
F. W. Woolworth's Early Strug-
giles in Development of Five
and Ten Cent Store
Idea,
WAS ONCE A FARMER.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, July 1S.-"Never run into debt,
and no matter what salary you receive save
at least one-fourth of it,
That Is the maxim for a successful ca
reer laid down for young men by Frank w.
Woolworth, president of the Guardian Trust
Company.
Mr.. Woolworth is the founder of the as
and 10 cent store" which has branches all
over the country. He is a man of great
wealth. keen observer of financial and
business conditions. and the story of his
LIES success may draw parallel for some
young man to follow.
Il lived on my fathers farm until I was
q years of age said Mr.. Woolworth, land
L left it against the advice of all my
friends and relatives The homestead was
located at Rodman, Jefferson County, N. Y.
few miles from Watertown, and there I
spent my early life, chatting all the time It
the restraint of a farming career I am
now oil years Old, and as L look back into
nv boyhood l can remember that always
had hankering after the store. When I
was little fellow my brother and 7 used
to play store, and when the farm life be-
came SO irksome that l couldn't stand it
longer 1 naturally turned for occupation
where my task would be congenial
"heH Was Il secured position in
the dry goods store of Moore & Smith. at
Watertown, N Y. This was NV first trip
away from home. and 1 didn't venture very
far. My first months salary was nothing
For the second three months l received
$3.50 a week and for the second six months
81 a week.
Il worked there nearly six years and never
got over $40 week. Probably that was
about all 1 was worth. Anyway. l didn't
see anything beyond that SO week Still
had the temerity to marry on that magni-
ficent income. This was in 1876 My wife
was dressmaker employed in the same
store with me, and was making more
money than was. To her as much as to
anything else l attribute my success in life,
for as made the money she saved it. We
have three daughters.
After 1 had been with with Moore &
Smith for some time they established a o.
cent counter in their store, l watched its
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only $50. for 1 didn't have it. had done
considerable travelling in search OF a loca-
ton, and when finished had just s. left
IN the world. I induced him to relent on the
rent proposition or the Woolworth stores
would never have been started.
This Utica store was a success at first,
and 1 used to take an inventory every six
weeks to. see if l was making any money.
l was making n little. but mighty little The
good business continued about two months:
then 1t dwindled down; the stock became
short. and was afraid to renew it. 1 was
losing heart over the situation. 1t went
from bad to worse. until there wasn't liv-
ing in 1t, and in May I determined to pull
up and try another location.
bought a Rand & McNally guide to
look UP the population of various places /
wanted to find a town with decent popu-
lation that had never had a scent store.
What little money 1 had { spent travelling
abount the country until I thought that
Lancaster, Pa, presented most advantages.
On June Ir, l, 1879; shipped what was left Of
store. Moore. & Smith let me renew my
note. and delivered additional line Of
goods to the extent of $500.
NOTE OF SUCCESS.
"on June q, 1879. opened the store,
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LWsEECT0z7S JOIN HELzy AN10 WA. V1zVEE1Nz,
REA0Y IL O. INTO A B0LER.
/ creased in the last few years on account of
| the erection of so many large office build

creased In the last few years on account of
the erection of SO many large office build
ings.
Thousands of persons use these time saw
ers every day. and the greatest care must
be exercised to see that there are no de-
feCts in the apparatus. The law requires
that all elevators in the city shall be in
spected at least every three months
Mr.. Branch has decided to inspect the ee-
vators in the large Office buildings every
month hereafter. with the idea of paying
particular attention to the automatic safe
~ devices. which are intended to stop the
car. either at the top or bottom. should ac-
cident occur. or the conductor fail to do So.
The slightest defects to be renedied
at once. Mr.. Branch says. Sometimes the
rope slips off the drum of sheave and while
only strand may be broken or the rope
only partially chewed its must be DIS
continued.
1t may mean an entire new cable. but
Mr.. Branch says that under no condition
will he permit cable to be splced or
tucked under, and he has instructed his
deputies TO look carefully for these de-
feCtS
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ABANDONED BABY is
FOUND BY A MILKMAN.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

EkE14
Providence, R /, July 1S-The police have
a baby-abandoned mystery on their hands
TO investigate.
While Enos Do'ison. n milkman, living
at No. SsS Admiral street. was engaged in
delivering milk at a house in the rear OF
No. Woodland street. on Capitol Hill. he
saw an odd-looking bundle lying in the yard
near the house. and he proceeded to cult
Vate its acquaintance at short range.
His find proved TO be nothing less than
a eaby boy, thought to be about month
old: securely wrapped up in a shawl. The
1niikman carried the child into the terr-
ment of Alfred z. Allarnby. where 1t was
cared for temporarily.
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enter n boiler are on an average only ten
by sixteen inches in size and elliptical in
shape. In many cases the inspector is
overcome by the gases or the heat and it
is then almost impossible to get him out.
TO become good inspector. one must
have had a practical experience around
boilers for quite time. for boilers are al
most human in their Deculiarities. and to
learn them a man has to fire them and
work around them. inspectors must be
sober. keen-eyed and thoroughly familiar
with every piece of metal which enters in
to the makeup of a boiler.
They must. of course. he honest. for
many influences are brought to bear on
them to overlook defects. and allow the
pressure to exceed the limit as set by this
office. There are many plants in St. Louis
which it costs several hundred dollars in
time lost when they shut down, so that an
inspection can be made by us"
DEMANDS HAVE INCREASED.
AS to the inspection of elevators in city
the size of St. Louis. the demands on the
office Of inspector have been greatly in
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TERMINATION OF AN IDEA.

The more l came in contact with this
branch. the more 1 thought something could
be made of 1t on a large scale. The only
question in my mind was how long would it
last. Finally 1 determined to hunt up a
location and start scent store of my own.
This was easier said than done, for 1 had
absolutely no funds. l put the matter up
to the firm, and they agreed to let me have
a stock of $3.50 and take my note in pay
ment.
Il hunted around for location for a long
opened Up there in February, 1879. I had
not taken up the 10-cent idea then, and this
first idea was 5-cent store.
Il remember that the man who owned
the property did not want to let me go in
without paying the rent in advance. This
was serious proposition. although it was
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and it was about as unattractive propo-
sition as one could well imagine. The
rent was $50 a month. The store was Il
by 80 feet. located in a old-fashioned
building: a miserable show-window. and
everything about the place of the crudest
character. The fixtures for the entire
store cost less than $50. But this little store
was the nucleus of my success in business.
1t was go from the very start. My first
days sales We're 1928. and the business kept
up in a most satisfying degree.
THAT store is virtually in existence now.
only 1 have built the handsomest office
building in Pennsylvania on its site and the
store is located on the ground floor. This
is my monument to the business. I paid
Moore & Smith the money I owed them in
81. months. and l have never borrowed a
dollar since.
My success at Lancaster induced me to
branch out in other places. I opened a
store at Harrisburg. Pa. u feet wide and 20
feet deep-the smallest I have ever owned.
My brother. C. S. Woolworth. with whom
used to play store when I was a boy. was
it's manager. In the fall of 1879 We decided
to put in line of Decent goods in these
two stores. 1t didn't increase the sales
much. and 1 began to think we had made
The Harrisburg store was very much like
the Utica store-it was a success at first.
but the business dwindled off. and finally
we shipped the goods to York. Pa. The net
ONLY on 5000 '''' '-N -'' 's''' '''''''''' " go
THE New York store was dismal failure
from the very start. We closed It after
three months with net profit Of sec.
SAVING ONE-FOURTH.
well. that is how I started. I have al
ways tried. no matter how small my in
come, to live on three-fo urths of 1t and to
save the remaining fourth. From the Ian
caster start have opened eighty EIGHT
stores. They have not all been successes.
Some of them have been closed and some Of
them have been sold. l have seyenty-four
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Suicide of n Prisoner.

Toledo. o.. July 1s.-George Hadja. aged
~ years. committed suicide in the insane
ward Of the county Jail. When his body
was discovered he was hanging to the side
of his CELL dead. He had taken his belt
strap, looped it around his neck. fastened it
to an iron hammock clutch on the side of
his cell and deliberately ended his life.
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operation closely, and thought I saw big
Possibilities in it. This was especially SO in
scheme they had for wholesalng this line
81 goods to small stores throughout the
country. L was a clerk at this 5-cent