The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-12
YEARS Ago
items Taken from the Files OF The
p Reporter Published a Quarter
E&zsIof a Century Ago.

Some miscreant on Tuesday shot
at Mrs Frank Cook, or near Keller
3 ton, while she was at her home, the
shot passing through a portion OF
her clothing. 1t is perfect mystery
as SO far as known she has not an en-
I envy in the world She was alone at
\ the time and if the guilty party is
!. discovered he will probably wish ne
had never been born.
The Leon ball thumpers with high
hopes and banners flying took the
afternoon train Tuesday for Andov-
' er, Mo-, under the leadership of Mike
Mayer, Bill Albaugh and j. F. Ham
ilton. The object of the visit was
to show Andover how to play the
national game and they did it. The
pumpkin huskers Of the border let
loose on Horse Tharp's curves, and it
cost the aggregation $3.50 to have
the ball brought in from Iowa, it be-
ing a common occurrence for the
Andover hay makers to knock the
ball across the state line. The Mis-
sourians permitted our boys to get
IL runs while they took Is, and the
great ball tOSSerS OF Leon came IN
about 2 o'clock in the morning and
silently took up Main street headed
by Horse Tharp and Frank Lorey,
Tinney James and John Penniwe}l
bringing up the rear, and no sound
was heard save Mike Mayer singing
II Hear Those Gentle Voices Sing
ing
Sylvester Boyer was adjudged in
sane and taken to the hospital at Mt
Pleasant. He became extremely
violent before restrained and at
tempted to use an axe to kill differ
ent persons.
A fourteen year old son of Mr..
Townsend, of Decatur City, was
drowned while swimming with. other
boys in a pond near Decatur City.
John Mitchell, aged SO and Phoebe
Mitchell aged SO. were married at
Leon by Justice W. H. Albaugh.
Invitations had been received by
Leon friends to the wedding of Miss
Rosa Matsler to Mr.. James w. Drin-
kin, at Aurora, Neb., on June 18th.
Miss Rosa is we'll known and high
~ esteemed in this community
where she lived for a number of
yeares.
The Leon school board elected the
following teachers for the Leon
schools the coming year: Prof. S. NJ.
Mowatt, principal, Mrs. M. B. Har-
vey, Mrs. Emma Roy, Mrs. Jennie
Haskell, Miss Henrietta Vogt, Miss
Katie Hall, Miss Florence Howard
and Miss Esther Sanger.
Quincy Patterson, of Ringgold
county, was visiting at the home of
Uncle John Patterson, in Leon.
Miss Eva kirkpatrick returned
from Aurora, Neb., where she had
been teaching school the past year.
Prof. T. ]. Hasty and wife, of
Ridgeway, Mo-, visited over Sunday
In Leon, guests of L. w. Hebener
and family and other friends in this
city.
Miss Elva Noble, one of the Leon
teachers the past year, departed for
Kansas to visit her parents.
Mrs. James Coin and daughter,
Mrs. Jennie Logan, of Atkinson,
Kansas, were visiting with friends in
this city.
W. A. Brown left for Chicago for
the purpose of consulting with ply
sicians in regard to his health, and
ii he did not get relief in that city
expected to 60 to the lakes of Wis
cOnsin or northern Michigan, for
few weeks of rest.
S. H. Ellis. an old-timer of Leon,
but now Of Trinidad, Colorado, was
visiting with relatives and old friends
in this city.
G. Corbett, of Franklin township,
departed for Mulvane, Colorado, and
will probably make that country his
permanent home.