The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19
Davis City.
(Delayed.)

t1ey Will, as soon as MIS-. oultu WIZ
is spending the winter in California
arrives, occupy the residence they
purchased of DR.. Reed, and again be-
come citizens of this their childhood
home.
Carter Scott returned Tuesday
Tuesday from trip to Des MOines.
Miss Cena Burrell visited with
Leon friends last Tuesday.
Mrs. Lewis Venting had business
at Leon last Friday.
Mrs. Marietta Pruyn left last Fri
day for Lamont after visit of sew
eral weeks with old friends in this
city.
c, E. Moore, of Morehead, Iowa,
has been visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. B. E. Musser, the past week,
and left Saturday for a visit with
relatives at KellertOn.
Oren Craig and wife, Of Albany,
Mo-, have been visiting his father,
Lee Craig and family, of this city,
the past week.
Mrs. Vina Frazier enjoyed birth
day surprise last Friday. There
were about fourteen of her lady
friends planned the surprise on her,
having prepared nice supper, and
a time long to be remembered was
enjoyed by all.
bod Moore moved the past week
from the Citizens property on Mill
street into what is known as the old
Davis home place on Main street.
Ed Braman has rented part of
Mrs. Flora Laney's house and moved
in. It. is very wise arrangement as
then Mrs. Laney will not be left alone
when her cousin leaves in short
time for her home in California.
Everett Teale sold, gave away and
stored up his household goods and
took his family and left for Mt. Nor
iah, Mo-, last Saturday. Everyone
sympathizes with him. He seems to
be always in hard luck.
Phil Ebretch will occupy the house
vacated by Everett Teale.
John Sly moved down from Lamo-
nj the past week, expecting to occu-
py the old Radnich home residence,
but it seems there is misunder-
standing with Mr.. Johnson, the man
now on the place, and the Smith &
Craig company who have the place
leased, and Sly was forbidden to
move in by Johnson until some un-
derstanding can be arranged, as Mr..
johnson claims he had the promise
Of the place if the same company re-
tanned possession Of it,
JEFF Kizzire and family took the
train here last Saturday for Blanch-
ard. Neb., where they will visit rela-
tives and then go on to Gray Bull,
Wyoming, to make their future
home. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kizzire
were born and raised in this county,
and now when nearing old age it
seems hard to see them start for
new country to make their home, and
the good wishes of many old friends
and relatives go with them.
Mrs. Alva Smith and daughter, of
Albany, Mo-, were guests several
DAYS the past week of Mrs. Lee Craig.
Her husband is one of the new bridge
foremen who have been placed in
charge of the bridge gang formerly
run by w. r. Adams. 1t has been
deemed advisable by the railroad
company to divide the division into
two gangs and one foreman and his
gang will make Davis City headquar-
ters. so Mrs. Smith while here rented
the Frank Citizens house known as
the Grandmother Musser place.
property on Clark street known as
the old Rankins property, now oc,
cupied by Henry Turpin, and VIII
rebuild and remodel it into new
home for himself and family.
Elder McDiffit left last Friday for
a visit at Springfield and Mountain
Grove, Mo-, his one time home for a
short time.
MRS. Bert Adams spent Sunday
with her parents at Decatur City.
A new baby came to gladden. the
home of Clarence Henderson and
wife on March 10th.
A man by the name of Turpen, a
new conner, has bought l. N. Jefrles'
house and lot on Mill street known
as the old George Lanning place.
l.. H. Trowbridge. of Ottumwa,
came in the past week for short
visit with relatives here. He was
enroute to Albany, Mo-, to see II ne
could not prevail on his neice, MRS.
w. R. Adams, to let him take her
husband from the St. Joe hospital
to Ottumwa to be treated by special
lists. as the St. Joe hospital authori-
ties had informed his mother, Mrs.
8. e. Adams, that Mr.. Adams was
now perfectly dOc1le and tney were
willing, with his wife's consent, to
parole him out. His relatives were
willing to assume all care, expense
and responsibility of him. His broth
er. Mark Adams, also accompanied
Mr.. Trowbridge, but as their visit
with her was useless they could not
have the heart to 60 on to st. Joe
and tell him his doom was to stay
there.
Mrs. Gertie Mclaughlin nee Guth-
RE. Of Kansas, was visiting her aunt,
Mrs Ella Patterson, and other rela-
tiyes and old friends In this her
childhood home. !,
Mark Grimes and daughter Cecil,
If Leon. were callers In Davis City
last Sunday between trains.
Ed Parker of east of Leon has
moved into Mrs. Starkey's house, and
jap Evans has moved into one OF
Dan Downey's houses on Clark street.
The M. E. bible class met with
Mrs. F. M. Freeman last Tuesday ev-
ening.
Pleasant Kirk has moved in from
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