The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-06-27
Davis City.

Thurman Craig, of Blythedale, was in
terviewing old friends in our city this
week.
Mrs. Ollie Mitchell, of Bethany, visit
ed her mother, Mrs. E. B. Mercer, of
Davis City last week.
Edgar Freeman, Dee Severe and Will
Marble are trying the mysteries of
camping out on old Grand this week.
John Rogers of ST. Joseph, has been
visiting with Davis City relatives this
week.
Mrs. E. B. Mercer visited with Leon
friends the latter part of last week.
j. N. Gates came in from a trip to
Colorado last Monday. He had been
there on land deal.
Mrs. VIM. Burlington, of Loveland,
COL, came last week to visit her par
ents, VIM. Mcintosh and wife of Davis
City.
Norm Morgan, of Leon, was caller
on Davis City friends last Monday.
Mrs. Henry Poush and Mrs. Jemima
Stanley came from Andover last Mon
day. The former to pack her household
goods preparatory to moving to An
dover, and the latter to assist her moth
er in moving.
Daisy Kent entertained two lady
friends from Kellerton this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. McMains, of Grant
City, came in Wednesday for visit
with their daughters, Mesdames F. NJ.
Freeman and Frank Cartwright.
Mrs. Henry Poush and Mrs. Jemima
Stanley, of Andover, visited with Mrs.
Warren Craig east of town last Monday
and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cad Williams visited
last Tuesday at Akron, Mo.
After two weeks visit with her par
ents, Mrs. S. G. Martz left for visit
with her brother in Indian Territory
last Monday.
Mrs. Fannie Sherard, of Maryville.
Mo-, came Wednesday to attend the
funeral of her brother-in-law, VIM. Hull
linger, but arrived too late; they had
left for Pleasanton before the train
came in.
Mrs. Matte Martin, of Ottumwa, is
visiting relatives in our city.
A birthday party for the little folks
at the residence Of E. W. Teale and wife
last Tuesday in honor Of their daughter,
Leah's 18th birthday, was one of the
society events of the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Radnich enter
tanned to dinner last Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. E. w. Teale, Mr.. and Mrs. S. L.
Bullock, Grandma Hawkins, and Mary
freeman.
v. Grimes left for his home at Edge
mont, S. D., last Thursday morning.
In last weeks items it should have
read Hazel Freeman that was in attend
ance at Leon Summer School.
Quite number from here attended
the burial of WIN. Hullinger. Among
his Odd Fellow brethren we note w. L.
Severe, l. N. Jeffries, H. L. Shoemaker,
L. A. Brown, w. A. Patterson and sew
eral others. There were thirty-fve
teams in the procession and all of them
loaded, many of them being either
carriages or farm wagons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Flora visited Akron
friends last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Woodland came in
from Kansas Monday to visit friends in
this their former home.
Mrs. Pearl Smith, of Miller Junction,
was calling on Davis City friends last
Sunday.
Leon and Davis City ball teams play
ed at the Davis City ball park Sunday
and for a wonder Davis City came out
best.
Quite heavy wind passed over our
city last Saturday night. 1t blew down
a summer kitchen for Elec Hill but left
the cook stove standing all right minus
the pipe. At DR.. Wales it tore tree
of quite good size out by the roots,
but no serious damage was done.
Mail carrier Grimes had the misfor-
tune to get one of his horses foundered
the past week.
Quite number of our town dads
were on tare last Saturday night;
consequently one of them at least has
gone to board with "mine sheriff"
Some children making bonfire last
Tuesday in the alley back of Dick
Scott's residence caused small hay
stack to ignite which caused quite
little excitement, but as prompt help
was at hand the loss was only some hay.
Had it got started it would have un-
doubtedly taken Scott's house, the
Laney and Frazier barns and wood
house at least.
Alice Jeffries and Ora Moine came in
the past week from Des Moines where
they had been attending school the
past season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cord Coles came in last
week from California where they have
been living for the past two years.
They think they will return to that
country to live.
Mrs. Walter McCully and Miss Jennie
Rabideau visited with Lamont friends
last Friday.
Master D. Reed, son of W. D. Reed, of
Mercer, Mo-, came the past week to
visit his Grandma Reed.
Perry Shirley made a drive to Lamont
last Friday.
AS the facts Concerning the fatal ac-
cident of VIM. Hullinger's death was
not given in the telegram to his friends
here at the time of our last weeks writ
ing, we will give them this week as re-
lated to ye correspondent by Mr..
Grimes, of Edgemont, 8. D., who came
with Mrs. Hullinger and family on their
sad journey to lay the remains of their
loved one in the cemetery of this, his
boyhood home. VIM. Hullinger had
been less than three months at his
present employment, going there from
Wymore, Neb., last March to South
Dakota. He was employed as brakeman
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