The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-04-29
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
Of a Ceatury AGO.

The old Wabash Hotel at Hum
eston, which was until recently own
ed by Mrs. Mullinnix, was destroyed
by fire Sunday morning about five
hickman, of Charlton.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued the past week:
Louis M. Pruden 70 to Stella Gun
Frank Ward 26 to Alta Mullen 20.
H. j. Vogt, G. w: Young, Joe
MaraeG and o. r. 6er ha Whees maas strip trip
day. They were joined at Center
vile Sunday evening by R. B. Drake
who had been touring over, Appa-
moose and Monroe counties. The
boys started home Monday morning
but were caught in the rain at Cory
don compelling them to take the
train to Weldon and then drive
home.
Next Saturday G.. B. Daugherty
will leave for Cleveland, Ohio, with
six head Of very speedy horses which
have been entered in VIM. b. Fasig
4 Co.'S great Blue Ribbon Sale at
Cleveland, on May 1928, This is
the greatest sale of trotters and
PAGERS ever held in the United States
the country. The/horses he takes
are Blue Sign, 2:OSA, 8 years old,
trial heat 2.15, no record, 6 years
old, owned by G. B. Daugherty;
Hazel Eghert, trial 2:17, no record,
5 years old, owned by G.. B. Daugh-
erty; Gray Sign, trial 2:S5, 5 years
Marie, trial 2:s5, years old, owned
by G. B. Daugherty This lot of
horses are as fine as any on eartlr,
and are expected to bring good
money.
Wit Cole, of Grand River, COM
mitted suicide at the .Corbett House
in Van Vert last Thursday. He
Belongs Drug store telling him they
were out Of Choral at Grand River,
and Dr. Walker wanted an ounce.
He went to the hotel and went to
bed taking the entire ounce OF
poison.
Last Thursday night just before
- o'clock, the town of Pleasanton
hch whi ys5esf desoyed Sy Six bogs leave fe
ing only about three buildings
standing on the square. The fire
originated IN the rear of Fred Hon
nold's Drug Store and the whole
building as we'll as the stores on
each side were in flames when dis
covered. The large. store building
and residence of Ike CovingtoDs
just east of the . DRUG store IS
ington and family barely esca Jing
in their night clothes Thel flames
were so close to them that Mr.. Gov
ington burned his feet quite severe
-ly, az d. did not lave tilne 10 save his
vest hanging on the bed in which ne
had $l6o. F. J. Hcnnold did not
get thing out Of his Drug store. His
I,e,c hair,r pVnr E90[i0 ann Insurance
was only $500. Dr.. LcVett had his
medicine cases and instruments in
the Drug Store and lost them all.
His loss was $3.50. The building
was owned by J. c. Early, and Was
not insured. The loss being $500;
The Covington loss on building and
stock was $4,000 with only @Z50C
cupied the second story and they
lost all their property. Mrs. e.
Taylor loss on furniture store was
$500 and 500 insurance. The
building was owned by A. w. Reese,
valued at $500, no insurance. j., G.
Early's loss on general merchandise
was $4,000 with $500 INSURANCE.
Reece valued at $1,000 with no in
surance.
Mrs. J. l.. Parrish and daughter,
Marie, came down from Des MONIES
Friday on visit to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. n. Clark.
Joe Osborn went to Prole, Iowa,
Tuesday where he will take charge
of a section on the narrow gauge.
Miss rirdie Lester, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs: Jennie
Haskell, went to Des Moines last
Thursday and remained until Mon
day.
John AlIbaugh started Saturday
for Greencastle, Indiana, to visit MS
aged mother and brother and Sis
ters. He will be absent several
Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Sullivan re-
turned from California Monday
afternoon, where they have been
visiting for the past nine months:
They had very pleasant visit. but
a ro .rlad to oct hack to old Iowa