The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-30

iHe Al Guo neoulnB puDllc SCHOOLS, came
home Friday eveDin : for short visit
at the home of her mother, Mrs. Nj. E.
Tharp, in this city.
Mrs. B. L. Eiker and her mother, Mrs.
Il. q. Hendrickson, went to Sidney
Thursday for few days visit with rel
atives and many friends, that being
their former home.
j Miss Marion Stookey went to Grand
River Monday having been employed to
drill the graduating class of the Grand
River public schools for their COM
mencement orations.
Mrs. j. P. Hamilton went to Van Vert
Thursday and visited a couple of days
at the home of her father, the venerable
J. b. Kelley, who has been in feeble
health for some time.
]. W. Delk was down at Davis City
last Thursday taking orders for gloves
and mittens for the Hawkeye Manufac-
turing Co., of this city, and secured a
nice bunch Of orders.
j. r. Smith and wife and VIM. Smith
and wife, of Lamont, passed through
here Thursday on their way to Macon,
Mo-, where they went to look at big
farm with view of purchasing.
Mrs. John Powers, of Yorktown, who
was visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Gardner in this
city, went to Van Vert Thursday for a
short visit before returning home.
| B. o. Moore, of Fremont, Neb., was in
Leon Friday and made us a pleasant
call. He has been visiting with rela-
tives at Decatur City after an absence
from this county of thirteen years.
c. P. Beavers, of High Point, returned
Thursday from Des Moines where he
attended the Threshermen's convention
last week, at which an organization of
nearly 500 members was perfected.
James H. Wolf returned Friday to his
home at Libertyville, Iowa, after spend
ing week visiting at the homes of his
daughters, Mrs. r. A. CARRIER and Mrs.
r. M. Gittinger, OF Center township.
Mrs. NJ. E. Skinner, of Garden Grove,
was in Leon Monday on her way home
from Decatur City where she had been
nursing her son, Guy, who has been
quite sick, but is now rapidly recover
ing.
]. B. McEndree and family, of Chart
ton, came Monday to take up their resi-
dence in this city, MrMcEndree having
been appointed assistant superintendent
of the Clarinda Poultry Co. big plant in
this city.
Solomon Embrey and daughter, Mrs.
W. B. Lee, returned Monday to their
home at Prairie City, Iowa, after
pleasant ten days visit in this city at
the nome Of his daughter, Mrs. j. w.
Bowman.
DR.. Fred H. Penniwell returned Mon
day to his studies at the State Uni
versity at Iowa City after spending
couple of weeks at the home of his par
ents in this city during the usual spring
vacation.
Mrs. P. M. Mcclure, of Birmingham,
Alabama, who was visiting at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Ed Griffin, southeast
OF Leon, went to Beaconsfield Monday
to s visit few days with relatives in.
that vicinity.
Mrs. Ira Kelley and son VERNE, who
were visiting at the home of her
brother, W. T. Fletcher, east of Leon,
and with other relatives in this county,
departed Tuesday morning for their
home at Wichita, Kas.
]. +. Penniwell returned Thursday
from Des Moines where he spent a
couple of days figuring for material for
his new brick business block which he
will erect this spring on his lots just
south of The Reporter Office.
H. P. Shaffer, of Hiawatha, Kas, came
in Tuesday for short visit at the home
of DR.. ]. W. Rowell in this city. Mr..
Shaffer was a resident of this county
years ago, living at Garden Grove. He
left here thirty-two years ago.
Mrs. W. A. Brown, of Centerville,
came up from GAINESVILLE Saturday,
where she had been visiting at the home
of her sister, Mrs. 7. S. Duff, and visited
over Sunday with her brother, DR.. F. A.
Bowman, and many friends in this city.
DR.. ]. B. Horner and wife, of Lamont,
came up last Wednesday evening for a
visit at the home of Mrs. Horner's sis
ter, Mrs. S. w. Hurst. DIR. Homer re-
tnrned home the following day and Mrs.
Homer remained for couple of DAYS
visit.
PfOf. j. Y. COZad, OF Decatur CITY.
was business visitor in this city Sat-
urday. He tells us that the new bank
is all organized and will be ready to
commence business as soon as he COM
pletes his work with the Decatur City
schools.
Mrs. ]. M. Pierce and daughter Helen.
and sister Miss Gussie Wilson, stopped
off here Friday night and visited for
day with many friends, being on their
way from Mt. Ayr to Juniata, Nebraska,
where she will visit for few weeks at
the home Of her parents.
Tom Judd, former operator at the
Burlington depot in this city, now city
passenger agent of the Great Western
of Marshalltown, spent few hours in
this city Saturday while enroute to his
home at Garden Grove to visit his
mother and many friends.
Scott Gardner, Will f. Hinkle and J,
W. Long went to Humeston Monday to
attend the Wayne county convention
of the Odd Fellows lodge, at which
there was special initiatory services
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