Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1908 — Page 3

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WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; slightly colder north portion tonight. John Smlthley is a Fort Wayne business caller today. William Butler made a business trip to Monroe this morning. Mrs. Ora Gephart went to Fort Wayne to transact business. Mrs. L. Ruby went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. W. A. Ruby left this morning for Fort Wayne on a business trip. Mrs. Charley Colter and son Robert are spending the day at Fort Wayne. Troy Babcock left this morning for Kokomo, to mak e a visit with friends. Rollo Smlthley accompanied his father to Fort Wayne on a business trip. Miss Amelia Peters went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with friends. Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt left this noon for Bluffton to visit a few days with her parents. C. W. Howgers, of Ohio, passed through the city this morning enroute to Fort Wayne. Mrs. A. J. Reynolds left this morning for Indianapolis, where she will make a visit with her son, Rolla. Mrs. Adam Puettell, of Berne, passed through the city enroute to Fort Wayne,where she is taking treatment. John Spuhler left this morning for the country, where he will cry a sale for Frank Greaser near Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Alex Wood and children passed through the city enroute from Marion, Ind., to Muskey, Mich., to live in the future. John Meyers is arranging to go to Grand Rapids tomorrow, where his son Laurie will graduate Thursday evening from the veterinary college. Guy Majors returned to Berne this morning to resume his duties after being the guest of friends and relatives in the city for some time. Troy Babcock left this morning for LaFayette to attend the Purdue commencement exercises in which his brother George will take part. W. H. Leas, of Waterloo, was a visitor over night with his daughter, Mrs. Earl Peters and he accompanied the Adams county delegation to Indianapolis to attend the state convention.

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Father George is a Fort Wayne business caller. L. E. Opliger was a business caller at Fort Wayne today. John Lachot left this morning on a business trip to Fort Wayne. J. W. Gentis left this morning for Fort W’ayne on a business trip. Miss Midge Smith is spending the day at Fort Wayne with friends. George Browne returned this morning from a visit at Fort Wayne. D. E. Lauferty came to the city this morning on his regular business trip. W. Ward, of Monroe, came to the city this morning on a business mission. Frank Chrisman, the Bluffton life insurance agent, was her e this morning, closing up a couple of prospects. Mrs. A. Hood, of Marion, Ind., passed through here today enroute to Muskegon, Mich., where she will make here future home. Have you arranged for one of our handsome Library Wall Charts? It’s the greatest map ever shown in Adams county. Get one for the children. Miss Daisy Ballinger, of Decatur, transferred here Saturday evening enroute to Fort Recovery, Ohio, where she will take a position in the millinery store of the Misses Reinhard. — Portland Commercial-Review. Abe Poch left this morning for Portland, where he will buy horses forth Decatur Horse company. The proprietors expect to have an unusual good consignment of horsos for next Friday’s sale and a large number of buyers are expected to be present. Jesse Schwartz, residing two miles east of the city, was admitted to the Adams county bar this morning and he proceeded to distribute cigars to the various lawyers and his friends. Mr. Schwartz is a well educated young man and has a promising future in the law profession in which he expects to engage in the future. Effective yesterday at noon, all of the mechanical departments at the Erie suspended operation. According to bulletins work will not be resumed until April 1. The order seems to be a general retrenchment, far reaching in effect, throwing thousands of employees out of work the next eight days. Only emergency work will be handled in the round house departments at the various shops.

John Frisinger made a business trip to Portland this afternoon. Miss Lydia Schumm, of Schumm, was spending the morning here. Mrs. Sadie Meyers and children arrived from a visit at Craigvilie. Miss Leota Ross went to Berne this afternoon for a visit with her sister. Mrs. Tom Gauze went to Bern e this afternoon where she will make her future home. Miss Hulda Schumm, of Schumm. was shopping in the city this morning. F. W. Bowman and Lafayette Ellis rave gone to Rome City on a duck hunting trip. A beautiful spring day was this and the straw hat season doesn’t seem so very far away. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hilton went to Monroe this afternoon for a Visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Harvey Steele is rapidly recovering from the effects of the operation she underwent some time ago. A. J. Bargahiser, of Ridegvilie, was a business caller in our city today and has returned to his home. C, H. Krickeberg, of Ridgeville, returned to his home this afternoon from a business trip to this city. J. A. Moser left this noon for Fort Wayne, when he will visit the Arestal school of photography this afternoon. Decatur will send quite a delegation to Anderson Thursday to attend the Eighth district congressional convention. Dent W. Spencer and his show troup will entertain th e public at an amusing show tomorrow night at the Bosse opera house,

Quite a number of Decatur people will form a theater party to attend "Madam Butterfly” at the Majestic Saturday evening. The teachers’ annual state convention will be held at Indianapolis during next week and a number of Adams county people will attend. Mr. and Mrs. William Ralston returned to their home at Geneva today after making a visit with their daughter. Mrs. Chauncey Buckmaster. James Stogwell. of Fort Wayne, passed through the city to Willshire to transact business and to greet his old friends as pe formerly lived here. Attorney J. C. Sutton this afternoon sold the Mrs. Gilbert farm to Jonas Gilbert for $2,300. It consists of f6rty acres and was appraised at $3,400. Mr. Gilbert was th e only bidder. A new cas e was filed in Squire Stone’s court this morning entitled Graham & Scott vs. Isaac Chronister in which the sum of $5.89 is demanded. The case is set to be tried March 26. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Elzey will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow to attend the funeral of Clyde Noonan, a nephew, aged twenty-four, who died Sunday af‘er a year's illness with consumption. H e was a splendid young man. County Commissioner William Miller will be among the Adams county Democrats, who will go to Indianapolis tomorrow to attend the state convention. it being his first trip of this kind, though a lif e time democrat. The council will met in continued regular session this evening, the most important part of the meeting being the approval of plans for the new sewer bulkhead near the Monroe street bridge, where the cavein recently occurred. A. J. Smith and Col. Fred Reppert will go to Attica, Ind., tomorrow to attend the Naive Hereford Shorthorn cattle sale. The former will probably make a few purchases of fine cattle while Mr. Reppert will serve as the auctioneer. In the case entitled Fort Wayne Buggy works vs. Frank and L. C. Richards, brought in Squire Stone’s court, the plaintiff was given posession of the buggy in question and a judgment of $45 was rendered against the defendants. A deal is on, which in all probabilthe purchase of the White bank building at the corner of Clinton and Wayne streets, by the Physicians’ Defense company. When the deal is completed it is stated that the general offices of the company will oe established in the building--Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. ItTTTy Adams, a printer who has in times gone by worked in the Democrat office, is just becoming th e possessor of a new pair of legs of the wooden variety caused by a train cutting off his natural pedal extremities. Adams has tramped over the country for several years, but will likely confine his meanderings to the city of Frankfort, where he now is, hereafter.

Supt. Fred W. Carlisle, of the King piano factory, became suddienly ill this afternoon with excruciating pains over almost his entir e body, due in part, it is thought, to indigestion. A physician was called and Mr. Carlisle received some relief but at three o’clock was still so ill that he could not be moved to his room at the Mike Long residence—Bluffton News.

CLOSED INCISION Eli Presdorf Submitted to Another Surgical Operation Today IN BAD CONDITION And Physicians State that Recovery Will Be Nothing Short of Miraculous Drs. D. D. and C. S. Clark of the city and Dr. McOscar, of Fort Wayne, performed another" operation on Eli Presdorf this morning for the closing of the bowels. He was given an antiseptic early this morning after which th e physicians made an investigation 1 of the condition of the intestines and bowels. Tubercular masses were much I in evidence and a large quantity of serum had gathered in his abdominal

cavity. The incision made by the surgical knife was sewed by the doctors, and although it is possible for him to recover, the chances are against him. It became necessary for the physicians to make a hole in each side of his body for the drainage of the serum. It is Indeed remarkable that the afflicted man has borne his serious ailment Iso well as the attending physicians [state that a person of ordinary constitution would have given away to the dread disease weeks ago. However, Mr. Presdorf has fought heroically against what was thought to be inevitable death and he may yet win. The Fort Wayne Central league ball team will report next Sunday for practice. Miss Rosa Windle returned this afternoon from 1 a visit with friends at Kendalvllle. The high school ball team are working out each day and will soon send out some challenges. Albert A. Butler will attend the convention at Indianapolis this week and incidentally collect some old sheriff fees from the courts there. Grover Blake, the Anderson youth who murdered his mother to obtain $25 which she had hidden in her clothes, has confessed. He was captured at Fort Wayne. Marshal Bohnke was on the lookout for the lad during the day. The attorneys for the defense in the Brown murder case at Van Wert have until Thursday of this week to file a plea in abatement or a demurer.which constitute a further attack on the validity of the indictment. It is understood that such steps are under consideration and will probably mark the course to b e pursued. The coming wedding of Albert Neuhauser and Miss Della Soldner was announced last Sunday at the Mennonite church, and will take place next Friday forenoon at the home of the bride’s parets. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Soldner in Wabash township. Mr. Neuhauser is one of the clerk’s and stockholders of the People’s store. — Berne Witness.

The base ball enthusiasts will hold a meeting at the Model cigar store tomorrow evening for the purpose of discussing the plans for this season’s playing. Charles Pennington has already received several letters asking for games and he expects to book several teams. The first step toward organizing the team will b e made tomorrow evening and all players of the city are requested -to be present. John W. Reffey has exchanged his farm eight miles southeast of this yity for a one hundred and twenty acre tract ten miles from Mt. Pleasant Michigan. He left Thursday with his household goods and -will be joined by his family in one week. Mrs. Reffey and the children went to Monroe, Friday, to visit relatives until he can get their new home arranged. They will be located in the same neighborhood with C. Wile a/id J. jP. Holmes, former residents of this city. < —Portland Sun. The committee of the Mission church opened th e bids for the construction of their church Saturday evening at 4 o’clock. The bids were as follows: Berne Lumber Co., brick and sandstone trimming $4,300, brick and cement trimming $4,150, cement |block $3,630. Atificial (Stone <Jo,, brick with cement trimming $3,998, cement block $3,745. George Brewster, brick $4,783. The above bids do not include the excavation of the cellar nor the glass, furniture nor furnace. The congregation will meet this afternoon to consider the bids. — Benre Witness.

THE PICTORIUM TONIGHT First reel—“ Under the Seas.’’ Second reel —“Entrance to the Woods.” SONG. ‘“Where th e Winds Over the Sea Blows a Gale.” No. "546 w-as the lucky number last night and no one presented it. so there will be another drawing tonight. Bring in your tickets. J. B. STONEBURNFR, Proo

EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN? The Single Woman’s Demand For the Married Man’s Wage a New Feature of the Suffrage Movement. With the admission by the New York women school teachers that they are not working merely for an increase of pay, but for equalization of salaries as between men and women, it is realized that the equal pay movement has become an important feature of the woman suffrage propaganda. This demand for equal pay by the teachers has been taken up by the aggressive suffragettes. who see in it an opportunity to enlist indifferent sisters in the cause. Nothing less than the equalization of the salaries of single women up to the wage of the married men will satisfy the teachers. That 80 per cent of men teachers are the heads of families and that 60 per cent are aiding other relatives in no way abates the women’s demands, nor are they dismayed by the fact that for well settled economic reasons stenographers and other women workers receive less pay than men. What a concession to the equal pay demand would entail in the way of increased taxation is shown by the fact that it would cost New York city alone over $9,000,000 a year to equalize its school teachers’ salaries. This is only one of the factors that led the superintendent of New York schools to state that “neither by any received economic theory nor by the analogy of any practice in any walk of life can it be regarded as sound policy to determine the salaries of the great majority (women) of the teaching force by the salaries paid to a comparatively few (men) who are employed for special purposes.”

Free School Luncheons. In England the problem of feeding Insufficiently nourished school children has become so acute that many municipalities have been compelled to supply free breakfasts at least to thousands of public school pupils. The Salvation Army abandoned its work in this field for awhile, but the need was so great that it had to take It up again, and last year it supplied over 350,000 breakfasts to children at a charge of half a cent each. In looking for a food that would be cheap and at the same time sufficiently nourishing the experts employed recommended a breakfast consisting of a currant roll weighing six ounces and a mug of cocoa. This decision confirms the conclusions of some of the world’s leading diet specialists that currants are one of the most nourishing and wholesome and at the same time one of the cheapest food products. Food Value of Dried Fruit. Sir Francis Henry Baking, King Edward’s famous physician, has an article in the Scientific American on ‘‘The Food Value of Dried Fruits,” In which he says: , “From recent analyses of samples of dried currants the fact has been verified that the fruit contains no less than 73 per cent of sugar in its most valuable form. This great saccharic proportion is already in the shape of grape sugar, and thus is potential to take up its work of producing and maintaining energy and vitality. It is what is known as ‘invert sugar,* a composite of dextrose and levulose. It assists digestion, it allays nervous excitement and provides nourishment in case of nervous exhaustion. “In the dietary of the peasant classes of Greece, a people remarkable for their hardihood and health, the currant appears at almost every meal, while in Germany and Holland currant bread is a common article of food. Indeed, among the many shapes in which the currant may lie brought to the table a bread made of, say, thirty parts of currants to seventy parts of dough is one of the best. “For children and those who must of necessity adopt a diet currants will prove a digestive aid and act as a gentle and natural laxative. Therefore any accusation against the delicious. economical and valuable little fruit mast fall to the ground as absurd.”

CR YST AL —THEATRE® OPEN TONIGHT MOTION PICTURES. First film—“ Through Darkness to Light.” Second film —“The Toledo Fire Department.” ILLUSTRATED SONG. “So Long, Joe.” SCHMUCK & MILLER

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Jesse O. Smith is again prepared to drill your well better and quicker than any one else. He uses a gas engine for power and twenty years experience has taught him the well business thoroughly. Call phon e 98. 64-26 t

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150 Head HORSE Decatur, Indiana, March 27,1908 At our coming sale we will have the largest and best consignment we have ever had. If you want a horse, we can suit you. We will have some choice brood mares and colts and a lot of general purpose horses. If you have a horse to sell, bring him to this sale. We had a large number of eastern buyers at our last sale. We will have more at our coming sale. Commission the same whether sold at auction or private sale. Decatur Horse Sale Co

DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY BIG -’FASTIDIOUS women consider Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic a necessity in the hygienic care of the person and for local treatment of feminine ills. As a wash its clesnsing, germ-cidal, deodorizing and healing qualities are extraordinary. For sale at Druggists. Sample free. Addreaa The R. Paxton Co., Boston, Mass.

Silver Sale During Balance of March Having an overstock of Solid and Plated Silverware I will sell the same at greatly reduced prices All $l5O Solid Silver Spoons including all building Q| HE spoons, goat. . . . vIiZJ All $1.25 Solid Silver 0| QH Spoons go at . . . VIiUU All sl.ooSolid Silver 7Rp Spoons go at I Ju Plated Spoons, Meat Forks, Berry Spoons, Individual Salad Forks and Tea Sets, Baking Dishes will be sold from % to ’-3 off. Take advantage of this sale and lay in a supply of GOOD SILA ER ENGRANING FREE W. L. LEHNE, JEWELER