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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Van Vert.

Mr.. keelser, of Creston, passed
through this city Monday enroute for
Leon on business.
The entire community was shocked
Wednesday morning when Mrs. Harry
Chapman received a telegram telling
her that her brother, Ray Strong, had
died Tuesday evening at Spearfish, S. d.
He left Van Vert about two years ago
and none of his relatives had ever
heard from him up to the time they re-
ceived the telegram Tuesday evening
that he was seriously ill and Wednesday
morning that he was dead. He was
only q years old. When he was IA he
enlisted in the army and went to the
Philippines and was released in two
years. He attended school in this clty
for about eight years. His remains ar.
rived here Saturday; funeral services
were held Sunday at the Christian
church conducted by Rev. Van Horn, OF
Osceola.
Media Thompson returned to Leon
Monday, where she is attending normal
after visiting over Sunday with her
parents.
Mrs. Anise Craft went to Leon Mon.
day to attend normal.
Will Wheeler and John Powers spent
Sunday at Leon.
Nora Stickler returned Monday from
Leroy, where she had been visiting hel
brother, Ed Rushing.
Mrs. Sarah Strong and son Elba, OF
Clinton, Okla, and Clinton Strong, Of
Kansas, were called here Friday to at.
tend the funeral of their son and broth.
er, Ray Strong.
Ed Rushing and family, of Leroy, were
in this city Sunday.
Reuben Chapman, wife and daughter
Lille, of Weldon, attended the funera
here Sunday.
Rev. Bacon, of Des Moines, preached
at the Christian church Sunday.
Mrs. Phillip Boyle is seriously ill.
Finley johnson and family, of Weldon
We're in this city Sunday.
Mrs. Ed. Hall was called to Indiar
Territory Saturday on account of the
serious illness of her brother, Ra,
Smith.
Ernest Jones, Cyril johnson and Chas
Berry went to Leon Wednesday to at
tend the ball game.
G. Nj. Keller and wife, of Leon, came
Sunday toattend the funeral of theil
nephew, Ray Strong.
Mrs. Mallory Waterman, of Kansas
City, came Saturday for visit with
her daughters, Mrs. Fl. A. Thompson and
Mrs. Will Wise.
Mabel Fry went to Weldon Saturday
for visit with Ethel Lowman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Sweet Creek.

Mrs. w. W. Wiley and Nola Straight
were Lamont callers Saturday.
Jennie Ryan called on Mrs. Jessie
Woodmansee Thursday.
MIR. Morford's spent Sunday at John
Devries'.
Irma Straight spent Sunday evening
with Etiie Gentry.
Dell Wiley. wife and daughter, were
Lamont callers Saturday.
Mrs. Rockwell, of Lamont, is visiting
at Will Rhodes.
Rev. Heckathorn and wife spent Sat-
urday night at Henry Forbes.
Miss Minnie Brown visited with
Sadie Devries Sunday.
W. N. Wiley and daughters, Dollie
and Dovie, called at Marion Noftsger's
Sunday.
Mabel Willis and Minnie Wiley spent
Sunday evening with Myrtle Wion.
Bertha Devries visited Sunday with
Ruth Percy.
John Wion, wife and son, Albert
spent Sunday at Marion Noftsger's.
N. L. Euritt and family spent Sunday
at Amos Ryan's.
Miss Davis is visiting with her sister
Mrs. Straight.
John Wiley spent Sunday evening
with Give Straight.
Mrs. Fred Cash visited at Henry
Wion's Thursday.
Allen Andrew and family spent Sun.
day with her parents.
Henry Wion and wife, Mrs. Fred Cash
and Miss Lula Wion, were Lamont call
ers one day last week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Smith called at Fred
Wion's Sunday evening.
Myrtle Brown spent Sunday evening
with Dollie Wiley.
The car of Russia is only SO, but he
has had reverses enough to make him SO
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
From Our Correspondents
Notice to Correspondents.

The Reporter has been caused con-
siderable trouble and annoyance re-
Gently on occount of some of the items
in our correspondents letters, which
have cast reflection on certain parties.
We desire to caution all correspondents
against writing such items. We want
nothing but news, not little items with
hidden meanings written to cause an
noyance to certain persons. The Repor-
ter does not want this kind of items to
appear in it's columns and we request
all correspondents to omit such items
in the future. If they continue the en-
tire letter will have to be consigned to
the waste basket.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Feminine Study of Man

Man is when all is said vastly Iowa
BILE being and even his faults-indeed,
chiefly his faults-have most unholy
attraction for us. But, man the con-
quered Is very different creature
from man the conqueror. The first is
always ready and longing to afford us
everything in the world we desire
ready to sell his immortal soul for our
pleasures. The second grudges us
kind word.-A Spinster in NJ. A. P.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Conkling's Invective.

Roscoe Conkling, like John ]. In
gals, was master at invective. Conk-
ling, it is said, once upon a time in
summing up to jury thus attempted
to belittle the testimony of a rummy
faced, knobby nosed witness for the
opposition: "Methinks, gentlemen, I
can see that witness now, his mouth
stretching across the wide desolation
of his face, a sepulcher of rum and
fountain Of falsehood!'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
R. F. D. No. 3.

Threshing is the order of the day.
Wade Lindsey and wife, of Leon spent
Sunday at AlonZo Fulton's.
Walter Campbell sports new bicycle
Mrs. James Mills spent Friday even
ing at the Alley home.
Julia and Bessie Butts called on Ger
trude and Helen McNelly Wednesday.
A. ]. Fulton and family spent Sunday
at w. D. Smiths.
S. P. Hoover is harvesting for H. I'm
derwood.
J. NJ. Barlean spent Sunday in Leon
at the home of VIM. Biggs.
7. N. Truitt was Sunday caller at
Rookstool home.
John Fulton and Elvira Ironside left
Wednesday for Kansas City to visit
Johns sister Mrs. L. @. G. Pryor.
Fred Jones and saba Stephens were
trying the good roads Sunday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Terre Haute.

H. T. Rauch, Harry Cartwright and
Claudio Butcher delivered hogs at De-
catur Monday.
Aunt Lin Odell and Grandma Butcher
were Davis City callers Monday.
George Creal, of Decatur, was in these
parts Monday and Tuesday putting the
tin roofing on John McCulley's house.
Den Slauter is putting up Lincoln
Norman's hay crop this week.
N. NJ. Cox, j. K. Beasley and son
Charles had business in Davis City
Monday.
w. NJ. Carroll and J. G.. Norman were
Grand River callers last Sunday.
Monroe R. Quick had business in
Davis City last Monday.
Charles Chasey, of Lamont. visited at
Aunt Mary Miller's one day last week.
Philo Houdesheldt had business in
Decatur Monday.
The throttle on Mr.. Piercy's thresher
engine will be handled by an expert
this season. R. Quick will be at the
helm.
Little Claudio Butcher will run the
stacker horse for Mrs. M. Odell this hay
harvest at $50 per day. Pretty good
wages for boy.
|. Walter McKane, of New Castle, Wyo.
who has been visiting friends in these
parts since July Sd left for his home
Thursday.
Tom Butcher went to Lamont one dav
last week and brought home one OF
those twelve foot dump sulky rakes
Joe Mullins will furnish the baskets and
their hay will go up in apple pie order
Women with weakness should never
forget DR.. Shops Night Cure. This
magic-like local treatment, is used at
bedtime, all night while the system is
at rest, it is constantly building up the
weakened tissues, soothing the infiamed
and sensitive surfaces aud will surely
clean up all catarrhal and local
troubles. Sold by L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Two of a Kind.

A man waiting for street car asked
a gentleman standing by, at are time
for the street car, amt it, or have airy
one went out in the last few minutes?''
The answer is said to have been, "If
any have went I haven't saw it,
Greensboro IN. c. Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Escaped Her Too.

Elderly Man greeting lady acquaint-
ANGEL remember your face perfectly,
miss, but your name has escaped me.
The Young Woman-I don't wonder.
1t escaped me three years ago. 1 am
married now.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

DR.. Shoop's Restorative brings last
ing relief in Stomach, Kidney and Heart
troubles through the inside nerves. No
matter how the nerves became impaired
this remedy will rebuild their strength
will restore their vigor. Remember it
does no good to treat the ailing organ
the irregular heart, rebellious stomach
diseased kidneys. They are not to
blame. Go back to the nerves that con.
troll them-treat the cause-use a rem.
edy that cures through the inside
nerves. Sold by L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

A Perfect Bowel Laxative for consti-
patton, sallow complexion, dizziness,
sour stomach, coated tongue, bilious
ness. Lax-ets act promptly, without
pain or gripping. Pleasant to take
Lax-ets-only 5 cents. Sold by L. P.
Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
The Guides Measure

"Things have come to pretty pass,"-
remarked the guide as he led Algernon
and Percy into the Yosemite valley
Lampoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

DR.. Shops Rheumatic Remedy
when used faithfully will reach chronic
and difficult cases heretofore regarded
as incurable by physicians and is the
most reliable prescription known to
clean out and completely remove every
vestige of rheumatic poison from the
blood. Sold by L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

A man told his wife that all gossip
about the neighbors had to be cut out
at their house. He said there was no
sense in it and no excuse for it. 1t
worked all right for time till one day
she was invited to an afternoon party
exclusively for women. When she got
home she said to her husband 81 am
just full of gossip" "Well what is it,:
80 we have quit gossiping at our
house." And he was up stump. Fin
ally, he said by way of compromise, 81
don't believe just little gossip will
hurt anything if we do not let it go any
farther" And SO she told him all she
knew.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

For SALE OR RENT-A good 12O acre
farm also 200 acres Of pasture, 4 mile
northwest of Van Vert.
ACKERLY & SHIELDS,
Grand River, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19
Pleasant Valley

Mrs. Nellie Citizens returned to Leon
Sunday, where she is attending Normal.
Mrs. Frank Dingman and family
passed through here Sunday evening,
going to Grand River on a fishing eX-
cursion.
George Virden was cutting oats for
Mr.. Mcdowell Monday.
Harley Sly and Will Zika visited
friends in Davis City Sunday.
Mrs. George Virden and Mrs. Thomas
Sutherlin were visiting at Cal Citizens
one day last week.
Levi Virden is working for Tom
Sutherlin.
Miss Iva Black was visiting at the
home of her brother, Ora Black, the
past week.
Rev. Geo. T. Roberts filled his regular
appointment at Jack Oak Sunday.
Robert Bright and wife were Sunday
visitors at Frank Dingman's.
Frank Carey and best girl were seer
going south Sunday evening.
Henry Quigley was cutting oats for
Adam Zika Monday.
! William Virden is helping e. Houst
with his hay harvest.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Drug
gists authorized to refund money If PAZC
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

Banter" is word whose origin no
scholar can trace.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

The candidate who praises himself is
entirely too personal in his remarks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

The number of marriages in San Fran
cisco since the disaster would Indicate
that an earthquake can beat Cupid a
mile in shaking proposals out of timid
young fellows.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-07-19

The car of Russia is only 3S, but he
has had reverses enough to make him SO.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
The Superannuated List.

1t is stated that fully one dozel
Methodist clergymen are slated fo
position on the superannuated list
There are many old "war horses" il
the conference, men who have served
the church faithfully for very small
pay for several decades, and thei
retirement to the superannuated elias,
will cause the deepest regret anon!
the pastoral charges they have serv
ed, but it is unavoidable, for tn,
church must maintain its standard o.
activity, and new men, fresh, vigor
orous, imbued with the zeal of youth
and deeply consecrated 70 the work
are pushing forward to take thei
places In the ranks. The classes 70
the first, second, third and fourtl
years will be larger at this conferenc,
than ever before.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Gen. r. E. Lees Birthday.

The various Confederate bodies
throughout the south are making
elaborate arrangements to celebrate II
IN most fitting manner the birthday
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, on January
10th next. A programme for the oc-
casion has been prepared and copie.
will be sent out to every Confederate
organization in the country. The pro
gramme contemplates a universal eel.
ebration to take place at the saini
hour, the same ceremonies to be OBJ
served. In this celebration the va,
riOus local camps Of Confederate Vet
Grams, the Sons of Veterans and the
Daughters of the Confederacy will pal
ticipate. The ceremonies are to be
held at II O'Clock sharp on January
18th. One of the features of the pro.
gramme will be the reading of Gen
Lees farewell address to his army
There will also be other appropriate
exercises and tributes to the great
Confederate captain The programme
wIll be announced in the next few
days.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Free Passes and Franks.

One of the provisions OF the new
code in relation to free passes and
franks over the telephone, telegraph
and express lines, is found in the chap
ter on primary elections and has not
heretofore been given publicity. 1t
relates to the uses of such privileg 3
by candidates for office and is found
in section 1927 Of the new code. The
provision is positive prohibition
against the use of free passes over the
railroads or the use of franks over
telephone, telegraph or express lines
by the success of such candidate or
the defeat of an opponent. The see
tion is so broad in its terms as not
only to preclude the use of such priv
ieges by the candidates themselves,
but it also prohibits the friends of a
candidate or the member Of any po-
litical committee or any person what
soever from using passes or franks to
aid or promote the success or defeat
of any candidate, or to avail them
selves of any reduction in the reg
ular rates for such purposes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
The Illinois Snsnect.

Gov. Vardaman has been in commu
nication with the authorities of Clai
borne county regarding the telegram
received from the sheriff of Litchfield
ILL.,, which advises the governor tha
a man is held in custody there wh'
answers the description of j. E. Rea
gan, the escaped murderer, who is un
der sentence to be hanged for kill
ing Jason Moody, and who escaped
from the Port Gibson Jail few days
before his execution was to have tax
en- place. 1t is understood that til.
sheriff of Claiborne will arrange t.
send some one on to Litchfeld to iden
tify the suspect. There is strong rea
son to believe, however, that the mar
in custody is not Reagan.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Finley Elected.

New York.-The directors of the
Southern railway elected W. w. Fin
ley, President of the Company to sue
ceed the late Samuel Spencer. Mr..
Finley has been second vice president
Of the road since Sept. 10, 1896, and
was mentioned as likely to succeed
Mr.. Spencer soon after the latter s
death was reported. He has been ac-
tive in railway work since 1873, when
he was 20 years old. Prior to enter
ing the Southern service, Mr.. Fin
ley was Second Vice President of the
Great Northern Railway; before that
he was Third Vice President of the
Southern Railway He has been very
active for many years, not only in
regular railroad work, but as chair
man of various traffic associations.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
EAOLY FIRE AT C ORNELL
Four Students and Three Firemen
Lose Life in Burning of Chi Psi
Frat Hall of Great College.

Seven persons met tragic death
Friday morning in the worst disaster
that ever befell Cornell University
at ithaca, n. Y. Three of the victims
were volunteer hremen of the city OF
Ithaca, and four were students OF
Cornell University. The firemen all
were prominent in Ithaca. They are:
A. S. Robinson, attorney; John Rum.
sey, hardware merchant; Esty Ian.
don, a salesman.
The students were: o. L. Schmuck,
Hanova, Pa; F. w. Grelle, South Or
ange, N. j.; w. H. Nichols, Chicago,
H.; J. M. McCutcheon, Pittsburg, Pa
Schmuck got cut of the building,
but went back for his roommate
Nichols, and in the attempt to res.
cue his cOmrade, he was SO seriously
injured that he died in the hospital
One student, G. ]. Pope, a fresh
man, of East Orange, N. j., was seri
ously injured, and three others were
slightly injured. They are r. r. Pow.
ers, a senior, of Atlanta, Ga; w. W.
GCetz, a sophomore, of Milwaukee.
Wis, and H. M. Curry, Jr., sopho
more, of P1ttsburg.
RumSey Lapdon and Robinson, the
Ithaca volunteer firemen, had manag
ed to train a hose on the north side
of the house when the wall tottered
There was a cry of alarm, and sew
eral men standing near managed tc
get out of the way, but the three
named were caught under the mass oi
debris, and killed.
A few minutes after the flames
were discovered, the Chi Psi chapter
house was all ablaze, the flames, fan
ned by a strong northwest wind, and
the students were trapped in the dor
mitory on the third floor. Many oi
The boys jumped to safety, while those
who hesitated were carried to the
ground by the falling walls.
No alarm was turned in until hall
an hour after the fire had been dis
covered, and it was half an hour latel
before the volunteer fire department
could get to work There was long
climb from the lower part of the city
to the college grounds, and by the
time the firemen arrived the interior
of the guiding was almost burned out
They could do nothing but prevent
the adjoining buildings from taking
fire.
The money loss is nearly 100000
since the original cost of the building
erected by Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske
was about $150,O09, and extensive in
terror decoration had been made.
The cause of the fire is unknown
though it is suspected that it started
in the kitchen. Cornell University
is immeasurably appalled, by the ter
rible catastrophe, and academic work
is almost suspended.
The burned building was built by
Jennie McGraw Fiske, the beneIactol
of Cornell, whose viii waJ contested
by her husband, Professor Willard
Fiske.
Mrs. Fiske died abroad, seeking hell
for an incurable disease, and never
entered her beautiful mansion alive
Her body was taken there for the OBJ
sequies.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
$135.OOO Fire.

The plant Of the National Lumber
Company was burned at Jackson to-
gether with quantity of lumber and
Several box cars belonging to the Hi
nois Central railroad. The loss on
the plant and lumber is estimated TO
be about $135,O00, with insurance ag-
gregating about $4,000, and loss on
the ears and lumber in them at about
$4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Cleared Nearly 81. 900.

The report of the Board of Control
of the Lincoln county farm, which is
operated with convict labor, shows the
total value of agricultural products
and equipment to be $9,742.50. The
farm is worth $4,000, and the entire
expense during 1906 was $8,748.14
leaving a net profit of $99436. Next
year the Board will work all the road:
in Beat One, east of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, with convict labol-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Child Killed by Car.

A deplorable accident occurred at
Pascagoula when Elsie Brondum,
aged seven years, daughter Of Chris
Brondum, shipcarpenter Of this place,
was instantly killed by an electric car
of the Pascagoula Street Railway and
Power Company while in the act of
crossing the street in front of the Gen.
trail High School during recess.
The child stumped her foot on the
rail which sets above the ground and
fell, the car passing over her body.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Surplus in Treasury.

The Secretary of the Treasury gave
notice to the holders of United States
bonds that the interest maturing on
the several interest dates, being and
including January l and May 1, 1907,
will be prepaid without rebate on and
after December Is, 1906. Checks for
the interest due January l on regis
tered bonds will be mailed to the own
ers on or before the 18th inst. The
amount of interest which may be pre-
paid is nearly $12,000,000.
In anticipating this payment, Secre
tary Shaw stated that he was infu
enced by the fact that the Treasury
collected surplus revenues amounting
to $7,000,000 in the month of Novem-
Der, and that the current month il
likely also to be a month of surplus
receipts.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
A Serious Accident.

The first serious mishap occurred
in the Vicksburg Skating Rink Miss
Nettie Gusdorfer, one Of the young
ladies, who was beginner in the art
fell, and while h., friends did not
think she had received injuries, they
found when physician was called
that she had received compound
fracture of the leg, just above the
right ankle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Contract For New Jail.

The Board Of Supervisors of Gov
ington County has purchased lot IL,
block s, for the new county Jail, the
city paying half Of the 500 cost price.
The contract for the building was
awarded to the Paul Jail-Building Co.,
of st. Louis, Mo-, for $3.50. The jail
will be on First street, one block from
the court building. J. M. Magee was
named Superintendent to oversee the
building Of the courthouse, his salary
being 800 per month.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
a Test Case.

Governor Blanchard, it is under
stood will make an effort to test the
right of Judge H. F. Brunot to trans
fer to J. E. Edmonds the state print
ing contract, which was awarded to
Judge Brunot by the printing commit
tee of the general assembly. The
transfer of the contract was made on
the belief that it was contract made
with the state and therefore trans
ferab1e
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Coal Vein Found.

While boring an artesian well fol
the cotton oil mill vein of coal eigh-
teen feet thick was struck eighty-fvt
feet below the surface. Above anG
below the vein is a strata of quicksand
The coal brought out has been tested
and found to be good for fuel. 1t is
a soft variety. The extent of the vein
can not be determinde without other
boring, and this the directors of the
mill are thinking of doing The mill
is one and one half miles north of this
city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
TWo-cENT PASSENGER RATE
cn All Railroads is Purport of Bill
Introduced in House.

Representative Adamson of Georgii
introduced in the house Friday bill
providing that all railroads engaged
n interstate commerce shall be requir
cd TO make fiat passenger rate of
cents per mile on their lines.
The bill was introduced to take th.
place of the Sherman measure, which
proposed Interchangeable mileage
books on railroads. at 2-cent rate
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14

A Philadelphia woman is charged
with poisoning her husband, two
children and two tenants for insur-
ance money.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14

Personal service has been secured
upon John D. Rockefeller and other
Standard Oil magnates in the govern
ment's suit at st. Louis.