Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1908 — Page 3

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WARM LINED SHOE AND BOOT SALE

Tague Shoe Store

WEATHER. Showers and' coler tonight; Wednesday fair and cooler. W. R. Smith is attending the sale near Monmouth today. F. M. Schirmeyer Is a business caller at Fort Wayne today. Miss Edith Erwin is visiting friends at Delphos for a few days. Henry Levy, of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. W. L. Reidenback left for his home at Sehumm after visiting at Fort Wayne. Mrs. D. L. Coppock arrived home from Kokomo, where she was visiting her father. J. Shellabarger, of Rockford, Ohio, was seen on the streets of Decatur today on business. E. A. Roehm, of Sehumm, passed ' through the city enroute to his home | after visiting at Fort Wayne. Robert Archbold returned to his home at Toledo, Ohio, after visiting for a time with his sister, Mrs. Roy Archbold. Owing to the fact that the choir will use the church this evening to practice for their big concert Sunday evening, the Holy Grail will not meet this evening. The M. E. choir is practicing much to prepare for the sacred concert that is to be given next Sunday. From what we are able to learn many beautiful selections will be rendered. Mr. and Mrs. David Bordner and grandson, of Holgate, Ind., returned to their home this noon, after visiting for a week at Monroe with brothers and sisters and other relatives. The little baby of Mr. and Mrs. George Henneford was the victim of a painful accident this morning when it was badly burned by placing its hand against the stove. Although painful, the injury will soon be healed. In this manner the children of the .•ate Levi Nelson wish to express their heartfelt thanks to the friends and neighbors who so loyally assisted them during the sickness and death t of their father. The widow of the deceased joins in expressing her thanks. That rivalry exists between the high school classes was evidenced last night when about twenty-five boys held up the freshman class while they were on their way to the home of Albert Chronister. A little confab experienced after which the freshmen went their way rejoicing.

It's a Business Man’s Rubber, that is what we call our Never Slip Rubher. They are low cut, just cover the sole and heel and don't draw the foot. Easy to slip into and don't spoil vour shine. Men’s SI.OO «• > Charlie Voglewede Th« Shoe Seller.

J. N. Wilson, represening the Daily Democrat, is at Preble on a business trip. W. H. Fledderjohann and J. H. Koenig were business callers at Berne today. Mrs. R. E. Smith, of Ligonier, has arrived in the city tor a several days' visit with relatives. Attorney Drew, of Geneva, was a professional caller to our city today and returned to his home on the afternoon train. There was nothing much doing in police circles today other than that the chief was busily engaged in dodging rain drops. Work on the improvement of the Niblick & Co. store goes merrily along and by the end of the coming week will be completed. Mr. Gaffer is making excellent iheadw’ay and is putting on a dandy lot of work. Indiana univtrstty i® having distributed in various towns and cities of the state circulars describing its WX>rk. "Indiana” is growing better each year and the graduates from sime are well pleased with the Deca tur course taken. Several people are attending this college. A new show will be introduced this evning at the Pictorium entitled "The Dancing Swine” and “The Magic Flute.” These films are excellent, the later being a highly colored film that is beautiful. The first film is very amusing and you are sure to enjoy yourself if you see this show. A letter from Miss Rosie Fleming, who is at present located at Turlock. California, states that she and Mrs. Brown are enjoying the best of health and like their new home immensely. The climate, she says is ideal, and she advises every Adams county citizen to move to California. Miss Fleming formerly resided in Decatur. The rain and thaw today will no doubt have a tendency to cause the St. Marys river to again go on a rampage and overflow into the surrounding lowlands. The river has not yet reached its normal condition from its last rampage and this rain and thaw will add to the trouble and make it boom again. Street Commissioner J. D. Stults was busily engaged today in using the street scraper in taking the snow and ice from the gutters. Mr. Stults is taking time by the forelock, so that when the thaw comes the water will thus be given an opportunity to make its get away.

; T. W. Shelton made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. i Mr. Griswold, of near Pleasant Mills, ; was a business caller in our city yesI terday. Mrs. Ben Waggoner, of Berne, is in the city the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Don’t fail to hear “Bub Green sing "1 read it in a Book.” Opera house Friday night. The “Woman in Black” will be at the opera house Friday night to see “Uncle Rube.” Mrs. Presume, of Monroeville, attended the funeral of Levi Nelson yesterday and is visiting at the home of U. S. Drummond. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Nelson, of Fort Wayne, returned to their home last night after attending the funeral of i the former's father, Levi Nelson. | Mr. and Mrs. Erman Mentzer and I children Walter and Frances, who ; have been guests of friends and relai tives here for several days, returned I to their home last night. A new show will be introduced at 1 the Electric theater tonight and it ; is bound to please all who attend. I The film is positively up to date and I has never been seen in the city. The city band will be out to welcome “Uncle Rube” to our city Friday night I and a nice program has b?en arranged ' ' for the concert to take place near tht Holthouse Drug store at 7:30. William T. Purviance, a prominent citizen of Huntington county, died Saturday at his home in Jackson ; township. He was born in Ohio, in 1829. and came to Huntington county at an early day. 1 Gust Christen, of Louisville, Ky., , was in the city the guest of his pai- . ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Christen. He I left this morning for Fort Wayne. i where he was the guest of his brother Harry Christen. ■ , The funeral of Frank S Webster, I which took place Sunday afternoon at , i Monroeville, was attended by a num- . ber of local Scottish Rite Masons. , William Geake conducted the services, . which were held in the Methodist Epis- . copal church there.—Fort Wayne Sen- : tinel. Mrs. Daniel Swartz, of Bluffton, . found her four-year-old daughter en--5 veloped in flames, which had caught when her clothing touched a stove. ! The mother succeeded in extinguishing the blaze before the child was j 1 seriously burned. I The late Rev. Father Charts B. : Guendlihg who died at Lafayette, , I was a man of massive physical pro- . portions, and though not six feet tall , 1 he weighed 450 pounds. It was necesi i sary to build a coffin of special size in which his remains were laid to rest, at Peru.

A slight error was made in yester- ; day's issue in relation to James Free- ' man committing suicide, as he was I killed by an accidental discharge of i a gun, and not by a self-inflicted j wound. This correction is made willingly as there was no intention on i the part of the Democrat to slander any one as the error was made through an oversights The meeting of the Fort Wayne district conference will uegin next Monday and preparations are complete for a most interesting session. Speakers of ability are scheduled for lectures among whom is Dr. Edwin Holt Hughes, who is considered one of the best in this section. The session will ensue during the days of the second, third and fourth of March. What has become of the IndianaOhio league. Has it died in. its infancy or have the promoters given it up for a bad job? The Richmond papers still contend that there will be a league, but up to the present time there has been but two cities signified their intention of entering the proposed circuit, Richmond and Van Wert and both of these cities have the leading officials of the league. It looks as if there was nothing doing in the base ball line this season. Samuel Neuenchwander and Jacob Fiauhigcr are back from Permisgut county', Missouri, where they have been employed for the last two months on the land owned there by David Klopfeustine and Isaac Gehring. The land is in the southeast portion of the state and is entirely covered with timber. The underbrush is being cut preparatory to the cutting of the larger timber. A saw mill will be put on the land and the entire tract of 280 acres cut.—Bluffton Banner. Mr. add Mrs. Frank Robinson and daughters, Misses Lucile and Kendall Franke, are arranging to leave this week for their new home in the west. They will locate in Salt Lake City, which will be Mr. Robinson's headquarters in his work with the Harriman system of railroads in the west. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and daughters have a wide circle of friends in Bluffton. who will be sorry to see them leave our midst but who wish them all the joy and happiness possible in their new home in the west. —Bluffton News.

THE LIST GROWING List of Democratic State Candidates is Large SEEM ENCOURAGED Much Enthusiasm is Manifest Among the Democrats Indianapolis. Feb. 25. —Not in the memory of Joe Riley, who has been secretary of the Democratic state committee for years and years, has the list of Democratic candidates for state been as long as it is this campaign. In fact, not many years ago it was necessary to draft candidates for state offices, so little chance of winning was there for a Democratic nominee. But now, encouraged by what they consider excellent prospects of sweeping both the state and the nation, Democrats are bobbing up in all parts of the state and clamoring for places on the state ticket.

It is this feeling of confidence, Joe Riley says, that is bringing out. so many candidates. Many of them, he says, long have aspired to run for state office, but until now they have not cared to get into the race for the good reason that they realized it would be a waste of time and money. Mr. Riley also says he never has seen the time when the Democrats displayed as much genuine enthusiasm as they do now. when they were having as many banquets, love feasts and mass meetings as they are these days. Political gatherings make enthusiasm, Mr, Riley says, and enthusiasm makes ' candidates, and so it is that the delegates to the state convention March j 25 and 26 will have a longer list of j candidates fiom which to choose their I nominees than any previous convenI tion. I In several instances Democrats amj bitious to run for office have curbed their desires in order to allow the mtn who were on the last state ticket to have another chance when the future doesn't seem so dark and hopeless, but in other cases they have come out in droves almost and are fighting : for positions almost as earnestly as the ! Republican, and Democratic nominees I will fight after the two state conventions. . o Mrs. Earl Peters returned this morning from a several days’ visit with friends and relatives at Waterloo and Reading, Mich. She was accompanied home by Miss Mabel Waterman, who will remain here for a visit. The rain that set in last night made • the snow disappear at a very rapid rate this morning and as a result the sleighing will no doubt be ruined i as the roads will be left in a too barren state to pull a sleigh over. Those who enjoyed this sport while the snow lasted are the lucky ones, and those who waited to enjoy the same in the future must suffer. Number ninety-three was the lucky number that secured the two dollar and a half gold piece at the Pictorium last evening. The lucky number was not in the house last evening and must be presented not not later than Thursday night else the number will be void and a double drawing had on next Monday evening. Look yqur tickets over carefully. They may be worth two dollars and a half. o —— .SIMPLE WASH CURES ECZEMA. Itching, Burning Skin Disease Routed Without Use of Injurious Drugs. Great inventors often have been praised for surrendering the secrets of their discoveries. Practically the j same thing happened in the medical world in the case of Dr. Decatur D. , Dennie, the eminent skin specialist of Chicago. Dr. Dennis, in his own office practice, discovered that pure vegetable oil of Wintergreen, properly mixed with other simple remedies was practically a sure specific for Eczema, psoriasis, barber’s itch, salt rheum ' and other itching skin diseases. But | the oil of Wintergreen alone was found ineffective. It required other mild ingradients such as glycerine and thymol compounded with the wintergreen to produce the real eczema cure. This compound D. D. D. Prescription positively takes away the itch at once—the instant it is applied to the skin. This vegetable liquid does away with deleterious drugs so long used in an attempt, to doctor the blood, whereas modern science has determined that eczema is first and all the time a skin disease. If you want to know more about the merits of D. D. D. Prescription, call at our store. We vouch for this remedy. Smith, Yager & Falk.

808 SLED PARTIES (Continued from page 1.) and Mrs. Henry Dirkson’s last evening, north of the city. Games of various description were played and splendid music was furnished by Miss Bertha Kohne and Will Shelton. During the evening an elaborate luncheon was served. Those who were included on the invitation list were the Misses Clara Lange, Kate Henneford. Bertha Kohne, Gertrude Radamacker, Vera Ehinger, Messrs. Herbert Bre merkmp, Jesse Niblick. Herbert Lachot, Thomas Ehinger, Will Shelton, Thurman Porter. Several members of the Ben Hur lodge drove in a large bob sled to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lorando Springer last evening. A bean contest was the chief feature, in which Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner proved to be the winner of the first prize and the booby was captured by Enos Peoples. After the contest a dainty luncheon was served the guests who were: Messrs, and Mesdames Enos Peoples, L. L. Baumgartner, John Lachot, Andy Artman, Harvey Harruff, Amos Biggs. John Burke, Mrs. E. Eady, Mrs. John Springer. With th dog barking and large McKinley horn blowing and the home entirely lit up with candles, as you often read of the old colonial days, was the picture of the country home of Mr and Mrs. Ed Lyons last evening, situated two and half miles east of the city, when the members of the Christian Endeavor society and Mrs. Lyon’s Sabbath school class of the Presbyterian church arrived to spend the few short hours of the evening in response to invitations issued Sunday evening dining the meeting. A spelling school of long, long ago was the first feature, after which the guests poped corn in the old fashioned fireplaces. This was thoroughly enjoyed, for very seldom do you find such pleasant surprises. A poor man's t lunch was next served then an elegant i two course luncheon was cleverly served by the hostess, after several games were played. Before the members departed to their home, they joinedhands and sang “He Is So Precious to Me.” and “Bless Be the Tide” followed with a prayer by Mr. Thomas Perkin. The guests of the evening numbered forty-nine.

J. C. Grobaty and son Herbert, of Garner lowa, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linn, Monday at a twelve o'clock dinner. Mr. Grobaty was formerly an Adams county boy, until he moved to Garner. lowa.where he is now owner of a large dry goods and shoe department store. His many friends were glad to welcome him back to his home, Decatur. All the Pythian Sisters are invited to spend the day with Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold at her home at Fort Wayne, Friday, Feb. 28th. They will leave on the 8:30 car so all who are going , please be at the interurban station at the stated time. A very delightful stag dinner was given last evening by Mr. W. A. Keubler, the guest of honor being Judge Edward O’Rourke, of Fort Wayne. The dinner contained all the .elements that make men forget their troubles, and was served as only this famous household know how. The evening was devoted to social entertainment, and in all was a delightful event. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Beulah chapel of Preble, will give a social Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Crays, Preble. A program will be rendered and refreshments served. A silver offering will be taken. An invitation Is extended to all. The members numbering thirty of the Peterson school were delightfully entertained last evening by their teacher, A. W. Warner, of Seventh street. They came in a large bob sled. Games were played and a refreshing luncheon was served'. o The lecture to be given at the opera house tonight promises to be very interesting and a large audience should greet the speaker.

Cthe R Y S T A_L OPEN TONIGHT MOTION PICTURES. First film—“ The Simple Minded Peasant.” “Oh Me, Oh My.” Second film —"Edinburg and It's Castle.” "Soldiers Must Obey.” “The Price of a Kiss.” ILLUSTRATED 6ONG. “Blue Eyes,” SCHMUCK & MILLER

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