The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-16
Davis City.

Well, 1t is no use to 'croak about
the weather. Everone knows it is so
acy and stormy that there is no get
ting around to collect the local Cos
sip of the week, so our news this
week is like the proverbial hen teeth,
few and scattering.
1t is reported that Robert Bolan's
children have the black ,diphtheria.
The protracted meeting still con-
tinues, but the bad weather prevents
a very large attendance.
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. .Mahoney, of Kan
sas City, were here the past week in
attendance at the funeral of Miss
Mary Bonnet
Royal Richardson, of Pleasanton,
had business in our city last Satur-
day.
F. ]. Horton, who was here in at
tendance at the sale of the r. M.
Black real estate, left for his home
at Goodland, Kansas, last Saturday.
His mother, Mrs. Emma Black, ac-
companied him home.
Our restaurant man, James Estes,
had business calling him to Pleasan-
ton last Saturday
Claude Robinson, of Leon, was
among our Sunday callers in Davis
City last sunday.
H. A. Hartshorn enjoyed a birth
day surprise last Sunday, it being
his 53rd birthday His wife and
daughter arranged to meet at the
family home in honor of the occas-
ion.
Ten Nights in a Bar Room was the
play given at the Davis City opera
house last Friday evening. All who
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Well, why don't some of our home
nurseries send out some agents. So
many persons complain about their
cherry trees dying the past season,
and the general cry is where can we
find trees to replace them?
Ora Black and wife, of Pleasant
Valley, were trading in our city last
Saturday.
Mrs. S. E. Adams wishes that the
party who borrowed her carpet
Stretcher last spring would kindly
return it.
Uncle Cad Williams, an old and
highly esteemed residents, and one of
the pioneer citizens of this county
died at his home in Davis City on
Dec. Bird. He had been gradually
failing for the past year, and had a
severe paralytic stroke about month
ago, and gradually grew worse until
the end came. His funeral was held
at the Nj. f. church on Monday fol-
lowing his death, Rev. Cooper being
the officiating minister, and inter-
ment was in the new Davis City GEM
etery. He is survived by his wife,
two sons and one daughter. We
would have been glad to obtain data
for more extended notice.
Mrs. G. w. Henderson entertained
the members of the Priscilla Club
and their husbands at Corinthian
supper last Thursday evening.
Sherm Hartshorn and wife, of La
moni, visited over Sunday with his
brother, H. A. Hartshorn and other
Davis City relatives.
G. e. Henderson and wife. of Leon,
were in our city last Sunday in at
tendance at birthday surprise on
Mrs. Henderson's father, H. A. Harris
horn.
Mrs. Molina Adams spent several
days the past week with her sister,
Mrs. F. w. Sears, north of Leon.
Roy Cummings, of Leon, was call
ing on home folks last Sunday in
Davis City.
Marion Hullinger has moved from
the south part of town over into his
fathers old home residence on East
street, and Dan Downey, who form
erly occupied it has moved into one
of the Robinson houses on Clark
street
Elder Salyards. of Lamont, occu-
pied the pulpit at the L. D. S, church
in our city last Sunday morning and
evening.
The deaconness, Miss Elizabeth
Ogden, of Charlton, who is here as
sisting in the protracted meetings at
the NJ. E. church, delivered a very
fine address at the M. e. church last
Sunday morning.
Mary E. Bennett died in Kansas
City, Mo-, November 80. 1909, and
her body was brought to Davis City
on December LIST, where the funeral
was held in the L. D. S. church, Elder
after which she was laid to rest in
III. H Stebbins, of Lamont, officiating,
the Davis City cemetery. The cause
of her death was typhoid fever,
brought on first by taking a severe