The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-11-30
YfARS Ago
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century Ago.


Honnold & Caster, taking possess
assisted by his sons Sam and George.
John Truitt, young man living
about six miles east of Leon, met
with an unfortunate accident on
Thanksgiving day which will confine
him to the house for many a long
and weary day. He was hauling a
heavy load of logs when the lynch
pin broke and he was dragged over
the front of the wagon, and in fall
ing his right leg struck the tongue
of the wagon, breaking both bones
square off about eight inches below
the knee. so that the ends protruded
through the skin. DR.. Brown was
called and the limb was set and the
patient is now getting along nicely.
A gay party of dancers filled the
elegant dining hall at Wards hotel
last Thursday evening. Music was
furnished by Edgar McClelland on
the violin and Wiley Sell with gui-
tar, and they made splendid music
to which many feet kept time until
midnight.
Some strange things happen at a
railroad station when a train hap
pens to be late, and number of
passengers are waiting. Last Fri
day the train from the south was an
hour or more late. Among the per-
sons in the waiting room was a big
travelling man who had drank
enough prohibition Whiskey to make
him think he was the most impor-
tant person on earth. He walked
into the agents Office and inquired
if the X. & w. train would wait at
Humeston for the @ train. Agent
Ketcham told him he was just ask
ing them over the wire and that it
would not wait. The aforesaid t..
m. boiled over. He groWled and
kicked and kept on talking about
being unable to get a civil answer
from a railroad man, and asserted
that is was impossible for the agent
to have asked and received an
answer from Humeston in that
length of time. The matter was ex-
planned to the satisfaction of every
one in the room but the t. M. and he
would not be satisfied with any
thing. Finally he wanted to eat
some one up. He could chaw up any
railroad man that ever walked the
earth, etc. Stock agent Joe Ballou
was busy writing behind the railing,
and finally he turned and asked the
t. m. to listen a moment and he
would quietly explain the whole mat
ter to him and show him that Mr..
Ketcham had given him as civil an
answer as could be made. But the
t. m. did not want to have anything
explained. He was bigger man than
A. n r.
eat up any railroad man in four Sec
onds Finally Joe got riled and rose
up out of his chair, joint at time,
and declared that he was railroad
man and the t. m. could commence
to eat him up at once. Joe is natur-
ally a large man, but on this Occas-
ion he seemed to stretch out until
he was eight feet tall, at least ne
looked that large to the t. m. VINO
gazed at him a moment, and then
left the room, much to the amuse-
ment of the bystanders, and he kept
out of sight until the train arrived.
Z. E. Somes, of Chicago Heights,
ILL.,, is visiting relatives in Leon.
Ed X. Pitman returned Monday
from few days visit with relatives
at Bloomfield.
Little Kittie Mills left Saturday
for her home in Des Moines. Mamie
Smith accompanied her and will
visit her sister, Mrs. Billy Mills for
a few weeks.
Will J. Edwards has taken a posi-
ton in the Farmers & Traders bank,
and came down from Des Moines
Monday to commence his new duties.
Will is a splendid young man, just
adapted to the banking business,
and we are very glad to see him re-
turn to Leon again.
Harry Shumway, who has been
selling organs for Will Alexander,
has taken a position in VanWerden's s
drug store. He is registered
pharmacist. and courteous gentle
man.