The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-05
Davis City.


ed from their number.
Mrs. Emma Bowman, of Leon, was
a guest of Mrs. B. A. Norman the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. e. Hoskins, Of
Charlton, and her brother, Charles
Penisten, of Leon, came down Deco
ration day to visit the grave Of their
mother, Mrs. VIM. Spargur. Mrs.
Nellie Hoskins says her father. Will
liam Spargur, is living in Oklahoma
and will be SO years old his next
birthday. He is very frail and his
health is not good.
Mr. A. G. Mintoyne and wife, OF
Ridgeway, Mo-, were here last Sat
urday. looking for a location to start
a tin shop. They were both we'll
pleased with the location, but as
usual the result was that they were
unable to secure a room, but think
they will return this fall as they
have the partial promise Of room
by that time.
Dr.. Reed and family, of Gravity,
Iowa, were over Sunday visitors at
the Reed home in our city last Sun
day. 1t is not often that a city can
have three doctors Of the same name,
|
ity at the same time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cox, of Bethany, Mo,
We're guests at the Israel Post home
the past week.
Mrs. Curtis Leachman, OF Des
Moines, came in last Friday for a
short visit with the family of F. NJ.
Freeman. From here she went to
Grant City, Mo-, to visit.
Nrc 0ll;o al rpt,1rno1 tn her
home at Bethany, Mo-, last Wednes-
day.
Earl Scott left Monday for a visit
with his sister at Minneapolis, Mimi.
Miss Opal Beasley visited with her
sister, Mrs. Walter Fitch, in the
country the past week.
| the Hayes McClaran home in the
country last Saturday and Sunday.
| Miss Jane Richards and Mrs. f..
Pryun, of Lamont, were visiting old
friends in Davis City over Decora-
ton day.
Glen Frazier sports new auto.
| Dr.. G. P. Reed returned last Sat
urday from his trip to Europe. He
came by way of st. Louis, and his
two sons returned home with him.
Mrs Reed stopped over to visit with
old friends at St. Joe and Troy, Kan
sas, on the way home.
Will kimball caught cat fish just
below the mill dam which tipped the
scales at SO pounds. Who can fur
nish bigger fish story?
| Mrs. Oren Craig returned to her
home at Albany, Mo-, last Sunday.
Sherman Wheeler and wife of AL
| low nfS
IN our city last Sunday.
Roy Cummings and Wife, OF Gains
Vile, Mo-, visited with his mother,
Mrs. l.. A. Brown in this city the
past week.
DR.. ]. 3. Harmon, wife and sister,
in-law, Miss Smith, all of Creston,
visited at the Harmon home in this
city the past week.
After several weeks visit with rela-
tives and friends in our city, Mrs.
Hattie Bullock left last Monday for
her home in Loveland Colorado. She
was accompanied by her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Sam Bullock, who will, al
ter a visit at Loveland, go to Denver,
colorado, to visit her brother before
returning home.
| Miss Bessie Howard, of Des Moines
came in last Thursday for a visit
with her grandmother, Mrs. R. J.
Harmon of this city.
| Elder Stebbins, Of Lamont, held
services at the l.. D. S. church in
our city last Sunday morning and
evening. The l.. D. S. people have
not been having meetings very regu-
lar the past winter and spring, but
hope to have more regular services
in the future.
Mrs. VIM Burrell and others re-
ceived the past week invitations to
attend the graduating exercises of
the Training School for Nurses at
the Ogden, Utah, hospital, Miss
Flora Burrell, former Davis City
girl being one of the graduates this
year. Miss Flora's many friends here
are rejoiced to hear of her success
and extend their most hearty con-
CALCULATIONS.
! Mark Adams made a trip to St.
Joe, Mo-, last Monday, called there
to see his brother, w. r. Adams,
the railroad bridge foreman, who
was recently pronounced insane, and
| taken there for treatment He re-
ports his brother about the same
mentally as when taken there.
Physically he seems to be a little
better, but still is very weak, and
seems resigned to his fate. He talk
ed and knew where he was and what
he was there for and said he was
willing to remain there and see if
the treatment would do him any
good His nurses and physician
said he was perfectly docile and gave
them no trouble.
Another Memorial day has come
and gone, and beautiful flowers deco
rated the graves of our nations dead.
In every city, hamlet and town in
our glorious land from ocean to
ocean were awakened memories
both sweet and bitter. Memories of
the loved ones who returned to us
for season, but have since answer
ed the last roll call to the Great
Master whose graves we can have the
sweet consolation of covering not
only with flowers but that loved en-
blem they so dearly loved and pro-
tected, our nations flag, and as we
| 60 to their last resting place men,