The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
of a Century Ago. .

Some scoundrel was poisoning
valuable dogs in Leon. The fine
hunting dogs owned by DR.. H. R.
Layton and Horny Long being among
the victims. '"
w. H. Albaugh and Horace Far
quhar had returned from a trip to
Oskaloosa, Knoxville, Des, Moines,
Iowa, and LaSalle and Peru, Illi-
nois, where they went to inspect
electric light plants and secure in
formation for the city council to be
used in purchasing an electric light
plant for Leon. IL,
Judge J. w. Harvey, of Leon, had
been engaged to deliver the Decora-
ton Day address at Osceola.
Henry Bowman, of Davis City,
who was recently appointed rail-
way postal clerk, had been assigned
to run from Burlington to Council
Bluffs. '.
The old Loucks farm in Woodland
township, had been purchased by Ed
ward L. Demmett, of Kansas City,
who expected to move on the farm
and improve it. ~.
~ Miss Helen Wood spent Sunday
With friends at GAINESVILLE. 3tf
yqarry J. Vogt returned from Bur-
lington, where he had been taking a
course at Elliott's Business College.
Rev. McIntire, of Osceola, preach
ed at the M. e. church Sunday. 7
Frank E. Thompson was at Davis
City running the bank while cashier
Jackson was attending court in
Leon. -
Frank Harrison McKeehan, one
of the prominent citizens of Davis
City, was making special visit with
sheriff J. w. Honnold at the county
Jail, having been fined SIS for beat
ing and abusing his wife. '
l.. S. Robinson returned from a
two weeks visit with his father at
Glenwood, where he had been assist
ing him with his paper, the Glen
wood Opinion.
/ Thomas Reardon and wife came in
from Kansas and intended to spend
the summer on their fine farm on
west Grand River.
J. S. Day, of Indianola, was visit
ing with friends in this city and at
Decatur. Jack. was an old Decatur
county resident and his many friends
were hoping that he would conclude
TO again locate mere. r ..A4F'
o. M. Howard, late of the Spencer,
Indiana, Democrat, came to visit his
parents and many friends in Leon,
where he sais we'll and i favorabfy
known, having for years conducted
the Leon Reporter. Mr.. Howard
left the first of the week for Colo
rado Springs, Colorado, where he
will take charge of the Saturday
Mail of that city. a.. Il
Mr.. Mart Pickering and MISS
Ethel Schenck were married at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. anu
Mrs T. H. Schenck, in this city, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
Boreman, pastor of the M. E. church,
Tommy Johnson, a we'll known
Leon citizen, was granted his natur-
alization papers, renouncing alieg7
lance to Queen Victoria, of England.
The trial of Rady Perkins in the
district court on the charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
resulted in verdict of not guilty. ::
Mrs. Mercer. was on trial at Bed
ford, Iowa, on the charge of keeping
a brothel in that town. 1t appears
that this is the same woman who
formerly resided at. Davis City,
where her misdeeds were many and
her reputation of the most unsavory
character. This woman was the
mother of two ruffians who after
killing a good citizen were them
selves killed like wild boars in at
tempting to defy the law, and it is
perhaps true that to her wretched
example may be attributed the TN
timely ending of these three lives.