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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14
l847-l9O7.

Sixty years ago Allcock's Plasters
we're first introduced to the public,
They are to day the worlds standard
plasters.
This invention has been one Of the
greatest blessings imaginable and af-
fords the quickest. cheapest and best
means of healing and relief for certain
ailments, that has ever been discovered
Alcock's are the original and genuine
porous plasters and are sold by drug.
gists in every part of the civilized
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14
Beware of Ointments for Cdtdrrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and
completely derange the whole system when entering
it through the mucus surfaces. such artclessioud
never be used except OH prescriptions from reputable
physicians as the damage they will do is tenifod o
the good you possibly derive from them.3 Hall
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney q Co.
Toledo o. contains no mercury and is taken inter.
nally acting directly upon the blood and mudls sur
faces of the system In buying Halls Catarfh Cure
be sure YOU get the genuine 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +. j. Chenet u Co
Testimonials are free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
HALLS Family Pills are the best
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14
"Shedrs and SdWbuCk."
BY RAYMOND ALLEN


Such as never was seen before.
City folks they wouldn't sell;
Wouldn't let 'em have smell.
Fetched their money but by jing,
Couldn't buy blessed thing.
Couldn't meet 'em face to face
And then sell 'em with good grace.
Country trade was what they sought
Folks who'd pay for what they bought.
Fore they saw it hide or tail
They sent catalogues by mail. Il
Out totevery blessed one
Gettin' mail at Postum Run.
We sot up at night and read
When we'd orter been in bed.
Book was bout as big as sin
Had lot of pictures in,
And a list of merchandise,
Every kind and ev'ry size
sllnocked out evry county store.
Looked SO straight and seemed so true,
j bit at it-Jim did, too.
Jim's my neighbor cross the way
Best man ever worked in hay.
Just let Jim top off a stack
Sheds rain like gooses back.
Pleasure just to see him work,
Never knew old Jim to shirk;
Swings scythe like it was play
Love to watch him in this way.
Well, we, like pair of fools,
Sent otf-got some haying tools.
Jim got harness and pillow,
l, a range-I see it now.
Drat the thing it was SO light,
Used it for torch at night;
Throwed the darn thing in the yard
Use it now for renderin' lard.
Fore Jim used the pillow an hour
Found the blame thing wouldn' scour;
Tried his harness broke tug
Sought his solace in his jug.
In the cooler all that night
jim reflected on his plight;
In the morning Richard Stout,
Hardware merchant, bailed him out.
Jim said, after that, he'd stick
Close as bark to good old Dick.
Since he left the Possum jail
Says he wouldn't buy goods by mail.
Says Dicks cheaper anyhow
Might have saved something on the
plow;-
On the other goods some more
At his old friend S hardware store.
Jim says, 1--WE can't sell no truck
To SIGH folks as Shears Sawbuck,
They'll take all our cash away,
But won't buy our corn and hay
That seems pretty strange to me,
So told him would see.
So | writ to them that night,
Just to see if Jim was right.
Ask'e "what they'd pay for oats?
Could they use some likely shotes?
Had about four tons of hay
/ could ship'em right away.
Could furnish Mr.. Shears
With his family roasting ears?
Also would my friend Sawbuck
Buy some of my garden truck"
Answer came one summer day,
Said they couldn't use our hay,
Couldn't use our oats or shotes,
Didn't like our billy goats.
When they needed truck to eat
Bought it down on Water street,
Sorry but they must refuse
ANYTHING but cash to use."
sot down and wrote'm then:
"Hate to trouble you again,
But want to tell you, sirs,
For your bunch of cookie burs.
If you love your fellow man,
Do him good, Sirs, when you can.
While your merchants sweetly sleel
Shears andSawbuckshear their sheep.
Moral: To the merchants Of Leon
Advertise. To the people of Leon
Patronize your home merchants.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14

| Itching piles provoke profanity won't
cure them. Doan's ointment cures itch
ing bleeding and protruding piles after
years of suffering. At any drug store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14

A flea can jump 800 times IFS own
length. Such leap can only be equal
ed by bank clerk $4,000 short pm the
unexpected appearance of the auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14

Are you tired tagged out, nervous
sleepless, feel mean? HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea strengthens the ferves,
aids digestion, brings refreshing sleep.
80 cents Tea or Tablets.
w q Stamnal 4 co
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14

A woman will never learn to sharpen
pencil so long as a man will do it
for her.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-14
Before
Building

see that your contractor furnishes
the BEST security for the per-
Torrance of his contract.
MANY OWNERS REQUIRE
contractors to give bonds Of the
American Surety Company Of New
York. If you do this you will
have back of your contractor the,
strongest Surety Company.
A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACT
OR will find it to his advantage
to furnish bond Of the American
Surety Company Of New York.
because it affords the highest form
of security to the owner.
FOR BONDS ON CONTRACTS.
and Surety Bonds CT every kind
apply to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
WORD IS MODERN ENGLISH.
"chap" To-Day Has Not Meaning Old
Writers Gave to It. ID 81

The name of the new play at the
Criterion, prince Chap" would have
been quite unintelligible to an English.
man of Shakespeare's time. Not until
the end of the sixteenth century did
chapman" trader or peddler, get
contracted into CHAP" even in vulgar
speech, and even then for long time
it did not advance beyond the mean
ing of buyer or customer.
In this sense Steele speaks of hunt
ing after chaps" and Wilkes writes
that perhaps Mrs. Mead would buy,
but she would be hard chap" "Chap"
seems to have reached it's ultimate
stage as casual equivalent of man"
through the intermediate sense of q
man with whom one has dealings, not
Of business, but Of good fellowship.
The case of customer" is very sim.
liar. Shakespeare used it to mean a
boon companion, but "a queer Gus.
toner" now means little more than a
queer man." There is a trace Of the
old companionship idea, however;
when young woman speaks of my
chap" and in prince Chap" ITSELF
London Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
DlSFlGURING SKIN HUMOR.
impossible to Get Employment, az
Face and Body Were Covered with
Sores-Cured by Cuticura.

"Since the year 1894 I have been
troubled with a very bad case of &C.
zen,a which have spent hundreds Of
dollars trying to cure, and went to
the hospital, but they failed to cure
me, and it was getting worse all the
time. Five weeks ago my wife bought
box of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap, and am
pleased to say that I am now COM
pletely cured and well. It was i'm
possible for me to get employment,
as my face, head and body were COW
cred with it. The eczema first ap-
peared on the top of my head, and it
had worked all the way around down
the back of my neck and around to my
throat, down my body and around the
hips. It itched so I would be obliged
to scratch it, and the flesh was raw.
I am now all well, and will be
pleased to recommend the Cuticura
Remedies to all persons who wish a
speedy and permanent cure of skin
diseases" Thomas M. Rossiter, 290
Prospect Street, East Orange, N. j..
Mar. 80, 1905.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
HoW's This7

We o6ef One Hundred Dollars Reward for anv
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured bY HslTs
Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo o.
we, the Undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
for the last IS years, and believe him perfectly hon
ofaDle IN all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his arm.
WALp1Ne, K1NNAN & MARVIN,
u.,, o.. . Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
HANS Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sffAtei 81 the
system. Testimonals sent free. Price Is cent? Der
bottle. Sold by all Druggists S~'
Take Halls Family Pills for combination
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
Money In Popular sonus.

According to celebrated compos-
or. the popular song, though sneered
at by the superior, is in reality the
ambition of most composers. Thou.
sands of them. he says, would give
their ears to write tune that
reached the barrel-organs." And when
1t has been on the organs some little
time q good many other people would
wish to dispose OF their ears. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

the Alps at Prestwick and the Short
1t
This
to those
of Shnnecock
by Bulls Head bay, Peconc bay Cold
Golfers conversan with the
which
lea links in
Ireland
q
The idea is to ask 60
subscribers founder
the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
Real Home of the Peanut.

HeaI Home OF the Peanut.
Botanists have placed the home of
the peanut in Africa, but some author
tiles think it native to Brazil. Louis
lana finds the Spanish variety-a
small, but fine nut-best adapted to
the climate OF that state. The "goob.
er grabbers" of Georgia and South
Carolina like the small white and red
peanut Of Tennessee, and each year
shows an increasing cultivation in
those states of that variety.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
Famous Band Leader Dead.

Prof. Louis Schneider, the first di.
rector of the Marine band in Wash.
ington and the leader of the Imperial
band, which was at the surrender of
Sedan, has just died in New York.
He received decorations from Ma
poleon ILL.,, from the king of Italy, the
king Of Belgium and Pope Leo XIII.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

come from toward Eighth and
~ soul the
cat had idea Of becoming famous She had
ANITA Books likes
made arrangements
did
Waldorf - ~
Reports Of dissatisfaction
women VINO manage BdeaWee
She sent the
10y ~ - ~ ~
not Kno" what MRS. BROOKS meant by doing It
Sparkles badly nfamed
porter balanced it, trunk had fallen
gement
treated
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
Round About Neuu York
Happenings Here and There Goham-Mones TO Have Fin
est Gof Links in the Word-Feine with Diamonds in Her
Ears Strs Up Society Women.

NEW YORK-The millis1aires' golf course,
the pet dream of Charles M. Macdonald, is to be
a reality He announced that after years search
and study he had finally purchased 200 acres of
land in the Shinnecock hills for $4,000. Although
work will be started at once, the course will not
be ready for play for two years. The links will
be the finest in the world
Walter J. Travis, Mr.. Emmett H. ]. Whigham
and Mr.. Macdonald will constitute the committee
to lay out the course. Three months have been
allotted for that part of the work. Then minia-
ture model of the links will be made, including
exact reproductions of many famous holes that are
to be copied.
Among these are the Redan at North Berwick
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
Winter Tourist Rates.

Winter Tourist Rates.
Chicago to Florida and Cuba via the
Big -Four Route through Cincinnati
and Chattanooga. Leave Chicago
1880 p. NJ, arrive Jacksonville $3.50
a. m. Fastest service to the south.
Inquire of I. P. Spinning, general north
ern agent. 238 Clark street, Chicago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Hines
treat Nerve Restorer. Send for Free s.. 90
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia. Pa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

Top Prices for Hides, Furs, PeIts.
Write for circular and catalogue No. O.
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
Holiday Excursion Rates.

On December 20, Fl, %, %, "a, Is,
30, 81 and January LIST, the Minneapo-
lis & st. Louis will sell round trip ex.
cursion tickets at rate of one and one.
third fare, limited for return to and
including January z, 1907.
For particulars and folders call on
agents. 4 =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11


side
through
the safe
of them would ~
We always test and puy it." one of
IF
1--WE nv
there absolutely falling
THAT safe which we have just raised weighs
anybodys head a
left to
the people from walking the
~o 'Op~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
SHOW CAUSES TROUBLE,

sparkles recently won her place in the feline
hall of fame. Officials of two womens societies
sent fervid messages about her, great hotel was
nearly upset and . cat and dog hospital was in
uproar.
Sparkles is cat with diamonds in her ears
and was ratified at bazaar given at the Waldorf
Astoria by the Little Mothers Aid society. Mrs.
Charles A. Anderson, who drew the prize COM
planned that the gems were paste and the feline
had pinchbeck pedigree. It also was noticed
that the animal had been stepped on in places.
Mrs. Anderson complained to the organization
which gave the fair, and as a consequence the
whole history of this remarkable cat including
an ashbarrel past, was placed under the limelight
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

Any man who tries to dodge hia
taxes has no business to banker TO,
fame.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

A one-sided affair is all right II It
happens to be bright side.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
CHEAP Steeilizatio,

Cheap Sterilization.
Tests made in France indicate that
water can be sterilized with ozone at
the cost Of about a. cent, and half
for every one thousand gallons. when
the process is carried on on q large
scale. (
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
NEW YORK IMPERVIoUs TO DANGER SIGNS.

That New Workers pay little attention to over.
head dangers was Illustrated one afternoon re.
Gently, when four safe movers were hosting a
two ton safe into window of high building on
Broadway.
before the men started to hoist the safe they
placed at each end of the building a sign m which
the word danger was printed in large red letters.
When the safe had been raised about Is feet the
men stopped to rest The big safe hung suspend,
ed in the air.
A steady stream of men and women. unheed.
ing the danger signs, walked under the suspended
SAFE, some OF them not evsA glancing up to see
what was being raised. Some women walked out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

Men who pose as judges Of human
nature get good many hard bumps.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

Furs, Hides, Pelts.
Write for prices and ship to Mcmillan
Fur & Wool Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

For Prices on Poultry, H..
Either live or dressed, write R. E. Cobb,
S. Paul. = .rr*i,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

DyeinG 70 as easy as washing when
PUTNAM .le FADELESS DYES are used.
Ask your druggist. . ~. 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

Garfield Tea, the Herb laxative, is mild
and potent; take it for constipation and
to regulate a sluggish liver.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

PAZO OINTM ENT Is guaranteed to cure any case
OF Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
to II days or money refunded. SOC.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

The letter carrier expects every.
body on his route to take things as
they come.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

He hastens to repentance who hast
~ judges.-Publius Syrus.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

A woman has but little use for a
man who thinks he is the whole
thing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

He who envies the happiness Of 9th
ers will never be happy. -, e J.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11

10 lie
of tunnel the
But
financial General Electric
identification New York
$OOOO
Grand Central station and the Western Union
900 mark at which New
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-11
GREAT SUMS SPENT TO HASTEN TRANSIT.

Is New York tunnelmad? Has some new
microbe lurking in the subway infected the whole
city with a desire for underground travel? Ger
tain it is that never before has such stream
of gold been poured forth for underground bur-
rowings.
On three sides of the city human moles are
madly digging at new tunnels at cost which is
almost staggering, reaching not Millions but hun
dreds of millions. The Pennsylvania bores will
cost $125,000,000 Then there is the Cortland
street tunnel, on which $10,000000 will be ex-
pended; the Morton street tunnel costing SIG OOO-
000 the Battery tunnel, $S,000o00, and the Stein
way tunnel $5,5OO,O0O. In fact, there should be
tunnels enough for all at prices to meet any peck
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-06-25

and the infantry fired into it. 1t was
this charge that filled "a neighboring
square with dead and injured"
Troops Again Fire on People.
After this battle, the dispatches
say, there was a public mourning for
the dead. The newspapers appeared
with black borders and flags appeared
at half mast on many houses. That
night there was renewal Of the trou-
bic and the troops again fred on the
people, injuring many. This battle
took place Thursday night.
When the cavalry charged the mob
at the railway station the officers
commands were drowned In cries Of
Death to the dictator" Revolvera
were freely used by the crowd and a
young officer was MORALLY wounded.
Mob Cries "On to PaIace.r
At one moment the mob clamored
To the palace, desisting only be,
cause they remembered the royal fam.
lily was at Ciestra The republican
leaders harangued the people to revolt,
Barricades were formed. The cafes
were invaded, the people breaking up
their furniture for eXtempore fortifi.
cations. The principal cafe in Lisbon
was completely destroyed.
While Premier Franco, who is now
universally styled the dictator" was
on the journey to Oporto, crowds at
every station between Lisbon and
Oporto hooted and Kissed as his train
passed. At one point shots were fired.
At Oporto Senior Franco was howled
down when he tried to speak. The
police and troops protecting him had
to charge the mob and use their weap,
ons. Scores were wounded and sew,
eral killed. Hundreds were arrested,
When Senior Franco returned to Lis,
bon at night the railway station riot
and bloodshed was his welcome
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-06-25
On Way to San Francisco.

Ogden, Utah., June "a. - Two car
loads Of telegraph operators from Bal
tfmofe and Philadelphia, in charge Of
six Pinkerton detectives, passed
through Ogden Saturday on their way
to San Francisco. They are to take
the places of the striking operator>A
of San Francisco.
Members of the party said the
strike in San Francisco had been an
ticipated.
Chicago Men May Strike.
Chicago, June 24.-With $500 op-
orators in Chicago impatiently wait
ing for an order to strike, the first
effects of the big walkout of teleg-
raphers in San Francisco and Oakland
were felt by local business men here.
Assistant Manager Roberts of the
Postal company, after vain attempt
to get messages to the coast, sent out
the following bulletin. to all the Chi
cago branch Offices:
''Indefinite DELAY to San Francisco"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-06-25
ANlMUS OF miners
LEADERS is Shown
ARTICLES pENoUNcING COVER.
NOR AND OTHERS READ. TO
HAYWOOD JURY.
THEIR INTRODUCTION
PERMITTED BY COURT
steunenberg Strongly censured as a
s Traitor-Evidence for State About
all In-"steve" Adams May Not
Be Called.

Boise, Idaho, June 21.-The articles
denunciatory of Frank Steunenberg
and other figures of the labor wars of
Idaho and Colorado, published in the
Miners Magazine, were Thursday
morning read to the jury that is try
ing William D. Haywood for murder.
Judge Wood permitted the introduce
ton of almost all of the articles Of
fered by the state as showing the ami
mus toward Steunenberg of Haywood
and the other leaders of the Western
Federation of Miners and excluded all
of the articles published after Steun-
I enberg was killed. The most impor-
tant of the articles read to the jury
by Senator Borah was entitled The
Passing of Steunenberg." 1t appears
in the magazine issued for January,
1901. 1t begins:
Governor Strongly Denounced.
"On the 10th day of January, 1901,
Frank Steunenberg, of Idaho, will sink
into obscurity from public view where
he shall forever lie buried, damned
for the outrages he committed upon
the workingmen of the Occur d'Alenes
during the past 20 months"
Continuing 1t says:
-Four years ago, when the presi-
dent of the Western Federation OF
Miners helped make this monstrosity
governor of Idaho, he said he did not
have $40 in cash, but four years later,
in 1900, he was able to spend $4,000
to manipulate the Democratic state
convention"
In conclusion, the article says:
when men and women win bless
the name Of Paul .Corcoran, the model
husband, the honest man imprisoned
by this filthy reptile, Steunenberg's
name will be uttered with loathing.
Farewell, Steunenberg, once governor
of Idaho; your political career is end
ed. You have done everything in
your power to send the nen who
made you governor to the peniten
tiary, and worse than all you stand
before the world a convicted perjurer
before a congressional investigating
commission. But your cheek has long
SLICE lOoI fIllC Uluon VI oAdl1C5 anu
your damnable deeds will never APP
peal to your manhood for such you
never possessed. Your sole ambition
was money, which, in your estimation,
was superior to honor, but you are
gone, and upon your political tomb
stone will be inscribed the indelible
words: Here lies hireling and a
traitor"
Court adjourned at 11:45 a. m.
Senator Borah announced that the
state could close to-day.
Not Sure of Adams.
Steve Adams VIII lot pc put on
the stand by the state under the pres
ent arrangement, unless the plans are
changed. 1t is believed that the in
PRODUCTION of his direct testimony
would not help the states cause, be-
cause it is anticipated he would per-
sist in his refusal to testify against
Haywood. Counsel for the prosecu-
ton anticipate that Adams will be
called by the defense as one of their
witnesses, but they do not attach
Importance to what he may testify to
| in the impeachment of Orchards
7 of