The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
of Century AGO.

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Reporter Published q Quarter
of "a Century AGO.
The weather since the first of the
month has been very very murky
and disagreeable. The roads are so
soft and muddy that they are almost
Impossible. It is more like the first
of April than the first of February.
Benjamin Kirby was appointed
postmaster at Leroy.
"The oldest inhabitant" says he
never saw so much sickness in this
county as there is now
! C. A. Hawkins was appointed
court reporter for the 9rd judicial
district taking the place formerly
held by J. E. Brooks.
The ladies of the Garden Grove
chapter of the P. E. o. society came
down to Leon last Friday and organ
lied chapter in Leon to be known
as Chapter G. The ladies carefully
led their goat (Which we have been
informed was a Mamie goat) up the
back street to the residence of Misses
Lunbeck, where it was safely kept
until after supper, when her services
were required. Eight members were
duly initiated into the thrilling mys-
teries of the order, and they must
have been very thrilling as the ses-
| sion lasted until almost one o'clock.
What the mysterious letters P. E. O..
stand for, no one is supposed to
know except the members of the or
der, and we understand it is certain
death to any of the masculine gender
who discover what these letters
stand for, but to those who are in
quisitive and wish to know, IT they
will call on Oriental Prince F. D..
Thompson, he will give them his
version of their meaning.
Allan S. Ballard, timer who had
been employed in the store of Gould
Wallace for several years, died at
the home of his daughter in Ft.
Scott, Kansas, on Jan. 28th, at the
age of 63 years, 4 months and ~
days. He was veteran of the Mexi-
can war, and had lived at Mt. Pleas
ant for 80 years prior to coming to
Leon, and his remains were taken to
Mt. Pleasant for interment. On ac-
count of failing health he went to Ft.
Scott last Christmas.
home of her son, John M. Gardner in
Leon on Feb. 1st, at the advanced
age of 80 years and 21 days. She
was born in Virginia and came to De-
catur county in 1857 with her sons,
DIR. r. D. and John m. Gardner.
Mrs. DR.. Layton went to Chicago
yesterday to visit her sister, Mrs.
lOrr, Sang @
Royal Prince Of the Orient Michael
Cochran was distinguished caller
at The Reporter Office.
Miss Bertha Cannon, of Eden;
township, was learning to type-wr1te
in the law office of E. w. Curry.
Mrs. Sue Rinehart Young, of Kan
sas City, passed through Leon Mon
day on her way to Newton to visit
relatives. She is the proud mother
of two daughters now.
There were 7OS students in the
State University at Iowa City, 100
more than ever before attended.
Horace Greeley has started new
paper at Fremont, Mahaska county,
called The Press.
VIM. Hazlet, of Eden township,
went to Iowa City to buy some Red
Poll cattle.
James McCutcheon bought eight
tons of hay from Martin Flynn for
$50.
Reuben Beck, of Lamont, and Miss
Sis Whittier, of Tuskeego, were mar
ried last Thursday at the Herald Of
flee in Lamont by Elder Asa Cochran.
! The women of Morgan township
were all having rest, as washing
machine agent from Davis City had
been doing the washing for them.
Uncle Henry .arder, of Garden
Grove, returned the past week from
visit at Hoyt, Kansas.
A. w. Stearns,-- of Garden
Grove, went to Plankington, South
Dakota, to settle up his fathers es-
tate.
Mrs. R. Brown, of Grand Island,
Neb., and her sister, Mrs. Ed San
ders, of Ringgold county, were called
to High Point by the serious illness
| of their father, James Hitchcock.
| Mr.. Frank Rhamey and Miss Vlna
Briley were married at the home OF
the brides mother at High Point, on
Jan. 3Oth.
James Hitchcock, one of the pio-
neers of this county, died at his
home in High Point on Jan. 2Sth, at
lthe age of 7s years.
Bill Nye and James Whitcomb
Riley have dissolved partnership. Mr..
lNye couldn't see anything funny in
Riley's efforts to wipe out the liquor
traffic by drinking all the whiskey.
1 Am Still in The Stock Buying
/ Game.
L . i ea. u | :
It has been reported that have
gone out of the stock buying busi-
ness but-this is all misake, for l
am in the game and on the job every