The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-04
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
Of a Century Ago.

the Davis city Advance to 6. A.
Wickes, last Friday issued the first
copy Of the Davis City Rustler,
which will be published twice a
week. The Wherry Bros. are good
rustlers and get out the best paper
published in Davis City. We wish
are trying to do too much by giving
the people of Davis City twice a
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Boone are re-
joicing over the arrival of a ten
pound boy at their home Sunday
morning.
The following marriage licenses
We're issued the past week.
|. F, Mendenhall 2S to Ida B.
Greenberry, Harry 2s to Minerva
Albert NJ. Bailey ~ to Ida B.
Downey II.
r. Delbert Dale 20 to Jennie Hall
lis.
Michael e. Arnold 81 to Matte
Hall %.
p.JI. JamsS g G. Campbell 80 to Cora G.
A botncing baby boy was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Gillham last Fri
day morning.
]. +. Leeper and J. n Gates re-
turned Friday from a ten day trip
through Arkansas, Tennessee and
other southern states. Mr.. Leepe1
purchased four cars of bridge timber
to be used by Decatur county for
lie personally selected it and knows
it to be first class. Mr.. Gates visit
ed the battlefields of Stone River
and brought back with him many in
:eresting relics such as minnie balls,
grape shot, bullets and shells, which
the soldier boys who drop into his
office delight to inspect and then
tell war stories brought to memory
by seeing them. He also shipped
the battle field, and brought box
of red soil from that country.
The citizens Of Decatur City have
commenced active work on the coun-
ty seat question, have their petitions
drawn and are circulating them in
dustriously. We are informed they
have secured large number of sig
natures to the petitions and the
county seat fight is on in good
ton asking for the submission O.:
the question to the voters can only
be presented at the June session OF
the board of supervisors in an even
numbered year, SO they will have to
wait until next year before submit
ting the petition to have the county
seat changed.
James Leonard anu little daugh-
ter returned last week from Cripple
Creek, Colorado, and will spend a
couple of months in this county. MI.
Leonard brought back with him
about bushel of specimens of gold
and silver ore, some of it very rich.
He has half interest in two ten
acre claims and third interest in
forty acre claim mile and half
north of Cripple Creek, which he is
very confident will pan out rich
VIM. Creighton departed Monday
for visit among relatives in Neb-
raska and Kansas. and will probably
spend some months in the south in
search of better health.
c. D. Mallette, of Garden Grove
cheese fame. attended the Farmers
Institute in this city last week and
read very Interesting paper on
cheese making.
Count zichy. of Garden Grove.
was transacting business in this city
last Friday
A. J. Bells, of Abba, has accept
ed a position as timer in Gould
Wallace's store in this city.
Mr.. James G. Campbell and Miss
Cora c. Paris were married at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Paris, east of Leon, Sun
day evening, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. Thomas Waller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell will go to
housekeeping on his farm in Eden