The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-25
Davis City.

Mail carrier G.. G. Grimes is taking
his midsummer vacation.
u. G.. Griffin and son Gene are also
taking lay-off the first one Mr..
Griffin has taken in ten years for
longer than day at a time.
G.. G. Grimes had horse pretty
badly cut on the barbed wire one
day last week.
Robert Bicknell and wife came in
from Alliance, Neb., the past week to
visit their daughter, Mrs. Rose Estes.
Mrs. j. M. Rogers sale on Monday of
last week was we'll attended. Things
brought fair prices. The old lady
goes to live with her daughter, Mrs.
Eta Porter, who together with Mrs.
Ella Brannaman have stayed to ar
range everything for their mother
and all left at the same time. Mrs.
Brannaman lives in Wyoming, so
miles from a railroad, yet she got
the word her father was dead and
started the same evening he died, and
got here in two days in time to at
tend the funeral, She made the
first fifty miles in an auto.
Miss Jennie Rabidoux, of Albany
spent Sunday with Davis City friends.
Gerge Rock and family and Robin
Kizzire left last Friday for a trip
south through Texas, travelling by
team.
Mrs. Maggie Sylvester and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cora Hunt, came in Thurs
day from Pasadena, California, for
visit with home folks.
Mark Grimes, of Leon, came down
last Wednesday, it being the list
birthday of his mother, Mrs. E. S.
Grimes, and surprised her with a
mammoth cake, trimmed so as to read
Mther's birthday, 1910" which
gave her much pleasure for being so
well remembered.
Earl Scott has so far recovered
from his recent illness as to be able
to resume his place in his fathers
store.
Mrs. VIM. Acton left last Saturday
for trip to st. Joe.
Mrs. R. M. Black had business at
Leon last Saturday.
r. j. Harmon still continues very
low, and is gradually sinking, with
no chance for his recovery. His chill
dren have been sent for, and some
one or more of his sons are continu-
ously in attendance on him. His only
daughter has been with i'm for the
past month.
Our opera house is receiving a new
coat of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Fulton, and
Miss Ottie Van Wrinkle came in last
week from Texas, where Mr.. Fulton
has been for the past four years.
Miss Ottie had been there on a visit
and they returned home with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roe Ashburn, Of Tus-
keego, visited their daughter, Mrs.
Bason, the past week, and left Satur-.
day. for Omaha to visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Westfall, of
Weldon, visited Mrs. Westfall's par
ents the past week and took in the
Davis City reunion.
Uncle John belong, of Andover,
was in attendance at our reunion.
\ The old gentleman was at one time
frequent visitor here, but had not
been here for ten years.
Several from this city are in attend
ance at the Woodman picnic at Pleas
anton.
Bruce Galloway, of Mt. Ayr, spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Ralph
johnson, of this city
Mrs. Thomas Cummings and Mrs.
Emma Huf1inger attended the funeral
of Mrs. Henry Spargur held at the
Hamilton cemetery last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeemes Burrell and
several others whose names we did
not obtain, were also in attendance.
Mrs. Spargur was former resident
of our vicinity, and had many friends
here who very much regret to hear of
\ her death
Lee Howell, of st. louis, came in
( last Friday to visit his parents. He
was accompanied by two of his cous-
Mr.. Lew Hankins left Monday
ms, Mr.. and Miss Burris, of Bethany
for Omaha to assist in the store of
his former employer while he is TAX
ing a vacation.
There was a much larger attend
ance of old time former residents at
our recent reunion than ever before
at any one reunion. Among the many
we noted Fred Robertson, of south
ern Missouri, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Jennings, of Garden Grove, Mrs. v.
B. Smith, of Humeston, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lowell, of Independence, Mo-,
MT. and Mrs. George Bates, of lola,
Kansas, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fetty,