The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-06
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Davis City.

Davis City.
Uncle Jim Rogers still continues in
. very serious condition.
Mrs. Grant Craig is slightly improved.
A little daughter came to gladden. the
home of Prof. Hadley and wife last
Thursday.
Mrs. Nellie McCully and Mrs. BERTHE
Radnlch visited friends in the country
last Sunday.
Mrs. Granville Cochran, of Decatur,
spent the past week with her daughter,
Mrs. Bert Adams, in our city.
After a pleasant visit with old friends
in this city Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Sparks
left last Thursday for Des Moincs.
Miss Mary Freeman made trip to
Leon last Wednesday.
Miss Vivian Farley returned to Des
Moines last Saturday, having recovered
from her recent illness.
The L. D. S. church society is reroof-
ing and otherwise repairing their
church.
Work was commenced on the founda-
ton for the new opera house the past
week. A company has been formed and
the old school building and lots have
been purchased and an addition will
be built on and the old brick wall will
be thoroughly repaired and remodeled,
SO we will have new opera house,
something which Davis City has needed
ever since oyr last ore was burned in
1897.
f. A. Townsend, of Decatur, had bust
ness here last Tuesday.
Mrs. Steve Edwards and daughter
Annie, of Pleasanton, were calling on
Davis City friends last week.
Roy Davis returned from trip to
Kansas City Saturday.
The Davis City school board met Mon
day and elected the following teachers
for the coming year: Mrs. G. G. Grimes,
Misses Myrtle Walters and Alton Hem
brey and Miss Sprague from Lamont.
The principal is yet to be selected.
G.P. Campbell and wife returned Sat-
urday from Chicago where they were
called last week in response to tele-
gram announcing that their brother-in-
law, Mr.. Fawcett, was dying.
Mrs. Ada Calkins left for her home in
Colorado Saturday.
Mrs. J. W. Wales made trip to Leon
Monday.
The moving picture show closed last
Saturday evening.
Cord Cowles moved to our city last
Monday. On behalf of our citizens we
gladly welcome this estimable family to
our city.
Mrs. D. ]. Hullinger has come to town
and for the present will occupy Mrs
]. M. Sylvester's house on Clark street
Percy Craig and wife have commenced
housekeeping in one of the Robinson
properties on Clark street.
w. G. Campbell, who was until recent
~ employed in the Valley Bank, has
resigned his position and with his fam.
lily left for Des Moines Saturday tc
make their future home.
Miss Minnie Collins, of Blythedale
was guest of Miss Alice Jeffries last
Sunday.
]. W. Tracey, of Des Moines, is the
new foreman of our paper. He came in
the past week in time to issue our
paper on Thursday.
John Tharp visited his best girl at
Kellerton the past week.
George Kimball's family are having
a tussle with the measles.
We would like to ask what is to be-
come of our city if some of the worth
less ours are not routed o1t. They seem
to be taking at least the western part
of the town. One day recently we saw
by actual count seven dogs after one
man who had come to town on horse
back. They are running riot every
where, killing chickens and into
everything that is left open. Some of
our citizens take care of their dogs but
others do not seem to care.
Miss Maggie Wernitch, who has been
teaching at Morning Sun, returned home
last Saturday.
Mrs. Galloway, of Mt. Ayr, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ralph johnson, Of
this city.
G.P. Campbell. E. W. Teale, Frank
Osborn, Alfred Cummins and several
others went to Mt. Ayr Monday even
ing to attend Odd Fellows lodge.
Prof. Kierney visited from Friday till
Sunday with friends at Malvern.
John Attebury, of Mt. Ayr, came down
Tuesday for visit with relatives here,
his family having been here for couple
of weeks.
L. A. Brown and Marion Hullinger
went out to the farm of the late D. j.
Hullinger to assist in invoicing the per-
sonal property of the estate.
Miss Veta Scott visited at Iowa City
from Friday until Monday. Miss Rosa
mond Severe took her place in the
school room.
r. j. Harmon and wife left Tuesday
for Oklahoma and Kansas to visit their
sons, George and Arthur, who are 10
Gated at McAllister, Okla, and Geneva
Kansas.
Chris Hartshorn has returned to his
home in Chicago after visit with rel
atives here.
Mrs. Alice Marble visited with Leon
friends Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Bert Adams was an over Sunday
I visitor with relatives at Leon.
Miss Martha Bailey, Of Akron, No.