The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-27

Mrs, Ed Fisher and children went
to Pleasanton Thursday to spend a
few DAYS at the home of her parents.
Her sister, Miss Dollie Maynard, VINO
had been here on a visit returned to
her home at Pleasanton the same
day.
Mrs. E. G. Brothers, of Darling
Ford, Canada, who had been visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Richardson, at Pleasan-
ton, came Friday to visit a few days
at the home of DR.. O. w. Foxworthy
in this city.
Fred Redman, who has been out
at San Francisco, California, for
some time, passed through this city
Monday, enroute to Grand River to
visit his children. He reports things
pretty dead out on the coast since
the close of the exposition.
P. E. Brady departed Tuesday for
Kansas City to attend the annual
convention of the Missouri State
Lumber Dealers association, being
Joined here by J. NJ. Halstead, of Van
Vert, and there will sure be two live
Iowa lumber men at the Kansas City
convention.
Jas. F. Harvey went to Des Moines
Saturday to meet his friend Kari
Parrish, who spent Sunday in Des
Moines while on his way to Chicago
and other eastern points on business.
Karl has been in South America for
several years where he is operating
a gold mine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Weaver, of Des
Monies, came last Thursday evening
to visit few days at the home OF
their daughter, Mrs. Harry Marvin,
in this city. Mrs. Weaver had been
quite sick for some time, so they de-
cided to come to their old home until
she recovered.
FIR. and Mrs. w. B. Redman, of
near DeKalb, departed Tuesday for
San Antonio, Texas, where they ex-
pect, to remain for several weeks to
escape the cold weather in Iowa. Mr..
and Mrs. Redman are doing consider
able travelling around in their old
age but they have earned these vaca-
ticn trips and are enjoying life to
SUIT themselves.
Miss Alpha Long, who has been
visiting for the past month at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
F. Long, of Center township, depart
ed Saturday for Bedford to resume
her duties as teacher in the High
School at that place. The Bedford
schools have been closed since before
the holidays on account of an cpl
demic OF scarlet fever in that town.
George ]. Spaeth, of Garden Grove,
was a business visitor in Leon last
Saturday. Mr.. Spaeth was IS years
of age last September, but no one
would Judge him to be anywhere near
that age, for ~he is remarkably hale
and hearty for one of his age. Uncle
George don't believe in loafing on ac-
count of old age and he is always
working at something around his
home
A. b. Owens, of Willow Springs,
Mo-, dropped in last Thursday even
ing and visited over night with
friends in this city, while enroute
home from visit with a sister at
Corning. Mr.. Owens has been man
ager of poultry business at Willow
Springs, Mo-, for several years, but
goes now to Little Rock, Ark, to
take charge of big new poultry
plant being erected by the same firm.
Mrs. VIM. Langreder and her sis
ter, Miss Irene Henry, arrived Mon
day afternoon from Saffordville,
Kansas. Miss Henry was taken very
sick with appendicitis last week and
Mrs. Langreder was called to that
place, and after arriving. there decid-
ed to bring Irene back to Leon for
treatment. Miss Irene has been em-
ployed for some time as trained
nurse at Topeka, Kansas, and was on
duty at Saffordville, when she was
stricken.
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