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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
NEW IDEAS IN HATS
Flowers, Fancy Feathers and Ribbons
are Much in Evidence.

Hats do not always add to womans
attractiyeness. In many cases they
seem to detract from, rather than to en-
haAce her natural beauty. But this
year the woman who is unable to secure
a becoming head-dress will be indeed
unfortunate. Not only do the new styles
exhibit a marked degree of originality
but they include wide varieties in
shapes and trimmings. Never before has
there been so marked development in
millinery trimming effects and never
Is has there been such widely diversi-
fed line of attractive hats exhibited in
the many millinery shops throughout
the country.
No one style, no one shape or plan of
decoration has monopoly in the new
Spring and Summer models. In feathers,
both straight and curled quilts are popu-
lar. Long and pointed wings with Me-
phisto effects have also been adopted.
Curled and uncurled ostrich feathers
and aigrettes appear in singles, pairs
and clusters. These are placed upon
the hats in various positions and angles,
some poised erect, some horizontal,
others on the side, in dropping effect.
Beautiful goura feathers, forming a
band large enough to encircle the
crown are seen.
Lovers OF flowers may have as many
of them as they desire and they may be
arranged in almost any and every man
ner to please their fancy. Almost every
variety will be used from the small
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

violet to the mammoth chrysanthemum.
These are seen in all sorts of colors and
varied combinations. Apple clusters,
especially, are very effectively dis
prayed, half concealed among the fol-
iage.
The most extensive and exquisite
lines of silks, satins, chifons, crepes
and ribbons all lend beauty to the new
spring models. The new colors of dead
tones give the softest and most becom-
ing effect to the trimmings. Foulard
and Persian effects in satin are extern
sively used for draping purposes. Nov
city ribbons in the form of filet net,
heavily embroidered in silk in Oriental
colors and Oriental jacquard effects in
gold, black and colors on white grounds,
are among the effective novelties.
Not since the days of Queen Eliza
beth has there been such wide variety
of band effects used in hat trimming.
Woven and heavy embroidered effects
are a distinctive feature of the new
millinery and will be seen in numerous
and attractive designs.
Fhe crowns Of many Of the hats are
very large and prominent. Almost any
shape OF crown may be worn. Some
brims are straight, some are iauntily
raised, while others are shaped in all
ways conceivable. 1t is expected that
cabochons will be very popular. At the
present time the vogue for jet has placed
cabochons in the foreground. There
will no doubt be many new creations
in other cahachon effects which will
be extensively worn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Little River.
(Delayed.)

NOcldS euJ
Those who moved the past week didn't
need no lock on their wagon.
Scott Clark and family visited Sun
day at Ode Dales.
lawrence Wilson, wife and baby, Wis
ited few days last week at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Jas. Drury.
funeral of Orvile Hill at Pleasanton
Sunday.
Mrs. James Drury and children spent
Saturday with Mrs. Marion Davis.
George Carter and family left last
week for Oklahoma. AL Spargur moved
sato the place vacated by them.
Scott CIark's sale last Thursday was
well attended and every thing sold we'll.
j. Drury and family visited Sunday
at John Moore's.
Seth Davis and wife were Davis City
visitors last Wednesday.
Mrs. T. L. Wynn has been assisting
Mrs. Clark in packing her household
goods. They expect to leave in short
time for their new home in Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Waffle are re-
ioicing over the arrival Of an eight
ponnd girl which came to their home
on February 10.
Roll Still and family are visiting at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Still.
Elba Dale is moving to the farm he
recently purchased near Davis City.
Mrs. Seth Davis called on Mrs. Hen
erickson Sunday afternoon.
The party at A. Browns Saturday
night was well attended. All report
good time.
Beulah and Grace Drury visited at
\ Marion Davis Sunday afternoon.
Jim Still and wife called Sunday on
Grandpa Still who is quite sick.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

How can any person risk taking some
unknown cough remedy when Foley's
Honey and Tar costs them no more?
ID is safe remedy, contains no harm
full drugs, and cures the most obstinate
coughs and colds. Why experiment
with your health9 Insist upon having
the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar. Bell
III Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Kills Would-Be Slayer.

a merciless murdo rer is appendicitis
with many victims. But DR.. Kings
New Life Pills kill it by prevention.
They gently stimulate stomach, liver
and bowels, preventing that clogging
that invites appendicitis, curing consti-
patton, billiousness chills, malaria,
headache and Indigestion. 25c at L. P.
Van Werden's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

OF what trade are all of our Presi-
dents? Cabinetmakers
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Remember, the Opening takes place Thursday Friday
and Saturday of next week.
We have arranged special Display for each Of the three
days. that those attending Friday and Saturday will be
well entertained as Thursdays visitors.
capable staff Of saleswomen will be present attend
the needs Of all patrons However, nobody will be urged
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Grand Display of
Pattern Hats

One of the most interesting features of
this Opening Display mill be a comprehensive
Showing of Pattern Hats, many of these sug-
gesting ultra-fashionable, nineteen-hundred-
nine conceptions
Included in this Exhibit are a number of
the characteristic State street styles, hats
which sell for thirty-fipe, forty, and fifty dol
lars at the better millinery shops in Chicago
and New York. Patterns equalllng these in
style and beauty hare probably never before
been seen in Leon.
Do not fail to see this fine Showing of
Pattern Hats.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11


sapng ribbon
THE GENUINE MILAN SHAPE
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

buy And those who come in to look will be Just as well
others Bring your friends with you enjoy the
Millinery Event of the season.
The Time: Thursday, Friday and Saturday-March
Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth.
The Place Keller & Pryors Millinery Shop, North Side
OF the Square.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

=, CHIFFON full
aged ladies' Value Two Dollars Cents
No SaFINl WHITE LEGHORN
Value Dollar Cents
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Unusually Charming Creations in Fashionable
Spring Hats Will Characterize Our First Opening.


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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Beautiful Hats
Priced LOu

Our line of medium and loW-
priced hats deserves especial
mention. In this gathering are
some of the most beautiful de-
signs to be seen anywhere. The
following numbers are typical:
No. 256.-M MEDIUM SIZE NATURAL CHIP
STRAW with drape of brown silk; trimmed
full from side with rosettes Of silk, and cream
silk violets. Value, Four Dollars and Fifty
Cents.
No. 431.-TUSCAN FLAT, trimmed elabor-
ately with blending clusters of roses; touched
with ribbon in the new shading of wistaria.
very attractive hat for Misses. Value, -Four
Dollars.
No. ~ FRENCH SAILOR of the rough
straw, trimmed heavily from left side with
green foliage and enlivened in color with
white lilacs; medium sized designed on very
artistic lines. Value, Three Dollars.
No. 129.-JAUNTY WALKING HAT OF
JAVA, with folded drape of melon silk knotted
gracefully on right side; decidedly appropriate
and attractive for street-wear. Value, Three
Dollars and Seventy-fve Cents.
No. 425.-BLACK HAT OF TUCKED
CHIFFON and horse hair Braid full bows of
caught with black silk roses adapted to middle
twenty five Cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
The Picture
AbOpe ShOuS.:

Five decidedly characteristic
styles of 1909 spring hats.
These types Mill be decidedly
popular with ladies who favor
ultrp-fashionable designs.
ILLUSTRATION AT THE LEFT-Cossack
shape-made of rough braid Of dark catawba
with facing of shadow stripe SATIN shaded to
the light with cabbage rose and velvet rib
bon. charming design for young ladies'.
PICTURE HAT of Cossack shape with
tam-oshanter crown is illustrated next to left.
1t is made Of loose, lace straw of rich niger
head shading. Trimmed from left side with
light taupe, French-headed tips with blending
colors of wistaria shades.
ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE
MODELS OF GAGE HATS is shown in the
center illustration. 1t is stunning French
sailor shape of natural leghorn (melon shade)
facing touched with green velvet wire; trim
med with large, expensive green wings of
unusual beauty.
PRONOUNCED RUSSIAN COssACK
right of center. 1t is of beautiful light shades
OF catawba; has jaunty, raised side; trimmed
strappings of harmonizing velvet ribbon Has
THE GENUINE MILAN SHAPE, extensive
mt CHI or ns,l,ko
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
SENDS FOR COOK OF CHILDHOOD
Father UhH of Wilson Longs For
Table of His Youth.

Kansas City, Aug. $50 that he
could enjoy the cooking of his youth,
the Rev. Father Joseph Uhil of Wilson,
Kan, sent all the way to Germany for
Miss Anna Gilbert, the woman who
cooked at his fathers home, and who
is to be installed as the priests house
keeper at the parochial residence She
arrived at the Hotel Baltimore where
she was met by Father Uihl and he
escorted her to her new home in Kan
Sas.
TIE Rev Father Uihl came to this
country from Silesia. Germany. three
years ago. He was ordained in the old
country and when he came here was
assigned to the parish at Wilson, Kan.
He is a young and energetic priest and
has popularized himself with his par
iShioners. Many improvements have
been made in his parish since he took
hcld.
Though his parishioners did every
thing possible to make his life pleasant
he lacked one thing. That was the
cooking he had been accustomed to in
the "fatherland." There was not that
flavor to the food which he thought it
had when he lived at his fathers home.
His letters to the old country told of
how he forged for the old home cooking
and then it was that Miss Gilbert, who
had cooked in his fathers home for
years, declared that she would go to
America and keep house and cook for
the priest for whom she had cooked
when he was much younger.
The proposition to have Miss Gilbert
emigrate to this country took definite
shape a few months ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16

A. B. Stickney. former president of the
Great Western road, to the effect that
preferential rates are still prevalent,
they recognize the fact that there was
a grain of truth in what he said.
Mr.. Stickney's statement raises the
old question of the Justice of giving
lower freight rate to the big shipper
than the little shipper can enjoy. In
the making of rates the railroads have
always recognized the car load and the
less than carload principle, and, pre-
sumably, what Mr.. Stickney meant
was that this principle had been car
ried to extremes in the tariffs filed
since secret rates and rebates had been
abolished
That there is anything covered up in
any tariffs which the railroads and
the shippers generally do not know is
obviously not correct. 1t is impossible,
under the present method of super
vision, and under the strict surveil-
lance which every railroad exercises
over every other road. to spring any
thing new in a tariff that will remain
a secret five hours after the tariff goes
on file in Washington.
1t is true, however, as Mr.. Stickney
intimates, that there are rates which
have been prepared by them that only
a few large shippers can enjoy by rea-
son of large volume of business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
FALL FROM HORSE Is FATAL.
Calvin NJ Dyche Succumbs to Injuries
Received Friday

Manhattan, Kan. Aug. 16.-Calvin
M Dyche, one of the oldest settlers in
Riley county ic sdead as the result of
being thrown from a horse Friday
evening Mr. Dyche attempted to ride
young horse which one of the men
on his farm had Just finished break
ing.
The horse began pitching when
Mr. Dyche attempted to mount; he
was thrown against the saddle horn
and afterward was thrown to the
ground. A Junction City physician
was sent for at once but he seemed to
be of the opinion that Mr.. Dyche was
not seriously injured.
The patient spent a bad night and
the following morning began vomit-
ing blood. The physician was sent
for again but on his arrival he was
unable to do anything. Mr. Dyche
died after losing about two quarts of
blood. It is thought a blood vessel
was ruptured in the accident which
caused his death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
POSSES SEEK SAFE ROBBERS.
Two Men Believed to be in a Corn
Field Near UdaH.

Winfield, Kan, Aug. 16.-The Of
ficers fthis city and county, with
posses, are searching the county in
the vicinity of Udall for two men sup
posed to have been the ones who
robbed a safe at Derby early Friday
morning.
On a description sent out from
Derby the marshal at Udau arrested
two suspicious characters at that
place Friday afternoon and took them
to the station to meet an officer from
Derby. In a moment of relaxed
vigilance the men escaped to a big
corn field south of town. The mar
shall then alarmed the countryside by
telephone and called Winfield for aid.
The posses from here went there in
motors. A Gordon has been formed
which Is carefully beating the county
in the expectation of finding the men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
RAILROAD NEWS.
Track Laying on the Topeka &
Northwestern Starts.
Road Will Be Ready for Train
Service by October /.
GRADE NOW COMPLETE
New Line a Short Cut From
Il. C. to Cheyenne.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Onaga. Kan, Aug. 15.-At O'CLOCK
this morning the track gangs COM
menced the laying of the ties and rails
on the uncompleted branch of the To-
peka & Northwestern branch of the
Union Pacific between here and Marys-
Vile The big Union Pacific track lay
ing machine is being used and this will
hasten the work, so that within six
weeks it is thought trains will be run
ming clear through from Topeka TO
Marysville.
The work of laying the track will be
executed with a large gang of negro
Iaborers. probably from 125 TO $50 be-
ing employed for this work me WORK
is in charge of E. Brandon, who Will
be foreman over all the men. Large
tram cars have been brought here for
handling the rails and work train
Will be used to haul the cars.
The -Onaga yards are filled with
rails and ties which have been stored
here from time to time More rails
are stacked at Menoken and will be
brought here. The rails at Menoken
were piled there before the panic or
1907, and would have been laid much
sooner but for that event Other ma
teriaIs for use are now here.
The work Will be pushed All the
negroes possible will be given empty
ment and the work with the track lay
ing machine is expected to progress at
the rate of a mile a day The work of
grading has been completed and the
road bed is in good shape with the
single exception of a big eighty-seven
foot fill and as it has not shown any
signs of slipping for several weeks, the
officials think il secure. Engineer
Frank Neuhart, who has been in
charge of the grading. reports that ev-
erything all along the line is ready for
the track.
There is only one station between
Onaga and Frankfort, Lillis. and the
depot building, water tank and wind
mill have been completed there. All
that is necessary to complete the IA
cilities at this station is the laying of
the tracks and sidings-
One railroad official from the OPP
Grating department who was here this
morning said that the Union Pacific
expected to have everything in readi-
ness for the operation of through
trains by October I. The Union Pacific
freight trains will be run through here
from Kansas City to Cheyenne, va the
Topeka & Northwestern from Topeka
to Marysville, the St. Joseph & Grand
Island from Marysville to Grand Island
thence over the Nebraska main line of
the Union Pacific. The recent trans.
fer of the Leavenwortil- Kansas &
Western division tc this point from
Garrison makes Onaga somewhat of a
railroad center. and s+ill further &c
velnpnn ents are expected later, which
Will make Onaga one of the most i'm
portant towns Of this section of the
state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16

Governments to Make Inquiry Will
View of Improvement

Washington, Aug. 16.-To add to
public safety in railway travel by rails
ing the standard of steel rails now
produced. a conference far-reaching
in Importance was held yesterday be-
tween Assistant Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Ormsby McHarg
DR.. S W. Stratton, chief of the Blu
reau of Standards. and a sub-commit-
tee of the American Railway Engi-
neering and Maintenance of Way As
ISOLATION, consisting of J. A. Atwood.
chief engineer of the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroad; T. H. Johnson,
consulting engineer of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. A. w. Thompson,
chief engineer of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad.
The conference worked out a CO.
operative plan by which a scientific
inquiry will be commenced i'm
mediately to investigate the physical
properties of the steel rail and to as
certain what is needed to bring it up
to the highest possible standard of
efficiency.
Both the manufacturers of the
product and the railroads realize the
economic value of this inquiry, and
the experiments will be conducted
by the government with a view of
solving the scientific points involved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
w. iii. McMu.len's Arrest Fol.
lows Death of Wife.
Doctor Prescribed Morphine and
an Emporia W oman Is Dead.
ACCIDENT OR MURDER
Was Second Wife of Accused and
Had Small Insurance Policy.
Husband Says Doctors Attempt
to Shield Themselves.

Emporia, Kan, Aug. 16.-Mrs. w.
H. McMu1len, who lived on farm near
Neosho Rapids, twelve miles from
here, died several days ago after a
short illness. Physicians who at
tended her before her death and made
an examination afterward said she
died of acute morphine poisoning.
A warrant charging the husband
with the murder has been sworn out
by the county attorney and McMullen
was arrested.
McMullen has lived 1nany years in
he vicinity of Neosho Rapids At one
time he owned a big farm and IS ac-
tc retired and now lives On farm Of
about twenty-five acres. He is about
so years old.
Was a Mail Order Wife.
McMullen's first wife died several
years ago. About a year ago he mar
ried again, and it is gossipcG about
that he met his wife through the me
dunn of matrimonial agency. The
second Mrs. McMullen was 81 years
old at the time of her death.
Early last week Mrs. McMullen be-
came ill. DR.. A S. Fuller of Hart
ford, a nearby town, who attended her,
prescribed morphine in small quanti-
ties to be given at intervals of seven
hours. After giving one dose he left
When he was again summoned to the
house Mrs. McMullen was suffering
from morphine poisoning Doctor Full
Ter says it was not yet time for her
second dose of medicine and that she
had been given an overdose.
After Doctor Fuller and other doc
tors had made an investigation they
asked that a warrant be issued. There
is no evidence to show that the hus-
band gave her an overdose of NOR
phine or that such a dose was admin
istered by anyone with intent to COM
NIT murder. McMullen says that the
accusation against him is foolish and
that the doctors made a mistake and
are accusing him to protect them
selves
McMullen has two daughters by his
first wife, one of whom lives in SYRIA
cuse, Kan. She was here recently on
a visit.
Mrs. McMulIen carried $4,000 insur-
ance on her life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
MINER CRUSHED UNDER ROCK.
Heavy Fail of Stone From Roof Dis
jointed His Neck.

Pittsburg. Kan, Aug. &c. o. Ty-
CART. aged Sc years, died at the Mt.
Carmel hospital from injuries received
in the Mayer Coal company shaft No.
L.
Deceased was a well known miner in
the Mineral district and was working in
the mine when he was caught under a
fall of rock and badly injured.
In the examination it was found that
he had received several severe injuries,
the most serious was the unjointing OF
his neck He lived until 1920 O'Clock
this morning. Tygart was a married
man and he leaves a wife and four
children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
FARMER KILLED IN RUNAWAY.
Montgomery County Man Dies From
His Injuries.

Coffeyville, Kan, Aug. 16.-Wm. La
rue. a well known farmer. residing two
miles north of Edna, in attempting to
prevent his team from running away.
was knocked down and sustained in
juries which resulted in his death two
hours later.
AS Mr.. Larue stepped to their heads
to quiet them the hind wheels of the
wagon dropped off the sidewalk. caus-
ing them to take fright and start to
run. He held to the bits for perhaps
one hundred feet, when in making an
effort to catch hold of the other horse,
he was knocked down. The horse he
had hold of fell on his body, the ter
rife weight coming directly on his
breast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
MET HIS DEATH IN SALT MINE.
Frank Bocchi's Head Crushed Under
Fall From Roof.

Ellsworth, Kan, Aug. 16.-Frank Boo
chi, aged % years and unmarried, was
killed in the Crystal salt mine at KAN
apoIis The men were at work blasting
out salt and had just dislodged huge
block weighing a number of tons. While
they were at work clearing away the
smaller pieces, preparatory to breaking
up the big chunk, the great mass fell
over on taem. and Bocchi was caught
and crashed to death
Bccchis head and side were crushed,
and he died instantly.
The bodv was sent to Kansas City
where the dead man has relatives
The Crystal mine is a comparatively
new one and it has had an unfortunate
record. About a year ago man was
killed N it when the cage dropped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
TH1RrY-F1vE SHOT IN HIS ARM
woodward Sheriff Got Load From a
Murderer'S Gun.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 16.-Deputy
Sheriff G. E. Hall of Woodward, Okla,
has been brought to a Wichita hospital
where he lies with his right arm and
hand filled with thirty-five shot. re-
ceived from a shotgun fired by the
brother of Miss Mary Edwards, who
was murdered by her brother near
Woodward last Friday.
Miss Edwards and the brother quar-
relied and he killed her When the Of
ficers went to arrest him he fired at
Deputy Hall, seriously wounding him
and was then knocked down and cap
tured by Sheriff Bouquet
1t is believed by the surgeons that
Mr.. Hall will recover the use of his
arm,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
NO WATERED sTOCK.
President Smith Comes to Defense of
Railroad.

Louisville, KY, Aug 16.-In a letter
TO the Courier-Journal, today, Presi-
dent Milton H Smith of the Louis
vile and Nashville road. takes excep-
ton to the call of a newspaper writer
to commercial boards in Southern
states to prosecute suits Ito prevent
stock watering of the capital stock of
the Louisville and Nashville
Agreeing that this call is predicated
on news dispatches that the railroad
has accumulated such a surplus that
it proposes to increase the capital
stock from $60.000.00O to $4,000. 900
or $100s000,000." and that the present
capital stock is largely water" Mr.
Smith says:
THE results of the operations of the
Louisville and Nashville railroads are
a matter of public record and it is
known to all who have investigated
that there is no water in it's stock and
that there is not the slightest evidence
that any one connected with the man
agement of the company has ever con-
sidered an increase in capital stock
in the manner indicated
Mr.. Smith further cites a further de-
crease of $1,000, 6S5.OS in the gross re-
ceipts of the road for the fiscal year
ending June. 1909. from those in the
fiscal year ending June, 1907.