The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-14
YEARS AGO.
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Z Quarter
of Century Ago.

Marriage licenses were issued the
past week as fOllOWs: d.. \
Daniel Goyer 81 to Sarah Alice
S. G. Mitchell 21 to steavie Beach
Geo. A. Harp rs to Mary A. Cox
Last Sunday was Gus Pryor's 3Sth
birthday, and Mrs. Pryor planned a
pleasant surprise for him by inviting
a number of his friends and neigh
bors to take dinner with him. Gus
was born right here in Decatur coun-
ty and his friends wish him many
years of prosperity in the future.
Frank Bennington, the baker at
Neice's bakery, took rather sudden
departure from our city last ~Satur-
day evening. not stopping to take
his trunk and clothes. Numerous
merchants of this city as we'll as a
number of confiding friends mourn
his departure to the extent of var
thirty-fve dollars.
did pair of elk horns. to Hesperia
lodge No. 33, K. Of P. last Monday.
The horns are as perfect pair as
we have ever laid eyes on, and hand
somely mounted on plush base.
They. measure a. trifle, over eleven
ornament for the walls of the incest
lodge room in this part of the state.
Arthur secured them at Sterling,
Wyoming, and had chances to dis
pose of them for neat sum several
times, but he said they were for old
Hesperia
Last week while Harvey Shew-
miles south of Leon, a large tree fell
and caught him, breaking his leg.
Mr.. Shoemaker is As years of age,
and the accident is serious one.
Hebener & Harris traded 513
acres of land in. Virginia to G. w.
Blakesley for his farm of 372 acres
southeast of Leon.
Mr.: Ed K; Pitman of Leon, was
married E to Mrs. Sarah L. pale, Of
Kansas. on Dec. 10th.
The bogus telegram racket was
Lundergreen last week. Miss Lun-
dergreen had been working for some
time at Argen tine, Kansas. Last
Friday a man brought telegram to
her announcing that her falner, S:
Leon, had died suddenly There
were charges on the message of IS.
Miss Lundergreen was greatly excit-
ed of course, and Daid the charges
without word, and took the first
train for Leon. She arrived here
Saturday afternoon, and at once
went to the home of Judge, J. w.
is1s ~. where her sister works Her
she was told her father was dead,
and they at once started for home,
where they found their father enjoy
ing his usual good health. The
scoundrel who caused this hard
working young lady to all the ex-
pense OF a trip home, as we'll as what
was paid for the bogus telegram,
should suffer the extreme penalties
If he is ever heard from.
Berry Frank, of Ottumwa, was in
'oSh Miss se1tHiea{; Aiiie FRY was a visitor at
Blythedale, Mo-, Tuesday and We'd
Rev. J. F. Adair, of Buchanan,
Michigan. arrived in Leon Monday to
Mr.. apd Mrs. w. A. Ketcham came
in. Monday from Crescent Cily. Ok
their son, c. M. Ketcham. They will
go to Garden Grove to reside until
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank James, of
Deadwood, s. d, are here visiting
relatives and friends. "Tinv'' has
been holding cases on a daily in that
city for year or two, and it seems
the city held case of love for him
Jim Robb, an old time Leon boy,
who left here several years ago, sur
prised his friends by dropping in un-
expectedly last Friday, and was not
recognized by them at all, for the
boy had grown to be a fine looking
young man, who at present is a
United States deputy marshal with
headquarters at Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Jim has also secured a wife and set
tied down in that new country.