The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-08

LII. ana MIS-. II. II. Layton, Judge j.
w. Harvey and wife, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Teale returned yesterday from
Lake Okoboii, where they spent the
summer at their cottages at Camp Leon.
i Mrs. w. A. Burnett, of Oberlin, kas.,
and her daughter, Mrs. S. e. Dean and
little daughter, arrived Thursday for a
visit of several weeks in this city at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph Hamil-
ton.
VIM. Hamilton, of Blockley, was in
Leon last Saturday. He is Offering his
store at Blockley for sale as he expects
to remove shortly to Versailles, Mo-,
where he purchased large farm last
spring.
Miss Grace Ogden returned Thursday
to Des Moines to resume her duties as
bookkeeper for the Des Moines Daily
News after spending short vacation at
the home of her father, Vim. Ogden, in
this city.
Mrs. W.P. Clark and daughter Eta
left Tuesday for Denver, Colo, where
they will spend the winter with Mrs.
Clark's sister, Mrs. w. P. Hall, and Miss
Eta will attend a young lady's school
in that city.
i Miss Lucy Loranze, of Des Moines,
who was visiting Miss Mallie Caster in
this city went to Lamont Saturday
where she is employed as one of the
teachers in the public schools for the
coming year.
Mrs. Maggie Gladstone, of Andes, N.
Y, was in Leon last Saturday, visiting
her nephew, r. w. Bruce, being enroute
from Tarkio, Mo-, to Garden Grove,
where she is visiting at the home of
Mrs. Bryson Bruce.
Mrs. John Nish, of Weldon, stopped off
here last Thursday and visited couple
W. H. Howard, while on her way to
Davis City to visit the family of Oscar
Judd for few days.
Rev. W. H. Shipman, of Corning, a
former pastor of the Nj. f. church in
this city, spent couple of days in this
city the latter part of last week visiting
old friends, being the guest of w. w.
Craig while in the city.
Miss Edna Clifford who has been here
for the past few weeks visiting at the
home Of her aunt, Mrs. G. L. Gardner,
departed Thursday afternoon for
Marshalltown where she is employed as
teacher in the public schools.
Mrs. Nellie Wharton, of Alton, came
down Saturday to join her brother,
DIR. J. W. Rowell and wife in trip to
the Worlds Fair at ST. Louis. They left
for that city Sunday being accompanied
by w. A. Brown, wife and son Neal.
| Rev. f. Edwards, of Osceola, who had
been visiting for week with friends in
| this city, went down to Salem Monday
to visit few days with friends in that
vicinity and then goes to Mt. Ayr to at
tend the Baptist district association.
Miss Margaret Roberts who has been
visiting at the home of j. F. Penniwell
in this city for several weeks, went to
Des Moines Thursday and after short
turn to her home at kingfisher, Okla.
Miss CIeora Sankey, who has been
! visiting at the home of her parents Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Sankey, in this city, went
to Lamont Friday, where she resumed
her duties as one of the teachers in the
public schools which opened Monday.
Ed Albaugh who has been working
for some time for Swift & Company at
their Charlton plant, returned to Leon
Saturday and will have position at
their plant in this city which will open
for business the latter part of this
week.
S. Varga, wife and son Stephen re-
turned Saturday night from three
weeks visit with A. E. Dorm at Katy,
Texas. They also visited Galveston,
Houston and other of the points of
interest in Texas and report having a
fine trip.
Scott Gardner and daughters return
ed last week from Des Moines where
they have lived since last spring and
will again take up their residence in
this city. Mr.. Gardner has accepted
position as driver on one of Vanos-
trand's bus lines.
Rev. Scott Jones, of Decatur City, left
Monday for months visit at his old
home at Quincy, Ind, after an absence
of over twenty years. He expects to
conduct series Of meetings while there
and we will guarantee that he will wake
the people of that section up in good
shape.
Novia Beavers, the Woodland mer-
chant, returned Tuesday from months
trip to Colorado and Utah, where he
went for the benefit of hay fever from
which he is severe sufferer. He was
free from it in the mountains but it
caught him again as soon as he got as
far east as Nebraska.
John Hurst, who has been one of the
crack pitchers on the staff of the
Marshalltown club in the Iowa State
League, returned home Tuesday, the
season having closed on Sunday, with
Marshalltown in third place, losing the
last game and dropping from second
place. John made an enviable record
this year.
Capt. J. D. Brown returned Monday
from months visit in the east. Ac-
companied by his brother, Capt. T. H.
Brown, of Chicago, he attended the
National Encampment Of the G. A. R. at
Boston, and then visited relatives in
New York, Pennsylvania and other