Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1907 — Page 5

F\ Ghilstmas I hOUght \y e are p re p are( j w jth the most up to date line of party or dancing slippers that was YWT ever carr * e d in Decatur. They Jfl W r are 1908 styles. And, too, 457 » we have a fine line of bath or Xj bed room slippers in red, tan i. or black, and a great line of j? men’s slippers. Come in and /\ & P’ c k out an( l w ’ iat y° u want \w%. an nhave it laid back for your Christmas. Tague Shoe Store

FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1997. Decatur —North. FL Wayne—South 6:00 a. m. 7:30 a- m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 am. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3 • 00 p. m- 4:30 p. m. 8:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. Toledo. SL Louis & Western RailroadWest. East. 1 — s:soam. | 0— 4:52 a. m. 3—10:32 am. | 2—12:28 p. m5— 9:51p.m. | 4— 7:00 p. m. •32— 10:32 a.m. | *22— 1:16 p- m. • Local freight. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY

J. B. Stoneburner made a business trip to Geneva this morning. C. E. Smith left this morning on a special business trip to Redkey. Nelson Bricker, of Geneva, is in the city looking after business affairs. A number of Berne and Monroe people were attending court today. Mrs. J. Foreman returned to Berne this afternoon from a short visit in the city. Jacob Schwartz, of Monroe, returned to his home this morning from a business trip to the city. P. W. Smith returned to his home at Richmond this afternoon after transacting business in the city. Kenneth Shirk the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Shirk, of near Monroe, was buried in the cemetery. Miss Emma Leichty, of Berne, returned to her home this morning from a visit with friends in our city. J. R. Porter left this afternoon for Parker City, where he will make a visit with his son, Frank and family. Frank Kintz, of Geneva, who has been the guest of friends in the city for a short time, returned to his home this morning. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Johnson of Wolcottville, arrived in the city this morning to remain for some time with friends and relatives. The following letters remain uncalled for at the postoffice: Fred Fowler, Alphas Culter, Sim Hodge, Jacob Hiser, Charles Stauber, Alex O, Sm th, A. D. Thompson, Dee Ward. Mrs. Calwin Baer. _

Warm Feet jK a Now is the time to get something warm for your feet. We are fi.xed for you with ah kinds of Artics, high and low cut Felt Boots, Socks, Sheep Felt shoes and high top overs, Warm lined shoes from mens to babies. SSI longest line in the city. Charlie Voglewede Sells The Shoes

WEATHER. Fair Tuesday except snow flurries in extreme north portion; Wednesday fair, light to fresh northwest ■winds. Barney Kalver made a business trip to Monroe this afternoon. Roy Sautbine made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. P. A. Macklin, of Geneva, was a business caller to our city today. Thomas Gallogy went to Geneva this afternoon on insurance business. J. F. Fruchte went to Berne this morning to tranact business affairs. Mrs. D. E. Scott went to Fort Wayne this morning to be the guest of friends for the day. A. Gottschalk, of Berne, was a business caller in our city today and has returned to his home. Noah Frauhiger left today for Chidago to attend the fat stock show which is in session at that place. J. M. Blakelay returned to his home at Geneva this morning after looking after business Interests in the city. Fred Reppert cried a sale at Hessecassle today and left this afternoon for Chicago to attend the fat stock show. Miss Ida McCray, of Berne, who has been the guest of David Gerber for some time, returned to her home this morning. B. J. Rice went to Berne this morning to look after business in the interest of the Adams County Lumber company. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Campbell and children of Kokomo dined with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Buhler Monday evening at six o'clock. Miss Nellie Bowser returned to her home at Monroe this morning after enjoying a visit in the city with L. B. Brokaw and family. Jacob Blew and wife returned to their home at Sandusky this morning after making a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schrank. Thomson Mauck, one of the men who aided in putting in the interlocking switch at the junction left this morning for Covington, Ky. The various candidates are making a vigorous canvass for their final windup and much interest is manifest among the voters as well as candidates. The common council will meet this evening in regular session and take up several matters of interest pertaining to the city’s welfare. Nothing of vast importance is scheduled for this meeting other than the regular routine of work.

Frank Gass was on the sick list today. Mrs. Charles Burr returned to Monmouth this afternoon from a short visit in the city. , Mrs. Greiner returned to Fort Wayne this afternoon from a visit with friends in the city. Miss Emma Terveer will entertain the embroidery club tomorrow night and a good time is anticipated. Arthur Becker has returned to his home at New Haven after making a pleasant visit with relatives north of the city. Tony Forbing returned to Milford yesterday after making a pleasant visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Forbing. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray and son, of Decatur, spent Sunday at the Bliss with Mr. and Mrs. Dell Lock. — Bluffton Banner. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Johnston returned to Huntsville, Ohio, yesterday. While 1 here they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Forbing. Miss Maggie Reehling returned to her home at Fort Wayne on the afternoon car after visiting with friends and relatives in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt, who have ben visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fos Harbaugh, returned to their home in Decatur Saturday evening.—Bluffton News. Mrs. Mary Andrews, of Cleveland, who has been the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Wagner, at Monroe, passed through here today enroute to her home. Ed Wilson, the aged Irishman, who has been an inmate at the couty infirmary for the past ten years, died last night from age. He will be buried tomorrow morning. Mrs. L. Wertenberger, of Laketon, who has been the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Scott for some time, went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Paine who have been visiting with George Burkett and family, left this morning for a short visit with friends and relatives in Crawfordsville. —Bluffon News. Mrs. Katie Green, who for more than a year conducted the Shamrock hotel at Geneva, disposed of same last Monday to J- C. Stiver, of Camden, Mich., the new proprietor assuming immediate possession. A ten pound baby boy made its appearance this morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hoffman and Grover was busily engaged all day in parsing out the cigars. Both mother and babe doing well. The street sweeper was out today cleaning up the streets and the same look much better. The season is fast advancing where work of this kind will have to cease and the street commissioner is working now so that the streets will be in good shape when the heavy snow arrives. The Electric theater proprietors had an excellent show at their amusement place last night and good, crowds greeted them. Their system of putting on new films each night has met . with the hearty approval of all and their business issteadily increasing. A good show is on for tonight. Don’t miss it.

Henry Stevens, who recently secured the contract to construct the John M. Lenhart sewer, finished the same on yesterday and the sewer is now ready for acceptance by the council and city engineer. Mr. Stevens completed this work in a short time and the sewer is now being used by the many people in that end of the city. Tom Leonard the tinner, was busily engaged all day in moving his stock of goods and tools from his old location in the Studabaker building into his new headquarters next to the laundry, and formerly occupied by the Blue Front store. The room , has been neatly arranged and will ! make Tom nice headquarters where he can be found in the future. Contractors Mann and Christen have taken the contract to furnish the furniture for the new Wells Fargo Express company’s office at Fort Wayne. The furniture will be shipped tomorrow, and the job will be completed this week. This speaks much for our Decatur contractors and demonstrates clearly that they can compete in price and workmanship with the city contractors. The friends of the Rev. E. E. Neal, who was sricken with apoplexy while - delivering a sermon in his pulpit at > the M. E. church on the evening of November 4, say that there is no long- ’ er hope of the minister’s recovery, softening of the brain having set in, with tie end not far off. Mr. Neal is one J of the eldest ministers in the Logansport district, and he has been a suecessful worker for years, successfully filling charges at Noblesville. Logansport, Wabash and other points. No ' service of any kind wree held in his church on Thanksgiving even the annual dinner to the poor being dispensed with because of his serious illness.

The Presidents Messag Should be read by every American Citizen because it is interest to all likewise the | ' 7 - Ilk “clothing message” of Teeple, Brandyberry and Peterson, should be read by all because it ’ tells how you can increase your bank account and save money by buying your suits and ® overcoats of them. I ■ -J ■ They sell overcoats from $4.00 to $1,5.00 Tm tM fc that usually retail from SB.OO to $20.00. lE® They have Suits ?>nd Overcoats in ALL- / ■ ■HbVWyBB WOOL and the kind that will give you sev- • • eral season’s wear and look good while you WWII wear them. \ WE GUARANTEE HONEST VALUES Kw |B\ I then why procrastinate, "OS O Stitch isl % time saves nine." |B|i ML..V., COPYRIGHT isu HI * THE HOUSE OF ItIJPPfNiWfI Teeple Brandyberry & Peterson. “Cater to the man who cares”

Miss Helen McGee, daughter of Mr. P. McGee, of 223 west Butler street, fell as she was coming down the stairs of the Hanker Dancing academy last night and was rendered unconscious "by striking her head against the steps. It is supposed the young woman fainted as she reached the head of the stairs. She was taken to her home in a cab.—Fort Wayne Journal. Miss McGee is well known in this city. Rochester and also Henry township in Fulton county, New Castle and also Jefferson township in Henry county, Bedford, Patricksburg in Owen county, Dick Johnson tow-nship in Clay county and also Churubusco in Whitley county are to be added to dry list this week. This gives three additional dry counties and also three dry county seat towns. A remonstrance was also filed in one of the wards in Lafayette. A letter from Lawrence Meyers, ■who is attending veterinary school at Grand Rapids, says that the quarantine has been lifted and that the boys are now free to come and go as they see fit. The school was visited by smallpox and all the students were quarantined for several weeks. However, as the matter now stands, the boys are compelled to report to the health officer once each day and go through a medical examination. j The state railroad commission has adopted rules to be observed by railI roads in the placing of interlocking devices. Hereafter the derailing device on steam railroads will be placed not less than 500 feet from the crossing. This will give the operator of j the interlocking device plenty of time to determine whether or not the engineman on the approaching train intends to run the crossing and will give him time to derail the engine in case the track is not clear. Although no ceremonies of any, sort marked the laying of the cornerstone of the new municipal lighting plant Saturday, Mayor Hosey, the members of the board of public works and the members of the special council committee which is keeping in touch with affairs of the new plant, are already planning for appropriate festivities when the plant is completed and the current is turned on. W’ork so far on the building and distributing system has progressed very rapidly, but while ; a good start has been made the time of the completion of the work Is uncertain. It Is believed, however, that the plant will be In operation early next summer.—Fort Wayne Journal.

THE PICTORIUM TONIGHT 1 Troublesome Neighbors. ’ Song —"Yankee Boy.” i > Get a free ticket on the sewing machine. All shows now being put on are new and have never been shown any place before. J. B. STONEBURNER, Prop , The Farmers’ bank at Middlebury, Elkhart county has closed its doors. The bank was established 17 years ago by the Hixons. The town is ! small and no doubt there was not business enough to support two. The Exchange bank will now have the entire field to itself. The Hixons will buy and sell notes and mortgages.— Columbia City Post. The first day of December started in like real winter weather, Sunday, and along in the afternoon, the mercury fell to 20 degrees and remained there until Monday morning, which with the spow on the ground made the air exceedingly chilly. The snow fall of Saturday was universal over the state and it looks as if King W inter was here to stay. The Pru Journal says the wedding of Miss Blanche Kaiser and John Branigan in this city Friday evening was a case of love at first sight. The two had never met until last Monday I when they opened an engagement at the vaudeville theater at Wabash. They made Peru Wednesday and Thursday, and wound up the week with the wedding and Friday and Saturday engagement in this city. The vaudeville circuit is now looking for a new pianist. THE Electric Theatre TONIGHT Admission 5 Cent*. MOTION PICTURES. First film —"The Rival Motorists.” Second film —"Little Red Riding Hood.” "My Mother-In-Law is an Angel.” “The Wonderful Lantern.” "The Lost Collar Button.” ILLUSTRATED SONG. “Moonbeams and Dreams of You.” Schmuck A MlHcr, Proprietors

WE SELL Nyals White Pine Tar Cough Remed on a positive guarantee. It contains cohol. cloroform or opiates. Try it. If notjsatisfied your be refunded. MAKE US PROVE IT I f THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG' < The Packard JMusic Hou. of i Decatur . * Is a salesroom, selling direct from the Pa factory at Ft. Wayne, to the consumer, are in position to sell you a better piano or • for less money than the small dealer, who one or two instruments at a time. Beside instrument you buy of us, has the Packan tory back of it, and your banker will tell you-, no better guarantee is needed, because the Pas» ard factory has been tuning out satisfaejji instruments for nearly half a century, and ly any neighborhood can be found but tbi® r , Packard Music House has a number of j ■| g customers, all of whom will recommet Packard instruments. I ■ L. F. ALEXANDER, AGEJ North side of th e\ Decatur Public Library Dec