The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
twenty-five YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century Ago. W

A fourteen pound boy put in an
appearance at the home of A. ].
Allen
j. Williams & Co., of Ottumwa, the
yearling colt Blue Sign" by Ensign
2:2SR. He is the best trotting colt
ever brought to Decatur county and
is of fine form, carriage and style.
Mr.. Hoffhines proposes to keep and
develop the colt into a speedy step
per- .,
Dr.. McClelland and his good wife
left for a two months visit at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. j. P.
Hall, in Denver, Colorado.
Miss Bell Thompson arr we'd from
Aurora, Neb., for a visit with her
mother and brother in this city. She
had been teaching music at Aurora.
w. S. McNeill, of Jamesport, Mo-,
was in town., He is the owner of the
celebrated horse, Bell Boyd, that was
stolen from him some years ago, and
recovered by sheriff Honnold near
Green Bay, and the thief captured
and sent to the penitentiary for a
term of years. \
J. w. Leeper, the genial co. man
was in town on business for the
railroad company. John has good
position with the company, which
he has earned by years of faithful
labor for his employers.
Miss Mary Hardness returned to
her home at Fairfield, after visit
with friends in Leon.
Miss Ida HasselI, of Corydon,
~ mo fn uicif nVpr tho Fourth, with
Leon friends.
John Bullard, of Keokuk, former
ly of this county, and a democrat
from way back" was in the city
attending the race meeting.
F. G. Davis, of Cedar Rapids, was
visitor in Leon, the guest Of Miss
Mollie Perdue.
The members of the class in civil
government at the Normal Institute
made their instructor, Prof. J. M.
Howell, a present of a beautiful set
of Macauley's History of England.
This was a graceful thing to do and
evinces the high esteem in which the
professor is held by his class which
he has instructed in civil government
for the past two years.
Lew Siltz, who has been depot
agent at Davis City for six years was
transferred to Mt. Ayr.
Mrs. VIM. Creighton died at her
home in this city on June 29th at the
age of At years. She had been a
resident of Leon for about twelve
years and leaves her husband and
a son and daughter to mourn her
death. ,. .-.
Allan Pryor, of Garden Grove, one
of the pioneers of Decatur county,
died at Leon on June 29th at the
age of 65 years. He was born in
Mason county, Virginia, and was left
an orphan at the age of eight years.
He was bound out to tanner in
Ohio, saved his money and bought
sold, and then came to Iowa and pur-
chased the 400 acre tract in Gar
den Grove township, where he after
wards built a fine home. He was
one of the first breeders of pure
bred Short Horn cattle in the west.
a.. M. Mills, better known as
grandfather Mills, long a member of
the family of S. A. and Aunt Jane
Miller, was given surpris, that he
will remember no doubt for the re-
mainder of his life. 1t consisted of
a visit from his son-in-law, w. e.
Train, a New York businessman of
18 Broadway street, whom we un-
derstand the old gentleman had new
er seen, and whose wife he nad not
until recently heard from for some
years. The object of Mr.. Trains
visit was to take the venerable old
man to his New York home, and that
he might then have the special care
and attention that alone can be be-
slowed by faithful children to a be-
loved and honored parent, and it is
probable that the many friends of
Uncle Mills will never see him in
Leon again. That every attention
that kindness and good will could
supply was lis at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Miller we all know, yet to
his many friends here it will be a
source of qualification to know that
in the future he will be with chill
dren who will leave nothing 'undone
for his happiness %a,i.
The big race meeting held by; the
Decatur County Trotting Association
was in progress there being a large
number of trotting, pacing and rum
ming horses at the fair ground.
The large barn on the farm of Ed
Daugherty, south of Leon, was de-
stroyed by fire together with a large
amount of machinery and other
property stored in the barn. ~