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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
A Chautauqua Appeal.

The Chautauqua board herewith
desires to explain to the public the
terms on which we secured a Chau-
tauqua session this year. First 200
of our citizens subscribed and paid
$1.OO each and thereby became a
member of the Leon ChantaEqna
Association. This $500 is to be used
only to make good any deficit which
NAV be met. These eco citizens
elected an executive board OF nine,
who entered into a contract With the
RedDath-Vawter ChautauQEa system
to hold their ChautauGna at Leon,
and agreed to sell 900 tickets at
$3.50 each. If we sell 1000 tickets
or more we get 10 per cent OF the
sales to be placed in OUT treasury for
future use. If we fail to sell 900
tickets then the deficit must be met
by the 5000 we now have. Single
admission tickets count nothing to
the credit of our association on their
guarantee.
Every means of securing a pro-
gram for the Chautauqua was care
fully considered by the board and
the above contract was the only one
we could hope to reach with the
means at our command. Now, dear
friends, you hold i'm your hands ab-
solutely the success or failure of our
Chautauqua. 1t will only cost each
individual $3.50 for 2 splendid en-
tertainments or cents each, besides
helping to maintain the work. II
900 people respond the venture is
success, otherwise it is failure.
Not one cent is paid to any member
or officer of the association. Their
time and labor is given free. Then
kind friends ask yourself this Ques-
ton: "Should ! not 'help'to make the
Leon Chautauqun a success to the
extent of buying 21 splendid enter
tainments at 7 cents each?'
We have in this article tried to be
frank and candid, and put the facts
square before the people. Now, will
you help? We believe you will. Sc
cure your tickets before Friday noon
of any Leon merchant. Everybody
come. You will not be disappointed.
Eva Khea,
Helen VanWerden,
J. NJ. Harmon,
..,1a. w. Fl. Hazlet,
49, ED smiths, -, >
Jas. w. Hurst,
Harye Morgan,
John Dale,
Morris Gardner,
Executive Board.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Autos Boost Chautauqua.

Tuesday morning eleven autos
decked with flags and banners and
filled with Chautauqua boosters
started on an advertising trip over
the county, distributing Chautaqua
programs and talking up an interest
in the Leon Chautauqua which opens
Friday of this week. They went to
High Point, Garden Grove, Leroy,
Weldon, Van Vert, DeKalb, Grand
River, Decatur City, and one car, Mr..
J. R. Bowsher's, made the trip from
Decatur City to Kellerton, Lamont,
and Davis City, the others returning
home from Decatur City on account
of several having tire trouble. The
following is a list of the cars which
participated in the run:
Jas. F. Harvey, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs.
Jas. F. Hurst, c. W.. Robinson.
J R. Bowsher, Frank S. Stewart,
P. F. Kopp, James Ausman.
Forest Strong, Mrs. C. NJ. Keller,
Misses Jess and Fern Pryor, Pete
Brady.
Geo. B. Cooper, Robert Bowsher,
u. A. Caster, M. Mayer.
Fred Wooley and family.
R. G.. Fulton, Mrs. Fulton, Mrs.
Truftt, Ernest Sears.
S. o. Sprinkle, l. T. Evans, w. R.
Stafford, J. L. Mendenhall.
Novia S Beavers and wife.
Harrison Wilson and Homer john
son.
Richard Jones, Misses Nora and
Hazel Golfer, Harry Bradtield.
J. w. Laney, Mrs. Laney, S. W.
Robins, Mrs. Robbins, Bryon Rob-
bins
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Davis City Reunion Next Week.

The 18th annual old soldiers and
settlers reunion will be held at Davis
City August 8 to II. They have ar
ranged a good program with able
speakers, among them Senator Lafe
Young, Congressman H. NJ. Towner,
Hon. V. R. McGinnis, Hon. l. A.
Smith, Rev. Heman C. Smith, Rev
J. H. Burrows, Hon. E. D. Chassel,
Hon. B. w. Garrett and others.
Music will be furnished by the Leon
K. P. band and the Garden Grove
band, there will be ball games each
day and many other amusements.
The Davis City reunion always at
tracts large crowd and they are
making big preparations this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Leon Auto Day Will be Thursday,
October 5th.

At a meeting of the Leon auto
owners and others held Monday even
ing it was decided to hold the annual
auto day on Thursday, Oct. 5th, and a
general committee consisting of j. R.
Bowsher, Jas. F. Harvey and F. S.
Stewart was appointed to take charge
of the arrangements. This year
there will be many entertaining fea-
lures provided for and it is expected
that some of the fastest racing cars
in the United States will be at Leon
to compete in the auto races. There
will be big delegations of autoists
from all the towns and cities along
the Waubonsie and Interstate trails,
and Icons auto day will be worth
coming to this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Circus Comes Friday.

Robinson's big railroad circus will
exhibit in Leon on Friday of this
week. The circus will be located on,
the Warner ball park in north Leon,
and as it has been pretty extensively
be big crowd here on circus day.
1t is said to be one of the best shows
on the road and is probably the only
big show Leon will get this season.
The show is coming from Illinois,
making but two stops in Iowa before
reaching Leon, at Fairfield and Char.
iton, and goes from here to Albany,
Mo.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Made a Fast Run to Lake OkObOji.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Teale and chill
dren Bob and Miss Freda, made a
record trip to Lake Okoboji last
week in their auto. They left Leon
Tuesday morning and arrived at
Lake Okoboji the same evening at
$40, and in addition to stopping for
meals they lost two hours at Jeffer-
son by having steering gear fixed.
AS the distance from Leon to Lake
Okoboji is about three hundred miles
they made remarkable good time.
They visited a couple of days with
his father, Thos. Teale and wife at
their cottage and returned to Leon
Friday evening, making the return
trip in one day also. That is some
going. 8 s35s.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Some Good Cattle.

Axes & Housh last week shipped
over two hundred head of fine cattle
to John Morrell & Co., of Ottumwa.
Among the lotSwhich they purchased
were 46 head of extra fine white faces
from Jas. G. Springer, bunch of 80
head from Cal Board, and Others in
smaller punches. Among the lot
were three two year olds purchased
from Griffin Bros, the we'll known
feeders of southwest of Leon which
weighed 1910, 100 and 1920 after
being driven II miles to Leon. The
oldest of these steers was just 26
months old, and no finer steers were
ever shipped out of Decatur county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
THE Leon CHAUTAU0UA, AUG 4TH TO AUG. 10TH, 1911 |
Why People Never Tire of the Circus.

Do you remember your first cir
Us? Of course you do. DO you re-
all the ecstatic thrill you exper-
ienred when father said you could
20? DO you recall the glorious street
pageant; the glare of the brass bands,
the lovely mounted ladies and sir
lights; the parade of carefully
grcomed horses; the wall of the ca
iope; the display of open dens of
wild beasts; the tableau wagons,
cages, floats, and last but not least,
the coming of the grotesquely laugh
able clowns? But of course you do,
and the memory Of it still sends
thrill through you. What a delight
full odor of sawdust is around the cir
Gus lot; what wonders are promised
in the side show tent. And then you
come to the menagerie with it's dens
and cages set around in circle; ele-
plants peacefully tossing hay over
their backs and accepting all the
peanuts one will give. And then the
mystic wonders to come in the big
tent" 1t is all delightful and a day
we'll spent, and one goes home tired,
but happy, after a strenuous day in
the delightful world of the white
tents. And this is why one never
tires of the circus. OF course it's
the same old thing. 1t was the same
old thing when you were boy, but
it's not "the same old thing to your
boy. One sees in the circus things
one cannot see in the theatre or the
county fair. The circus is at once
entertainment and lesson in natural
history. To the lover of good horses
the display is intensely interesting,
and for the small cost of admission
one gets a veritable feast of enter
tainment and instruction. And all
this tells why one never gets tired Of
the circus. 1t renews dear, dim
memories, and we experience again
the thrills we were won't to delight
| in
When asked what it was that made
the Dan Robinson's Famous Shows
SO immeasurably popular than all
other shows, Mr.. Dan Robinson re-
piled: The best of everything.
There is nothing too great or expen-
sive.' t,-.sss
Dan Robinson's Show is out with
evrything about it's equipment
brand new from the tent stakes up.
|
the performance is new as well, no,
time-worn features being used tlris;
season, the performance being an in
novation from the grand entry to the
races at the close.
| Two performances will be given
daily rain or shine under a new
spread of canvas, the most finely ven-
tilated and most thoroughly water
prOofed tent in the world. The af-
ternoon performance will start at 2
o'clock, and the evening show at g.
Doors open one hour before each per-
formance to allow people to visit
the menagerie and enjoy the band
concert of popular, classic and pat
! riotic music by the concert band of
solo musical artists.
The grand free street parade will
| leave the show ground at 10 a. M,
and travel over the main streets of
the city, returning to the show
grounds, where Immediately follow
ing will be given in the open air and
absolutely free to all, an exhibition
far better than the performance of
many similar travelling amusement
organizations. The big shows come
to Leon Friday, August 4.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Coulter Combines Shows.

w. H. Coulter whose circus ex-
hibited in Leon this spring, has con-
solidated his show with Indian Pete s
Wild West show, and they are now
showing in Wisconsin. Mr.. Coulter
sold Pete Culbertson a half interest
in the Coulter show and purchased
a half interest in the wild west show
The Coulter show was carrying Ia
cars and the Indian Pete show IL
cars, so that the combination now
makes partnership show of rs cars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Prompt Settlement.

Leon, Iowa. July 26, 1911.
Last Thursday night our barn and
contents were destroyed by fire, and
we were insured in the Farmers 1ns.
Co., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We no
titled their agents, Pease & Pease, of
Leon, and today their adjuster came
and settled the loss to our entire
satisfaction. To those wishing re-
liable insurance and prompt settle
ment of losses, We heartily recon-
mend the Farmers Ins. Co., of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and their local agents,
Pease & Pease, of Leon, Iowa.
Ben and ROlla Chastain.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
To Our Correspondents.

We regret that we are unable to
furnish free Chautauqua tickets to
our correspondents this year. Here
tofore the Chautauqua management
has given complimentary tickets to
our correspondents, but this year
they discontinued the practice on ac-
count of the local association having
the financial end in charge. 1t would
cost The Reporter nearly. SIS to buy
season tickets for each correspond
ent, and the expense is too great for
us to do so.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Presbyterians Have New Pastor.

Rev. E. N. Bradshaw, of Texar-
kama, Tex, has accepted the call ex-
tended to him by the Presbyterian
church of Leon, and occupied the
pulpit last Sunday morning, preach
ing a splendid sermon. His family
consisting of his wife and son will
come to Leon as soon as he can Sc
cure a suitable residence. Rev.
Bradshaw is pleasant appearing
gentleman and enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the tallest minister ever
stationed in Leon, being six feet two
inches in heighth.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Death of Perry Chaplin.

Perry Chaplin, we'll known farm.
er living two miles south of Garden
Grove, died Monday evening OF
typhoid fever, after a short illness.
Mr.. Chaplin had been running his
threshing machine when he was
taken sick, and although everything
was done the fever could not be
broken. His funeral was held Tues
day afternoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03

. The city council has authorized
chief Harry Wright to purchase 1000
feet of new hose for the Leon fire
department. The old hose has be-
come rotten and leaks badly and in
case of big fire the department
would be up against it. The new
hose when received will put them in
good shape to fight any fire.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03

Lost-Two small white Spitz dogs,
one with and one without collar. A
reward will be paid for their return
to Frank Marshall's livery barn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03
Marriage Licenses.

Forest G. Davenport, Leon. 2
Mrs. Lille M. Trip, .Eagleyille 2
John Roberts, Williamsburg 8. 3
Mary "A, Lewis, Williamsburg 8
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Cooper and
Ray Webb drove to Centerville Sat
urday morning in the Cooper auto
J to see Ringing Bros. circus.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-03

See us for prices on grain and
seed Biddison Coal and Grain Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-01


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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Troubled: If your hair is entirely white why attempt to color it. The very best thing for you to do is to use the utmost care to keep 1t snowy white, thick and glossy. The use of the proper tonic will help you in ac- complaining this result, and you would also find benefit from the shampoo prepared expressly for white hair. I cannot suggest any better method of caring for the complexion than you are already using I do not believe in changing good cream and meth cd of treatment for something adver- tised or advised, because you may not find the new way as good for your special needs as the old, no matter how beneficial it may be for some one else.
 Mrs. s. L. C.: I cannot recommend any bleaching preparation that will "take the skin off, your face and leave it white and free from freckies, and I am quite sure I would not recommend any such bleach if I knew of one. Taking the skin of" really means re- moving the outer cuticle, and this can be done safely with a mild bleach which will fluff it off gradually with out causing any irritation or any daa- ger of i'll consequences. I can tell you where to get such a. b3epchscrean and, you would be much w1sex4xo use 1t and desist on your seaaeh for one that IS severe and Hkelyeeoacause se- rious trouble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
E. H. DILLON & co.

to do 1t.
 After the State machinery is per fected we need to look after the mu- nclpal ordinances. In almost every city in this country there is no man datory limit on the bad condition in which buildings may be kept. A good building ordinance should cover, first, how to put up and protect a new building and it should require that old buildings be gradually inn proved. The assessor should enclose two blanks which the property owner should pass on to the fire marshal semi-annua1ly, alleging the condition of his buildings. If he has broken any law let him bear the penalty. Chief Croker of New York has said that of 12,000 fires in 1909, 5000 came from faulty compliance with the tene- ment laws and from filthy cellars and railways filled with combustible ma terial. After making the citizen go on record we need inspection of prop erty. There is no reason why the ac tive fire force should not use a portion of its time in familiarizing itself with the very places it may be called upon to protect and at the same time stop ping disorder and carelessness before fires start. We should take the posi- tion of the Chinaman who pays the doctor as long as he is well. We ought to stop 'this thing instead of taking care of the victim afterwards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08

If you hold exercise and fresh air at their true value, where will you find a better opportunity to secure them both than in gardening? The spring time is the season when we begin to think of the outdoor work, and in no other oc- cupation can we get as many different muscular movements without the least consciousness that we are doing any thing SO cut and dried as regulation ex- ercise.
 Where can we find a better combina- ton of pleasure, fresh air and activity than in raking and hoeing and planting? Then comes the period of coaxing the plants to put forth the young shoots, and poking gently into the ground to see if the seeds are really sprouted. The many positions you take during the coaxing process will give each muscle of your body good exercise. Raking and hoeing bring into play the muscles of the wrist, arm and shoulder and some of the muscles of the back also Bending over will make the stiff muscles timber. Every time you stoop to pull out weed you exercise the muscles ot the hips and legs. When you can lower the body easily in the squatting posture so often taken by the gardener, and can rise just as easily, letting the muscles do the work without helping with your hands, you will have accom- plished quite feat and can congratulate yourself. And, by the way, this is one Of the very best exercises to strengthen the abdominal muscles
 Another excellent movement, and one that is especially desirable for the woman who wants a slender waist, Is the stretching gained by reaching up- ward to tie the vines to the trellis, or tn twine the ivy around the lower branches of the old tree trunk you are trying to cover with the glory of leaf and bloom.
 When making some of the stooping movements, let them be from the hips, without allowing the knees to bend, and remember that this is called the growing exercise, because it is supposed to help greatly in adding an inch or two ito your height
 If you want real muscle developed on your shoulders and chest, and want your neck rounded out a bit and the muscles of your back strengthened, you must be willing to experiment little with the lawn mower, because such exercise has its place in the list of valuable ones You need not now the entire lawn at once, or you will get more exercise than you desire, if you are unaccustomed to 1t. Do little piece at a time, until you have completed your work, and you will not have to go through the painful
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08

states and in the creation of the pres
 ent nationwide unsettled business
 condition. Commencing with Thom-
 as w. Lawson's spectacular attacks
 on "Frenzied Finance through which
 that astute financfer is said to have
 lured the lambs into his own shear
 ing shed and picked up a few stray
 millions from investors who liked his
 '4exposIffe' of 'sthe system" every
 large industry in the country in turn has been muckraked by one or the other of the defendants in the govern ment suit.
 From business standpoint the undertaking has proved immensely profitable to all of them, as shown by the large circulation developed with in few years by most of them. It is no secret that the magazine men
 had not looked for the federal attack on their clearing house association and that they do not relish the pros- pect of the Department Of Justice undertaking them with the thorough ness that they have muckraked oth. CTS in the past. Frank w. Double day of Doubleday, Page & O., pub fishers of Worlds Work and other publications involved in the suit. feels the action of the government authori- ties more kenly than the others. The Clearing House Association by which the magazines fixed the price of their publications and fined subscription agents who sought to cut these prices was largely a creation of his. What hurts him most about the blowing up of the association is the fact that thds is the second time that his plans for preventing competition in the output of the various local publishing plants has gone astray.
 In the previous case he got into con- fict with the big department stores nf nitI .yxybn od fo citation refusing to sell their books to the public below the retail prices fix ed by the publishers. One of the de- partment stores took the association to court for b1acklisting it on thds ac- count and got ruling from the bench that summarily cut short the career of the association and allowed the re- taller to sell the books he paid for at any price he cared / to. Subse- quently a new organization was or ganized to control and regulate the activities of subscription agents who sold subscriptions to the public at less than the price fixed by the Clearing House.
 The contention of the government that the publishers were acting in re- straint of trade and against public pol icy when they endeavored to prevent these agents from sharing their prof it's with the public by giving it the benefit of cheaper subscriptions than they could get elsewhere, has been the I worst jar yet administered to the | House.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08

A very effective method of catch ing flies is to take a square of stiff paper or cardboard and cut a small hole in the centre Cover it thickly on the underside with treacle taking care to put plenty of treacle round the opening. Then place the card board, treacle side down, over a bowl of soapsuds, when the flies, attracted by the treacle, will fall into the suds. This f1y-trap is especially good, as no poisonous compound is used
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08

process of linbering up stiff and lame muscles caused from overdoing a really good thing.
 Spading is also good exercise, but is too heavy for the average woman, and it is well to do only those things which will be really helpful.
 During the gardening process, you are not only having the most helpful exer- else, but are also breathing better, your system is eliminating the waste matter more thorouehlv. your appetite and di- gestion are improved, and without any doubt your nerves are stronger and you are happier. Digging in the earth is a sure cure for the blues also. Somehow the. earth magnetism just absorbs all such unhealthy vibrations and fills your whole being with harmony and health and there is no room left except for ioy Tn your growing garden, and in the whole world outside of it.
 Copyright by Jessie Louise Notion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
NOTICE TO CONT FACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received until D. m. July goth, 1911. at the office of E. G. Southey. Architect, ss5 Broad Street,fo proposed Gate Houss at Yellow Mill Park for the BOar1 of Bridgeport, Conn. Plans and spec ifications may be obtained at the of- flee of the architect.
 The Board reserves .tf1a rf9fts to. reject .Sany Nof MfsproDdsalG
 E. c. sOUTHEY, Agent. DO aA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
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'This stock" said the psenstR, ~1s fully paid up and nouasoassah1A~
 "WeIl. if it's fully paiA up." ssDissd the man who was insxpsriesesd in such matters. 'T can't sse why you want me to put msney into it. Wsu1d not that be unfair to the people vho paid it upf'-Chicego Rseoed-HsraJA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
Even Tempered.

'Ts your husband even tempersdT "Yes." answered Mrs- Wurryd, "be's even tempered enough. He's 5wf about as irritab able one day as another."~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
CoMtna.

"Havs you any unan4utty ih your family. Mrs. Jobbsy
 Mot yet, ma'am. but we'n ksteh it- We get everything that's a-eodn"- Philadelphia suHef1n. z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
Sensitive.

Garrulous Rarber-As the sayin' goes. There's always room at the top" Sensitive Customer-Hov dars you refer to my baldness!-Bostop Transcript s 5..-s..- @o 4z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
He Was Well om.

Fl. Clay Calhoun. test1fyfnS in a1 a. sault case. spoke of one WasAznssen White as well o&."
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 'No. sab Oh ne }" saiA caAs4 "Ts he worth $5yoo0r
 ~No, sab Nah, gralsSsA ssS 1 sIs he worth Sf.1oor = : "No. sah: hs aint VIII S&1en1ks
 sThen how is he ws1 e4p
 'aBekese RxAG hik wxA a1fA k uA 1 washlady asA kssps e bsQ fs1zly in bangup stylo."-36uAanee.