The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-09-05

mother, Mrs. F. f. Thompson, who is
recovering from severe attack Of i'll
ness.
A. e. Finch returned Friday fro no
short visit with relatives in Ringgold
county. His uncle, John Asher came
home with him and while here purchased
the Harris farm six miles northwest of
Leon.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Clark, Geo. S. Bow
man, Mrs. L. D. Miller and daughter,
Minnie, Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Bedier and
Mrn. Madge Staufer were passengers
Tuesday for Grand River to attend the
reunion.
Mrs. j. H. Robinson, of Davis City,
passed through this city Tuesday re-
turing from Des Moines where she ha d
been visiting for couple of weeks
with her sons, Drs. W. j. and A. l..
Robinson.
| Mrs. James W. Hurst left Monday for
Ft. Dodge to attend the wedding of her
friend, Miss Helen Olsen, of that city,
who was her room mate when they
We're students at st. Katharines Hall at
Davenport.
Robert Bowsher and wife returned
Saturday from Princeton, Mo-, where
they were called to attend the funeral
of his brother, Rush Bowsher, one of
the oldest and most prominent citizens
of Princeton.
Mrs. D. B. Phillips and two children
returned Thursday to their home at
Yukon, Okla, after a two weeks visit
with numerous relatives and old friends
in Eden township, where she resided
for many years.
Miss Grace Wallace went to Des
Moines Saturday and visited over Sun
day in that city with her brother, Rob
Wallace, and then went to Cedar Falls
where she will attend the state normal
the coming year.
Mrs. Nancy Hill, and Mr.. Earl Housh
returned Monday to their homes at
Moweaqaa, ILL.,, after very pleasant
visit with numerous relatives in this
city and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Stoneburner, of
Davis City, stopped off in this city last
Thursday and spent the day with Mr..
and Mrs. G. e. Henderson, while on
their way home from visit at the state
fair in Des Moines.
i G. A. Meek returned Monday to his
home at Chicago after pleasant two
weeks visit at the home of his father,
Richard Meek, in Eden township. His
wife and little daughter Margaret will
remain for more extended visit.
4 Robert Bowsher and wife and Geo.
M. Hamilton were called to Princeton,
Mo-, Thursday morning by a message
announcing the death of Mr.. Bowshers
brother, Rush Bowsher, who has been
in very feeble health for several months.
j Miss Harriet Meter who spent the
summer with her parents at Bolivar,
Mo-, returned to Leon Saturday after
H. I,
Grove, and on Monday resumed her
Leon public schools.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. A. Meek and
daughter Margaret, of Chicago, who
came the first of last week to visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Meek,
in Eden township, went to Decatur City
Thursday for visit at the home of Mrs.
Meek's father. VIM. Cash.
W. w. Warner and wife returned Sat-
urday from Chicago where they had
been buying new goods and fall millin-
cry stock for the Thompson & Warner
store in this city. They also visited
for few days at Madison, Wis, guests
at the home of A. NJ Pardee.
DR.. r. B. Stone, the veterinary, left
Saturday for his home at Bloomfield, Ia.
where he will have charge of the home
Office of Fitzgerald s. Stone while DIR.
Fitzgerald is enjoying two we eks'
vacation in the east. He expects to re-
turn to Leon in about two weeks.
4 j. w. Wasson, of Hereford, Texas,
came in last Thursday for weeks visit
in this city with his son, M. e. Wasson.
Mr.. Wasson says they are we'll pleased
with their new home in Texas and that
everything is booming down there and
land values are increasing very rapidly.
j Mrs. G. W. Gravatte returned Thurs
day to her home at Charlton. She had
stopped off here for short visit with
her sister, Mrs. Isaac Cation, on her
way home from Clinton, Mo-, where she
had been visiting her father, DIR. F. ]. !.
Parsons, former we'll known resident
of this county.
j Mrs. Isabelle Guire, of Gillian, Ark,
visited over Sunday in this city at the
home of her brother, Winfield Cash, and
went to Decatur Monday for visit at
the home of her father, VIM. Cash, It
has been twenty-five years since Mrs.
Guire left here and this is the first time
she has been back.
|. E. Cornelius returned Monday from
a business trip to Sapulpa, Ind. Ty., and
met his wife and children at the depot.
they having been here visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
Hamilton. They continued the same
afternoon to Pella for a visit at the
home of his mother.
Mrs. Frank Butler, who has been vis-
iting at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. B. Newlin, in this city, went
to Des Moines Saturday and visited
over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Leota
Hitchcock, and then started for her home
at Tacoma, Washington.
W. E. Cannon and wife, of Eden town.
ship, returned Monday from a visit of
several weeks at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. w. A. Allbangh, at
Ebert, Colorado. Their little grand
son, Roland Allbaugh came back with
them and will attend the Leon schools
the coming year.
Fred Vonseggern, wife and son
August, of Napoleon, Ohio, who had been
visiting for a cnunla of weeks in thi.-