Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1907 — Page 3

What’s the Fashion AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE COME X— TO LEARN FROM their own ex- ( PERIENCE THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION IS TO GO IN THE STORE WHERE they claim 0-T T 0 HANDLE THE UP T 0 DATE M I STYLE SHOt, AND YOU KNOW WE Y / , y ARE AT THE FRONT IN EVERY / I \ POINT > BY THE NAME of the I I / MAKE OF SHOE WE CARRY. COME // IN AND SEE THEM - s' Tague Shoe Store

Toledo, St. Louie & V/' -ern Railroad. West. East 1— 5:50 a.m. | « — 4:52 a. m. 3 —10:32a.m. | 2 —12:28 p.m. 5— 9:51p.m. | 4— 7:00 p. m. •22—10:32 a. m. | *22— 1:15 p. m. •Local freight. o FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur—North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 am. 10:30 am. 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 WEDDF-T TO THE MC DEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WEATHER. Fair today; showers tomorrow. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Mrs. D. F. Fetzer has returned from a business trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. Ira Thompson, of Bluffton, was a business caller in our city yesterday. Mrs. C. M. Myers, of Geneva, is In the city the guest of her mother. Misses May Ahler and Blanche Connet, of Bluffton, are the guests of Miss Lilah Lachot. Many hacks are run from the city to the fair grounds and they did a good business today. There will be a dance given tonight at the K. of C. hall and a delightful time is anticipated. Miss Alice Wall, of Chicago, has arrived in the city for a short visit with Miss Ode Fullenkamp. Misses Edna and Emma Hoffmann will leave tonight for Elkhart for a several days’ visit with relatives. Mrs. M. F. Rice went to Berne yesterday afternoon to be the guest of her son Edward Rice and family. Mrs. Mary Christen and sister, Mrs. Marker, have returned from Buffalo, N. Y., where they were the guests of their sister for several days.

LOOK IN OUR NORTH WINDOW AND SEE THE LADIES FINE OXFORDS WE ARE CLOSING OUT AT $1.98. THERE JnH are patent kid, patent colt, BLUCHER AND BUTTON IN THE LOT. TAKE YOUR CHOICE AT f 1.98 L / Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Sollor

Fred Colchin went to Geneva this morning to look after business affairs. Mrs. Pearl Boos will leave tonight for Montpelier for a visit with relatives. S. O. Babcock went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon on a special business trip. Miss Hazel Dykeman. of Ft. Wayne, has arrived in the city for a short visit with friends. Miss Callie Searight returned to Berne this, morning from a visit with friends in the city. Frank Burkhead, of Robinson. 111., is here visiting old friends and taking a squint at the fair. Mrs. Erman Mentze, of Bluffton, arrived in the city today to be the guest of relatives for a few days. Mrs. L. Burt, of Ft. Wayne, was in attendance at the big fair yesterday and has returned to her home. Miss Sopha Miller, of Ft. Wayne, returned to her home yesterday afternoon after attending the fair. Mrs. Frank Geiser, of Ft. Wayne has returned to her home after making a short stay with friends in the city. Mrs. John C. Bell and Mrs. Bernard Weismetal, of Elwood, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gass, during the fair. Mrs. S. Neunschwander returned to her home at Ft. Wayne last night after being the guest of relatives for a day. Walter Pape, of Ft. Wayne, was in the city yesterday visiting with friends and returned to his home yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wifiiam Walters, of Monroeville, were visitors at the fair yesterday and returned to their home last night. Chauncey E. Zircle, son of Alfred Zircle, residing south of the city, is dangerously ill with heart trouble. His condition is alarming. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lange and family of Ft. Wayne, took in the Great Northern yesterday and returned to their home last evening. The Misses Emma Hanson and Apna Crouse, of FL Wayne, were visitors in the city yesterday and returned to their home yesterday afternoon. Miss Edna Buechner, of Ft. Wayne, returned to her home yesterday afternoon after making a pleasant visit in the city with Miss Irene Erwin. Willie Bell arrived from Elkhart this afternoon to visit friends and relatives in this city. He is employed in that city as chauffeur for Dr. I. W. Short.

D. E. Lauferty returned to the city today on his regular business trip. Samuel Baumgartner, of Vera Cruz, was in attendance at the fair today. Do not fall to see the Bnckhorn machine which is on exhibition at the fair grounds this week. Mesdames Miller, Gordon and Baker, of Ft. Wayne, are in the city the guests of Mrs. C. V. Connell. The funeral of Rev. Reckard was held this morning from the Baptist church and was well attended. Mrs. Barney Weismantel and Miss Bell, of Elwood, are In the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass. Mrs. J. Yoos, of Berne, returned to her home this morning after visiting a short time with friends and relatives. Miss Nancy Brown returned to her home at Bluffton last night after spending the day at the fair. Miss Lillie McFarren, of Roanoke, Indiana, is visiting her uncle, B. W. Sholty, and while here will take in the fair. A. Ashleman. of Linn Grove, was a pleasant caller in our city today, and while here attended the great fair. Mrs. N. Crowell returned to her home at Briant this morning. While here she attended the wedding of Ed Kintz. Nick Miller has moved his barber shop from one part of the Murray hotel to another and now he is conveniently situated. A large number of people from the south part of the county came to the city on the morning train to be in attendance at the fair. Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Syphers, of Fort Wayne, arrived in the city this morning to attend the fair and vist with friends and relatives. Mrs. J. W. Bolenbaucher and daughter Leora, of Bluffton, passed through here today enroute to Geneva, where they will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wheeler returned to their home at Geneva this morning after making a pleasant visit in the city with friends. Aunt Anna Peterson, of Michigan, was the guest of R. S. Peterson and family last evening enroute home from a visit with Ohio relatives. Mrs. Micheal Crowley, of Chicago, and Mrs. E. Drew, of Ft. Wayne have arrived in the city for a several days' visit with Mrs. C. A. McLean. Frank Cowley returned this morning from Ft. Wayne, and will make a visit in the city with friends, and see the sights at the Great Northern. ""Mr- and”Mrs~*Freeman Young, of Geneva, returned to their home this morning after being the guests of friends and relatives for a short time. Messrs. Elmer Voiral and Oscar Ankenbrook, of Ft. Wayne, arrived yesterday to be the guests of Misses Letta and Ode Fullenkamp for the day. Many out of town people were in the city today attending the Great Northern Indiana fair. All the stands did a large business and every one seems satisfied. The Bluffton ball team arrived on the morning car to play a double header with the locals. The first game tc be played this morning and the second this afternoon. Sam Welty, of Noblesville, has arrived in the city for a week’s visit with friends and relatives after which he will return and prepare to enter Purdue university for his last year at that institution. A letter reached this office from H. A. Hartman, formerly a Decatur resident. He announces that himself and family are happy in their new home at Boulder, Colorado, and still like the place and the people. Mrs. Palmer, of Albion and Prof. Otto Miessner, of Ft. Wayne, Mrs. Pearl Boos, of Harper, Kansas, were entertained last evening by Miss Merle Burdg at her home on Mercer avenue.

Three hundred tickets were sold at Berne this morning to people who came to attend the fair. It is estimated that five or six hundred people drove here today from Berne and vicinity. Two Bluffton horses sta*-t in races today, Blufftonian in the 2:19 pace at Decatur, and Alcacer in the SBOO stake 2:17 trot at Crawfordsville. Both horses are fast in their class and although they Sire in fields with good horses, much is expected of them by their owners. —Bluffton Banner. Miss Lucile Franke entertained at a picnic supper last evening at her home on south Main street, the guests remaining for cards in the evening. The event was arranged in honor of Miss Lenore Horton’s guests, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bein, of Van Wert, and also as a farewell to Mr. Bert Moore, of this city, who left last night for lowa. The prize was won by Mr. and Mrs. Bein. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Bein, Miss Lenore Horton, Miss Mary Todd, Oliver Starr, of Poneto, Mort Justus and Bert Moore. —Bluffton Banner.

[ We Give You I Every dollar you spend at our store I I must give you value received or we I I will your money. In clothes g ■ / ■ TM * buying QUALITY should be the first, 1 S x second and last consideration. WE g 1 far BELIEVE IN SIGNS, and especially 1 ■ * 1 those that indicate the character of a f 1 S ! 'lj garment. Our clothing possesses all 1 a th° signs of being well-tailored and of g i J usJv P being made from fabrics that will hold 1 their shape and color. f urn NADtAK a nscnu co A J We have received nearly all I | of our fall and winter Suits and Over- I | coats. To say that they are the best SkT I I and snappiest we have ever had is plac- 1 I ing it mildly. They are by far the best I ■ and most serviceable garments for the 1 I prices we ask for them we have ever ■ I offered to the public. They may be 1 f While attending the Fair come in for a few I'l 11 * minutes and see what we have to cffer you for gjfggw W I I winter in Suits, Overcoats and Underwear, and Q | anything else a man or boy can wear. I ■l* coFyK ,wIT •9°7 ■ One Price to All—All Goods Guaranteed g e. of c. h. ELZ EV de V A INCE decatur,

Farmers from all over the county were at the big fair today. Ted Coburn, of W’arren, is in the city taking in the fair and visiting with relatives. Professor Miessner, of Connorsville, Indiana, was in the city last night the guest of friends. B. W. Sholty was at Marion Sunday where he spent the day witu his old friend, Craig Miller. Mr. Palmer of Albion, Indiana, left this morning for Marion, Indiana, after making a short visit in the city with friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. V. B. Archbold, of Ft. Wayne, arrived in the city this morning to be the guests of friends and relatives for a short time. Don't fall to see the show of the season at the opera house every night this week. The fantastic Ladelles and many stars are, with the company. Two street fakirs did a thriving jewelry business on the streets last even-1 ing. No doubt their four dollar gold watches were bargains. That’s why he was so anxious to dispose of them.

' Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and children, Miller and Winifred, returned this afternoon from a several days’ visit with friends and relatives at Winchester. Misses Hilda Winteregg and Ida Moser, of Berne, who have been making a short visit at Niagara Falls, passed through here this morning enroute to their home. James Beery returned last night from Bluffton, where he saw the tail enders bow in defeat to our mighty Champs. The fans that accompanied our team state that the game was fast and furious throughout. Mrs. E. H. Martin, of Chicago, who has been the guest of her niece, Mrs. W. H. Lindsley, for several weeks, went to Muncie this morning to see her son. G. E. Martin, who is comedian with a minstrel show. Ned Norton, the clever minstrel man and the Cunninghams in their sketch work are among the prominent features of the big vaudeville at the opera house this week. An entirely new show will be put on tonight. Paul Wooten will leave here Friday for Wnlnepeg and other cities, where he has important business to transact. He will return to Oaxaca some time before October Ist. His delightful stories for the Democrat have been greatly appreciated.

Miss Viola Yeager returned to her home at Berne this morning after making a short visit with her sister, Mrs. J. C. Moran. WTiile fooling with a revolver Tuesday evening, Frank Quigley, driver for an express company at Lafayette, accidentally shot himself just above the heart and cannot recover. His home is at Logansport. There are fifty-seven case on the docket of the Lagrange circuit court for the September term, the largest number of actions ever pending at any one time in that county. Fourteen of them are divorce actions. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Pease and daughter Jgft Monday morning for Niles. Mich., where Mr. Pease will look for a farm. He sold his farm, two miles west of Berne to Noah Yoder, last Saturday.—Berne News. Col. Headington, of Portland, was here yesterday enroute to Chicago, to attend a reunion. While here he paid his last respects to his old friend and comrade, Rev. Reckard, of whose death he learned with deepest regret.

Mrs. A. Gottschalk, who was stricken with paralysis last winter, i has so far improved that she is now I able to walk short distances, when being assisted by members of the family. On Friday evening she walked to the Cottage hotel. Her many friends will be pleased to learn of her recovery.—Berne News. Through some oversight, the name of the firm of Atz and Steele, the harness firm was left out of the list of business houses that would close at noon today. This firm will dose and will thus show their progressiveness to the citizens and also show that they have at heart the interset of the Great Northern Indiana fair.

THE Electric Theatre TONIGHT Admission 6 Cents. Motion pictures—‘‘Whose Boss of the House." “Troubles of a Cook. ’ Illustrated Song—“For Her Sake Let Me Go.” Special music by the Tryalian Orchestra. Schmuck A Miller, Proprietor*

BASE BALL The Indiana-Ohio League at the Decatur Park FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Aug. 30 and 31 VAN WERT vs DECATUR

Friday's Game Will be Called at 11 a.m.; Saturday's 3:30 Van Wert is now playing fast ball, winning more games than they lose. Two exciting games may be looked for.