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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
MitChell-ThOmpsOn.

An unusually pretty home we'd
ding was sOlemnized Christmas even
ing at eight O'Clock at the home of
the brides mother, Mrs. Lila Thomp-
son, when her daughter, Miss Camilla,
was united in marriage to Mr.. ROs-
coe Mitchell. The impressive ring
service was used, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. Weber, assisted
late relatives and intimate friends of
the contracting parties witnessed the
ceremony. The bride looked beauti-
full in her wedding dress Of white
wool and she carried boquet Of
lilies of the valley. The groom
wore the conventional black. Many
handsome gifts of cut glass, silver
ware, china and linen were received,
evidences Of the high esteem and af
lection felt for the bride. The home
was artistically decorated with
Christmas bells and greenery and
presented most attractive back
ground for the pretty scene. Mrs.
Claude Barger played the wedding
march most effectively and during
the ceremony 20! Promise Me" was
softly rendered. After Fluctuations
had been showered upon the happy
couple a delicious two course supper
was served by the brides mother,
who was gracefully assisted by her
daughters Rosamond, Quinque and
Clara. The bride is a graduate of
the Weldon high school and is one Of
Decatur county's successful teachers.
She is now teaching the Grammar
room in the Garden Grove school and
is very popular among her pupils and
host of friends. She is lovely
and cultured young lady Of refine
ment and gracious winning ways.
She will continue her teaching in the
Garden Grove schools while her hus-
band is travelling.
Mr.. Mitchell is well and favorably
known in our community as worthy
young man of many excellent quail
ties and he is to be congratulated on
having won the heart and hand of so
sweet a girl The American joins in
large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances in offering hearty congratula-
lions and best wishes for a happy
prosperous future. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell will visit among relatives
for week or two.-Weldon Ameri-
can
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
Had to Wait to Get in Penitentiary.

Fort Madison, Ia, Dec. 2S.-John
Dobbins, party to the Mabray deal
and convicted at Council Bluffs to
five years in the penitentiary for lar
ceny, entered the prison here Wedns-
day after three days efforts to get in
side the walls.
Dobbins' case is a peculiar one and
the second of it's nature to occur here.
He was convicted several months
ago for his share in the great swim
die, but sentence was suspended
pending his efforts to secure a par
don or Communication of sentence on
the plea of previous service for the
state. His bond had been fixed at
700, and there seemed chances OF
success in his efforts, but the crime
and conviction hung heavily on his
mind and he decided to give up at
tempts to secure leniency and begin
service Of his sentence as soon as
possible. Consequently he arrived at
Fort Madison several days ago and
asked to be allowed to begin his
term. Entrance to the prison was
denied because sentence had not
been passed nor commitment papers
issued. While awaiting the arrival
of the necessary documents, which
would permit his donning OF the
prison garb, he stayed at the Hotel
Antilles here. He was born and
raised at Princeton, Mo-, a short dis
lance south of here, and SO found
many acquaintance of his here, with
whom he visited to spend the time.
Dobbins is as peculiar as his case.
He neither drinks, smokes nor chews
but is confirmed gambler. His
prison sentence came as the result of
single recommendation concerning
one of the Mabray deals. In CONVEX
sation with some of his acquaint-
ances here he stated that his gam
bling days were over, he was anxious
to start out on new path and for
that reason was especially DESTROYS
of starting service of his sentence.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
BEDFORD MAN KNEW.
Was Told That Battleship Maine Was
To Be Blown Up

About midnight little more than
twenty-four hours before the battle
ship Maine was blown up in Havana
harbor, A. C. Brice, of Bedford, then
consul at Matanzas, Cuba, was warn
ed that the American vessel was to
be. destroyed.
Upon request of President AcKin-
ley publicity was withheld.
1.-TWO nights before the blowing up
of the Maine," said Mr.. Brice, "a
man / knew, though not an Ameri-
can, came to my residence and upon
the promise I would not reveal his
name. told me the Maine would be
blown up. l sent special message to
Fitzhugh Lee, consul general at
Havana, but the official there failed
to credit the warning. The next day
the explosion took place.
when I returned to the United
States I reported the incident to
President Mckinley and the secre-
tary of state, and the president re-
ouested that no publicity be given to
the incident at that time. I respected
his wish, but feel at liberty to make
statement now that the board has
given publicity to it's report
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
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
Matilda Butcher, 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 Matilda Butcher, late of De-
eatur County, Iowa, deceased. All per-
sons in any manner indebted to said
deceased or her estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or her estate will present them in
manner and form as by law required,
for allowance and payment.
Dated this 18th day of December,
A. D. 1911.
THOMAS BUTCHER,
1876 Administrator of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
WANTED

To introduce our very complete
Spring line Of beautiful wool suit
ings, wash fabrics, fancy waistings,
silks. etc., hdkfs, laces and petit
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terms. Finest line on the market.
Dealing direct with the mills you will
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
A South Dakota Letter.
Magdaline, S. D., Dec. 20, 1911.

Magdaline, S. D., Dec. 20, 1911.
Editor of The Reporter:-As our
time for The Reporter to expire is
near at hand we are sending you
$3.50 for which to renew our sub
scription up to Jan. LIST, 1913, and
sending you and our many Decatur
county friends greetings for the com
ing New Year."
We see in The Reporter where
there is so much sickness and many
deaths. I do wish good old Iowa
was as healthy as good old Perkins
county, South Dakota. We don't
hear of any sickness out here at all,
and everyone seems healthy that is
left here. There are not many any
more. There was goodly number
left last fall ON account of the
drought, and good number of them
are wishing they were back already
Even if we did have a complete fail
ure last summer there is something
that seems to hold you here and
think it must be the pure free air
and bright sunny days, for I think
there are more brighter days here
than anywhere / ever seen. And
here is thinking Perkins county will
win, and wishing The Reporter and
our many dear friends success and a
Merry Christmas and a Prosperous
New Year.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Redman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
GASPED FOR BREATH.
Gastritis Nearly Ended Life OF VIM
v. Mathews. Read His Letter.

Il was bothered for years with
stomach trouble and gastritis. Food
laid like lead in my stomach and fer
mented, forming gas. This caused
a pressure on my heart, so that
checked and gasped for breath, and
thought my time had come. MO
MA cured me after I had doctorc;l
without success. WIN. V. Mathews
Bloomington, Ind.
If you suffer from indigestion,
headaches, dizziness, biliousness,
constipation, inactive liver, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, bad dreams,
heartburn, shortness of breath, sour
stomach, or dependency, be sure
and get MI-O-NA stomach tablets.
They are guaranteed. Large box
SO cents at Van Werden & Kopp's
and druggists everywhere.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04

AZ health talks to women become
more general, both in the newspapers
and on the platform, the mass Of women
are beginning to realize what the more
cultivated have always known, that
good health cannot be found in powder
box. The externals of health may be
health lies deeper. and yet is just as
easily obtained.
The most important thing that
woman can do for herself, and about
which she is often most neglectful, is
and bowels. The weary eyes, the bad
breath, the frequent headaches, the
pimples. the general air of lassitude is
nine times out of ten the result of con-
simple remedies can be obtained, but
the best in the estimation of most
women is DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin.
1t is mild, pleasant to the taste and
exactly suited to her needs. It is far
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
Sensible Women Know
Foundation of Health

superior to salts, cathartic pills, waters,
etc, which are entirely too violent
Women should see to it that they
have at least one movement of the
bowels each day, and when showing any
tendency to constipation should take
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in the
small dose prescribed. A brief use of
it will so train the stomach and bowel
muscles that all forms of medicine can
be dispensed with. These opinions are
voiced by thousands of women, after
personal experience, among them Elma
Wheaton, Ashby, Nebr., and Miss May
McCune, Horace, Nebr.
Anyone wishing to make a trial Of this
remedy before buying it in the regular
way of druggist at fifty cents or one
dollar a large bottle Family sizel can
have sample bottle sent to the home
free of charge by simply addressing DR..
w. B. Caldwell, 4O5 Washington St.,
MONTICELLO, Ill. Your name and address
on postal card will do.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
Church Dedication.

Sunday, Dec. "a, 1911, was a red
letter day for Beaconsfield and COM
munity, it being the time for the ded-
! ication of the new NJ E. church
there.
The day was ideal and the attend
ance large. The morning service
was opened with an anthem by the
choir, which had been under train
ing for weeks. Such glorious sing
ing the writer has seldom ever heard
After some congregational singing
led by the choir, the Pastor read the
Scripture lesson, Matt. 16: 1919.
Rev. r. R. Yelland, a former pastor,
and now pastor at Tingley, made the
opening prayer. DR.. Edwin A.
Schell, president of the Iowa Wes-
leyan University, of Mt Pleasant,
Iowa, preached and managed the
finances. When the congregation
was Informed that $4,75O was still
needed before the church could be
dedicated many feared this could not
be secured. But all went to work
and in 50 minutes the greater part
was secured.
The afternoon was given to a plat
form meeting, presided over by Rev.
r. R. Yelland, participated in by
Rev. Harvey, Of Kellerton, Rev. c.
Knoll, the pastor, DR.. A. A. Thomp-
son, Rev. l.. l.. Nichols and several
of the laity. DR.. Schell again pre-
sented the finance question and sew
en- hundred dollars were secured. By
was repeated in the afternoon.
The evening services consisted in
singing led by the choir and another
sermon by DR.. Schell.
One more opportunity to contrib
ute to the financial fund was given.
The secretaries made the state
ment that $5,488.07 had been Sc
cured during the day by cash and
subscription.
John Dukes, the oldest member
on the official board and the heaviest
individual subscriber presented the
church to be dedicated to the wor-
ship of Almighty God free of all
debt.
The church is modern throughout.
The basement consists of large
banquet hall, kitchen, serving room,
and furnace room. The upper
floor has two rooms, auditorium and
Sunday school room.
The material used throughout is
of the best quality to be had.
The brick is brown pressed
smoth face. The trimming is white
stone. All glass is art glass. The
seats, circular in form, solid red oak,
as good as made by the American
Seating Co. So is the pulpit and all
chairs in the auditorium.
The building is heated throughout
with the Campbell furnace and
lighted by acetylene gas. Two open
ings on the outside furnishing abun-
dant light on a dark night.
The main entrance is at the south
west corner.
The factors which made the pro-
ject a success are faithful soliciting
on the first subscription by Rev. L.
L. Nichols with the pastor and some
others, Royal Ladies' Aid Society,
Junior Ladies' Aid Society, loyal
and hard working official board, lib
eral contributions on the part of the
membership and friends of the
church.
The music furnished during the
day by the choir was a source of in
spiration.
The writer desires to thank all for
the encouragement received by the
loyalty of the membership and hearty
cooperation of the community in
general. C. Knoll,
.. i" ..-.. Pastor
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
PARTISAN SAGE.
Banisiles DandruH.

1t quickly kills the dandruff germs
that's why dandruff banishes so
promptly when PARTISAN SAGE is
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04

with white and purple grapes. Ok
lahoma can have something original
when she tries.
Well this TRADE will make all Of
you tired so will close by asking
what has become of the other Okla
homa and Kansas correspondents,
Mrs. Orr Stone, S. Wells Moore, also
the man who called me Aunt Jane.
Kate Strong
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04
PARTISAN SAGE
is Guaranteed by
Van Wer(len & KODp

to eradicate dandruff, to stop falling
hair and itching scalp, or money
back
Get a fifty cent bottle today and
become acquainted at once with the
most delightful hair dressing in the
world.
Il gladly recommend it as the
best hair tonic l have ever known.
l find it the only hair tonic that will
cure dandruff, cleanse the scalp, and
make the hair grow long and beau
tiful." Miss Sigma ALL, Farwell
St., w. Worcester, Mass.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-04

For Sale-Some ezra good utility
Whit Orpington cockerels OF heavy
laying straias. need the room and
these will be sold very cheap, quality
considered. Call soon and get first
choice cheap. c. W. Reeder, The
Leon Orpingtons. =;
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DR., G. H. MITCHELL,

Successor to DR.. W. G. Jedries.
cURGERY and obstetrics . speciality. Biggs
= Block, Leon, Iowa. Phone -. All calls an
swsssd promptly day Or night. Hours 2 to p. M
and to on Saturday.
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masked and riding like demon, urging his steed
onward through the night with whip and spur,
aong a road Astounding in pitfalls, with black
miles separating one warm, yellow cabin light
from the next What he thinking of he
RUE onWard?- Not of the pain of the cancer
slowly eating away his countenance and sapping
ms vitality; not of the risk he ran, a solitary
norseman of being waylaid and robbed or MUIR
uered upon the lonely journey. He needed not
.ne munger and the sleepessness; he was think
ing only of the fact that his vote would turn the
uay Tor Delaware; Delaware, though little state
night influence Pennsylvania, and so the vote OF
me colonies would be unanimous for declara-
uon that would immortalize the men who made
aug signed it, and enfranchise the people of the
nTteen colonies and their descendants
next day, Thursday July 4, the members
were assembling at the State house door, rider,
OooUed and spurred and covered with the dust OF
HlshI and day travel, dismounted in their midst,
anu tnen, little later, Caesar Rodney in his
pace, still breathing hard, and said, Il vote for
.nuependence' the result was that the vote of
DelaWare was cast in favor of the Declaration,
Iehhsylvanfa, by three of her five delegates pres
cut supported Delawares action, and thus by the
rue oil Rodney the unanimous vote of the colonies
win the solitary and temporary exception Of
new York; was that day secured for the Magma
marta Of our American liberties
y was o'clock in the afternoon" Losing tells
IS as when the final decision was announced by
secretary Thompson. When the secretary sat
eo"h deep silence pervaded that august assem-
~ thousands of anxious citizens had gathered
- 'ne streets. From the hour when Congress con-
sneu IN the morning the old bellman had been
- uie steeple. He placed boy at the door below
sWe MIN notice when the announcement should
- - MADE As hour succeeded hour, the graybeard
7aook his head, and said They will never do it,
-ues VIII never do it, Suddenly leud shout
ue up from below, and there stood the blue
EYED boy, clapping his hands and shouting Ring
t as Grasping the iron tongue Of the old bell.
,,a1AWard and forward he hurled it 100 times, its
t .S voice broclaiming Liberty throughout all
--e and. unto all the inhabitants thereof. The
l,'ed multitude In the streets responded with
s --l aeeiamations, and with cannon 2eals. bon
0'es and Examinations
to the everlasting fame Of Thomas Jefer-
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parts of the instruments l sitting by DR..
Franklin. who perceived that was not insensbe
to these mutilations.
''T have made it rule said he, whenever in
my power to avoid becoming the craftsman of
papers to be received by a public body. l took
my lesson from an incident which will relate
to you When l a journeyman printer, one
of my companions, an apprentice halter, having
served out his time about to open shop for
himself His first concern to have hand
some signboard, with proper inscription. He
composed it in these words: John Thompson.
halter makes and sells hats for ready money,
with a figure of a hat subjoned But he thought
he would submit it to his friends for their amend
ments The first he showed it to thought the
word 'hatter" tautologous because followed by
the words, makes hats which showed he was
halter
1T was struck out The next observed that the
word makes" might as well be omitted, because
his customers would not care who made the hats
If good and to their mind they would buy by
whomsoever made He struck it out A third
said he thought the words, for ready money
were useless as 1t not the custom Of the
place to sell on credit. Everyone who purchased
expected to pay They were parted with, and the
inscription now stood, John Thompson sells hats,
Sells hats" says his next friend. why nobody
will expect you to give them away What, then,
is the use Of that word ?" II stricken out and
hats" followed 1.-THE rather as there was one
painted on the board. So his inscription
duced ultimately to John Thompson" with the
figure of a hat subjoined'
In a letter to the editor Of the Journal de Paris,
Jefferson gives the following account of the adop
ton Of the Declaration of Independence.
ION the 9TH Of June. 1916. the delegates from
Virginia moved in obedience to instructions from
their constituents, that Congress should declare
the Thirteen United Colonies to be independent
of Great Britain that confederation should be
formed to bind them together. and measures be
taken for procuring the assistance Of foreign
powers The house ordered A punctual atten-
dance of all their members the next day at 10
o'clock and then resolved themselves into COM
rnittee of the whole and entered on the discus
sion It appeared in the course of debates that
seven states, viz. New Hampshire. Massachu-
setts Rhode Island Connecticut Virginia North
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son that his hand drafted the Declare
tion of independence Among his pa
pers he left many letters and docu-
ments which throw food of light
upon the motives and objects of that
gathering of American statesmen. He
told the following anecdote character
istic of BENJAMIN Franklin:
when the Declaration of Indepen-
dence was under the consideration of
Congress, there were two or three I'M
lucky expressions in it which gave
offense to some members. The words
Scotch and other foreign auxiliaries,'
excited the ire of a gentleman or two
of that country. Severe structures on
the conduct of the British king, in
negativing our repeated repeats of
the law which permitted the importa-
ton OF slaves, were disapproved by
some southern gentlemen. Although
the offensive expressions were imme-
diately yielded, these gentlemen con-
tinued their depredations on other
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Grove. He suffered tortures
from the cancer, which, start
ing on his nose, had spread
SO that he had to wear a
all over one side of his face,
green silk shield to hide the
disagreement: it was of this
chronic affiiction that he died.
A contemporary chronicle de-
scribes him a "an animated
skeleton-indeed, all spirit,
without corporal integu-
ment."
McKean's messenger left
Philadelphia late in the aft
ernoon of July 1. 1t was
necessary to get Rodney
back to independence Hall
by July 4. the day appointed
for taking the vote upon the
adoption of the Declaration.
All night, all day he rode at
top speed; and Rodney is
supposed to have started on
the return journey in the
evening of the second.
That ride of Rodney's de-
serves to go down in history
alongside of Paul Revere's
and Philip Sheridan's. In de-
fault Of missing detail the
Imagination must provide the
picture of the tall, gaunt
spectre of man, half
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De
CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK

June ~, 1852.
General Earl Van Dorm of the Con-
federate army. at Jackson, Miss, is
sued an order assuming the command
over the Department of louisiana e
and recommending that all persons
living within eight miles OF the Mis-
sissippi river remove their families
and servants to the interior, as 1t was
the intention to defend the department
to the last extremity"
President Lincoln visited West
Point, N. Y.
Captain Jocknick of the Third New
York cavalry made successful recon-
noissance from Washington, N. O., to
Tranter's Creek.
Mai. Gen. ]. @. Hindman OF the Con-
federate army issued a proclamation
to the people OF Arkansas calling on
them to assist him in preventing Gem
eral Curtis from Joining the Union
fleet on the Mississippi river.
June IS, 1862. -
General Hooker's division OF the
Army of the Potomac. advancing to
occupy new position on the Chick
ahominy, was attacked at Oak Grove
by the Confederates, who contested
the ground with him for seven hours
before finally giving way. General
Hooker's loss was over two hundred
In killed and wounded.
Having learned tbs day before from
eight contrabands picked up at sea in
an open boat from Little River Inlet,
8. c., that two schooners were prepar-
ing to run the blockade with cargoes
of cotton and turpentine, which was
already stored in the warehouse next
the wharf, Captain Gibson of the U.
8. S. S. Monticello sent Lieutenants
Braine and Bunce to destroy the
schooners and the stores. The work
was accomplished without difficulty,
the town having been deserted by its
Inhabitants and there being no guard
at the wharf.
dered that "all the property in New
Orleans belonging to Gen. ID. E. Twiggs
and of his minor son, the income OF
which he has received, and under the
charge of his agent, H. w. Palfrey
ESQ., consisting of real estate. bonds,
notes of hand, treasury notes of the
United States, slaves, household fur.
niture etc, is hereby sequestrated, to
be held to await the action OF the
United States government"
The Union ram fleet arrived of
Vicksburg, Miss, and communicated
with Commodore Farragut, command
ing the Union gunboats.
A train of cars on the Memphis anS
Ohio laden with company OF Unior
/ troops, was captured by a body Of
Confederate cavalry, who killed ter
of the soldiers.