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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Christian Church.

Program by the children -. 1890
Communion Service ..:... .l1:Oe
Christmas sermon for Children ISIS
Giving treats to Children. ll:45
Christian EndeavOr =: -. -. 6:3O
The Christmas Story in Art, :,
Scripture and Song -. -. 7:3O
Introductory. picture:
1.-THE Magi on the Way to Bethle'
hem" Portaels.
Hymn, "Watchman Tell Us OF the
Picture9:Village of Nazareth"
Scripture reading, Luxe l:2S-2
Picture ''Annunciation, Murillo.
Scripture reading Luke l:2S-aS
Picture-'sIm Immaculate Conception
Scripture reading, Luke 1:46-55.
Solo. "Magnificat."
-"Vfllage of Bethlehem"
Scripture reading, Luke 2:1.5:
Hymn. "0h, Little Town OF Beth,
Picture-s.The Nativity" LeRolle.
Scripture reading, Luke 2:6-7:
Picture 'Apparition to the Shep-
herds" PlOckhOrst.'
Scripture reading, Luke 2:8.14:
Hymn. 1T Came Upon Midnight
Picture Holy Night" Correggio;
Scripture reading, Luke 2:l5-2O.
Hymn, .'Silent Night Holy Night
Picture The Head of Christ" Hof-
Scripture T; reading, lisa. 9:e.
hymn, Joy to the World, the
Lord is Come"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Mrs. Francis NJ. Hamilton.

Elizabeth Henderson Hamilton,
daughter of John and Delilah Hen
dersOn, was born in Lawrence coun-
ty. Indiana. April 4, 1874, came to
Iowa with her parents in lS54' ana ana
and half miles north Of Pleasanto9
where her mother died in 1864 and
her father in 1884. She was one of
seven children Of whom two are lv-
ing, Moses Henderson OF Indiana,
and James X. Henderson OF Davis
City, Iowa. $50,
ilton. To this union were born six
children, Mrs. Charlotte Stuteville
and Mrs. Delilah Stuteville of Davis
City, Harrison and Mrs. Susan An
drew of Decatur. Melvin Of High
Point and John Of Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia. All were with. the mother
John, his last visit with his parents
being during the sickness and death
of his father.
|. In the close chain Of relationship
she leaves two brothers, six children,
nineteen grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Mother Hamilton early in life be-
with the brethren and sisters; of the
Baptist faith. She has lived a life
Of loving sacrifice to her church,
loved ones and neighbors and will
always be remembered. in connection
with those deeds of kindness as
Aunt Betty"
She departed this life at z o'clock
in the evening of the 18th day of
December, 1916. Rev. G. w. Smith
ofsHumeston, conducted the funeral
service at Riysrview church at one
O'Clock Saturday and used for his
text, For bodily exercise profiteth
little. but godlipess is profitable unto
all things. having promise Of the life
that now is, and of that which is to
come" / Tim. 4:8.
A mixed quartet from Pleasanton
furnished the music for the occasion.
The body was, laid to rest in the
Hamilton cemetery by the side Of the
devoted companion who fell asleep
on June 25, 1916. They lacked only
until August IL, 1915, of living out
fifty years Of welded life together.
After six months of separation they
are again together, in death.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Sunday school at ;s:45 a. m.
Divine services at -. .1l:OO a. m.
Theme: "A Christmas Meditation.
Epw n}ra I Leagae ;, at S:$S 3 3 m m
Services in charge Of the Primary
Department of our Sunday s. pool.
Ask some member of the Adtes'
Guild to tell you about the dunlap
improved silver blade cream and egg
whip.
The lecture given last Tuesday ev-
ening under the auspices of the Ep-
worth League. was just fine, 1t was
treat to all present. We, however.
regret that many of our congregation
did not arrange to be present.
As indicated above, the primary
department Of our Sunday school,
will have charge of the evening ser
vice Sunday evening. Ihe service
will be in the nature Of cantata
entitled "A Journey to Christmas
Land We have been at the prac-
tice and we can say without mo.
ments hesitation, that it is fine and
that you will be delighted with the
rendition of the same. Certain other
special features have also been ar
ranged and which will make our
Christmas program the best that our
church has had In years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
X X X X \ X X + + = =
SCHOOL NOTES
MAX MORGAN
BARBARA PENNIWELL
Editors
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X X X X * X 4 X y \: X x X X \
The Junior and Senior classes had
their contests on Monday. Inc
Juniors will be represented this ey-
enng bX Merle TG,ost Stephens the A see
Tors by Teresa Tullis, Marcia Wallace
and Mike Grogan..
All high school classes had meet
ings Tuesday evening to prepare Tor
the activities on High School night.
The Seniors met at. the school build
ing on Tuesday night. The girls
made pennants while the boys made
candy.
MI. Gass and Miss Bradford acted
as Judges at the declamatory contest
at Decatur last Friday. evening.
Physics class is studying electric
Vacation commences Friday even
ing and continues for two weeks.
There will be two weeks of school In
January on this semesters work. The
new semester will begin on Monday,
January 22nd. New classes will or
organize at that time. Several new
students will enter at that time.
Mr.. Gass went to Humeston on
Wednesday evening to act as judge
in their high school declamatory
Leon High School will hold their
contest on Thursday night OF this
At the box supper last week the
High School cleared about $4,000.
Mrs. F. A. Wagner visited Miss
Bruce's room on Tuesday.
Ora Bowman of the 7th grade is
Wilma and Gladys Campbell en-
tered Miss Grogan's room on Mon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
THE CHURCHES.
Brethren Sunday School Notes.

Lesson for Dec. "a, "Unto Us Son
Golden text:-For unto us child
is born, unto us a son Is given; and
the government shall be upon His
shoulders; and His name snail pc
called Wonderful, C0unsellor, the
the Prince Of Peace.-Isa. 9:6.
The leading thought for last Sun
day was-Heaven is a prepared place
for a prepared people:
The boiler of our heating plant
cast a clouO over our sunday scho0l
ambitions for a few days last week
the close of the session Sunday. 1T
was Immediately planned to spend
the hour at some of the homes which
were promptly thrown open to the
classes. The Volunteer Bible Glass
met with their teacher, Geo; Sanger,
and first Beginners. met at Coleman.s:
The Winners, Junior Girls. Primary
and second Beginners met with Mrs.
Ronk. The Big Brothers and Junior
Boys met at Mrs. Hale's.
Everybody was very comfortable
and thankful for these p31 9,1esg %he ere
attendance was only so the interest
was great. We are commencing a
silver star contest for three, months
for perfect attendance, in which the
classes are taking great interest, also
a roll of honor for the adult depart
Our heating plant is being repair
ed and we hope to be at home soon.
Unless further announcements the
classes will be held next Sunday the
same as last Sunday.
If you want to spend pleasant
hour in the Masters service just
drop around and get acquainted; you
are always welcome.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
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Leon Brethren Church.

Owing to the boiler bursting we
we're unable to have services last
Sunday night. There may be no SER
vices next Sunday night.
Prayer meeting at Mrs. G. 7.
Ronk's residence.
CROWN
Sunday school at 1000.
Preaching at.11:0V.
UNION
Sunday school at 1000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
The Greatest Weather Prophet.
Rev. Irl r. Hicks, of St. Louis, tt

Rev. Irl r. Hicks, of St. Louis, the
greatest and most successful OF
weather forecasters, died on Oct. II,
1915, after a short illness. Before
he took sick he had entirely COM
pleted his work on the great Hicks
Almanac for 1917 and had read the
proofs of all his weather forecasts
for a year in advance. This noted
Almanac is now ready and is a fine
specimen of almanac making. PROF..
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signs from O. e. Hull, local agent of
Lozier, of Des Moines, at The Re-
porter Office. Orders sent by phone
| or mail. but order as early as pos
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21

The Leon Savings Bank is. prepar--
ed to make some good farm loans at
reasonable rates.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Hicks' Dortrait was painted by a

Hicks portrait was painted by a
leading artist of st. Louis in May,
and this portrait printed in colors,
makes the frontpiece of the 1917
Almanac. Prof. Hicks monthly
magazine, Word and Works, will also
be Continued by the publishers. Word
and Works one year with the Hicks
Almanac is one dollar, Send 8 cents
Works. Address Word and Works
Publishing Company, 3401 Franklin
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
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Get your wall paper at the RECALL
store. - tt
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-27

loon League Of Virginia continues t
assail congregations, supposed to be
assembled for the worship of God
with demands for money to carry or
hts work. The State has voted TO,
prohibition. The General Assembly
has enacted a stringent prohibition
law. Brother Peters has been elected
at a fairly liberal salary, to see that
the law is executed. He is provided
with a staff Of assistants and will
have three secret service agents, all
paid by the taxpayers.
What possible pretext is there for
continuing to pay field secretary
and executive committees to go about
making war on the Rum Demon, van
quished; humble, creeping about the
State with the Cannon Quart tied to
his tail? And where and how does the
Richmond Virginian come in with the
arrangement? Other papers support
ed the Prohibition movement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-27

corning the modern nations of Europe
which says, They. shall not cleaye
one to another Notice the fulfllment
Of this. This division Of the Roman
empire into ten Kingdoms has now
existed more than 1900 years, and
d, ring that time many great men
have arisen and attempted to weld
these parts of the empire again into
one. It7is needless to say that they
failed. s..
Charlemagne tried to create an
empire in Europe, but. he failed.
Charles the fifth tried it and he
failed. Louis the Fourteenth tried
the same thing and he failed. All the
wisdom and shrewdness of. Napoleon
Bonaparte, all of his ingenuity ami
knowledge of military tactics, and all
of the strength Of his mighty leglons
were not sufficient to accomplish this
purpose, and Napoleon's dream OF
world empire came to an endlat Wa
terloo. And Kaiser Wilhelm's dream
of great Teutonic empire Of the
world will also fail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-27

Greeks were. quite as intellectual, if
! not more so, than the most advanc-
ed nations Of today, and long before
their time the people of Mesopotamia
had attained a civilization that in
most respects was the equal Of the
present. The Romans were fully as
smart as we think we are. In the
last few centuries we have accumulat-
ed a great deal Of valuable informa-
ton about the world around US and
the best methods of making nature
serve us, but so far as real brain powa
cr is concerned we have not changed
ruch since man emerged from the
cave period of his existence.
1t is interesting to trace by his
tory's aid both mans progress and
his fatal mistakes. This may not APP
peal to Mr.. Ford, with his lofty dis
dain for Napoleon and all the past,
but it is difficult to see how a safe
course is to be steered for the future
unless one consults the charts of pre-
vious travellers. 1t is one of the re-
wards of being a multi-millionaire
that he may throw all this accumu-
lated experience out of the window
and still have corking good time on
this old earth. 1t is also one Of the
compensations of those less generous
ly endowed with worldly wealth that
they may gather from history a wis
dom unknown to the Fords and their
kind. Every man to his liking. 1t
may be remarked cursorily however,
that no nation seeking guidance ever
turned voluntarily and successfully to
man who had nothing better to re-
commend him than mere wealth and
good intentions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-27
SQUEEZING
GERMANY.

1t is commonly believed that Ger
many is very short on good many
absolutely necessary commodities
pertinent to the continuance of war
operations either offensive or defen-
sive. If, with rigid economy, there
may be a sufficency of bread and
other foods to keep the armies in
fighting trim and to keep the starva-
ton wolf away from the nonmllitant
population for another year, there is
vet reason to believe that the grow
ing shortage of copper, rubber, cot
ton and gasoline is threatening par
alysis to war enterprise.
The Wall Street Journal quotes
some of the shrewdest financiers' are
remarking privately that Germany
cannot go through another winter
because she cannot get either enough
of cotton or wool to clothe herself.
There is not time, this financial OBJ
serve declares, between now and
snow time for German inventors to
provide a substitute for cotton or
wool from any other possible fiber.
Germany, according to the estimates,
has used millions Of bales of cotton
during the past two years in the
manufacture of explosives. The stor-
cd stock, it is believed, is now about
used up and the cotton blockade is
effective at every point where cot
ton might be put through to Ger
many.
The steel ring which the four
power Allies have drawn around the
Central Powers is, quite plainly, aim
ed to accomplish a blockade that will
reduce Germany and Austria to a
status of noneficiency through the
lack of the necessities for carrying
on modern scientific war. The
blockade, has never been entirely
successful, but it is apparently stead
;ly increasing the difficulties of the
German militant system.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-27
MISTAKEN CLEMENCY.
Baltimore Sum .

Whether or not the unspeakablt
Waite committed all the crimes with
which ne charged himself on the wit.
ness stand in New York, Thursday
is doubtful. He is interested in max
ing himself appear as much of a
monster as possible. That will be
his defense. His counsel will argue
that a man who could do these things
cannot be sane. And, of course, a
man who could commit these crimes
or who, not having committed them.
could testify that he had done SO is
an unconscionable liar. No depend
ence can be placed on what he says.
But his testimony as to his recur-
ring thefts is so easily capable of
proof or disproof that it may be
assumed that that part of it is, in
general, correct. He stole, he says,
as a newsboy, as student, as an
employe of a dental company. His
thefts were often exposed, but he
was never prosecuted. He never got
in trouble because of them. -,
Here is food for reflection. If
Waite had been properly punished
for his first offcnse against the law.
it might have halted him in what
the papers call his carer of crime.
If he is normal, or if he only dcvia-
ties from normality as many of US
do, it certainly might have done so.
A sharp punishment of his early mis-
deeds might have deferred him from
the later and more heinous ones.
People who refuse to prosecute or
punish offenders against the law, be-
cause of natural human sympathy,
take long chances. In their pity for
the individual they often overlook
their duty to society. This is hard
saying, but true one.