The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-07-30
Davis City.

Mrs. Bailey and son Oliver left last
week for South Dakota on visit.
Willard Dale and family, of near Leon,
visited with his sister Mrs. |. r. Evans,
of Davis City.
Mrs. Reed made a visit to her old
home in the eastern part of the state.
Minnie Hatfield, of Leon, visited Mrs.
John Franklin, of this city this week.
Mrs. Jessie Milligan left for three
weeks visit to Decatur, ILL.,, last week.
Mrs. Emma Horton came in last week
from Des Moines for visit to her old
home.
Mrs. Gertie Grimes came in last Fri
day from Weeping Water, Neb., for a
visit with her parents.
P. e. Shirley had neice visit him
from Atwood, Kas.
Angie Shell, of Decatur, was guest
at the Laney home last week.
Mrs. Emma Horton left for Mt. Ayr
last Monday to visit her parents.
Misses Hazel Freeman, Veta Scott and
Georgia Rudibaugh attended the double
funeral of Frank Forbes and Fred Eales
at Leon Monday. The young men were
frequent visitors to our city and have
many friends who deeply deplore their
untimely demise.
Mrs. j. V. Arney enjoyed visit from
her parents who live in Leon last week.
Flora Hatfield, of Nebraska, came in
the past week for visit with her father
and family.
Mrs. Will Scott and Mrs. w. A.. Hop
kins, of Lamont, visited with Mrs. Car
ter Scott last week.
Misses Rosmond Severe and Hazel
Frazier left for a visit with Bethany
friends last Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Horton and Mrs. p. e.
Shirley attended the funeral of o. j.
Hawthorn at Lamont last Saturday.
Mrs. J. II. Robinson is enjoying visit
from sister and children, of Peoria, Ill.
d. B. Guthrey came in last Sunday
from Nebraska. He reports he is we'll
satisfied in their new home but says
Iowa is still o. X. for the poor man.
Mrs. G. McClaran left Sunday for
Spring Valley. She contemplates fit
ting up home over there on her farm
and also retaining her present one here
in our city and when tired of one will
return to the other so as to be near all
her children part of the time.
Again this city was visited by fire
last Sunday which came near being the
most disastrous we have had for some
time. About three O'clock G. ID. Van
beek's woodhouse was discovered on fire
which soon communicated to his barn
and both were Il total loss with no in
surance. In the barn were stored the
most Of the household goods belonging
to his son Julian who had recently
moved here from Indian Territory and
had been staying with his father and as
the barn was large and having no stock
had converted it into general ware
room for stoves, garden tools, etc., 30
bushels Of corn and a large amount of
paint that he was preparing to paint his
dwelling with was included in the loss.
In the woodhouse was a large amount of
both wood and coal and all was burned
as the entrance to the barn was next to
the woodhouse there was no chance to
get in the barn to save anything and for
a time it looked as if his dwelling, J. H.
Robinson's house and barn were all
doomed to go, also Carter SCOTS house
and the,L. ID. S. church were set on fire
by flying cinders but by most heoric
work were saved. Quite quantity of
fence and fruit trees were included in
the loss.
O.. l.. Frazier left for trip to Daven-
port last Monday.
Eva Rocks, of Salem, Iowa, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Eldora Bagar, of Davis
City.
Mrs. Ben Williams, of Bethany, Mo-,
was guest of Maggie Mcintosh the
fore part of this week.
Frank Horton and wife attended the
funeral Of her brother, Tom Horton last
Saturday, at Lamont.
Mr.. Kirk and wife and Mrs. Asberry
Norman attended the Advent meeting
at Decatur last Saturday.
Pearl Thompson left Saturday for a
visit with friends in Bethany, Mo-,
where she will join her parents as they
go through and will go with them to their
new home. She will be greatly missed by
her young associates in our city.
Mrs. Lindsey enjoyed visit from her
brother Mr.. Beavers, of Woodland, last
Thursday.
Harve Graves, of Lamont, was on our
streets last Sunday.
led. Gore, of Leon, passed through
our city last Sunday, enroute to see his
brother, Irwin Gore, who is in very
precarious condition and cannot re-
cover.