Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1908 — Page 3

Comfort Hirst pleasure Follows E\ ery one -enjoys a vacation if they are dressed right. Don't go on your vacation and say it was too warm to enjoy anything and all on account of your old hightop shoes. Come in and prepare yourself with a comfortable pair of Oxfords. With styles, prices and colors in all leathers we are waiting. Tague Shoe Store

WEATHER. Fair tonight; Saturday increasing cloudiness. railroad bulletin GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA. Northbound. No, 5, daily 1:28 a.m. No. 7 daily 7:57 a.m. No. 3, dally ex. Sun 3:07 p.m. Southbound. No. 2. dally ex. Sun 1:16 p.m. No. 6, daily 12:47 p. m. No. 12, daily ex. Sun 7:16 a.m. No. 16, Sunday only 8.51p.m. ERIE. Westbound. No. 7, daily 1:41 a. m. No. 9, daily 3:06 a. m. No. 21, daily ex. Sunday. .10:10 a. m. No. 3, daily 1:18 p. m. Eastbound. No. 12, daily 2:15 a. m. No. 8, daily 5:35 a. m. No. 22, daily ex. Sunday...2:oo p. m. No. 4, daily 3:26 p. m. T. ST. L. & W. R. R. Westbound. No. 1, daily 5:50 a. m. No. 3, daily 10:32 a. m. No. 5, daily 9:51 p. m. No. 23, daily local ex Sun. 10:32 a. m. Eastbound. No. 6, daily 4:52 a. UL No. 2, daily 12:28 p. m. No, 4. d atty......... 7:00 p. m. No. 22, daily loeal 1:15 p. m. Daily Interurban Schedule THE FT. WAYNE A SPRINGFIELD RAILWAY CO. Trains Leave Trains Leave Decatur Ft. Wayne 5:50 am. 7:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. 8:30 am. 8:30 am. 10:00 am. 10:00 am. 11:30 a.m. 11:30am. 1:00p.m. 1:00p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. Theater parties taking the 7:00 p. m. car will arrive at Calhoun or Berry streets, Fort Wayne at 8:10 p. m. The last car leaving Fort Wayne at 11:00 p. m. will wait until after the show.

O ♦o**o>*oo*o*> 0 ♦ ♦O**O**O** -ENSLEYi —£~~7l Eyes ? ■ Tested Free | I ♦ Annual sale commences 6th. of this month. The o 5 greatest cut in pri?es ever offered in the J ewe ry ► line. Lasts 30 days for strictly cash. ♦ ► WATCHES THAT WERE sl2, sls, s 2 ° 8° at ♦ j 89.50, 812,815 | ? Solid Silver Souvenier Spoons sold * ► at $1.50 now 90C. See my new o J line of wedding and all kinds ot ? presents in my window, marked in ♦ J plain figures. You can not afford ° j to miss this sale if you will ever have ♦ 0 any use for these goods. Call an ♦ ♦ see for yourself. ■ * I HENSLEY | ♦ JEWELER 2 H °HOHO>» o HOHOHOHOIHOHOHO* ♦ 0 HOHOHO

Elmer Johnson, of Pittsburg, attended the Decatur horse sale today. Harry Lowenstein, of Fort Wayne, was a business caller in the city today. Eli Sprunger arrived home this morning from a business trip to Berne Indiana. Mr. Lynch,a horse buyer from Chicago, was in attendance at the horse sale today. John Koenig returned to his home at St. Marys, Ohio, after being here on important business. J. L. Scott, agent for the Prudential Insurance company, transacted business in the city Thursday. Mrs. Frank Small, of Hoagland, was in the city shopping yesterday and returned home last evening. Mrs. Russell Field arrived in the city and will visit her father, Mr. J. A. Blew of this city for several days. Will Shelton left early this morning for Akron, Ohio, where he will be the guest of friends and relatives for several days. H. O. Switzer transacted business at Ohio City, Ohio, and returned to his home at Fort Wayne by the way of this city. Cass county, in which Logansport is located, has had three murders and two suicides within the past two weeks. W. B. Hall, of Kendallville, asks us to announce that he has cottages for rent at Rome City. If interested write him at Kendallville, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Klrbih, of Fort Wayne, have made a visit to Germany and returned to their home by the way of this city yesterday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Butler and daughter Bernice, who visited several days with Albert Butler and family, turned to their home at Fort Wayne this morning. Decatur U. B. church will observe Children’s Day services on Sunday evening, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. This will be one of the pleasing services during the year to which the public is cordially invited. Dr. L. O. Oyler, of Warsaw, will conduct the fourth quarterly conference of the Decatur charge at Union Chapel church next Monday at 9:00 a m. All the different boards of trustees will please have written reports and be reorganized for this meeting. Dr. Oyler will preach at Union Chapel church on Sunday evening.

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Otto Bremerkamp was at Bluffton transacting business at that place. Miss Nellie Daniels, of Preble, spent a few hours in this city this morning visiting relatives. Attorney Cottrell, of Berne, transacted business in the city today and has returned to his home. Noah of Webber, of Fort Wayne, attended the horse sale here today and has returned to his home. Frank Cantwell, who worked at the Murray Hotel, returned to his home at Fort Wayne this morning. Oliver Johnson, who visited several days at Willshire, Ohio, has returned to his home at Covington, Ky. A. E. Shutt, of Akrcn, Ohio, transacted business here today and left on the afternoon car for Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Henderson, of Fort Wayne, were in the tity today the guests of W. A. Kuebler and family. Rev. E. L. Jones and wife, of Monroe, were the guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones today. Miss Augusta Sakemailer of Delphos, Ohio, who visited for five weeks with relatives at Geneva, has returned to her home. Messrs. D. H. Miller and C. B. Schmuck left qn the 8:30 car for Fort Wayne, where they transacted business today. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bailey passed through the city enroute to Kokomo where they will spend several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bryan. Mrs. Ed Forrey, of Berne, has been spending the past few days in this city on business and returned to her home Thursday morning.—Portland Commerciafßeview. Mr. and Mrs. Brackett came home last night after a several weeks' trip to Chicago and Mt. Clemens. They will soon be at home in the new Steele cottage on Madison street. The Misses Maude and Pearl Shaft returned to Craigville, after making a pleasant visit with Rev. C. T. Payne. Miss Maude Shaft, who lives at Toledo, Ohio, is spending her vacation with her parents at Craigville J. W. Hendricks and family, east Main street, will leave Thursday morning for Oden, Michigan, where they will spend their summer’s outing at their cottage. They will return to this city about September Ist. —Portland Sun. The Northern Indiana Christian Church Ministers’ institute in session at Wabash selected Huntington as the place for holding the next convention in June, 1909. Rev. Vernon Stauffer, of Angola, was elected president of the institute. Mr. and Mrs. Naaman Miller will arrive home from Grand Rapids, Mich., Monday. Mr. Miller is very much better, the only ill effects he now feels from his paralytic stroke being weakness, and this he is gradually overcoming.—Bluffton Banner. George Strickler and family of Monroe, and Lew Reynolds, Gilbert Strickler and wife and Mrs. W. H. Sheler of this city went to Anderson, Ind., this morning to attend a camp meeting of the Church of God held at that city. The services will continue for ten days. The tickets are out for the home talent play “In the Village by the Sea” to be given under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church. The play will be staged Monday night, June 15 and a liberal patronage is due these ladies in their effort. John S. Postal, of this city, is one of the incorporators of the American Steel Wheel company, of Alexandria, with capital stock of $250,000. The plant of the company, at Alexandria, has been constructed and in operation for some time. Mr. Postal is one of the heavy stockholders.—Bluffton Banner. Frank Webb, of South Bend, who participated in the killing of Sheriff Frank Oglesby, at Winamac last October, when the officer attempted to arrest Webb and a companion for train robbery, >has been found guilty of murder in the second degree and his punishment has been fixed at life imprisonment. David E Brumbtugh, of Pierceton, who returned Monday evening from California, with his wife, was at once arrested on a grand jury indictment charging him with having embezzled $30.01 of funds of the Lincoln National Life Insurance company, of (Fort Wayne, while acting as its agent Brumbaugh gave bond in the sum of SSOO. Mrs. Arman Mentzer left this morning for Decatur where she has been called by the death of her uncle, Rev. W. P. Peters, which occurred several days ago in Springfield, Mo. The funeral services will be held at Decatur. Rev. Peters was known in this city as he was aiecturer and western missionary of some prominence. He has lectured in this city, his last appearance being in the Methodist church several years ago. —Bluffton News.

John F. Felty, of Geneva, transacted business here today and left for home this afternoon. H. G. Hoagland, attorney at law, of Fort Wayne, transacted legal business in this eity today. George E. Trenam, of Fort Wayne, who transacted business here today, has returned to his heme. Master Solomon Lord went to Fort Wayn e today noon to make a few days’ visit with relatives. J. H. Faurot made a business trip to Huntington this morning for the interest of the Catholic education. E. W. Lobenstein, of Fort 'Wayne, passed through here enroute to Monroe for a short visit with his parents. Miss Martha Kettler, of Fort Wayne, was in the city giving lessons in music today. She returned home on an afternoon car. John Joseph left on the 10 o’clock car for Fort Wayne and Kendallville where he spent the day looking after business interests. Miss Florence Wandell, of Bluffton, wag in the city enroute to Geneva where she will be the guest of relatives for several weeks. Mrs John F. Snow went to Geneva this afternoon. While there she will make a pleasant visit with her mother, Mrs. A. J. Hoskinson. Mrs. Minnie Smith and son Claude, who visited Mr. and Mrs. Ross Mallonee for several days, left for their home at Markle this morning. Oscar Kaufman, of New York City, who transacted important business in the city, left on the noon car for Fort Wayne, enroute to Indianapolis. E. D. Oglesbee, who has accepted a position as telegraph operator at Preble, was in the city enroute from Foraker, Ohio, to his new field of work. Mrs. J. C. Schooley and daughter Miss Mabel McLaughlin, were expected to arrive this afternoon from Elkhart, Indiana, for a visit with Miss Flora Crist. D. M. Hensley, the south Second street jeweler is announcing a special sale for one month and the attention of our readers is called to his ad. which Is elsewhere in this issue. Do you realize that the Fourth of July is less than a month away? It’s four weeks from tomorrow. Several nearby towns are talking celebration, but Decatur hasn't made any fuss about it yet. Jack the prize fighter, who was defeated Oct. 17, 1905 by Philadelphia Jack O’Brien at Los Angeles, Cal., was in the city today, being now engaged in the advertising business. Mrs W. E. Winch, son Bruce and daughter Helen, who visited for about two weeks with Mrs. Marie Holloway, returned to Fort Wayne, their former home, enroute to Branson, Mo, where they will reside in the future. Mr. B.'C. Bowner, assistant cashier of American National bank, of Indianapolis, who transacted business with bankers here and at Fort W’ayne left for his home this morning. While here he visited Charles A. Dugan and Charles Niblick. W. L. Keller, the ever progressive Monroe merchant, who handles a fine line of shoes, groceries, dry goods and notions, has an announcement elsewhere in this paper in regard to a sale he will conduct on suitings and waistings. It will well pay Monroe people to note same. The price of lumber has been going down slowly for some time. The outlook is that the P. W. Smith saw mill will not run this year on account of a poor demand for lumber. S. L. Kuntz, who is in the employ of P. W. Smith & Co., says that his firm has not been without an order for lumber of some kind the past 32 years, but at the present time there is no order in.— Berne Witness. Mr. Mary Hinshaw, mother of William E. Hinshaw, who is serving a lif£ sentence in the Michigan City prison for the murder of his wife, is dead at her home near Winchester. She was 82 years of age. Until the last few years, when her son was returned to prison, following a parole she had endured her afflictions hopefully, and was much better during the time he conducted himself in a manner such that he was allowed to remain with her. When he was returned to prison, she began to decline rapidly. She is survived by six children, five boys and one girl.

THE PICTORIUM TONIGHT First reel —“The Morocco Tanger.” Second reel —“The Pirates.” SONG. “Hermit on the Mississippi J. B. STONEBURNER. Prop.

SPECIAL $ 15.00 SUIT SALE feja* A sale at $15.00 for Men’s Suits are a l to & e th er different from 0 regular $15.00 Suits. Nothing unj usual about the price to be sure. There are a great many men’s suits in the city priced at $15.00, but ■ jUI-u the unusual part of this sale is the W !l class of suits to be found here now ~ at $15.00. They never, when be!M 1 / / 'i* * ng ma^e were intended to bear ICf 1 $15.00 marks. It / Come in and see our Children’s JI Wash Suits, Blouse or Russian Styles, plain and fancy. Suits that will wash and wear 50c to $1.75. See our Show Window HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO.

Fine Michigan Farms for Sale We are offering some bargains in the following counties: Manistee, Mason, Benzie and Wexford. These farms are situated in western part of Mihigan and are in the Great Fruit Belt. We also raise wheat, corn, oats, rye and potatoes. A crop failure is never known in this section. Land can be bought from $lO up per acre and can be sold on easy payments. Write or call upon and get Pamphlet. , HAMMEL, KANN & CO. Manistee, Mich., or DAN N. ERWIN Local Agent Decatur i. o. o. F. All members of St Marys Lodge No. 167, are respectfully requested to assemble at the Clover Leaf depot this evening at 7 o’clock to meet the remains of Brother Peters, and accompany the same to rhe Cloud home. L. C. HELM. o B. P. O. E. MEETS TONIGHT. The regular meeting of the Elks lodge will occur at 8 o’clock this evening. Business of special importance is to come before the meeting and all members are urged to be present, particularly the trustees. o • Jno. W. Anderson, of Fort Wayne, was a business caller here today.

Steele-Thomas Hay T t , The strongest steel ! tedder made. The cut ■ i \ ' shows the general ap- ■ \ K // - pearance. The frame S 11 iKS/wsMa/ Ikpu ~ steel angle bars. The ■ ‘”1 wheels an extra heavy S " ■ lam steel with wide chan- ■ 1 i f fry' nei ° utt i res 011 to P re ~ ■ n /WWW I I r 1c ■ vent s^PPin S- ■ rMu /F/r / ' f wim 111 This is the tedder 1 ■il for wan dng. The I ■ I I / J ’M 3 very est stee l hay ■ ■ j tedder on the market. ■ L Sold by LAMAN & LEE J

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Decatur

Mrs. Wm. Schlegel and daughter Ruby went to Monroe, where they will make a several days’ visit with relatives.

John C. Moran left for Portland this afternoon, where he will look after legal business. He will return tonight.