Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1908 — Page 3

FALL SHOES These coo! evenings makes us think of high top shoes. Why not buy early and get good selections. Goods are coming in every day in all new and novel patterns. Also the full toe and comfortable heel for people who are on their feet all day. We are always glad to show you our goods. Come I in. . TAGUE SHOE STORE

WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer tonight. RAILROAD BULLETIN GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA. Northbound. Into Effect Sunday, June 28. No. s—Dally 11:28 p.m. No. 7—Daily 7:67 a.m. No. B—DailyB—Daily ex. Sun 5:16 p.m. Southbound. No. 4— Dally 2:29 a.m. No. 12—Daily ex Sun 7:16 a.m. No. 2 —Dally ex. Sun 1:11p.m. No. 16— Sundays only 8:66 p.m. ERIE. Into effect Sunday June 21, 1908. Eaet bound. No 8. Dally 6:28 a.m. No. 12 Daily 2:00 a.m. No. 22. Dail y,ex. Sunday. .2:00 p. m. No. 4. Daily 3:26 p.m. Westbound. No. 7. Dally 1:62 a.m. No. 9 Daily 3:12 a.m. No 3. Dally 12:46p.m. No. 21. Daily, ex. Sunday. .10:10 p. m. No. 15 Dally 7:30 p.m. T. ST. L. & W. R. R. No. 2— Frankfort to Toledo, Ex. Sun 12:45 p.m. No. I—Toledo to Frankfort Ex. Sun 12:22 p.m. No. B—DelphoaB—Delphoa to St Louis Ex Sun ..7:21a.m. No. 4 — St. Louis to Delphos. Ex. Sun 7:67 p.m. Na s—Toledo to St. Louis daily 10:17 p.m. No. 6 — St Louis to Toledo dally ».6:06a.m. No. 9 —Sunday only, Toledo to Frankfort 10:44 a.m. No. 10 —Sunday only, Frankfort to Toledo 7:07 p.m. Daily Interurban Schedule THE FT. WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RAILWAY CO. Trains Leave Trains Leave Decatur Ft. Wayne 6:50 a. m. 7:00a.m. 7:00a.m. 8:30a.m. 8:30a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a m. 11:30a.m. 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:09 p.m. Theater parties taking the 7:00 p. m. car will arrive at Calhoun or Berry : street", Fort Wayne at 8:10 p. m. The last car leaving Fort Wayne at 11:00 p. m will wait until after the show. NOTICE. I will start my ciaer mill August 18th, and wHI make cider every Tuesday and Thursday every week until further notice. Factory N. 3rd St Respectfully, 136-ts P. KIRSCH, o HEAVY HICKORY WOOD suitable for furnace or heater. A. M. York, Phone 502. 215-6 t THE PICTORIUM TONIGHT First peel—“Kerchoo” and “Don't Pull my Leg.” Second reel—" Macbeth, the Great Shakespeare Play.” ' SONG. “Gypsy Ann” and “Some Day.” Admission 5 cents. John B. Stoneburner

Miss Fanny Hite spent Labor Day at Fort Wayne. Oscar Shaw is working for the Decatur Lumber Co. E. M. Roy returned to his home at Berne this morning. Mrs. C. F. True and Son Brice have returned from a short visit at Poe. Miss Cassie Jackson has left for Valparaiso, where she will attend college. Mr. and Mrs. Runyon left this morning to attend the state fair at Indianapolis. Miss Lilah Lachot is at Bluffton spending the week the guest of lady friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bailey have returned home from a pleasant visit at Fort Wayne. Mr. Geiberson, stone contractor, of Cleveland, left this afternoon for Indianapolis. Bert Bailey, of Monroe, was a caller here this morning and left on the 10 o’clock car for the north on business. Mrs. Julia Dodane and Miss Isabelle Bircott, of Cleveland, are in the city visiting P. F. Dodane and family. The mail carriers have returned from Marion, where they ha»e been attending the semi-annual meeting of rural carriers.

A local stating that Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christen had returned to Chicago, was an error. Mrs. Christen says they haven’t near completed their visit. A shipment of marble to be used In the office fixtures of the First National bank arrived this morning and the workmen are busy putting it in place. Japan has thirty-two timepiece factories, which turn out annually goods valued at nearly $800,000; the latest figures being 209,792 standing clocks, 441.755 hanging clocks and 25,360 watches. The funeral services of Milo Elzey were held from the house this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Quite a large crowd were present to pay their last respects to one that was loved by all. Interement at Maplewood cemetery. J. B. Stoneburner will present an entire new program this evening at the Pictorium. These reels are exceptionally good. First is “Leap Year Proposal of an Old Maid.” Second "Arabian Dagger. You should not fail to see these. An effort has been on foot for a county fair in Bluffzon, and an effort will be made to enlist $15,000 capital to buy grounds and construct buildings. At the fall festival a tent will be constructed and the stock will be sold at this time. Miss Myrtle Burkhead, of Decatur, and Miss Jennie Case of Chicago, who is visiting with the former, transferred here Saturday afternoon enroute to the former’s home in Decatur from Redkey, where they have been visiting several days with relatives.— Portland Review’. One of the features of the fall festival to he held at Bluffton under the auspices of the various lodges, will be an automobile parade. There are over fifty machines of different makes in Wells county. Manson W. Reiff prominent Eagle, has been placed in charge of the automobile show.

Chas. Henderson, of Wyoming, is the guest of his uncle,Joseph Shoaf and family of near Peterson. Mr. Henderson is a former Adams county boy, but this ic his first visit here since leaving for -Wyoming with his parents twenty-three years ago. He took a large load of cattle from. Yyoming to Chicago, and while there decided to run down to visit Indiana.

Mr. Edgar Kilbnume is at Fort Wayne spending the day. John Bowers made a business trip to Portland this morning. Oscar Hoffman went to Winchester thig morning on business. Daniel Welty is spending the day in Fort Wayne on business. Quite a large crowd enjoyed dancing at the park last evening. John and Herman Colchin were out • at their farm yesterday making some improvements. Chas, Van Camp is moving his family to the Kinney property in the Meibers addition. Bryan was the principal speaker at a meeting of organized labor in Chi-■ cago yesterday. Walter Moach and wife left for Fort Wayne this morning for a short, visit with friends. Hear Judge Erwin and E. G. Hoffman at the court house Wednesday night of next week. All the county offices at Bluffton are to be equipped with typewriters and book machines. Chas. Beam has returned to his home in Fort Wayne after a pleasant visit here with friends. The street sweeper was out this morning and the streets now present a very neat appearance. Mrs. Eli Sprunger and daughter. Hiss Florence, left this morning for Indianapolis, where they will attend the state fair this w - eek. Fred Schafer landed at New York City yesterday and will arrive here Friday after a most delightful three months' trip through Europe. The Silas Smith saw mill on the J. B. Eaton farm near Bluffton, caught fire for the second time today and was destroyed at a loss of S3OO. Marie Glutting, of Attica, who has been spending several weeks here, went to Fort Wayne to spend a fewdays there before returning home. No rain in sight yet and the dust conftinr.es to accumulate. A,bont a two days’ shower would d» much toward a relief for the sick in this community. Ben Welker, an employee at Al Burdge’s barber shop, will leave for his home at Van Wert tomorrow to take in the county fair at that place for a few days. The Lena Rivers Co. arrived this morning fj-om Marion, where they • played to a packed house last evening and will play at the- Bosse opera house this evening. At Los Angeles yesterday Billy I Papke knocked out Stanley Ketchell i In a bloody twelve-round battle, while ’ Owen Moran and Abe Attel fought a twenty-three round draw. Charley Henderson, a cattle dealer ■ from Wyoming, where he operates a i large ranch, ig visiting Joseph Shoaf • and other relatives in this county. He left here over twenty years ago and I this is his first visit here. After forty years Major N. N. BoydI ston, of Warsaw, has just received i from Uncle Sam a draft for sl.Ol for services rendered during the civil war. Major Boydston served one year , as an enlisted man and more than three years as an officer. A political sensation was created at i Washington. Ind., last Friday, when Captain S. F. Horrall, former editor , of the Washington Gazette and one of the foremost Republicans in Davies , county, declared that he would not t support Injunction Bill Taft for president.—Celina Democrat.

A strange young woman giving her name a s Mildred E. Fritzinger and her address as Chicago, attempted suicide Friday at Kenallville while stopping at Hotel Reyher. She was ! in close financial straits and friendless, all causing her to become despondent. It is also said that there is in the case a disappointment in love in which a well known Ligonier man is concerned. “Lena Rivers,” by Mary J. Holmes, the play that comes to the Bosse opera house Tuesday evening, has become noted for the beautiful gowns worn by the ladies of the company, five in number. Several Parisian and London importations are worn and each is said to be a delight to all the ladies who see the play. The management carry a large insurance on the wardrobe trunks of the company. Companies of the 160th Indiana volunteer infantry will hold their eighth annual reunion at Goldwait park, September 15, and have sent in their lists from the following places In the number indicated: Wabash, 51; Bluffton, 65; Tipton, 54; Logansport, 32; Ossian, 46; Huntington, 29; Decatur, 41; and Marion 98. Anderson, Warsaw, Lafayette and Columbia City have not been heard from. The invitations are being sent out from the i Marion headquarters as fast as the lists are received. Inquiries regarding the reunion have been received from W. J. Vigus, chaplain of the regiment; Don Spielman, Indianapolis; Alva W. Humbaur, Whiting, Ind., and Boston Vail, Wapakoneta, O—Bluffton | Banner. i

A. C. Hoffman left On the 8:30 car to spend the day in Fort Wayne. Messrs. Baumgartner and Mishand, of Berne, are in the city on business. John Flannery has returned home after spending Labor Day at Kokomo. Robert Liechty went to Fort Wayne to spend the day looking after business. Workmen have completed leveling the lawn at the Dr. Boyers, corner of Third and Monroe street. Dan Niblick is again at work after a two weeks’ illness, during which he fought off typhoid fever. Mrs. Fred Schafer and Jennie Studabaker left on the 10 o'clock car for Fort Wayne to spend the day. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gehring have returned to Huntington after spending several days here with friends. Otto Boggs, of this city, is seeking a location for a weekly paper and will probably move to Ohio soon. Word has been received from Frank Wemhoff, w-ho left last week for Memphis, Tenn., that he arrived there all O. K. and likes the place very well.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Daniel and Mr. and Mrs. Lesh, of Chicago, have left for Indianapolis after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Schafer here. Kenneth Harwell's cottage at Rome City caught fire yesterday and was extinguished by the aid of a bucket brigade. Very little damage was done. Father T. J. Travers returned Saturday to his home on east Walnut street from Decatur, where he has been visiting friends for several days. —Portland Review. It is not believed there ever was a man who had any dry goods bills to pay the first three months of his married life. Brides usually get enough to last them a year. Miss Celestia Wemhoff and Anna Clark will leave in the morning for Van Wert to take in the fair and visit the rest of the week with Miss Nancy Krauze and Margaret Hyland. The warm sunshine of today has dissippated the chilly weather to some extent, and made it much more pleasant to the thin blooded people who have been suffering for the last few days. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Matthews have returned to their home at Bloomington after a several days’ visit with Mrs. Mary Wemhoff. Mr. Matthews is a member of the firm of Matthews Bros, stone contractors of that place. Eph Mosure. of Vera Cruz, who has been ill for some time, is reported in a very serious condition. He is suffering from several 1 minor maladies greatly aggravated by the infirities of his advanced age.—Bluffton News. A young lady clerk in one of Bluffton's stores showed the proper spirit at the carnival grounds last Friday night when she gave a young fellow who attempted to be too fresh a resounding slap in the face. He sneaked off in the crowd. The directors of the great Fort Wayne fair are offering $9,000 in purses and stakes for the races and will have four SI,OOO stakes, one each of the first four days. Eighty horses have been entered in the stakes and cheap rates have been secured on all interurban and steam lines. The dates are from September 15 to 1». Hon. Levi Mock has proposed a bill which he may submit to Joseph Burns for introduction at the special meeting of the legislature. It is for the purpose of total prohibition in Indiana, making it an offense of SIOO to sell any liquor in the state. If introduced the republicans could show their real temperance sentiment they have been so boastful about since the state convention. —Bluffton Banner. Fire Driver Fester Harbaugh and a few of the firemen made a drive to the old Cline & Tribolet sawmill Sunday afternoon and extinguished a smouldering fire in a big pile of sawdust The fire had been smouldering there ever since the fire which destroyed I the mill a week ago last Wednesday night. A |bigli wind threatened to blow the embers into surrounding buildings. The firemen believe that they got out all of the fire this trip.— Bluffton News. | J. R. Beaston, who was found trying :to talk over an Imaginary telephone ■ at the Pennsylvania station, was reI moved to St. Joseph’s hospital yesterday morning by Exalted Ruler Frank Rougher and Secretary L. A. Worch, of the local lodgq/ of Elks, of which order the demented man is a member. Shortly after his arrival at the institution Beaston again began exhibiting signs of Insanity and the frightened sisters asked that he be taken to the county jail. He begged so pitifully, however, when put behind the bars that the lodge men obtained a room for him at one of the hotels and employed a male nurse to guard him. In the meantime his wife. who lives at Canton, Ohio, w’s notified of her husband’s predicament and will arrive in the city todav to care for him Tie is a member of the M’scntc order anl is also an Eagle.—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

HERE ARE A FEW SAMPLE PROPERTIES WE ARE NOW OFFERING FOR SALE We have a large number of others on the market, and may have just what you are wanting. If you are interested in the purchase or sale of business rooms or residence, town or city property or farf lands in Indiana, Texas and New Mexico. Examine our recent large descriptive lists of these properties, if you wish a buyer for your property, see what we may be able to do for you. No charge for advertising property if left on the market for the time listed. THE SNOW AGENCY decmtuw, ~>d.

710—Is a three quarter acr e tract on the gravel pike just outside of the city limits of Decatur. Has all new buildings is in a good location: house a story and 1 half frame, six room building with nice front porch, good cistern and natural wood finish throughout. Can be bought for $1,025.00. 674— Is a three quarter acre tract of well improved ground just outside the city limits of Decatur cn the traction line south. Has good frame story and a half house, good garden plenty of fruit, and shade, has has large cistern, small stable and some other buildings. Good location just beyond the corporation at $1,550.00. 694—1 s a 55 acre tract within a half mile of th e stoned road and near church and school and about two miles from a good market railroad station, etc. About twenty acres of this farm is black land as is to be found along the Wabash river. The remainder is largely sand and clxy loam. The buildings are inexpensive and the land needs fencing. Considering quality of the land, location, etc., it is a good bargain at $2,100.00, if sold within the next 60 days. 675 — Is a 110 acre tract on the public road near market and about % mile to school also near graded school and church. Has ordinary house, large barn, and some other buildings; productive soil, a mixture of clay and sand loam with some black land. If sold soon the farming implements, stock, etc., can be sold with this farm. The tract alone can be sold for $9,300.00. 665 —Is a one hundred acre tract of perhaps 40 or 50 acres black land with the remainder a mixture of sand and clay soil. This land lies on the public road in a good location near Decatur. Has inexpensive buildings, a horse and hay barn perhaps 30 by 40, a small cottage house and some other buildings. This tract can be bought tor $5,600. 690 —Is an 80 acre tract on the stoned road about five miles from Decatur. Is about % black land has new buildings which consist of a convenient story and a half ten room house on stone foundation, large horse and hay barn ne~r cribs, granary, etc. This larm Is a half mile from school and church, is on the telephone and rural free delivery lines and for the next 60 day? can be bought for $90.00 an acre. 698 —Is a well located 79 acre tract on the stoned road within two miles of a good market, graded school, church, etc. Is within a half mi's of the public school building and 1 na good location. This farm ‘s nearly all black land, has good drainage, has nearly new frame buildings, a cottage house of perhaps five rooms, a fram e horse and

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hay barn, cribs, granaries, etc. Has some good timber on this land. Price of this farm is $96.00 an acre. There Is no better land in Adams county than this farm as a whole. 706 —Is a well located 160 acre tract in western Union township, in good location on the rural free delivery route and telephone lines. Is in a thrifty German neighborhood near the stoned road, is near school and church, on two public roads, the two 80s face the roads to the south and west and could be divided. This land has gooo drainage, a large two story frame house, about as good as new, a good frame bara 40 by 60, on stone, also a horse and hay barn about 30 by 50 feet in size. Hog and sheep houses, double com cribs and wagon shed, tool house, buggy house,etc. Has a drove well and windpump, besides small ( fruit, grapes etc., there are about ! 100 trees. This land is well fenced, with principally wire; the soil Is largely black land, and properly cultivated will produce gpod returns of any crops grown upon It. If taken soon, this farm can be bought for $85.00 an acre. 728 —Is a well Improved five acre tract on the stoned road within one-half mile of Decatur; is well fenced and in good location; has ample buildings for a poultry farm or trucking garden; has a dug well, a drove , well and force pump, small stable, new chicken house and park, and a good story and a half six room residence in good condition. This , is a good piece of ground and if sold soon can be bought for $1,450. , 730 —Is a nice square forty acre tract of laud on the stoned road near , Decatur; is largely black land and , well located: has some good young timber, worth perhaps five or six hundred dollars; wire and rail fences, good outlet for drainage; for , the next 30 days this land can be bought for S6O an acre . , 731 —Is a sixty acre tract on the stoned road within a mile and a half of Decatur; is a good average quality of land, of which 25 or 30 acres is a black and yellow sand mixture; , has good cottage house with brick i cellar about 14 by 16 feet in sizehorse and hay barn, cribs, wagon I shed, etc., apple orchard, and some , other trees; can be bought for $55 an acre. 1 732 —Is a good 81 acre tract on the gravel pike within about three miles ; of Decatur; is we\l fenced, has i good average buildings, whieh con- , sist of a comfortable cottage hause, > summer kitchen, woodhouse, milk [ house with cement floor, drove well, i sheep and hog houses, cribs and I wagon shed, cattle and tool house i 15 by 60, and a good frame barn on stone 40 by 60, with threshing floor, I granary, etv; large bearing orchard.

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and about seven acres of nice young timber worth at least seven or eight hundred dollars, price of this land s7l an acre —$5,800. 729—1 s a well located eighty acre tract on the stoned road near Decatur; this farm is largely black land, has good drainage and is pretty well tiled, has drove well, some inexpensive buildings, and about ten or twelve acreg of valuable timber, plenty of saw timber for all the buildings, ete., r-har are needed on this farm. This is an excellent piec eof land and a good bargain at S6O an acre, but forth» next 30 days it may be bought for $4,700. 673 —Is a 94 acre tract on the proposed traction line in southeastern Adans county, is well located, has some good improvements, which consist of a comfortable story and a half hoase good frame barn 40 by 60 feet in size with cement floors in mows and stables; slate roofed granary, cribs, and sheep and hog stables 20 by 50 feet in size; wind pump, good fencing, and an average quality of land; this farm can be bought for SB2 an acre. 727 —Is one of the best 80 acre traetg of land in Monroe township; is fully % black land no open ditches and about 1000 rods of tiling; is on the public road a quarter of a mile from the north and south stoned road; is well fenced and has good buildings; the bar n alone is new and cost over $1,000; has a comfortable story and a half residence, drove well, large cement water stock tank, double cribs, good bearing orchard, and about seven acres of woods with plenty of material for buildings or for tie timber; for the next sixty days this land can be bought for SIOO an acre. 712 —Is a 212 acre tract on the traction line near Decatur. On tins farm is an extensive gravel pit that yields a handsome income annually. The land is largely black and yellow sand soil, easy to cultivate and brings splendid crops. This land has good outlet for drainage, wire and rail fences, good orchard, and ordinary frame buildings; is on the gravel pike and traction line, station near the residence; this is an ideal location for a grain and stock farm and this proposition cannot be matched in Adams county for $72 an acre. 664 —Is a desirable 117% acre tract on the gravel pike near Decatur. This land has running stock water, throughout the year; Is well fenced and tiled, has ten acres of gnod young timber a number of good trees for lumber; is a good quality of soil, sand loam, clay and black land, all a productive quality. Its buildings are worth at least $3,000 and consist of a large bank barn, on stone foundation, a good sevenroom dwelling house, on stone foundation, with large good cellar; stock scales, cribs, granary, etc. If sold ' soon this farm can be bought for SIOO an acre. i 733 —Is a desirable twenty-five acre tract, largely black land, on the stoned road, about three miles north west of Monroe. Is on the free mail route and telephone line. Is i in good neighborhood near school. • With the exception of a new barn 24 by 40 on tile block foundation, . it has rdinary buildings. Has a i comfortable story and a half fivei room residence, summer kitchen, milk house, double cribs and wagon shed, drove well, etc. Has nice or- : chard of apple, plum, etc. Can be bought for $2,750. [ WE HAVE A LARGE LIST ! of smaller tracts ranging from one to i five acres and some good 40, 80 and , 160 acre tracts not given in this list , See our larger list before buying.

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