The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01

Harry Mayer returned last Saturday
morning from Chicago, where he pur-
chased an unusually large and fine line
of clothing and furnishing goods for the
store of M. Mayer, the old reliable
clothier in this city.
Mrs. w. w. Warner, left Thursday for
Kansas City, where she will spend a
couple of weeks in the wholesale millin-
cry houses and will then go to st. Louis
to finish buying goods for Thompson &
Warmers millinery department.
Miss saba Penniwell returned Sunday
from Kansas City, where she spent a
couple of weeks trimming in a wholesale
millinery house. She will again fill the
position of head trimmer at the store of
Thompson s. Warner in this city.
Mrs. Merge Jordan Brown departed
Monday for her home in Denver, Color
ado, after a pleasant visit at Weldon
with her sister, Mrs. R. j. Critchfield.
She spent the latter part of last week
visiting with old friends in this city.
Mrs. J. B. Newlin went to Pleasanton
Friday to visit few days at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Horace Brown and
| attend the wedding of Miss Elizabeth
Read and DR.. N. Il. Nredenburg, which
was solemnized at high noon Sunday.
Mrs. F. A. Rohr, of Ottumwa, came
last Saturday for weeks visit in this
city with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Bobbitt. Miss Geneva Bobbitt who
had been visiting at Ottumwa for a
| couple of weeks, returned home with
her.
Hoyle Gilreath and family, of Grand
River, visited over Sunday in this city
at the home of Marion Woodland. Mr..
Gilreath leaves the latter part of this
week for Lake Andes, S. D., where he
will have charge of the new Gilreath
bank.
Ray Layton returned last Saturday
from Lake Okoboji, where he spent the
summer at Camp Leon, and won more
honors with his sailboat, which is the
fastest boat on the lake. DR.. and Mrs.
Layton will not return for about ten
days yet.
Mrs. Clare Ende and daughter Louise,
Of Greenville, Texas, arrived in Leon
last Friday for visit with Mrs. w. p.
Clark and other old friends. They had
been attending the Worlds Fair at ST.
Louis, and visiting with relatives in Des
Moines.-
Miss Ollie Roberts, the popular sales
lady at Graham & Hansell's store, re-
turned last Friday from two weeks
| vacation which she spent at the st.
| Louis fair, and also stopped at Brook
field, Mo-, and visited few days with
|EMrs. Louise French.
Mrs. r. D. Lockwood and Miss Cora
Beavers, of Woodland, returned last
| Friday from weeks stay in Des
Moines, where they were selecting a
new stock of millinery goods for the
millinery store which Mrs. Lockwood
has opened at Woodland.
George o. johnson left Monday for
Decatur City where he expects to re-
| move his family in short time, having
accepted position as deputy post
master under postmaster Bear. Mr..
Johnston will make an accommodating
and efficient public servant.
v. r. McGinnis went over to Mt. Ayr
Monday and will spent the greater
part of this week in that city, having
been retained to assist in the prosecu-
tion of the Cummings on the charge OF
criminal banking, resulting in the fail,
ure of the Citizens bank at Mt. Ayr
last spring.
| F. N. Hansell, the hustling manager Of
the big department store of Graham &
Hansell in this city, left Tuesday morn
ing for st. Louis, where he will spend a
week week seeing the Worlds Fail
and buying new goods for their store in
this city. Mrs. Hansell and the baby
accompanied him.