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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Moving to DeS MOineS.

We are mighty sorry to chronicle
the departure of Mr.. and Mrs. =.
Housh, who have resided IN Leon
and vicinity for many years. Mr..
Housh recently sold his big, farm
southwest of Leon, and has held two
big sales disposing of his live stock
and other property here, the last
one being on last Wednesday. which
cleaned up everything, including, the
north 100 acres OF his farm which
had not beer sold, it being bid in by,
Tom Davis, of Derby, at 81 1880 per
acre. Mr.. Housh loaded his car OF
household goods this week and ship
ped them to Des Moines, Mrs. Housh
going Tuesday morning and he will
follow in few days. They have pur-
chased fine residence in Des Moines
and will make their home there. Mr.:
Housh has been one of our biggest
stockmen and his departure will be
a loss to the community. Mr.. and
Mrs. Housh leave host OF friends
here, who trust they will soon make
many friends in their new home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
VanNice Was No Match for All.
drc(lge.

A fair sized crowd of wrestling
fans attended the wrestling match at
the Leon opera house Monday night
between Jas. II. Alldredge, the Leon
wrestler. and the touted Lee Van
Nice, the Creston policeman, who
has been ating all the wrestlers in
southwestern Iowa, but he ran up
against a snag when he tackled ALI
dredge, as the local wrestler won
easily, without exerting himself,
winning the match in two straight
falls, the first in five minutes and
the second in two minutes and fifty
seconds. The match was refereed
by Jas. w. Hurst, of Leon, and neith
er wrestler had any cause to com
plain of his work as referee. Van
Nice took his defeat in good humor,
and made short talk in which he
stated that the best man won, and
he could not complain, and that ALL
dredge was a much better man than
he expected to meet.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
items Taken from the files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
Of a Century AGO.

The Van Vert Enterprise says:
Two banks, two newspapers and one
store is the boast of Weldon people
On account of i'll health Miss Kate
Gates resigned her position as teach
er of the sixth grade last Monday,
and at a meeting of the school board
the same evening, Mr.. John S. Par
rish was elected to fill the vacancy
for the balance of the year.
Ruby Bros of Bethany, Mo-, open
ed a new department store in the
corner room of the opera house
block.
Mrs. Spence Akers died at her
home west OF Decatur City Tuesday
morning
Marriage licenses we're issued the
past week as follows:
c. F. Boughton 2l to Elsie Ellis
George w. Hall "a to Tina Moore
r. A. Cowan 2S to Lizzie Stockwell
F. E. Thompson 2G to Lulu S.
Young 26.
- Henry E. Horney "a to Frances p.
Bevins "a.
J: .. Cherryholmes 81 to Emma
l.. Miller 2S.
Mr.. Frank e. Thompson and Miss
home of the brides father, Mr. Geo.
II. Young, last evening, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. Elleren-
shaw, pastor OF the Presbyterian
church, in the presence of large
number of friends of this popular
young couple.
Mrs. Nancy Blackburn died at the
home of her s0n-in-law, John Smith,
on March l2, at the age OF II years,
Ii months and | day.
Mr.. Geo. w. Hall and Miss Tina
Moore, Of Eden township, were mar
ried at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Moore on
March 18th, the ceremony being per-
formed by A. w. Cox.
Miss Laura Ulrich, of Des Moines,
is a guest at the home of her uncle,
Geo. T. Young.
Profs. j. l.. Latta and J. A. McIn-
tOsh, who were teaching rural
schools in New Buda township, clos
ed their schools this week and both
will attend the spring term at the
Humeston Normal College.
S.. G. Mitchell purchased an inter-
est in the hardware and grocery
store of Jeffries & Brown at Davis
City.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
AT THE NEW THEATRE.
Dorothy Bernard, Billie Burke, The
da Kara, Ethel Clayton. Clara
kimball Young and william
Farnum the Com.
ing Week.

The New Theatre is presenting a
program for the coming week which
Features the top 'nOtchers in the mov-
ing picture world, an exceptionally
strong program for the week being
Tonight Dorothy Bernard and
Blood" five part feature by VIM.
Fox, galloping romance of the race
track. Prices S and 10 cents.
Friday is Of course Billie Burke
day, when four parts OF Gi0rla
Romance the big serial Will be
Matinee at 3 o'clock at 5 and 10
cents, first night show at 7:15, prices
On Saturday, Theda Bara, one OF
the greatest actresses OF the day, ap-
pears in Under Two Flags, a mas
terly perturbation OF Ouida's inter, IN
hafiHiia;y tIriiling yst}fy o Of life in the desert
five narts, and a one reel comedy,
O'clock and first night show at 7:15,
prices for both, 5 and 5 cents.
On Monday William A. Brady pre-
sents Ethel Clayton and Carlyle
Blackwe ~ in aretsst His BrGthers nt4res WIZ whch
Brady has ever filmed, and one
which pleases everybody. 1t is out
of the usual order. Matinee at, 3
o'clock, prices ) and 10 cents. first
night show at 7:15, prices and l5
cents.
On Tuesday William Farnum, the
popular favorite, appears in "A Man
OF Sorrow founded on the 2reat
stage success, "Hoodman Blind
This is one of Mr.. Farnum's greatest
successes, in five parts. First night
show at 7:15, prices 5 and 10 cents;
On Wednesday. CLARA Kimball
Young comes in one of her best sue
cesses, "The Savage Instinct She
is one of the highly featured movie
stars, and theatre goers know that
good Popular matinee at 3 o'clock,
prices 5 and 10 cents, first evening
show at 7:15. prices 5 and b cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Some Trip With Ice Cream.

A mud bespattered Ford truck
limped into Leon at O'Clock Tues
day evening, after most strenuous
forty mile trip through the mud with
a consignment of ice cream for Bell
& Painter of this city. An order for
special golden brick ice cream had
been placed with them for use at the
golden wedding celebration of DR..
and Mrs. w. F. Waight Tuesday ev-
ening. They placed the order with
the Douglass Ice Cream Co. at Char
iton, from whom they secure all
their. ice cream, and it was to be
shipped by express on the train
which arrives at Leon at noon from
Charlton, but instead of getting the
ice cream they received a phone call
from Charlton, saying the express
wagon had been held up by a freight
train blocking crossing and had
failed to get to the depot until after
the train had departed. The result
was that a truck started from Chari-
ton about O'Clock through the
rain, snow and mud, to deliver the
ice cream at Leon, and the driver
used six hours in making the trip.
He left his truck here for better
roads and returned home on the
train
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
WON AT SUB-DISTRICT CONTEST.
Forest Hagan, Of Leon High School,
Won First in Oratory at Contest
at Garden Grove.

The sub-district declamatory con-
test for the eastern section of the
Iowa State DeclamatOry Association,
was held at Garden Grove last Fri
day evening, and Forest p. Hagan,
of the Leon High School, won first
in the oratorical class, his selection
being "a Plea fer. fGf cgba BY John
place in the district contest which
will be held at Dexter, Iowa, on Fri
day evening, March 23rd. Floyd
Jones, of Osceola, with the same Sc
lection, was given second place.
Miss Mary Eatinger, of Orient,
won first in the dramatic class, her
selection being The Music Master
berland, in "The Heart of Old Hick-
ory," was second.
In the humorous class Harley
Martin, of Fontanelle, won first
place with The Debating Society,""
and Miss Ida Mae Case. of Lamont,
with The Americanizlng OF Andre
Francois was second.
Eight schools were represented in
the contest Leon, Creston, Osceola,
and Bedford This is Icons fifth
year in the state contest work. In
each of the first two years we won at
the sub-district but lost at the dis
trict In each of the next two years
we got through both the sub-district
and the district but lost at the state
Here's hoping that Hagan
wins at the district and then at the
state.
Garden Grove, although greatly
by the loss of their
opera house, did splendidly in TAX
ing care of the large delegation of
visitors The management by Supt.
Eayer and his assistants was all that
could be wished for.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Chosen as Chief Of Albia's Fire De-
paHtment.

Bert Gardner, whom we still claim
as Leon boy, although he has resid-
ed at Abba for several years, being
employed as a cigar maker in the
factory of The Senate Chamber Cigar
Co., was last week elected chief of
the Aloha fire department., OF which
he has been a mmber for several
years, and has earned the reputation
of being one of the best fire fighters
in the department. He is very ponu-
lar among the Abba firemen and the
citizens of that city in general, for he
is q jovial gooa fellow whom every
body likes. Bert has host of friends
in Leon, who wish him the best of
success in his new position.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Warren County Wakes Up.

One of the sections of the Jeftey-
son Highway which has come; III for
a good deal of criticism, was the
road from Indianola south to the
Clarke county line, the Warren coun-
ty people apparently taking but very
little interest in it. Recently j. d.
Clarkson, general manager of the
Jefferson Highway, notified Warren
county that unless they woke at once
they would lose the jefferson High
way and it would be located over
over another route. Last week a
very enthusiastic meeting was held
at Indianola, and in just seven min
utes they raised the mileage of 500
per mile, $261.OO, and perfected .
county organization which promises
to do some very effective work on
the Highway this year. Down at Me-
dora, ,Ssouth of 1ndianola, a lot of the
farmers got together and held a
meeting, raised several hundred dol
lars and are going to raise $4,000 to
improve the roads in that vicinity A
committee conferred with the board
of supervisors and received promises
of lot of work, and paper was
then circulated in Indianola end over
$4,000 was raised for road work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Bought the Old G. G. Wood Farm.

Last Friday DR.. o. w. Foxworthy
and Francis Varga, of Leon, closed a
deal for the purchase of the half
section of land known as the C. c.
Wood farm, two miles southeast of
Weldon, paying $132,5O an acre for
the half section, which they divided
between them, DR.. Foxworthy taking
that part lying south of the railroad
track, consisting of 252 acres, and
Mr.. Varga takes the part lying north
of the railroad. This farm has al
ways been considered one of the best
farms in Decatur. county, and the
purchasers consider they secured a
good bargain in it at this price. Dr.:
Foxworthy now owns $40 acres Of
excellent farm lands in this vicinity,
and Mr.. Varga is also an extensive
land owner
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
School Election.

But very little interest was taken
in the school election last Monday,
only 1875 of the nearly 600 voters in
Leon availing themselves of the priv
ilege of voting for two directors.
There were three candidates for di-
rectors, and two to be elected for
three year terms, Mrs. HORACE
Farquhar, J. A. Mcintosh and E. E:
Bell The result was the election of
Mcintosh and Bell, Mcintosh receiv-
ing 1O1 votes, Bell 7S votes and Mrs.
Farquhar 90 votes. Mrs Farquhar
had been a member of the school
board for the past three years and
was the only lady who ever was
elected to this position in Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
VOLUME Lx11I, NO. 81.
IDLE HOUR SPECIALS.
Pauline Frederick in bella Donna
Friday, and Blanche Sweet in
1.-The kagamuffin'' Monday.

The Paramount feature plays be-
ing presented at the Idle Hour the
atre, are proving great attractions,
for the Paramount does not put out
anything but the very best, and when
it will be good. In addition to the
great Helen Holmes serial, "A Lass
of the cumberland" on Thursday,
and the great and only Charley
Chaplin for Saturday, two big Para
mount feature plays are booked for
Friday and Monday
is Pauline Frederick in picturiza-
ton of the celebrated novel and
play, The Ragamufin' in which
Miss Frederick surpasses all her
former screen triumphs. In the role
Of the alluring and treacherous
Bella Donna whose soul contains
all the. passion of the Orient and
Nile itself, Pauline Frederick has
suggested a creature of rare fascina-
ton and unusual power Matinee at
, O'Clock, prices 5 and 10 cents. First
night show at 7:15, prices 10 and Is
cents
pS1a,u On ,Mqsnday s,dayyt the p popular ACTRESS
muffin. 1t is replete with dramatic
action, tense situations and exciting
episodes, the "Ragamuffin' contains
an. earnest and emphatic plea for
universal life opportunity. VIM. C.
DeMllle, the author of this photoplay
is one of America leading drama
lists. He has treated the subject of
environment in startling, original
and dramatic manner. Jenny as por-
trayed by Blanche Sweet, from
loWly beginning overcomes life's
greatest temptations through the in
ward struggle of reformation. Matt
nee at 3 O'Clock, prices 5 and 10
cents. First night show at 7:15,
prices o and 5 cents
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Lillian Walker at Idle Hour Wetlnes-
day, March ~.

Lillian Walker, the. famous Vita
graph beauty, comes to the Idle
Hour on Wednesday, March 1st, in
the Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature
"Green Stockings" This production
is a comedy and one of the must sue
cessful of the long list of Vitagraph
Blue Ribbon productions. Lillian
Walker is popular with Idle Hour
audiences and without doubt big
audiences will be out to see this ia
vorite of the screen in this clever
comedy. Matinee at 3 o'clock. First
night show at 7:15. Matinee prices
5 and 10 cents Night prices 10 and
Is cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Child Welfare COnference-Save the
Babies of Our Town.

Arrangements have been complet-
ed for the Baby Conference to be
held Friday, March 10th, in the H.
brary parlors. under the auspices of
the Federation of Woman's Clubs.
The services Of DR.. jeanette
take charge Of this conference. DR..
ThrockmOrtOn is one of the eXamin-
ers at the State Fair and is spending
considerable time at this work. The
committee in charge feels especially
fortunate in getting her to come to
Leon.
DR.. Throckmorton will be assisted
by local physicians.
No child suffering from any acute
or constitutional disease will be ad-
mitted. Eruptions, sore throat or
fever will exclude any child.
The conference opens at . a. III:
The entire forenoon will be devoted
to the examinations. Adjournment
at II. Conference will convene
again at p. III.
DR.. Throckmorton will give talk
on some important phase of Child
Welfare: Possibly one or two chill
in order to explain to the public just
what these conferences are trying to
accomplish. Five minute talks by
the local physicians and dentists will
be given on the following subjects
Infant Feeding, Prevention of Blind
ness, AdenOids and Tonsils, Summer
Care of the Baby, Teeth Hygiene.
The committe has secured a great
deal of very helpful literature from
the Iowa State Board of Health.
American Medical Association, Iowa
Dairy and Food Commission, Iowa
State College at Ames, and the U. S.
Department of Labor, children's de-
partment. The pamphlets cover such
subjects as nutritive values of foods,
save the baLles, care of milk in the
home, care Of the baby, prenatal care
and birth registration. There will
be on display a complete layout of
Vanta garments furnished by Younk-
er Brothers of Des Moines. which
will greatly assist the young mother
in the selection of proper clothing
for their babies; twenty-five wall
charts from the Iowa State Board of
Health, giving in picture form some
most valuable suggestions of what to
do, and what to avoid to aid in the
prevention of disease; a table of food
stuffs, showing the comparative value
of milk as food.
The Child Welfare movement is
recognized to be the most thorough
ly vital of all lines of uplift work.
Every mother in Leon and commun-
ity is urged to attend this confer
ence. Come, let us pull together,
and make easy the feet of little CHI
dren
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Secured a License ut Osceola.

Last Wednesday Clerk r. L. Rum
ley refused to issue a marriage IL
Viles, both of Van Vert, on account
of the age of the brlde-to-be being
given at 13, which is below the
age required by law. The parties
went from here to Osceola, where a
license was secured, the age of the
bride being given as 16 years, and
we presume they are happily mar
ried .ra.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
f.. f. Beck Nominated as Postmaster.

Just before congress adjourned.
the name of e. E. Beck, was present
ed as postmaster at Leon, but owing
to the war trouble the nomination
was not REACHED for confirmation,
and his name will be again present.
ed. Mr.. Beck has been acting post
master for the past few months, and
his appointment will please 'practi-
cally everybody. 1t is expected he
will officially take charge of the of
flee as postmaster, instead of acting
postmaster within short time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Helen Holmes in "A Lass of tho
Lumberlands'' at Idle Hour
Today.

Helen Holmes, one of the most
popular of screen stars, comes to the
Idle Hour theatre today, Thursday.
March 18th, in the fifth chapter of
"A Lass of the Lumberlands." This
serial is proving wonderful produc-
tionSand large audiences are seeing
each episode. Matinee at 3 o'clock.
First night show at 7:15. The admis-
sion both afternoon and evening is
5 and 10 cents. The program will
consist of 6 reels and the price is 5
and ~ cents
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Wanted.

\ reliable and capable man with
money or land to invest can secure =
splendid business connection, with
good salary, in a growing manufac-'
turing company or large financial In
through Roy c. Burner, of the
O'Harra Farm Mortgage Company,
Keokuk, Iowa. 49,. 51-2t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Public Sales Postponed.

The inclement weather on Monday
and Tuesday Of this week caused
four public sales to be postponed.
They are G.. r. Rauch, Clarence
Hedges, T. A. Sutherlin and Tullis
Bros, and new dates were selected,
which are advertised in this issue
of The Reporter. The weather has
been mighty fine this season during
the sale season, and but very few
sales have had to be postponed until
this week
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15

Saturday, March 18th, will be the
occasion Of the sixth regular meeting
of the rural teachers for instruction
in manual training at the High School
in Leon. Bench work will be con-
tinued for this and the next meeting
which will close the series. Especially
interesting projects are planned and
every teacher who can arrange to do
so should plan to be present.
&. B. Woodstock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Women OF Leon and Surrounding
Country. Stop! Look! Listen!

Let's do something to make "A
Better Leon All who are interest
ed come to the rest room at the
court house on Monday, March 10Th,
at 2:30 o'clock, and help organise
an auxiliary to the new Chamber Of
Commerce. Every woman is invit-
ed to be there.
The Committee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Father and Son Running for Same
ONCE.

Up at Osceola there promises to be
a pretty warm fight at the city cleo
tickets in the fieid. A. D. Simmons
is the candidate for treasurer on the
republican ticket and his son, Paul
Simmons, 10 candidate for the same
Office on the non-partisan ticket. But
they are business partners in the
same bank, and the elder Simmons
has been city treasurer for a number
of years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Paper Wanted.

The High School boys have pur-
chased a paper baler and will be
pleased to receive contributi0n1. OF
having anything 10 offer may call up
the High School any time during tine
day. Boys will call for the paper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15

Dean Hale, of Leon, proved to be
no match for Harley Schaffer, the
Osceola wrestler, in a match which
was staged at the OsceOla opera
house on last Thursday night. Schaf-
fer winning the match easily in two
straight falls.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Notice to Elk Creek. Correspondent.

- If the party who sent us Elk Creek
items and requested that we sand
them supplies, will send in theiS
name, the supplies will be mailed to
them, as the person writing the
items forgot to sign their nams to
the request
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
Marriage lIiceneS.

Lee 3. Horney, Leon -....--..-....-.21
Grace NJ. Campbell, Leon ..-.--21
H. B. Gordon, Lamont ..----.4S
Lura Fesler, Lamont ..---.2S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15

How fat does woman have to be
before she ought to quit wearing
short sleeves in her gowns?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15

When folks move to . strange
town. how does It hauDen that they
always find their social level?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15
For sale.

See Norton Bros. for farm hofees
and farm mules. 24.1
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15

ANYBODY who thinks he \ fsaas
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-15

The Committee.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-29
PASSION WEEK SERVICES

1t is customary for the Christian
Church to hold special services In pre-
paration for the Easter services.
These begin with Monday evening
The sermon themese will be: 1.-THE
Church." Monday night; "Christ's Re-
lation to the Christian" Tuesday
"The Prayer of Christ" Wednesday |;
-Four Enemies and Five Friends,
Thursday; "The Cross, Glorious" Fri
day. Easter sermon on Sunday morn
ing and special music appropriate for
Easter by the choir Sunday evening.
All these subjects are based on events
In the last week of Christ's ministery.
The membership Of the other churches
are invited to enjoy the good fell
lowship and inspiration Of these SER
vices. The young people Of the church
are expected to be present on Mon
day evening to answer to the roll-call
Of their names. Other special night
will be announced later. These SER
vices will last one hour.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-29
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. l. f. Chanslor of East
Second street are visiting in Cincin-
natl.
Mr.. William Branch of the county,
was a business visitor in this city
yesterday.
Mrs. Bette Finch and daughter,
Miss Mae, of the county, were shop
pers in this city yesterday.
Mr.. Jack Story of Mayslick was a
visitor in this city yesterday and paid
the Ledger office pleasant visit.
Mrs. Mollie Crowell and daughter,
Miss Mabel, of Walnut street, are
spending a few days in Cincinnati.
sss
Mrs. Benjamin Crockett returned
to her home in Lexington yesterday
after visit with relatives and friends
in this city.
Mrs. Henry Vogel and Mrs. Harry
L. Staab of Ironton, Ohio, are visit
ing Mrs. Lottie Sproemberg of Com
merce street.
President George w. Stevens of the
c. & o. railroad passed through here
yesterday morning on train No. 6 en-
route to New York.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-29
PUBLIC SALE

I will sell at publis sale Wednesday,
March 2S, at 1 p. m. at my residence
on West Third street. the following
household articles: 1 handsome Bed
Room Set; l Miller Steel Range, COM
paratlvely new, with gas connections;
l Hall Heater for coal; I full Set Hav-
lin China Dishes, decorated: 1 White
Havlin China Piece Set; Single Wal
nut Bed, with box mattresses and 9TH
or useful household goods.
MRS. B. w. GOODMAN.
Fl. G. HAWKINS, Auctioneer.