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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Van Vert.

Mrs. Albert Byerley and Mrs. ].
Ramsey were OsceOla visitors Tues
day.
Misses Margaret and Gertrude
Warrenner spent Tuesday night at
the George Johnson home.
Ed Owens was Grand River Wis
itor last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Wolfe, of Muir
ray, were visiting in town Saturday
morning
Miss ROSA Smith was a Leon Wis
itor Saturday
Mrs. Grace Parsons and children,
of Creston, came Tuesday to visit
with friends and relatives ;.,
James McJimpsey, H. Wilson and
Moines last Wednesday. Mr.. Sim
merman's son Bert who went to
Camp Dodge sometime ago, is still
i'll in the hospital.
Mrs. Floyd Payton and Mrs. Pot
ter were shopping in Osceola We'd
Miss Olive Collins, who has been
to her home Thursday.
Mrs. Jerome Traupel, Mrs. Isaiah
Thompson and Miss Fern Lantz
were Osceola visitors Thursday.
George Webb and Charles Nc
Kee were business visitors in Des
Moines last Tuesday.
Mrs. A. B. Fierce, who has been
visiting her r daughter M hss N Moiges
returned to her home Friday.
Miss Leila Easter, who has been at
tending school in Des Moines, came
Thursday for a visit with her moth
er, Mrs. Fannie Easter
Mrs. Bent Ramsey and Mrs. A.
Owens were Osceola visitors Friday
There will be patriotic services at
the Christian church Sunday even
placed on the service flag. We are
very proud of our patriotic boys in
whose honor the stars are being
placed on the flag.
Eddie Blair, who has been at
tending college at Indianola, came
Thursday to spend Easter with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Blair.
and Mrs. Nellie Cornelius, of Okla
homa, visited Friday at the d. Kel-
ley and Jerome Traupel home.
Miss Callie Johnson spent Friday
night with Miss Margaret Warren
Miss Lena Manley, of Oskaloosa,
visited over Sunday with Mr.: and
Mrs. Ira Price and daughter, Gladys.
Mrs. Sarah Smith spent Sunday
with her son, ]. Smith and family.
Misses Gladys and Louise Hoad'
ley, of Des MOines, came Friday to
visit their grandmother, Mrs. Anna
Fierce. They returned home Mon
day morning. Mrs. Anna Fierce &C
companied them.
Misses Irene Davenport and Fern
Snider came from Des Moines Fri
day to visit over Sunday with home
folks.
Mrs Gill and daughter Irene,
were shopping in Osceola Thursday.
Prof. Frank Reed and daughter,
Mary, of Ames, were over Sunday
Visitors at the A. L. Belding home.
Monday but Miss Mary remained for
4 longer visit.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
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Burr Oak Ridge.

Bert Adalr and family, who were
here visiting from Gillette, Wyom-
ing, and Mrs. John Adair spent Fri
day at G. E. Chastains.
'rhe following clipping was taken
from COLORADO paper which will
people around Leon and Woodland,
Mr.. Bledsoe being former Decatur
county young man: "A wedding of
considerable interest to the COM
munity occurred in Denver last
Thursday when Miss Orpha Clare
Jackson became the bride Of Mr..
Claude G. Bledsoe: The young
ity, the wedding being the culmina-
tion of pretty romance begun sew
eral years ago, when the bride
taught school near Egbert. The
groom is a prosperous young farm
er, having lived here for a number
of years. After brief honeymoon
spent in Denver, the couple arrived
home after February 1st. Every.-
body joins in wishing them great
happiness and prosperity in their
welded life"
Charles, the eight year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Chastain, is quite
sick. DR.. Robinson is the attending
Ace Bethards and family and w.
A.. Arnold visited relatives at Wood
burn Sunday.
Mrs. May Shira went to Omaha
to visit a nephew who was on his,
way to France.
Charles Chastain, wife. and son
Charles spent one day last week at
Davis City at Lon Adams.
The married children and fami-
lies Of Mr. and Mrs. Main spent Sun.
day with them. -. ss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
"A Bad Accident.

John Heasley, who lives west OF
Lamont, met with an accident last
week that might have been a great
deal more serious than it was. He
a four-horse team when the team
ran away hitched to the disc, killing
one mule and cutting another one
up badly. A bride bit broke and
Mr.. Heasley saw that he could not
get the team under control so ne
jumped which probably accounts for
his not being injured. This loss
comes very heavy on Mr.. Heasley
just at this season of the year
Lamont Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Christian Church.


Services will be held in the Chris
tian church next Sunday, April 18th,
as follows:
Bible school, 10 a. m. Preach
ing services II a. N. Remember
we are going on new time now.
See to it that you have the correct
time and you will be able to comply
with the hour of services.
deavor 1918; sermon by pastor at
S:15. Speak to your friends, tell
them about the services. And come
thou with us and we will do thee
good.
All members of the church and
congregation are invited to attend
the reception for the new pastor,
Friday evening, April 5th, at $50
at the church basement. Bring your
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04

There 10 more Catarrh IN this section Of
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local
disease and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ance has proven 'Catarrh to be a consti-
tueional disease, and therefore REQUIRES
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Che icy Il
Co, Toledo. Ohio. is the only &C -istitu-
tional cure on the market. It is taken In
ternalIy in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case It
fqils to cure. Send for circulars and tee-
HmonialS.
Address: =. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
fold by Druggists, 75c.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
brethren Church.

Sunday school at 10 O'Clock. C.
p: at 8. Public worship at $3.50.
All at new time.
There will be a missionary SER
mon Sunday evening with the annual
sions. Preaching by the pastor.
Prayer meeting at the home of the
pastor Thursday evening at $3.50
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Union Chapel.

The Sunday school will be organ
lied on Sunday just before the SER
mon Let the whole neighborhood
attend. Meeting 11:30, new time
A missionary sermon will be preach
ed by the pastor to begin the sea-
sons work. A free will offering will
be taken for the annual Easter
foreign work
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Pare EIGHT,
CHE CHURCHES.
Gospel Team Meeting.

The meeting Sunday at p. m.
at the Christian church and will be
led by William Kimport. 1t is urged
that we have full attendance as
we have business of Importance to
come before this meeting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
were Sunday visitors at Tom Web.

were Sunday visitors at Tom Web
ster's.
C. E. Chastain and family attend
ed surprise birthday party at Jas
per Records in Leon one evening
anniversary. A most enjoyable time
was had.
Julia Chastain accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Bradfield and fam
lily to Des Moines Sunday and visit
ed her brother, Roy Chastain, who
is in the base hospital, also her
in the Bankers Insurance Office in
DeS MOines
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Lewis Leroy Green.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Green, was born
March II, 1915 and departed this
life March IL, 1918.
He leaves to mourn his loss, a
father, mother, two brothers and
many relatives Funeral services
were held at the home, after which
the remains were laid to rest in the
Van Vert cemetery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Christian Science.

Services will be held on Sunday
morning at eleven o'clock, in the as
sembly room of the public library:
Subject" Unhealthy. A cordial
invitation is extended to the public
to attend these meetings
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04

The Leon Electric Company has
the finest display room In this part of
the state for showing electric light
fixtures. The fixtures are beauties
and are priced very low. It would
paw you to see them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Leon Wife Doing Good Work.

II have been bad of with stomach
and liver trouble and bloating for
helped me. On the advice Of my
druggist, | bought bottle Of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy and l don't want
to miss single dose. 1t has given
me more benefit than all the medi-
cine l have ever taken. l feel l am
doing good to recommend it to
others. 1t is a simple, harmless
tarrhal mucus from the Intestinal
tract and allays the inflammation
which causes practically all stomach.
liver and intestinal ailments, includ-
ing appendicitis. One dose will con-
vince or money refunded. E. e.,
Bell, druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Abe Martin Says.

We've noticed that nobuddy but
survivors ever talk about tn survival
% tn fittest. Let's go thro 1919
Aakin' a side line o. everything but
TIL war
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04

Card of Thanks-We desire tt
thank our friends and neighbors dur
ing the sickness and death of Oul
baby
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04

Wanted-July and November,
1917 copies of the Ladies Home
Journal for Red Cross work. Please
send to Mrs. Fred Teale.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04

A little son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Macy Campbell, of Eden town
ship Sunday, but the little one lived
but few hours. Funeral services
were held Monday, conducted by
Rev. C. w. Reeder, interment being
in the Leon cemetery. The bereav-
ed parents have the sympathy of
their many friends.
A Card-We desire to thank our
kind friends and neighbors for the
kindness shown us during the short
Gerald Campbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Macy Campbell.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Red Cross Notes.

Another call for used clothing.
requisition was made OF our chap,
ter for 21OO pounds of clothing and
shoes for the war sufferers IN
France and Belgium. The commit.
tee with the aid of number or
volunteers worked very hard for sew
eral DAYS last week and sent
splendid lot of all kinds OF wearing
apparel but so far it has amounted
!. to only 174O pounds. Take another
look through that closet and see
what more can be spared Leave II
at the rest room in the court house
and the committee will do the rest.
The Junior Red Cross committee
reports that their first shipment OF
fnished articles is ready and will be
displayed for inspection at mead
quarters at the court house on, sat
urday afternoon of this week. Ev,
eryone who is interested Is invited
TO call and see what the children
have been doing. Teachers OF rural
scho0ls are given a special invitation.
anyone having old sweaters. caps,
scarfs or any knitted articles no
longer needed can render service
by washing the same, raveling ana
getting the yarn in good condltlon
for reknitting The Juniors Will pc
glad to make them up into articles
for. shipment
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04

Try Havana Spikes cigars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04

!. Havana Spikes cigars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-04
Death of An Infant.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Greer
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
THE CARDINAL OF SPAIN.

A certain Church historian remarks,
that from whatever side the Middle
Ages are viewed they present an
aspect of unapproachable grandeur"
In reviewing the life and work of the
Spanish Cardinal Ximenes, there is a
continual reminder of this dictum.
Francisco de Cisneros de Ximenes,
whose fourth centenary has just been
celebrated, was born in 1436, in Tor
relaguna, of a noble but impoverished
family. s,x..
Isabella was obliged to write to the
Pope and he, in turn, to the humble
friar, commanding him to accept the
post. Ximenes was at that time sixty
years of age and felt the burden of
such an Office to be too heavy for
him. Unwillingly he obeyed the Pa
pal mandate, and was. consecrated at
a convent of his order at Tarrazona
in presence of the king and queen.
When, according to custom, he bent
to kiss their hands, the newly-made
prelate remarked: L come to kiss the
hands of Your Majesties, not because
they have raised me to the first see
in Spain, but because hope they will
help me to support. the burden they
have placed on my shoulders" The
royal pair and all the. mobiles of the
court, then knelt to receive the bless
ing of the newly consecrated.
81 AEothoifc World
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06

professional men are an exception, in
so far as they withhold from their
companions the affairs of Others COM
mitted to their care professionally
not a step farther. In all else, they
who practice concealment, even in
business matters, lose half the JOY
and blessedness which God designed
that marriage should bestow.
Unhappy, indeed, are they who find
the one taken ''for better or worse
incapable of keeping that which was
committed to their love and honor.
But until hope is vain, and one is
compelled to give dp all confidence
in companion, which is, happily,
only rarely the case, let there be no
concealment.
Want of confidence on the part OF
the husband, after the novelty of mar.
| ried life and having a home of his
own" has worn off, is, more frequently
practiced from the foolish fear that
by confiding truly in his wife she may
learn to exact it as a right, and his
pride takes the alarm, lest, trusting to
his other and often far better half,
he may risk the loss of some of his
boosted independence.
The wife is sometimes tempted to
concealment, and, alas! too often to
deceit and falsehood, through fear of
her husbands anger, or, worse, the
dread of his ridicule, She may have
erred in judgment, or done some
foolish, weak, but not wicked thing,
and having learned too soon that his
tones are not always of the gentlest,
feels that, instead of guiding her to
clearer light and a higher life, he
will be more likely to sit in judg-
ment on her mistakes, or, what is the
sharpest thing for a loving heart to
endure, make a jest of her mistakes,
or ridicule her weakness.
Married life, opening with every
promise of perfect love and harmony,
is often wrecked--the mischief begun
by "just one'' trifling concealment.
This is followed by another and an
other, with shorter intervals. Mis-
takes concealed grow more frequent
and less simple, and when at last ex-
posed, recriminations and heartburn
ings destroy the home where the
light and purity of love once held
undisputed sway.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
A PRECIOUS LITTLE PAINTING.

Judith with the Head of Holo-
fernes," by Andrea Mantegna, an old
Italian Catholic master, long in the
possession of the Pembroke family and
known as the Pembroke Mantegna,
has been sold, according to rumor
in art circles, to man with a growing
reputation as a collector, Carl w.
Hamilton, of New York city and Great
Neck, L. l. Mr.. Hamilton, it is said,
paid about $500 for the panel.
Mantegna (1483-1506) furnished many
mural paintings for Italian churches,
and at one time was engaged to deco
rate. a new chapel in the Vatican.
Mantegnas are rare in the market,
and this small one, seven inches by
twelve, is said to be the most valuable
picture for its size in the world The
picture, if it sold at the price said to
have been paid, is. worth $3.50 a
square inch. 1t shows Judith clad in
white with a blue coat falling from
her shoulders, standing at the entrance
of rose-colored tent. She holds a
short, square-headed sword with hilt
of gold and inlaid gold blade in her
right hand, and in her left the head
of Holofernes. An attendant stands
by with bag to receive the head.
The name of the artist is on the back
of the panel.
The picture was at one time owned
by Charles l. There are three other
Mantegnas in America. "The Adora-
ton of the Magi" is in the Johnson
collection, Philadelphia; 'The Holy
Family" by Mantegna, is in the Alt
man collection at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, and Mrs. John L.
Gardner, of Boston. has a Madonna
and Child with st. John and Female
Saints" a picture which was also in
the collection of Charles |.
The Echo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
PoPIsH ToM1sToNEs IN
LIMERICK.

In the city of the [English-] broker
treaty, says the New Zealand Tablet, g
certain [English Church, Canon Rob
ertson has been tearing his hair be
cause of the erection ora monument
bearing the inscription:
"On whose souls, sweet Jesus,
have Mercy,
OF course, it is very wrong for a be
nighted Catholic to expect that any
help will avail him in the next world
Otherwise we are sure Canon Robert
son would not object to prayers fol
the dead at time when the grin
reality of war has taught his spiritua
children that there is no comfort in q
religion which denies the Communion
of Saints. A correspondent suggests
the likeness between the Canon and
the young MacSweeny who objected
to the Popish prayer on his fathers
grave. We all know how Rory O'More
remedied the grievance by simply
prefixing one word. When Rory had
thus expelled the Popery, the reading
was:
Don't Pray for the Soul of
Denis MacSweeny."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
MODEL CHARITY WORKERS.

To those who are constantly de-
voted to the service of their neigh
bors there is an eVer-present danger
that over-much attention to mans
material wants and physical comforts
may beget forgetfulness of mans true
dignity and destiny. This forgetful-
ness works itself out in false phil
osophy of life and expresses itself in
pernicious principles Of individual
and social reform.
1t is well then, for all, for social
workers especially, to live constantly
in the Companionship of those great
apostles of charity whose lives and
deeds history records. From them
may be learned the true meaning of
Christian charity. From them may be
imbibed the spirit that animated
them. Association with them en-.
kindles feryor, and from their lives,
lived only in love, the noblest inspira
ton is derived.
The Church's calendar of saints
contains the names of men and women
whose days on earth were devoted tc
the imitation of Christ in His love and
service of the poor. They saw only
human souls to touch and save with
the grace of God. In9thei sunken eyes
of the sick and the suffering they
saw their Lord and Master looking
out upon themselves. 9as
They soothed the pains of thu
wretched, but it was that they Nigh
save their souls. They pitied the sicl
and the suffering, but it was a pit.
/ 'oyershadowed by a supreme desirt
to share with them the spiritual 10!
that was their own. They, unde
i Christ, are the model charity workers
From them all may learn the lessor
of true Christian service for others.
/ The Pilot.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
SPIRIT OF CHARITY.

We often fall far short, not only in
our performance of the duties of char
ity, but also in our understanding of
them. Much of our nominally charit-
able activity springs from self-love and
feeds selflove. We will do good works
when they are our own works, when
we can get the credit for them from
ourselves as well as from others. The
proof of charity is not seen in activity;
it is not even seen in results. The best
test of the real presence of the spirit
of charity is the willingness to CO.
operate, to work with others. Co.
operation means a large amount of
advertisement, of giving up our own
pleasure and our own ease, and-what
we often esteem the most-our own
way.
The Catholic Register.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
THE PATH TO THE LIGHT.

If we would realize that God sin
cerely desires the salvation of all
men we must plant ourselves on the
truth that holiness, which is of the
very essence of salvation, can not be
wrought in us by an extraneous force,
says Bledsoe. It is under the guild
ance of this principle, and of this
principle alone, that we can find our
way out from the dark labyrinth OF
error and decentralization into the
clear and beautiful light of the Cos
pei. that God will have all men to
be saved and come unto a knowledge
of the truth HI.
: It is with the aid of this principle
and of this alone. that we may hear
the sublime teachings of the divine
wisdom, unmingled with the discord
ant sounds of human folly.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
THE WAY ! FOUGHT.

am not bound to win life's fame,
i am not charged to reach a goal;
1t is not told that victory alone shall
.consecrate the soul.
Not all the great men come to wealth,
not all. the noble men succeed,
The glory of a. life is not the record
of one daring deed;
And if. / serve a purpose true, and
keep my course, though tempest
tossed,
1t shall not matter in the end, whether
won my fight ortlost.
was not ordered at my birth to come
to death possessing gold; 7
No stern command was given me that
riches must be mine to hold
The reason for my life is hid, shall
not solve the mystery here,
And even what is victory for mortal
man is far from clear;
But this know, when comes the end
and all my toiling here is done,
The way | fought will count for more
than all the goals / may have won.
| If only victory were good, and only
riches proved mems worth,
Then only men of strength would live,
and brutes alone would rule the
earth;
Then striving for a lofty goal and
falling to succeed were sin,
And men would lie and cheat and
steal and gtoop to anything to win
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
coNcILIAToRY WAYS OF LATE
BISHOP.

To avoid difficulties amounted in
Bishop Foley of Detroit almost tc
genius, says The Milwaukee Citizen
To the end of his days he was the old
fashioned Irish gentleman, courtly in
manner, stately of mien, yet easy
going.
His gold snuffbox and the social
genealogy of his beloved Baltimore
We're his amiable weaknesses.
When in health, the Bishop had no
hours. As all roads led to home, all
streets led to his old-fashioned house
in Washington Boulevard All sad
souls in quest of sympathy could be
sure of help from him.
Bishop Foley's personality and con.
ciliatory policy were just the right
sort to heal the wounds of the schis-
matte diocese to which he came in
1888. His reign of twenty-nine years,
rarely equaled for duration in the
history of the Church in America,
might. be termed the golden age" of
the diocese, of Detroit. Churches and
Catholic institutions, particularly for
the young, multiplied under his foster
ing care. There were 100000 Catholics
in the city of Detroit when Bishop
Foley took charge; at his death there
were 325,000, larger number than
the entire population in 1883.
One of the Catholic clergymen of
the Detroit diocese said:
F1fd oo11 r,oo,, !, ~
motto and come so near to ideal full
fillment of it as Bishop Foley. On
his arms he blazoned the motto, 'Omnia
in Caritate, or All things in charity
That was indeed his motto. 1t was
his policy as Bishop. 1t was his
whole character as a Christian.
He carried out that policy with a
strange mixture of sweetness and
strength. No religious work can grow
unless, there is peace within. No
church organization can grow without
discipline. 1t was work of genius to
establish a peace without weakness, a
calm without stagnation.
Bishop Foley had the rare secret
of governing without driving. He was
thorough churchman-and orders
meant to be obeyed were indeed to
be obeyed. Yet no subordinate ever
felt that he was governed by an iron
hand, or rigidly held to a mechanical
system. Instead, each man was left
to his measure of freedom, with the
feeling that his Bishop was there to
cooperate with him.
In that cooperation the Bishop
never spared himself. No amount of
remonstrance by friends could induce
him to spare himself. In the days
of his strength he was almost at the
beck and call of any priest who wanted
him to attend a little parish function
or sodality meeting"