The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-04
YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Flies of The
Reporter Published Z Quarter
of a Century Ago.

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store was broken into at Weldon and
about $500 worth of goods taken,
consisting of clothing, piece goods,
telegram Tuesday asking him to
come to Charlton to identify part OF
the clothing which was found in a
box car at Ottumwa. The goods TAX
en- were just received a day or two
before the burglary.
The new Methodist church at
Woodland will be dedicated on Sum
day, Nov. 9th, the pastor will COM
mence a protracted meeting today.
The church is a fine building and an
honor to the builders and one that
Woodland may we'll be proud of.
J. H. Lighthill and A. c. Copper
smith, of near Decatur City, returned
last Wednesday from their western
trip. They report crops and feed of
every kind very short in southwest
ern Iowa and southeastern Nebraska.
Fred Teale, the Weldon merchant,
was visiting in Leon last Sunday.
Elder S. R. Axes goes east today.
We wish him success.
Miss Libbie Woodbury., of Osce-
ola, visited the Misses Lulu and Har-
riet Young the past week.
John w. Rush, of Kansas City, was
visiting with his mother and other
friends in this city over Sunday.
John Mowatt has returned from
Jefferson, Iowa, and will again make
his home in Decatur county.
Lew VanWerden and Ed Brooks,
who are students at the State Uni
.versity at Iowa City, came home Fri
day and remained until after the
election on Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Slade, of Columbus,
Ohio, came to Leon the first Of the
week to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Varga.
Lee Woodmansee, of Omaha, Neb.,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. J.. w. Hon.
mold. He is returning from trip to
Ohio, and stopped off to visit his sis
ters in Leon and Davis City.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Mayer went to
Chicago last Saturday in response to
a telegram announcing the death of
Mrs. Mayors youngest sisters hus-
band. The funeral was held on Sum
day and they returned home Tues
day.
Returns from every state from the
Atlantic to the Pacific give enormous
democratic gains everywhere at the
elections held on Tuesday The lead
ers of the high tariff party were
without single exception completes
ly showed under. Mckinley and
Foster were both defeated in Ohio,
Joe Cannon was defeated in Illinois,
and beyond any question whatever
the democrats have carried the state
of Illinois and this insures the elec-
ton of that grand old man, John M.
Palmer, to the United States Senate.
Pattison, the democratic candidate
for governor in Pennsylvania, is
elected by $1,000. Wisconsin goes
almost solidly democratic. Nebraska
elects a democratic governor. So
does Massachusetts and Michigan. In
Kansas the republicans only elect one
out of seven congressman and this
defeats Ingalls, for reelection. Never
before in the history of the country
has there been such an upheaval Of
public opinion, and the black eye
which the republican party has re-
ceived will never be healed. In Iowa,
that banner republican state, we
elected six democratic congressman
out of eleven. The official count will
be necessary to determine the results
on the state ticket, but heavy gains
over the vote for Gov. Boies are re-
ported everywhere, and we feel con-
fident that the entire democratic
state ticket is elected. In Decaur
county c. w. Hoffman was elected
county attorney by Is votes, and
Uncle John AllDaugh, the democratic
candidate for member of the board
has majority of 1l3. The republi-
cans elected T. Fl. Schenck clerk of
the courts and James Grandstaff
county recorder.