The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
Of q Century Ago.

The following marriage licenses
were granted the past week:
. Peter i1inds, 33 to Ida F. Hobson
Nicholas Halstead 6s to Jane Dill
= Walter Chenoweth 19 to Carrie
Caleb NJ. Bedell 40 to Nancy
Lloyd SO.
, Jacob ingram. living south ~ Of +
one day last week while carelessly
handling a revolver.
Mrs. Kate Brown served the last
meal at the Brown Hotel Tuesday
and Neice & Cook Immediately took
possession. Mrs. Brown and son Will,
and family have moved into the
Correll property vacated by Martin
Ray.
There will be greater number of
bicycles in town this year than ever
before, Willard Young, Il. B. Drake,
Ora Teale, Jim Wharton. H. II.
Bledsoe and E. E. Bell all have re-
ceived fine new wheels the past
few days.
factory has been running every day
for over three months and during
that time has manufactured about
100000 pipes, giving steady en-
plOyment to nine men. They are
now arranging to double the capacity
of the plant, and will also manufac--
ture handles for shovels, axes and
all kinds of tools.
Guy Pryor, the thirteen year old
son of A. NJ: Pryor, had his, right
, ing kicked by horse.
Mrs. E. C. Dillon. widow of
Thomas Dillon, died at her home
in Eden township Monday morning.
regdenct MTs POLY d k3rg bSs dea at Da1s tas
city on March 2rd at the great age
of 104 years, 4 % months and 22
Tennessee fsyS; Mr WITS 17S5' SSs and eGfh there re-
We're five II CREATIONS living at the
time of he death, the oldest mem
ber of tt : fifth generation being
Sam Hamilton, who is "A 4.years old.
moon last Sunday night, which COM
menced few minutes before eight
o'clock, and at S:45 the moon was
entirely blotted out, the eclipse last
ing three hours and 81 minutes.
A stock buyer named VIM. Atte-
berry. from Macedonia, Iowa, Great
ed considerable excitement in this
claring he had been robbed Of about
the office of Browns hotel. He
came ins from Chicago on the morn
ing freight to buy some stock. cat.
tie, and while waiting at the hotel
after dinner for Charlie Axes. he
fell asleep, sitting in pig chair, He
for his roll Of bills. It was gone.
He had been asleep for a couple OF
hours, and during that time quite
number of people had been in the
hote loffice among them Charlie
Reeder. For some unknown reason
the stock man made up his mind that
hunting up deputy sheriff Brown he
started him and marshal Carmean
after the supposed culprit. He was
found about an hour later and taken
to Squire Albaugh's office, where
he was searched and questioned,
but denied knowledge Of. the. money.
The stock man fumed and threaten
tirely innocent and as there was no
evidence to .hold him on he was not
placed under arrest. Along after
supper the stock man had an idea,
and put on his thinking cap. The
result was that he hastened to the
telegraph office and sent a message
to the landlord of the Bates hotel
dL SHdIlLOu Wuctc uc udu SlSFI IliS
night before. In a short time he
received an answer saying his roll of
money had been found between the
mattress and springs of the bed. just
where he had placed it the night be-
fore so he could not be. robbed, and
when he arose the next morning he
forgot all about it, and never miss
ed it until he woke up in Leon.
cost him several dollars worth
cigars. and a most abject apology
to Mr.. Reeder, and he was very
fortunate to get off with that.