The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-27

u. l.. Stanley and wife and G. M.
Stanley and wife, of Springfield, Mo-,
who are visiting at the home OF Mrs.
Stanley's father, Uriah Mitten, in this
city, went to Decatur City Monday for
q short visit.
Saturday mornings passengers for
Des Molnes to attend the state fair
were Mrs. Peter Cruikshank and daugh-
tor Ethel, Miss Minnie Bigley, Mrs.
Cora Hunt and Messrs Claude Robinson,
Dan Sullivan and Jesse Alley. j.
Dr.. Fred II. Penniwell left Monday
for Oklahoma City where he will visit
relatives few days and look over the
country, having several cities in view
and will select one of them in which to
locate and practice dentistry.
Hon. v. r. MoGinnis was passenger
Thursday for Hopeville, where he made
an address that afternoon at their re-
union. From Hopeville he went to
Garden Grove where he was the prin-
opal speaker Friday afternoon.
Mrs. ]. w. Rush, Of Sedalia, Mo-, who
is visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Penniwell, in this
city, went to Derby Thursday evening
to visit few days at the home of her
sister, Mrs. r. f. Throckmorton.
| w. 8. Chandler and wife returned
Saturday from Chicago where they had
been visiting for three weeks at the
home Of Mrs. Chandler's son, G. A. Haw-
kins. Strauder says Chicago is sure a
whopper but that it was hotter than
blazes up there.
W. II. Lloyd, of Decatur City, the
democratic candidate for sheriff, was a
business visitor in this city last Thurs
day. Bill Lloyd is one of the best fell
lows who ever lived in Decatur county
and the voters are going to see that he
is our next sheriff.
Mrs. l. j. Harris, of Chicago, and Mrs.
Lena Broadly, of Des Moines, came Fri
day for short visit at the home of Mrs.
r. M. Cooler. The ladies years ago
were residents of this city, their father
being Louie Friedman, who was at one
time engaged in business in this city.
Friday mornings passengers for Des
Moines to attend the state fair were:
VIM. Ogden and wife, ]. NJ. Gardner and
wife, j. W. Delk, Marion Woodland, A.
lronsides, Floyd Cooler, Ray Little,
Arthur Forbes, Will Springer, G. NJ.
Axes. Marion Osborne and jeff Fulton.
L. P. Van Werden and son BENJAMIN
were passengers Friday morning for
Dekalb where they spent the day at
the home of his father-in-law, DR.. B. D.
Dehalb, returning the same evening
accompanied by Charles Van Werden,
who had been visiting there for week.
+. +. Bedier and wife returned Satur-
day evening from two weeks visit
with relatives at Kahoka, Mo-, Hamilton,
Nauvoo and other points in Illinois.
Frank says after leaving Corydon going
east that corn looks pretty poorly and
nowhere did he see as good corn as we
have here in Decatur county.
Mrs. Will D. Mitchell and daughter
Enn'ce, Mrs. L. A. Brown, Mrs. Anthony
Radnich, Mrs. G. G. Grimes, of Davis
City, and Misses Gertrude Sylvester, Of
Columbus, Mont, and Vera Norman, of
Troy, kas., who are visiting at Davis
City, made up jolly crowd Of shoppers
who visited Leon last Saturday.
Port Bowsher returned Monday from
two months visit with his parents who
have been travelling extensively in the
east. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Bowsher are
now visiting in Ohio after very pleas
ant vacation spent in New York, Mag
ara Falls. Washington, Philadelphia and
other eastern points. They are expect
ed home the coming week.
There was quite a party from here
left Thursday morning for Des Moines
to attend the state fair which opened
that day. Among them were John
Burns and wife, ]. c. Hull and wife,
Frank Chastain and wife. Mrs. r. A.
Sigler, Misses Helen and Maggie Whis-
Ter, Miss Pearl Jennings and Peter
Cruikshank, ]. H. Evans, ]. H. Ryan,
Henry Bright, James Penniwell and Ira
Peugh.
Mrs. Enos Davis, of Osceola, for many
years one of the pioneer residents Of
Garden Grove and one of the best known
old ladies' of Decatur county, came Fri
day for few days visit in this city at
the home Of Mrs. Mary Craigo. Mrs.
Davis is we'll along in years and her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. George Davis, of
Osceola, came down with her as she is
TOO feeble to make a journey alone.
Mrs. ]. M. Pierce and daughter Helen,
and her sister, Miss Glenn Wilson, came
Saturday from Mt. Ayr, where they had
been packing her household goods for
shipment to Leon. Mrs. Pierce has
rented the house now occupied by A.
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In the Leon school the coming year.
Miss Wilson will go soon to Mapleton,
Iowa, where she teaches the coming
year.
There were sixty-nine tickets sold at
Leon Monday for the early train to Des
Moines, and we were unable to secure
the names of all who went to the state
fair, but among them were: Mrs. Marion
WATSON, Frank Hickman and wife, J. L.
Martin and wife, L. B. Jackson and fam
lily, Henry Vanostrand and wife, Tom
Lane, wife and daughter Nellie, Ed
Swope and wife, Mrs. Henry Axes, Geo.
Roberts and wife, VIM. Phelps and son
Arthur, Cam Trembly, Mrs. J. L. Harvey,
N. Craigo, G. W. Hoffman, Geo. M. Ham
ilton, Rev. G. W. Reeder, Ed Harris,
Melvin Stump, Roland Benefiel, John
Holden, J. w. Keller, Carl Monroe and
L. D. CARRIER.
Another big bunch of passengers for
the state fair left here on the early
morning train Tuesday, among them be-
ing Mrs. f. L. Jenkins, Mrs. W. W.
Carey, Mrs. WI. Sullivan Mrs. J. M