The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-01
twenty-five YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century Ago.

A son of Mr.. and Mrs. David Short
died
The board of supervisors were ne
gotiating for the purchase OF sub
stantial iron fence around the court
house park.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Farquhar died.
We see from the Farragut Itemiz-
ed that r. P. S. Notson, for more
thon twenty years a resident OF this
county, and we'll known to all the
old residents, started for Oregon,
where he expected to make his fu-
ture home. Mr.. Notson left this
county in 1874, removing to FIRE.
mont county and in the long years
of his residence in this county made
many warm friends who wish him
and his excellent family every pros
perity in their new home.
J. P. Hall, former telegraph
operator in Leon, had been promot-
ed to. the position of Colorado Pas
senger Agent for the Santa Fe R. r.
with headquarters in Denver.
S. A. Gates went to Kirksville,
Mo-, at the instance Of the Board of
Trade, to attend a meeting held to
make arrangements for building a
new railroad from ST. Louis to Oma-
ha, and it was thought that Leon
had a good chance for securing the
road
Samuel Burnison moved to Leon
from Davis City.
G. NJ. Ketcham took charge of the
Burlington station at Garden Grove.
T. E. Horner went to Boone where
I, in, Ir,11t
store.
DR.. H., R. Layton was called to
Fairfield to see Miss Edith Young,
who was quite sick.
j. Fletcher Smith, former hotel
man of Leon, was seriously i'll at his
home in Charlton.
w. A. Brown, Dr.. Greenlee and G.
P. Arnold went to Dubuque to attend
the democratic state convention.
George Eden, who was a resident
of Leon ten or twelve years ago, re-
turned from England and was think
ing of making his home in Leon
again. --.--,
A. N. Frazier returned to Leon
and assumed his duties as agent for
the Burlington, after spending
year at Pekin, Illinois.
The Reporter editor found a very
pretty May basket hanging on the
door of the office with the, compli
ments Of Misses Hattie Haskett and
Stella Allen. Flowers seldom find
their way into printing office, but
when they do they are welcome.
The farm residence of Mr.. GRAY
atte, on the old Osborn farm in Bur-
rell township, was destroyed by fire.
Mr. Gravatte had just completed
some extensive repairs on the house.
A big audience heard Eli Perkins,
the liar, deliver his lecture at the
opera house.
The Reporter that week had a
number of items taken from the old
Pioneer, now The Reporter, publish
twenty years before, which would
make the items forty-five years old.
The following items appeared in the
column.
John W. Warner had formed a
Partnership with A. NJ. Post, OF Cen
terville.
Rev. Thornburg, pastor of the NJ.
E. church, fell on the frozen ground
anG broke his collar bone.
G.. M. Bridges was putting up a
neat residence, in the east part of
town.
Miss Helen Worth and Mr.. Will
Jordan were married by Rev. A. A.
Matthias, at the home Of DR.. Rey-
nolds.
The roll of honor of the Leon
schools contained the following
names: A. L. Douglass, J. Hutchin-
son, Aaron Jones, Ella Shields, Ira
Ryan, r. C. Porter, Wesley Silvers,
Lizzie Bennett. J. w. Long, Samuel
Read, VIM Gilreath and A. L. Clark.
The teachers of the various depart
ments were Aaron Frazier, high
school,; Mary Hutchinson, grammar;
Mary Knapp, intermediate; Mamie
Sales nrimary