The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-18
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS.
Continued from Page g.

see, northwest of Leon His father,
Robert Downward, was an old time
resident of this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Stempel re-
turned Friday from Davis City,
where they had been enjoying camp
life on Grand River for several weeks
while Mr. Stempel was in charge OF
DR.. J. H. Robinson's drug store while
he was recuperating at Hot Springs,
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Mrs. C. M. neller and Misses Jes-
sica and Fern Pryor returned Friday
from Chicago, Miss Fern graduating
last week from Northwestern Univec-
sity. She will spend the summer in
Leon and will teach kindergarten
work in the Evanston public schools
next year.
Miss Kate Hull, who graduated last
week from the State Teachers Col
lege, at Cedar Falls, came in last
Wednesday and visited until Friday
! with her mother, Mrs. C. N. Hull.
From here she went to Mt Pleasant
where she is one of the instructors in
the Summer School at Wesleyan Col
lege.
Mrs. C. Fl. Mitchell and Misses
Olive Bright, Marie Goodman, Lulu
Shields and Lola Brazelton went to
Russell Tuesday to attend the Ep-
worth League convention held at
that place. From Russell Miss. Braz'
elton goes for visit with friends at
Colfax and Glidden.
| Mrs. H. w Davis and daughter
Miss Helen, of Garden Grove, were
in Leon Saturday, being enroute
home from Cedar Falls, where Miss
Helen graduated last week from the
State Normal College and her moth
err went there to attend the COM
mencement exercises.
Miss Nellie Dale, who is employed
with the Bankers Life Insurance Co.
at Des Moines, came Saturday even
| ing to visit over Sunday at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l..
Dale, near Pleasanton. She was &C
companied by her friend, Mr.. f. P.
Griffith, of Des Moines.
w. A. Allbaugh returned Saturday
from business trip to Usage, Sask.,
Canada, where he visited a few days
with his sons, John and Roy who
are farming his big tract of Canada
land. He tells us that prospects were
never better for bumper crop up
in that part of Canada.
Miss Virginia West, who has been
visiting at the home of her parents
near DeKa'b, came Sunday and visit
ed until Monday evening at the home
of her brother, DR.. w. r. West, in
this city, when she left for Chicago
to commence her second year in
training as nurse at Wesley Hos
pital..
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Alexander and
DR.. J. w. Robinson departed Monday
for Rochester, Mimi, where they go
to consult Drs. Mayo in regard to Mr..
Alexander's health, which has been
quite poorly recently. His many
friends in this city are hoping they
will be able to restore him to good
health.
E. H. Robertson and grandson, Ray
Robertson went to Davis City Friday
on a fishing excursion. Mrs. Robert
son recently returned from visit in
South Dakota and brought them
some fine fishing tackle and they
were anxious to try it. They have
not reported any big fish stories to us
however
R. T. Lee returned to his home
west of Decatur City, Friday, after
spending sever days in this city, be-
ing a witness in the cese where the
parties were tried for dynamiting in
Grand River. Dick says it is pretty
tough to pull man out of his corn
field in order to earn fifty cents a day
as witness.
Mrs. r. M. Mick returned to her
home at Bussey, Iowa, Saturday A
week previous on hearing that her
little grandson, the young son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. E. Evans was sick Mrs.
Mick was driven to Leon in an auto,
but the little fellow made rapid
recovery, although it was at first
feared he had diphtheria.
E. P. Brown and wife. of Van
Vert, were in Leon last Friday, be-
ing enrOute to Paradise, Kansas,
where they we're called by the SER
ious illness of Mrs. Browns mother,
Mrs. R. F. Padgett. The Des Moines
train was quite late that day and
they had to drive to Leon in an auto
in order to catch the Kansas City
train.
Mrs. Lou Fesler, of Leavenworth,
Kansas, came Saturday to visit sever
al weeks at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Glen Jenkins and her father,
Henry Oney. Her son Morris, was
already here. Mr.. Fesler is away
down at Texas City, being secretary
for General Bell, in command of the
second division of the United States
army, which is on duty there on ac-
count of the trouble with Mexico.
Miss Helen Whistler arrived Satur-
day morning from Amboy, Illinois,
where she is engaged in the millinery
business with her sister, Miss Maggie,
and will spend few weeks with her
parents in this city. She is temper |
arily operating the linotype at the
Journal Office until an operator can
be secured to fill the vacancy caused
by B. w. Lanning going to New
Hampton, Mo-, where he has purchas- !
ed a paper.
E. E. Bell went to Kansas City !
Monday to attend the National con-
vention of the Rexall druggists, rep
resenting the Bell & Robinson drug |
store in Leon, one of the best Rexall !
stores in the United States. This /
firm never misses attending their con-