The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-07-13
Davis City.


Last Tuesday morning George
Kreigh was driving into town with a
span of mules belonging to Arthur
Adkins. They became scared and
started to run, throwing him out on
his face and bruising him up so bad
that it was necessary to call a doctor
to care for him. The team was caught
before they were injured or the
wagon damaged any.
The NJ. E. campmeeting is in prog
ress here and we must admit it is the
smallest crowd and the fewest num-
Der of tenters and the least number
of visitors we ever saw at Davis
City campmeeting, and our exper-
fence dates back to 1878. One cause
is that it is too early for farmers to
leave their crops and the excessive
hot weather also keeps many from at
tending who would otherwise have
come. Had it been later in the season
when the weather man saw fit to give
us cooler weather the attendance
would have been better.
After an illness of several months
Mrs. Robert Mccartney died last
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She leaves her husband and several
small children to mourn the loss of
q good wife and mother. Her obituary
will appear elsewhere in this paper.
The sympathy of all are with the be-
reaved family.
The many friends in this city of
Miss Fay Evans were glad to hear of
her success in winning a piano in the
late voting contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chew, of Pleasanton,
were over last Sunday to visit the
campmeeting.
81 Editor Mallory, G. G. Grimes and
w. L. Severe attended the Pleasanton
picnic on the Fourth and also were
looking after business pertaining to
our coming 18th annual reunion,
which commences August Sth. As
all the world says Davis City looks
forward from one reunion to the next
one. So come everybody and see
Davis City alive at least once year.
Landlord Cooper and wife, with an
campmeeting Sunday evening.
Doctor Stella Norman, of Moline,
Ill, made short visit to spend the
Fourth with her parents in Davis
City. She came in company with Mr.
and Mrs. James Dale, and made the
trip in an auto in a day and half,
stopping for dinner and at night. Co.
ing home they went over the Waubon-
sic Trail and saved about 40 miles of
travel, making the return trip in one
day.
Mrs. Carding, of Van Vert, is at
tending the campmeeting.
Mrs. France Hamilton and children
were over night guests of Mrs. Arthur
Adkins, south of town Monday night.
F. M. Freeman and wife were call
ed to Grant City, Mo-, last Friday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Freeman's
.stepfather, J. 3. McManus.
After a three weeks visit with
Davis City relatives, Mrs. Annie Had
ley left last Saturday for Aurora,
Ill, where they will make their fu-
tire home, removing there from Chi
cage where. they formerly resided.
Last Saturday We correspondent
stood in the door of friends house
near the railroad track and noticed
two freight trains which were carry
ing stock. In one we counted 49,
cars and in the other 27 cars, of live
stock, making a total of As cars of
stock which passed through our city
that day, all going north. How is
that for business on one little branch
railroad?
Mrs. Sarah Beasley spent Sunday
with relatives at Pleasant Valley.
John Hill had a chicken on exhibi-
ton in our city last Thursday which
had four distinct legs and feet. It
was about the size of quail and ap-
peared to be as lively as spring chick
ems usually are. It eats we'll and Mr..
Hill says it is growing. 1t is of the
sLeghorn and R. I. Red mixed variety.
Mr.. Hill contemplates having it on
exhibition at the Davis City reunion,
SO everyone can see it who wishes to,
and it is certainly curiosity and not
fake. r., .: g..
Nat Cornett and wife stopped over
in our city last Wednesday to visit
relatives while enroute to their home
at Decatur from a visit at the home
Of their son John at Bethany, Mo.