Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1907 — Page 2

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The last legislature passed what it called an ‘anti-trust” law. It also appropriated $20,000 to be -used by the attorney general in defraying the expenses incurred in enforcing the law during the next two years, and $20,000 for each of two years thereafter. And now. what will the attorney general, the Hon. James Bingham, do? Does he know a trust when he sees it? Will he put himself in a position where his sight is not obstructed? Will he make diligent inquiry and act with promptness? The trusts are working in Indiana, and Mr. Bingham should make it his business to find out whether the new law amounts to anything or whether it is the sham that many persons believe it is. “The old idea of helping support the local newspaper,” remarked the ed'tcr of a country newspaper, “has played out. Country newspaperdom has changed amazingly in recent years. There may have been a time when a few newspapers were objects of cha ity, when the fellows who tried to run them sought advertising on the ground of supporting the paper and asked donations for the editor, but those days have passed.” The average newspaper now has as much business dignity as a bank, it is published as a business enterprise and recogn'zed as a business enterprise. Os course there are still, here and there, publishers, who ask to be supported by their party and who stand and v ait for business to hunt them up and show loyalty to the home paper” but most newspapers now win on push like other enterprises do. The day of the country newspaper being supported by home pride is passed. It must merit its patronage and it will have plenty of business if it is wideawake, progressive and energetic.—Rochester Sentinel.

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PROFESSIONAL MEN (Continued from page 1.) The two Dr. Ralstons, of Geneva, came there in 1870. One Dr. Smith Ralston is still in Geneva. in 1860 Dr. Calderwood began to I practice in Blue Creek and Wabash | townships and was very successful in i his calling. Drs. Van Camp and i McDale practiced in Geneva and Linn Grove since 1880 and probably before. ,! Dr. Lemuel Coverdale lived in the edge of Allen county and his practice reached as far as Root township, probably as early as 1855. In 1858 or ’59 he removed to Monmouth and practiced in and around that locality for t years and was a very successful physician, his son Dr. J. S., and grandson, Dr. E. Coverdale, are now practicing members of the medical fraternity of Decatur. The first resident physician at De- ■ catur was Dr. Williams. He came in 1837 or 1838 from Ohio and after five or six years moved to Willshire, Ohio. Dr. William Trout came in 1840 from Pennsylvania and practiced until his • death in 1885, forty-five years after he settled. Dr. Trout practiced medicine here longer than any other physician who has made Dcatur his home, ■ ; and none of the old settiers are more ■ I prominently and respectfully rememI bered. Not only did his acquaintance I I and practice extend throughout Adams ' county, but reached into adjoining ’ l counties, and even at Fort M ayne he > had an extensive patronage. During ’ the latter years of his life he made , few visits, giving his attention to his , I office work, and the street near his residence was at times lined with patients and their conveyances, come ‘ from the country around to get the : benefit of his skill. The simple men- [ ' tion of this fact is sufficient evidence of the place he held in the hearts of J * the people, and no greater tribute 1 could be paid to his memory. Dr. Trout's learning was not confined to his profession. He was familiar with the whole range of thought, and science and literature. He was perfectly familiar with the German lanI guage, Jbpeaking and translating it ; with ease. In March, 1842, Dr. Trout ' was married to Miss Mary Welsh, of ■ Anne Arundel county, Maryland. His I I son. Dr. D. G. M. Trout was associated I with him in his practice for several 1 i years before his death and is still one i ■ of the resident physicians of Decatur. In October, 1847, Dr. Alexander Porter came to Decatur and opened an office and followed his chosen profession until his death, which took ■ place in 1860. Pomroy Porter came i ; early in the forties, and was killed . [ ; during the civil war. Dr. William Moor was one of the i 1 early physicians in Decatur. He was : ’I a bachelor and very excentric. but an i | excellent physician. Dr. Moor moved : ; from Decatur to lowa. Doctors Little I and Champer were her in an early day, and died here. Among the physicians i best remembered here were the Pierces, three in number. John Pierce < came from Willshire, Ohio, about 1850, 1 and returned to that place about thir-ty-five years ago, where he died. Jacob Pierce was here eight or ten , years and died before the civil war. Dr. Jacob Pierce will ' as a Methodist preacher as well as a doctor. He often preached at the old ;

court house and “The prodigal son" was an inexhaustible subject of his, however, sometimes lie would vary the monotony by giving us a sermon on a certain sailor who on his return to his widowed mothers house threw down a little “press” of money and very tragically exclaimed here mother are my yearnings for seven long years ah. Dr. Thomas Pierce practiced medicine here a few years and moved to Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and died there. One of the old-time physicians of Decatur was Dr. Sorg, a German physician who was much respected by all. The physicians who came later were Doctors Dorwin, Holloway, Jeleff, Thomas, M. L. Holloway, Coverdale, Boyers, Shrock, McMillan, Freeman, Miller, Mann, Curtiss, Costello, Keller and the Clarks. Those who have gone to other parts are Curtiss, Freeman and Mann, and those of the later physicians who have passed away are Doctors Dorwin, Jeleff. Holloway and Schrock. In the profession of Dentistry we have had only a few who have been successful in building up a practice. It took a long while to persuade people of the value and efficiency of "store teeth" and the value of the dentist to the health and comfort of the individual was not appreciated by the earlier inhabitants. it was not until 1858 or 1859 that Dr. Cummings came to Decatur and even then the work of the dentist failed to appeal to the public in away to make the practice at all remunerative. Dr. Cummings only stayed a few months. In 1876 or 1867 Dr. Glenn came to Decatur and opened dental parlors, practiced until 1878 then sold his practice and furniture to Dr. A. E. DeVilbiss and went to Van Wert. Dr. DeVilbiss was very successful and retained his practice until his death in 1901. A year or two before his death Dr. Roy Archibold became associated with him in his practice and is still engaged in the profession, retaining the office and practice of his late partner. In 1886 Dr. Quincy Neptune opened the second dental office in Decatur, and has been very successful in building up a large practice. Drs. Dick Neptune and Bert Mangold each have a dental. office and an established practice in the city and surrounding county. NO ONE OBJECTED . (Continued front page 1.) the same. Christen moved that several damaged places in the roof at the waterworks plant be mended at once and that the electric committee make arrangements to have the inside of the building painted. These motions carried. The petition of Harvey Schroll et al for a cement sidewalk on east High street was read and was in all things approved. There being no further business the council adjourned until their next regular meeting. Mr. Adair's declaration of faith in the American people shows that he is readily falling into the ways of those who have been surprisingly successful at the polls.—Berne Witness.

SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE (Continued from page 1.) buy good stock in a good concern, owned, managed and controlled by Decatur people and Decatur capital. Now is the time for the boosters. The enlargement of this plant means the employment of twenty or thirty more people. This means more labor employed, more business for our merchants. a better town. o —x Very Boxy Wan. A school inspector went to investigate the case of a man who, although he could well afford to keep his children at school, had obtained labot certificates for them all and was tak- i ing frequent holidays while the poor j little fellows worked to keep the borne on. To his wife's plea that the youngsters' wages were useful when "feyther” was out of work the inspector | replied: “A mere quibble, ma'am. Your husband has constant work, but is too lazy to do it. His employer told me so.” “Then it’s a wicked story, and I'm not particular who hears me say it! cried the woman indignantly. "My husban' is the busiest man in England, bar none. Why. he was up at daybreak this mornin’ teaehin' my youngest lad to swim, an' he's walked ten miles across plowed fields to fly a pigeon an' won a bounce ball contest an a boxin’ match since dinner, an now, to wind things up." she added as a final proof of her husband’s amazing industry, “he's down in the wood yonder trainin' his dog to catch an kill rabbits without leavin' the marks of his teeth on 'em. If you want more work than that crowded into a day, you must be a regular nigger driver.”— London Tit-Bits.

When Buttons Were Blk. Bachaumout writes in bis "Secret Memoirs,” Nov. 18, 1<8’»: "Pile mania for buttons is today extremely ridiculous. They are not only of enormous size, some of them as big as six pound crowns, but miniatures and pictures are made upon them, and this ornamentation is extremely costly. Some of them represent the medals of the twelve Caesars, others antique statues and still others the Metamorphoses of Ovid. - ’ Isabey, in bis biographical notes, says that when he came to Paris he worked for a living by making copies of Vanloos and Bouchers on the lids of snuffboxes and that for these medallions he was paid from 6 to 8 francs each. “As it was still the fashion.” he said, “to wear buttons as big as a five franc piece, upon which Cupids, flowers and landscapes were cut in cameo, I went into that business. I got 12 sous for each.”—Paris Figaro. Sorrow* of a HnmorlM. "This thing of being a humorist is about the saddest thing I know,” sigh ed Simeon Ford. "An ordinary person can have his moods and humors as he pleases, but I must always be on the job. I am constantly being invited out, not because I'm liked for myself alone or because of my manly beauty, but because I am expected to entertain the assemblage. The rest of the company may be as dull as dishwater, but if I do not shake up the gathering with a few jokes the hostess glares at me and really feels resentful. I may be sunk in the slough of despond, but just as soon as I take my seat all lean forward and eye me expectantly. My son, never get a reputation for being funny. It is the most mournful thing on earth.” —New York Press. Teeth of Chambermaids. Have you ever noticed that every chambermaid who has been taking care of the bay and feathers for a number of years is usually devoid of a few teeth of the upper "case?” Veteran chambermaids can seldom show a full set of upper teeth. The absence of the ivories is explained as follows by a downtown dentist: “The teeth of the maids which I replace with artificial ones are pillowcase teeth. They are constantly used in putting on pillowcases and are not strong enough to stand the strain. Their work is a constant wear and tear on the teeth.”— Pittsburg Dispatch. Her Sponge Cake. A young bride, after serving to her husband a Sunday dinner that was soso. said as the mince pie was brought on, "I intended, dear, to have some sponge cake, too, but it has been a total failure.” "How was that?” the husband asked in a disappointed tone, for he was fond of sponge cake. “The druggist.” she explained, “sent me the wrong kind of sponges." The Het Wind From the Desert. “Khamsin" is the hot Wind from the desert which blows out of the Sahara upon Egypt The word means fifty, from the idea that it lasts for fifty days. The “khamsin" is terribly hot and dry, and sometimes brings pestilence with it Her “No.” Tom—Bess gaid “No” to me last night, but I don't think she really could tell why she did it. Nell—Oh. yes, she could. * She told me. Tom—Did she? Nell—Yes: she said she didn't think you'd take “No” for an answer.—Philadelphia Press. About the Only Place. A company of settlers in naming their new town called it Dictionary, because, as they said, “that's the only place where peace, prosperity and happiness are always found.”

Weak Women ! To weak and ailing women, there is at least one way to help. But with that way. two treatments, must be combined. One is local, one is constitutional. but both are important, both essential. I Dr. Shoop's Night Cure is the Local. | Dr. Shoop'S Restorative, the Constitutional. The former—Hr. Shoop's Night Cure—is a topical mucous membrane suppository remedy, while Dr. Shoop s Restorative is wholly an internal treatment. The Restorative reaches throughout the entire system, seeking the repair of all nerve, all tissue, and all blood ailments. The "Night Cure”, as its name implies, does Its work while you sleep. It soothes sore and inflamed mucous surfaces, heals local weaknesses and discharges, while the Restorative, eases nervous excitement, gives renewed vigor and ambition, builds np wasted tissues, bringing about renewed strength, vigor, and energy. Take Dr. Shoop ■ Restorative—Tablets or Liquid—as a general tonic to the system, for positive local help, use as well Dr. Shoop’s Night Cure OBITUARY. Louisa Brandyberry, daughter of Hazel and Martha Andrews was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, May 4. 1832. When six years of age she came with her parents to Adams county, Indiana, where she has resided for sixty-nine years. On February 4, 1858 she was united in marriage to Abraham Brand;, berry. To their union were born tight children, four boys and four girls. On November 15, 1887 the Master came and called daughter Mary Jane to rest and on May 21, 1896, the messenger death came and called from our home, father. Since that sad hour she has had man}' hours of physical suffering from broken limb, but bore it all patiently. We would frequently hear her sing "All the Way My Lord is Leading Me, Praise His Name." The first public meeting she ever attended where she heard the Gospel preached was a private home, and at ' this time she accepted Christ as her Saviour, being eleven years old at this ■ time. In the year 1875 she uited with the M. E. church while Rev. J. L. Ramsey was serving the charge and ■ preaching in an old store building. She has been a constant and faithful member for thirty-two years. On March 30, 1907, she was sud- , denly attacked with neuralgia, this ' being her last sickness. She was very patient in her affliction. On Monday ’ night after she had taken sick she i sang “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross' ! and prayed for all her children. The • sermons preached by her life can nev'er be forgotten by her children. It i was her prevailing and wrestling all | night in prayer to God for the converi sion of her youngest son that brought him to confess his sins to God. and I promised mother he would be a Christian. On April 9th at 7:10 a. m.. af' fighting the battle of life for 75 years, 11 months and 5 days, God called her to change time for Eternity. She I leaves 7 children, 17 grand childyen I and 1 great grand child. A brother, IT. H. Andrews, and sister Louvina I Andrews, and a host of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. Miss Adda Brandyberry. “THE LION AND THE MOUSE" At the Majestic Theater, Ft. Wayne, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. “The Lion and the Mouse” the greatest dramatic success the American stage has known, will be presented at the Majestic by Henry B. Harris with a company of exceptional strength and every requisite in the way of stage accessories. The play is by Charles Kleirf and it deals with a theme that has human nature as its keynote, the conspicuous element that Mr. Klein has so vividly pictured representing the influence which the moneyed interests of the country is exerting on the social and financial phases of present day life. The triumph which the play has achieved is ably expressed by the fact that it is now in its second year in New York City; has been played for eight months to crowded houses in Boston and broke all records in the city of Chicago during its run of four months. “The Lion and the Mouse” comes to the Majestic Thursday, Friday and Saturday and Saturday matinee. Seat sale opens Monday, April 22. Prices, matinee and night, 25c, 50c, 75c, SI.OO and $1.50. o— NOT.CE TO BREEDERS. Smart and Rock. Smart is the Chas. Ahr Belgian stallion that Jacob Huser and William Scherer have purchased and Rock is the well known Huser horse which he kept at Monroe three first days in the week, and at Berne the last three days of the week. Ransom Smith has been employed to care for these horses. 98-1 mo

Friday the 13th / O’’ M \ / - O ! '’' \ ■ Mbk / - Dy THOMAS W. LAWSON Author of “Frenzied Finance’’ A Story cf Passionate Love and Money Madness The hero is a daring young broker who retrieves the fortunes of the family of the woman he loves, a beautiful daughter of the south they have J been victims of "The System,") with the greatest "coup" in the history of "The Street." The fever of money madness and the curse of speculation run throughout the story. This terrific conflict between character and money, and the shifting and glittering background of frenzied finance, makes a novel which would be absorbing to every man and woman were it by an unknown author. Being by Mr. Lawson, it will undoubtedly be the most discussed story of our generation. YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO READ IT. It Will Begin in This Paper in the Near Future —UI—MIUw _J—..UI.IW

NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that Jesse C. Sutton, a commissioner appointed by the Adams Circuit Court of Adams county. Indiana, to make sale of real estate ordered sold by said court in a cause for partition in which Dyonis Schmitt, guardian of Peter J. Braun et al., is plaintiff, and John Braun is defendant, in ail respects agreeable to the order of said court, at the law office of Merryman & Sutton. over the Old Adams County Baqk Decatur. Indiana, on Friday, April 26th, 1907, between the hours of nine o’clock a. m.. and four o'clock p. in., of said day, will offer for sale at private sale the real estate so ordered sold by said court in said cause, described as follows, to-wit: Inlot number twenty in the original plat of the town (now city) of Decatur, in Adams county in the State of Indiana. If said real estate shall not be sold on said day, the same will be offered for sale at said place of sale from day to day until the same is sold. ■ Terms: —One-third cash; one-third in one year; and one third in two years; deferred payments to bear six per cent interest and secured by personal surety and a mortgage on the said premises; but if purchaser prefers he may pay all the purchase money in cash. All subject to the approval of said court. JESSE C. SUTTON. Commissioner Merryman & Sutton, Atty. 4-4 t

How to Avoid Appendicitis.* Mot victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restores the natural action of the bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Mr. S. L. Bowen of Wayne, W. Va., writes: “I was a sufferer from kidney diseases, so that at times I could not get out of bed. and when I did I could not stand straight. I took Foley’s Kidney Cure. One dollar bottle and part of the second cured me entirely." Foley's Kidney Cure works wonders where others are total failures. —o LOST —A back comb, gold mounted with three brilliants. Return to this office. FOR SALE—Single Comb White Leghorn eggs. A setting of 15 eggs for 50c. Inquire of Vose & Sons. 75tf W OOD FOR SALE—Split hickory wood at the Whipstock factory. A. N. York. Phone 502 83 — EGGS FOR SALE—Settings from White Branmas, high scoring hens. My birds took first prizes at the De catur Poultry show. Price 75 cents per setting. Michael Miller, Monroe. R. R. No. 1. 54-*2mo.

Farmers Attention Just received a load of high -rade terf tilizers and in order to sell i: q".idl I I will sell it cheap. Inquire John Seta--1 ' nan, at City Coal & Feed Yard Pio >! 24 °- SEt Haefiing & Ernst FOR / LL KINDS OF Electric Wiring WORK GUARANTEED GO SLOW » . about selecting the *** “yS yo U give your chicks. Success depends much on tb.s move. Don’t buy until you have se“n PURINA BABY OHICK FEED Made especially to save baby chicks. It gives healthy, rapid wo»th - “ 3 . =1 no drugs.no trash nord ani ‘ are used to make it. On ly •”* J c - c a Chick Feed FOR SALE BY Fa V. MILLS i Decatur, Ind. Titon and Goliab 3 f t These famous stallions "ill ' the season of 1907 as follows. ‘ • 2 days of the week at ’ three days of week at the ConraJ • ■ 1 near Freidheim. Terms—lls-00 to insure ? stand and suck. August Conrad