The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-12
Davis City.

Work has commenced on an addi-
ton to our Davis City depot. The
new steel coal chute is now in opera
ton and new pump house has been
built the past season. 1t seems the
railroad company takes considerable
interest in dead town as some OF
our sister cities take delight in call
ing us, especially as the books OF
our station agent shows larger ship
ments from this station OF various
kinds of grain, stock and produce
! than any other one station on the
branch from Charlton to st. Joe, SO
we are reliably informed.
Mr. Crees and daughter, OF Grand
River, were in our city the past
week, called here by the serious ILL
ness of his daughter, Mrs. Lon Buell.,
who has been very low with that ia
tai disease, tuberculosis, but is
little improved at this writing.
Oscar Judd left Tuesday morning
for Des Moines to attend the soldiers
reunion. We understand there were
about fifteen from our vicinity who
went, but we cannot give the names
of all.
VIM. Mcintosh is enjoying visit
from his grandson, Marion Mcintosh
of Leon.
DR.. ]. w. Wales left last Monday
for a trip to Minneapolis, Mimi.
Floyd Severe and Paul Radnich
came in the past week from Des
Moines to visit home folks.
Mrs. James Goldman and daugh-
ter, of Indiana, left for visit with
relatives in Council Bluffs the past
week
w. IL. Marble, of near Pleasanton,
was trading in our city last Tuesday.
J.. N. Gates and wife enjoyed a
visit from his sister-in-laW, Mrs.
Gates of Nebraska.
Bert Adams and wife, Of Koyle,
were callers in our city last Friday.
Dawes Downey and force Of car
penters are shelving and preparing
his building near the wagon bridge
on Bridge street for Frank N. Han
sell, of Leon, who we understand
will start a new store as soon as
the building is ready, and says he
will carry everything from tooth
pick to a threshing machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibler enter
tanned number of relatives at din
ner last Sunday in honor of their
son Thurman and wife.
G. w. Franklin, of Pleasanton,
was business visitor in our city last
Monday.
Jesse Milligan and VIM. Mcintosh
were among the number from this
city who attended the G. A. r. re-
union at Des Moines this week.
Uncle Nat Cornett, of Bethany,
Mo-, who has been visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Pet Hamilton in this city,
left last Monday for Deadwood, S.
D., to visit children who live there,
and then will go for an extended Wis
it in Illinois before returning home.
A. B. Norman has our thanks for
so kindly moving the weeds in the
alley between his home residence
and that of We correspondent and
others on the same street.
Mr.. Warner enjoyed visit from
his brother who lives in Mt. Ayr over
Sunday.
Elmer Michal stopped off last
Thursday enroute home to Bethany
from trip to Pennsylvania to see
his grandmother Musser.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Frost, of Leon
visited his sister, Mrs. A. VanWinkle
of this city the past week.
The children's day exercises We're
held in the Union church last Sun
day evening. The little tots did re-
markably, we'll and showed that much
pains had been taken to drill them.
Mrs. Orville Frazier and Mrs. II l..
McClaran had them in charge and all
returned them sincere thanks for the
same.
Mrs. Thomas Cummins was among
the number who attended the alfalfa
day at Leon last Saturday.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges held their annual Decoration
day exercises last Sunday in Davis
City.
Mr. and Mrs Thurman Gibler, the
new bride and groom, are now at
home in the house lately occupied
by l. N. Jeffries on Main street. All
extend to this young couple their
most hearty congratulations and
wish them long and happy future,
for both are among our most higly
esteemed young people.
Miss Opal Beasley made a trip to
Leon last Thursday.
Elder McDiffitt spent Sunday with
relatives in the country
Elder Stebbins. of Lamont, was a
caller in our city last Saturday.
John Attebury came up from
GAINESVILLE to spend Sunday and ac-
company his famil. who had been
visiting her mother. Mrs. L. A.
Brown and other Davis City relatives
the past week, home on Monday.
Misses Anna Mortified and Hen
rietta FOWLER were attending the
Summer School at Bethany, Mo-, the
past week.
Joe McClain left last Sunday for
a trip to Council Bluffs to attend the
Masonic grand lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Campbell left
last Wednesday for an extended visit
| with friends in Michipan