The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-27
YEARS AGO
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
of a Century Ago.

Randolph Perdue, of High Point
tow nship, put up new hay stacker
on his farm Tuesday, and his little
girl was driving the horse used in
working it. His little eight year old
son sook hold of the rope just as his
sister started the horse, drawing his
hand through a roller with the rope
and crushing the first two fingers on
the left hand. The little fellow vas
brought to Leon and the fingers were
amputated at the second joint
\ fourteen year old son of Joseph
the farm of j. R. Bowsher, about ten
afternoon. A five year old son Of a
neiehbor was sitting on the bank
ard witnessed the accident, and gave
the alarm. Men who were working
in q nearby field fastened to The
pond, but his body was not recovered
until late that evening.
A rather curious circumstance oc-
CURED in the clerks office last Thurs
day. A young man came in and ap-
pied for marriage license, giving
his name at A. G. Fleming, aged 23,
and the lady's name as Miss Lydia NJ.
Sheldon, aged 19, both residing near
kellerton Clerk Schenck informed
him that he would have to have
some one to make affidavit as to the
young lady's age. He left the office
and presently returned with an elder
ly lady, who made the affidavit that
the girl was 19 years old, giving her
own age 3 i years, and her name as
Mrs. Lydia M. Sheldon, saying she
was the mother of the girl. The Ii
cense was issued to A. G. Fleming
and Miss Lydia M. Sheldon, and the
two left the office. Shortly after
wards they appeared before Squire
Albaugh, who united Mr.. Fleming
and Mrs. Lydia NJ. Sheldon, the moth
er, in the holy bonds Of matrimony.
Whether the girl was left, or married
by proxy, we do not know, but at any
rate the mother was the one who was
married.
DR.. r. d. Gardner delivered the
last of the corn he had stored in his
cribs Tuesday. He had between 5000
and 5000 bushels, and sold it at as
cents, Hall & Co., being the buyers.
DR.. Gardner realized quite a nice
sum on his investment, as the corn
only cost him Is cents bushel, and
he has only held it two or three
years. This is the first time his cribs
have been entirely empty for seven
years, small part of the corn hav-
ing been bought seven years ago.
During the muddy weather the past
spring he could have sold the corn
for 81 cents bushel, on the track,
but it was impossible to haul it to
the cars.
Marriage licenses were issued the
past week to
A. G. Fleming % to Lydia NJ. Shell
don 19.
Elias McGinty 23 to Maggie j.
Walker II.
Uncle Billy Loving, one of the old
est residents of Decatur county, hav-
ing located in Hamilton township in
1854, died at his home in Leon on
Tuesday evening. When the new NJ.
=. church was built in Leon Uncle
Billy donated $4,000 towards the
construction of the church.
/. N. Clark and daughters Ophie
and Fannie are visiting with relatives
at Trenton, Mo-, this week.
Miss Sue Parrish started for Lake
OkoboJi Monday where she will join
the Leon folks who are camping
there.
Willard Clark leaves, this week for
Denver, Colorado, to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Hall. Mrs. Clark has been
out there for some time.
Master Joe Warner and Misses
Helen and Annetta Kalbach, and
Llella Bashaw visited over Sunday
with the family of p. M. Patterson
at Saline, Mo.
Frank Waters, an old Decatur
county boy now living at Colorado
Springs, Colorado, and Miss Sena
Woods, of Eldora, Iowa, spent last
Saturday in Leon, the guests of Miss
Helen Young.
Miss Mall Atlee, of Ft. Madison,
arrived in Leon Monday afternoon for
visit of several weeks with friends
in Leon. 1t seems quite natural to
have Mall with us again, as she was
always great favorite with the peo-
Dle of Leon