The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-10-03
Davis City.

hogs last TUESDAY LOT tne CHlcaso
George Bartlett is substitute mail
carrier on Route | during Mrs.
Hagan's recovery.
Word was received in our city last
Monday morning that Mrs. Harold
Hagan living on Route 2, had died
that morning.
The work is progressing finely on
hoped that our city will, when it is
completed, have an abundance OF
water for use in all cases.
Mrs. Marietta Pryne. of Lamont,
spent the past week with her daugll-
ter Mrs. Emma Hagen, of Davis
City.
visited ed friends in our city the past
week returning to her home Satur-
o. l.. Frazier and wife spent the
past week in Chicago. He attended
the bankers association. Mrs. Frazier
visiting friends
Mrs. Dallas Rogers and daughter
of her neice Mrs. Erwin Spencer, near
PleasantOn.
visited her parents in Davis City last
Friday.
]. ii. Bigham and wife, of Of
tumWa, were visiting relatives IN
our city the past week also two
Scott and the other was daughter
of Sherm Wheeler, both are marrleu
ladies but we could not obtain their
first name.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Boldman came
in last Friday from South Dakota
where they have spent the summer
enroute to Shenandoah where they
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Miss Cecil Flora. daughter of Lee
Flora, last week received her ap-
pointment as postmistress of Davis
City post office. She commenced
her duties this Tuesday morning
Mrs. Emma Cummings retiring.
The flag raising by. the school
children last Friday in memory of
our soldier boys who have gone in
thing long to be remembered while
there was something like 80 stars,
we think there are still one or two
left out that have also gone.
The dog. and pony show here last
Saturday did not attract the crowd
Davis City usually gives to such en-
tertainments. Too many things
The ladies of the Red Cross were
again called upon to gather clothing
to send the Belgian sufferers.
The sale Of the late John Poush
was held last Saturday. Everything
sold fairly WELL Sam Bullock
bought the home at {, private sale
previous to the Saturday sale con-
sid Hra 800 also 500 vel ELL sod
Mrs. J. J. Poush were up Saturday
The proprietor of the dog and
pony show met with quite mis-
fortune last Friday night somewhere
near Decatur two of their largest
elephants got loose in the night ana
got into an oats bin and ate %
very sick elephant.
Mrs. Charles Cain came in from
Dupree, South Dakota, last Monday
for visit with her sisters Ida and
Emma Adkins.
A. B. Norman and wife, G. G.
Grimes and wife, Hayes McClaran
and wife, Fl. l.; McClaran. wife and
whose names we did not obtain
formed a picnic party and autoed to
Albany, Mo-. last Sunday where they
were met by parties from several
places in Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Poush, of Leon.
were in attendance at the funeral
services of uncle John Poush held in
our Guy ldSL week.
Mrs Q. L. Craig, was called to Of
tumwa last Thursday to put in her
exemption for her husband who has
a position as fireman on the Milwau-
kee railroad.
Grandma Poush left last Wednes-
day to make her home with her
daughter near Eagleville Mo.
Mrs. Emma Adkins is seriously i'll
with typhoid fever. A trained nurse
arrived Sunday to care for her.
Elder Haden is holding a series of
meetings at the l.. D. S. chapel in
this city this week that are both in
structive and interesting.
Leo Cummings came in Monday
o. l.. Frazier and wife returned
from visit with relatives at Aurora
and Dixon. ILL.,, last Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Mary Burrell returned from
a trip to st. Joseph Wednesday OF
last week.
Mrs. Roscoe Hagan, our mail car
rier on Route |, met with very
serious accident last Monday when
her car driven by E. Braman, be-
came unmanageable because of a
broken steerage rod and went into
ditch near the Grant Griffith farm
completely over pinning both occu-
Hagan managed to get out and go
for help to release Mr.. Braman who
was not seriously hurt but Mrs. Ha-
gan sustained broken shoulder and
other serious bruises. She was
taken to ST. Joseph hospital today
(Tuesday) for treatment