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tm jwirffl mm M. 3k* Itt&xaSlAjHarm Save the Price l::'v of a .... New Straw Hat If you have a good hat left over from last season, don't discard it because it is soiled. Elkay's Cleaner will make it just as good as new. ifr 111'fr 'I' fl' *1' I 1" 1" "t" *T" f- Women who have' good straw hats can make them any color desired through the use of Elkay Straw Hat Dye. Just apply like paint with a brush. Price 25c '. 4 1 1 1 I •T"|"Ti Wm.' The Only Tailor 1 in Leon 'i' 111111" t~ 11 1 T111' Try Havana Spikes cigars. Wait for the Rawleigh wagon. You get more for your money. A car load of Deering mowers anil 'binders at Bowsher & Bowsher's. John Wilson '-as received word that his son, Port .Wilson, has ar rived safely in France. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lear Davis, ot Kden township, on Sunday,. May lJtli. The pupils of Misses Mida and Mabel Bradley will give a recital at the library parlors Wednesday even ing, June 5th, at S o'clock. Admis sion 15 cents. Miss Helen Mcintosh, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc intosh was operated upon at the Leon hospital Sunday, having her tonsils removed. The Leon big truck hauled the most valuable load Monday that has ever been hauled in Leon having 120 bags of Plymouth twine on tor Bowsher fc Bowsli/r. Arthur and Loy Marshall, sons of Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Marshall,'of this city, who enlisted a f6\y months ago in the navy, are both on the same vessel, the "Wisconsin," Loy being rated as a second-class engineer. We want men and women to per mit us to care for their clothes. We don't scorch, burn or gloss any garments while pressing them. In stead we make them look like new.* The difference will delight you. G. W. Connor. You only need Sanol Eczema Cure to get rid of those black heads, pim ples, rough bumpy skin. Leaves skin smooth. Cures any case of Ec zema. Is pleasant to use. A trial will convince you. 50c. and $1.00 at the drug store. 38 1.9 All parties who have been using city steam furnished by the electric light plant, received notice Tuesday morning, that no more steam heat would he furnished, the company as signing as a reason that the pipes o* the system were worn out and the cost was too great to continue the service. _____________ Miss Himena Hoffman arrived Monday evening from Denison, Iowa, whpre she has bteen principal of the normal training department of the Denison High School the past year, and will spend the summer with her parents in this city. She has been re-elected at Denison for next year at an increased salary. Earl Brown, of Saux Center, Minn., a nephew of Wm. Brown, of this city, who had enlisted but was discharged from service on account of a cancer on his neck, was buried at his former hoine at Big Springs last Sunday. He was about 23 years old, anil was known to many of our readers. His death was due to the cancer which ate into an artery and he bled to death. In making the Red Cross drive last week, the southwest section of the second ward was slightly under their quota, and Saturday evening Miss Mabel Wrieht was asked to call atl the office of Aaron & Co., and r«teive a check,- and when sh£ called manager G. W. Manning handed her a check for |50, which put- tUI section over the top and al so brqtight the other sections of the' NMMt vard over th* lop. re ^. --U. mammmmmmmmam McCormick mowers and binders at Bowsher Bowsher's. For Sale—Dai.sy cultivator, 14 inch plow and one harrow. See J. M. ('aster. A bis stock of riding and walking cultivators that we wish to move. Bowsher & Bowsher. •». For Rent—A 6 room house two blocks northeast of the court house. Phone Mack Cox, Leon, Iowa. For Sale—The house and east 0 4 feet of lot 1, block 2.r, known as the old Tluirman place. Por partic ulars apply to SOT -'th street, N., Fargo, N". 1). 4 2-4t. Mr. Ed Woods, of our shoe depart ment, who lias all the latest shoe machinery to work with, is turning out some artistic shoe repairing. Have full set of stretchers. Bowsh er & Bowsher. The last meeting of the P. E. O. until fall will be held on June 4th. Delegates who attended the recent state convention will give a report of the meeting on that (late. All members are urged to be in attend ance. Deane Gill, of Garden Grove, who enlisted some time ago jji the avia tion corps, received hrs call last week and left Wednesday for Berke ley, California, where he will attend a training school at the University of California. Mrs. C. S. Guilford went to Car roll, Iowa, last week to visit her daughter, Mrs. Gail Collison, and assist in caring for the new bov baby which arrived at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Guilford now have seven grandchildren, all sons. Mrs. J. R. Brown, of Garden Grove, a daughter of Mrs. J. J. Schwilck, who has been in Corydon taking treatment of Dr. E. H. Hughes has gone to Iowa City. She submitted to a serious opera tion and considerable puss was re moved from one of her lungs. Her condition is very critical and it is feared that she cannot recover.— Corydon Times-Republican. Monday the Ford truck belonging to Harris Monument Co., of Leon, was slightly damaged in a collision here with the Des Moines passenger. The Ford was backed up to a freight car and was being loaded with a monument. The driver evidently did not think of it being so near passenger time and failed to clear the main line track sufficiently, with the conseouence that the steps on the passenger coach hit the front part of the truck ben.ding one fen der. This another lucky auto acci dent with nobody hurt.—Lamoni Chronicle. Salesmen—Own your ewn busi ness, no capital necessary. A big business for energetic men. Reduc es high cost of living. Groceries, paints, oils, stock foods and other necessities. Sold at wholesale prices direct to the consumer through trav eling representatives by one of the largest wholesale ,grocerers. Am bitious men who ate willing to work if jwe show them an independent moragr -making business sliould ap ply Tdr a position at once. We have hundreds of successful salesmen. House and goods nationally known. Ask your banker. The values we offet overcome competition and en rafolp you to build up a permanent business in your own locality. Write today. John Sexton &jCo., Illinois ft Kftfgsbury Sts., Chicago. Millet, cane and rape Bowsher & Bowsher's. 4*4*»£ -r THE LEON REPORTER, THURSDAY, MAY 30,1918. at Bowsher's. Parties wanting wells bored call I on H. Phillips, Leon,- Iowa. 41-5t. For Sale on north Sears. My residence property Main street. Mrs. Geo. W. 41-3t. For Sale—Grade weight about 1 2 0 0 Chambers. Hereford pounds. bull, Guy It. Found—Yale key and shoe hook which the owner can secure at The Reporter oftice. .• The car load of twine lias arrived. Come in and get your twine. Bow sher & Bowsher's. For Rent—A three room house and ten lots in Smith adidtion. Phone Mack t'ox, Leon. Lost—Black silk umbrella, gold knob on handle, last Tuesday tind er return to Reporter office. Wm. Kimble, who is working mi this (iiy, went to hi^ hoine at. Davit. City Saturday evening for an over Sunday visit. if your can't bring your old sfrbes to us just mail them and place your name and address on inside and Bowsher & Bowsher \wll do the rest. For Sale—On account of moving away, my Leon residence property on north Main street. W. C. Stempel, '2621 Santa Fe Ave., Ft. Madison, Iowa'. Mrs. E. R. Burkhait and grand daughter Rose Cairnes returned to their home at Grand River Saturday after visiting a couple of weeks with Mrs. Lenna Cairnes in this city. While here little Rose was operat ed upon for aednoids. Rev S. Marsolf departed yes terday' for New York City, where he will receive orders ai sail shortly lor either London, Paris or Rome, and will be in charge of construction work of Y. M. C. A. huts in one of the war countries for our boys. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Jordan, of near Weldon, were in Leon Monday on their way to Humes ton for a tew clays visit with relatives. They were accompanied by their neice. Miss Neva Helt, of Humeston, who had been visiting at their home. Howard Sage, who enlisted in the navy some months ago, being sta tioned at the Great Lakes Xaval Training Station, came Friday for a l'e.v davs visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G, L. Sage, of southwest of Leon. He will return to the train ing station. today. Joy Dodge arrived Monday from Hoffman's Island, Xew York,-for a visit at the home of his father in this city, having been granted a thirtv dav furlough. He was one ot the first "draft contingent to go from Decatur county and is in an engin eering corps. Wm Faber will leave this week for Sp'ooner, Wisconsin, where he has purchased a tract of land, and his family will join him as soon as he gets settled there. Mrs. Faber ami son Walter went to Davis City Monday evening for a few days vis it with relatives. It's a pleasure to see a man with well pressed clothes. It means much to him and more to us £o be able to press them better than they were ever pressed before. You can prove his statement to your own satisfaction by letting us show you. G. W. Connor. Mrs. Julia Franklin, 52 years old, of Davis City, was examined by the insane comimssioners Tuesday. Since last November her mind has been af fected, being very melancholy. The commission adjudged her insane and she was taken to Clarinda Tuesday afternoon by"*deputy sheriff John Os born and wife. V. R. McGinnis and son Donald, and Mr. McGinnis' brother, Zales McGinnis, of'Aledo, Illinois, who was visiting here for a few days, went to Lamoni Friday evening and attended the commencement exercises of the Lamoni High School. Donald went to Mt. Ayr the following day for a few days visit with .friends. C. W. Hoffman, Walter Smith and Bert Woodard returned Tuesday evening from their trip to Camp Pike, Arkansas, arid report having a fine time and seeing all the Deca tur county boys at this camp. And they also got to see thousands of acres of cotton growing and hundreds of women and children working in the cotton fields. The Extension Class under Prof. J. W. Taylor, of Burlington, repre senting the Iowa State Teachers College, came to a successfu' close at Decatur last Saturday. This study center for credits is only the' beginning of this free service which the college at Cedar Fallsjs able to! give to Decatur county. Classes can1 be formed in bny town oh a wide! range of subjects. The class at De-i catur xhoae Nineteenth Century His tory. j' Smoke Havana Spikes cigar. For rooms. Itent—Office W. M. Biggs. seed at For Sale-—Duroc male ert Pearson, Leon, Iowa. tr Be on the safe side and have the children's eyes examined. It costs you nothing and may save you much. C. E. Butler is a safe and careful man to consult. For Sale-—40 bushels of clean, hand picked navy beans. Also a quantity of navy beans for seed. See A. M. Pryor at his office over the Leon Savings Bank. 87tf. Donate votir old auto tires to the Red Cross". Just leave them with Jay Colbv at the Willard Service Station and the entire proceeds of their sale will be turned over to the Red Cross Do vou want ice? If you do, buy it of t!eo. Gray. He is selling the finest ice in town. He sells it at a very reasonable price of :^0c. and r,c. per hundred. Prompt truck de livery at any time^ Mrs. S. A. Edwards, of Pleasan ton visited over night in this city Fridav while enroute home from St. Joe, where she attended the State Encampment of the Rebekahs, as a delegate from the llebekah lodge at Saline, Mo. \V A. Ferren, who has been book keeper at Bowsher & Bowsher's store in this city for several years, Wt Fridav evening for Washington, D. ('., where he has secured a line position in the war department at a good salary. f'vrua Weaver came iast Fridav from Cheyenne, Wyoming, for a vis it with relatives and friends this citv-, coming specially to lie here on .Memorial day. He spent a couple of days with friends in Des Moines the first of the week. and living 42-tf. llO£ Rob It. For Sale—Full blood registered Aberdeen Angus yearling bull. i. K. Fisher, Decatur, Iowa 4 l-2t. Friends in Leon reived^, cards Mond :y morning from Lieutenant Frank (!. Mallettc*. that the trans port on which he sailed had landed safely in Fiance. E. Hutler has enlarged his jew elry store and Optical room. He has also just reeived some new electric al instruments which will be of great 'help in liis optical work. Step in and look around. I When you have backache the liver or kidneys are sure to tie out of gear. Try Snnol, it does wonders tor the liver, kidney and bladder. A trial 0c botile will convime you. Get it at the drug store. oS *J!J L. 1). lliclia vl who iiid lieen vis iting s.'t the home of his daughter, .Mrs. Uslph- Picker n-, in ihis city, let urn'.Hi to hi'* home at Corydon Saturday, Mis. Pickering g'oing home with him for a few days visit. E. J. Sankey buys and sells land on conn ni.ssion, makes farm loans, on approved security at the best rates, and does a genera) real estate lmsi ness. Has had 20 years' experience I in the business. Otlice upstairs at northwest corner of Main and Com mercial streets. Leon. Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Curt Alexander, of Hastings, Neb., who had been here visiting at the homes of his broth jers, 10. 0. Alexander and W. A. Al [exander, and sister, Mrs. S. A. I (Jates, went to Humeston Monday I for a short visit with relatives be fore returning home Our Car of Twine is Here pJntMu- iiflMBi-iiar Bowsher & Bowsher Send in your shoe repair work and we can return by mail if you so de sire it. Bowsher & Bowsher. Henry Escli THE RAWLEIGH MAN' Decatur, Iowa. A bouncing son v. as born to Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Eaton, of Leon, at tiie Weldou hospital on Wednesday, Mav 2 2nd. Leon All Over Tdict And how precious those minutes are at the present time —even the housewife's time as well as her strength is be ing conserved more than ever before, and no one thing- goes farther in doing this than the One [Minute Washer Everything possible is being adopted for the saving of time and labor, and why not make it as easy as possible for the housewife, as '"'woman's work is never done?" This can be done with the One Minute Washer, which is absolutely the finest running machine that has ever been shown and the power nccessary to operate it has been brought down to the lowest possible point. We would be glad to show this machine at any time. HARDWARE Ante Delivery People Are Talking About the New Brunswick HE new Brunswick Method of Reproduction lias met with instant acclaim. And mus lovers pre for The Brunswick complete leadersh ip. Never before have people known such an advanced type of phonograph. It lacks all the crudities of yesterday. Tone is more natural than ever before. The most dif ficult selections, such as piano and orchestra, are played with absolute fidelity. The Brunswick Method of Reproduction includes The Ultona. Now all records can be played in the exact way each requires. A turn of the hand and the proper needle and diaphragm are presented to each type of record. Heretofore one-record instruments have prevailed. Some require attachments. None of the leading phono graphs can offer the advantages of The Ultona. Your ideas of phonographic values are bound to change now. You cannot be satisfied with yes terday's standards. Times have changed. Come in today and hear the wonderful Brunswick which is made by The Brunswick-Balke-Col lender Co. See if you do not agree that it is the most perfect. •ut "rtLlhJOG OK 4* S Page PIV11 Two men to mend your shoes while you wait. Bowsher & Bow sher. ___________ Rawleigh products are scientifical ly and accuratcly made and are there fore the most dependable. We want your business and will ive you every reasonable, banking courtesy arid accommodation. Leon :-lasings Bank. 4 ,1 'J* 1154 11 J"