The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-24
YEARS AGO
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
of a Century AGO.

of a Century Ago.
A new hardware man arrived in
Leon and decided to make his perma-
nent home with Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Farquhar.
c. NJ. Ketcham, who had filled the
position as agent at Leon during the
the years leave of absence granted
agent Frazier, had been permanently
assigned as the Burlington agent
at Garden Grove.
J. H. Farris, late of San Francisco,
California, had accepted position
with C. NJ. Murry.
Charlie Gibson was awarded the
contract for carrying the mails from
the Leon postoffice to the two depots.
The Mayor took Syl Johnson in
hand and found him guilty of va
grancy and sentenced him to work
ten days on the streets.
Charles Sloan. the genial pension
examiner, was in town looking after
the pension claim of Albert Hale,
who was a citizen of Leon in the
early 70's, and made the abstract
books now in use in this county.
Rumor had it that Mr.. Hale died sew
eral years ago, but it appears this
was a mistake, and he is now living
in Hot Springs, Ark, which will be
glad news to many who still remem-
ber him in kindness and regard.
A delegation Of society young men
met with quite misfortune Sunday.
They took one of Ike Clarks best
rigs and went south to the camp of
the Gypsies, and lair of the big
bears, with the avowed purpose of
reforming the Gypsies and convinc-
ing them that it was cruelty to ami
mails to make the bears work seven
days in the week. In order to con-
vince the boys to the contrary, and
for small pecuniary consideration
they caused the bears to dance and
fight and while the program was in
progress the team took fright and
jumped into a barbed wire fence and
were badly lacerated. The young
men regret the occurrence very much
but feel it was done, in good cause.
Miss Clara Lunbeck left for short
visit with her brothers family at
Emporia, Kansas.
We heard it talked of on the
streets that some fellow had been
whipping his wife in this town. This
must be a mistake as there seems to
be no scarcity of rope hereabouts.
Uncle Jake Lentz, Of Woodland,
made The Reporter a call and pre-
sented US with several copies of very
old papers. including several copies
Of this paper when it was the Leon
Pioneer. sG~T ~.
Mr. Summers, of Mercer county,
Missouri, was in Leon with his cele-
brated racing horse "Tubal Cain"
On Sunday night about IL o'clock,
fire was discovered in the barn of
Leon Hamilton in west Leon, but too
late to save the building. The flames
were carried to the barn Of Willis
Mitten and both buildings were en-
tirely destroyed. There was a large
quantity Of lumber and other in
tlamable material in the buildings
which made the fire very dangerous
one and it was only by the most de-
termined work that the flames did
not communicate to several resi-
dences and destroy property of great
value. The opinion is quite general
ly held that the fire is the result of
but it is more prob
ably the result of bad whiskey and
belated session of poker, one cent
ante and five cent limit. There is
an evident intention by some persons
in this town to break into the peni-
tentiary and their success is assured
if their ways are not mended soon.
David Gochenour, a we'll known
resident of this county, died at his
home in High Point township, at the
age of almost 70 years. He had
been resident of Decatur county
since 1855.
Some evil disposed persons egged
the residence of J. w. Browning at
Davis City, breaking out the window
glass and bespattering the interior
of the house with eggs. Mr.. Brown
ing was away from home at the time,
Union Labor speech at a
country school house.
The L. D. S. church people at Davis
City were negotiating for lots on
which to build church.
T. l.. Tullis sold his livery stable
at Davis City and moved to Mt
Ayr to engage in the same business.
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