The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-11-09

Mrs. ]. w. Culp, of this city, and
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Harry Lewis,
of Hooper, Colorado, returned from
Osceola Tuesday evening where they
had been visiting few days at the
home of Mrs. Culp.s parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clell Collier.
Mrs. George Gilbert and daughters,
Georgia and Maud, of Brighton, Col
orado, who had been visiting at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. L.. r. Butts,
of northwest of Leon, went to Ottum-
wa Friday to visit for a time with
Relatives at that place.
G. r. Rinehart, who has been CAM
paigning in this state for several
months, dropped in last Thursday to
visit over night at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Jas. S. Mansfield, go
! ing to Allerton Friday where he
spoke that evening.
! G. G. Biddison, Charles BiddisOn
and wife, Bert Biddison and wife,
| Ensign Biddison and wife and Earl
blddison, autoed to Appanoose coun-
ty Sunday and spent the day at the
home of G. G.. Biddison's brother, r.
E. Biddison near Exline.
| Miss Else Volckmen, the trained
nurse who accompanied Miss Lelah
Brann to this city, returned to her
duties at the Otumwa hospital Fri
day, Miss Brann being we'll on the
way to complete recovery from her
operation for appendicitis.
| Mrs. B. C. Melvin and daughter.
of near Leon, and her sister, Mrs. j.
M. Conner and little daughter, of
Warner, Alberta, Canada, who are
here visiting at the Melvin home,
went to Gainesville, Mo-, Saturday to
visit a few days at the Clyde Weldon
home.
Curt Alexander and wife, who had
been visiting a few days with his
brothers, E. o. and w. A. Alexander.
and sister, Mrs. S. A. Gates, in this
city, went to Humeston Thursday to
visit his brother, Ed H. Alexander, q
few days before returning to their
home at Hastings, Neb.
{; Mr.. and Mrs. j. ]. Powers and two
, children, who had been visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norris Gardner in this city, went to
Van Vert Friday to visit few days
with relatives before returning to.
their home at Greenfield, where Mr..
Powers is station agent for the Bur-
lington railroad.
Jack Stewart, the Ottumwa brake
man, who spent some weeks in the:
Leon hospital last spring, recovering
from injuries received by being
knocked from box car at Gaines
vile, was visiting with friends in
this city last Thursday. He has not
! yet recovered from his injuries, but
| is some better than when he left the
hospital.
! Henry Minor and family, of Jewell,
Iowa, drove down in their car last
week and visited few days at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Fred Barrett,
of Leon, his brother, John Minor, of
Eden township and with Mrs. Minors
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Blair, at
Lamont. Mr.. Minor has sold his bar
Der shop at Jewell and will seek a
new location.
| Mrs. c. B. Townsend, of Decatur
City, passed through this city Friday,
returning from Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, where she and Mr.. Townsend
had been spending couple of weeks.
Mrs. A. A. Emmons, who is here
from California visiting her sister,
Mrs. o. w. Foxworthy, returned Fri
j day from a few days visit with rela-
tives at Pleasanton.
p. D. Bean, who has been away
from Leon for several months, driv-
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs George
Bean, of Shenandoah, on an extended
auto trip to Kentucky, passed
through Leon Monday, making the
last leg Of the long trip. After driv-
ing his parents to, their home at
Shenandoah "Beany" will return to
Leon to resume his work as operator
at the Idle Hour theatre.