The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-08
BIG REUNION NEXT WEEK
The Big Leon Reunion Opens Next
! tuesday for Five days--Good
Speakers and Attractions.

Speakers and Attractions.
| The big Leon reunion will commence
| next Tuesday and it is an event which
is looked forward each year with many
anticipations by the people for miles
around, for they know there will be a
delightful time for all who attend.
Each year the interest in the Leon re-
union increases as we'll as the attend
ance, and the indications are that both
will be bigger this year than ever be-
fore.
The finishing touches are being put
on the grounds this week and before
Saturday night everything will be in
readiness. The speakers stand has been
erected, seats provided, the grounds
cleared off, roads fixed up and nothing
is being left undone. A fine line of at
fractions have been booked for the
reunion in addition to the free attrac-
tions which will be put on each day.
The Garden Grove band has been secur-
ed to furnish music for the entire re-
union. They are better than they were
last year, and nicer set of band boys
| never came to town. They play good
music too, and are always ready to
play. The Big Four male quartet, from
Humeston has also been engaged to sing
during the reunion. 1t is not colored
quartet, but composed of white men who
are skilled musicians and they sing the
latest and most popular songs, classical
as we'll as rag time, and they will be a
drawing card, Some fine special attra-
( tions which will be free to all have
been engaged by the committee and a
big'platform has been built out in the
lake on which they will take place,
which will give everyone an excellent
opportunity to see them, the people can
not crowd around the platform and shut
off the view of those in the rear. There
will boxing matches, wrestling matches,
slack wire and acrobatic artists and
many novel and entertaining free fea-
lures to amuse the people.
Tuesday is preparation day, and there
will be no speaking on this day, but
plenty of fun for all.
Wednesday is old soldiers day, and a
fine program has been prepared for this
occasion, especially in the way of
speakers, as the committee has positive
promises from Judge w. E. Miller, of
Bedford, Hon. N. E. Kendall, of Abba,
and Hon. H. K. Evans, of Corydon, that
they will be here. Other prominent men
have been invited and may be here, but
none are being advertised except those
who will be here without fail. Judge
Miller is we'll know in this county
where he has held court and there is
no better speaker in southern Iowa.
Hon. N. 3. Kendall, who will also speak,
is one OF the brightest young lawyers in
the state, and is brilliant orator who
should be heard by all who can get
h oe6 h;
make one of the best speeches of the
reunion. Hon. II. K. Evans, who is
candidate to succeed Judge Miller on
the bench from this district, is also a
| fine speaker, and he has had considera-
that we can assure our readers that he
will have something good for them on
this occasion.
Thursday is old settlers day, and for
this day the committee has been fortu-
nate enough to secure perhaps the best
speaker in the whole state of Iowa.
Judge S. F. Prouty, of Des Moines, who
has a state wide reputation as speak
er. Judge Prouty has many friends and
admirers in this county who will be
more than pleased to have an opportun-
ity to hear him. 1t will be rare treat
and one which the old settlers will en-
JOY as we'll as the younger people.
Friday will be 111th Alaska day, and
everybody knows what kind of fun and
amusements these jolly soldiers put up.
They have arranged this year special
good program, and there will be no lack
of amusements all day long which will
be free for the people, being pulled off
on the big stand which has been built
out in, the lake SO that everybody can
see it and no one can climb up in front
of the crowd and obstruct the view of
those behind them. They will have box
ing Matches wrestling matches, swim
ming contests and other sports. Six
wrestling matches will be pulled off for
cash prizes, in No. 1 there will be a
prize of 50 to the winner and 50 to the
second man. Then there will be five
other matches, especially arranged for
boys from the country, and the boys
should come in with their suits ready to
wrestle. In each of them there will be
a cash prize of 50 to the winner and ST
to the loser. so that all contestants will
get piece of the money. Three boxing
matches are on the program, the prizes
to the winners being 81, SO and SO.
Then there will be at least two enter
tainments by Zareli, the Silver Gym
natist, introducing weird scenery and
effects, presenting acrobatic and hand
balancing, double baton juggling and
unicycle on the swinging wire, finishing
with thrilling dash from high pedes.
tai with wheel and man blazing illum-
ination. The 111th Alaskas will also
have some features on their program
which will be in the nature of pleas
ing surprise to the people, but the de-
tails are being carefully guarded. The
speaker for this day is Hon. M. L.