The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-10-09
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
OF a Century AGO.

Mr.. Joseph H. Adair and Miss
Minnie Wright were married at the
Presbyterian parsonage by Rev 4.
D. Gurley on October 3rd.
Thursday evening by the announce.
ment that Uncle Sam Goodman, OF
Center township, was dead. He had
not been feeling we'll for several
months, and but recently returned
from a trip to Colfax Springs for his
health as 5 he was suffering dfadasss from ma
funeral was held from the Dunkard
church Saturday at II O'Clock, and
his remains inferred in the, Dunkard
cemetery. Quite number from
Leon attended his funeral.
County bridge superintendent Joe
Leeper had lively time OF it Mon
spirited team to a top buggy and
was waiting just west. of the Mar
row Gauge track for friend coming
in on the train. When the engine
came putting in one of the horses
became frightened and turned square
around, breaking the tongue, and
then horses S;a b4ggy ana an +hn Zoe Went
The buggy was overturned and
Joe thrown out, but he pluckily held
to the lines and the horses did not
get away. The only damage done
was to the buggy tongue and Joe's
usually smoothe temper, which was
considerably ruffled up, ,,r,,
You can buy 25 pounds of &C. or
William A: Mccormick and Miss
| Mabel McWilliams, of Pleasanton,
were married in this city yesterday
morning by Mayor Albaugh:
G. B: Shrewsbury, won the seven
R55TinE 5Shn (. Park last Saturday with
The following marriage license
| were issued the past week.
Joe H. Adair 26 to Minnie Wright
-, Lewis W. Rushing 2s to Leona
r,S{6n Sherman 34 E. Smith 21 to Matte A.
William II. Davis 23 to Louie NJ
E. j. Sankey sold the past week
Sherman Dale's 120 acre farm in
Hamilton township to Geo. P. Britt
for s3,500, Mrs. H, A. Guthrie's 100
acres m s. in +. Hamilton + ttoWy1nHship y1H to E. A A.
suthaeriin's 10 acres acres IN in Burreli M
township to Geo. A. Berry, of Cres-
ton, for S5,4OO.
Mrs. Samuel Farquhar went to
Olathe, Kansas, Tuesday for an ex-
tended visit with a sister.
Aunt Maggie" Williams took ad-
vantage of the Mckinley excursion
to Des Moines Friday and spent a
day with friends in the big city.
John Bowman and wife returned
from Galesburg, Illinois, Saturday.
John attended the big race meeting
at mi,e Gd1es5ung in 49ng y and saw Alix trot a
Mrs Will Weatherby and son
Carlton, and Miss Mayme Penniwell
arrived in Leon last Saturday from
Baker City, Oregon Mrs. Weather.
by will spend the winter in Leon
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.
Penniwell.
The Leon excursionists who went
to Des MOines last Friday to hear
Mckinley. had rocky time of it,
not getting home until O'Clock
Saturday morning. The delay was
caused by a wreck just as the train
was leaving Des Moines. The train
struck two box cars which were
standing on the track but fortunate
ly the train was running slowly.
The freight cars were knocked into
the ditch, wrecking both of them.
but the narrow gauge engine did not
leave the track. The passengers
were thrown into panic, but no one
was seriously injured, although
everybody was pretty badly shaken
up. The. train was backed to the
depot and wrecking crew went out
tn romOvo tho wrock