The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Davis City.

ouF ScHool DOaru meeUS tuesday night
to elect. teachers for the coming year.
Mrs. Alice Marbles new addition to
her home residence is nearing com
pletion and when done it will be one of
the neatest little homes in our city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hagan and Mrs.
Acorn, of Saline, Mo-, visited with Mrs.
Hagan's sister, Mrs. George Kimball, in
this city last Saturday.
Last week the ladies clubs met as fol-
lows: The New Century with Mrs. G..
P. Reed, the Priscillas with Mrs. G. G.
Grimes, the Buster Browns out at the
pleasant home of Mrs. Ida Cummins,
southeast of town, and the Musical Club
at the home of Mrs. VIM. Frazier.
Rev. Howard and wife returned Fri
day from visit at Shenandoah.
Mrs. H. l.. McClaran and Mrs. O. L.
Frazier visited with Leon friends last
Thursday and Friday.
Miss Fay Evans has taken the place
of Miss Argyle Daniels in the telephone
office, Miss Daniels retiring.
The ladies of the Eastern Star lodge
gave social on Tuesday night of last
week to raise money for the purpose of
buying piano for the lodge room, and
the result was some $35.
Miss Anna Shirley has been enter
tanning special friend from Burlington
the past week.
Fred and Will Lobster, of Soronto, Ill.,,
stopped off here while enroute to the
west for visit with friends the past
week.
The young folks of our city went out
to the home of j. W. Valentine last
Wednesday evening to give Miss Helen
a farewell surprise.
E. S. Grimes has added groceries to
his racket store.
Mrs. Bea Martz and children, of St.
Joe, was visiting 1.-THE home her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Campbell, the
past week.
Floyd Severe made trip to st. Joe
last week to purchase stock of goods
for the spring trade, as Mrs. A. M.
Severe & Son have decided to continue
the clothing store Oh Her late husband,
A. NJ. Severe. They have moved the
stock to the f. M. Freeman building on
the east side of Bridge street.
p. E. Shirley returned last Wednesday
from trip to Topeka, Kan.
Mrs. E. b. Musser returned Monday
from visit with friends at Leon.
Miss Winnie Craig left Sunday for
visit with her friend, Mrs. Brenizer,
near Andover.
Miss Rosamond Severe. who is teach
ing school near Leon, spent Sunday at
home.
Mrs. Bertha Anterior left the past
week for a visit with relatives at St.
Joe.
The smallpox scare is a thing of the
< and all o,,ri bne
moved.
Granville Cochran and wife, of Deca-
tur City, were visiting with relatives
al this place the past week.
Misses LYDIA and Nellie MolTatt left
last Sat urday for visit with ar aunt
at Saline, Mo.
Mrs. Rose Mott, of ST. Louis, is in our
city, called here by the serious illness
OF her mother, Mrs. Dense Cornett, who
continues very low.
MIS-. J. W. Wales visited with Chart
ton relatives last week.
Chess Johnson, of Saline, Mo-, was in
our city last Tuesday.
Mrs. W. W. Bozarth was called to
Creston the past week on account of
the serious illness of her daughter, Mrs.
Lee Flora, who went there to be treated
by specialist some weeks ago. 1t is
reported that Mrs. Flora is gradually
getting worse and now weighs but fifty
pounds.
Roma Bailey and wife, of Akron, Mo-,
visired at the home of her father, T. T.
Stephens, the past week.
j. E. Ownby, of Decatur City, was
caller in our city last Thursday.
DR.. Wales returned last week from
Rochester, Mimi, where he went to
be treated by specialist, and returns
home greatly benefited in health.
Since our last letter G. P. Campbell
has returned from trip to Texas where
he went with a party of real estate
seekers.
Mrs. Emma Bowman and daughter,
Mrs. Ethel Kopp, of Leon, we're guests
of Mrs. Pearl Grimes the past week.
Mrs. Walter McCully left Monday for
a visit with relatives at Albany, Mo.
A. L. Teale and G. G. Grimes are build
ing new sidewalks around their home
j. W. Valentine and family left Mon
day for the Pacific coat and expect to
make their future home in that country.
We regret to lose this most estimable
family, but as J. W. once before sold out
and left for the coast and then returned
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