The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-10-17
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
items Taken from the files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
OF a Century Ago.

The ten year. old son of Jacob
Arney, north of Leon, had an arm
broken yesterday by the sweep of a
well striking him. DR.. A. Brown
reduced the fracture.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j., Allen Monday morning.
On Monday E. A. Rea made a
trade with j. R. Bowsher of Prince
ton,, Mo-, trading a stock of dry
goods at Corydon, his implement
for 700 acres Of land in Mercer
Lineville. The trade amounted to
been in the implement business at
Princeton for years, and will move
to Leon next spring and continue
the business. Mr.. Albert Biddison,
for Mr. Rea, will continue in the
same capacity with Mr.. Bowsher.
A very interesting political dis
cussion, in which all three parties
participated, was held at Whitehall
school house one evening last week,
t that Il the meeting did not adjourn
w. E. Cannon, S. T. Robertson and
w. H. Bobbitt spoke for the pOpu-
lists, James Vaughn for the repub-
licans, and the old war horse A. M.
Pryor picked all their arguments to
pieces sand and cqnyinced 3nt ALMOST st every,
party was the party of and for the
people. When it comes to talking
politics Gus is strictly in it with
both feet. He can explode political
gunpowder better than he can the
genuine article. when he attempts to
Charley shrewsbury V our odi did u not Of have
the best of luck with his running
horses at st. Louis this summer.
Pat Dolan broke down in the first
race he started in this season and
was sold at St. Louis. He brought
bin him Mon Monday ad and left ttera Garter b.
phenomenal success with his two
colts, Coroner and Doubtful, and is
supposed to have made barrel of
money.
vstng Mhe the ma1Sea Words efFy FGr fSh as weef wfs
he went up in the great Ferris
wheel, but he don't want any more
of it, Henry says the first time he
went up it was simply grand, but
when the car got down he had
enough of it and wanted to be let
out. The cars are arranged SO that
they must make two round trips be-
fore they stop at the exit, and so he
had to stay in. AS it slowly rose
toward the heavens, SO did Henry's
heart, and when he got to the top
the second time his heart was clear
UP in his mouth, and to use his own
expression, 81 was the, sickest dog
perfectly willing to have had my
pension all stopped right there for
ever if ! could only have stepped out
on the ground It was with a very
audible sigh of relief that Henry
emerged from the car when it did
would induce him to go up in the
Fl. P. Bell and bride came in from
Shenandoah Thursday afternoon to
spend week or ten days here, and
will then go to Tama, Iowa, where
Mr.. Bell has a position in a drug
store
Mrs. J. L. Harvey returned from
Waterloo Monday where she attend
ed the Grand Chapter P. e. O. Sis
terhood as delegate from the Leon
Mr.. Steve Grouse and family de-
parted yesterday for Winfield. Kan
sas, where they will make their fu-
Gus. Mcfarland and Port Jeffrey
rode down from Osceola on their
wheels Friday evening. Mr.. McFar-
land now rides fine new aluminium
wheel, which is quite novelty.
The following marriage licenses
were issued the past week:
John w. Rogers 33 to Abbie john
son 20.
c.. E. Roberts "a to Lucy E. Nit
ten 22
Charles Joy II to Fannie Wymer
10.
VIM. R. Johnson 20 to Lille
White 1S.