The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-02-13
MORE NEWSY LETTERS
Another Batch of Splendid Items
Crowded Off Regular Page by
Advertising This Week.
Davis City.

Davis City.
Oral Estes and wife came in Monday
from Chicago enroute to Pleasanton for
visit.
Winnie Riley was called to Bethany
Saturday by the illness of his father.
Riley Kirk left with car of cattle
and stock for his new home near Nor
ton, Kas. Guy Flora will occupy the
farm sold by Mr.. Kirk to ]. G. Flora.
Mrs. Eta Porter, of Des Moines, came
Friday to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs j. NJ. Rogers.
Mrs. ]. ]. Poush and Mrs. G. McClaran
visited with Harve Poush and wife at
Pleasanton last Thursday.
Some ladies from Ridgeway, Mo-,
have rented building on Bridge street
and will open a millinery store in the
spring.
Clarence Marble came last week from
the Pacific coast where he has a posi-
tion as Pullman conductor on one of the
western roads. He is another son of
! old Iowa who prefers to remain at least
this side of the Rockies, but is here
now only on short visit to home folks.
on Main street to J. Henderson,.
| 4hO DOuy VI OpIAuhlo Wd6 6ulppOu
from here to her home in Assumption,
ILL.,, Monday. She had come to visit at
the home of her son, Oscar Sprinkle,
near New Buda, and took sick and died.
| Elder Christa, whose ministerial mis-
the L. D. S. church in this city last Sun
day morning and evening. He is one of
| the most popular ministers who occas-
| i0no 11xy visit s+p =,
known he is to be here he is always
greeted with crowded house.
Rev. Howard, the M. e. pastor of this
last communication. He is fast be-
and all extend to both him and his wife
may the Great Father in whose SER
vices he has dedicated his life's work,
ever watch over them, shield and guard
them through storms that await all,
and may they ever prove faithful to
their calling is the wish Of many friends
Mrs. Thomas Cummings returned Fri
day from visit in Leon.
Mark Adams and wife returned We'd
nesday from trip to Oklahoma. They
do not, seem to be as much possessed in
favor of that country as they might be,
but Mark is true son of old Iowa, and
his Oklahoma friends predict that if he
lives to be hundred he will live, die
and be buried in old Deca tar county
And Mark says Decatur's soil is good
enough to return to-.
Anthony Radnish went to ST. Joe
Friday with car of stock for his
father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Cochran, of
Decatur, visited with relatives here
over Sunday.
H. A. Hartshorn finished filling his
large ice house last week. But if NO
more ice than that is put up we think
Davis City will not keep very cool on
ice next summer.
Art Teale, while reported some better
is still very low, with only slight
chances to recover.
Mrs. Alice Bates, of lola, Kas., is here
visiting her sister and many old friends
in this her childhood home.
A little daughter came to gladden. the
home Of Dick Scott and wife the past
week, and all are reported doing we'll
even to Dick.
]. N. Gates had business at Leon last
Friday.
Misses Veta Scott and Alice Jeffries
were Leon visitors Saturday.
A son of George Fetty, a young man
died at their home few miles south O.
here last Friday. The bereaved family
have the sympathy Of all.
Mrs. Carter Scott has been visiting
Biythedale friends the past week.
} Mrs. Bea Martz, of St. Joe, is visiting
at the home of her father, G. P. Camp
bell, in this city.
While in Oklahoma City Mrs. Mari
Adams had the pleasure of visiting
Grandma Hawks, former Leon resi-
. ident, who is very pleasantly situated
. in lovely home with her son. Sh,
says Grandma is looking much bette
than when she left here.
4 Considerable sickness in and arount
Davis City and last week Drs. Reed ant
WALES reported they had rs patient
on their daily visiting list at that time