The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-15
Davis City.


paratory to going to Kansas to locate.
A. l.. Teale came in off the road to
spend Sunday.
Mrs. Gladys Raney, formerly of Utah,
came for visit with her two sisters,
Mrs. L. II. Shoemaker and Mrs. Frank.
Citizens. The sisters had been separated
when children and had not met for
nearly thirty years.
George Franklin, of Pleasanton, was
caller in our city last Thursday.
j. N. Gates and wife and VIM. Mitchell
and wife spent Sunday at the home of
Virgo Arney, north of Leon.
Miss Mary Freeman, Mrs. E. W. Teale
and Mrs. John Poush, Jr., spent Sunday
at the home of Miss Bessie Citizens out
in Pleasant Valley.
Mrs. Minerva Franklin spent the past
week with relatives in the country.
1t is with regret that the many friends
of Mrs. Erma Hobart, nee Hanson, will
learn that she has consumption and has
as last resort gone to Mexico to see
if change of climate will help her.
She will be remembered as Miss Erma
Hanson, daughter of Mrs. John Post,
who went with her mother to Texas
about five years ago.
SiSy SIdlSo, S'COlSoO ohoOuldhSI anu
Edgar Freeman were among the num-
Der who attended the theatre at Leon
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Radnich and
daughter visited Garden Grove relatives
the past week.
Ed Jennings and wife, from the Philip
lage last Sunday, enroute to Garden
Grove.
DR.. W. G. Jeffries and wife, of Leon,
were callers in our city last Wednes-
day.
Miss Fay Ogle, of Decatur City,
noice of Mrs. W. e. Brewer, came last
Saturday for visit here.
Rev. Eveland, the new U. B. pastor,
held services at the Union church last
Sunday.
Claude Walters is slowly improving,
but is still very low. Miss Vera Walters
now has the typhoid fever, also Miss
Myrta Walters is on the sick list with
Jetfries had to take her place in the
schoolroom for several days the past
week. Miss Two Black is in attendance
as trained nurse.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. FL. Martz, of st. Joe,
visited relatives in our city this week.
P. E. Early returned Saturday from a
business trip to Des Moines.
Ralph Johnson and his bride re-
turned last week from their wedding
tour and will commence housekeeping
in G. g. Grimes house on Clark street.
The many friends of CHS most estimable
couple wish them every success and
happiness in their journey through life.
Mrs. HI. L. McClaran, Mrs. G.. G. Grimes
and Miss Alice Jetfries attended the art
exhibit held at Lamont last Saturday.
Miss Marian Woodland, of Leon, was
caller in our city last Saturday.
Misses Cena Burrell and Ottie Van
Wrinkle were trading in Leon last
Thursday.
John Robertson and W. e. Brewer left
last Thursday for the Rosebud country
in South Dakota.
Sherm Wheeler moved his family to
Van Vert the past week where he has
a position in butcher shop He is a
good butcher and his many friends here
hope that the change will be for the
better.
Mr.. Buell. one of our new merchants,
had business at Decatur last Saturday.
Mrs. Carter Scott and Mrs. L. B. Mus
ser spent Thursday at Lamont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartshorn and Mrs.
| Alice Marble were amons the number
who attended the L. d. S. conference
held at Pleasanton last Sunday.
| Misses Veta Scott, Alton Hembrey
and Jae Shirley were visiting Leon
! friends last Thursday.
B. D. Adams and wife, M. Fl. Adams
and wife, Mrs. S. E. Adams and Mrs. L..
Fl. Trowbridge, of Ottumwa, formed a
family picnic party the past week and
went by team to near Martinville, Mo-,
to the old home place which Mrs. S. e.
Adams bought in 1867 on her arrival in
this country. The place has been in the
family continuously ever since, but she
had not been on it since 1896. She was
surprised to find the country so much
better improved than she expected, but
crops are poor there this season. Lots
of corn will not go over five bushels
to the acre.
B. A. Norman and r. J. Harmon are
giving their residences coat of fresh
paint.
Prof. j. W. Long and son Dewey, of
Leon, were calling on old friends in our
city last Saturday.
Mrs. Dick Scott returned last Thurs
day from visit with relatives at Of
tumwa.
After a three weeks visit with rel
atives here, Mrs. L. Fl. Trowbridge left
for her home in Ottumwa last Wednes-
day.
We are sorry to note the death of the
poor old Lariat which flourished like a
green bay tree for little season, then
folded it's wings and passed away to fol-
low the poor old Advance, the Rustler,
the Times, the Tidings, and oh, so many
more we but remember with regret, and
one and all lay the death Of our beloved
sheet to Editor finch that he did not
stay on and give us our paper regard
less of financial gain, and then to his
successor, Fred Jay, who we know
might have been contented with Davis
City fare, but now we live but to re-
greet that they are all gone. now. IL
they will but move the telephone, the
railroad and the postoffice we can sleep
in peace and no outside howl to disturb
our peaceful repose.
Wesley Items.
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