The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
twenty-five YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
of a Century AGO.

A ten yound boy came to the home
of w. r. Moore and Bill has let up
talking politics and will talk only
about the baby. o..
Rev. D. D. McIntire, of Osceola,
occupied the pulpit of the M. E.
church on Sunday, coming here to
preach the funeral of Mrs. VIM.
Creighton. He was a former pastor
of the Leon M. E. church.
The Graphic contained a cartoon
representing little Ben arrayed in his
grandfather's clothes. The fit is
about as perfect as that obtained by
Willie Roy when decked out in the
half worn clothes of Ed Brooks and
Lew VanWerden. n}t}
The shooting match between Judge
Ellis and Uncle Jake Warner came
off according to program and was at
tended by number of enthusiastic
supporters of the contestants. Mike
Mayer and John Allbaugh were Sc
lected as judges and S. w. Hurst as
timekeeper. The contest was close
but victory finally inclined in the di-
rection of Judge Ellis and he was de-
clared the victor by a small majority.
The shooting was excellent by both
parties and notwithstanding that
these old boys are nearing eighty
years of age they are still able to
beat most of us young fellows hit
ting the bulls eye After the contest
S. w. Hurst presented each of the
contestants with beautiful silk ban
danna al 4 made a speech extolling
their mt it's as crack shots and COM
mending them as true, loyal and
faithful democrats of the old school
whose democracy was as reliable and
steadfast as their eyes to the gun. 1t
was a pleasant time all around.
Henry Reuter- was painfully and
seriously injured by his horse rear
ing and falling on him. The horse
became frightened near Grandstaff &
Dix's implement store and became
unmanageble and fell heavily on
Henry, resulting in severe wounds
and bruises that it may take weeks to
recover from.
A party of young folks were enjoy
ing a weeks outing on west Grand
River, being chaperoned by Mrs.
Belle Harvey, the sweet singer from
Coon Holler."
Miss Lulu Mowatt was spending a
week with friends at Winterset.
Mr.. Lou Carroll, prosperous busi-
nessman of Memphis, Tenn, was in
Leon on his annual vacation and visit
with his brother Charles.
Mrs. Merge Brown, of Brooklyn, N.
y, was here visiting at the home OF
her mother, Mrs. Artimicia Jordan.
Lafayette Brammer, pioneer
farmer of Richland township, died at
his home near Westeville on July
18th at the age of AZ years, his
death being caused from dropsy. 'A>
Frank Brenner, of Grand River,
committed suicide by shooting him
self. A few weeks before Mr.. Bren-
ner was robbed of $1,000 and from
that time there was marked change
in him, he becoming imbued with the
idea that his friends did not believe
the story of the robbery as he told
it. For some time he had been talk
ing of taking his life and his family
had been watching him closely. He
secured a revolver and before it was
missed fired a shot just over his left
eye, resulting in instant death.
l.. Scott Robinson had disposed of
his interest in the Decatur County
Journal, the purchaser being Marion
F. Stookey, and had gone to Glen
wood, Iowa, for an extended visit
with his parents. E,.,
Andrew ]. Riggs escaped from the
Glenwood, Iowa, Jail. This is the
same fellow, commonly known at
Jack Riggs, who is wanted here, at
Bethany, and other places for crimes
committed. He has stolen COWS
from his step-father, horses from his
mother, and committed offenses
enough to send him to the pen for
life. We hope that the Mills county
people may recapture this villain,
and if they cannot deal with him we
will try and arrange for his good
treatment in the penitentiary for
say five years. i