The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-07-21
Davis City.

! Miss Mary Freeman left last Sat
urday morning for visit with old
friends at Redding, Iowa, and Kan
sas City, Mo-, and from there she will
go to Paris, Idaho, to make her fu-
ture home. Miss Mary was raised
by her grandmother, Mrs. Rhoda
Hawkins, to whom she gave the most
devoted care in her declining years,
and is dear good girl and leaves a
large circle of friends here who wish
her success and pleasure in her new
home.
Alfred Burrell, who recently sold
his butcher shop and stock of gro
ceries to Steve Latta, taking in ex-
change a farm in Colorado, left last
Friday on prospecting tour of the
west and will look at his new farm.
Well, the electric light question
was up to our taxpayers and was de-
feated. -Ye correspondent was not
in town, but if the half that was told
of how our ladies took the election
in hands and not only voted but So
licited votes, it would surely teach
the men to keep the ballot for the
stronger sex, and that woman's
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polls.
Theodore Merrifield and family
spent Sunday in the country, the
guests of Ned Scott and wife.
Mrs. Alice Mattz, of Geneva, Kas.,
came in last Friday, called here by
the serious illness of her father, R
J. Harmon.
Miss Ocean Hamilton left for Den
yer, Colorado, Wednesday. 1t is re-
ported she will be Mrs. when she
returns.
Miss Madge Graves left for Chi
cago last Friday. She goes to make
her home with her sister.
Mrs. Minnie Stone and children,
from northern Kansas, were the
guests of Mrs. Bert Adams Friday
and Saturday. She was enroute
home from Decatur, and stopped
over.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Bingham, of OF
tumWa, came in last Friday for a
visit with relatives in Davis City.
Mrs. Matte Martin, of Ottumwa,
is visiting relatives in Davis City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Rev, of Lamont
visited Mrs. Rew's mother, Mrs. Geo.
Kimball, over Sunday.
L. @. G. Pryor and wife, of Kansas
City, Mo-, came in last Friday for a
visit with Davis City friends
Mrs. Robert Mitchell, of Weldon,
was calling on Davis City friends the
past week.
The Campbell Sisters have dis
continued their millinery store in our
city and will leave for the home of
their parents at Ridgeway, Mo-, soon.
They have by their upright dealing
and lady-like behavior made many
warm friends in our city and vicinity
who very much regret to see. them
leave. This time, however, we be-
lieve it is a plague of men instead
OF women that causes the mischief.
Mrs. Oscar Judd returned last
Thursday from a visit in Nebraska.
The Priscilla Club gave a farewell
Corinthian supper last Friday even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
G. Grimes, in honor OF Miss Mary
Freeman. The club members pre-
sented her with nice gold bracelet
as memorial of the occasion.
James Bowsher, of Leon, was on
our streets Thursday with his auto,
and got caught in our big rain
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visit at ST. Joe last Friday.
Mrs. Carter Scott spent the past
week with her daughter at Iowa City.
Mrs. j H. Robinson made a trip
to Des Moines the past week.
Mrs. S. E. Adams returned from a
months visit with relatives at OF
tumwa, Iowa, the past week. Her
granddaughter, Mrs. M. B. Crane, of
Ottumwa, returned with her for a
short visit with relatives in our city.
Mrs. Clarence Frazier and babies
visited with relatives at Garden Grove
the past week.
Mrs. E. w. Teale and Mrs. B. E..
Musser made a trip to Leon Monday.
After pleasant visit with her
daughter, Mrs. VIM. Mitchell, Mrs.
Emma Noble left for her home at
Caledonia last Wednesday. Her
granddaughter, Miss Eunice Mitchell,
returned with her for months visit.
Mrs. Hattie Baldwin, nee Wheeler,
of st. Joe, is visiting Davis City rel
atives.
John Robertson and family left
Wednesday for visit at7Decatur, Ill.
Uncle John Holden and wife, of
Genus Cummins a couple of days
last week. They were accompanied
by their neice, Mrs. Ethel King and
children, of Peoria, ILL.,, who were in
tervieing old friends in this her child
hood home.
Mrs. p. F. Farley visited relatives
J. in Ottumwa last week.