The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14

Chef Teale drove in Sunday night
in his auto from Lake Okoboji, with
his mother and sisters, who had been
spending several weeks at the lakes.
Mrs. VIM. Biggs and daughters,
Miss Nora and Mrs. G. w. Custer,
went to Davis City Saturday evening
and visited over Sunday with friends.
home at St. Joe Saturday after visit
ing for several weeks in this city at
the home of her father, Uriah Mitten.
Mrs. G.. w. Custer, of Bethany,
Mo-, came last Friday to visit a few
days in this city at the home of her
parents, Rev and Mrs. VIM. Biggs.
Mrs. nellie Flick returned Saturday
from a few days visit with relatives
at GAINESVILLE and has resumed her
old position as cook at Hotel Leon.
Miss Edith Incl, of Charlton, was
the guest of Miss Rose Newman in
this city last Saturday, being on her
way home from "a visit at GAINESVILLE.
Rev. E. N. Bradshaw, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, returned
last Thursday from a two weeks visit
with his family at Texarkana, Ark.
Mrs. B. w. Lanning and son Ralph,
returned Sunday from New Hampton,
Missouri, where they had been visit
ing for several days with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Switzer, who now
own the New Hampton Hotel, having
recently traded their Lamont proper
ty for it.
Willie Bradley, son of P. F. Brad
to, 1oo In ;c;*
few days with his father and many
friends in this city. He has been
playing base ball with the Mason City
club during his summer vacation and
will attend college at St., Louis the
coming year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Merwin, of
Magdalene, S. D., arrived Saturday
evening for short visit with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Merwin in this
city. Allie has proved up on his 100
acres of land up there, but says
nearly all their crops were burned
up this season.
Mr.. c. A. Massey, of near Wood
land, was a business visitor in this
city one day last week, and he tells
us that he has pretty good corn this
year and he is one of those fellows
who look on the bright side of things,
and is not always complaining about
failure of a part of the crops.
Mrs. George Smith and son Alfred
Smith, of Van Vert, Mrs. Caroline
Hill and daughter, Miss Carrie, of
Burlington, and Mrs. Sarah Sharp,
of Danville, were visiting last week
at the home of Mrs. Smiths daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. A. Imhoff, southeast of
Leon. Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Hill are
aunts of Mrs. Imhoff.
]. H. Evans went to Mt. Pleasant
Tuesday to attend the reunion of his
regiment, the 4th Iowa Cavalry. Mr..
Evans served in Co. B. of this regi-
ment during the war of the rebellion.
and there are but few survivors of
the old regiment left, and this will
probably be the last regimental re-
union that will ever be held.
County auditor r. E. Mclaughlin,
panied by his wife and daugh-
ter, Verda, departed Monday after
noon for two weeks visit with rela-
tives at Fl. Collins, Colorado. Mr..
Mclaughlin had the work in the au-
ditor's office we'll in hand and this
was the only chance he had for a lit
tie vacation before the fall push COM
mences in his office.
Miss Lucille Warner, of Ellens-
burg, Wash, who spent the summer
at the home of her grandmother,
Mrs. ]. R. Bashaw, in this city, de-
parted Monday for Boston, Mass.
where she will enter the Emerson
School OF Oratory. She. stopped
few days at Des Moines with friends
and also visited couple of days with
her brother Robert Warner, at Day.
export, on her way east.
Uncle Jack Day and wife, of De-
catur City, passed through this city
Saturday enroute to Los Angeles,
California, where they will make an
extended visit. They were accom-
panied by Mr.. Days son, DR.. Vern
Day, one of the leading physicians of
Los Angeles, who recently came to
Decatur to visit his father, and find
ing him very sick, insisted on taking
him home with him and promises to
have him up and around in a few
days after he gets there. ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Newlin went
to Des Moines Tuesday and visited
a few days at the home of their
daughter, Mrs Leoti Hitchcock, and
will then leave for visit OF several
weeks at the home of their daughter.
Mrs. Frank Butler, at Tacoma, Wash,
Mrs. Butler was very anxious to see
her parents, and as Mr.. Butler could
not leave his business to come back
with her, she send the money to her
parents to buy tickets and asked