The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-07
Davis City.

we might add a few more jim Jones
dinners to our list but we fear that
our editor will have to get up an ex-
ira page for what would only inter
est two or three of the many hun
dred readers Of our paper, SO in con-
sideratiOn of him we deSist.
Mrs. RUDE Martz and children, OF
St. Joe, visited the past week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. p.
Campbell
A few of our city dads celebrated
Thanksgiving by imbibing too much
tangle foot for their own benefit and
were rather noisy. Where, o, where,
does all the bug juice flow from and
where is our state law
Mrs. George Shoemaker visited
Lamont friends the past week.
Last week We correspondent re-
ceived a copy of the Dell Rapids, S.
d., Globe. TO say it is an eight
page, we'll edited paper is but justice
and the citizens Of Dell Rapids are to
Re congratulated on securing SO good
IN editor as Grant Mallory proved
himself to be while editor of our
Davis City paper. Now if the good
citizens of Dell Rapids will give the
paper the support it is deserving,
they will soon have a paper to be
proud of and second to none in the
state as a good clean publication.
Mrs. Alta Lucas, of Ashland, Kas..
and her daughter, Mrs. VERNE Davis
and son Rex, of New Hampton, Mo.
visited this week at the H. k.Vent-
ling home.
Word was received in our city the
past week that Will Mclaughlin, a
one time we'll known citizen Of Davis
CITY, but now living in a small town
in Colorado, had been caught in a
food which came down the mountain
and had several hundred dollars
worth Of restaurant goods destroyed
ny the water and Eud, but Fortunate
ly his family escaped in safety.
Mrs. S. E. Adams received word
last Saturday that her sisters son
had been killed in the Sasonto coal
mines in Illinois the day before, but
no particulars have been received.
The boys mother was a former Davis
City girl and will be remembered as
Miss Nora Colwell by many of our
readers.
Our corn buyers are still receiving
corn, more than they have crib and
shipping room for. and last Monday
were on the hunt of extra cribs to
rent. 1t seems Grand River bottom
cannot be beat for corn. Our city
buyers have been continuously out
bidding each other all along a few
cents on the bushel, so that corn has
sold from 81 to as high as 81 and so
cents bushel, and they are daily
filling and shipping out corn by the
car load from this station.
Miss Lulu Phillips, of GAINESVILLE,
Mo-, visited over Thanksgiving with
Henrietta Fowler.
Mrs. George Kimball returned on
Monday from visit with her daugh-
ter at Lamont.
Lon Fulton made a drive to his
farm in Eden township Sunday.
DR.. w. G. Jeffries and wife left
Tuesday to begin their trip to Eu-
rope. The doctor has always been
one OF our most promising young
men, and all predict that he will yet
reach the top of the ladder of sue
cess and be an honor to his chosen
profession.
Oren Craig and wife spent Sunday
with relatives in Stringtown.
l. N. Jeffries was on the sick list
the past week and unable to be at
his store last Saturday.
Mrs. LYDIA Rev, Of Lamont, spent
Thanksgiving with relatives in our
city.
Mrs. Lew Hawkins came in from
Council Bluffs Saturday for visit
of a few days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. P. F. Farley.
Miss Opal Beasley spent Sunday
with friends out at Pleasant Valley.
Mrs. John Gore enjoyed a visit
from her sister, Miss Vera Butcher,
Of Terre Haute.
Mrs. Gertie Radnich entertained
the ladies of her lodge and club at
supper last Saturday, it being in
honor, we understand, of some of
the members who are leaving.
B. D. Adams moved last Monday
to the farm he recently bought of
Emmett Gore, north of our city.
Well, we suppose that wedding
bells will be ringing in our city be-
fore another issue of The Reporter
comes out. At least that is Madam
Rumor's latest report.
Mrs. Mary Davis, of New Hamp-
ton, visited last week at the home of
her father, w. Riley, in this city.
The Eastern Star lodge met last
Thursday evening and elected the
following officers for the coming
year:
Worthy Matron-Mrs. Grant Crit
fifth.
Asst Matron-Mrs. H. L. McClar-
an.
Secy-Mrs. G. G.. Grimes.
Treas.-Mrs. G. P. Campbell.
Conductor-Mrs. Alice Marble.
Asst. Conductor-Mrs. P. E. Shir-
ley.
After the lodge meeting closed the
members went in body to the
Pioneers lodge room where they had
oeen invited to a lodge supper given
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