The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-11
THE LEON REPORTER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1918

Mrs. ]. F. Hines and son Frank re-
turned to their home at Grand River
Thursday after visiting few days
with her sister, Mrs. F. L. Jenkins,
in this city.
Mrs. J. F. Hacker returned to her
home at Van Vert Saturday after
visiting a couple of days at the home
of her mother, Mrs. J. G.. Billiard,
in this city.
J. f. Fisher, landlord of the Lady
Amber Inn, at Garden Grove, one of
the best hotels in southern Iowa,
was business visitor in this city
last Saturday. 80 a.. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Moore, of Da-
Wis City, were visiting at the home
of his brother, H. c. Moore, in this
city last Thursday and Friday. They
were enroute home from a visit at
Novinger, Mo.
Miss Eula Cunningham, of near
Lineville, went to Decatur City Sat-
urday. Monday morning she COM
menced teaching the fall term OF
school at the Rauch school house,
west of Decatur.
Mrs. C. E. Buchanan and son
Vaughn, of Kansas City, came to
Leon Thursday and visited few
days with relatives in this city, while
enroute home from visit with her
mother at Humeston. ....-.
J. F. Bruny, of southeast OF Leon,
went to Des Moines Thursday for a
few days visit. He was accompan-
led by his neice, Miss Vesta Evans,
who will visit few days with
friends in Des Mones.
J. w. Fisher and Mrs. and Mrs. j.
r. Alexander, of Osceola, and Mrs.
Alexander's sister, Miss Lena Sem
nit, of Lacona, came last Friday for
a few days visit at the home of S. H.
Duffield, near this city.
Miss Jewell Whitelock, of Kinks
Vile, Mo-, was in Leon last Thurs
day, being on her way to GAINESVILLE,
where she will have charge of the
commercial department of the public
schools the coming year.
Mr.. l.. Harger, of near Decatur
City, was a business visitor in this
city Tuesday and made The Reporter
office a pleasant call. He said it
was the first time he had been in
LcOu lOI Ludu yCol
Rev. E. O. Coontz, wife and chill
dren of Baraboo, Wisconsin, arrived
last Friday evening for visit at
tie home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Coontz and other relatives
in the vicinity of Woodland.
R. e. Fisher, of Mt. Ayr, stopped
off in this city last Friday for a
short visit, while enroute home from
Chicago and St. Louis, where he had
been buying new goods for his big
department store at Mt. Ayr.
Mrs. Silas Whistler returned
Thursday evening from Weldon,
where she had been visiting few
days with her daughters, Misses
Helen and Maggie, who are running
a millinery store at Weldon.
Mrs. Florence Carton and son, Gil
bert, of Des Moincs, who had been
visiting at Garden Grove with her
sister, Miss Harriet Clark, came to
Leon Thursday and visited few
days with friends in this city.
J. B. Calhoun and wife, of Leroy
and G. T. Jones and wife, of Chilli
cothe, Mo-, drove down from Leroy
in Mr.. Calhoun's car last 1Wednes-
day and spent the day at the home OF
j. P. Ridgeway, near this city.
Miss Wilma Custer, who spent the
summer at the home of her grand
parents, Rev and Mrs. VIM. Biggs,
in this city, returned Saturday to
her home at Bethany, Mo-, where
she will teach the coming year.
Mrs. J. c. Baker, who had been
visiting for several weeks in this
city at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Jas. A. Armstrong, departed last
Friday for her home at Valley Cen
ter, Kansas. Mrs.. Armstrong &C
companied her as far as Topeka,
Kansas, to assist her in making the
railroads changes, as she is 70 years
of age. s~-~. r..-
A. J. Gardner, of MCPHERSON, Kan
sas, was in Leon last Friday, being
on his way to Pleasanton to visit at
the home of his sister, Mrs. John
Thomas Mr.. Gardner was an old
time resident of Decatur county, but
left here thirty years ago and has
since made his home in Kansas. He
will be remembered by many of the
older residents of this county,