The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-05

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Evans, and other relatives at his old
home at Davis City for some weeks,
will leave today for his home at
Mena. His mother will go with him
to Mena to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Novia S. Beavers, OF
Woodland, came in on the train Mon
day. They had started home from
Lake Okoboji in their auto, but were
compelled to leave the car at Des
Moines on account of the muddy roads
and come home on the train.
Lyman w. Shira, who was visiting
at the home of his uncle, E. l.. Sh1ra,
of Eden township, departed Saturday
for his home at Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was accompanied here by his
friend, Freeman Tallman, of Council
Bluffs. who returned home the same
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Tharp, of Grand
Island, Neb., came Monday for visit
at the home of Mrs. Tharp's sister,
Mrs. w. w. Craig, and other relatives
and friends. On the way here they
stopped to visit few days with their
son, A. S. Tharp, at Independence,
Kansas.
Mrs. E. Cummins, of Cedar Rap
ids, who was called to Lamont last
week to see her mother who was SER
iously injured by falling down a
flight of cellar steps, came to Leon
Friday afternoon for a few days visit
with relatives and friends before re-
, turning home.
C. E. Mark, of Flagler, Colorado,
who accompanied the remains of his
wife to Pleasanton, their former
home, for burial last Wednesday, was
a business visitor in this city last
, Wednesday. He will leave in few
days for his future home at Sulphur
Springs, Texas.
, Claude w. Beck, wife and son,
) Ralph, came down from Des Moines
, Friday evening and will visit with
relatives here for couple of weeks.
The printing plant where Mr.. Beck
! is employed is installing some new
, machinery, and he was given couple
of weeks lay-off.
Forrest Strong, who spent the
summer in this city visiting at the
! home of his uncle, C. M. Keller, left
, Thursday for a few days visit with
relatives at Wichita, Kansas, and
from there goes to Portland, Oregon,
where he will attend Columbia uni
! versty the coming year.
, Raymond Jenkins, who has been
' a salesman at Frank N. Hanselps de-
Y partment store in this city for some
time, departed last Thursday for
/ Gentry, Ark, where his parents have
| located. Raymond is bright young
t man who has many friends here who
= wish him success in his new home.
Capt. J. D. Brown, E. j. Sankey
and J. w. Honnold returned Thurs
5 day evening from Centerville, where
= they had been in attendance at the
, reunion of their regiment, the Third
Iowa Cavalry, and they report having
, fine time, there being 100 of the
old veterans of this regiment in at
r tendance
5 Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rochelle and
, children, of Lusk, Wyoming, came
} Saturday evening for a short visit
l at the home of Mrs. Rochelle s par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ogden, in
j.. this city. Mr.. Rochelle left Monday
t to attend to some business matters
= in Des Moines. Mrs. Rochelle was
t formerly Miss Kate Ogden. -
= Mrs. w. r. Moore and daughter,
Miss Halle, returned Saturday even
f ing from Osceola, where they had
t been visiting at the home of MRS.
= Moores daughter, Mrs. J. A. Bryant,
, having accompanied Miss Hazel Moore
5 that far on her way to Cedar Falls,
where she will attend the State Nor
y NAL College the coming year.
r Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Jones were
r called to Clarion, Iowa, last Wednes-
, day by a telegram from Mrs. Jones'
3 sister, Mrs. James Bond, stating that
her husband had been stricken with
+, paralysis. They will remain at Clar-
5 ion for several weeks and while there
3 Mr.. Jones will write insurance for the
3 Bankers Accident Co., which he has
= represented in this vicinity for the
past year, and he is one of the best
' insurance agents in the state. )
., Leo Boatman, of Van Vert, was a
l visitor in this city last Saturday. He
! is teaching the Poland school in Rich
4 land township, but is off duty this
week recovering from injuries which
f he received last week when one of the
! patrons of the school in retaliation
:, for having his son punished at school,
2 laid for him and assaulted him with
r a rock as he was returning from
school, his injuries compelling him
,, to give up teaching for few days.
l w. H. Jenkins, F. L. Jenkins and
i. Harry S. Jenkins and family depart
, ed Monday for their new homes near
, Gentry, Ark, where they have pur-
chased tracts of fruit land and will
make their future home. In the re-
: moval of the Jenkins families from
! Leon where they have lived for so
t many years our city sustains a loss
4 which it will be hard to replace. They
4 are most excellent people, and leave
many friends here who wish them
, the best of success in their new
r home.