The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-27
Davis City.

Mr.. and Mrs. Zed Gore left Satur-
day for a visit at Leon.
Z Mrs. Carrie Lee and Mrs. Kate
Frazier and F.. M. Cartwright were
all called to Garden Grove the past
week by the illness of their father,
w. T. Cartwright.
Stephen Radnich had the misfor-
tune to lose valuable OK one day
the past week. For a time it was
feared it was suffering from an
thrax, as it had all the symptoms
of that dread disease.
Mrs. Mark Adams and Mrs Nora
Cation each purchased new piano
of w. A. Alexander, at Leon, rec
emily.
Mrs. A. B. Norman returned last
Monday from her visit at Troy, Kan
sas.
Arthur Dutton is enjoying school
vacation by learning the mysteries
of farm life at the home of M. H.
Adams.
DR.. j. w. Wales is treating his
home residence to a new coat of
paint.
Albert Wheeler has added some
new porches to his home residence,
convenience of the same.
o. E. Lovett shipped car of corn
from his Riverside farm to Garden
Grove on Monday.
Mrs. Myrtle Shoemaker came in
from Sweeney, South Dakota, last
Sunday for visit with Davis City
relatives
Dan Downey moved into his new
home this week.
Percy Craig and wife are visiting
relatives in the country this week.
:. Charley Burnison and wife are en-
joying the luxury of camping out
this week. Charley is working on
the railroad where they are widen
ing the track up near Summit cut,
and Mrs. Burnison is boarding them.
Frank Scott, of Ottumwa, was a
callers in Davis City last week.
1t may be of interest to some of
our readers to hear that Roy Musser,
one time resident of our city, son
of Mrs. B. E. Musser, has almost
recovered his health after being con-
tinuously on the change of climate
for the past three years for lung
trouble. His physician says he has
only one lung, but there is POSSIBLE
ity for him to recover and live with
one lung to breathe through. He
claims his continuous change and
sleeping in the open air affected a
cure when drugs failed to give re-
lief.
Word was also received from
Henry Arnold, also a former Davis
City boy, but now of Chicago, that
q frir 10 hi
had not materially benefited him.
too brief for much benefit to be ex-
pected. 1t is feared he has lung
trouble also.
Mr.. Zed Gore, former resident
of Decatur county, but now of South
Dakota, and Mrs. Nora Lindsey took
their many friends by surprise one
day last week and hied themselves
of to Bethany, NO., and were mar
ried. We Davis Cityites don't think
they treated us fair. They might
have stayed at home, and invited us
all to the wedding, besides giving
Decatur county the fee instead of
old Missouri. However, one and all
wish them much happiness in this
the evening of their lives, for both
are very estimable people, and have
many friends in this vicinity who
wish them we'll. They will make
their home in South Dakota.
The M. E. church society held
their third quarterly meeting in Da-
Wis City the past week. Elder
Thompson, the district superintend-
ent, was in attendance. Since the
retirement of Rev. Wehn, Prof.
Dutton has been in charge, but he
had to, leave to attend college at
Iowa City last week and that left
our church people without a preach
er in charge.
Mr.. Curt Merritt and daughters
left last Sunday for St. Joe, Mo-, for
a short visit. From there they will
go on to their home at Billings, Mon
tana.
Well, part of our Fourth of
July celebration arrived last week, ,
at least the merry-go-round is here
and set up, and last Saturday even
ing our new Davis City band and
the whistle Of the merry-go-round
made us almost think it was our
18th reunion in progress or that a
portion of the Leon chautauqua had
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vi City park with a call. !
The Des Moines special with the
commercial boosters gave us a call
last Wednesday. . ~
Mrs. Glare Smith and her mother,
Mrs. John Lee, were guests of Mrs.
Fannie Laney last Thursday
Mrs. E. B. Musser returned last
Saturday from her weeks visit with
Mrs. Lon Fulton, who accompanied
her home. ~. +. ,s,,@e5.s -,
DR.. ]. w. Wales returned from
Chicago last Monday. Carter Scott
who again made trip to Chicago
last Saturday, returned with him
Mrs. Scott is still in the hospital at
Chicago for treatment, and is not
able to be brought home. !,
55 DR.. G. p. Reed left last Monday
for st. Joe, Mo-, accompanied Miss
Edythe Cowles to hospital in that
city for treatment. Her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert .Cowles, ac-
companied her. g.. -,
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