The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-13

velie Buggies.
Rape to SOW in your corn is the thing
to keep the weeds down. Makes lots of
feed. Y, BOwsHER & BowsHER.
For RENT Residence $500.
MRS. BESSIE Cross,
45-2t* Iowa City, Iowa.
During the next ten days will re-
sceive orders for cement sidewalk at
lie per square foot.
46-1t f. G. MULLINNIx.
Misses Dot Stookey and Ida Brooks,
of Leon, and Miss Mildred Holland, of
Falls City, Neb., were guests of Mrs.
Jennie Holland the first of the week.
,Osceola Sentinel
II you want a farm sold or want
farm loan at lowest rate of In
terest and best terms go to e. J.
Sankey, southeast corner Main
and Commercial streets, Leon, la.
J. L. Mitchell of this city has left at
THE REPORTER Office gooseberry raised
on his place which measures two and a
half inches in circumference, and it is
the largest we have seen this season.
Regular services at the Presbyterian
church next Sabbath morning. In the
evening there will be union service
addressed by the Rev. Sada Gibbons, on
the recent State Sunday School Conven-
tion. All are invited.
Every man owes it to himself and his
family to master trade of profession.
Read the display advertisement of the
six Morse Schools of Telegraphy, in this
issue and learn how easily young man
or lady may learn telegraphy and be
assured a position. 47-6t
Attention is called to muley Durham
bull advertised by c. w. Shinn. AS to
many this is new breed we will say it
is recognized by cattle breeders and
there is a regular pedigreed muley
Durham entered in the cattle ring at
the coming state fair. Mr.. Shinn has a
fine animal and will sell at bargain
to some one.
Prof Robert Smith, of Eden township,
has been elected as principal of the
public schools at Little Cedar, Iowa, at a
salary of $40 per month. He will also
act as superintendent of the public
schools of Liberty township, in Mitchell
county, the schools of that township be-
ing consolidated. His work commences
the first Monday in September.
There was genuine old fashioned
house warming at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Often in this city last Thurs
day, about twenty-five of their friends
coming in to celebrate the moving in
to their new residence in east Leon,
which is one of the incest homes in this
city. A sumptuous dinner was served
and the guests spent pleasant day
with Mr.. and Mrs. Often, than whom
there are no better entertainers in
Leon.
The infant child OF MIR. and Mrs. lyric
Baker died on July 4th at 2:30 p. m.
The funeral services were conducted
from the home of Mrs. Bakers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sellers, on Wednes-
day, July 9Th, by Rev. S. Harvey, who
based his theme upon the words found
in the book of Revelations, 21st chapter
and 18th verse: "And the gates of it
shall not be shut at all by day, for there
shall be no night there" Interment
was made in Elk cemetery. The parents
have the sympathy of a large circle Of
relatives and friends.
Bert Boydston, an old time Leon boy,
son of a former editor of THE REPORTER,
Lon II. Boydston, spent the latter part
of last week in this city and enjoyed
the pleasure of visit with his boyhood
friends, although but few recognized
him, as the fifteen years since he left
Leon have changed him. He is sturdy
fellow weighing about 240 pounds, and
is in the employ Of the international
Harvester Co., having charge Of four
counties, Ringgold, Decatur, Clarke and
Union, as salesman, having been re-
Gently transferred to Iowa after being
in New York with the same company
for nearly five years, with headquarters
at Buffalo.
THE REPORTER editor certainly had 4
fine Sunday dinner which was supplied
through the kindness of Mrs. E. A.
+ Wilson who lives couple Of miles east
of Leon. Saturday morning she called
Lie l..