The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-06-27
Mrs. j. w. Attebury and little
daughter visited over Sunday at Davis
City at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. A. Brown.

Mrs. l.. A. Brown.
Mrs. H. l.. Medearis, of Greeley,
Colorado, passed through this city
Monday on her way to Garden Grove,
where she will visit at the home of her
uncle G. Sanford.
Nor Sankey, of Des Moines, spent
last week in this city. He is now en-
gagged in the insurance business having
charge of the southern half of the state
for the Bankers Life.
Mrs. G. S. Heckathorn returned Thurs
day to her home at Albany, Mo-, after
a pleasant visit at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Coons,
northeast of this city.
Mrs. John f. Hacker and little daugh-
ter returned Friday to their home near
Van Vert after a short visit at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.
Billiard, west of Leon.
]. B. Lowe, of Mallard, Iowa, who was
visiting at the home of his brother, G.
M. Lowe, east of Leon, went to Lamont
Saturday for short visit with relatives
before returning home.
Mrs. f. NJ. Wilson, of Buxton, was in
Leon Friday, being on her way to Saline,
Mo-, where she will visit at the home
home of home of her sister, Mrs. DR..
| treasurer IOr a lew weeks.
Mrs. Nor Sankey and children, of
Des Moines who have been visiting at
Decatur City and in this city, went to
Lamont Saturday for few days visit
at the home of 7. J. Smith.
j. M. Chastain and wife returned
Saturday from weeks visit with
friends in Des Moines. They also at
tended the state convention of the
Christian church held in that city.
Capt. Garrett Gibson, the we'll known
Mexican veteran of this city, left Fri
day for weeks visit in Des Moines at
the home of his son, Charles Gibson,
who is a postal clerk running out of
that city.
Novia S. Beavers, the popular mer-
chant of Woodland, returned Friday
from ST. Joe where he had been for
a week taking treatment for one of his
ears which has been troubling him for
several years.
Mrs. c. A. HEREFORD, of Albany, No..
visited over Sunday in this city with
her husband, who is employed as a
carpenter on the new addition being
built at the Clarinda Poultry, Butter &
Egg Co.'S plant in this city.
Mrs. Merge Jordan Brown, of Delta,
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weeks visit with many old friends Gin
this city. Mrs. Brown is employed as
one of the faculty of the State Normal
School at Milledgeville, Ga.
Mrs. A. Biddison. and daughter Miss
Hattie, stopped off here Saturday and
visited over Sunday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Fl. A. Wright, being on
their way home from months visit
with relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma
| John w. WATSON left Friday with a
car of his household goods for Hereford,
Texas, where he has purchased property
and will make that city his future home.
We regret to lose them as citizens of
Leon, but expect to see them come
back some time.
Mrs. w. P. Davidson, of Macon, ILL.,,
who is visiting at the home of her
brother, Rev. VIM. Biggs, in this city,
went Thursday to Pleasanton to visit
friends at that place and Spring Valley.
Little Wilma Custer, of Bethany, Mo-,
accompanied her.
Clair Morgan left Monday for Center
vile where he goes to take charge of
the Continental Hotel drug store. Mr..
| Morgan is one of Icons most popular
young men, and we commend him to the
good people of Centeryllle as welcome
addition to their city.
| II. A. Mckee and wife, of Goldfeld,
Nevada, stopped off here the first of the
week and visited couple of days at
the home of Mrs. McKee's uncle, A. M.
Pryor. Mr.. Mckee is dealer in min
ing stock and has been quite successful
since going to Goldfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Boone and son
George, went to Ottumwa Tuesday after
noon to attend the wedding Of their
son, DR.. w. c. Boone, who will be
married this, Wednesday evening, at
s o'clock, to Miss Alma Lowenburg, one
of the popular young ladies of Ottumwa.
Mrs. M. j. Girdner. of Ellensburg,
WASH, a former resident of this city,
stopped off last Wednesday and visited
over night with Mrs. J. r. Bashaw,
while enroute to Charlton to visit her
mother. She will return to Leon for
visit before returning to her western
home.
o. E. Tullis, who recently purchased
the only secondhand store in Charlton,
came down Sunday for short visit
with his family. He reports doing a
big business in that city. Monday he
went to Davis City to look at a stock of
shoes with view Of buying them for
his stores in this city and at Charlton.
Mrs. V. f. Penniwell returned We'd
nesday evening from Houston, Texas,
where she was called several weeks ago
by the serious illness of her father, Mr..
A. N. Arney, a former we'll known resi-
dent of this county, who is in a hospi-
tai at Houston, very sick with typhoid
fever. While he is slowly improving
the physicians think the disease will
keep him confined to his bed for several
weeks yet.
Osceola, with about 5000 inhabitants,
is having her principal streets paved.
There is a laudable rivalry among the
smaller towns, and if they can not all
suddenly grow into large towns or cit
les, they can all try to be so very clean
and neat and handsome, that it would
be very difficult to decide just which
one ought to be awarded the prize
The world moves and she moves quite
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