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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
Pleasant Valley No. 2.

Mrs. Charley Poland and Misses
Mildred and Ruby Poland spent last
Saturday with Mrs. Sanford Poland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Vests four
year old son died last Saturday.
The funeral was held on Monday,
at Mt. Zion church, being preached
by Rev. Craven, and the little body
was laid to rest in the Camden Gem
etery. He was their only child.
The bereaved parents have the sym
pathy of many friends in their be-
reavement The little one is gone
but not forgotten.
Henry Jimerson's baby was very
sick the first of this week, but is
some better at this writing.
Those who took dinner at Mrs.
Lavina Jimmerson's last Thursday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Trow-
bridge of Sand Creek, Grandma
Brammer, Mrs. Arthur Evans and
son Garold of Grand River, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Trowbridge of Stansber-
ry, Mo-, Miss Clarissa Brammer and
Mrs. Nettie Dukes, of Arkansas.
Mrs. Fl. l.. Brammer and two sons
were visiting at Grand River last
Friday with Mrs. Sarah Wycoff
Marion Brammer is painting Mrs.
Lavina Jimerson's house this week.
Mr.. Palmer, of Grand River, is
helping John Ramsey this week with
his we'll. The last report is that no
water had been found yet.
Samuel Brinner and family were
calling at William Aliens last Thurs
day.
Mrs. John Acton spent last Friday
at Mrs. Lavina Immersion
Silas Acton, of Sand Creek, visited
at John Actions last Sunday.
Floyd Boles and wife, of Dakota,
have sold their farm up there and
bought forty acre farm of William
Munyon at $50 per acre, and will
make this their future home.
Charley Hauenstein has bought
the farm owned by John Dobson, at
$45 per acre. 1t is east of Grand
River about three miles and half.
Miss Fannie Mckee has been quite
sick the past week but is better at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Poland and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Poland took dinner at Isaac Foland's
last Sunday.
Miss Hazel Overholtzer com
menced her school at the Brown
school house Monday.
Mrs. Charles Poland and Misses
Bessie and Minnie Woods and Nina
Poland called on Mrs. John Acton
last Sunday.
Mrs. Isaac Poland called on Mrs.
Bert Mckee last Wednesday after
noon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
Free Liver
Remedy

1t is we'll to stop physical all
ment at the first signs of its approach,
and that is especially true of liver
trouble, which can eventually give
rise to so many serious complications.
Many have liver trouble and imagine
1t is indigestion, and hence take the
wrong remedy.
When the liver does not store I'D SUI
fcient gastric juices it becomes sluggish.
ana in this way disturbs the stomach and
1i DC els ., with which it is supposed to work
complexion com =, the pimply face, the dull
the blood. etc. A very quick and sensible
cure 1t is by the use Of Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, which contains ingredients
especially intended to promote the &C
tlVity of the liver
written the doctor about the results
achieved with his remedy. and who are
g gad to make Ike the facts public 50 that
Kennedy, st. Louis, NO. Mrs. S. A.
Others 0 ---"ns
=, These. like thousands of others. started
Ine use OF Syrup Pepsin with sample.
II you VIII send your name and address
! you can IN, also obtain a free trial bottle.
This + VIII prove to you that liver trouble
money will be refunded. Having tried
1t You. can then buy it in the regular
way Of your druggist at fifty cents and
sufficient for an entire family.
over cathartic tablets and salts. which
only do good for the time being. Syrun
Pepsin is permanent in it's results. is
pleasant to take and does not grippe. It
Is especially good for all those who can
not stand a violent purgative.
Dr: Caldwell personally will be pleased
to give. you any medical advice you may
desire for yourself or family pertaining to
the stomach liver or bowels absolutely
free of charge. Explain your case in a
letter and he will reply to you in detail.
For the free sample simply send your
name and address on a postal card or
otherwise. For either request the doctors
a ;ss Is DR.. w. B. Caldwell, R.50O Cald-t
vel building, Monticello, III.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08

For any pain from top to toe, from
any cause, apply DR.. Thomas Electric
oil. Pain can't stay. where it is used.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
Salem.

Brother Adams preached at this
place Sunday and Sunday night.
Grace Drury spent Sunday with
Virgie Schoonover.
Ralph Judd was a Pleasanton call
er Saturday.
Pearl Blakesley and Glada Dale
spent Sunday with Verna and Fay
Linden
Mona Still returned home Sunday
from weeks visit with her sister,
Mrs. Clyde Waller.
School began Monday morning at
Boothtown, with Miss Gladys Rogers
as teacher.
J. H. Mcdaniel and family, Clell
and Virgie Hill, Audra Potter, Meryl
and Pearl Dale spent Sunday at the
Slower home.
Edd Still and wife Sundayed at
Jack Woolsey's.
M. Linden and wife returned home
last Wednesday from Des Moines,
where they had been attending the
State Fair
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
Morgan.

Miss Elsie Moon is assisting Mrs
Oscar Ellis with her house work this
week.
John Krider and family from Line
vile visited orr Fishers Sunday.
A. T. Hubbard and wife and Geo.
Smallwood and wife returned Friday
from Des Moines, where they had
been attending the State Fair.
Frank Sales and family, Cyrus
Weaver and wife, of Leon, visited
Sunday with Harry Marvin and fam
lily.
Mrs. VIM Langreder, of Leon, re-
turned to her home Tuesday after a
weeks visit at the M. L. Dale home.
Miss Freda Marvin returned to her
home Sunday after two weeks visit
with relatives at Leon.
Mrs. Edd Mcdowell and children
returned home Sunday after an ex-
tended visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Poland
Miss Lelah Marvin spent Tuesday
at M. l.. Dale's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
The Road to Success

has many distractions, but none SO
desperate as poor health. Success to-
day demands health, but Electric Bit
tiers is the greatest health builder the
world has ever known. 1t compels
perfect action of stomach, liver, kid
neys, bowels, purifies and enriches
the blood, and tones and invigorates
the whole system. Vigorous body
and keen brain follow their use. You
can't afford to slight Electric Bitters
if weak, run down or sickly. Only
soc. Guaranteed by Van Werden
& Kopp.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
For Sale.

One good secondhand Mccormick
binder, one Deering binder, one sec
ond-hand Mccormick header cut 60
acres. good as new. The above articles
wiz be sold at bargain if taken
promptly. II. "A. Wright.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
NOTICE.
To the Qualified Electors of Decatur
County, Iowa.

You are hereby notified by the
undersigned Board OF Supervisors of
Decatur county, Iowa, that on the
10th day of June, 1910, a petition
was filed in the auditors office of
Decatur county, Iowa, which petition
was and is as follows:
ITO the Board of Supervisors of
Decatur county, Iowa:
eve, the undersigned freeholders
of Decatur county, Iowa, herewith
petition your honorable board to levy
an annual tax for the establishment
and maintenance of a public hos
pital. Said public hospital to be To-
Gated in the city of Leon, Iowa, shall
cost not to exceed ($15,00O) Fifteen
Thousand Dollars, and shall be built,
maintained and conducted as pro-
vided for in Chapter (26) Twenty-six
of the sessions laws of the (33rd(
Thirty-third General Assembly"
That said petition came up for
hearing before said board at it's reg
ular June session, 1910; that upon
examination it was found that said
petition was signed by more than 200
citizens, electors and freeholders of
Decatur county, Iowa, more than $50
of whom reside outside of the corpor-
ate limits of the city of Leon, Iowa
You are further notified that in
compliance with Chapter Twenty-six
(26) of the session laws of the
ThTty-third (33rd) General Assem-
bly, of Iowa said petition was APP
proved and the board thereupon or
dered that the same be submitted to
the qualified electors of Decatur
county, Iowa, at the next general cleo
ton to be held in the several voting
precincts of Decatur county, Iowa, on
the Sth day of November, 1910, as
provided by law.
You are further notified that said
Board of Supervisors has ordered
that there be submitted to the cleo
tors the said proposition of issuing
bonds of Decatur county, Iowa, in
the sum of not to exceed Fifteen
Thousand Dollars (S15, OOO) to bear
not to exceed 41a per cent interest
and to run for the term of not more
than ten years, the proceeds of the
same to be used for the purpose of
locate said public hospital and for
thereon and for maintaining the
| S'@AAiS, elA1u IuC 1CFy VI d IctA uOl
to exceed the amount provided by
law for the purpose of paying said
bonds and interest.
That the aforesaid proposition will
be submitted to said electors substan-
TALLY in the following form to-wit:
For a tax for
a bond issue in the v-c
sum not to exceed I LIS
Fifteen Thousand i-
Dollars (s15,000) NO
for a public hos
pital and the
maintenance of
same.
l To all Of which take notice.
| Dated at Leon, Iowa, this 10th
day of June 1910.
BY order of the Board of Super
visors of Decatur county, Iowa.
S. H. Covington, Chairman.
A. p. McClaran.
S. P. Wiley.
Attest:
j. v. Lemley, Auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08
This Old Method Of Dump
ing Manure inH Heaps Makes
the Pay Dirt on Your Farm
Run in Pockets and Streaks.
This is a photograph of short-sighted-
ness. Heaps of manure dumped here
are soon demoralized.

Later when the
manure is scattered
with a fork there is no
strength in it.
This same manure
spread fresh over the
ground by an l. H. C.
Manure Spreader-
which may be driven
by a boy-would be
scattered evenly over
ahe entire field, cover
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08

ing twice the area in
half the time, and COW
erlng it in a scientific
ally correct way.
ltwould mean aneven
crop, ten to twenty per
cent more profitable.
The extra profit in one
crop-probably in one
field-would pay for the
spreader. A dealer
everywhere.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08

Itching, bleeding, protuding or
blind piles yield to Doan's Ointment,
Chronic cases soon relieved, finally
cured. Druggists all sell it.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-18
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE PRISON
Per Cent. of Sufferers Is Enormous
and There Seems but One
Remedy.

From several investigations that
have been made by the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton Of tuberculosis. 1t is estimated
that on an average about fifteen per
cent. of the prison population Of the
country is afflicted with tuberculosis.
On this basis, out of the 10000 prison
ers housed in the penal institutions
Of the United States at any given
time, not less than 10000 are infected
with this disease. If the Philippine
Islands and other insular possessions
we're taken into consideration the
number would be much larger. Some
Of the prisons of Pennsylvania, Kan
sas and Ohio show such shocking con.
ditions with reference to tuberculosis
that many wardens admit that these
places of detention are death traps.
Similar conditions could be found In
almost every state. and In the major
ity Of cases the only sure remedy Is
the destruction Of the old buildings
and the erection Of new ones.
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In the Desert.

Here is glimpse of the horrors OF
a western desert taken from the Gold
field New News Another desert
victim is reported, and Archie Camp
bell, manager of the Last Chance
mining property near Death valley,
came to Goldfield yesterday to en-
deavor to establish the identity of the
unfortunate.
"Mr. Campbell encountered the I'M
known man on the desert in a fright
full condition. He was in the last
stages of desert exhaustion, devoid
of clothing. sunburned, blistered and
crazed. with his tongue swollen enor-
mously, pitiable object, and unable
to speak.
''He was tenderly conveyed to camp
and everything possible done for him,
but kind aid came too late, for an
hour after he had absorbed the first
cup Of water he expired"
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Leonard Wood

more or less well.meaning persons
VINO were misled by these schemers
ana adVenturers; but II is astounding
10 any one acquainted with the facts
10 realize. not merely what he accom-
pushed. but how he succeeded in gain.
ing the good will of the enormous ma.
Jorl'y OF the men whose good will
could be won only in honorable fash.
ron, Spaniards and Cubans, Christian
fliipinos and Moros. Catholic eccle-
slastlcs and Protestant missionaries
III each case the great majority of
those whose opinion was best worth
haVing-grew to regard General Wood
as their special champion and ablest
irlehd' as the man who more than any
Others understood and sympathized
with their peculiar needs and was
anxious and able to render them the
help they most needed.
His administration was as signally
successful In the Moro country as in
CUBA In each case alike it brought in
'ts train peace, an increase in material
prosperity, and rigid adherence to
honesty as the only policy tolerated
among officials. His opportunity for
military service has not been great,
either in the Philippines or while he
was the governor of Cuba. Still, on
several occasions he was obliged to
carry on operations against hostile
tribes OF Moros, and in each case he
did his work with skill, energy, and
efflciency; and, once 1t was done. he
showed as much humanity in dealing
with the vanquished as he had shown
capacity to vanquish them. In our
country there are some kinds of sue.
cess which receive an altogether dis.
proportionate financial reward; but in
no other country Is the financial re.
ward so small for the kind of service
done by Leonard Wood and by the
other men whose names | have given
above. General Wood Is an army Off
Ger with nothing but an army officers
pay, and we accept It as a matter Of
course that he should have received
practically no pecuniary reward for
those services which he rendered in
positions not such as an army officer
usually occupies. There Is not an
other big country in the world where
he would not have received a sub
stantial reward such as here no one
even thinks Of his receiving. Yet, aft
er all, the reward for which he most
cares is the opportunity to render
service, and this opportunity has been
given him once and again. He now
stands as chief-of-staff of the Ameri-
can army. the army in which he was
serving in subordinate position as
surgeon IS years ago. His rise has
| been astonishing. and it has been due
purely to his own striking qualifica-
ton and striking achievements. Again
and again he has rendered great serv-
ice to the American people; and he
will continue to render such service
in the position he now holds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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yet there are various things about 1t
which render it unsatisfactory.
Rather surprisingly it has thus far
escaped the denunciations of the doc.
tors, who have spared no little else, as
a possible occasion for the commune
cation of injurious microbes, but one
does not have to be a President of the
United States. nor even popular poll
tician engaged in a canvass for votes,
not sometimes to have wished that
the handshaking habit had never been
contracted There are so many ways
of shaking hands that are objection
able and there are so many different
kinds of hands whose touch communi.
Gates a sensation not exactly pleasant.
Hands that are too hot or too cold.
too moist or too dry, or whose inert.
ness communicates an uncomplimen
tary sense of Indifference on the part
of their possessors.
Every one is familiar with the hand.
shake in which all the shaking has to
be done by the party of the first part,
In which the hand one grasps lies
limp and lifeless in ones own, to be
taken or left, to be squeezed or let
drop, as one pleases, while the atti'
tude of the owner suggests an abso.
lutte lack of interest in the proceed
ings. Behold. that also is vanity and
vexation of spirit. So is the question
which recurrently arises. and which 1t
may be suspected is the source OF
much secret embarrassment, the ques'
ton of to shake or not to shake.
Etiquette has its rules for this, but no
rules etiquette can formulate will
cover every case that may arise, and
to determine the right thing may not
always be easy.
II will be seen that the Chinese
plan has its advantages The China
man you meet does not shake your
hand. He bows and shakes his own
philadelphia Inquirer.
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SIMPLE STATEMENT OF FACT
Mr. johnson Unable to See Where in
Any Way He Had "Put His
Foot In it.r

II is common to deplore the lack OF
humor in person. Yet the very
want of 1t may save a, certain amount
OF embarrassment, as was the case
on certain occasion with President
Johnson. He was one day" says
writer in Harpers Magazine. visit
ing my mother. and friend. Mrs.
Knox. q widow. came In. She had
known MIR. Johnson some years be-
fore, when he was a member of the
legislature, but they had not met since
then.
After mutual recognition, Mr..
Johnson said, How is MIR. Knox?
have not seen him lately
He has been dead six years. said
Mrs. Knox.
81 thought | hadn't seen him on
the street, said Mr.. Johnson.
When Mrs. Knox left, my mother
said, laughing, That was funny mis-
take of yours about Mr.. Knox
what mistake did I maker said
Johnson. I said hadn't seen him on
the street, and / hadn't"
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LEG A MASS OF HUMOR

About seven years ago small
abrasion appeared on my right leg
just above my ankle. 1t irritated me
so that began to scratch 1t. and 1t
began to spread until my leg from my
ankle to the knee was one solid scale
like scab. The irritation was always
worse at night and would not allow
me to sleep, or my wife either, and II
was completely undermining our
health. lost fifty pounds in weight
and was almost out of my mind with
pain and chagrin as no matter where
the irritation came, at work, on the
street or in the presence of company,
| would have to scratch 1t until l had
the blood running down into my shoe.
simply cannot describe my suffer
Ing during those seven years. The
pain, modification. loss of sleep. both
to myself and wife is simply indie
scribable on paper and one has to ex-
perience 1t to know what II Is.
Il tried all kinds of doctors and rem
my money down sewer. They would
dry up for little while and I'll me
with hope only to break out again just
as bad II not worse. l had given up
hope of ever being cured when l was
induced by my wife to give the Cuti-
cura Remedies trial. After taking
the Cuticura Remedies for little
while began to see change, and
after taking a dozen bottles Of Cuti-
cura Resolvent in conjunction with
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura ONT
ment, the trouble had entirely disap-
peared and my leg was as fine as the
day / was born. Now after lapse Of
six months with no signs of recur-
renee feel perfectly safe in extend
ing to you my heartfelt thanks for the
good the Cuticura Remedies have done
for me- shall always recommend
them to my friends. w. II. White.
312 e. Cabot St., Philadelphia, Pa, Feb.
and Apr 10, 1909"
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One Side Enough.

Senator William Alden Smith tells
Of an Irish justice of the peace out
In Michigan. In a trial the evidence
was all in and the PLAINTIFFS attorney
had made a long and very eloquent
argument, when the lawyer acting for
the defense arose.
What are you doing?" asked the
Justice, as the lawyer began.
Going to present our side of the
case"
u don't want to hear both sides ar,
gued. 1t has tindency to confuse the
coort. -Washingtonian.
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!HEOD0RFROQ$EyFII

Neh, Leonard Wood has inc, no
,urneu from South America to take nm
MS duties as chief of the general s,aS
y, une United States army the highest
fords. ''' wee III
Nearly u years ago. when eorors
Wooa was acting as governor Of SAINT.
$50, l wrote In the Outlook about what
ne MAD already achieved. and what he
.ou'a De trusted to achieve During
'he intervening ~ years he has n,aved
d very conspicuous part among the
men VINO nave rendered signal service
W 'he country by the way in which
.ney nave enabled It to grapple with
the duties and responsibi,it,es In
CURED by the Spanish war. What has
ueen accomplished in the Philippines
III Cuba, In Porto Rico, in Panama
ana IN San Domingo during tbese 70
years represents sum of acbieve.
meht OF which this nation has n right
10 De extremely proud. In each loca,i.
" the problem has been different in
each locality It has been solved with
signal success. or course there have
peeh mistakes and shortcomings but
On the whole 1t would be difficult to
ma anywhere finer record of sue.
cesstul accomplishment. This record
Is primarily due to the admirable quail
ity OF the men put at the head of AZ.
lairs In the different places. Messrs.
tart, Luke Wright, Smith and Forbes
Messrs, Hunt, Winthrop, Post and Col.
ton' Governor Magoon, Colonel Goeth-
ais-to these and their colleagues and
subordlnates the country owes n
heavy debt Of obligation.
Most of those have mentioned are
civilians Colonel Goethals. under
whom the gigantic work of the Pana.
ma canal Is being accomplished. with
literally astounding rapidity and sue.
cess, is a representative of the army.
me share Of the army in the honor
roll Is very large. The Importance
OF work like that OF General Bell in
the Philippines, of General Barry in
Cuba. can hardly be overestimated :;
but, as whole. of all the work of the
army officers, the greatest in amount,
and the greatest in variety of achieve.
ment, must be credited to General
Wood. And, moreover, he has at
times combined with singular success
the functions Of civil administrator
and military commandment The part
played by the United States in Cuba
has been one of the most honorable
ever played by any nation in dealing
with a weaker power one of the most
satisfactory In all respects: and to
General Wood more than to any other
one man is due the credit of starting
this work and conducting 1t to a sue.
cessful conclusion during the earliest
and most difficult years. Like almost
all of the men mentioned. as well as
their colleagues, General Wood OF
course incurred the violent hatred OF
many dishonest schemers and un
scrupulous adventures, and of a few
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is TOO MUCH HANDSPRING?
Other Ways Of Greeting Friends That
Are Much Preferable, Accord
ing to Writer.

Although a few have suffered the
unpleasant experience of the man IN
the case recently reported, the bones
of whose hands we're forced out of
place by the vise-like grasp OF too
vigorous and unduly demonstrative
friend, most people will be inspired by
their personal recollections to sympa'
thlze with this victim of misdlrect'
ed ardor. Everyone knows people VINO
seek 10 express the sincerity and ear
nestness of their goodwill by squeeZ-
ing the hand they take as though they
were trying to break every one OF the
score mr. so of bones which the human
hand comprises, and every one on
srob occasions must have wished thaI
some other form of salutation than
tho one most in vogue had been de-
vised and were generally practiced.
shaking hands is q relic oil parpar'
ism ANYHOW. 1t became the custom
In the DAYS when every one carrleu d
aocgor IN his belt and when one irienn
maeting another thought IL necessary
70 attest the peacefulness oil DIS III
tentions by extending an open PAIN,
NAV tbe other man could do no less
.h m make a similarly reassuring dem
vibration o and the grasp of these TWO
ontsndod hands naturally followed:
eA by logical process Oh
ouU ,,',iOu the handshake grew to be
e e. oonyentlonal form of greeting ana
Wv. .ne I refrsal of a proffered hand was
regarded reg as one of those e,,,, ,nsu nuf
those dishonor can only be wlpe "a t too
w '',,th Hood, Now the custom is 100 90
WIN IND md widely established for Jus
hrnly o "n~ to be conceivable ana