Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1907 — Page 3

Were You Ever on Easy Street? IF NOT, AND WANT TO BE COME t 0 our store and we will SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THERE rz'-' 3 ’ (r just by buying one of our air Il 'n /AW/®/ fl TREAR CUSHION HEELS, WHICH 111. fl YOU PUT ,NSIDE 0F YOUR SHOE \W they are so much better and IJ TO WEAR A RUBBER HEEL SHOE. JK first, because they let air /// . ■ liHJ? AROUND THE HEEL; SECOND, / 7/J I THEY WEAR LONGER, AS THERE ( ,C JI /) ls N 0 WEAR ON THEM. COME IN AND SEE THEM. TRY ONE ON. 'F. B. Tague’s SHOE STORE

■*+*♦+*++*+*+*+ WEATHER. Fair and cooler to night. Saturday ■ fair with rising temperature. I♦++++++ + + + + + + + B Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad. West. East 1 — 5:50a.m. | 6—4:52 a. m. 3—10:32 a. m. | 2—12:28 p. m. 5— 9:51 p. m. | 4— 7:00 p. m. ■ *22— 10:32 a. m. | *22— 1:15 p. m. K *Local freight o I FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. I Decatur—North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY ■BHPMWMMMMWW —■■■■■•«■■■■■■■? Mont Fe returned this morning from . his regular business trip. The ball team and rooters returned last night on the 7 o’clock train. Mrs. Julia Uptegraff. of Pittsburg, is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kennedy. Miss Amelia Hess left this morning for Goshen where she will make her future home. Miss Perle Burdg left today for Geneva, where she will make a short visit with friends. Earl Snow has accepted a position at the Journal office and assumed his new duties yesterday. Charles Lose, who has been at Cedar Point spending his summer vocation, is expected home this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bairns will leave Monday for Oden, Mich., where they will spend their summer vacation. Miss Helen Helm, of Williamsport, Indiana, who has been visiting in the city with Miss Bertha Heller for several days, left this afternoon for Winona Lake, where she will enjoy a several weeks’ outing.

Golden Brown Oxfords LET US COLOR YOUR WHITE VASS OXFORDS TO A BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN BROWN. WE HAVE A PREPARATION ESPECIALLY MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE AND THE LADIES ARE DELIGHTED WITH THE CHANGE IN THEIR FOOTWEAR WITH SO LITTLE EXPENSE. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

Nelson Moser, of Wren, 0., was a business caller to our city today. Red Beam, of Willshire, was a business caller to our city today. H. Thomas, of Willshire, was a business caller to our city today. Uncle John Rupright, of Root township, was a business caller to our city todayFrench Quinn returned this morning from Rome City, where he spent his vacation. Bob Allison is home from Oden, where he spent several months fishing and taking a general outing. Mrs. C. D. Murray and son went to Ft. Wayne today to spend the day with friends. R. A. Mennett, of Angola,will preach Sunday morning and night at the Christian church. Mrs. Alice Giffin arrived this morning from Grand Rapids, Mich-, and is the guest of her brother, C. F. Reinear. Miss Myrtle Watts arrived yesterday from Toledo, 0., and is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilda Watts. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher returned last evening from an extended tour of the southwest and report a very enjoyable time and trip. “Mrs." Thomas Fisher and two sons, of Decatur, have been the guests of Benjamine Moyers, west of Berne, since Tuesday.—Berne Witness, pleted and the building on the inside has been neatly and attractively painted and his many patrons will be surprised when the season opens this fall. J. B. Stoneburner will present a new show this evening, which is a beauty. The film is new and will prove one of the best attractions he has ever put on. Mrs. Clint Fisher returned to her home at Rome City this morning after visiting friends and relatives. She was accompanied by her father, Mr. McCardle. Marshal Green is sporting a brand new white police cap that looks well indeed. Ed keeps up to date in every respect, and is fast becoming a model of fashion. A remonstrance has been filed against the construction of the cement sidewalk along Winchester street and will no doubt be given due consideration by the common council. Fifteen representatives of the various boiler houses all over the country were in our city last evening and presented their bids on boilers that are to b eused at the city plant.

Miss Hazel France is on the sick list suffering from stomach trouble. She is some better today. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Sprague went to Fostoria, 0., today to make a few days’ visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Heller and family will leave tomorrow morning for Rome City, where they will spend several weeksMr. and Mrs. C. J. Lutz returned last attended the wedding anniversary of attended the wedding aninversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Vesey. Mr. and Mrs. William Meyers, of Adams street returned last evening from an extended visit through eastern Ohio. They report a most enjoyable trip. The Eagles lodge had a very interesting meeting last evening, a full attendance being out. The boys were all interested in this meeting as the new password was givn each of them. Mrs. Agnes Andrews left today for Ft. Wayne, where she will join her sister, Mrs. Rosewinkle, and they will then proceed to Waukegan, 111., where they will visit for several weeks with their brother. Mrs. L. C. DeVoss and daughter Doris who visited ten days here with her sister, Mrs. D. M. Robbins, of south Meridian street, returned this week to their home in Decatur. —Portland Review. Miss Bessie Shrock went to Ft. Wayne this morning, where she was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harding, and they left for Boston, Mass., to make a visit with Mrs. Harding’s sister. A baby girl made its appearance Monday at the home of councilman Chronister and ever since the event Isaac has been passing the cigars to his friends. Both mother and babe doing well. The Epworth league of the Mt. Pleasant church will give a social at the church lawn tomorrow, Saturday evening. An enjoyable time is promised and everybody is most cordially invited to be present. ’ J. W. Bosse, manager and proprietor of the opera house, has been making some improvements in and about his playhouse which adds greatly to the appearance of the building. A new cement sidewalk has been comWillard Steele this morning filed a replevin action in Squire Smith's court against Elmer Brov. for the unlawful detention of a buggy. The case will be heard tomorrow some time and promises to result in a pretty warm law suitSam Shamp, a representative of Uncle Sam, is busily engaged, at present in killing dogs that have been molesting his flower bed. Sam only killed three last evening, and said he could have killed several more, but ran out of ammifnitionIt was currently stated that Oscar Way pitched the Decatur-Bluffton game Sunday that resulted in a victory for Bluffton. This was a false report, as the game was pitched by Geyer, The games Way pitches against Bluffton result in Decatur victories. —Ossian News'. After the storm last evening a number of farmers living south of town say they saw a big fire some place in the west, but upon inquiry no one seems to know where it was. The entire west was lighted up by the blaze, and those who saw it are confident that some one sustained a heavy loss by the same. The deadbeat that borrows money of you an’ then hangs around you without ever offerin’ t’ pay even part of it back is a blamed sight worse than th’ feller that changes grocers jist as soon as he gits trusted fer a sack o’ flour. No hired girl ever gits so well located that she quits readin’ th’ “help wanted” page. The school board at a meeting held Wednesday evening selected Miss Johnson, of Fairmount, to serve as teacher in English in the high school in the place of Miss Byerly, who resigned a few days ago- Miss Johnson is a graduate of Earlham college, and has had one year at Bryn Mawr. She comes well recommended. The warm weather does not seem to effect the attendance at the moving picture shows in the least, as both of these popular places of amusement were packed to the limit last evening by those desiring to see the new films. The managers of these two concerns are to be congratulated upon the first class entertainment they are furnishing the publicEarl Shalley took a picture of a Case threshing machine Tuesday morning that was in a bad case. It was being brought to town on Monday evening by Daniel Stauffer and Peter Moser from the west, and when they had reached the corporation line they drove too far off the road with the engine, so that the separator began to swing and toppled over on the fence- They left it lay there until the next day, when they raised it without much difficulty. The machine was not damaged much. —Berne Witness.

Gay & Zwick shipped a consignment of furniture into the city of Bluffton today, which certainly speaks for the progressiveness of the firm. B. Kalver and son are today busily engaged in packing their wool preparatory to shipping it to Boston, Mass., to a party to whom they have sold it to- The shipment will be composed of twenty-five thousand pounds, which is the largest shipment of wool made from this city in recent years. The residents of Winchester must have a consuming thirst, judging by the crowds that come over on the traction. Suit cases, valises and chip baskets go back loaded and one party who claims to know, says they have a man in the county seat that ships in a car load of beer a week to that village. —Union City Times. Several of our prominent citizens are making all arrangements to leave next Monday for Jamestown, where they will attend the exposition for ten days; on the return trip they expect to touch Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. The boys will no doubt have a most enjoyable trip. The Clove Leaf’s hoodoo got busy and caused three wrecks on the system before the arrival of daylight Wednesday morning. The first mishap occurred on the Wabash bridge when a brake shoe dropped from its hangings and ditched a car. This accident was the scene of tieing up passenger traffic for a few hours.—Frankfort CrescentThe local base ball team were at the park all afternoon practising new signals, which will be used in the coming base ball league and which they will try for the first time next Sunday when the Van Wert team opens the season here. The boys have been playing great individual ball, but it is now time to get some team work and pull together. Decatur was visited by an awful heavy rain storm last evening which undoubtedly was the tail end of a big storm that broke loose some place. The rain fell in torrents for a while and certainly cooled things off to a very satisfactory degree. It is thought that the rain did no damage to the crops, as the farmers have all practically finished the wheat and hay cutting. The property owners along Grant street who have been waiting upon the action of the council to determine the width of the street so that they might proceed with the construction of their cement sidewalks, may go right ahead now and build them and could have done so before the council acted as the width of that particular street has been established for a number of years. A local druggist this morning was discussing household pests that are sometimes hard to get rid of, one of which is the Buffalo carpet beetle. He said the druggists have frequent queries about how to get rid of this beetle and he advised that if a letter is written to the secretary of agriculture at Washington he will furnish a bulletin giving ail information desired. The board of directors of the Van Wert base ball association will probably bold a meeting this afternoon, to accept or decline a place in the Indi-ana-Ohio league. It is said, unauthoritatively, that the board's action will be in favor of becoming a full fleldged member, with the demand that the team be permitted to play the Labor Day and Sunday engagements at Ft. Wayne.—Van Wert Bulletin. The assignment of umpires for the new league have not as yet been announced for any of the cities, and who they will be no one seems to be able to state. However, this is up to President King, who will no doubt appoint competent men to handle the indicator and there will be no fault to find. The management will no doubt be apprised of who the umpire will be by tomorrow. Ben Wilson, the ball player who was arrested yesterday at noon by Sheriff Meyer on a charge of public intoxication, was arraigned before Mayor Coffee last evening and plead guilty to the charge being given the usual old dose, a dollar and costs. Wilson was unable to explain where he got the chicken, and relinquished all claim to the same and the fowl now adorns Sheriff Meyer’s chicken yard. Wilson will lay his sentence out with the sheriff, as he did not have enough money to pay the bill. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Knoff on last evening came within an ace of losing his life by being struck by a fast freight, and was only saved by the presence of mind of one Charles Rainear, who saw the danger of the little chap and pulled him off the track just in the nick of time. The little fellow did not see the train coming and would have undoubtedly have been struck had not Mr. Rainear pulled him away when he did. The escape was a narrow one and Mr. and Mrs. Knoff are indeed thankful to Mr- Rainear for his heroic action in saving their child.

Because the county clerk refused to go to the bedside of Richard Purvis, a wealthy land owner, and issue a licence for him to marry Carrie Burns, his housekeeper, the marriage has been declared off. Purvis' death from tuberculosis is hourly expected- As a last resort he made his will, giving his housekeeper considerable of his property. —Valparaiso Messenger. The old man was down in the big furniture store. “By the way,” he said, just before leaving, "my daughter has just started to have a young man calling, and I suppose I should buy them a pretty sofa to make love on.” "Yes, sir, responded the suave clerk, and here is the very kind you need " It is called “Cupid's Retreat H’m! what are the good points? Whyin just one year the cover wears off. displaying a card: It’s time to get married.” Rev. E- S. Shumaker, district superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Sa-loon league, will succeed Ulysses G. Humphrey, D. D., as state superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, and will enter upon his new duties Sept. 2. Mr. Shumaker was selected by the Indiana headquarters' committee and will have his future headquarters in Indianapolis- He notified the committee of his acceptance by letter. Mr. Humphrey resigned to take charge of the work in Wisconsin. Beginning with September he will have his headquarters in Milwaukee. When Steven Ridlen, the agent of the Monon at Linden, went to open up the station Wednesday between five and six o'clock his eyes met a grewsome sight. On the tracks just opposite the Greer-Wilkinson lumber yard and a little north of the Clover Leaf crossing, he discovered the mangled body of Elias Baker. There was a terrible gash in his skull and his brains had partly oozed out on the ground. His limbs were crushed and the body mangled. He had been struck by either a Monon or Clover Leaf train during the night. His folks reside at Lafayette.—Frankfort Crescent. If this hot dry weather will only last a few days longer the farmers will have their hay and wheat all harvested and out of the way of the rains, according to farmers in this locality. Although considerable wheat has been cut, farmers in some localities claim that some of their grain will be too green to cut for a couple of days yet. The timothy hay has been badly beaten down by the recent rains and wind, and unless the weather remains dry for a few days the farmers will be unable to save it. So scarce is farm help that many farmers have offered $2 per day for help, guaranteeing them ninety days work and possibly all fall and winter. Summer outings lose more than half their pleasure because of the vicious little chigre who is everywhere present and is no respecter of persons nor any part of a person. Fleas are no where —they will jump—but not the chigre. The pesky little rascal will bore a hole in human flesh and when he crawls in and takes the hole in after him there is no redemption. It makes any one forget all their other troubles while he continues scratching an invisible itching, even to a degree worse than the old-fashioned seven-year itch. The wtyo where one grew before may be a philanthropist. but the man who can exterminate the chigre will receive the enconiums of the over burdened people.

TO BE CIVENAWAY Monday, Sept. 2 A $45 Singer Sewing Machine At the PICTORIUM A change of program every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All shows now being put on are new and have never been shown any place before. Tonight and Saturday “On the Brink” and “Distress.” J. B. STONEBURNER, Prop THE Electric Theatre TONIGHT Admission 5 Cents. Motion pictures—“No Children Wanted.” “The Magic Drawing Room ” Illustrated song—“ Nobody’s Little Girl.” Schmuck & Miller, Proprietors.

We Are Still Selling Our Fancy TWO-PIECE SUMMER SUITS AT 33 1-3 PER CENT OFF THE REGULAR PRICE Means quite a saving to you if you can use one of these Suits Take a look, anyhow. It might do you some good Holthouse, Schulte & co. STOP! And take a look at our windows and see Our Warm Weather Goods Even if the weather is warm our summer goods will Keep You Cool. We offer you the best bargains in the city- Seeing is believing and you need not go any further if you visit our store first for you will be more than satisfied. We offer big cuts on all summer goods, white as well as plaids, dots and stripes. a rrw prices All fancy zephrs, embroideries and gingham suitings, former price 20c, go now at 15c per yard Scotch lawns, worth 10c, for 5c per yard Those fine, silky fancy plaids, worth 50c per yard, go at 33 cents * .T» - f j VJ~ 1 adWt'—'f jfji' ** A 11* Remember, we show the best line of ready-made shirt waists in the city and these are offered at a reduction, a great opportunity, $3.75 waists at $3.00; $2.50 waists at 2.00; $2.00 waists at $1.85, SPECIAL—-A beautiful white waist, splendid value for the money, for 65 cents True & Runvon.

A Special Offer For 20 Days Only ON PICTURES Crayon on canvas, regular price $1.98, during this offer, $1.20. Pastel on canvis, regular priec $3.96, during this offer, $1.70. All work guaranteed to give exact likeness of original photograph. A discount of 40 per cent given on all frames. Place orders at onoe. SAMUEL WYATT Phone 445. Decatur, Ind.

CHEAP EXCURSIONS. Via Erie R. R. to points in the west and southwest. On the first and third Tuesday of each month, we will have on sale, both one way and round trip tickets at exceedingly low rates. Cal! on Erie agents for particulars, or write O. L. ENOS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Marion, Ohio. A Certain Cure for Aching Feet. Shake into your shoes Alien’s FootEase, a powder. It cures Tired, Aching, Callous, Sweating, Swollen feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. 124 t