The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-08-09

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calf. HARRY j. VoGT.
| A fine daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. William Kimport of this city last
Friday.
Mrs. G. W. Baker has been quite
sick the past week, but is somewhat
improved at this time.
Wiley Sell has just completed fine
| cement walk in front of his property in
north Leon, and w. w. Warner and
Claude Lorey are also having new ce-
ment walks placed in front of their
properties.
The advance agent of Gentry Bros.
Show, was in Leon to-day, making ar
rangements for their appearance in this
city on Tuesday August DIST. This
show has been here before and will
attract good crowd.
While digging we'll at his fathers
farm two miles south of town last Thurs
day, James Critchton was struck on the
head by brick which fell from bucket,
making an ugly scalp wound which was
dressedsby DR.. Bowman.
The pulpit of the M. e. church will
be filled next Sunday evening by Rev.
w. L. Holly, of Weldon, who will also
conduct the communion service after
the sermon. The presiding elder, Rev.
B. F. Miller, will hold the fourth quar-
terly conference on Monday evening
at the church.
Norton & Son, the Leon horse buyers
have picked up a car load of extra fine
heavy horses the past week, and are
expecting buyer here today to look at
them. The Nortons are good judges Of
horseflesh and seem to have no trouble
in getting good horses for they pay top
prices.
While W. r. Ellinwood was walking
past the residence of James Hurst Mon
day he was bitten on the leg by Mr..
Hurst's bird dog, making an ugly wound.
Some boys had been teasing the dog
and when Mr.. Ellinwood came along he
jumped at him and bit him. Mr.. Film
wood had the wound, which is about two
and half inches long, cauterized and
no bad results are looked for.
Mr.. Jonathan Hamilton left his purse
lying in the postofiice the other day
and when he returned to look for it
someone had picked it up. The purse
contained few dollars and small
key. Mr.. Hamilton does not care so
much for the money as the key and will
be satisfied if the person who found the
purse will return the key to him and
keep the money.
Chapter w, of the P. E. o. society, of
this city, have issued invitations to the
chapters at Garden Grove and Humes-
ton to attend an all day garden party
which will be given at the home of Mrs.
G. M. Ketcham in this city on Wednes-
day, August 18th. Over forty ladies
have already accepted the invitation,
and as the local chapter numbers over
fifty members they are making great
preparations for big time.
City marshal George Young. of Garden
Grove, met with serious accident last
Thursday night. There was large
crowd at the reunion and the rain kept
many in town. During the evening a
young fellow from Wayne county struck
a man and marshal Young started to
arrest him. The fellow ran and Mr..
Young in running over crossing
slipped and fell and broke both bones Of
his right leg just below the ankle.
"Duby" Albee, a young man we'll
known in this city, met with an accident
at Albany, Mo-, which will cripple him
for life. In attempting to board a
freight train he lost his footing and his
left foot was caught by the wheels
crushing the large toe so it was neces-
sary to amputate it, the operation being
performed by physicians at Albany. He
returned to this city on Friday and is
now at the home of his father, Robert
Albee, in south Leon.
The first of last week mop peddl err
who registered as ]. d. Boyer, of
Worthington, Iowa, came to this city
and put up at the Park hotel. He was
accompanied by woman who claimed
to be his sister, giving her name as
Mrs. E. ADHESION, of Worthington. A
couple of days later an old soldier
named Addison, who lives at Shenan-
doah, appeared and it developed that
the woman was his wife. They had a
long talk and the woman returned with
her husband to Shenandoah the next
morning.
The Decatur County Mutual Tele-
phone Co. have installed their switch.
board, which is located at the residence
of VIM. Mullin, just north of Forbes &
Stout's clothing store, and they now