The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04

We desire to call the attention OF
our readers to the sale advertisements
in this issue. People who hold sales
are every year learning more and more
that it pays to advertise a sale we'll
and one of the best ways is through
the newspapers. These advertisements
go to sections where bill will not be
seen, and besides the reader can always
refer to the paper and see the date and
the stuff offered for sale. This sale
advertising has been largely stimulated
by the auctioneers and they will tell
you that newspaper advertising is a
good investment and they will also tell
you to place the advertisement in more
than one paper. Inquiries made of
parties who have held sales and ad-
vertised them in THE REPORTER brings
out the fact that higher prices have
almost invariably been realized at these
sales than at sales where no newspaper
advertising was done. Talk to any
man who has tried it and he will tell
you that this is true. If you con-
template holding sale this fall and
we are so unfortunate as not to get to
print your bills, let us advertise your
sale in the columns of this paper.
Advertise your sale and advertise it
literally. Let the people know you
are going to have sale and you will
have crowd. Without a crowd you
cannot expect to get good prices.
Frank j. Standish, a prosperous and
we'll know farmer living near Weldon,
died suddenly Of heart trouble at the
home Of his brother-in-law, Philip Mil
Ter, near Groveland. He had stopped
there on his way home from Osceola,
apparently in his usual health, and was
playing with the children when he put
his head back as if to laugh, and ex-
pired. He made no struggle and it was
with difficulty that they recognized he
was dead. His wife was Frustrated
when the news was taken to her and is
in critical condition. His death is a
terrible shock to relatives and friends
by whom he was universally beloved.
Funeral services were from the Christ
ian church at Weldon at 10 o'clock
Wednesday. Interment in the Green
Bay cemetery. Mr.. Standish was born
in Delaware county, Ohio, about fifty
years ago. He came to Iowa in 1868
settling in Decatur county near the
Clarke county line, adjoining Knox
township. He was married to Miss
Kate Miller Jan. 1, 1884. His wife, ad-
opted daughter, three brothers and two
sisters survive him. The brothers live
in Kansas City, Mo-, Texas and Kansas
respectively. One sister in Kansas and
the other is Mrs. Hodges, of Weldon.
The friends have the sincere sympathy
of the community in their sad bereave-
ment.-Osceola Democrat.
| Many friends in this county will
deeply sympathize with Rev. Olsen, the
NJ. E. minister stationed at Van Vert
the past year. During the latter part
of August his infant child took sick
and died, and Rev. Olsen was unable
to attend the conference this year. He
formerly resided at Minneapolis and
last week with his family left for that
city to attend the M. E. conference ex-
pecting to be assigned to a charge in
Minnesota. While enroute to Mimi
eapolis last Saturday Mrs. Olsen, who
had been in quite poor health, took
worse and died on the train when with
in ninety miles of that city. She is
survived by the husband and four little
children. Her remains were taken to
Minneapolis for burial.
Notice the lost and found advertise
ments in this issue of TtIE REPORTER.
The people are learning that small
advertisement will in many cases find a
lost article or restore something found
to the owner. In one case this week
we had the same article brought in to
be advertised as found and another
party came in to advertise it as lost
Last Saturday Mr.. Richard Meek found
a lady's shawl east of town and brought
it to TIE REPORTER office to be adver
tised, and Tuesday Mr.. Roy Cannon
called us up on the phone to advertise
for shawl which his folks had lost
which was the same one found by Mr.
Meek.
Mr.. E. H. Lewis of this city was ou,
on his farm west of town last Saturday
fixing fence around a hog pen when
squirrel came running along the fence
and bit him on the arm, it's sharp teetf
cutting through his coat and drawing
blood. The squirrel then ran up his
arm and around his neck, trying to bite
his neck, but it got hold of his heavy
coat collar. He put his hand up tt
knock it off when it bit hla, on the hand
it's teeth going nearly through his han6
and making very painful injury. He
had to kill the squirrel before it would
release it's hold Oh his hand.
H. L. Long and ]. L. Warner went Out
on Weldon Creek northeast of Leor
Sunday to pick some wild grapes. The
boys had forgotten to take their guns
out of the buggy the last time they
were out hunting, and while they were
picking grapes a big fat coon came
waddling up and made faces at them
so they slipped back to the buggy and
secured their guns and in a few min
| utes Mr.. Coon was their meat. The
boys enjoyed fine old fashioned coor
dinner at the home of Mr.. Warner Mon
day, and say they never tasted bette,
meat in their lives.
]. L. Wion, of Bloomington township
was in Leon last Friday, and left TIL
REPORTER fine box of fseedling peaches
raised on the farm of his father, Henry
WiOn. The late rains came inst in time