Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1908 — Page 3

I Another I SHIPENT * of those Ladies’ .‘Patent Leather Shoes, j e today. The sarn^ e that drew such a tft* n the fall. Neat a® ve and good wearers.! I ■L Come in and hem. I | Tqgue_She Store

WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Friday! not much change in temperature. LI —- ™ ■_ ■■■■■ | « Dee Lewton made a business tri to Portland yesterday. Miss Ethel Wordroff left at noon fl her home at Delphos, Ohio. 1 1 Miss Josephine Shoemaker is speA. ing the day at Fort Wayne. Ray Do» .athan, of Willshire, waJ. fl Decatur caller yesterday. Charley Syre, of Marion, was iting J. J. Foughty yesterday. Miss Netti e Smith and Mrs. C.fcet Meibers returned last night froit visit with friends at Fort Wtyne. Jer

I PRE--IN\£NTORY I SJLE tit week we take our anil invoice. In order to (her reduce our stock we fl offer some exceptional rgains in all kinds of fine bes Friday and Saturday. ■ k, OharliqVoglewede Throe Seller.

I J STOP - LOOK - LISTEN I Mgl i B A 2(toer cent saving for you. In order to make room for our large SPRING STOCK we have decided to allow g| Bl you 20 f cent reduction on all our overcoats for men, boys and children also on broken lots of suits for men. We |_ B have the suits in sizes 34 to 44. Long and knee pants for boys, also suits for boys and children. Dress shirts, |g gwoolenlderwear, fancy vests and our entire stock of odd pants for men, all included in this big bargain offer. gU „ Yofan buy any hat or cap in our store at 20 per cent reduction during this sale. s ||g S F For prices and extraordinary values see our big display window. g § Salpegins Saturday morning, January 4,1908 and will continue during the month. TERMS CASH g ■ T H I i Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson | j 1 BIG STORE BLOCK , J J

|,-s Emma Hoffman is confined to Some on account of illness. J. and Mrs. L. T. Syphers came 11 from Fort W’aynfe today . ank Winnes arrived from Pleasj Mills enroute to his home. !. H. Ruba, of Willshire, was a latur business caller yesterday. Krs. Della Fetzer has returned m Frankfort, where she was the Ist of friends for some time. fiss Elenora Plack returned to her ne at Fort Wayne this morning afenjoying a visit with friends in i city. liss Myrtle Watts, of Toledo, is the >st of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Watts, and she will return to • home next Sunday.

Miss Ethel Harlln arrived at noon from Bluffton to visit with friends. Miss Nora Ahr has gone to Van Wert, Ohio for a visit with friends. Red Beam, of Willshire, was a business caller to our city last evening. N. K. Todd, of Bluffton, was a business caller to our city last evening. The party who lost the fountain pen may have the same by inquiring at this office. Mrs. William Milkey and children left at noon to make a visit at Pleasant Mills. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kunkle and daughter Florence are spending the day in the city. F. V. Mills went to Portland this morning to attend the election of the district chairman. John Jones, of Muncie, is in the city the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Jones. Willshire was well represented at the opera house last evening at the Elks minstreL Miss Blanche Shackley arrived home from Peterson, where she has been visiting her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Colter went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend th e day -with friends. Erman Shank, of Angola, has ari rived in the city today to visit with relatives for some time. A number of Elks from Bluffton were in our city last evening attending the Elks minstrel. Rev. Edgar Jones, of Monroe, was a guest at the home of his father, J. B. Jones, yesterday. Miss Radamacker returned to Fort Wayne this morning after making a pleasant visit her with her parents. Grandmother Gaffer went to Fort Wayne this morning to make a short visit with her son, Mike Gaffer and family. Misses Bess Donehey and Bess Whitty, of Fort Wayne, who visited friends here yesterday, have returned to their home. Mr, and Mrs. E D. Leas have returned to their home at Angola after spending New Years with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Peters. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. DeWitt returned to their hom e at Roanoke this morning after making a pleasant visit here with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. DeWitt. Tony Forbing will return to Milford Thursday morning, after making a pleasant visit here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Peter Forbing. W. H. Leas, of Waterloo, and E. D. Leas, of Angola, arrived yesterday morning to be the guest of Mr. atd Mrs. Earl Peters for a short time. W. H. Fledderjohafin returned yesterday morning from a business trip at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was looking after matters pertaining to the company. Mrs. Margaret Fussing and Mrs. Kate Wiley, of Cleveland, Ohio, returned to their home by the way of Toledo, Ohio, after visiting with Miss Susie Harrison. George Wemhoff is 'suffering from an attack of blood poison of the face the result of shaving himself with a safety razor. George although able to be up and around is nevertheless under the care of a physician.

Tillman Sawye; arrived this noon from Bluffton. G. R. Griffin is A Fort Wayne caller this afternoon. D. S. Forsel returned to his home at Willshire today. John Smith made a business trip to Delphos, Ohio. George Epper -vas a business caller in our city this taiorning. O. C. Fink went to Berne this afternoon on business. Jacob Hoffman made a business trip to Berne this afternoon. Leon Ginner returned to his home at Celina, Ohio, this noon. Miss Mary Yocum left at noon for Dunkirk, where she lives. J. M. Blossom, of Quincy, 0., is in our city visiting with friends. B. J. Terveer and son left on a pleasure trip at noon for Fort Wayne. Agnes Westrick returned home after visiting with relatives south of Decatur. Mrs. J. J. Downing has returned to her home at Geneva after a visit in the city. Mrs. Bud Brokaw went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit with friend's. J. A. Purdy and wife left for a business trip at Richmond, Ind., at noon. Dr. H. E. Keller and son Raymond are Fort Wayne visitors today on business. Mrs. J. R- McFeeley and daughter are in our city visiting with Mr and Mrs. James Bain. Charles Colter and wif e returned this afternoon from a visit with friends at Fort Wayne. Clem Michael, of Geneva, transacted business in our city today and has returned to his home. Adam Carpenter returned to his home at Mandill, Ohio, after visiting with Jesse Carpenter. Miss Edna Bremerkamp has returned to Goshen after spending New Years with her mother . Mrs. Harry Dean arrived at noon from Bluffton to visit her parents, Major Allison and wife. Mr. and Mrs Jerry Torrence, of Marion, are in our city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bryson. Miss Eliza Westrick and uncle. Adam Westrick, returned home today to the southern part of Indiana. Mrs. Hugh Miller has returned to her home at Muncie aft.er making a pleasant visit with her mother, Mrs. H. Winnes. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Coppock have returned to their home at Richmond after making a visit with relatives in the city. W. H. Graham and wife returned to their home at Monroe this afternoon afer enjoying a visit with relatives in the city. Mrs. Alice Jellison, of Portland, returned to her home this afternoon from a visit in the city with her nephew, M. Baughman. Ralph Tyndall is suffering from the grip. The most aggravating part of his illness is that he is prevented fiom taking part in the minstrel show he having prepared himself fully to join Lou Holthouse’s crowd of Fiji Islanders. He is better today.

Otto Wemhoff is attending a ball at I Lima, Ohio, this evening. ; Dale Moses has gone to Angola to I enter the Tri-State normal college. I Miss Velma Burkhead has returned I to Bluffton after making a visit in I th e city. Master Glen Neptune went to Mar- I ion yesterday morning to make a visit with relatives. Mr. a«d Mrs. Lon Ball spent yesterday at th e home of John Ruckman north of the city. Mrs. C. Hildebrand went to Bluffton yesterday morning to be the guest of friends for some time. George Babcock left yesterday morning for Marion, where he will make a short visit with friends. A number of out of th e city people attended the Elks minstrels las evening at the Bosse opera house. Miss Bertha Steele and Mrs. J. C. | Coverdale are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hughes at Fort Wayne. W. H. Leas returned to Waterloo tcday from a short visit in the city with his daughter, Mrs. Earl Peters. The C. B. L. of I. will meet tomorrow night. All members are requested to be present, both ladies and gentlemen. Herbert Lachot and the Misses Lilah Lachot and Bessie Baumgartner re turned home from Bluffton this noon. Misses Nona and Cora Mcßarnes, of Pleasant Mills, returned to their home yesterday noon after shopping. There was nothing doing in police circles today everything being quiet and the New Year thus started off right. Mr. and Mrs. S. O Babcock have returrjed to their home at Cresline, Ohio, after making a visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Babcock. Miss Kate Hammell who visited with her brother in law, Charles B. Smith and wife of Second street, returned Wednesday to her home at Decatur. Mrs. Smith accompanied her home for a visit.—Portland Review. The greatest year in receipts that the office of the secretary of state has ever known, as it relates to the collection of fees, closed yesterday. Fred A. Sims, the present incumbent, will settle with State T\ 'asurer Oscar Hadley for the final charter, paying over the sum of J 48.411.54. Harvey Sawyer spent last evening in Fort Wayne, where he played the trombone in an orchestra for a large social function. The Will Dailey orchestra will play for a dance at Montpelier tonigh't. Messrs Sawyer and Dailey will be members of a large musical organization at the Elks carrjval in Decatur Wednesday and Thursday.—Bluffton News. There will be a total eclipse of the sun Friday evening, January 3 that may possibly be visible in Decatur for only about twenty minutes just about sunset. It will be visible as a toal eclipse on Flint Island in the Pacific ocean, in. the southern states and along the Pacific coast of North America. A short time before sunset, if the clouds do not interfere, citizens will be able to secure a glimpse of the dying eclipse. The sun will then disappear with a black notch on his limbs, increasing slowly until the king of day is lost beyond the line of rhe horizon.

I Our January Sale I fl Will be a money saver for you. We will have extra k H good bargains for yen in Dress goods, L T nderwear, fl fl Knit Goods, ready-made wrappers, Dressing sacques ■ ■ Embroidery, Laces, etc. fl We will offer you laces and embroideries that if you fl can use them you can’t help but buy them. W *■-: Remember the big cost sale on China and Cut B ■ Glass —They must be sold. I HT rue & I I Runyonl

S. Hockenbury, of Berne, was a business caller in our city today and returned to his hom e this afternoon. S. Hockenbury, of Berne, was a business caller in our city today and returned to his home this aftrnoon. Yesterday afternoon and evening the picture shows did a thriving business. Both places of amusement were taxed to their capacity at each performance and the shows were well appreciated. The seat sale for tonight’s Elks show has been very good and indications are that the members of the home talent play will be greeted by another packed house. Their programs are strictly up to date and have made a hit with all.

The Packard Music House of Decatur 4 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. * 3 L. F. ALEXANDER, AGENT. I North side of Public Library Decatur I nd

Mrs. B. F. Owen left this morning for her home at Taylorville after visiting with her mother, Mrs. Congleton for some time. New Year’s day was appropriately observed all over the city yesterday. The usual routine of making resolutions were made and broken by this time, but neverthless New Year's > day is among the most welcome holidays of the year. Let each person set ’ up a higher standard for 1908 than ! ever before and put forth great efforts - to reach the new goal. The Elks I started the new year off with a great. r show, the proceeds from which will iI b e used for local charity. Let us all I fall in line.