The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-16
THE VAN VERT PAGE.

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! John Reitzel is confined to his
home on account of illness.
Father Bledsoe has recovered
from his recent illness sufficiently to
get up town again.
Mrs. Lester Gould went to Center
vile Friday to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Cecil johnson.
Miss Kate Powers, of Keokuk,
came last week to visit for time
with her parents and sister.
Mrs. C. A. Walker had to remain
at home few days the first OF the
week on account of sickness.
Mr.. Winningham has moved from
the Ball property near the park to
the house near the coal chutes.
Some of Mr.. Webb's children have
been having the chicken pox in a
light form but are recovering nicely.
Mrs. Grace Brown came from
Creston the first OF the week on ac-
count of the illness of her father,
Jas. ReitZel.
Rev. Branson's car of household
goods was loaded Thursday and
shipped Friday to MS new passionate
in Oklahoma.
w. F. Briner returned Saturday
from a prospecting trip to Winfield,
Kansas, in the interests of his real
estate business.
Mrs. Alice Burkheimer returned
Friday to her home in Des MONIES
after spending nearly two weeks Wis
iting in Van Vert.
Mr., Braden brought a team OF
young horses over from Weldon last
week and sold them to our livery
man, Walter Briner.
Mrs. Elsie Pierce Crabb, of near
LaCelle, visited over Friday night at
the home of her grandmother, Mrs.
G. Pierce, west OF town.
jim Smith departed Monday for
Omaha to take up the study and
theory of the automobile in some
good school of automobiling.
Miss Button. OF Osceola, is assist
ing in caring for her grandmother,
Mrs. O. V. Harper, who has been sick
for some time and not able to do her
work.
Mr.. and Mrs M. Fuller, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Billiard and Mr.. and Mrs
Willard Twitchell were guests Sun
day for dinner at the home OF Mt
and Mrs Cal Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Win Twitchell, OF
Des Moines, have been visiting fo1
several days at the home of o. W.
Whitticar, NJ Fuller, J. NJ Thomp-
son and other relatives. .......
Mr.. and Mrs. V. W. Croy, of Chi
cago, are the proud parents OF tWlr
!. babies, a boy and girl, born Janu-
airy 9th. Mrs. Croy will be better re-
membered as Zina Graft.
e. w. Fierce was the lucky man
at ShultZ's January sale last week
receiving a new pair OF shoes FOL
buying the largest bill Of merchan-
disc at one purchase. Who will be
the lucky man this week?
II The open winter has made 1t con
venient for more wood to be hauled
up this year than usual, so the nun
of the buzz saw and the chug OF the
gasoline engine is a very familiar
sound.
Mrs. J. A. Branson went to In
dianola Thursday to~visit with hel
mother and sister until Tuesday
when she departed for Hydra, Okla
homa. Rev. Branson joined her al
Leon from where they continued the
journey together.
One of the biggest public sales
ever held in this vicinity was thai
Of Mr., G.. D. Worden on "Wednesday
of last week. The selling continued
so late that many of the farmers mac
10 go home before the sale closed
NJ. and Mrs. Worden expect to &C
to California soon to live.
THE 1913 WORLD ALMANAC.
10000 Facts and Figure>-SeVera
Hundred New and Special
Features.
Our readers will be surprised al
the vast amount OF valuable lnfor'
nation, covering multitude of sub
jects, at the useful general KNOW
!. adpn md the imnnrtant new hiStOri