Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1907 — Page 3

I The Buyer Who Thinks I If you are a thinking buyer and you no doubt think you are, the following will make you think. Don’t spoil your Xmas by / U - Vln & useless presents. ' c . ome to our store and buy a nice pair of house slippers or a pair of dress shoes for your child or friend. Xmas is a time to be happy and this will be sure to make them so. Come to us for help in your Xmas shopping. Tague Shoe Store

WEATHER. Snow tonight and possibly Sunday; heavy rain north portion; colder extreme south portion tonight. B. W. Sholty made a business trip to Geneva this morning. F. S. Steele, of Chicago, was a business caller in our city today. Henry Zwick, of ’Williams, was a business caller to our city today. Cal Miller went to Winchester this morning to look after business affairs. \ L. A. Granam went to Monroe this to look after insurance busij ness. Mrs. McKee, of Fort Wayne, came to the city this morning for a visit with friends and relatives. Eugene Runyon 'has moved his household goods from Berne to this city where he will make his future abode. There will be aspecial meeting of the Columbian club Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. All members are requested to be present. The Wemhoff monumental works / delivered a tombstone to Wihshire today which weighed 11,000 pounds, it is a mamouth monument and is for L. G. Babilya

Just Three rMore shopping days before the great day —Christmas. If you haven’t made your selections of gifts, come and let us help you. Let us show you the shoes and slippers that others are buying. Let us help you to make a useful and sensible present to your dear ones. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller.

3M " “ "~ —————— * Il'W I The Old Fashioned Christmas Tree is 4Wr Q — ~~~ ~ T 1.-" .§S 9 --*’Will soon be the next number on the program, of course you will want to attend M*jJ| 3 & hj 1- ill* and if vou need a new Suit, Overcoat or Furnishings don t forget that you can get fig fig Ly ’ them of Teenle Brandyberry and Peterson, who can furnish you the newest patterns, • g§ 111 C- the finest fobrict and at the lowest Christmas prices. We invite a comparison of ,J| g 8I i I V< WWle manv men and ladies too, have visited our store this week and carried g 8W J 1 axXvmany Christmas bargains, with our guarantee back of the goods purchased, yet g lil ' B We wefcome you to our store whether you wish to buy, or simply inspect values. W | I 4 W Teeple, Brandyberry & Reterson i 9 “Cater to the Man Who Cares” ||

F. Berry is a guest of friends at ; Pleasant Mills. Addie Lobenstein, of Monroe, is a Decatur visitor. Miss Martha Freiberger is shopping ’ at Fort Wayne today. Grover Hoffman returned from bus--1 iness at Bluffton Thursday. Orval Paulison went to his home at ’ Fort Wayne after being here on pleasure. Mrs. S. S. Magley, who broke her arm last Saturday, is improving very nicely. S, S. Bartlett, of Huntington, was attending to business matters in our city Thursday. Jack Diamond, of Fort Wayne, the advance agent for the coming play, was in the city yesterday. Misses Emma and Lizzie Selking, of Hoagland, were doing their Xmas shopping in the city last evening. Father Bensinger returned to Hesselcastle Thursday after making a pleasant visit here with Father Wilken. Mrs. Margaret McCelham from Fort Recovery, Ohio, arrived last evening to be the guest of Mrs. Geo. Schafer for a few days, then she will visit with friends at Grand Rapids.

A. Van Camp made a business trip to Monroe Thursday. R. K. Allison went to Berne Thursday cn a business trip. Mks Maggie Dulane, of Berne, arrived last evening on business. Mrs. Ed Ahr and son Fred were visitors at Fort Wayne Thursday. L. A. Thomas went to Monroe Thursday to look after business affairs. W. H. Fledderjohann went to P.eine Thursday on fr. terurban ousi nr ss. Rev. Max Menzinger, of Fort Wayne, returned to his home after being the guest of Father Wilken. Mesdames O. P. Mills, H. E. Steele, and G. W. Everett arrived home Thursday from Craigville, Ind. Mrs. J. J. Hafer, of Monroe, has returned to her home after enjoying a visit with friends in the city. C. L. Painter, of Willshire, returned to his home Thursday. While here he was attending to business. Mr. E>. A. Bergman, of Robison, 111., was the guest of his son. Rev. E. E. Bergman, the pastor of the Baptist church. Mrs. Charley Hinds, of Madison, Ind., arrived Thursday to be the guest of her father, Mr. J. F. Smith and sister, Mrs. Howard Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Peters have returned from Bluffton, where, for the past few days they have been guests of their daughter, Mrs. Erman Mentzer. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Markley, cf Liberty Center, passed through our city today enroute to Berne, where they will visit over Sundav with relatives. The various public and private schools throughout the state will close this evening for a two weeks’ vacation. The local schools all held appropriate Christmas exercises, which were attended by a number of citizens. A new snow plow to be used by the ' interurban line in cleaning their tracks arrived last evening and was put away in the car barn. This plow may see much use before the winter is over and may prove to be a very handy article. Tom Haefling on Wednesday evening completed a neat job of wiring and placing fixtures in the Ward Fence company's rooms in the Allison block. The roms are well lighted now and the working force will thus be permitted to work after night. All Elks should be present this evening at the lodge room at the usual hour. Several candidates will be given the degree work and every Elk should be present to welcome the new members. Initiation means something, so be sure and be present. The school board held a meeting 1 last night to allow the teachers’ salaries and transact other business. The meeting was held a day earlier than usual in order to allow the teachers to leave for their homes this evening or early in the morning, the ones that live away from the city. This time of the year Is very dull for the real estate men, and practically all that they can do is to remain indoors and map out their work for next year. Numerous deals were made this year and the real estate men are contemplating having a busy* season during the coming year. S. W. Peterson informed us today that he had ceased' baling hay for this year and on last evening moved his machines in from the country. The season has been an extra heavy one in this line and Mr. Peterson is more than satisfied with the season’s work, as he thinks he has done something more than his share. He expects to start out again just as soon as the season will permit.

Ell Meyer went to Berne this afternoon on business. A. J. Johnson, of near Willshire, was a business caller today. Harry W’eity is a Marion visitor during the coming two weeks. Mrs. G. W. Burr and baby left for Louisville, Ky., this non to visit. Mrs. Geo. T. Ulmer and son Robert, returned to their home at Bluffton. . Samuel Schindler went to Monroe Thursday on a special business trip. Milton Barto, of Hoagland, was a business caller in the city yesterday. Bien Crays, of Preble, arrived in the city to visit the schools this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Getting, of near Stop 20, were shopping in the city today. W. E. Smith arrived last evening from Hammond and is visiting with friends. Mrs. Ed Beery returned this after noon from a short visit with friends at Fort Wayne. Miss Mary Habegge" returned to her home at Berne Thursday from a business trip to our city. Sam Amena left for the northern portion of Ohio, where he will visit relatives at various places. Miss Frances Menzer, of Bluffton, is visiting in the city with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Peters. J. A. Martin, of Martinsville, Ind. has arrived in our city for a several days' visit with friends and relatives. Jonas Myers, of east of Berne, was a business caller in our city today and returned to his home this afternoon. A. Gottschalk, of Berne, was a business caller in our city this morning and returned to his home this afternoon. Mrs. Kenneth Winans and baby, of Piqua, Ohio, left on the noon train for Pleasant Mills, to visit with Mr. Winan’s parents. J. W. Carpenter left for Toledo, 0., where he will make his home. While here, he was the guest of his father, Jesse Carpenter. Dan Noffsinger, wife and daughter were visitors in our city Thursday and returned to their home at Monroe Thursday afternoon. May Roe arrived from Fort Wayne, where she has been working, to spend her two weeks’ vacation with her parents at Willshire, Ohio. Decatur was visited by an extra large week day crowd today, all bent upon the same errand, that of purchasing Christmas presents, and as a result the business man did a nice business. A very interesting bowling contest was pulld off last evening at the Klondyke alleys between ten of Decatur's best bowlers. The boys were all evenly matched and the contest was very even. A large crowd saw the work out. Work at the new automobile factory is progressing nicely and by the first of the year they expect to start their plant in operation. A force of men are constantly working to prepare for the starting of the wheels of this concern. A number of farmers who reside north of our city were in today attending the case of the State against Kalver & Hurst, which by the way is creating no end of excitement. Most *of the farmers present today were those who were interested in the case. The interurban had another good day today in the way of passenger traffic and every car that left and came into Decatur was well filled. The dmage to the cylinder head at the plant has been remedied and everything is running along as smoothly as could be expected. o Your money will go farther at Hensleys this year than ever before.

One of our Suits or Overcoats Would Make a Splendid !' - A \ Xmas Gift MA AWj As No more practical gift could you make—One that pleases both the wearer and the giver i f lit -1 We have a splendid assortment of Hart, Schaffner \ is? rn ■ . 1 I ; & Marx and The Clothcraft Clothes, considered by all, the ii’A.’Ml W best clothes made, Ail ’ Y You’ll find a great wealth of lesser things here of M course, things men want, need and constantly buy for themL fp® selves ’ F ine Neckwear, Hats, Caps. Shirts, Gloves, Mus- | F flerf > Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Suit Cases, Traveling Bags, 'IS/" etc. You can suit a boy here too; boys like men’s things Copyright JTby especially. Hart Schaffner Esf Marx HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO. Sellers of Good Clothes for Men and Boys

Mr. and Mrs. Nat D. Hull will spend Xmas at Attica, Ind. J. A. Apple, of Muncie, came today to do some prospecting. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown are visitors at Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Frank Crawford and son Leon will return this evening from Louisville. John E. Souers, of Craigville, passed through here enroute to Marion, Ind., today. Irvin Case and Brice True arrived home from Winona Lake last evening, where they were attending college this year. It has been definitely decided not to reopen the skating rink this season. ' Much to the disappointment of many young people, who love this sport. A new baby boy made his arrival ’ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Gallmeier Tuesday at their home at Williams. Mother and baby doing fine. Miss Bertha Heller will return this evening from Alexandria, where she has been teaching, to spend two weeks vacation with her parents, Mr. and . Mrs. D. D. Heller. A number of the local bowlers will leave next week for Fort Wayne. ■ where they will take part in the bowling tournament that will be held at ■ the McKay alleys. The locals axe practising daily and fully expect to carry away some of the prize money. ; The men will divided themselves into two men teams, singles and five men i teams. J. F. Tisron and force of movers have begun to move the barn located on the Al Steele property nearer to Madison street, where it will be converted into a dwelling. Tisron has contracted to excavate for a cellar wall it up and have the structure placed tn position within thirty days. This is quite a large undertaking, but the contractor is satisfied that he can easily do the work in that length of time.

C. C. Ernst is on the sick list. ' Mr. Charles Magley left for Columbus, Ohio, to attend a poultry show. He also took with him several fine birds. The Electric theater has removed into the Weber building on north ' Second street and will reopen this evening. They have a model show room and have changed their name to the C’-ystal theater. An effort will be made by the managers of the Elks minstrels to have Dr. E. G. Coverdale to remain over for the show and take part. Dr. Coverdale was a star performer last season and could be used to a very good advantage. His plans at present are but to remain home a week, but with a little pursuasion he might be induced to stay.

The Packard Music House of Decatur Is a salesroom, selling direct from the Packard factory at Ft. Wayne, to the consumer. We 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 lod

Marshal Bohnke, who has for the past two or three weeks had th a job of collecting in the delinquent poll tax, states that he has practically completed his task and has made an extra ordinary good showing. Only a few men will have to be sued and these names will be turned over to the mayor who will institute proceedings at once. The gold watch contest that is being pulled off at the Pictorium is creating more excitement each day and the contest is getting warm indeed. Five ladies are well up in the race and all are making an extraordinary effort to secure this prize, which is a very pretty and appropriate one. The watch will be given away on Christmas and the lucky lady will no doubt be perfectly satisfied.

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