The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-30

| day noon for COmanche, Oklahoma,
where she will spend the winter
with her son, S. w. Mendenhall, of
that place.
Mrs. w. H. Bobbitt, of this city,
and her mother. Mrs. Nancy Sting
ley, of Silver Creek, Nebraska, who
is here visiting her, returned Satur-
day evening from a few days visit
at the home of F. R. Porter, at Van
Vert.
Miss Hazel Moore, who is stu
dent. at the State Normal College at
Cedar Falls, returned home Saturday
evening, the college having been
temporarily closed on account of an
epidemic of typhoid fever among the
students.
DR.. w. G. Jeffries, of Chicago,
who is visiting with relatives at Da-
Wis City, was visitor in this city
yesterday. DR.. and Mrs. Jeffries will
sail next week for Vienna, where he
will continue his medical studies for
two years.
DR.. Mary Gates and sister, Miss
Grace, returned last Thursday morn
ing from Cheyenne, Wyoming, where
they have been for nearly year on
their claims, and will spend the win
, ter at the home of their father, S. A.
Gates, in this city.
Mrs. John Atteberry and children.
who had been visiting with her par
ents at Davis City, came to Leon
Friday to join Mr.. Atteberry, who
has purchased a barber shop in this
city, and they will again take up
their residence in Leon.
Mayor Earl Peters, of Clarinda,
. was visitor in this city last Thurs
day. Mr.. Peters had been attend
ing court at Mt Ayr, and stopped
off here on his way to Pleasanton
to visit day with his mother and
other relatives at Pleasanton.
Misses Ollie Fulton and Helen
! Beavers went to Davis City Saturday
, friends. Miss Clara Burrell, who
= in this city, returned to her home at
Davis City the same evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Parsons, of
Pleasanton, were in Leon Friday,
being on their way to St. Joe to visit
Charles Gravatt, and from there will
sons mother, Mrs. F. j. Parsons.
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known resident of this county, who
big farm near Moravia, came over
, matters and visit a few days with
Mrs. Earl Trisler, who had been
, Mrs. Ethel Pickering, in this city,
went to Garden Grove Monday to
pack her household goods for ship
ment to Creston, where Mr.. Trisler
has a position as foreman in the
! packing room of the Iowa Produce
Co.
Mr.. S. M. Campbell returned Mon
day to his home at Osborne, Mo-, af-
ter visiting a few days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clawson Camp
bell and other relatives in this city.
Mr.. Campbell was a former resident
of this county, and reports that he
is doing nicely on his farm near Os-
borne. .S..,
B. J. Tharp and children, of Pleas
anton, passed through this city
Tuesday afternoon going to Frank
fort, South Dakota, where they will
make their future home. Mrs. Tharp
died a short time ago and Mr.. Tharp
is moving to South Dakota in order
to have his children near his wife's
relatives.
Mrs. A. L. Curry and Mrs. c. M.
Ketcham went to Des Moines Thurs
day to visit few days with their
sister, Mrs. G.. S. Robinson, and
from there Mrs. Ketcham will go to
Cedar Rapids to visit her son Will,
and then to Mason City to visit her
sister, Miss Cora Lunbeck, expecting
to be gone a couple of weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. L. Mendenhall
and children returned Friday even
ing from few days visit at the home
of Mrs. Mendenhall's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Young, near Grand
River. They went to attend the we'd
ding of Mrs. Mendenhall's sister,
Miss Martha Young to Mr.. Horace A.
Johnston, which was solemnized on
Wednesday evening"
Mrs. Claude Lorey and daughter
Margery, who have been visiting for
several weeks in this city, went to
Mt. Ayr Thursday evening to visit
a few days with friends. Mr.. Lorey
joined them at Mt. Ayr and accom-
panied them to Denver, Colorado,
the first Of the week, and they will
visit at several places in Colorado be-
fore returning to their home at
Bernalillo, New Mexico, where Mr..
Lorey is the agent of the Santa Fe
r. r.
Uncle John Phipps returned to his
home at Farragut, Iowa, last Thurs
day, after visiting few days in this
city at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. F. A. Gardner. Uncle John will
celebrate his Tooth birthday on the
; 14th day of next February, and he
is a remarkably we'll preserved old
man, travelling around at will with
out assistance, and walks quite live
ly, not finding it necessary to even
carry cane and he does not use
glasses. We are confident there is
not another man of his age and vi;
tally in the United States.
Lawrence Caster who recently
moved to Gentry, Arkansas, return
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