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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25
A Word to Democrats.
Leon, Iowa, Aug. %. 1904.

LEON, iowa, aug. 10, lSU4.
EDITOR REPORTER:
AS life long democrat of the Jeffer-
sonian school Of politics, wish to say a
few words to the democrats and indie
pendent voters of Decatur county. /
am ~ years old, and have been an act
i've participant in every election for 81
tion and then was sick and could not
be held in November is the most import
ant election the voters of this county
have ever had to decide at the ballot
box. We have Roosevelt as the leader
of the great trusts and combines with
standing army to enforce colonial sys-
tenn of government in the Philippines,
nation of 5000 900 people, at cost of
thousands Of lives Of the soldiers and
millions of dollars to the taxpayers of
the nation, and no hopes Of any other
system of government unless an honest,
fearless man is put at the head of our
government, and believe that man is
Alton B. Parker, the nominee of the st.
Louis convention by the united democ-
racy of this nation. Let every voter
that possibly can attend the township
caucuses and select the very best men in
each township as delegates to the coun-
ty convention on Sept. 8th, and then
nominate straightforward, honest men
to fill the county offices, and when cleo
tion day comes see to it that every
voter has chance to go out and cast
his vote for the men he believes are
honest and capable to fill the offices.
Let every voter carefully read the
speech of acceptance of the nomination
for president by Judge Alton B. Parker,
and then compare it with what Roose-
welt says in regard to the colonial pol
icy he will press if reelected. Then
choose which you may honestly believe
is the best for republican form of
government, and believe that the great
mass of the people will decide to vote
for Judge Alton B. Parker.
Yours for democracy,
w. e. CANNON.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25
New Books for The Library.

City librarian Miss Ida Brooks ha
furnished us the following list of ne,
books just received at the Leon publ
library:
Helping Himself-Horatio AIger
Dan The Newsboy- -Horatio Alger
From Canal Boy to President -Horatio Alger.
From Farm Boy to Senator-Horato Alger.
Tom The Observation-Disclosures Alger
Struggling Upward -Horatio Algcr
Do and Dare-Horatio Alger.
The Crossing Churchill
The Guardian Angel-Homes
When Wilderness Was King Randall Parrish
The Blood Liles-Fraser.
Peggy O'Neal-Lewis.
Miss Gilbert Career-J. G. Holland.
Nicholas Minturn-J G. Holland
The Heart of Rome-Marion Crofford.
Through Three Campaigns-G. A. Hentry.
Two Little Savages-Seton Thompson.
Colonel Carriers Gainesville Hopkinson Smith,
Colonel Carriers Christmas-Hopkinson Smith
The Harkrders-Opie Read.
Fishin Jimmy-Anne Slosson.
Temporal Power-Marie Corei.
Cottage Neighbors--Nora Perry.
Marjorie's Three Gfts-Louise Alcott.
Pansies and Water Lilies-Louise Acott
Mark Mason's Victory Horatio Alger.
The Train Boy--Horatio Alger.
Luke Walton-Horatio Alger
The Young Circus Rider-Horatio Alger.
Adventures of Telegraph Boy-Horatio Alger.
Music Study in Germany-Amy Fare.
The National Music of America-Elson.
The Conduct of Life-Emerson
Society and Solitude-Emerson.
Life of Mozart-Nohl
Life of Lszt--Noh
Life of Haydn--Noel.
Life OF Wagner-Nohl.
Life of Beethoven-Nohl.
Who's Who in America -Nohl.
The Filigree Bal-Green.
The Grey Cloak-Mac Grath.
The Red Keggers Eugene Thwing
The Deliverance- Ellen Glasgow
Eleanor Lee-Margaret Sangster
The Carpetbagger-Re Read.
Seven Oaks-J. G. Holland.
Big Jack-by Jackson.
The Story of Untold Love-Ford.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25
Weather Crop Bulletin.
FOR WEEK ENDING AUG. %, 'O4.

Les MONIES, Iowa.
The temperature of the past week was
about normal. Well distributed show
ers in nearly all parts of the state re-
lieved apprehensions Of damage by
drought, and revived the pastures. The
conditions have been especially favor
able for the healthy development of the
corn crop, considerable portion of
which is now in the roasting ear stage,
and quite heavy in stalk and ear. Good
progress has been made in the northern
districts in stacking and threshing
small grain. Reports continue to indi-
cate fair yield and good quality of oats
that have been threshed. Cutting wild
hay and millet in progress. The late
potato crop is doing we'll. A good start
has been made in blowing. The early
apple crop is unusually heavy. General
crop conditions fairly good.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25

who has been visiting friends for few
days in this city, went Friday to Davis
City where she will visit friends before
returning home. She has been at the
home of G. w. Barr, in Morgan town
ship, visiting with her mother for a
couple of weeks.
G. M. Axes left Saturday for Des
Moines where he is filling the RESPONSE
BILE position of assistant marshal at the
state fair. Charley has been an officer
Of some kind at the state fair for num-
Der Of years and it would be hard for
the management to get along with
out him. He is good man for the posi-
ton.
w. ]. Sullivan returned last Saturday
from Lake Okoboii where he has been
assisting w. A. Brown in managing the
Manhattan Hotel. He says the summer
has been light one on account of the
cool weather and so many Of the regu-
lar visitors spending their vacation at
st. Louis instead of at the lakes. Mr..
Brown will probably close the season at
the lakes the last Of this week.
2. H. Gurley, former we'll known
resident of this county, who for two
terms represented Decatur county in
the state legislature, and then received
an appointment as deputy warden at the
state penitentiary at Anamosa, which
position he held for number of years,
resigning the place about year ago,
stopped off here Friday and visited old
friends while on his way to Lamont to
look after some business interests.
Misses Alola Call and Mary Allbaugh,
Of Greencastle, Ind, who have been here
for month visiting their numerous
relatives among the Allbaugh and Chas-
T, tain families, departed Thursday for ST..
Louis, where they will spend couple of
weeks at the Worlds Fair before return
ing to their homes in Indiana. During
their visit here the young ladies made
many warm friends who trust they may
return here again at some time in the
future.
Charles Kelley, former resident of
this city, now located at Apishapa, Col.
spend thirty day vacation visiting
city. Mr.. Kelley has a good position as
Grande, and Mrs. Kelley is postmaster
dIlo SUOIC pldCSs lHOS
are doing nicely which will be good
news to their many friends in this vi
entity.
We received pleasant call Monday
from Mr.. S. P. Hoovey, former resident
of this county, who is living on one Of
l. N. McDonoughs farms near Leoffler,
Mo. He drove up here last week with
his family for short visit at the home
of Mrs. Hooveys father, John Smith, of
Eden township, and will stop on his re-
turn trip to visit his folks in Harrison
county, Mo. He reports fair crops in
that part of Missouri, about the same as
they are up here.
Lewis B. jackson returned last Thurs
day from five weeks pleasure trip
through the far northwest country, dur
ing which time he went over large
amount of territory. At Portland,
Oregon, he visited with Aunt Jane
Miller and G. A. Alderman, and at
Reno, Nevada, with his sister, Mrs
Esther Patch. Mr.. jackson thinks the
western country has brilliant future
but it will be several years yet before
the country is developed, and at the
present time he found no place that
suited him better than right here in
Decatur county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25
Worlds Fair and Louisiana pur
chase Exposition.

Season tickets on sale April 18th to
Nov. 18th. Rate $3.50.
60 day tickets on sale April 25th to
Nov. Goth. Rate $12.75.
10 day tickets on sale April 9th to
Nov. 30th. Rate $11.5O.
G. M. KETCHAM, Agent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25
Advertised Letters.

Remaining uncalled for in the post
Office at Leon, Iowa, for the week end
ing Aug. 20, 1904:
w. D. Anderson, B. Hind,
r. S. Greenwell,
Mrs. Hustine Westendorf, (package.)
When asking for the above letters
please say advertised"
JOHN LEDGERwooD, Postmaster.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25

Roy Sutherland and John Gore had a
little misundersta nding out in the
country early yesterday morning and
brickbats and buggy whips, it is said,
were used as convincers. We are unable
to learn particulars at this time. John
is suffering from fractured skull and
we have not heard from Roy.-Davis
City Lariat.
Earl Turner and two sisters living
northeast of town had narrow escape
last Sunday. They had driven to town,
and when turning the corner near the
park, the tongue of the buggy dropped
from the neckyoke to the ground. This
allowed the buggy to run against the
horses and they started to run. H. G.
Bolon and Bert McCullock turned the
team which ran west to William Nc
Henry's field and jumped over the fence,
where they were afterwards caught.
Although Mr.. Turner was pulled out of
the buggy, fortunately neither he nor
the ladies were injured.-Humeston Era.
Leonard Dicky goes to Leon this
week where he will put in a two-chair,
barber shop. He has new outfit
throughout, having ordered it in st.
Louis while on his recent visit there.
His family will accompany him and
make their future home in Leon. Mr..
Dicky is an artist in his line. His five
years work in Lamont was marked by
success and large patronage. While
we regret his departure we are glad
that he does not leave the county.
Leon will have one of those Injuries so
rarely found, good barber.-Lamoni
Chronicle.
Hon. v. II. McGinnis, of Leon, who
has been retained by the creditors of
the defunct Citizens bank to assist Spe-
cial County Attorney L. w. Laughlin in
tho prosecution of Day and Clyde Dun
ming, was in Mt. Ayr Friday on business
pertaining to the prosecution of the
case. 1t was at first suggested that
perhaps the Cummings would be placed
under arrest and given preliminary
hearing. 1t was thought this method
would put the matter squarely before
the grand jury for investigation. 1t is
understood that Mr.. McGinnis advised
against their arrest and preliminary
trial. At least they were not arrested.
Mt. Ayr Record.
]. A. Rogers has built road grader
at his blacksmith shop, and the work on
it shows that Mr.. Rogers has great skill
as mechanic. The road grader is the
work of the combined genius of Mr..
Rogers and Henry Terrell, our street
commissioners. The city purchased
two-horse grader year ago from firm
in Kansas, but it did not work to suit
Mr.. Terrell, and the grader that Mr..
Rogers has completed has many i'm
provements over any two-horse grader
now on the market. All who have seen
the new grader at the shop declare the
machine is thoroughly practicable and
will prove success. 1t was given its
first trial on the streets Tuesday morn
ing, and was again tried yesterday
morning, and it surpassed all expecta-
tions. Messrs. Rogers and Terrell will
take out a patent on the machine, and
will endeavor to place it on the market.
Mt. Ayr Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25
To old People

THE HOME
To old People
If the people Of this town only knew
the good Vinol does old people, we could
not get enough to supply the demand.
With old age comes feebleness and loss of
power, Lack Of strength and vigor. To
prove our belief that Vinol is the great
est strengthened, body builder. and in
vigorator for old folks, we say to ALL
try it, and if you not satisfied We
will return your money.
" CStenapez& Co. DRUGGISTS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-08-25

City librarian Miss Ida Brooks has
furnished us the following list of new
books just received at the Leon public
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11
DOG KILLED BIG WILDCAT.
cred a Fierce Opponent and
Came Out Victorious.

In fight between fCXhOund and e
wildcat, the betting man would be in
clincd to place his money on the latter
and feel that the percentage in favor
of his winning would be great enough
to satisfy any reasonable man looking
for gamble.
Nevertheless. a good, husky wildcat
was put to the bad by a foxhound in
Charlestown n. H., a few days ago
which shows that it. is no "cinch' tc
bet on the wildcat. No one saw the
fight in which the wildcat, in this par
ticular instance, came out second best
but the results were very much in evil
dence
William Swan. proprietor of the
Eagle hotel. in Charlestown, recently
went out on the hills. east of the vii
lage, to see if he could start fox. His
dog Sport had not been running long
before he gave tongue, and, as Mr.
Swan thought, was in hot chase after a
fox
In the course of Is or 20 minutes Mr.
Swan got sight of the dog and the ami
NAL he was chasing, Dut at too great &
distance to take a shot at it, 1t wa:
near enough. however, for him to se5
that it was no fox the dog was follow.
ing. It looked formidable enough, too
to make the hunter think it would b.
we'll for him to fix himself with ammu
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11
STORY OF TWO SWALLOWS.
They Built Nest in Gentleman's
Bedroom and Made Them
selves at Home.

One morning two swallows flew into
the bedroom Of Mr.. Chapman, of Fro
cester court, Gloucester, and, after sew
eral other visits, at last built a nest
in the room. In due course four eggs
were laid. While the mother was Sit
ting the maid was never allowed to
attend to the room, but whenever she
went near the nest the bird flew off
II stranger or any other member of
the household entered the room she
flew away at once Mr.: Chapman. how
ever, was especially favored, just as if
they knew that he was the landlord
and might press them for rent. He
could remove the hen from the nest,
place her back, or handle the eggs, and
they never said word. The eggs
having been Matched, Mr.. Chapman no.
ticed that the father always fed the
same two youngsters, and the hen al
ways the other two. He tried to puz-
zle them by mixing up the babies, but
the parents never mistook one pair for
the other When the fledglings were
able to fly, the whole family went out
for the day, returning at night One
morning, however. they did not go out,
but, instead, all perched on the rail at
the head of the bed and kept up a
ceaseless twitter for fully an hour
Then they took their leave for the
year. Mr. Chapman kindly took means
to prevent the window from ever being
clOco6
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11
KING CARRIED EGG BASKET.
How Denmark's Venerable Monarch
Once Upon Time Helped
Peasant Woman.

King Christian of Denmark, dean of
the worlds monarchs, likes to move
about among his people without cere
mony. Frequently during his daily
walks about the streets of Copenhagen
he has been known TO hail common cab
and drive to his castle.
His plain. quiet habits he has always
maintained from the time when he was
only an ordinary officer in the Danish
army and had no thought OF ever be-
coming a king.
One day King Christian sat on a bench
| in the wood near Fredensborg smoking
his cigar and whisking the fallen leaves
with his cane, when an old peasant wonl-
an came along, carrying basketful OF
eggs. She took a seat beside the king
Looking at the white-haired, plainly
clad old man she said
''You are from the neighborhooG here,
l s'pose?"
Yes, l am replied the king.
Then you can tell me if the castle is
far from here. l thought of selling my
eggs there. you know
The castle lies on the other side of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11
THE DISEASES OF METALS.
How They Are Rendered Unfit fol-
Use by Poisoning-Cura-
tive Trea tment.

Many metals show symptoms of poi
soning. rendering them unfit for use.
Thus, says Prof. E. Heyn, in Harper's
Magazine, steel can, by means of small
quantities of hydrogen and under GER
tain circumstances, be very seriously
affected. Let us take two steel bars of
the same material, both heated to a red
heat, one surrounded by air, the other
exposed to the influences of hydrogen
Or hydrogen gas, chilling both bars in
water after heating; We shall find the
bar heated in hydrogen to be brittle,
whereas the other bar, heated in air, will
turn out 10 be far superior. The hydro
gen has in this instance acted like poi
son upon the heated steel, and very
small quantities of such poisonous mat
ter will suffice to produce very violent eff
fects. The disease in question can be
radically cured, it only being necessary
to anneal the poisoned bar, repeating
the process by heating exposed to air.
The poisoned steel. by being allowed to
lie for long time, will, without any fur
Their expert treatment, show signs of
improvement to certain degree. the
poison gradually leaving it, A better
treatment still is boiling in water or oil,
which process may be compared to using
warm congresses in the case of human
beings.
Similar symptoms Of poisoning. caused
by hydrogen or gases containing hydro
gen (as gas for lighting purposes), are
apparent in copper when exposed to red
heat. Not every kind of copper is sus-
ceptible to this poisoning in equal de-
gree.
Metals can become diseased from i'm
proper treatment. as, for instance. cop
per and steel when exposed certain
length of time to temperatures exceed
Ing fixed limits. The copper, in con-
sequence, loses a great part of its due
tility and bending qualities. In steel the
disease can become so virulent that a
steel bar so infected can, on falling on
the ground, break to pieces The tech
meal expert calls such disease "over-
heating"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11
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GRANDPA AND THE BABY,

Our mother raises one quick hand, and
murmurS to US: "HuSh!"
So In we come with silent tread, although
We love to rush.
Our father closes soft the door, and
smiles that knowing smile.
For someone in the next rooms got our
youngest baby child.
Yes. by the hearth an old man sits, and
mods and mods. You see,
It's grandpa fallen fast asleep, with baby
on his knee.
No matter how much noise we make, our
grandpa laughs with glec,
And mamma tries to look reproach, while
gazing straight at me:
But we just play we don't see her, and
soon she hides a smile,
While kissing baby meath the chin. Oh,
how We love that child!
But there's time we all keep still, and
quit our merry glee.
That's when dear grandpa falls asleep,
with baby on his knee.
Then when tn: stars are IN the sky and
we are tucked in bed,
Our mother comes to us and says while
low she bends her head:
You must love Your grandpa dearly, for
he's very old ard weak,
And he may not live she pauses and
tear rolls down her cheek
Yes. my children, treat him kindly. for
the day may come, you see,
When grandpa sleeps his last, long sleep,
with baby his knee
So we never wrong our grandpa, and we
lace his shoes for him.
For We love to have hin, near US, though
his eyes are Very dim.
In all our childish SORROWS, he is ready
to console
And the first one to be happy when our
SriefS have passed the fold.
But we're awful sad When thinking that
the last time it may be
Wen see dear grandpa sleeping. with the
baby on his knee.
-Clilla Pearl Davis. in Farm and Home
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11

milton different from that which he
used 10 shoot foxes
He went to where he had left hi:
horse, drove to the hotel, got satisfac-
tory ammunition, and was half way
out to the hills again when he met the
dog, limping home.
Despite his lameness. Sport appar-
emily was quite willing to go back
again, and piloted Mr.. Swan to whero
he, only short time before, had had q
very strenuous and Interesting time.
There was a dead wildcat in the
middle OF a plot of ground 20 feet
square. All around the space were evil
dences that there had been 'something
doing" The light brush was broken.
and, scattered about indiscriminately
was a lot of hair and numerous blood
stains. That was all. Sport could MOI
tell how things happened to be that
way, but he seemed to be pretty well
satisfied with his own part in the mix
up, and the way he had com" out of it.
He had been bitten in the right fore
leg at the first joint and his nose and
ears were scratched somewhat, but
there were no very serious INJURIES
The wildcats back had been broken,
and one of it's shoulders was lacerated.
1t weighed 20 pounds, and certainly
looked as If it might have been able to
Put up a fight.
Killing domestic cats is mere pas
time for this dog Sport, and perhaps,
in his experience in this line, he picked
up few points that were of use 10
him in his fight with the wild one
Except a temporary lameness, he suf-
fered no i'll effects from the encounter
and Mr.. Swan is afraid that he is like
ly to get a 'swelled head" and worry
the pet cats in the neighborhood more
than ever.-Boston Globe
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11

hats, turned up with Gibbons and
flowers at the back, which seem to en-
body the spirit of spring mare than
any other form of headgear. These
fashions also mean revival of the
straw industry, and never indeed has
straw been treated with such an ex-
traordinary variety and invcntiveness
as at present. So fancifully worked
are many Of the newest straWS that
they hardly need any trimming.
Vake, for instance, a Vatican "ber-
gore" in the new "pAille chi-chi" in
cherry color. Each IOW of the satiny
straw alternates with a row of quilted
tulle OF the same ct.lor, and at inter-
walls are placed large "macarons" OF
cerise straw Such u shape only needs
being deftly bent to a becoming out
line and caught up sharply at the back
with cluster of white cherry bios
som, with its exquisite little green
leaves and shiny brown twigs, to be
ready for wear and admiration.
The tricorne also holds it's own for
morning wear with tailor made dresses,
and nothing looks smarter than this
natty little hat on n wel]-dressed head;
and the pointed toques, projecting in
front and very much curved at the
sides, with big bouquets over either
ear, are so immensely becoming to
every woman with an aquiline or long
nose that they are more worn than
ever Sometimes the straw plaits are
divided into what is known in Paris as
a "zizi" in satin, a "siZi" being the
term for a ribbon very lightly gath
cred; and "zizis" are the rage in Paris.
Another fashion in straw is the tiny
round balls which are placed closely
together in designs on ground OF
satin straw. These straw balls are
often of different colors mixed to-
gether which sometimes gives the effect
of tiny *'immortelle" flowers. such as
are used in France for funeral wreaths
They are very new, and some of the
most recent hats are trimmed with
nothing else; but whether they are
very beautiful is quite another matter.
ANNETTE GIRVY.