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70-YEARS-A60 NEWS ITEMSTaken From the First Ieaue the Decatur County Journal, June 4, 1868The prospect for an abundant crop of wild fruit, berries of all kinds, small fruit, apples and so 'forth are very promising.Six or eight emigrant wagons passed through Leon yesterday on their way to Ringgold county where the owners intend making homes tor themselves and families.Dr, J. .P. Finley, Sr., who had been absent several weeks on a visit to Ohio, returned home last Sunday, satisfied that this is the most glorious country in the uni-verse.Good wild lands can be had at from two to five dollars per acre.On Saturday night last, the drug store of Dr, Macy at 'Pleasant Plains was destroyed by fire with most of its contents. His loss we understand is aboutJ^lOOO, There was no insurance on the property.A, few days ago Delpli Wasson sold his farm in Morgan township of 480 acres to a gentleman from Ohio for the neat sum ot $7,000.Sam Forrey of this place will be candidate for judge of the circuit court for this, the second district before the Republican convention which meets at Mt. Ayr on the twentieth.Our friends of the Methodist persuasion, received on Thursday evening last, a fine bell for their church, weighing some 600 pounds, from the well known Buckeye foundry of Cincinatti, Ohio. It is ol- regular bell metal and cost delivered here, about $280.Every day we hear of newcomers wishing to purchase farms or wild land, and farms are changing hands daily. The immigation to this couny is greater than ever before. Pennamites, Buckeyes, Hoosiers and Suckers are apparently making a grand rush to procure homes in the south tier. Let the-ui -come. We have room for-ten. or twenty thousands of them, and they can not find a better, healthier, or more fertile c-ounly in the Hawkey state than Decatur.Wrt wish to call the attention of our readers to the advertisement pf William Carroll in another column. He has opened a first class furniture store.We had a word of friendly advice to give our readers for which we shall charge nothing. When you go to Dss Moines’, if you want a place to stop where everything is gotten up in the. very best style, go to the Avenue House, where you will find just what you want.Our town is improving considerably this spring, A. B. Long be-
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Leon Journal Record
Leon, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 14, 1938
Page 6
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