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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19

.s 81 aesiyf: now l a have found good
friend in your son, on coming 70
America after the war l have al
ways thought ! would like to go to
your country SO don't be surprlseSa
10 see me coming to America with
your son after the war. Here
hoping that will be soon. Well, Mr;
Hawk. the other day introduced
your son Arthur to our snrapnei
budding as we call it. We make IL
out Of biscuits. l would like yc', 70
mention shrapnel pudding to MN
when you write again to hIm again
lust ask him how he likes tommy s
shrapnel pudding. You Know now ~
is with us chaps, we have no women 70 m en-
or mothers out here to MAKE lnlhss
for us SO we do the best we e, can.
Reg wy No. 2o.367 f37th Heavy Bat
t nrS r G. A., B. D. F. France.
So thinking this is all have to
say, hoping to hear from you soon
as as possible. Wishing you the best
of luck and good health, hoping Que
of these fine days. to come ana sea
Won SO will now close, / remain.
wv ~ YouTs sons chum,
Cpl. Sp-S. E. Davis,
p. s. Mr.. Hawk. / must say now
funny / should happen, to meet your
son and him coming from a., town
the same name as mine. will SEND
YOU photo of myself as soon as |
get anywhere near a place can
have it taken So cheer up when !
hear from you ! will know better
how to write and explain Things 70
you. Arthur sends his best love TO
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
Met Arthur Hawk in France.

Somewhere in France, Aag. II,
Please excuse me taking the lib
erty of writing to you bus as am
on the same battlefield as your son
Arthur, and we are great chums; ne
You few lines which | was only too
Tommv, and he told me that you
would be very pleased to hear that
he is now linked Up in The same
brigade as me. | must say, not be
cause he is your son, that he Is
good soldier and stands next to the
best Of them out here. ! can as
sure you that he is fearless ard
afraid OF nothing and a fellow THAT
America ought to be proud Of. We
are living Just now like rabbits.
right down under the around in
what are called dugouts> sup
there. If you don't know, it is to
get out of the way of Jerry at nights
when he comes over after us with
the bombing which we have every
night, but once we are down there
we can always laugh at them when
he starts dropping his bombs. t IS
what this war really is like. = can
tell you that this isn't a place
amusement 1t is that place. If ev-
/ er there is one to cone up. to it,
called hell. If ever there is he'll
| I think we are in it. but never MIND,
we will stick to this task till we beat
Jerry. ] am nearly sure that eve we
mans on their knees and won't be
long before we got him on his back
which we all intend to do before we
have finished with him. l have heard
lot of officers saying just latelv
that the fighting Of this war var will be
over by Christmas. | only nope
they are right as / have had three
Years and half out here. and now
tired out, but would not be salts sat IS
beaten him (Jerry) to the ground
for what he has done to poor France
and Belgium. 1 would like to see
the people of our countries come and
have a look at the Jerry work'when
this war is finished hs1ede he am r sure tr iey
1,e has nlayed. He is nothing but a
di al vs. rotten from the lowest grade
words that words could not expl4Su
Il :
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
From Levi d. Hill.
Sunday. Aug. IS, 1871

Sunday, Aug. IS, 1918.
~ Dear Folks at Home. ! will viz
again write you few lines 10 let
you know | am well and q,,l ho"e TINS
pose you folks are taking in the
Davis City reunion by this time,
three time a day. / am attached to
the supply company now for aWhlle
as our company went into the lines
few days ago and they placed me
like it fine The first night. we were
in the trenches we got quite few
shells. but none of us got hurt. We
are in for Is hours and only lost
one man. He was a fellow from
Minnesota, and two wounded. Wen
| suppose you can see now now
things are going. by, the papers.
have him on the run, now or at least
| hope it don't last long. l nope to
get home by next spring or sooner.
We are having fine weather over
here. None of us are sick, no dl-
seases OF any kind, only. few
cases once in awhile, but they don't
amount to much. Well dld the dralt
Quite a few now. Well the training
is not bad run across fellow
from Lineville the other day. Otis
Smith and Albert Hughes. from near
Garden Grove. Gibbs from Aller-
ton. Well, l suppose all the thresh-
ing will be done by the time you get
this letter. You want to write ana
let me know how the crops are.
have written lots of letters but
don't get any answers. don't
know what the matter is The last
letter | received from you folks was
July 2. Well how is Joe Hampton
Tell him hello for me and all the
rest. Well | guess had peter
ring off for this time. | can tell you
more when | come home. Your son,
Pvt. Levi D. Hill,
Co n 100 Inf. A. 3. e.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
STATEMENT CONDITION OF
Farmers & Traders State Bank

located at Leon, county of Decatur at
lsiness the 7th day of September, 1918.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19

am going to Frisco Saturday even
ing. This is sure a beautiful coun-
try, large trees, mountains all
around. We are in a small valley.
/ don't like. about it here, there is
so much noise, even in the night
there is a motor truck or something
banging that gets on my nerves. l
will try and finish your letter. Was
called out to unload truck load of
chuck There are 4S of we school
boys but they keep coming in.
This school just started this week
and they haven't things arranged
very good yet. How is everyone
there? l haven't wrote to Grandma
yet. ! will before long. l have so
many letters to write and then |
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19

don't write to every one would
like to. When have you heard from
John? / sure would like. to hear
from him. | will try writing again.
Just come back from mess. sure
didn't want to miss that. We had
spuds, sliced tomatoes, cabbage.
other junk. We get good eats.
We eat at the table, Some of the
boys eat out of what we call mess
kits. l suppose you know what
they are? Well must ring of TOR
this time. | want to go to thes
show. Tell everyone hello for me-
Be sure and write. Good bye,
Cousin.
James Shaw,
School for Bakers and Cooks,
Camp Fremont, Cal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
otto Hill Writes from Philippines.
Fort Mills, Manila Bay,

Fort Mills, Manila bay,
Philippine Islands, July II, 1918;
Dear Pa. Uncle and Aunt: l
thought | would write you rev
lines to let you know ! am teellng
fine, hope you are all the same.
wrote you a letter few days ago
and sent one of my pictures. How
is everybody back there and where
have YOU heard from Art? l would
like to see all of you once more ore
Tell Art to write to me. Well, "a,
have you ever got that money! II
is raining here now 1t rains every
day and night but never gets muddy
at the fort for it is solid rock.
Well, it is 80 o'clock, will go to
dinner in a few minutes: Well. we
have plenty to eat, such as not
cakes for breakfast and chicken
every Sunday for dinner and plenty
of other eats. These people are a
joke. They live, hogs, dogs, chick
ems, people and all in the same
bambc shacks. They live mostly on
fish and rice If the fish have been
caught month it is all the same:
/ could tell lot about things If |
could see you but lots of people
would not believe it but do. They
are going to send BUNCH OF poys 10
Russia soon but | won't get to go:
Wish / could take the trip; Wen l
have wrote all | can think OF TINS
time. Write often and tell az! the
news. QUO w. HILL
Fort Mills, Manila Bay,
Philippine Islands.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
John Shaw is in California.
fremont Cal Aug. %,

Fremont, Cal, Aug. %, 1918.
Dear Cousin: Well suppose
Won will be surprised to hear from
me. and that l am here. II am one
Of fhe Sammies now and like 1t nne.
Nv arms are pretty sore but not as
had as they have been. ! have been
y vac three times in the last
two weeks, and get one more Mon MOI
dav. am learning to be a COOK.
X all the boys lives over my COOKING
I will be surprised Say you ought
to see me dressed UP. in white; !
look like real COOK Dut lo9 Ias
f Hu here: like the Infantry as
veil - this If not better am
thirty miles from San Francisco.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
STATEMENT
condition II
Citizens State Savings Bank

the laws Iowa, Decatur County of Decatur
business the 18th day of September, A. D. 1918
RESOURCES
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
Artie Hawk is Fighting in France

ATtie Hawk is FlGhtlng In FRANCE
July is. 1918.
Dear 1,a Friend: Will write you a
few lines this evening to, let you
know / am still alive and feeling
Good Hope you are all feeling
good. How is everything in avis
City? Everything looks pretty good
noisy: sometimes 1t sounds like a
fourth Of July, only the fire crackers
are bigser and more of them. !
was uD last night where it WASH I
81 pleasant. Jerry started TO throw
his shells over. some of them lii IN
fifty wards of where ! was. Fart OF
tbe company | am in is UP in the
front now. am about three
miles from the front, three mlles Is
rot. so very far away but Whar you
can hear and see a plenty Tor the
first time up. | heard Edgar was
in the army. Where he is now
don't know. l guess several OF the
hoys ware over here but l nave not
seen any of them only Perry Latta.
II guess Burris Howell is here some
where. Well Frank, how is bafnet-
ing now? l heard they were start,
elghteen to forty-five, that won't
leave anyone there but Polk Beasley
md Dave Dovney, will It? Well
his is all for this time, hoping to
hear from you soon. Tell everybody
heIIo and war is what Sherman said
II was. From a friend somewhere IN
France Artie O. Hawk,
90 G 124 Machine Gun b.,
American E. F., France.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19

The armor of the motor cars used
IN the present war ranges from
hree-sixteenths to a quarter of an
Ach in thickness and is imperv1ous
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19


N B. Hamilton O.
soemn that the foregoing full
belief that
fde me porerty said lnk in its
being exhibited
:, :. w Il. LLOYD President
Sworn subscribed in presence by w n Lloyd
and n B Hamilton this 14th day Of 1911 $500 81 .
Notar andsf Tor
Arrested by j. c. cozad Geo Directors.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19
$SOS,117.S5


We president Mitchell Cashier of the
above that the
of said bank in it's
loaned
being exhibited
IEAlE,
G. MITCHELL, Asst Cashier
before and subscribed in by Thos Teae
MITCHELL Asst Cashier this 14th OF Septem-
1918
Notary Public in and Decatur County
Harvey l.. p VanWerden Fred Teae,
Directors
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-19

A man contains about sixty Jumps
of sugar, a great deal of starch,
chloride of potash, magnesium, sui
pllur and hydrochloric acid in his
system.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
The Piaygoer,s Case
dramatic Editor of The Tribune

"Dramatic Editor of The Tribune.
Is the case of the ticket spcculator
ended? Some of us hoped for a sum-
ming up by you with few words that
Mr. and Mrs. Theatre Goer could set
their teeth into.
ut would seem, doubtless, that n
man who has never been inside a New
YORK theatre could have no interest in
the debate, but my case is like this.
enjoy the theatre greatly. Almost anv
show is a good show to me am a
iine audience. But | have never seen
a New York show except the Hippo
drome because | have never been Will
ing to contribute my mite to the pro
ducer who does business with the ticket
agencies.
I'm the Western city where we lived
untll two years ago there are two first
class theatres, the conventional X. and
+. and Shubert houses. My wife and
went to both houses each week with a
fine regularity for ten years. We were
real 'sot' In our theatre habits.
came here two years ago and
when my wife wrote of the day of her
coming the habit was so we'll settled
that she gave the theatre order as a
matter of course. For her first week,
She let lt be known, she wanted to see
Miss Springtime' and The Man Who
Came Back
Alas, we never saw them. The dav
was Monday. At the 'Springtimc' box
office asked for two seats anywhere
between the sixth and twelfth rows for
any night of the following week.
Nothing in front of the cightecnth
row. the ticket seller told me. Our
between the sixth and twelfth row
mad become a habit because of nv
wlfe's eyes. SO shunted my request
a week into the future and was again
refused
This, indeed, is a good show.
opned, for deemed it unusual for
mouse to be so we'll sold for three
weeks and so said, as | showed nv
money in, All right, give me two for the
first night you have them 1t would
not be interesting to detail the ticket
sellers manner or his impatience with
my request. He had told me there
were ne seats in front OF the eight
eenth row and would bpleasc not delay
the line OF waiting folks, which mum
bereo three. But did DELAY him. for
those seats meant something to me.
told nm | was anxious TO get the seat.
and why their location seemed imnor-
tant to me. At tho end he asked
Where are you stoppng?' When
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Mobilizir2g Wigs

dramatic Editor Of The Tribune.
D. AZ lhe instlgation Of General
fershing the over There Theatre
League is trying to supply our soldiers
IN IN the rest and training areas in
r rance with entertainment from
nome. We have found that the bows
like nothing better than to get up their
own shows. Costumes are not to be
mad IN France. Through the generosity
OF New York managers and costumers
twenty crates of costumes and wigs
nave already been shipped; but, as
one OF our coaches cables, what are
twenty among a million p
haven't amateur and professional
actors and amateur dramatic clubs
some dlsused mems costumes and wigs
.partlcularl y those suited for min
strel and broad comedy vaudeville
s shows-which they would like to urt
INTO this service? If they will send
them to Americas Over There Theatre
League, 240 West Forty-fourth street.
they Will be shipped to France and
used in camp after camp until they
drop apart
"WTNTNPOD AN1L,C,,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Violet Englefeld

Violet Engleield, whose appearance
as Nine. Galli-Curci is one of the out
standing features Of "The Passing
Show of 1918" at the Winter Garden, is
an English woman, and at the outbreak
of the war was one of the first artists
to devote her time to the entertainment
of wounded soldiers. At first sight one
would think that such work would
prove tragic, but Miss Englefeld soon
found that she had rcckoned without
the indomtable high spirits of the
English Tommy and found abundant
comedy in such an audience On one
occasion matinee was given at the
Alhambra Theatre, London, to soldiers
blinded in the war, and Miss Englefield,
with her partner, Robert Hale, was
apprehensive lest the pathos of the oc-
casion should prove insupportable She
had scarcely made her entrance, how
ever, before all doubts on this score
were set at rest. An impatient, good
humored and, it must be confessed, ex-
tremely noisy audience filled the the
atre and followed every line of the
piece with the keenest appreciation and
in apparent oblivion Of their tragic
circumstances. The climax of their
hilarity was reached, however, when a
soldier called out to the occupants Of
an adjoining box in tones easily audi
Bile throughout the building: "'Ere,
Bill, chuck US over yer opry glawses;
| cawnt see a bloomin' thng!"
Another experience befell Miss En-
gletield when she visited Otto II. Kahn's
London residence, in Regents Park, a
veritable palace, which he had turned
over to the authorities for use as
hospital for blinded soldiers. Here she
was to take part in play with some of
the we'll known artists, and here for
the first and only time in her life she
broke down IN her part. Just as she
was about to begin her big scene of
the piece blinded soldier groped his
way to typewriter, which he proceed
ed to manipulate with entire uncon-
Germ. Unaccustomed to Interruptions
of this nature and upset by the pathos
of the groping fingers, Miss Englefeld
hesitated, falteringly said one or two
lines and then stopped altogether.
Fortunately the stage manager was
equal to the occasion, and, realizing
that with such an audience the spoken
word was everything, he tiptoed noise
lcssly on to the stage and handed Miss
Englcteld the manuscript of the play,
from which she thereafter read when
ever the p-tap-tapping of the too
persistent litterateur threatened to dis
turb her equanimity.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
By Harriette Underhill

Several years ago we went to see
Bought and Paid For" We don't re-
member just what year it was, but,
anyway, it was the year everybody else
went. Now, Bought and Paid For"
taught lesson. Perhaps it was that
women should be patient with their
husbands when they drink, or perhaps
it was that q gentleman should not
smash the door OF his wife's sleeping
apartments after wife has told him
that he isn't popular with her and
locked the door in his face.
The message which it carried failed
to impress us because we we're more
interested in Frank Craven, who
played Jimmie. We thought he was the
funniest man we ever had seen, and we
remembered all of his lines better than
he did himself, as We proved to him
last night in his dressing room at the
Liberty Theatre.
Now, we never are interested in men
who are not good looking-no, not even
as an interviewer-and no one could
possibly call Mr.. Craven handsome; at
least, they could of course, but prob
ably they wouldn't. So when he reads
this he will realize how potent is his
charm. Nobody asked US to interview
him. We just wanted to.
Being>a comedian, Mr.. Craven is ex-
ceedingly dignifed when not on duty.
OF course, all comedians are. We went
back to his dressing room after the
second act of Going Up" The ther-
mometer stood at 80 under the electric
fan, but Mr.. Craven seemed cheerful
and self-possessed in neat aviator's
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Battle Scenes at Luna

First run movies of the battle scenes
IN France are being shown at the Red
Cross Theatre at Luna. The hall. for
merly used by the Castles for exhi-
bition dancing. has been remodelled
and made into charming little thea
tre. The opening, last Monday, was
attended by many prominent people,
the total for the week netting a tidy
sum for the Red Cross. for whose
benefit the pictures are being shown
The programme is changed bi-weekly,
and the pictures are issued through the
Committee on Public Information at
Washington.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

malnGd naI11 the knickcrbocker he said
could get seats there.
re was right. | found | could ce
practically any seats l wanted for anv
hiSht. Inc price vas $3.50 each To
me 1T seemed then, and the idea bae
renamed fixed. that the Snowman in
my case was the starting point of q
imef'" isf' niue conspiracy based on his
c. f"CN oi nerve 10 take more money awav
iisbn iiJ,n me Ihan ne asked for in his pub
lished advertisement of prices tha
only guide had and one that wontad tl.5
MN 70 live up to
Il thought then and think now that
~ thc producer has show worth s4 90
a seat he should ask that price al h;s
ssuuppoSGd place of sale-the box office
MORE than that, he should. like otber
business enterprises, be forced TO ad-
vertlse honestly and made to oct h;s
nerve up to the point of askinp tho
price he thinks he ought to have, or %
without it, VI 20
have seen lots of $5 shows for 50
and this has kept me from ever COW
pi"'nlng at paying So for a show worth
somewhat less. The average, l believe
mas been IN my favor, judged bv tho
enjoyment | received.
1T seems to me that il is nast,, b,,;
cn0lcer seats at an advance and then
hlde behind the ticket agency. 10
loses my respect and will never nav
cent TOT a seat SO sold if never 500
ahothcr SHOW. and perhaps will not
because, after two years, the habit ;s
broken and an expense of $40 a weolL
lor theatres would look big to me now
wy Wy experience trying to get seats for
ne Man Who Came Back was practi-
cally the same, except that was re-
TERED TO ticket agency that was
named. have no quarrel with tho
ticket agent. His claim that he soils
service rather disregard. The ser.
wee should be sold at the box ofTco
Just as other businesses sell. or rather
give, service at the fountainhead
can sympathize with the agent as long
as he Is willing to be the showmon,s
cat paw and take the odium with his
protits. | won't do business with hin,
because le is willing to earn his monnv
IN way that is rather generally con-,
denned. believe he must, necessarilv
lack the self-respcct that want mnn
deal with to have. -
III some Snowman appears with tho
nerve ana honesty to say NV show is
an extra good show, can't produce il
ut profit for less than So a seat and !
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
"She Walked in Her
Sleep" to Open Soon

George Broadhurst will inaugurate
his New York season with the presen-
tation at the Playhouse Monday even
ing, August ~, of new farce, "She
Walked in Her Sleep written by Mark
Swan. co-author of "Parlor, Bedroom
and Bath"
"She Walked in Her Sleep" derives
its title from the fact that it relates
the surprising adventures Of very
prepossessiug young woman somnam-
bulist who Wanders into young mar
RED mana apartment and prccipitatcs
all manner Of complications. The cast
includes Robert Ober. Arthur Aylcs-
worth, william jefferson. Walter
walker Walter Lewis. Isabel Irving.
Helene Lackayc, Leila Frost Lorraine
Frost and Eva Williams.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
New Plays This Week

At the Astor Theatre Richard Tuy make his
h production Of the whom
new comedy of domestic life
the work Of John Hunter of successful damaaon
' "ch appeared IN "Ih Saturday Evening are
o IN and near New York of the will mark the
WORK. IN winch they became well known opponents of
light "
TUESDAY, At the Longacre sab will nroser+
new play IN three acts by
PEARL George Nash te The pavcr or
nno" a h faa OF " Nsgs Of the Cabbage
OF the Balcony
ceas with
cast Grace Carlyle Julia
pS mas peeh produced uncer
"EDNESDAiA the Park "AIothcrs Liberty Bond will be nrod
ms patriotic meodama +od
H. Derby Holmes Many fect promised r
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Headlincrs in
Vaudeville Houses

PALACE Grace La Rue, Clifton
Crawford and Wheaton and Carroll
viii be the headliners.
RIVERSIDE Wheaton and Carroll
vii head the bill
KOYAIe-Van and Schenck and Jack
Clifford and company are the hcadlin-
ers.
BUSHWfCK Hyams and Mcintyre
are the chief number on the bill
NEW BRIGHTON Nan Halperin
vail top the bill
LOEW'H AMERICAN Zelaya will
head the bill.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

! believe it is worth SO, and that is
my price at the box Office we would
again become theatregocrs. | fear.
But when the same producer turns
the best of his seats over to an agent
at an advanced price f his show is
good or with the other hand, passes
out cut price tickets to an agent if his
show is not good, and so tries to sting
me coming and going, would refuse to
fan for his work even if he doubled
Maude Adams and Charlie Chaplin in
Romeo and Juliet
And, Mr. Broun, if you will browse
about among folks, as | have, | be-
lieve you will find whopping per-
centage who are buying Thrift Stamps
instead Of theatre seats, because they
won't do business with producer who,
they feel, Is doing some mighty sneaky
profiteering through his pal, the spec
ulator, who is miscalled such while he
is playing a cinch. G. c."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Simmons Aid to Routes

In order to overcome railroad diff
cultles in routing shows over the Lib
erty Circuit, A. G. Simmons. assistant
general passenger agent of the Le-
high Valley Railroad. has been as
signed to act as railroad traffic coun-
sellor to the War Department Com
mission on Training Camp Activities.
he will be located in the New York
office of the commission, at 1920 Broad
WaV
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

Just because Norma Talmadge had
appeared IN the courtrooms Of New
York so often recently, every ore
thought that she was going to get p
divorce. AS matter of fact she was
but 1t proved to be "Ilcr Only Way"
That is the name of Miss Talmadge:s $
new picture, and the divorce is for
the duration Of the picture ONLY