The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
items Taken from the Files of The
. Reporter Published a Quarter
of Century Ago.

Masters Edgar Foreman and Elba
Reed commenced learning to be
printers in The Reporter office.
Mr.. F. B. Coyne and Miss Sallie
Darr were married by Elder A. B.
Cornell. They left the same evening
for their future home at Lawrence,
Kansas.
|, Mr.. Joseph w. Grammar and Miss
Bessie Detrick were married at Kan
sas City. The groom was employed
on the Kansas City Journal, and the
bride was we'll known young lady
Of this city. They will make their
home in Kansas City.
John Soaper created something of
a sensation when a mule which he
was riding ran away with him on
Main street.
Invitations were out for the we'd
ding of Mr.. James l.. Parrish and
Miss Ollie Clark on Thursday ev-
ening, August 18th.
A bouncing ten pound boy arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
Axes.
Just as we grasped the faber to
sorrowfully record the fact that
Milt Simmons had left town and TAX
en- his permanent residence to
Princeton, Missouri, we casually
looked out of the window and saw
him seated on Dug Green's bus, with
a faraway wistful look in his eyes
that indicated the near approach of
the watermelon season.
The Leon base ball club went to
Centerville on Thursday where the
boys were booked to play the Center
vile club, but they did not do it.
They would have liked to have
played some, but couldn't. They had
seen the balloon go up here and be-
cause the ball was not big like it
they refused to hit or catch it. The
weather was uncomfortably warm
and it was difficult to get the ball
out of the Centerville dog fennel,
and before the game was half
through with, despair had settled
down over the aggregation and great
chunks of gloom sat upon each man
ly brow, and at the end of the game,
when Centerville had 23 scores to
their IA, the boys in the cleaning
slid gently through the mullen
patch adjoining the grounds and
were seen no more that evening,
and some of them have not showed
up yet and fears are entertained for
their safety. We are glad to note
that Mike Mayer, Virge Penniwell
and Lou VanWerden got home with
out serious accident. We understand
that Terre Haute has challenged our
club, but the challenge has been de-
clined for the present on account of
injuries to Tinney's hand. Veni, Vidi,
Vici, with the Vici left off,.
NJ, Stopor nf St T,nniS
spent Sunday with friends in Leon.
Sherman Sommers was quite sick
at the home of his brother in north
Leon.
Mrs. Joseph Post and little son,
of Elwood, Neb., were visiting at the
home of DR.. H. r. Layton.
Miss Belle Younkin went to OF
tumwa to visit for six weeks with
her parents.
Miss Belle Thompson was spend
ing week at the home of DR.. B. u.
DeKalb at DeKalb.
Mrs. Horace Farquhar and two
sons left for two months visit IN
Ohio.
Miss Grace Nye, of Adel, was the
guest of Miss Nellie Hoffhines.
George Evans, nineteen year old
son of James Evans, living near
Lineville, died from the effects OF
the heat, being overcome while work.
ing in the harvest field. ..-
Mrs. Frank Taylor, of Chicago,
better known to old LeOnites as Miss
Clara Patterson, was visiting her
mother and other relatives in this,
city. She was accompanied by her
two pretty little daughters.