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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-05-26
Maple Grove.

Mrs. A. A. Buell. visited at her
mother-in-laws, Mrs. f. Buell., last
Saturday.
Tom Parsons was seen buggyrid-
ing his best girl Sunday.
Cole Young has been helping Hen
ry Bryant plant his corn.
Charlie Roger and Kline Crees
visited over Saturday night at J. j.
Crees'.
Willie Buell. moved to Grand River
Monday.
You may talk about Halley's COM
ct, but everybody in the neighbor-
hood has strained their eyes, but the
thing called comet is still fake.
Miss Lola Pray will assist Mrs.
Henry Bryant with her work this
week.
Frank Hukill has company from
Kansas City.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-05-26

1t is travelling through space with
a velocity of 40 miles second.
Its head is over 100000 miles in
diameter and its TAIL which is at it's
greatest length, is approximately
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-05-26
Proposals for Erection of School
House.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids for the erection of school house
in District No. 2, Morgan township,
Decatur county, Iowa, will be receive
ed by the undersigned, at his resi-
dence in said township, Cor by maiD
where plans and specifications may
be seen,, until l o'clock p. m. on
June %, 1910, at which time the
contract will be awarded to the low
est responsible bidder. At the same
time the old building will be sold to
the highest bidder. Contract award
ing and sale to be at the school
house. The board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids
Dated May 20, 1910.
40t4 H. e. Cozad, Secretary.
For RentA six room residence
O. - ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-05-26

For RentA six room residence
property. See ]. r. Bowsher.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

dreds of miles of paved roadways will
lead from New Orleans north, east and
west, and that for the first time In its
history New Orleans will possess sub
urbs.
The nearest town or settlement Of
any consequence is now so miles dis
tant from New Orleans. Within fifty
miles of every large city in the coun-
try a million or more people reside,
and many industries develop business
and wealth for the urban population.
This Is the end New Orleans is
working to and will have reached, in
large part, anyway. by the time the
Panama canal is opened to the ships
Of the world.
Meanwhile modern sewerage and
drainage within the city proper have
practically and wholly solved the city's
sanitary problems, and the discovery
Of q simple method of altering the
waters Of the Mississippi river has
given the city q pure water service ex-
celled by none in the world. These sys-
TENS are in operation and are nearly
complete. They have cost the city
about S25,000,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
No Corsets are Worn at West Point

discussion Of West Pointers, that
many West Pointers acquire q figure
Of perfection Of symmetry and q car.
rage the acme Of manly grace, but
these are due not to any ingenious ap-
pliances, but to the systematic drills
and exercises that make the cadet, to
q certain extent, an athlete. At the
outset these young fellows are put
through what are called the setting
up exercises, their object being to
straighten the body and develop the
chest. One might suppose that 1t would
require a great amount of such exer-
else to make any marked showing,
but three long hours Of such exercise
daily will soon produce beneficial re-
suits in the most stopped forms.
THE cadet uniform is also a great
help in this direction. The dress coat
IL tight, very tight The shoulders are
heavily padded in order to give them
a square effect. The chest Is made
thick, SO that there viii be no danger
Of wrinkling. All this for the sake Of
looks; comfort has no place In the
makeup Of q West Pointer; It II dis
cipline and looks"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

Langeford, .Langforde and Lanck-
ford are perhaps the only variations
Of this name.
Langford is the name Of parishes
in Bedford and Cornwall, and other
counties in England. The Cornish
family of Langfords descend from
Roger de Langford, sheriff of Corn
wall, 1925. He took his name from
the estate of Langford, in the parish
of Markham Church. The Langfords OF
Langford Hill, Cornwall, have always
been prominent In affairs. The fam
fly has also been seated for centuries
at Somerset. Wiltshire, Derby, Shrop-
shire, Devonshire. Leicester, Noting
ham and London. Baron or Lord Lang
ford, traces his line back to the time
OF Edward IL.
The pilgrim OF the family-or one
was Richard Langford, or Lanck-
ford, as the name appears in the rec
ords. His name is given in the tax
roll Of Plymouth colony, and his tax
was 9sh. 3D.; date. January 2, 1882.
The name has never been a common
one in New England.
John Langford was q resident OF
Salem, Mass, or was helping to found
the town in 1645, when he was free
man. Thomas Langford, a resident
of Rhode Island about 1870, may have
been a descendant of Richard or
John, but It is not stated definitely.
About the end Of the seventeenth CEN
fury, Thomas and John Langford, who
are called sons of Thomas, were liv-
ing in Newport, R. l. Johns wife
twas probably Aida or Alleda." and
they had five children. He was a
merchant and accumulated property.
One Of his sons was Richard, bap-
tized at Trinity church, Newport.
Thomas married Comfort, whose last
name is left to the imagination, and
removed to East Greenwich, where
he owned property and was a free
man, 1899. His second wife was
Sarah. Thomas died 1709, and his
property was valued at e4S2, 7sh, I'D,
a goodly gum for those days OF SIM
pie living-plain living and high
thinking. Thomas had seven chill
dren. His widow became the wife OF
Emmanuel Rouse.
Thomas, called son Of Thomas the
second, was born in Newport, but
after his marriage to Hannah, re-
moved to North Kingston. R. l. In
January, 1856, he and his son
Holdebe were living in Duchess coun'
", New York. In1776 HOldebe (don't
you wonder where he got this name)
twas allowed 1ssh. 80. for measuring
salt"
The Langfords have been freemen
an along the line. John Of East
Greenwich is 4 splendid ancestor to
have on your family chart, for be was
for many years member Of the town
oo1ncll. ana justice q the peace. "a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
Dentists Believe They Have a Kick

bill, either. Say, this new tangled
hair style is putting me to the bad.
"The worst feature Of the whole
thing is that the heads, or rather the
hair, won't At into the headrests. /
have tried all manner Of schemes, and
even had q new headrest built along
lines that I was sure would ft but
the heads simply won't At into any
thing.
IT we do succeed In getting the
mass laid out and tucked away care
fully where It won't bother US, We get
something IKE this:
"'oh. mercy. doctor, you are muss-
ing my hair all up. And I am going
to party this afternoon, too
But the most usual thing IL: oh,
doctor, there Is q hAirpin sticking in
my head. Wait q minuts. o. dear, it's
coming down. Doctor, do stop q min
ute while fasten mp my braid
Il do tell you what. The dentists
ought to get together and boycott the
present style Of hairdress. or else IN
slst that al extra hair be taken OF
before any dental WORK win Sc done.
That would settle Il all'riEhts
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
HEaHENHHHM @HAaaaaI
III Odd News From Big Cities \
NNt Stories Of Strange Happenings in the rs
NIL Metropolitan Towns IE
9[9I@ SSSSg8SE 41
Uncle Sam Asks All to Swat the Fly

Job the fight against the insect began
to assume proportions Of magnitude.
That little insect which the average
citizen vas wont to regard merely as
a domestic pest is now branded as the
most dangerous creature on earth. The
house fly has been publicly indicted as
q murderer of the human race, the
greatest disease propagation and the
carrier If more menacing and malig-
nant germs than all other creatures
put together.
This little, but potent, messenger OF
death wanders from the sick room.
from the filth of the garbage pail,
from the heaps Of refuse Of all kinds
into the peaceful. happq homes Of our
land. walks upon the butter, the meat,
the fruit, the sugar, takes a bath in
the milk, leaving everywhere the
germs of disease that have gathered
upon its furry feet and body.
About half the deaths from typhoid
in New York, according to the health
authorities, are attributed directly to
the distribution of germs by house
flies. And worse than that the figures
show that of 1000 deaths Of cooling
babies in that city from infantile dis
eases, more than 5000 were traced to
infection carried by house files.
According to q noted scientist the
determination of the pest Is compare
lively easy. All that is necessary. he
says, is a systematic effort on the part
of the public. If all the people will
practise the utmost cleanliness, It is
declared, the house fly will be extinct
in this country within a few years, for
the house fy cannot exist without
filth.
Cleanliness" then. is the watchwOrd
for the American public to put an end
to an insect that is not only terrible
nuisance, but a terrible instrument OF
death to thousands Of our population
every year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
LEG A MASS OF HUMoR

about seven years ago a small
abrasion appeared on my right leg
Just above my ankle. It irritated mo
so that began to scratch it, and Il
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 It
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 tho
street or in the presence Of company.
would have to scratch it until had
the blood running down into my shoe.
simply cannot describe my suffer-
Ing during those seven years. Tho
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 1t Is.
Il tried all Llnds Of doctors and rem.
edles but l might as well have thrown
my money down sewer. They would
dry up for a little while and I'LL me
with hope only to break out again just
as bad II not worse. had given up
hope Of ever being cured when / was
induced by my wife to give the Cuti-
cura Remedies O trial. After taking
the Cuticura Remedies for a little
while l began to see a change, and
after taking q dozen bottles OF Cuti'
cura Resolvent in conjunction with
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura oint'
ment, the trouble had entirely disap-
peared and my leg was as fine as the
day l was born. Now after lapse Of
six months With no signs Of a recur-
renee I 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. H. White.
312 E. Cabot St., Philadelphia, Pa, Feb
4 and Apr. '12, 1909"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
ACorner in Ancestors
Gilbert Family
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON
IcOpyrishs By Mcclure syndlcatel

Mass: and Capt. Nathaniel Gilbert,
born in Cornwall. who was living at
Middletown, Conn, In 1776. =
BY the middle Of the seventeenth
century, there we're 1--WE pioneers of
the name of Gilbert, living in. or near
Hartford: John and Jonathan at
Hartford; Josiah at Wethersfeld;
Obadiah at Fairfield; Thomas at
Windsor. They were from Devon, and
possibly brothers.
The bright particular star Of the
Gilbert family is Sir Humphrey, who.
according to Hackuyt, was "the first
of our nation that caused the people
to erect an habitation and government
in these countryes." Instead Of seek
ing to discover mines and to amass
wealth, as others who preceded him
had done, ''he sought only to prose
cute effectually the full possession Of
these, SO ample and pleasant coun-
tries for the crown, and people Of Eng
land"
Sir Humphrey was the son Of Ohio
Gilbert, and by his mothers side, he
was half-brother to Sir Walter Ra-
leigh. At court Sir Humphrey obtained
the special favor Of Queen Elizabeth,
who granted him a patent to colonize
North America. He married daugh-
ter Of John Aucher, and through his
wife became possessed of estates in
Kent.
In Virginia and North and South
Carolina, the Gilberts have lived prob
ably since the founding Of those
states, and among the marriage con-
nections are the Lewises, Taylors and
Hickmans, Of Virginia, all Of whom
have war records. The Balengers Of
South Carolina are kin, and the Gra-
hams of North Carolina-Gen. George
Graham, of revolutionary fame, and
William Graham, signer of the Neck
lenburg Declaration Of Independence.
We find the family an important one
In New York state, where a town Is
named for the founder Of the family
there-Abijah Gilbert, who was born
in England, and crossed the sea about
1887. He purchased land. and is
down in the records as gentleman"
Many places bear the name of the
family; there is Gilberts peak Of the
Rocky mountains. and Gilbert IS
lands in the Pacific ocean.
The illustrated coat-of-arms Is
blazoned: Argent, on chevronr
gules, three roses Of the field, Il. e.,
argent or silver.)
Crest: A squirrel cracking a nut
proper.
Motto: Mellem Meri guam mutare
Il prefer death to change.
This is the coat-armor ascribed to
Capt. Nathaniel Of Middletown.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

WI AsHNGToN.-Th have often heard
w a question as to whether West
Pointers wore corsets. 1t Is absurd IN
a way, because should any effeminate
youngster resort to such a thing 1t
would be impossible to keep the affair
a secret, and once known his school
life would become q burden to him on
account Of the endless amount Of criti-
cism he would receive from his fell
lows. He would be made the laugh
ing-stock Of the school and would soon
find himself the possessor Of any num-
Der Of efIeminate nicknames that
would crate upon his ears in any but
q pleasant manner.
1T is true" continued the old SOL
der, who was no other than Col. K.
3. Collins, a retired army ohicer, in q
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
In the Desert.

Here is a glimpse Of the horrors Of
. western desert taken from the Gold.
'ald (Nev.) News: Another desert
victim is reported. and Archie Camp
bell, manager Of the Last Chance
mining property, near Death valley,
came to Goldfeld yesterday to en-
deavor to establish the identity Of the
unfortunate.
"Mr. Campbell encountered the un'
, known man on the desert in 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, a pitiable object, and unable
ITO speak.
He was tenderly conveyed to camp
but kind aid came too late. for an
hour after he had absorbed the first
cup Of water he expired"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

NHICAGo.-"well, don't know what
~ under the shining forceps am go
ing TO do, anyway" and a dentist in
the Masonic temple sighed a perfect
mammoth Of q sigh.
The matter? Hair. Just plain hair.
No2not plain. either. Now. for IN
stance. A lady came up 20 my once
the other day and wanted her teeth
fixed, and finally / took hold Of the
TOP Of her head with one hand. while
/ worked with the other. Then
turned away to set an instrument
and my sleeve button caught IN her
hair and the whole back Of Il about
fifteen fat, shiny Curls, came along
via me. She simply frose me up.
and shs didn't come back to pay Der
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
@iGbert

or a sparkling stream may therefore
be the original meaning Of gilbert.
From gislebertus, or gillbertus, or
ghilbertus also come the names Gill,
Gilks, Gilkison, Gilpin, Galpin, Gibbs,
Gybbes, Gibbard, Gibardson, Gibbins
and Gilbertson. A certain John Davies
Giddy. by royal license, changed his
name to Gilbert.
We find the Gilberts in Devon,
Cornwall Derby, Sussex, Leicester,
Norfolk, Hereford, London and Scot,
land. In Lullington, there is an es-
tate, or q town called "Gilbert's
Place" The family is an old one in
Devon, where they bear the arms
shown in the illustration.
Among pioneers and founders of
towns, in the United States, are John
Gilbert, born at Bridgewater. Somer-
set, and in 1880, living at Dorchester.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

NEW oRLEANS.-More than 1,O0O,-
~ 900 acres Of marsh land lying with
in 80 miles of New Orleans are to be
drained, reclaimed and transformed
from a wilderness into gardens, homes,
Lamlets and towns. The work Of re-
claiming some $4,000 acres within the
corporate limits Of New Orleans is
now well under way. while contracts
have been let for the reclamation Of
fully 100000 acres additional in ad-
joining parishes.
This means that within two years
the alligator will no longer find abort
ginal harborage in the Carnival city,
that the breeding grounds Of countless
billions Of mosquitoes will be turned
into highly productive farms on which
mosquitoes cannot breed, that hun
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

ford, born 174O, married Ruth Greene
of Warwick. His first wife was De
sire, daughter of BENJAMIN Tucker Of
Newport. Jonathan and Benjamin
were sons of John, Just named, and
married the Spencer girls" perhaps
sisters-Rachel and Ruth.
Jonathan Langford, also Of the
Thomas Langford line, born 17OS, mar
ried Ann Clappe Freeman Of Warwick
They had two children. Thomas the
fourth of. the name, born 1871, mar
ried Sarah, widow Of Capt. Joseph
Weaver. Another Thomas, born 1899
married Elizabeth Cornell, and had
three children. One son Joseph, "waf
probably a soldier in Elliott's regi'
ment, 177s."
Besides Langfords of New England,
and Of New York, there is q record OF
a family Of the name living in Anti
qua, West Indies, 1853, Of English de-
scent.
The coat-of-arms illustrated is bla'
zoued: paly Of six, argent and gules:
over all a bend of the first q. e.. the
first color named above-argent. OF
silyer), charged with three eagles dis
played Of the second (gulea, red).
Crest: In q row Of partridge feath
era of divers colors, three chebales
or ana argent. No motto is given
Military strength and fortituds arS
EymbolIEsd by this coatarmor: alsC
Willing obedience and serenlty-thl
heraldic meaning Of fsathara
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
A Nav Xaralon.

Lawyers have a peculiar system OF
Abbreviation, such words as trustees
executors being cut down to trees
.exors, and admors. This practise led
to an amusing slip on the part Of
solicitor, who, somewhat late in life,
abandoned his profession and entered
Che church. A few Sundays after his
ordination he startled his congrega'
'IiOn while reading the lesson by detiv'
.ering one of the passages as follows:
''I see men as trustees walking"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

NEW YORK.-The whole United
" States government, with its vast
treasury of wealth, its brainy states
men and Insurgents. its army and
navy, its immense horde Of high
brows, against the poor little house
fly! That's the lineup in bitter war
Of determination scheduled to set the
nation by the ears and enlist the cour-
ageous support Of every man, woman
and child In this broad land. The
final knell of the house fly has been
sounded and the battle has just be-
gun. Catch 'em and kill EN-; show
no quarter"-that is the war cry Of the
army OF determination that Is to put
forth every EFFORT to rid the land Of
the Musca Domestica, the polite name
by which the house fly should be ad.
dressed by strangers.
Until the scientists got busy with
their Investigations the house fly was
considered merely as a pestiferous in
sect, designed by the Creator Of all
things merely to take Its bath in the
sweet cream and maple strip. annoy
the late morning sleeper. skate about
with abandon on the polished surface
of shiny baldheads and practise the
Morse telegraph code on the cleanest
of windows.
Long suffering housewives since
time began were the only really active
enemies of the seemingly Insignificant
little fly, and they alone and unaided
applied the imprecations and dish
cloths vigorously against the nuisance.
But after the scientists got onto the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

The Gilberts must be content with
the limited orthograph. Gilbert Is
perhaps the only variation at the pres.
ent day. Gilibart was an ancient
form, also Gilburd, Gylbert, Ghilberd
and Gildebert.
The name, according to some au-
thorities, is an Anglo-Saxon deriva-
tion, from gid or gold. and bert mean
ing bright-bright as gold. There 10
a mineral. bright as gold, called gil
BERTHE.
Another theory advanced has to do
with a Norman derivation. and &C.
cording to this. the family Of Gilbert
was introduced into Great Britain
along with the Norman conquest, as
gislebertus; gisle is another form of
gill, or Chill, a word meaning narrow
rivulet In a ravine-a bright rivulet.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
Ana They Wondered!

Judge Nicholas Longworth, who used
to sit on Ohio's supreme bench, looked
unnaturally grave, and a neighbOr, in
recognition of his facial depression,
named a pet owl Judge Longworth."
It was the very next day that an ex'
cited maid broke up his wife's garden
party. "Oh, madam" said she. MA
dam! Judge Longworth has laid an
egg"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

tors who treated me diagnosed my
case as paralysis and said they could
DO nothing more for me. As a last
resort, began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and was permanently cured. !
am stronger than before in years."
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
n. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

i suffered terribly
with backaches. head.
aches, nervous and
dizzy spells. The
kidney secretions
were unnatural and
gave me great trou-
Bile. One day I sud.
denly fell to the
floor, where / lay for
a long time uncon.
scious. Three doc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

A business mans leisure is simply
the time he doesn't know what to do
with,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
LesR Lavish.

II saw Uncle Toms Cabin played
recently"
$50"
IT think I'll read the book"
"You may be disappointed. The
book mentions only one little Eva and
one Lawyer Marks."-Louisville Cour-
'ier-J
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
.I think rn read The book"

Man will have what he desires, and
will and what is really best for him,
exactly as he honestly seeks it.
Broude.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
Force Of Habit.

Little Girl-Mummy! mo answer)
Mummy! Are those swallows!"
Mummy deep in her book)-Yes,
dear. Don't touch them.-Puhch.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
L0ngtOrd Family

married Barbara Rice Of Warwick, r.
l., and they had six children; one
daughter. Ellen, married Abraham
Greene; another daughter, Barbara,
married Stutely Wicks Of Warwick.
The Langfords are related to the line
of which Gen. Nathaniel Greene
was the distinguished member. The
Greenes, like the Langfords, were Of
noble ancestry-"of royal and noble
ancestry" is the way 1t is down in the
books. The Greenes trace to Egbert,
king of England, and Lady Redburga,
his queen.
There is another marriage connec
ton with the Greenes. John Lang
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

A woman may or may not try to
avoid muddy crossings; it all depends
upon her understanding.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

Henderson-When q man marries
he keeps his wife In dresses, hats,
shoes-in fact, everything she needs.
What does a wife keep her husband
in?
Henpeck (absently)-Hot water.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25

There are limitations. don't be fooled.
Ask for Lewis Single Binder cigar for 90.