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«ht» m. two utory brick buaine hou#« on the west side of the public square thte week and our enterprising friend’ Samuel Caster is busily engaged in erecting several dwellings to supply the growing demand for buildings of that j kind. Joseph D. Harrow has nearly all Of tha ' material on the ground to erect a new dwelling in the north part of town and Major Young will soon have his residence underway in the south part of town. Carroll, the furniture man, has purchased and is remodeling the Woods House and is improving its appearance eonsiderIby. M. H. Wood also hiding a fine residence in the east part otf town. Smith has repainted and otherwise i'etrimmed the Fellowship House. Mint Patterson has built quite an addition tothe Patterson House to accommodate his increasing custom.Next Saturday, the voters of Eden township will vote on the question of levying a five per cent tax on the taxable property of the township, ;o be paid in two installments to aid in the construction of the Chilllcothe, Loon and Fort Des Moines railroad. We hope the citizens of; the township will consult their best interests and the future welfare and prosperity of the county and vote the tax. No doubt all will understand the importance oi thi5 road and that much depends on the action of the several townships through which it runs.On Monday last. we visited th© woolen factory of R. M. Mudgett and Co., and were agreeably surprised to rind an institution containing all the first class and necessary implements wherewith to carry it on successfully and to see the many improvements and additions that have been made this spring. The building is 40 feet wide, 70 feet long and three stories high. The machinery consists ot four power looms, all new. ea-! pable of turning out one hundred } yards of cloth per day. Two spinning jacks, of two hundred sixty spindles, capable of preparing two hundred pounds of yarn per day. The factory furnishes employment to from iS to 20 hands, alt of whom are under the guidance of skillful and experienced men. The factory has manufactured two thousand yards of cloth ready for ( finishing since they commenced operation^ this spring.We are informed that 15.000 pounds of wool were received at the Leon Woolen Factory this week.We understand that the board of supervisors approved $600 for a bridge over Little river on the Davis mill road and $3,000 tor a bridge over Long Creek at West’s Ford,Messrs. Reck, Daws Marshall are building an addition to their saw mill in Woodland township and will install burrg for grinding wheat and corn.Two men driving a rather unruly hers?., while turning the corner at the Sales House, lost control of ham and he dashed down the street at a furious rate, overturn-' mg the buggy and throwing the men into the street inflicting painful injuries to one ol them. The hors© in his mad career ran against another buggy containing Ed K. Pitman, wife and child.: tearing off a wheel and breaking the pole. Mr. Pitman’s team became unmanageable throwing the child, aged three or four months, to the ground, but fortunately the child received no serious iujuiy The other occupants escaped with a few bruises and a big scare.
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Leon Journal Record
Leon, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 14, 1938
Page 6
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