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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
Davis City.

Mrs. Abby Brooks remains were
brought to this city Tuesday for in
Fterment
| Mrs. Clara Mcintosh of Denver,
Colorado, is visiting at the home of
i her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nc
Intosh.
! Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Frazier are
the proud parents of new son born
to them Tuesday of last week.
Mrs Daisy Boswell and two sons
were visiting in Davis City while on
her way to attend the Decoration at
Lamont.
| Mrs. G. A. Marble and Myrta Mar
ible were Lamont callers Friday.
| Reuben Cummings returned after
a prolonged visit in the west.
/ Decoration services were held in
this city Sunday at the Methodist
church. Music was furnished by the
Davis City band of which we are all
proud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Marvin and
children spent Sunday with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. N.
Kicks.
Glen Andrews spent Sunday in
this city.
| Miss Jae Shirley of Des Moines
spent Sunday in this city with her
parents.
Mrs. Della Simpson of Leon has
been visiting in this city the past
week.
Many people from the surround
ing towns have visited this city to
see the river since the overflow.
| Mrs. Lee Flora and daughter
Cecil were Lamont callers Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs G. G. Grimes have
returned to this city.
Mrs. Margaret Wcrnich returned
! from Kansas where she has been
teaching the past year.
| The remains of Mrs. Henry Bow
man were brought to this place for
burial on Wednesday of last week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
J.M.HurSta Con2panY

Mrs. c. C. Lawhead, of Mt. Ayr,
was visitor in Leon Tuesday, being
on her way home from Gainesville,
Mo-, where she had been visiting a
few days with relatives and friends.
Mrs. G. B. Price went to Albany,
Mo-, Tuesday to visit relatives and
attend the commencement exercises
at Palmer College this week. Mr..
Price also went to Albany yester-
day.
Mrs NJ. o. Dunn, of Pleasanton,
was in Leon Thursday, returning
from visit with her mother at AL
bany, Mo. She was accompanied
home by her little sister. Elmo Cor
nett.
Miss Ada Crees and brother Mich
ael, of Decatur City, were in Leon
Saturday visiting their father, Willis
Crees, who has been patient i'm the
Leon hospital for number of
weeks.
Mr.. F. M. Hamaker, OF Lebanon,
Kansas, arrived last Thursday after
noon for visit at the homes of his
brother-in-law, ]. w. Honnold, and
neice, Mrs. O. E. Hull. He will also
visit with relatives at. Humeston,
Derby and Indianola before return
ing home.
George E. Stark, of Manchester,
Oklahoma, who was visiting with
friends in this city, went to Davis
City Monday evening for q short
visit. Mr.. stark Wa for some time
aasistAnt manager Of the BalleW
Lslmbss Co.. AZ this cit under & !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
Welcome Ridge.

Floyd Shelton attended the show
Monday night at Decatur.
Dell Wiley was seen in this local
ity Tuesday
B. G.. Maynard called at the Will
Williams home Tuesday.
George Williams and family went
Sunday to spend a few days with his
brother Dannie Williams and family.
Elijah Ryan was Decatur caller
Tuesday.
Fred Tenny and family were De-
catur callers Friday.
Floyd Shelton was a Decatur call
er Friday.
Our rural mail carrier has not
been able to go his route on account
of the high waters, The flood that
came did considerable damage to
this vicinity.
Everett Payton was in these parts
Saturday.
Tom Maynard and family visited
at Bert Maynard's Sunday.
George Williams called at the Jim
Stephens home Sunday.
Jas. Phipps called at the Bert
Maynard home Sunday.
Mahlon McGahuey was seen in
this vicinity Sunday.
Miss Pearl Stephens and sister
Carrie attended meeting at Elk
Chapel Sunday.
Ralph Phipps was a Lamont call
er Saturday.
w. B. Stanley and son Forest
were in this vicinity Saturday.
Loren Stephens visited at the
home of his uncle, Jim Stephens Sat-
urday.
Ethel Hale returned Friday to her
home at Decatur after spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. Fred
Tenney.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
ONE REASON why IOWANS
have DESERTED THE STATE
Western States and Canada Believe
In Good Advertising.

San Francisco, Cal.-"Iowa Is miss.
ing one of its greatest opportunities to
really advertise ITSELF" said former
state senator w. H. Taylor Of Bloom.
field, Davis county, who dropped into
the Iowa Building today accompanied
by Mrs. Taylor.
Il met a couple Of Iowans this morn.
ing as we came into the exposition
grounds. They had been here two or
three days and asked them, outside
of the great palaces, what was the
best thing to see.
why, the Canada Building is the
one big show they answered.
"And so went to the Canada Build
ing and the one thought which stayed
with me all the time was there was
what Iowa might have done along this
line if her legislature had been big
and broad-minded and businesslike.
1--WE in Iowa are constantly com.
planning that our good citizens, having
made some money, are moving out OF
the state taking with them not only
their money and themselves, but their
sons and daughters, the best and most
valued asset that Iowa has. Some
times we wonder why, and the answer
is right here at the worlds exposition.
where California. Canada Australia
and Oregon are doing SO much to"fas-
cinate the tourists.
Canada is spending 100000 in an
exhibit that simply cOmpels attention
and admiration. Iowa has $50, 900 peo-
pie out here in this western country,
living here. and all of them half wish
ing they were back because they all
admit they are mot making money
here, and that they could make more
at home If Iowa, through her legis.
lature. had appropriated half a million
dollars and made a compelling exhibit
of Iowas resources and her real adj
vantages, it would have taken the
sting out Of these otaer advertise
ments. More than that. it would have
been the talk of the entire exposition,
because Iowa could put up an exhibit
that would outclass any Of it's com.
petitors.
Canada has a permanent commits.
sion on expositions, two or three COM
missioners are occupied year in and
year out and have been for the last
decade or more, preparing this ex.
hibit material and combing that great
northern empire with a fine tooth
comb to get the best and most spec.
tacular of its products. II we had a
promotion department in Iowa that
had money to go ahead and collect the
best samples Of Iowa's products of
every kind and then at the next
worlds exposition, II held in this
country. put up building and an ex.
hibit that will not only keep Iowans In
Iowa and bring back former Iowans to
their home state, but make new con.
verts to ne cause Of Iowa.
"And then to think that even with
the $4,000 that Iowa did appropriate
the legislature insisted upon not q
penny of it being spent for the build:
ing. That does not show the right
spirit and we are never going to have
a Greater Iowa until the men with
narrow vision are eliminated from our
legislative conn ella I" q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03

Business teaches modesty, indus
try, fairness, education, progress and
practical common sense; statesman
ship teaches shorter hours, loud talk,
frequent elections, war, newspaper
excitement, and less efficiency in ev-
erything except oratory and politics.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03

Rags Wanted-The Reporter Of
fee wants to buy q quantity of clean
cotton rags. Must not be less than
IL inches square, and larger prefer
red. Will pay 2 cents per pound.
We cannot use heavy WOODEN rags.
Bring in your rags and get the
money,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03

breakfast is all ready women
say to their husbands, although the
meal may consist of oat meal and
coffee. When the meal is that sim
pie, and that easy to get, wouldn't it
be better to say, Breakfast is
ready.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
BARGAINS in Dresses
$3.50, $3.50, Sc, 50
Dress Skirts at a Bargain

lot quite as
vide as the skirts are they should most
attractive Coors paids They from
s. to and to close quickly pricing them at T9k
only - -
The Washington times., 1915-08-07

pf something which will make my skin
peel? l have very bad. skin. 2. am
greatly bothered with blackheads. What
do advise?
/. Salicylic acid used in the form
Of a plaster null 10 very good remedy
for freckles. If that is what you mean.
Most so-calied freckle cures. however.
contain mercury and may cause serious
internal trouble II employed. In any
case. no matter what Is used. freckles
usually return. and If the skin peels 1t
Is better to stop the use of all reme-
dies. because more harm may be done
than benefit Use plain boracic acid
powder twice a day on the face. 2.
avoid greasy and hot foods, pastries.
candies. sweets. starches, and sour
things. seasoningg. hot dishes. soup
and. liquors. Do not use hot water or
soap on your face. but cleanse it with a
good peroxide ere An and ice-cold water
At night rub in we'll the following:
Benzoated lard. ounce with rose oil:
sulphur. I dram: glycerine. dram.
Take three drops of Fowler's arsenic So
luton three times a day.
The Washington times., 1915-08-07

COYpetitiUe Athletics May
Carry in Them Dangers
To the Grozving Youth
Dy DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG,



ball. tennis. swim. or indulge in team
ge mes for morc than a half hour with
out Several intermIssiOns AS far as
football IS concerned, such. necessary
adJuncts as strong hearts, firm limbs.
those who get into the game too young.
Turned ankles, stiff muscles. and
chariie horse are common after pc
riod of inactivity Brief intervals Of
daily practice for some weeks are FIRST
demanded before a boy or man is as
''flt as fiddle" to take proper exercise.
a cold bath and a shower with a brisk
rundown often does away with the
stiffness and minor injuries. Never be-
gin the rougher work Of physical train
Ing until the soreness has disappeared.
Prepare With Care.
A month is not too long time for the
preliminary hardening exercises
which bring q man up to his expected
strength.
At first a warm shower is preferab bic
to the cold tank bath. This opens the
pores and alleviates soreness. Stimuli
taheously 1t dissolves the waste which
the cold water cannot do. BY. all means
down do matt after % play. ~ You ' may MASSAGE MASSAGE
ycui self 1t is better than to call upon
scme one else.
The old fallacy OF the Tantalus-like
diet when training was lately dis
peat that the h-makers-steaks, 9,
: chops. roasls. and eggs. all lnfried,
and we'll chcwed-niXed with well
| prepared fresh vegetables and milk
and proper bread stuff suffice for any
| oils. fats and pastries arc better
. taboo. They are not easily mastered
by a stomach with it's activities oent
! upon muscular tones. Simple des-
scrts. however, such as fresh fruits
I and CuStards desirable.
: Avoidance of water. tea, and tcoffee
at meal time, as we'll as other fluids
! when at practice or overheated will
save your wind.
EXcesses. even in eating, work much
mischief Deliberate mastication. the
stunning of all stimulnnts, tobacco.
, alcohol and other measures of ex-
element Mcguire no novelty OF en-
, phasis IL you would make your
muscles frm and efficient.
The Washington times., 1915-08-07
Time, Best FdmilyDoctor,
Alone Has Absolute Cure
Malddy Of Broken Heart
The Disease Has Four Stages-Attack, Crisis, Conva-
lescence, and Recovery-Then Understanding and
Sympathy Are Developed.
BY WINIFRED BLACK


I tore up his pictures. / burned his
letters, l couldn't bear to hear any
one speak who had a voice like his.
end l hated a man for a week be-
cause he wore the same sort Of tie
Hes a bore, I thought, a fool, a
weakling, an ,intolerable nuisance;
how shall l rid myself Of anything
that ever belonged to him anywhere.
Now I'm in the last stage. I hope:
THE convalescence is over, and
am cured. absolutely cured"
A Greater Understanding.
IT wouldn't mind seeing the man at
all. I did see him the other day in
the erect. and I couldn't believe my
eyes. 80 -
WAS that my hero. my faithless
one. my jailer. that harmless person
with the fidgety walk and the fussy
gestures? Why. nobody would ever
look twice at him. What on earth
ever made me think-oh. yes. not bad
loking In way, rather primitive and
animal. to be sure; a little more fore
head and he would have done better:
hair? Something rather countrifled
about him. isn't there7 See the way
he keeps watching out Of the corner
Of his eyes to know II people are
noticing him! Why. he's nothing
Sbut a careless. irresponsible. selfish
child. not man at all, how could I
what a time she'll have with
him-the other woman-poor thing.
I'm out Of my troubles and she's get
ting into hers.
-Four stages--theyre absolutely
marked-watch any one who's going
through the malady Of what used to
be called a broken heart and you'll
see. >
II am glad understand It now.
II shan't be intolerant of the weep
ing woman. or shocked with the re-
vengeful one or surprised at the i'm
patient one. III know that none Of
them are In the least to blame.
These things are not traits Of char
acter at all. they're Just symptoms.
and old DR.. Time. the best family
physician in the world. knows exactly
how to treat them. and does 1t with
absolute success.
I'm through said the woman who
was cured Of her own particular at
tack. I'm through. and have just
about a hundred times as much un-
derstanding and as much sympathy
and as much practical comprehen-
sion Of the human character as I
had one little year ago"
And I looked at the woman and I
saw that she spoke the truth.
The Washington times., 1915-08-07

r-HE schoolmaster abroad in the
land is eternally at 1t to con-
i vince you that the heyday Of
all good things Is the present
time. You are told that modern life Is
too strenuous" that the civilization of
today ~ too exciting that the rush
and turmoil Of the present day is re-
sDonsible for neurasthenia, nervousness
indigestion, and corns." and that I'VE
live in an age Of competition"
None of this Is more than partially
true. None Of 1t is original. The AS
syrian inscriptions found in Babylonia.
from 5000 to 10000 years old contain
these same pessimistic expressions.
literally word for word.
As All actual test by comparison, COM
petition is as bad and as good today
as II was 5000 years ago-nay, $4,000.
This Is particularly true In athletics.
Great harm Is done to boys and young
r:cise and physical training. but by the
muscular strain to the breaking *point
which competitive athletics cause.
Donts For Athletes.
Commonly left to themselves. boys
and yof:ths will exert their muscles ac.
lively in play usually short of the
bursting point. 1t is the athletic coach
and college mates who are responsible
for the dilatcd hearts. broken wind
, torn ligaments and muscles and life
long invalidism which sopetimes FOL.
lows competition in muscular endeavors
When advice and ,admonition are giver
to those of 1, IA or 40 to keep theiI
muscles active it is not Intended thai
glory or cups be won. II there happen!
to be present others stronger. more
! agile or better fitted by nature or train
ing to aspire TO supreme athletic honors
be a good sportsman and accept the
conditions as they are. Thus you viii
achieve success in the way of health
vitality and long life.
A young boy should never be allowed
to play football in regular games Of al
hour or more. His heart is likely to b'
| endangered thereby. Indeed. the conf
petition, often unrealizcd by spectators
is far too exacting In this game.
Never allow young boy to play base.
The Washington times., 1915-08-07
ODD FACTS

The twenty-six letters Of the alpha
bet may be transposed In so many
millions Of ways that all the In
habitants Of the globe could not In
thousand million years write out all
the possible transpositions Of the
twenty-six letters. even supposing
that each wrote forty pages daily.
each page containing forty different
transpositions.
Hefe Is the entire list Of wedding
anniversaries: First anniversary, iron:
fifth, wooden: tenth, tin; fifteenth.
crystal: twentieth. china; twenty
fifth. silver: thirtieth. cotton: thirty
Nth, linen: fortieth. woollen; forty
NTH, silk: fftieth. golden; seventy
NTH. diamond.
A great many persons firmly be-
lieve that ants do not sleep. This
superstition arises from the fact that
on moonlight nights during the sum
mer ants have often been seen at
work about their nests; People & OF
ants lay up food for the winter
The alleged fact Is mentioned many
times In ancient and modern litera-
lures. and is directly stated In the
Book of Proverbs. They DO no such
thing. During the winter they re-
main In a torpid or semi-torpid con,
dition. reviving under the genial
warmth of the spring sun.
The Garhwals. who. in company
with the Gurkhas, are fighting with
the allied forces, In France; are in
veterate smokers. and have
peculiar means of their own Of en-
joying tobacco. One of their meth
DDS is to twist an oak leaf into a
conical shape, fill it with tobacco.
The Washington times., 1915-08-07
Summer School Letter No. 4.
Prepared by Bureau of Education
MEN WANTED!

take cognizance Of the subject matter
interrelate II with that Of The rest Of
the school,
To place the kindergartens and
primary grades Of a school system
under the supervision Of one person.
and that person a trained kindergurt-
ner.
To reorganize the training courses
in normal schools so that the stu
dents shall be required to practice in
primary grades as we'll as In the
kindergarten.
The following publications Of the
Bureau Of Education deal with this
and other kindergarten problems.
Documents will be sent free on ap-
plication to the Commissioner of
The Washington times., 1915-08-07
AnsWerS To Health Questions

NJ. n. DIS there any way by which
| can change the color of my eyes? 2.
My skin is very dark but am a
blonde: what will make my skin
lighter? g. Is there any way by which
I can reduce the size OF my nose? 4.
what Will restore 1t to its natural color?
The color OF the eyes cannot be
changed but by wearing ribbons. and
dresses of the desired color, the eyes
Will appear to bring that color to a
certain extent. Blue dresses make the
eyes reflect blue. brown gowns make
the eyes reflect brown. 2. You are not
a blonde, II your skin. as you state. IS
Just after a wash or bath and while
still wet. dry the face with this: Fine
almond meal four ounces; finely pow
dered borax, six drams: finely powder
ed orris root, two ounces: timely pow
dered pumice stone. six drams; oil OF
bitter almonds, three drops; oil OF lily
of valley. three drops. ). Only' a nose
surgeon can do this. 4. Salt water bath
ing. seashorc light and borax water
will help keep blonde hair light.
II. f. W.-Will you kindly repeat your
remedy for dandruff?
Wash the scalp with CASTLE soap and
water or cocoa nut oil and water, then
apply one-half ounce Of preciDitated SUI
Rub In gently. after thoroughly shak-
inG, with small brush and he sure that
the little br!stles reach the scalp instead
Of the hAr On account OF the odor OF
sulphur it is used at bedtime. except in
severe cases. when 1t may be used twice
a day.
l. A. S,-Will YOU give me the name
The Washington times., 1915-08-07

HE woman who had to leave
her husband because he was
such a brute that no woman
could live with him and keep
her self respect, told mo about it
the other day.
Il thought I'd never get over It,"
she said. never in the world.
"Of course knew that women
had Sufrered before and that they
woulA sufrer again-but no one had
ever had quite the same dreadful
e one Would ia ever Mi FEEL snqtI It as'i did. u no
"But now I've been watching other
people, and I see that the thing 10
Just like disease-it has its stages
the attack. the crisis. the GONZALES
cence, the recovery-I had every ono
OF them, each in its season.
''At first was crushed, humili-
ated, heartbroken.
Il cried-not rivers, not lakes-but
oceans. I cried all day and I woke
up in the nisht-to cry.
Every nerve I had was 50 sensi-
tive that my whole nature was Just
spoke to me my heart trembled; II
I heard music had to leave the
room; q perfume. a breeze, faded
flower anything. everything. made
II didn't want to get well. l
wanted to suffer, l wanted to die.
Every night I prayed that would
never awaken from my sleep. Oh,
understand suicide now.
The Second Stage.
"Just as all my friends had about
given mo up for a helpless fool. the
second stage Of tho malady arrived.
II was mad, furious-furious with
myscV, furious with the man, fu-
rious with tho whole world. I
wanted to hurt somebody. wanted
to make somebody suffer, L wanted
to kill him and the other woman.
mo. not shoot. not stab. not poi
son. something Oriental and linger-
ing. 30 I could stand by and laugh
II wrote him letters, bitter letters,
sarcastic. furious letters. and then I
tore them up.
Il sent him messages Of denuncia-
ton. OF scorn and contempt and then
l wished I hadn't. for they were
never strong enough or cruel enough
or bitter enough to satisfy me.
Then arrived the third stage Of
the attack.
'If I could only get rid Of him,
thought. II could only push him
out Of the same town. out Of the
same country. out Of the same world.
The Washington times., 1915-08-07
RADE teachers and kinder
garteners alike have recent
ly become interested in tho

IL ly become interested in tho
problem of adjustment be-
tween kindergarten and first grade.
The tendency to pass over tho
chrono!ogical ages Of children in
favor Of their mental ages and to re-
gard as one unit the period between
five and eight years. is bringing about
changes in belief and practice.
II the aim Of the school. including
the kindergarten. Is in accordance
with the best educational ideals. the
kindergarten will definitely prepare
for the first grade. because It will
help the child to develop to the full
grade will continue to aid this de-
veloping individual. II the two grades
are perfectly adjusted to the prog
ress Of the developing child. there
need be no adoption of the usual
first-grade language and number
signs In the kindergarten. nor need
there be an adoption In the frst
grade Of the particular handwork
materials which children desire for
expression at the kindergarten age.
Relation of Grades.
That there Is not this perfect
adjustment between the kinder
Garten and the first grade Is evil
dent IN many cases. 1t may be duo
to a Misunderstanding Of educa-
tional aims and methods or tn tho
,ooL 80 .h,,,+,, % ,,,t ,a..,s 49,.
A"NN Va o'' ~ P"' !uea's 'hto
practice. The burden or the crit
icisn has fallen upon the kinder.
rartcn. partly because II is one of
g.. as,.,o
tt .nS az ~. 10 tne couta-
tiohal ptan. ~ - o''iy IN the pr0-
cess OF Iornnuiatihg Lts own loeais
ana Practlce. iurtnernoIe' II
STANDS as sIntie srsoe IN tne
Schooi: ine Hrst grace. on the
other mana. represents the IDEAS OF
the Whole sch"oi. ana It's aims ana
practices nave been quite definite
ly outlined Tor many years. Tho
question or the relation OF tie two
grades must be one OF adjustment
adjustment not to the particular
ideas Of ktndergartners and prl-
mary teachers. bat adjustment to
the best growth OF the develop
ing child.
AI:,... N.II
AuJustWehts Necue"'
.ohae, n Observation-Disclosures snnerv,sors
ond Grade teachers in order NJ fire.
rr.ncy are as follows. For the
t,nderrarten more independence In
bondwork periods, more ouietness
The Washington times., 1915-08-07
Kindergarten Adjustment to Grades
Tendency Seen Regard Mental Over Chronological Age Of Ceo
From Five to Eight Considered As Unit by Educators

Education, unless otherwise speci-
fed.
Progress In kindergarten Educa-
ton Reprint from the annual report
of the Commissioner OF Education,
1914.
Bulletin. l9l4-No. 6. Kindergarten
Statistics.
Bulletin. l914-No. q. Montessori
and the kindergarten.
Bulletin. lel4-No. %. The Kinder
garten in Benevolent Institutions.
Bulletin, 1915.-No. "a. Adjustment
eRtween Kindergarten and First
Grade.
Kindergarten Letter-No. 2. Kin
dergartens in California.
kindergarten Letter-No. 3. A Bos-
ton Experiment.