The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-03
twenty-five YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
of q Century Ago.

A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. C. NJ. Murry.
Cards were out announcing the
coming marriage of Miss Nina Roger
10 Mr.. Howard G. Anderson. at the
home of the brides parents, near
Decatur City, on April l5tl.
John, w. Rush, agent Of the
American Express Co., in st. Joe,
visited over Sunday with friends in
this city.
An interesting case was decided
by the court on Tuesday. 1t appears
that lady teacher of Van Vert ad-
ministered punishment to scholar
and the parent invoked the law and
had her arrested for assault and bat
terry. The fair defendant appeared
in court without an attorney, plead
her own case, called a jury and was
triumphantly acquitted. The justice
taxed the costs to the prosecuting
witness and from this order he ap-
pealed to the district court, but in
vain, as the court was of the opinion
that the prosecuting witness was at
fault, and that interference with
school matters by parents in such
cases was to be condemned. Aside
from this case it is undoubtedly true
that in almost every instance dis
obedient scholar receives encourage
ment at home, and such encourage
ment inevitably results in making
an unruly pupil. Wherever a teach
er is supported by the parents a good
scholar is the result and it is strange
that any parent should overlook this
fact.
S. H. Coin tore himself loose from
the delights of Long Creek township
long enough to spend a day or so
with his Leon friends.
r. R. Mooney, OF Charlton, had
moved to Leon and taken charge Of
Hudson Bros. creamery.
Elder Anthony Vanderpool, OF
Richland township, was visiting in
Leon couple of days this week. He
is one of the few remaining pioneers
of this county, having settled near
Leon in April, 1874, and has lived
continuously in the county from that
cate to the present time. His rem
iniscences of early days in the county
are extremely interesting, every fact
and circumstance of those days be-
ing as fresh in his memory as those
of current events.
DR.. and Mrs. H. R. Layton were
visiting with friends at Columbus,
Neb.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Mcconnell, of Richland
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R. F. Askern, county attorney Of
Ringgold county, was in court Tues
day and obtained an order for the
arrest Of G.. S. Pugsley at the in
stance Of his bondsmen.
L. P. Sigler purchased the farm
of D. D. Phillip, in Center township,
which aujoined a farm which he
already owned.
A petition had been circulated and
signed by everyone, asking that
new fence be built around the court
house.
V. R. McGinnis, of Westerville,
was a visitor in Leon, being the
school teacher at Westerville. He
had been employed to teach the
school at Grand River the coming
year.
The street railway project is at a
standstill. About $4,000 has been
subscribed and $1,000 more is want
ed and must be raised. We hope to
be able to announce soon that the
full amount has been raised. 1t will
be too bad if this project should fall
through for want OF so small sum.
The township assessors of Decatur
county were up in arms because the
board of supervisors had deferred
paying them until the June session.
At a meeting of the Leon Board
of Trade it was voted to donate the
sum of $4,000 for the purpose of
establishing a first-class roller mill
at Leon. Joseph Hamilton, Geo. E.
Hurst, George Duncan, J. Carmean
and R. w. McConn were appointed
committee to secure the money by
popular subscription.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Grey died at
her home in Decatur City, at the age
of 81 years, months and 27 days.
She was buried in the Decatur ceme-
terry by the side of her husband who
died in 1872.
.Breck" Keshlear, the youngest of
the Keshlear brothers, died at Kan
sas City, Mo-, after an illness of
only one week. He learned teleg-
raphy at Davis City, and was for
time stationed at Andover, Mo-, re-
signing his position to accept the po-
sition of deputy recorder at Kansas
City. "
Miss Maggie Bowman was home
from Cedar Falls to spend the spring
vacation, and her brother Will Bow
man was home from Horton, Kan
sas, for short visit.
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