The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-05

EON REPORTER, TIL
Big bargains in shoes at Hurst's.
Well, didn't that ground hog play the
devil.
Ladies' 45 and 81 inch coats half
price coats at Hurst's.
For RENr-SO acre farm in Center
township. 242t HORACE Brown
FOR SALE-An my household
and Kitchen Furniture as am 60
ing to move, W. p. MARSHALL.
We are showing new dress goods and
silks this week. New novelties in waist.
ing and quite line of silk warp wash
goods. Ask to see them.
HURST BROS.
w. l.. Armstrong, the enterprising
farmer who lives just east of Leon, is a
believer in the early worm theory, for
he has 20 head OF fine young lambs,
which is pretty early in the season.
On account of misunderstanding
Elder John D. Bennett did not deliver
his lecture on "The Existent Relation.
ship of the Church and Lodge" at the
opera house Saturday evening. He ex-
poets to arrange another date in the
near future.
We continue our shoe sale through
this week. Sizes are getting broken
but still have fair assortment. Means
q saving of 75c to 81 50 if you can find
your kind and size. Come and see
them. HURST Bros
w. B. Redman, the we'll known farm.
er and stock raiser of DeKalb, returned
Saturday morning from Kansas City,
bringing with HIM carload of light
stock cattle which he purchased on she
Kansas City market and will feed the
coming year.
Col. S. Y. Harger, the we'll known
auctioneer, writes US to correct the
statement that he has cried more than
10000 sales, thus earning the title Of
colonel, and says the auctioneers are
only required to cry more than ], OOC
sales to earn the title, which he has
justly earned. Another proof that auc
tioneers never lie.
Monday was ground hog day, and
his hogship certainly had no trouble in
| seeing his shadow if he came out of his
hole. According to the old saying We
| can look for six weeks more of winter
but if it is as nice winter weather as the
month of January we will have no rea
son to complain it we do have siz
| weeks more of it.
One of Icons attorneys had occasion
Tuesday morning to call attorney Franz
Horton of Davis City up on the phone
requesting his presence in court, bu
Frank telephoned back he could no
come even if Judge Parrish held him il
contempt Of court, for he had his hand
full taking care of the new daughte
which arrived at his home that morning
and the court excused him.
A week ago last Sunday Miss Flor
Albaugh went to Kansas City to trim il
a wholesale millinery house for fey
weeks, and on Thursday while alone ii
her room she had very serious attac
of heart failure. She started home Fri
day and got as far as Lamont, wher
she stopped of at the home of he
sister, Mrs. o. E. Teale, and has sine
been in very dangerous condition.
i James H. Alldredge, Icons champio
wrestler, who has been defeating th
best wrestlers in the country, left MOI
II day for Butte, Montana, where he has
match with 1.-THE Terrible Swede'' an
will wrestle for purse of $500 and tn
winner to take all of the gate receipts
Alldredge's many friends here are ver
confident he will win the match, an
the outcome will be watched with COZ
siderable interest in this city.
The first issue of the Weldon Bullet
by Harry ]. Roger was issued last wee
It is neat four column quarto, WE
filled with news and the advertiser
patronage is quite liberal. We wish Il
: Bulletin every success, but past expel
ence proves that running newspap
l in town the size of Weldon is a ha
, proposition, and one that several ha
! gone against to their sorrow in the la
: few years.