Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1907 — Page 3

Have planned to spend one, three, five or more dollars for TF T your footwear this season. J J Will be surpised at how 1 much you can save through us. Want to get the most and best footwear for the money you spend. Want to come to us, where you will get prompt and accurate attention. Tague Shoe Store

FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur—North. Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a. m. 7:30 a- m. J:ooj.m. 10:30a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30p.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. Toledo, St Louis & Western RailroadWast. Bast. 1— s:6oam. | 0 — 4:52 a. m. 3—10:32 a. m. | 2—12:33 p. n> 5— 9:51p.m. | 4—7:00 p. m. •22—10:82 a. na. | *23—1:15 p-n». • Local freight. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H LINDSLEY Mrs. H. B. Frar.ce is on the sick list. Charles Ernst made a business trip to Berne this morning. J. D. Winteregg, of Berne, was a business caller in our city today. Herman Kuklehan made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. R. Davis, of Willshire, came to the city this morning on a special business trip. Robert Allison went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Oran Strickler was a visitor in our city today and will return to his home this evening. Mrs. S. E. Hurless, of Willshire, did shopping in the clt T today and haS returned to her home. Mrs Charles Burr returned to her home at Monmouth this morning from a short visit in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snyder returned to Fort Wayne last night after making a visit in the city. P. A. Macklin, of Geneva, has returned to his home after looking after business interests in the city. Mrs. Samuel Schindler went to Berne last evening to be the guest of friends and relatives for some time. Mrs. G. W. Teeple went to Monroe this morning to remain for a shor time as the guest of friends and relatives. _

YOU REALIZE * Os course, that quality pays ▲k £ in shoes; it is the only thing that does pay. cm can a1 ’ flHp wavs buv cheap shoes, but vou'd better not; they re expensive. We make a busiLess of selling high quail ty shoes. They’re attracting to W our store a lot of new custoB niers It’s worth something K to us to have people say, 1 V can buy the best shoes of Charlie Voglewede Sells The Shoes

WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Sunday; warmer Sunday. W. A. Dull, of Willshire, transacted business in our city today. A. Salter went to Marion this morning to look after business affairs. C. E. Smith returned this morning fro ma business trip to Ohio City. Sister Pulcheria went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit wih friends. Mrs. Millie Martin went to Marion today for a visit over Sunday with relatives. t Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner has gone to Marion for a visit with her sister, Mrs. J. Carter. Miss Ethel Powers went to Craigville this morning to remain over Sunday with relatives. Earl Brackett returned to his home at Marion today after looking after business affairs in the city. Mrs. E. B. Maeey went to Monroe last night to remain for some time with friends and relatives. A. F. Passwater returned to his home last night after making a pleasant visit in the city with friends.

Otto Lobenstein, of Monroe, was a caller in our city yesterday afternoon and returned to his home last night. Dick Myers, of Canada, was a visitor in our city yesterday and left this morning for a short visit with friends at Portland. Rufus Stuckey passed through the city this morning enroute to Berne, where he will remain over Sunday with his folks. Herny Waggoner of Vicksburg, Mich., arrived in the city last night to be the guest of Philip Meihls and family for some time. Dick France, of Alliance, Ohio, arrived in the city this morning for a visit with relatives. He is taking a vacation from duties on account of an attack of tonsilitis. C. A. Dugan, cashier of the First National bank at Decatur, was in town Tuesday, superintending the transfer of the vault door of the Willshire Bank Co., from the depot to the W. J. Cully building.—-Willshire Herald. David Gottschalk and J. M. Baker returned home last night from Huntington where they attended the mule sale of Contractor Coopenhaver, of the C B. and C. They bought no , mules, but went to Fort Wayne and Gottschalk purchased a fine team of 1 horses.—Bluffton News.

Bub Mischaud, of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. C. W. Yager, of Pleasant Mills, was a business caller to our city today. William Butler went to Monroe this morning to look after stock business. J. Ernsberger, of Celina, 0., arrived in the city this morning for a visit with friends. Miss Nora Ahr has gone to Fort Wayne for a short visit with friends and relatives. Miss Olla Davis, of Mddletown, Ind., Is in the city the guest of Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Wilcox. Mrs. C. Chaney, of Plymouth, has arrived in the city for a visit with A. Stoneburner and family. Miss Blanche Rose, of Willshire, was a visitor in our city last night and has returned to her home. Mrs. A. C. Myers went to Geneva this afternoon to remain over Sunday as a guest of relatives. Misses Ireta Erwin and Edith Green went to Berne this afternoon to be the guests of friends over Sunday. Nelson Bricker returned to his home at Geneva last night after looking after business interests in the city. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ayers, of Willshire, were callers in our city this morning and returned to their home at noon. Mis. C. J. Meriss, of Fort Wayne, has arrived in the city for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Smith. Dr. C. U. Wade arrived in the city this afternoon to attend the quarterly conference at the M. E. church tomorrow. Abraham Boegley, of Berne, was a business caller in our city yesterday afternoon and returned to his home this afternoon. Masters Graydon and Clair Coverdale went to Fort Wayne this morning to be the guests of their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Anderson, of Aurora, 111., arrived in the city last night to make an extended visit with M. Anderson and family. Miss Lida Morgan, of Lagrange, who has been a guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Wilcox, for some time, has returned to her home. C. E. Smith and Miss May Holthouse went to Richmond this afternoon for an over Sunday visit with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Smith. Mrs. William Kroger and Mrs. William Wiley, of Louisville, Ky.. arrived in the city last night to be the guest of G. W. Knorr and family for several days. Mr. and Mrs. E. Michael and daughter Myrtle, of Willshire, who for several days past have been guest of friends and relatives at Fort Wayne, passed through the city last night enroute to their home. Mrs. A. R. Bell returned last night from Fort Wayne, where she and Mr. Bell were called on account of the serious illness of the latter’s brother-in-law. Mr. Brown. It is thought that Mr. Brown is in a dying condition. Mrs. Mary Andrews, of Columbus, Ohio, passed through here last night enroute to Monroe, where she will be at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. James Wagner, who is critically ill. Mrs. Wagner is the mother of Mrs. Hunter, of this city. Thomas Gallogy received word this morning stating that his brother-in-law S. B. Osborn, of Liberty Center, dropped dead from heart trouble. The deceased was 50 years old. Mr. Gallogy left for Libert Center this morning to attend the funeral. M. E. Babcock, of Lima, the new agent of the Northern Ohio, will be checked in next Monday, and C. G. Arouse, the substitute agent, will return to Lima. Mr. Babacock and family will live in the W. E. Floding property, on north Frederick street, between Fourth and Fifth. —Delphos Herald.

Each, year there is a scare that Christmas trees are getting scarcer and scarcer, and the price goes up. The harvest of trees must necessarily come from a greater distance as the years go by. At the present time the supply comes mainly from the northern part of Michigan, but the forests are being rapidly denuded, and it is necessary to go still farther north. The colored men who have arrived in the city to lay the brick on Seventh street, began duties yesterday morning and last night more than a block of brick were laid. It is thought that the street will be completed by next Tuesday or Wednesday. Contractor Haugk is pushing the work rapidly to completion and the property owners along that street will be glad when he last brick is laid. Playing base ball on Sunday is not an immoral act. and therefore, If an Odd Fellow indulges in this sport on the Sabbath and is injured he is en'titled to recover benefits the same as If he had been injured on any other day of the week. This is the nature of the report of the judiciary committee of the Grand Lodge, submitted at the Indianapolis session, and the findings of the committee were sustained

Tom Haefling made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. J. S. Peterson went to Fort Wayne today to spend the day. Ed France, of Pleasant Mills, was a business caller to our city today. James Hendricks, of Monroe, was a business caller to our city last evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Martin, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, have arrived in the city for a visit. James Beery, of Hoagland, arrived in the city this afternoon to be the guest of relatives over Sunday. Miss Bessie Parker returned this morning from Fort Wayne, where she wag visiting with friends, George Fink returned to his home at Geneva this afternoon after transacting business in the city. A new smokestack was raised at the P. W. Smith saw mill Thursday and this mill started work yesterday. Mrs. Oscar Fritzinger was a caller in our city this morning and has returned to her home at Monmouth. The Misses Pearl and Maud Harper, of Willshire, passed through here today enroute to Peru, where they will make a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bracht, of Fort Wayne, have arrived in the city for an over Sunday visit with friends and relatives. Tom Ehinger and Frank Johns returned this morning from a hunting expedition near Craigville. The boys report a fine trip. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stevens left this morning for Van Wert, where they will make a visit with the latter’s broher, Jacob Debol. Mrs. L. C. Miller went to Liberty Center this morning to attend the funeral of her niece, Miss Nettie Jones, who died a few days ago. Mrs. Henry Waggoner returned to her home at Berne this afternoon after enjoying a short visit in the city with her sister, Mrs. Philip Meihls. Dr. Charles Preston Foreman has arrived in the city and will fill the pulpit at the Presbyterian church tomorrow morning and evening. jestic theater was in our city today advertising the Prince of Pilsen that will show at that place on November 27. No doubt a number of Decatur people will attend. Mr. and Mrs. Amos King and daughter, of Petroleum, who have been guests at the home of John Lachot and family for a few days, returned to their home this morning. Mrs. B. W. Bowman, of Bluffton, who for the past two weeks, has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Merle Glendenning, at Geneva, passed through here today on her way home. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Evangelical church will hold their sale of ready made garments Thursday, Dec. 5, at the home of Mrs. Sol Linn, corner of Fourth and Jefferson streets. We desire to express our sincere thanks to the kind friends and neighbors who greatly assisted us during the sad bereavement of our beloved wife and mother. Amos Light and children. T. R. Moore who has been suffering from rheumatism for some time, is much better and on yesterday he was able to be down street. He is gaining in strength rapidly and expects to be himself again in a short time. E. J. Moser is at present busily engaged in moving his stock of goods from his old site into the new and will soon have everything in readiess to open the doors to the public, and will be able to “fill your Christmas wants in every particular. The room is a dandy and is being attractively furnished. A new show will be introduced this evening at the Pictorium that promises to be amusing and interesting in every respect and those who attend will >b|e royally entertained. Mir. StonA burner has secured the service of a four piece orchestra and the audiences will thus be entertained while the show is going on. If you are looking for a place of amusement attend the Pictorium. The merchant who advertises is the one who keeps abreast of the times. He buys the goods the people want and puts the right price on them. He is not afraid to publicly announce his prices and the kind of goods he carries. This statement may be verified in small or large cities. If you do your trading with the wide awake advertising merchant you will be dollars ahead in the course of the year. A petition will soon be presented to Governor Hanly asking for the pardon of Joseph Osborn, who is serving a life sentence in the Michigan prison, for the murder of his father-in-law four years ago. Mr. Osborn was a former resident of Green township, Grant county. Many Grant county people signed the petition and Governor Hanly has promised to give it due consideration. It is claimed by his friends that he acted in self defense. —Van Buren Eagle.

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Mrs. C. O. France and Miss Elizabeth Peterson went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Jerry Russell, who resides on Thirteenth street, is reported quite ill and is confined to her home and bed suffering from an attack of stomach trouble. A stranger, whose name the police are unable to learn, was taken quite ill last evening at the Fashion stables and had several severe fits. He was given a place to stay at the stable last night, but this morning was still suffering and the police called in the county physician to take care of the case. The man is respectable looking, but is subject to these spells at numerous times. The eighteen colored men who are pushing the work on the Seventh street improvement on yesterday laid a square of brick and at that rate with good weather and all material on hand will complete the street in a week. The men are experts in this line and work every minute of the time. Their contract with Mr. Haugk is to lay the brick, cull the same out, sweep it and have everything in readiness to roll and sand. Gus Condo left for inaianapolis to represent the Marion Commercial club in the arguing of the railroad discrimination charges brought before the State Railroad Commission against the Pennsylvania and Clover Leaf railroads. The arguments of the cases Will be heard by the state commission at its headquarters in Indianapolis. In addition to Condo, who represents this city, there will be the attorneys for the two defendant railroads. The evidence was heard at the recent sitting of the railroad commission in Marion. Since that time, the various attorneys Interested have been busy preparing their arguments and speeches. —Marion Tribune.

Mesdames John Niblick. W .H. Gilpen, J. W. Vail and C. B. Wilcox returned yesterday from Bluffton, where they were in attendance at the convention of the Women’s Missionary society. Mrs. Dr. -Wilcox redered several beautiful vocal selections during the session, which were highly appreciated by all who were present. Mrs. John Niblick was a delegate from this auxiliary, and she is also corresponding secretary of the Fort Wayne district. The convention was most successful from every point of view and the Decatur ladies who attended state that the sessions were very interesting.

Hensley’s Xmas Sale Xmas is almost here again so i s Hensley with his new stock of Jewelery. Everything new and up-to-fct '> ' J| W Honest goods at Honest You know if you get anything of us we stand by it. F-209 6 Come early and select your Xmas present. We will lay them away for you. We engrave everything free of charge. D. M. Hensley The Packard Music House of Decatur Is a salesroom, selling direct from the Packard factory at Ft. Wayne, to the consumer. W e are in position to sell you a better piano or organ for less money than the small dealer, who buys one or two instruments at a time. Besides the instrument you buy of us, has the Packard factory back of it, and your banker will tell you that no better guarantee is needed, because the Packard factory has been tuning out satisfactory instruments for nearly half a century, and hardly any neighborhood can be found but that the Packard Music House has a number of pleased customers, all of whom will recommend the Packard instruments. L. F. ALEXANDER, AGENT. North side of the Decatur Public Library Decatur Ind