The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-24
Davis City.

Word has been received that VIM.
COchenour, for several years resi-
dent of Decatur county, died recent
ly at the home of his son, Melvin, in
St. Joe. Mo.
last spring to enlarge the city park
has been taken in the enclosure and
added much to the room for tents
at our recent reunion.
o. E. Grimes and wife visited the
past week with his parents and other
Davis City relatives.
Il John Radnich, of Oklahoma, came
in to attend the funeral of his sister,
Miss Annie, last Friday
Mrs. Mary Davis, of Bethany, Mo-,
visited with Davis City relatives last
week.
AS We correspondent failed to write
last week We will only add word
about our Seventeenth annual reun-
ion, to say it was one of the best and
cleanest reunions we ever enjoyed.
There were two good speeches daily,
as we'll as many various attractions
for the young people and children,
and was as free if not freer from
all shell and graft games we have
ever experienced, and the community
should be justly proud of their sue
cess. in regards to morality, if not
financially, which We hope was also
q success.
Ben Huston had business at Mt.
Ayr the past week.
VIM. Clark, of Omaha, Mrs. J. S.
Clark and Mrs. John Norman, of
Troy, Kas., were in our city last
week, called here to attend the fun
eral of James Bolon.
j. Miss Edith Galloway and her cous-
in, of Mt. Ayr, visited Mrs. Ralph
Johnson over Sunday.
+ DR.. John Horton and wife return
ed Friday from a few days visit at
Pleasanton.
Mrs. Helen Tiera, of near Des
Moines. was in our city the past week,
called here to attend the funeral of
her sister, Miss Annie Radnich.
Mrs. Libbie Parker came in from
Pawnee, Mo-, Saturday to visit her
sneice, Mrs. James Parker, who has
had severe paralytic stroke.
Mrs. F. M. Freeman entertained
at an evening party last week in
honor of her daughter. Mrs. Claude
Walters, who will soon return to her
home in Washington, D. C.
3 Mrs. Dell Arnold, of St. Joe, Mo-,
came in with the remains of Miss |
Annie Radnich, whose obituary will |
appear elsewhere in this paper.
Grand ma Wales packed her
household goods and shipped them |
back to Centerville, Iowa, where she !
formerly resided, and will go there
to make her future home. The house
she lived in known as the McKeehan
property has been sold.
DR.. O. w. Foxworthy and wife, of |
Leon, were looking after interests
on his fine farm near here the past |
week. They were over Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Benton.
Miss Mary Arnold came down from |
Leon Friday and was calling on old
friends in this city.
Mrs. James Parker, Grandpa Vent
ling and James Farrs all had slight |
strokes of paralysis the past week. |
Bert Adams and wife spent Sunday
with relatives at Leon.
Mrs. Charles Butler left Saturday
for Craig, Mo-, to join her husband
who is employed in a store at that
place.
Osa Lowell moved last Monday
from the Grandma Hawkins property |
to the D. G. Cowles house in the |
south part of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley were called to
Akron, Mo-, last week to attend the
funeral of Mrs Riley's father, Mr..
Mossburger, who died from cancer.
Mrs. w. H. McCalla and daughter.
Mrs. Belle Turner, went to Leon last |
Saturday to visit her daughter, Mrs.
G. E. Chastain.