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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
WILL GIVE S375 PIANO
To the Most Popular Lady at the
BIG Red Cross Auction Sale at
Leon, Saturday, Dec, 22d.

Some lady in Decatur county will
piano at the big Red Cross auction
sale at Leon on Saturday, Decem ber
22nd, and she will receive a dandy
nice Christmas present and it is
hoped the Red Cross fund will be
swelled by several hundred dollars.
The piano will be voted to the most
pOnular lady in Decatur county,
votes being sold at small price
each, and the contest is open to every
lady in Decatur county, SO if you
want good piano get busy, and en-
ter the contest and get your friends
to working for you. The piano is
$4,000 and has been purchased
from w. A. Alexander. The contest
will be on the square, the votes be-
ing deposited in a sealed box at the
big tent, and no count will be made
as to how the ladies stand until the
close of the auction sale when the
ballot box will be opened and the
votes counted by the judges, and
the lady who has received the great
est number of votes will be present
ed with the piano.
Full details of the contest will be
made public at once, the deal Just
being closed as The Reporter goes
to press, and therefore all the de-
tails cannot yet be given. And re-
member when you go to vote for
your lady friend that you are help
ing the Red Cross
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Poultry Plant Doing Big Business,

Manager G.. w. Manning and the
big force of men employed at the
poultry plant of Aaron & Co, at
Leon, have been working night and
day handling the enormous amount
of poultry which they are buying,
dressing and shipping to market;
Last Thursday Mr.. Manning paid out
over $4,000 for turkeys alone for
that one days business. For some
days they have been shipping car
load of dressed turkeys to Boston.
Mass, every day by express. Usual
ly this poultry is shipped in freight
refrigerator cars, but the railroad
was unable to supply him with re-
frigerator cars, so big Adams ex-
press car has been set out each day
at the plant, and loaded. Each car
contains 10000 pounds OF turkeys.
The Leon plant has been handling
more poultry this fall than any any plant Plant
plenty of work for the men employ
ed and they are making good wages,
and Mr.. Manning says he has a
dandy good bunch OF boys working
for him, who never kick on com ing
back and working most of the night
in order to handle the bic ruhs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Met With Painful Accident.

viii +. Fletcher, the we'll known
farmer residing three miles south
east of Leon, met with a painful ac-
cident which will probably cripple
him for life last Thursday. He was
engaged in raising a heavy, pump
from we'll on his farm and had the
pump and pipe just above the plat
right hand crushing the fingers and
hand in a frightful manner. the
muscles being cut of & For a; q time m e. i
but the physicians have hopes now
of saving the hand, although his his
Fletcher was brought to the Leon
hospital where he is receiving every
attention, and his friends hope that
he will recover so as to have the. use
of his hand. Fortunately. VIII Is a
left handed man, and while the ac-
cident is bad enough it would nave
been worse if his left hand had been
caught.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Judge Fuller Held Court Monday.

Judge H. A. Fuller came to Leon
Monday morning and held a short
session of court to dispose of some
cases, going from here to Usceola on
the afternoon train where he is hold
ing court.
The following cases were disposed
Estate of E. w. Townsend. Will
probated. Mrs. Martha ?. Town
send appointed administrative with
out bond. Application for widows
allowance to be submitted to court
and passed upon at any time, -
Estate of Vincent j. Strickland.
John S. Parrish substituted as admin
istrator in place of R. NJ Elyin: de-
ceased. On payment of $375.47 by
Lamont State Savings Bank. funds
belonging to estate, the bond OF X.
NJ. Elvin to. be exhonorated.
S. Varga VS.. Samuel Smuleson::
Dismissed at plaintiffs cost without
Minnie NJ. Colburn VS.. John p.
Colburn. Dismissed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
VOLUME LxIv, NO. 10.
AT THE IDLE HOUR THEATRE.
Good Attractions Booked for thu
Holiday Week.

the third installment Of "The Fight
ing. Trail" will be shown together
with fine program of pictures fea-
turing noted n OF vitagraph stars. Big
sasF yef start afd today iay If # yoa tas
have not seen the first two episodes.
You will find it splendid. Matinee
at } O'Clock and first night show at
1880. Admission S and 10 cents
plus war tax.
tifui Of American 8 screen rec efs Stars. ge4d IS
the attraction at the Idle Hour The
2lst, in "Heart's Desire Miss Doro
is very clever actress and a very
beautiful woman. Hearts Desire"
is a fine picture. and a guaranteed
entertainment. Admission end 10
Fatty Arbuckle, the rotund Great
or Of mirth, comes to the Idle Hour
next Saturday afternoon and night
in THE Rough House." a screaming
" funny comedy; This picture will
be shown 81 in natrti addton t% the Other
House" is without doubt the best
comedy that Arbuckle ever made
and it is filling the country with
mirth wherever pictures are shown.
Matinee at 3 O'Clock. First night.
show at 1880. Admission S and 10
cents plus one cent war tax.
star comes to the Idle Hour Mon
day, December 24th, in Sacrifice"
a picture Of real life that deals with
a theme that comes close to the
American life of today. Miss Ill
ington is noted stage. beauty as
ictI ic yo,fh ha ~E
thrills and suspense. Admission S
and 10 cents plus one cent war tax.
The Christmas day attraction at
the Idle Hour is MARY Lawson's
Secret" Pathe wonder play in
picture and is produced in Pathe's
is most capable and it is easily one.
of the years great pictures. 1t
makes an ideal Christmas attraction.
Special Christmas day matinee at 3
O'Clock and the first, evening per-
Anita Stewart. the dainty and
Idle Hour Wednesday, December
26th, in THE More Excellent Way
This is one of the best pictures in
which Miss Stewart has appeared
for a long time and the Vitagraph
people claim much for it. It is a
great picture and is well worth go
ing to see. Admission 5 and 10
cents plus one cent war tax.
Thursday, December 27th, the
attraction is the fourth episode of
the. very pleasing and very thrilling
shown. 1t is truly great and the At.
tendance is Increasing each week.
Large crowds see this splendid SERIAL
and are delighted every Thursday.
"A splendid additional program In
which we'll known Vitagraph stars
appear, will be shown also on this
date The admission is and 10
cents Matinee at 3 O'Clock and first
night show at 1880
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Christmas Cantata.

Following is the program for the
Christmas Cantata to be held at the
Presbyterian church Sunday even
ing, December %, 1917:
''THE EVERLASTING LIGHT"
Professional.
Prayer.
/. Introduction.
9. Break Forth Into JOY" choir.
8. "He Shall Feed His Flock, "
quartet, Rhodes, Bowman, McGin-
mis- and Marsolf.
A. 1.-The People that Walked in
Darkness" ladies' quartet, Marvin
Rhodes, Statzell and Bowman.
5. Thy Light is Come. choir.
G. Bethlehem With choir ac-
compartment, Freda Ferren.
Reading, Nina Olsen, selected. .
Z. "And There Were Shepherds
tenor solo, Lester hutchinson.
8; Hail to the Lords Annoint-
ed," choir.
9. "The Virgins Lullaby" con-
tralto solo, Mrs. Bowman.
10. Room in My Heart for
Thee" contralto and baritone, Rhod-
es and MarsOlf.
Concealed chorus, Silent Night.
Talk, Rev. Marsolf.
Silver offering.
II. "Alleluia, final chorus
choir.
Renediction.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
O. d. s. Elect Officers.

At the annual election of officers
m following Officers were elected for
Worthy Matron-Mrs. Rosetta
Cash. -,
Worthy Patron-Dr. o. w. Fox
worthy. ...;o
Secy.MMrs. Ora Gardner.
Treas.-Mrs. Clella Shular.
Conductress-Mrs. Della Mcln-
tosh. :. ~
Appointive officers to be appoint
ed later by the Worthy Matron. n
stallation to be held Jan. a. l9l O..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
ltems Takea from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
Of a Century AGO.

Stephen Grouse and S. A. Hamil-
ton purchased the undertaking bust
ness owned by F. N. Avery.
RJar yanes met Pa~Ehton %b Of near GFsnd
last week which will disfigure him
for life. A couple of his horses were
swapping at each other and at the
same time Mr.. Daughton was clean
ing out the manger. and raised his
head just in time for one of the
horses to bite a chunk out of the
side of his nose. DR.. Bone dressed
we'll
N. c. Heasley and Miss L. K. Mum
dell were married at the clerks Of
flee. yesterday by Squire N. P. Bull
lock.
A serious and perhaps fatal acci-
dent. occurred near Tuskeego last
on Peter a We Hen1
went out hunting with an old mus
ket. He saw a rabbit and shot at it,
when the musket burst into a thous-
and pieces, one piece striking him in
the forehead, making hole about
three-quarters of an inch in dame
ter, His companions hastily convex.
ed him home and Drs; Layton OF
for. The physicians removed a por-
tion of his skull, but did not sue
ceed in extracting the piece of the
gun which entered his head. The
chances for his recovery are very
slight.
The following marriage licenses
were issued the past week:
w. H. Shields, "a, to Grace Beck
1S.
Frank r. Brewer 20, to Mertie M.
Fierce IS.
George Martin 2l, to Polly Hilly
IS,
cyrus Creese 20 to Adelia Kier 19.
E. w. Gaunt 81 to Grace Mcneil
N. G. Heasley 2s to l.. X. Mum
Clayton Davis 21 to Ida Coche-
S. >. Horner leaves next week for
Oregon, where he expects to go in
to business with his brother. Mrs.
Horner will remain here until spring.
Joseph Whistler returned Friday
from Florida, where he. had been
for some time for his health.
Count Zichy. of Garden Grove, was
a Leon visitor last Friday.
Mrs. Rhoda Hawkins departed
yesterday for a visit at Seward.
Oklahoma.
M..rtin Ray commenced work in NJ .
Mayors clothing store Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Evening Passenger Train Killed Man
at Albany, Mo.

The north bound evening passen-
ger train ran over and killed a man
at Albany yfhe mo ast Rss sdnegday
to New Hampton. Mrs. Ethel Cool
ey, who is visiting at the home of
her father, Peter Cruikshank, in
Leon, was a passenger on the train.
The following account of the acci-
dent is from the Albany Capital:
p. G. Howell, 81 years old, was
instantly killed on the briuge be-
by the northbound passenger train,
at about 5:45 o'clock last night.
Mr.. Howell, who for a number of
years ran a harness shop at New
Hampton, had been for some time
a student in the st. Joseph Veterin-
ary College, and was living with his
wife and two children in the city;
from st. Joseph to go to New Hamp-
ton, being in a deal for the sale of a
piece of property there to his bro
ther-in-law. Fred Stewart. He was
identified by the signed deed to this
property, which was in his pocket
How the unfortunate man came
ly never be known. it is believed,
however, that he must have started
to go from one coach to the other,
and have in some manner, been
thrown between the platforms of
the front and rear coach, as it was
the front wheels OF the last coach
which first struck him. His body
was almost cut in two. the wheels
striking near his shoulder, and cut
ting across his chest, severing one
of his arms from his body and leav-
ing the head and shoulders connect
ed with the lower part of the body
by only the skin and q part of the
flesh.
accident until parties who had come
in on the train saw the body and
and other authorities
The body was brought to the Bare
Undertaking rooms, and the rela-
tives notified. His brother-in-law
came down from New Hampton last
night, his father came from Grant
children from st. Joseph on the noon,
A peculiarly distressing feature of
the sad case, was that one of his
brothers, w. Fl. Howell. who had
been in the University Of Georgia
Agricultural College at Athens. Ga,
ice in the United States army. He
had come up from St. Louis on the
early morning train over the Wa
bash. and did not know of the bro
TIERS death until told by the hack
driver of the accident, on the road
from Evona.
The unfortunate man is survived
by one other brother, who is a stu
dent in the Medical College at the
Missouri State University at Colum-
bia. He also leaves his parents and
three sisters, his father, Jas. x. r;
Howell being well-known and
highly esteemed farmer, who has re-
sided on one farm three miles south
east of Grant City for over 63 years.
1t was there that the sons were born.
The dead man was married about
twelve years ago to Miss Lena V.
Stewart of New Hampton, and they
have two children.
coroner's inquest was held this
afternoon, but up to the hour the
Capital goes to press the verdict had
not yet been rendered. The SYM
pathy of all is being extended to the
family in their great distress, as Mr..
Howell was a true son, brother, hus-
band and father, and good citizen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Cannot Publish Soldiers or Sailors
Letters.

The government has issued or
ders that letters written by soldiers
or sailors to home folks or newspa1, ,
ners must not be published. and all
newspapers will. follow Instructions.
While the boys will be permitted 70
thew % are cautioned about writing
ANYTHING in regard to movements of
troops. sailings of vessels or other
information which could be used by
the enemy, for this country IS hliea
with German spies who try to Keep
their country informed OF what orr
troops are doing
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Enrolling Officer Named for Decatur
County.

Jas F. Harvey last week received
notice that he had been appointed
Chairman of the U. s. Public Service
Reserve for Decatur county. His
work will be to enroll all skilled
help in the county and report the
same to headquarters. 1t is the am
to enroll men in occupations most
needed by the, government aoxS suca as
ete. eaaneuln; Anyone s'Vd who feels = that he 4!
would like to proffer his services in
whatever line to be called for when
needed, should see Mr.. Harvey and
have ,.neir name enrolled.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Frank Gotch Died Saturday.

Frank Gotch, the noted wrestler
died at his home at Humboldt, Iowa,
last Saturday at the age of 40 years.
Gotch had been in failing health Ior
several months, and his death was
not unexpected He is survived Dy
his wife and one son, and leaves an
estate valued at about hall mlitIn ~ Ia
wrestling game, and by careful real
estate Investments. Gotch appeared
in Leon in two matches with our To-
cal wrestler, JamesfH. Alldredge, a
number of years ago, before ne pc
came the worlds champion wrestler.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
A Merry Christmas to Our Readers.

The Reporter wishes all it's read
ers Merry Christmas. 1t is use
less to say and a prosperous new
year, for prosperity is not the issue
now, but the wish that humanity
may be brought to close is sub
stituted. Many hearts are sad this
Christmas, and more will be sad
dened as the war continues, but We
are in the war for the sake of hu-
manity and we must continue until
we win, We sincerely hope that
year the whole world will be at
DPace
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Killed Big Jack Rabbit.

E.. C.. Bullard, who lives on f "A.
Gardner's farm five miles northwest
of Leon, killed a big jack rabbit
Sunday with lucky shot with his
rifle. There are several jack rab-
bits out in that neighborhoOd, but
they have been shot at SO much they
are mighty wild, and hard to get a
shot at. Sunday Mr.. Bullard scared
this one up. and killed it at dis,
tance of $50 yards. He also scared
up another one, but could not get
it. He brought the big rabbit in to
The Reporter Office Tuesday morn
ing. 1t weighed close to forty
pounds and attracted considerable
attention.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Finished a Job Commenced Twenty.
One Years Ago,

w. A. Poush. Of the Leon Loan
and Abstract Co., finished a job
Monday which was commenced
great rejoicing in the office when he
announced that he was through, It
was the work of copying all the land
descriptions in Decatur. county, and
twenty-one years ago the work was
commenced, and has been worked on
all these years. all of the work be
ing done by three persons, D.; r.
Gatchell, Clara Varga and w. A.
POuSh
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
APPOINTED Food Administrator for
Decatur County.

w. H. Shields, Of Leon, has re-
ceived the appointment as Food Ad-
ministrator for Decatur county, from
J. F. Deems, of Burlington, state
government food administrator, His
duties will be to cooperate with the
food administrator, as to conserving
food is not boarded, and that sellers
are not overcharging consumers for
food articles
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Two hi" Farms Sold at Referees
Sale.

Two big Decatur county farms
have been sold the past week at ref
eree's sale, to settle up estates. The
400 acre farm known as the Old
Mahlon Morris farm in Morgan
township, was bought by Ed II.
and the Bellows farm of 290 acres
in Woodland township was bought
by Fred Teale, and Will J. Springer
at $4,000 an acre.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Notice to Advertisers.

On account of Christmas coming
on next Tuesday, the advertising
forms for next weeks Reporter will
close Monday evening, as the paper
goes to press at noon on Wednesday,
and it will be necessary to have all
Kindly help the printers to have a
little Christmas by bringing in your
copy at the earliest possible time for
the coming week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
President Wilson Will Eat Iowa Red
Cross Butter with Christmas
Dinner.

President Wilson will eat Iowa
Red Cross butter with his Christmas
ter made by Mrs. c. E. Easterday, Of
Marble Rock, Iowa, was sold at auc-
ton at a Red Cross fair at Marble
Rock, for S567. The butter was eX-
pressed to President Wilson with
the request that he use it for their
Christmas dinner, and it will be the
highest priced butter ever eaten by
any person in the world.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
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$500 AFTER JANUARY 1, 1918

Owing to the excessive in.
crease in every item connected
with the publication of a news
paper, the subscription price of
THE LEON REPORTER will be
advanced to $500 per year, ON
and after January I, 1913. We
have tried in every conceivable
way to avoid increasing the sub
scription price of The Reporter,
but we cannot make ends meet
at the old price of $1.5O per
year. Practically all of the daily
papers have doubled their sub
scriptiOn price, and while We
are making an increase OF 80
cents per year, this increase will
not come anywhere near meet
ing the added expenses OF tho
business, and we do not believe
that our readers want or expect
US to lose money in publishing
The Reporter. We are going D.
give ali subscribers tho Opp0F.
tunity of renewing 1t the old rate
of $3.50 Per year, At any time
before the first of the new year.
and you can renew for any pr.
iOd not exceeding two years fFom
Jan. 1, 1913, at the $50 fatos
But please remember that tho
$500 rate goes into eject o.
Jan. LIST, and ON and after Ghn3
date, the price will be o2.00 -
everyone. Renew your paPee
before Jan. Let, and please doay
ask MS to accept the old rate Oft
$3.50 2 year after that date. fus
we will have to refuse It. Tie
Reporter Il worth every ceAe u
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Furs Were Stolen.

Doll Johnson, who resides in south
Leon has been doing some trapping
this winter and had bunch of .furs
valued at $4,000 which he was Just
ready to sell, but some sneak thief
heat him to it, and stole the fnrU1
one night last week. u &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Marriage Licenses.

Dennis Ingram, Hatfield, Mo.-....-.23
Pearl Dean, Eagleville, Mo-:
VIM. w. Reese, Chicago, Ill---.---26
Myrel R.. Traxler, Lamont.
Earl v. Rumley, San Antonio,
1cX8S *
Elizabeth Rumley, Bloomfield 20
Arthur II. Woodland, Lamont z
Della Ford, Lamont. (
Joseph Omer, Davis City.-...--37
Hattie Fogel, Receville, Iowa.-.-.--24
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Big Type Poland China Bears.

We have few extra good spring
and fall boars, the Big Type kind.
for sale. Manchester Bros, Leon,
iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20

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The Washington herald., 1917-05-06
The Maccabees.

National Tent No. !. met last Monday
night IN old Masonic Temple. Ninth and
r streets northwest. with Sir Kntfht
Past Commander Tuthin presiding.
The applications OF Nathan Goodman
and Robert MoAfee were fsvorably re-
ported on and other important business
transacted. Good work Is being done by
all the sir knights and 1917 promises 10
be the banner year for the tent Sir
Knight Deputy z. A. Shsmbaugh. secre-
tary Of the general excursion commit
tee, reported progress for the excursion
to Chesapeake Beach on August lE iS7.
As this is a joint excursion Of all the
Maccsbees Of the District. all Sir Knights
are asked 10 come out and boost
State Deputies H. W. Phillips, OF the
District, and d. w. Gall. OF Virginia.
were visitors and spoke on cooperation
OF the membership.
Degree work will be put on tomorrow
evening and a large class for initiation
is promised members OF the degree
team are requested TO be present
The Washington herald., 1917-05-06

Great sannap L II. Bergnan. Robert
strobei. Crrtis L. Lewis and e J. LsNiA
spoke.
Redwing Tribe had a. visitors Aoncsy
evening sachem Strobel and T. w.
Shepherd. Of Logan Tribe
. BY the resignation OF J. W. Fowler.
sachem Of Usage Tribe. No. G oeorge
Cummings has been advanced TO that po-
sition, S. L. Savage 20 senior sagamore.
and Frank d. seifert 70 Junior sagamore.
White Eagle Tribe has moved into its
now quarters at Firth and streets
northwest and meet every "Wednesday
night.
Tribe. who has passed examinations for
entering the United States navy bid fare
well % the tribe
The Washington herald., 1917-05-06

Northeast Temple with representatives
from Alpha, Elm. Old Glory and Fraser.
A resolution was passed making all coun-
Gil commanders past council commanders
and advisor lleutenants members of the
boosters Club and entitled TO voice and
vote at its meetings. The resignation
OF Secretary Ford was rendered and ac-
cepted. Sovereign Ford anticipates being
ordered away with the army, in which
he holds a commission as captain.
Oak Camp met Wednesday last This
camp has appointed Council Commander
Benny Williams captain OF Company 3,
loSd Regiment. Uniform Rank
Cedar Camp met last Wednesday at the
Postofnce Hall on Park road. After the
business Of the evening the camp was
addressed by its council commander and
advisor lieutensnt
National Camp met last wednesday at
the Masonic Hall in Anacostia- This
camp wishes to announce that the visi-
tation to Mount Vernon Camp viii be
made Jointly with the other camps of the
District in visiting Mount Vernon Camp
on its next meeting night, Monday May T..