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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-12

This his comrades proceeded to do.
The English are equally particular
about shaving, and the soldiers take ad-
vantage Of the smallest respite to pro-
duce razor. brush. soap and pocket
mirror.
The Liberties informant says he was
also tremendously impressed by Eng.
lish catchswords. shouted often al
most desperate moments. A soldier
would cry:
Are we downhearted?"
Immediately stentorian roar, No.
would follow from every one present
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-12

The Swedish steamer Alice, home
ward bound from London. has been
blown up by mine In the North sea
1t sunk In three minutes. All the men,
bers of the crew were saved.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-12

The government has appointed i've
experts to lead the experiments which
are to be made for the purpose OF
utilizing the immense peat boys Of
Sweden for fuel Valuable methods
have already been devised for treat
Ing the peat. but improvements are
still needed in order to make the use
Of pc profitable to greater extent
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-12

The Norwegian steamer Heimland,
which had been reported from Amster-
dam as sunk by a mine. arrived at Alb
erdeen. bringing the crew Of the Brit
ish steamer Cormorant, which was de-
stroyed by mine recently. The Helm
land came from Amsterdam.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-12

AS an aid to those who are out OF
work, the city council of Esbjerg re-
solved to build municipal ice house at
cost of $685. 900. 1t will cost a little over
nine thousand dollars year to run the
plant and the charges will be such as
to make the receipts about thirteen
hundred and fifty dollars larger. Other
public improvements will also be
started,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-12
DEN MARK.

The queen is in the habit Of making
visits In the camps in and around the
capital, and on such occasions she
gives stamped postal cards to the sol
diers. 1t was just getting dark as she
entered a tent in which dozen sol
diers were taking rest after the
days work. rs there anyone here
who can make use of postal cards"
The answer came promptly: I'VE can
not afford to buy postal cards; get
away!" But I wish to give you the
cards." said the queen. Now the men
realized who was calling on them and
gladly took the cards offered to them
by their queen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
The Biggest Industry of Its Kind in
the World.

Everybody knows about Ivory
Soap but very few people realize what
a tremendous demand there is for it
from coast to coast and even in all
other parts of the world.
The original factory at Ivorydale,
a suburb of Cincinnati, has grown
until it is a town of itself. There is
building after building, oil tanks
without number, interlacing railroad
tracks, great freight trains departing
with case after case of Ivory, other
trains of tank cars unloading their
contents day and night. Indeed
one needs but birds eye view of
this great plant to realize that here
is one of the worlds giant industries.
But it is hard to believe that two
other plants of. equal magnitude are
needed to supply the demand for this
company's product. That is the truth
Of the matter however. At Kansas
City and at Port Ivory, New York,
are factories that are equally impress
sive and, like the Ivorydale plant,
i sey, are taxed to their capacities to
sApply the trade in the territory
which looks to them for Ivory Soap.
To paraphrase Lincoln's saying, a
good product like Ivory Soap seems
to please not only some of the peo-
pie all the time and all of the people
some of the time but all of the peo-
pie all the time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Harvey Park Decided to City.

On last Thursday deed was made
to- the city park commissioners OF
Leon by Mrs. Emma r. Harvey and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. F. Harvey, convey
ing title to the tract Of land purchas-
ed some months ago from c. M. Axes
on south Main street and which was
to be presented to the city of Leon
for a city park. The deed makes
only two conditions which are to
be fulfilled blythe city, one being
that it is to be used for park purposes
and is to be known and designated as
Harvey Park" and the other is that
in case the land ceases to be used for
park purposes or the name changed, !,
that the title in that case is to revert
to the donors.
It is gift to the people of Leon
which is highly appreciated. The
new park commissioners, Jas. F. Har-
vey, Capt. j. D. Brown and c.. W..
Robinson, have qualified and they
will have charge of the park until
the next city election when three
park commissioners will be elected
the same as other city officials.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Controversy Over Driveway at Har-
vey Park.

A controversy has arisen between
Mr. Joseph Hamilton and the city
officials over a sixteen foot strip of
land on the south side of Mr.. Ham
ilton's property which joins the new
Harvey park on the north. Origin
ally all of this tract was owned by
Mr.. Hamilton, who sold the south 200
feet, known, as the old Lunbeck
place, and which is now Harvey park,
to E. Housh, ,$and at tha5t time of the
sale he agreed with Mr. Housh to
leave a sixteen foot passageway for
him between the property, known as
an easement in legal parlance. Since
the land was sold and presented to
the city for park Mr.. Hamilton de-
cided that a passageWay was not
needed there, and sought legal advice
on the subject, his attorney inform
ing him that he, still owned the six
teen feet and could fence it upif he
so desired. Tuesday he had men at
work erecting a fence which included
the strip in controversy, and when
the park commissioners learned he
was fencing up the passageWay they
went down and ordered thes fence
torn out, WHICH was done. The park
commissioners claim they have been
advised. by attorneys that the eases:
:ment carries with their deed to the
property, and if SO they don't pro-
pose to have it fenced up, and as Mr..
Hamilton has received advice that he
can fence it up, the matter will prob
ably have to be settled in court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
FarQuhar-Aiken.

There was quiet home wedding
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orel
Estes last Sunday when Mr.. Frank
Farquhar and Mrs. Wee Aiken were
united in marriage. Promptly at
high noon while the strains of the
wedding march were softly played ON
the piano by Miss Ruth Farquhar.
sister of the groom, the contracting
parties, accompanied by Miss Katie
Forbes and Mr. James Alexander, en-
tered the parlor and took their places
Under beautifully decorated arch,
where they were met by Rev. Chas.
w. Reeder, and the words which
united them for life were spoken, the
ring ceremony being used. Miss
Ferne Estes, neice of the bride, act
ed as flower girl, and the bride and
ner attendant each carried a boquet
of American Beauty roses.
Following the ceremony five
course dinner was served to the
guests, which included only the i'm
mediate relatives, by Mrs. Estes, and
as soon as the repast was over, the
bride and groom, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Estes, departed in an
auto for a honeymoon trip to KeO-
N"", DuA AiAA6 VII, l. L. 1ndu1SOu, d1I.
field and other points in the eastern
part Of the state. They will be absent
about a week, and will go to house.
keeping in this city in the near fu-
ture.
The bride is we'll known in this.
city being a daughter of J. N. Estes,
of Pleasanton, and a sister of Orel
Estes of this city. For the past year
she has been one of the popular
teachers in the Leon public schools
and had been reelected for next
year. She is most estimable young
lady who has many friends. The
groom is the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Farquhar of this
city, and all his life has been spent
in this city. He is one of the lead
ing young business men of the city,
member of the hardware firm of
Farquhar e Sons, and is an energetic
and upright young man.
Many friends of both bride and
groom extend their hearty congratu-
lations. and wish them an abundance
or happiness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Roads Were Not Dragged.

The Reporter man took little
auto ride over to Centerville Sunday,
travelling on the Waubonsie Trail. In
Decatur county there was no effort
made at ansto drag the roads after
the rains last week, the only place
dragged on the Waubensie Trail be-
tween Leon and the Wayne county
line, being short stretch along the
VanWerden farm five miles east Of
Leon, and here the single track road
was dragged up in beastly shape,
leaving a high ridge in the center of
the road, which cars could not
straddle, and which did more or less
damage to cars passing over it. There
is no reason on earth why road drag
gers should pile all the dirt and clods
in the road in heap in the center of
the travelled road. That is not our
idea of dragging roads. After strik-
ing the Wayne county line, we found
the roads in good shape, all nicely
dragged clear across Wayne county.
and the same was true in AppanoOse
county as far as Centerville. In
neither Wayne or AppanOose county
did we strike single place where the
dirt is heaped up in the center of the
road like is done in many places in
Decatur county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST
Alya Dure!l and Joseph MCM0rrls,
Both Of Eden township, Win
First and Second Places.

For a number of years an interest
ing feature of the Iowa State Fair
has been the Boys Camp maintained
by the State Department of Agricul-
ture. The camp provides for one
hundred boys, one from each couTl-
ty and one from the state at large.
The boys win their rights to the
privilege of the camp through partici-
patton; in prize essay contest. This
year the essays were written on the
subject, "The Ideal Farm" The en-
tries were made through the county
who acts as chairman
of the committee. Decatur county
had four entries this year, and will
be represented in the camp by Alva
Durell of Eden township.
How the Essays We're Judged.
The contest closed June 1st. The
essays were sent to the county super
intendent who numbered them in the
order in which they were received
and placed them in the hands of
three judges. The essays bore no
names or marks of Identification.
There was no possible opportunity
for other than a perfectly fair mark
ing. Ihe judges were E. D. Moore,
of Lamont, B. G. Tye, of Pleasanton,
and Floyd CoZad, of Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
ESTABLISHED 1854.
SOAKED the. S;PffDfI
Mayor farquhar Collected $50 from
Two Auto sSpeeders Who Tried
to Burn Up Paved Streets.

Mayor Farquhar made good his
threat to&enfOrce the city ordinance
against speeding by soaking couple
of speeders- good and proper the past
week, and all others should take
warning for the mayor says he will
know no favorites and any one who
violates the ordinance will be arrest
ed and fined.
Last Wednesday evening R. H..
Hill, an insurance agent from Cres-
ton, pulled on little speeding exhi-
bition on north Church street with
his roadster, in which he had three
friends showing them how fast the
roadster would run over paved
streets. He appeared before Mayor
Farquhar Thursday morning, and
plead guilty to the charge against
him and was fined $35 and costs
which he paid. Friday Ray Camp
bell, of Decatur who tried to show
how fast he could run his car get
ting out of town the night before,
came up before the mayor and he
was let off with a fine of $25 and
costs which he paid.
Mayor Farquhar informs us that
the difference in the two fines was
on account of the difference in the
speed they were running, Hill ad-
mitting running his car considerably
faster than Campbell was driving his
car
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Holding Township School Rallies.

Miss Kate Logan, of the Extension
Department of the State College at
Ames, is here this week, assisting
county superintendent Miss Mabel
Horner in holding number of town
ship school rallies. They had a big
rally and picnic at Center school in
Franklin township Tuesday, and to-
day will hold a rally for Garden
Grove township on the Chautauqua
grounds at Garden Grove, at which
state inspector: of graded and High
Schools J. G. McGlade will also be
present. On Friday there will be a
school rally at the reunion grounds
just south of Lamont in Fayette
township.
County superintendent Miss Mabel
Horner expects to hold better town
ship school rally in every, township
in Decatur county during the summer
where she can secure the necessary
local cooperation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
SAYS POLICE WOULDN'T HUNT
Z, FOR STOLEN TIRES.
DR.. j. o. WOOdmansee of Leon AS
serts He Had to His
Own Detective.

I After having gone to police head
quarters Wednesday afternoon to re-
port the loss of two new tires from
his auto, while he was attending the
state convention, DIR. j. O. Woodman-
see, of Leon, Iowa, declared that they
failed to give his complaint proper at
tentiOn and that he was forced finally
to institute search for the missing
tires unaided by the officers, says the
last Fridays Des MOines Register
and Leader
After an hours search he located
them at garage on tho east side, ac-
cording to his report of the affair,
and succeeded in getting them re-
turned to him. When he notified
the officers at headquarters that he
had recovered the tires he declared
they acted as though he had over
stepped his bonds.
"They told me at headquarters
tnat they received lots of those kinds
of reports" said DR.. Woodmansee,
"and seemed to think there was
nothing to it. was unable to get
them to assign an officer to assist me
and finally started search for them
myself
DR.. Woodmansec was 4 delegate to
the state convention Wednesday and
had left his machine standing out
side the coliseum. There were at
least two officers stationed at the
convention hall, but despite this fact
the tires were taken in broad day
light. Ten or twelve similar reports
were received Wednesday, it is said.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Some Tall Corn.

Marion Evans, of Eden township,
brought US in stalk of pretty tall
corn last Friday, which he cut In
one of his fields, and which is shown
in The Reporter window, The stalk
measures II feet and Z inches In
heighth, and has two big ears on 1t,
one of them so high up that a man
would have to get on ladder to
reach it from the ground. And Mr..
Evans informs us that much of his
corn is as tall as the sample he
brought to Leon. That's pretty tall
corn for July 17th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Teale- -TapscOtt.

Miss Blanche Tapscott, of Lamont,
and Paul Teale, of this city, were
quietly married Thursday evening at
the M. E. parsonage, Rev. Victor
West officiating. The bride is an ac-
coinplished young lady and a very
successful school teacher. The groom
was born and raised here. He is a
very Industrious young man and is
now employed at Mt. Ayr where they
will make their future home. The
Globe with their other many friends
extend their congratulations. .--Kel-
lerrOn Globe. Y
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Government Balloon Lands Near
Leon.

Joe Hamilton and Frank Myers
found a government balloon caught,
in tree on the Len Hamilton farm
a few miles northwest of Leon last
Saturday morning. A card attached
to the balloon.stated it had been sent
up on July 10th by the government
weather bureau at Bluemont, Virgin
ia, and it is estimated that the dis
tance from that point to Leon is
about 9Ov miles, Attached to the
balloon was wicker basket about
fifteen inches long, five inches wide
and ten inches deep, containing
meteorological instrument supposedly
to register atmospheric conditions,
although the card attached to the
outside of the basket did not state
the object of it's flight, but simply
told tlc date and hour and place
from which the balloon started, and
requested that the finder return it to
the U. S. Weather Bureau at Blue
mont, Virginia Attached to the
basket was an electric fiashlight, ar
ranged so that it burned continuous
-ly, and it was still burning when
Hamilton and Myers found Hs .Direc-
tions for the return Of the balloon,
stating that reward Of So would be
paid if shipped to the station by ex-
press, and the basket and instru-
ments were shipped as directed Sat
urday afternoon. In getting the bal
loon and basket from the tree the
men disconnected the balloon and
while Joe was holding it by a string
it got away and sailed out of sight,
there being still gas enough in it to
make it go up after being relieved of
the weight of the basket.
We have learned that similar
balloon was found on the farm of
Walter Beck, n miles southeast of
Grand River, on Saturday morning,
and it was also returned by Mr.. Beck
to the weather observatory at Blue
mont, Virginia.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Hand Had to be Amputated.

The injury which Mr.. J. F. Penni-
we'll received on Wednesday morning
of last week when his left hand
caught in rope by which he was
leading calf, and his hand badly
torn and mangled, proved more ser
ious than was at first anticipated,
and on Sunday morning all of his
hand was amputated except the
thumb, and he has been suffering
a great deal ever since. 1t cannot
yet be foretold what the outcome
will be, but it is feared that another
amputation will have to be made and
his arm taken off above the wrist
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
New Court Cases.

Maude Judson VS.. Mabel Nofstger.
The parties to this suit are the joint
owners of the north half of the north
east quarter and the north half OF
the south half of the northeast quar-
ter of section Is, township 81, range
q, and lot in block z, Central ad-
ditiOn to Lamont, a part of lot l.,
block Z, Dancers addition to Lamo-
MI They are unable to agree mutu-
ally on a division of the property and
ask that the court order a, sale of
the property and that the proceeds
be divided between them. B. M. Rus
sell, attorney for plaintiff.
Violet M. Smith VS.. Charles A.
Smith. Plaintiff is a resident of Da-
Wis City She was married to defen-
dant at Georgetown, Washington,
July 80, 1902, and they lived togeth-
er until Sept. 4, 1909, when she al
leges he deserted her without cause.
She asks for a decree of divorce and
the custody of their four minor chill
dren. A. P. Olsen, attorney for
plaintiff.
The will of John w. Keeler has
been filed for probate. 1t is dated
July 6, 1909, and bequeaths his es-
tate, share and share alike, to his
children, Mrs. Rilla c.. Barrett, West
A. Keeler, D. J. Keeler, q. E. Keeler
and Mrs. Minna A. Albaugh, making
provisions that the share of Mrs. AL
baugh shall remain in the hands of
the executor who shall pay her the In
come annually and in the event OF
her death her share goes to her chill
dren. West A. keeler is named as
executor of the will.
The will of Mrs. Mary Varga has
been filed for probate. 1t is dated
Nov. 27, 1908. She bequeaths to her
children, Stephen Varga, Mrs. Clara
Frazier, Mrs. Emma Gatchell, Mrs.
Rosa Hamilton, Mrs. Esther Coder,
Mrs Mary Slade, and Mrs. Nellie
Dorm, all her property in equal
shares. A codicil provides that the
shares of Mrs Rosa Hamilton and
Mrs Mary Slade shall be placed in
the hands of her son, Stephen Varga,
and the income shall be paid annual
ly to them, and at their heath their
shares to go to their children. Ste
phen Varga is named as executor OF
the will without bond
Ihe will of Thomas j. Knapp has
been filed for probate. 1t is dated
Feb. 16, 1895, and bequeaths to his
wife, Sylvia F. Knapp all his proper
ty for use during her life time and
at her death the property is to be
equally divided among his children,
Mrs. Nina Frazier, VIM. J. Knapp, J.
Curtis Knapp, V. c. Knapp and r. G.
Knapp. He named his wife as execu-
trix without bond.
The will of Mrs. Polly A. Clark has
been filed for probate. It isolated
Dec. %, 1898, and names A. J.HAllen
as executor. She gives her grand.
daughter, Lille M. Clark who was
also. adopted as a daughter, 9 bod
stead and bed complete and all other
household property is to be divided
between her daughters, Mary p.
Dorsey, Amanda j. Webster and Lii
lie M. Clark. The balance of her
property, real and personal, is to be
equally divided between her children
Geo. w. Clark, Thomas c., Clark,
Myron H. Clark, Eliza M. Brown,
Mary E. Dorsey, Amanda J. Webster,
Lille M. Clark and the share of her
deceased daughter Deborah r. Ro-
craft goes to her children, Isabella
and Alberta Rocraft.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Who'd Have Thought It?


the boundaries of the county for the
age almOs. unbelievable. But that is
just what James Miller has done.
Since the year 1878 he has not been
out of Clarke county, and in AZ years
has not been outside of the state. Not
because he has not enough of this
worlds goods for he is very we'll to
do, but he has been contented to re-
main quietly at home working all the
time. He has never seen trolley car
nor an interurban, never gone to the
state fair and all the late modern
things that are in use if not in Osce-
ola are Greek to him.
We would be glad to pilot him
through our state fair this year, let
him see the many wonders to him of
what is being done in this world to-
day and have him watch the Paine
fireworks at night, have him take a
ride on the roller coaster at the park
and see the animals in the parks of
the capital city, have him go to the
top of the capitol building, ride on
the street cars and take a ride on
some of the elevators in the higher
buildings of Des Moines. 1t would be
worth something to watch the vary
ing expressions on his face. His wife
has been as close a home body al
most as himself but has made few
visiting trips in the western part of
the state but has not been outside
the state since they were married
some forty years ago. Talk about
staying at home, if that isn't staying
there with a vengeance then / miss
my guess.-OsceOla Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-23
Organizing q 3ase Ball Team.

A number of the local base ball en-
thusiasts have organized base ball
team, for Leon. Asa Barber has been
chosen as business manager and Les
lie Grimes captain. Manager Barber
is at work endeavoring to arrange for
number of good games, and will
try and have a good team here next
Sunday for a game at the Alldrege
park, north of Leon. The boys ex-
pect to order new uniforms and will
have a team strong enough to meet
any of the teams in southern Iowa,
and the fans are delighted at the
prospects of having games in this
city. e