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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
Original Notice.

In the District Court of Decatur
County, Iowa. January term, A D.
1912.
G. w. Hauenstein, Plaintiff,
| against
NJ. S. Hauestein,
! Mrs. M. S. Hauenstein, Defendants.
To said defendants:
You are hereby notified that there
! is now on file in the office of the
| Clerk of the District Court of Deca
tur County, Iowa, the petition of the
plaintiff aforesaid, claiming that
plaintiff and defendant, M. S. Hauen-
stein, are the owners of lots one and
two in block four, Mason's addition
to the town of Grand River, Decatur
county, Iowa; that the said lots were
of the value Of about 100000. That
the said lots by mistake and over
sight were decided by Henry Hauen-
stein to NJ. S. Hauenstein, and that
a third interest in said lots is all
that should have been decided to the
said NJ S. Hauenstein, the other two
thirds, to be the property Of plaintiff
and Henry Hauenstein. That this
plaintiff has improved the said prop
erty. as per agreement, by erecting
thereon a dwelling house and other
improvements, the total value being
$685. That the defendant, M. S.
Hauenstein, has never invested any
thing of any kind or character in
said property. That prior to the
commencement of this suit Henry
Hauenstein decided his one-third in
terest in said property to this plain
tiff Plaintiff asks that the said
hn conform
with the real contract, and that in
case the said M. S. Hauensteni fails
to make deed to the tWo-thirds of said
property to plaintiff, then that a
commissioner be appointed by this
plaintiff be declared the owner of
two-thirds of said property and that
he have a lien on the one-third inter-
est claimed by the defendant, NJ. S.
Hauenstein for one-third of the pur-
chase price of the said lots and for
one-third of the improvements placed
on said property by plaintiff; that
there be an accounting and that
plaintiff have a lien upon the said
property for any amount the court
may find he has invested in said
property for the benefit of the de-
PENDANT, M. S. Hauenstein, and for
general and equitable relief.
For full particulars see petition.
You are also notified that unless
you appear thereto and defend be-
fore noon of the second day of the
term of said District Court of Deca-
tur County, to be held on the 18th
day of January, A. D. 1912, a de-
fault will be entered against you
and judgment rendered thereon.
C. w. HOFFMAN and
ED. H. SHARP,
lift Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

a gracious cline, which testify with
subtlety to the depth Of the appeal of
the birth of Christ. Here divinely
spiritual symbolism and there sweet
human tenderness and pathos appear,
and, blended, they evidence the world 8
belief that this was both Son Of Man
and Son Of God.
An Irish legend tells that, on Christ
mas eve, the Christ Child wanders out
In the darkness and cold, and the
peasants still put lighted candles in
their windows to guide the sacred lit
tie feet, that they may not stumble on
their way to their homes. And in
Hungary the people 60 yet further in
their tenderness for the Child, they
spread feasts and leave their doors
open that He may enter at His viii,
while throughout Christendom there is
belief that no evil can touch any
child who is born on Christmas eve.
The legend which tells how the very
hay which lined the manger in which
the Holy Babe was laid put forth liv-
ing red blossoms at midwinter at the
touch of the Babes body could only
have arisen from belief in the renewal
Of life through the Lord Of Life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

its ills, from the world, and to give
to common humanity their rightful
sovereignty. He worked with His
hands for His daily bread. He is yet
to dignity and glorify in the thought
of mankind all honest toll. He hon.
ored woman with His sympathetic and
appreciative regard. He is yet to re-
lieve her from every form Of serfdom
created by the past ages. He took
little children in His arms and blessed
them. He is yet to make blessed the
child life In every welcoming home.
He gave His peace to His distracted
disciples. He Is yet to make wars
cease unto the end Of the earth. He
united His brethren With Himself and
Hi0 Father n one unbroksn oneness.
He = ~. TO nals svsry man ! broth
lslloS aa and ~ o. Win
IN = .Heaxt1l .
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
Notice of Appointment of Admins.
traitor.

In the District Court of the State of
Iowa, in and for Decatur County. In
probate.
In the matter of the estate Of
Walter McCully, deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that tho
undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Administrator Of the es-
tate of Walter McCully, late of De-
catur County, Iowa, deceased. All per-
sons in any manner indebted to said
deceased or his estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or his estate will present them in
manner and form as by law required,
for allowance and payment.
Dated this 4th day of December.
A. D. 1911.
John McCully,
1927. Administrator of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
CHRISTMAS IS A PROPHECY
Il Forecasts the Perfect Social Con-
ditions Which Will Fulfill the
Promises Of Christ.

Christmas Is not only a fact COM
memorating the one sacred festival
in the worlds calendar, but the glor-
ious prophecy Of q coming day, sur
passing all the brightest social dreams
that have ever visited the most ad-
vanced human mind. He sprang, on
His human nature side, from kings
and peasants, from saints and sinners.
He = yet to lift every peasant to the
kinglieGt throne Of character and trans
1or1 tAe chief oe sinnsrs into the
hottest q Saints. He allied Himself
lltAepssertys aAA 4AeseomnOa poople.
~ II - q lna1aA $500 I'M n
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
- 4tfaH0Lp Thorn.
T is not so many centuries
ago since there was that holy

Nm wv
thorn at Glastonbury which
blossomed every Christmas, and, SO
ran the legend. had done ever since
St. Joseph Of Arimathea, having come
as apostle to Britain, and, landing at
Glastonbury, had stuck his staff Of dry
hawthorn into the soil, commanding it
to put forth leaves and blossoms. This
the staff straightway did, and thereby
was the king converted to the Chris
tian faith the faith which preached
life from death.
The holy thorn Of Glastonbury -four
ished during the centuries until the
civil wars. During those 1t was up
rooted: but several persons had had
trees growing from cuttings from the
original tree, and those continued to
bloom at the Christ-season, just as
their parent, which had grown from
St. Joseph's staff, had doomed. And
about the middle of the 18th century
it was recorded in the Gentleman's
Magazine how the famous holy thorn
would not deign to recognize the new
style calendar, which had then come
into force but would persist in bios
soming as of old on old Christmas
day!
In those days the anniversary Of the
advent of the Babe had certainly
meant more to the common people
than merely a time for feasting and
revelry, for giving and receiving; it
had been also a season for holy OBJ
servances, for they refused to go to
church on New Christmas day, the
holy thorn not being then in blossom.
So serious became the trouble that the
clergy found it prudent to announce
that Old Christmas day should also
be kept sacred as before. Only an
other story Of mems weak, supersti-
tious minds? True, perhaps; but they
are better who evidence some spiritual
weakness than those who wallow in
the wholly material, and when we
cease to be careful Of the cup and the
platter, we become not over careful Of
their contents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

and ideals become so much
a part of the mind that the prosaic
and commonplace can never crush
them. Until the youth reaches man.
hood and independence, Christmas is
the happiest day Of the year. Its gifts
and hearty good cheer impress family
affection, parental thoughtfulness and
brotherly love. The dullest and most
Inexpensive Of fathers and mothers
are uplifted to vision Of higher life
by the interchanges Of souvenirs and
the merry meeting with children and
grandchildren at the table and fire.
side. Few can escape and all enjoy
the meaning Of the festival, the les
sons it conveys and the inspiration
it gives, and we enter upon a brighter
future and fuller appreciation of the
benefcence of the practice Of faith,
hope and charity. The loved ones
who have crossed to the other side,
the loved near and far who are still
with us, the old homestead with its
precious memories, the old church
whose sacred associations tie togeth-
er childhood, maturity and age, love,
marriage and death; the schoolhouse
where the beginnings Of education
were 80 painful, and the ever-increas-
ing pleasures of the pursuit of learn
ing through the high school, academy
and college are recalled and recited,
and there Is exquisite delight in these
oft-told tales, and new experiences en-
Hvep this blessed anniversary.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
Notice of Probating Will.

To whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Decatur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be
the last will and testament of Wal
ter McCully, late of said county,
and that 10 o'clock a. M, of the 10th
day of January, 1912, has been fixed
for the probate of said will, at which
time you can appear at the Court
House in said county and show cause,
if any there be, why said Will should
not be admitted to Probate.
In witness whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
Of said court at Leon, Iowa, this
4th day of December 1911.
J. L. MENDENHALL,
16-3t Clerk of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
8eB7a{h1ds Ebe Legends.
HERE are several exceeding

H HERE are several exceeding
4SS ly touching legends concern
ing bells, which are heard
ringing from buried cities and villages
at this season. One belongs to vii
lage near Raleigh, in Nottingham
shire, and the story runs that once,
where there is now but valley, there
was village which, with every trace
of life and habitation, had been swal-
lowed by an earthquakes; but ever
since, at Christmas, the bells Of the
buried church are heard to ring as Of
old.
A similar legend is told Of Preston,
in Lancashire, and yet another and
more moving one comes from the
Netherlands. It is said that the city
Of Been was notorious for its black
and shameless sins, as we'll as re-
nowned for its beauty and magnifl-
cence. To the Sodom Of the middle
ages came our Savior on one ami
versary Of his birth. and went - Z
beggar from door to door. but not one
N al that Christmas keeping city
eoAso thAslEaster Of the abundance. Sin
s1QaAK rampant On oYorZ I'D. sh1kl ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

q trace Of Christmas bounty and good
will, and he called to the sea, which,
as Of old, obeyed his voice, and Been,
the city Of sin, was buried deep, clean
out of sight, beneath the waves. But
ever at Christmas up from beneath the
covering waters comes the sweet call
ing Of church bells buried in Been. 1t
Is a legend which appears to tell in
parable that nothing which ever be-
longed to the Christ, and was dedi-
Gated to his service, is ever wholly lost
from him and alienated from service;
that ever and again something Of their
inherent beauty and compelling sweet
ness rises from the depths through all
seeming ruin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

At first Christmas was what is
known as movable feast, just as Eas-
ter is now, and owing to misunder-
standings was celebrated as late as
April or May. In the, fourth century
an ecclesiastical investigation was or
dered, and upon the authority of tho
tables of the censors In the Roman
archives December Is was agreed up
on ~ the date Of tho savior's nativ-
ity. Tradition fixed tho hour Of birth
ct about midnight, and this led to the
celebration Of midnight mass IN all
H. cAurches, = second q sdawn anA 4
hid n 10 laAoe Aoeaanll
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
ABe8a7sS8 hHStmdS Rose.
MOTHER of those spir1tu


I'M parallels Is the legend Of
the Christmas rose, and it
tells how good things, fit for giving.
spring up ready to the hand which
earnestly desires to give to the Child.
It is said that certain maiden Of
Bethlehem was so poor that she had
nothing to give to the Babe to whom
kings brought wealth from afar, and,
as she stood, longing and mourning,
and angel appeared to her, saying:
look at thy feet, beneath the snow"
and 10! on obeying the maiden found
that a. new flower had miraculously
sprung up and blossomed at her needs.
Every since then, runs this story, this
exquisite flower, with it's snowy petals
just touched by suggestions of pinkish
bloom, is to be found at this season;
and, indeed, it's half-opened cups are
like chalices Of love, and its fully
spread petals are like happy inno-
cence, fit symbols for the gifts for the
Babe Of spotless innocence, whose
heart was the vessel Of love.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
Notice of Appointment of Adminis-
traitor.

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate Of
Patrick Flynn, deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Administrator of the es-
tate of Patrick Flynn, late of Deca-
tur County, Iowa, deceased. All per-
sons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present
them in manner and form al by law
required, for allowance and payment
Dated this 5th day of December.
A. D. 1911. r&
John Flynn,
1927. Administrator of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
first Christmas Observance.

Christmas gets its name
from the mass celebrated
in the early days of the
Christian church in honor
of the birth Of Christ, its
first solemnization having
been ordered by Pope
Telesphorus. This was in
or before the year 1873, for
in that year Pope Teles-
phorus died.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

k") HADIIlON declares tndC
y within the stone manger
there was another one
of wood, and that the stone cradle in
the Chapel Of the Nativity is, indeed,
the outer Manager. Splendid is that
humble stone trough now with white
marble, softly rich with costly dra-
peries, and radiant with a silver star,
which is surrounded by 16 lamps, ever
ALT. But yet more glorious is the
wooden manger at Rome, held to be
the veritable manger in which the
Christ-child lay. 1t was removed to
Rome in the seventh century, during
the Mohammedan invasion of the Holy
Land, and there it is preserved in a
strong brazen chest, from which it Is
brought forth on Christmas days,
when it Is placed on the Grand Altar.
It is mounted upon stand Of silver.
which is inlaid with gold and gems,
and the shrine in which it rests is of
purest rock crystal. In the days In
which this was accomplished men,
whatsoever may have been their
shortcomings in other directions, gave
magnificently to the Church Visible.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

Wild and improbable although such
and such legends appear on their
faces, they bear study and repay it,
for We then see that they are full Of
subtle spiritual expression, as it were;
that they are parallels of certain spir-
itual facts, and it will be Ill for US
should the Christmas day ever dawn
on which such flowers Of tender faith
and wonder shall appear to US no
more than dry curious specimens from
the dead roots of superstition.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
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F. M. BOGUE, Windfall, Ind.

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spasms, St. Vitus' dance, convul-
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frequently lead to insanity or cause
weak minds. DR.. Miles Nevine
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ing these dreaded maladies.
Sold by all druggists. II tho first bottle
fails to benefit your moneyis returned.
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
Wbat Christmas means.

Christmas means hope and
its realization. The child
grows eagerly expectant as
the time approaches for the
visit of Santa Claus. While
this fiction remains unques-
toned, the imagination
opens new and wider worlds,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

and legend adds that from then until
dawn cocks crow. In Ireland it is
held that whose looks into a mirror on
this eve will see the devil or Judas
Iscariot looking over his shoulder
surely thought sufficient to drive the
hardest soul to thought Of the inno-
cent Babe.
Another legend tells that, on Christ
mas eve, Judas Iscariot Is released
from that hell-"his own place''-and
Is allowed to return to earth that he
may cool himself in icy waters.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

Let US be profoundly grateful that have at
Grateful tablets
Hold 1t mercies 4 in purses
Be thankful for those dear
land
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LII around the season Of
the Coming Of Love as
q little Child there have
sprung legends and be-
liefs, like blossoms in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

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doctors and one specialist but all of
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liberty to use this letter as you see
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

Thank the Giver II we're able to sit
round Widespread table,
Where the plump white-bosomed
turkey sheds its SAVIOR through
the room,
And pudding comes on smoking, and
there's no end to the joking,
And no heart that harbors malice
and n mind 0,>roo Oh mill nrla
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

1927. Administrator of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
81 @hstmQS Bells.

RADITION says that the
hour Of the Babes birth
WAS the hour of midnight.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21

parallels Is the legend Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-21
&Ml, sHEhe5Mdnqer

"1 RADITION declares that
y within the stone manager
- there was another one
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23

ID court for the collection of the bill
for water rent sent to the Kenosha
Electric Railway company. The letter
was returned to the commissioners with
orders to interview tie city attorney
and arrange for the collection of the
bill. The sentiment of the council was
unanimous that the bill should be paid
the same as any other claim of the
company for water rents.
The city is to have a municipal house
cleaning with the removal of the city
offices to the new city hall and COM
mlttee of five consisting of Aldermen
Pirsch, Werner, Stemm, City Attorney
Stewart and City Clerk Harrington
was named to go over all the old doeu-
ments in the city vaults and provide
for the destruction of such as are of
no value.
The council transacted the usual
amount of routine business after which
an adjournment was taken until the
next regular meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23

board of directors of the association
hold a meeting. The boys work is to
be given new irlpetus and the Y. NJ.
G. A. is to be made the most attractive
place in the city for the smaller boys.
There viii be meetings for boys at
which interesting topics will be dis
cussed and an effort viii be made to
have the boys take up studies of natur
al history with long walks into the
country to follow up this work. Sec
rotary Adler is full of enthusiasm and
full of plans for the boys and it is
pretty certain that the directors will
give him free rein to carry out these
plans. The athletic work among the
smaller boys of the association is pref
ty well organized and this will be fos-
tered by the new secretary and the
boys will be given chance to get in
to all kinds of athletic sports in the
association gymnasium. D. R. Fogwell
the athletic director of the Assoeia-
ton is very popular with the boys and
he gives much of his time to their
work. WORKING in conjunction with
Secretary Adler Mr.. Fogwell hopes to
make this feature for the boys even
more attractive in the future.