The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

i Mrs. Marion F. Stookey returned
Friday evening from a two weeks
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Marion
e. WATSON, at Davenport, Iowa. She
also visited few days with friends
in Des Moines on the way home Mr.
and Mrs. WATSON accompanied her
to Leon for a visit. "A
Brown Caster came down from
Des Moines Tuesday to visit week
with relatives and friends in this city.
He expects to leave the first week in
August for Berkeley, California, to
resume his studies in the. University
of California, which he has attended
| for the past two years.
Mrs. Samuel Woods and Children
Russell and Loretta, departed Satur-%
day for Kansas City to visit a few
days before returning to their home
at Wichita, Kansas. They had been
visiting with Misses Ella and Kate
Grogan and other relatives and
friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. w. G.. Jeffries, of Chicago,
who is visiting at the home of her
parents at Davis City, returned to
Davis City Thursday evening after
visiting couple of days with friends,
in this city. Mrs. Jeffries says they
are nicely located in Chicago and
| Dr.. Jeffries is enjoying a fine prac-
| tice. fE
Mrs. H. B. Ford and son Lyndol,
of Des Moines, stopped off in this city
| last Saturday and visited until Mon
day at the home of her uncle, Arthur
| Forbes, being on her way home from,
a visit with her mother at Enid, Ok
| lahoma. They went to Humeston
Monday and from there will return
home.
Miss Helene Griffin, who has been
one of the instructors in the Sum-
mer School held in this city, return
ed Tuesday to her home at Grand.
River. Wednesday morning in COM
pany with her sister, Miss Gussie,
she departed for visit of several
weeks with friends at Sheridan, Wy
oming.
Will F. Lindsey, the new editor Of
the Producer and Consumer, came
down from Des Moines Saturday ev-
his family in this city. He says he
and that it is much easier than the
grind of being editor of Leon.
weekly. !
Mrs. S. F.. Shaw, who had been
visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. A. Fulton, south of Leon, re-
turned to her home at Des Moines,
Saturday afternoon. Her son Paul,
who had been here for several weeks.
went to Garden Grove the same at
ternoon to visit a few days with his
grandmother Shaw. -
Frank N. Hansell departed Tues
day evening for st. Louis, where he
will spend several days buying new
goods for his big department store,
and then goes to Bell Trees, Illinois,
to join his family who have been
visiting at the home of Mrs. Hansell's-
parents for several weeks, and ac-..
company them home.
Walter Metz, one of the popular
statesmen at Hansell's store, returned
Saturday from a weeks vacation
which he spent in a visit to relatives!
at Peoria and Quincy, Illinois. On
the way home he enjoyed a steam
and spent day seeing the sights at
the big dam at Keokuk. $+
Miss Nora Dobson, who has been
stenographer in c. w. HOffman's law
office in this city, resigned her posi-
ton last week and departed Monday
morning for Des Moines, having ac-
;cepted a position as stenographer
with the law firm of Strock & Wal
lace, who have offices in the Citizens
National Bank building. --~ssaz
Uncle John Phipps, who is almost
102 years old, who had been visiting
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F..
A. Gardner for a few days on his
way home from visit with his
brother in Oklahoma, returned to his
home near Shenandoah last Thurs
day. The unusual spectacle of a
man more than one hundred years
old, who was travelling alone, and
not wearing glasses attracted the at
tention of all who were at the depot.