Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1908 — Page 3

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WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday except possibly threatening in south portion; moderate temperature. RAILROAD BULLETIN ERIE. Into Effect Sunday June 21, 1908. Eastbound. No. B—DailyB—Daily 5:28a.m. No- 12—Daiiy ..............2:00 a, m. No. 22 —Daily, ex. Sunday. .2:00 p. m. No. 4—Daily 3:26 p.m. Westbound. No. 7 —Daily ,1:52 am. No. 9—Daily 3:12 a.m. No. 3—Daily 12:46 p.m. No. 21 —Daily, ex. Sunday. .10:10 p. m. No. lo—Dally 7:30 p.m. GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA. South Bound. No. 6 —Daily 12:47a.m. No. 12 —Daily, ex. Sunday. .7:16 a. m. No. 2 —Daily, ex. Sunday.. .1:11 p. m. No. 16 —Sunday only 8:36 p.m. North Bound. No. s—Dailys—Daily 1:28 a.m. No. 7—Daily 7:57 a.m. No. 3—Daily, ex. Sunday.. .3:07 p. m. T. ST. L. & W. R. R. No. 2 —Frankfort to Toledo. Ex Sunday 11:27 a. m. No. I—Toledo to Frankfort. Ex. Sunday 11:49 a. m. No. 3—Deinhos to St. Louis, Daily 7:21 a. m. No. 4 — St. Louis to Delphos, Daily 8:03 p. m. No. s—Toledo5 —Toledo to St. Ixiuls, daily 10:17p.m. No. 6 —St. Louis to Toledo, daily 5:05a.m. Daily Interurban Schedule THE FT. WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RAILWAY CO. Trains Leave Trains Leave Decatur Ft. Wayne 5:50 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 11:30a.m. 1:00p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:00p.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 o GET a small order of Tricker’s Sootless Jackson ooal for your eook range and you will soon decide what kind you will put in for the winter. Phone 534. 258-12 t — o ■ 1 Try Admiral coffee. 209-ts

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Frank Everetts, of Washington, D. C. has arrived to cast his vote. I iMjr- and Mrs. Dwight Brown, of Wren, were the guests of Ben Schrank and family Sunday. Miss Minta Ac. Ker returned this morning from an over Sunday visit at Geneva with her brother Sam. Miss Agnes Murray and Harry Ershman attended the show at the Majestic theater at Fort Wayne last ev- . ening. Rev. J. H. Klausing went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend the monthly conference of the Lutheran church. j Miss Florence Johnson returned from Geneva this morning after a pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs. iW. H. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Johnson, of Van Wert, have returned to their home after making a visit with friends in the city. | Miss Emma Hirschy. of Berne, was In the city this morning enroute to , Woodburn, where she will work for several weeks. Mrs. C. W. Hocker, of Elkhart, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. B. Macy returned to her home this morning. Miss Edna Bremerkamp returned to Chicago this morning. She was here attending the Mustard-Bremerkamp nuptials Saturday. Dr. Fred Metts, of Ossian, was in this city a short time Sunday evening, calling on one of the fair young ladies of this locality. Thomas J. Eldridge, a pioneer resident of DeKalb county, is dead at his home in Richland township. He was 70 years of age and death was due to lung fever. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mustard left Saturday evening on the 5:30 car on their wedding tour, and will be at home to their many friends in about ten days at Ada. Ohio. Very little damage was done on Halloween night to property. The windows in the business houses were ■ all marked with soap and was not ■ easily washed >cff. Walter Snyder, of Lafayette, is at • the head of a project to establish a new bank at Butler, and has interest- ■ ed a number of well known Butler ■ citizens in the enterprise. The wedding of Miss Clara Tonnellier and Joseph Lengerich will occur at the St. Marys church Wednesday morninß’ at 8:30. Quite a. number of invitations have been issued. Members cf the Modem Woodmen camp at Columbia City get together Thursday and busked 600 bushels of corn for one of the members of the crder, John Kourt. who is ill in a hospftal in Fort Wayne. Letters remaining in the postoffice for the week ending: Mr. William Conley, Mr. J. C. Grafton. Mrs. Morris Johnsen, Mrs. Mary Roth. Mrs. H. W. Springgate. Mrs. Beulah Tricker. Ora Wollpert. M. A. Frisinger. P. M. i The feast of All Souls Day was appropriately celebrated at the St. Marys i Catholic church today by special services. This feast is held in comment-i oration of the departed ones of each parish, and a requiem mass is sang. Don’t, forget the smoker at Democratic headquarters this evening. Everybody’ come and bring your neighbor along. Good speakers have been , secured for this evening, who will discuss the issues. This is the last of; the campaign, so favor them withj your presence. Mrs. Philamon Ford, of Geneva,who visited three weeks at Lawrenceville,! Illinois, with her daughter, Mrs. Harry 1 j Hubbard, remained over night Friday |at the home of her brother, Emory Shepherd, North Pleasant street. Mrs. I ; . Ford returned Saturday to her home : at Geneva. —Portland Sun. . I Because her husband in his anger : broke one of her fingers. Mrs. William | Day. of South Bend, had him arrested ion a charge of assault and battery and pleaded with Judge Feldman to sentence him to jail for 100 days. This the court refused to do and the woman had io be content with seeing her husband go to jail for fifteen days. Conrad Brake, the veteran democrat and one of the pioneer citizens of this community, was eighty-two years old Saturday. Notwithstanding his four score and two years, he is still able to hustle around about as well as any of the younger fellows and Bryan. Marshall and Adair have had no more faithful campaigner than Mr. Brake. He believes they will win at tomorrow's election and will be on hands to receive the news. A traveling salesman died very suddenly. His relatives telegraphed the • | undertaker to make a wreath, the rib- ’ bon to be extra wide, with the inscrip- • tion “Rest in Peace” on both sides and (if room) “We Shall Meet in Heaven.” The undertaker was out of town, the story goes, and his new > assistant handled the job. It was a ' startling floral piece which turned up at the funeral. The ribbon was extra wide and bore the inscription: “Rest in Peace on Both Sides and if There Lis Room We Shall Meet in Heaven.”

TO OVERFLOWING CROWD Congressman John A. M. Adair was at Walnut Corner, Friday night, where he addressed the people of that vicinity on the issues of the campaign, taking up his record in congress. The meeting was held in the school house, the most available building in that section of the county but owing to the small amount of room it was impossible for the large ' crowd of voters present to gain admittance. People affiliated’ with each of the three leading political parties made up the large concourse : present which is only another sample cf the manner in which Mr. Adair has been greeted by his constitutents in all parts of the district where he | has gone before the people and delivered speches making his platform clear in every respect, thereby gaining the renewed confidence of the ■ masses. His strenuous campaign will terminate tonight (Saturday) at Bluff Print.—Portland Sun. o POLICE IN ROGUE'S GALLERY. New York, Nov. I.—Sergt. Peter J. Bird and Patrolman Patrick J. Reid jof the police department were arraign|ed in Center Street court on charges of grafting growing cut of the investigation of the license bureau. They had been held all night in a cell at police headquarters and submitted to the humiliation of having their pictures taken for the rogues’ gallery and their Bertillon measurements recorded in the department files. By order of Inspector McCafferty they were lined up with a collection of crooks Th the detective bureau for inspection by the sleuths. Beth were in citizens' clothes. They stood side by side with downcast eyes ae McCafferty stood in frent of them and told why they had been arrested. But they came to life when McCafferty ordered them to the rogues’ gallery photographer. Bird almost wept. ‘,‘My God, Inspector,” he whispered, "you won’t ‘mug’ us?" “Its the rule to ’mug’ all crocks,” replied McCaffetry, coldly. ~o — Rev. Edgar Jones and wife returned to Monroe this afternoon. L. L. Baumagrtner made a business trip to Monroe this afternoon. E. B. Lenhart made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Todd Linn and Dave Waggoner were callers at Fort Wayne Sunday. Med Miller and wife spent Sunday at Fort Wayne with relatives. E. B. Hill, of Toledo, was in the citv totiav the guest of D. M. Hensley. I Frank Miller, of Rockford, Onio, arrived home today to be here to vote. Mr. Thomas Leonard snent Sunday at Kendallville the guest of his wife’s parents. • Don't forget the sale of winter clothing which is being held at the city offices. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heiman are the happy parents of a baby girl, who arrived Sunday morning. Every one who is entitled to vote should exercise this right, no matter of what party he belongs. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Lenhart were at Magley Sunday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ball and family. Mrs. Lydia Kieffer went to Ridgeville this afternoon to visit with Mr. and Mrs. David Edwards. The election returns will be received at the Democratic headquari ters tomorrow evening by special wire. i There will be a box social given at the C. B. L. of I. hall tomorrow evening over DeWitt’s cigar store. Everybody invited. Miss Bessie Boyer left this afternoon for Chicago-, where she will spend the winter with her brother, Bert Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Stein entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Herman and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Steele yesterday at six o’clock dinner. •The Lady Maccabees will meet with Mrs. James Bain at 7:30 sharp, this evening. All members are -requested to be present. Martin Ault spent Sunday at-Fort Wayne with lady friends. Mart has been making these trips weekly and it looks rather suspicious. The Ladles’ Historical Club will meet at 7 o’clock Thusday evening with Mrs. M. Burns instead of Mfs. Congleton as previously announced. The banks, postoftice and saloons will be closed tomorrow as election day is a legal holiday. You can call for your mail at the same hour in . the morning as on Sunday. Mrs. Catherine McLean entertained at a 6 o’clock dinner last evening in honor of her son, Mr. Emmett McLean a- 1 wife, of Lesdezes. Nevada. The dinner was served in three courses and was simply fine. Those present wore Mr. and Mrs. McLean of Lesdezes Nev’da, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Colchin, Mrs. Mary Wemhoff, Missea Stella : Wemhoff. Celestia Wemhoff and Jessie MeLean. Messrs. Walter and Otto Wemhoff of this city.

Just the Coat You Want THE prevailing models this season are along the “Directoire” lines. But the Parisian artistshave vied with each other in producing so many different designs that it is easy for every woman to get the proper styles in a becoming garment. The “Bischof” garments we show have been carefully made from these original creations. They contain all the foreign features which set the style, but so modified as to be thoroughly practical for wear. No matter what kind of cloth you prefer, no matter what you wish to pay, we can becomingly fit you in one of these models. And the longer you wear it the more satisfied you will be that in this “Bischof” line we give you the smartest and best made garments ever sold in this section. Because of their immense facilities and sales, the makers of these garments give such values as we have never seen before. Look for the label, “B. S. & S.” It will pay you well to come in this week. To start buying at once we give you the choice of several models at special prices. Among them you will see — ffi'SL . ARRIVING DAILY O'" New Parisian Models in the Directoire coat. Made V with the new Empire back in all the leading shades, \ brown, navy blue, red, green, tan, and black. Prices from 71 V'Sa’aA yil \H 3 $7.50 to $35.00 JW NIBLICK &CO W

jdj* 11 v kl 1 M gggglp T 0 THE Snow Agency " DECATUR, INDIANA Yes Follow the Crowd and Get a Home oi Your Own and Quit Paying Rent Are you expecUng a great reduction in values, or a sudden fall in prices? A moment's consideration will convince you that artificial gas, electric lights, paved streets, stoned roads, large manufacturing industries, and new traction lines put in operation, do not reduce the prices cf the real estat e near them. That good locations will steadily increase in value, no matter who owns them. That you might as well save that increase as Jo Pay high for it when you buy some years later. Now is the time to invest your money while property is reasonably cheap. The Snow Agency can fit you out with your choice from a list of abo it 25,000 acres of as good farm lands as can be found in eastern Indiana or from a list of about < — One Hundred City Properties The owners want to sell these properties, not for speculation, at fictions values, but for a change of investment. Some of them can be exchanged for good farm lands. If your property is for sale at its real cash value, by listing it with us we will advertise it without cost or expens e to you. and are nearly sure to find you a buyer in a reasonably short time. Before buying examine our prices and properties, as we can doubtless fit you out with just what you want and save you money in the transaction. From our large lists we here refer you to a few sample properties that we are now offering for sale:

699— Is a five room cottage in southeast Decatur, near the electric lights is bn water and gas lines, good sized lot, has small stable, summer kitchen, wood house, etc, fruit trees, etc. Rental value 16.00 per month. Can be bought for $650.00. 682—1 s a five room cottage on Adams street in good location, stoned street, cistern,' city water, on gas line, ha s stable, coal house, garden, maple shade and fruit trees Rental value $7.00 per month. Can be bought for SBOO.OO. 700— a five room residence in southwest Decatur on the stoned street, and in a good location. On e acre of ground goes with this property. Fair buildings consisting of residence, horse and cow stable, etc. About fifty nice thrifty apple, pear and plum trees. This is a bargain at $1,050.00. Fine rich garden ground. 704—1 s a 2.56 aer e tract in west Decatur, on th e stoned road in a good location. This property has two residence buildings, sheds and some other buildings. Is a good tract for berry culture, and can furnish homes nicely for two families in comparatively new dwellings. For the next sixty days this can be bought for $2,300.00. 707 —Is a good frame seven room residence on 11th street, ih good location. Has good large etabl e and granary, drove well cistern and

plenty of fruit and shade. Is a desirable location; can be bought for $1,775.00. 701—Is a well built seven room story and a half residenc e in south Deca- , tur, on the proposed traction line south. This house is well located and is natural wood finish throughout. Is on stone foundation, has large cement cellar, electric lights, city water, is plumbed for gas, and th e property has a quarter of an acre of ground. A small stable, wood and coal house, etc. Has plenty of fruit and shade and is in a desirable location. Can be bought for $2,200.00. 705 —Is a brick business room on Second street, has a 22 foet frontage, 132 back to alley; has single story brick building, cement sidewalks, and Is on the brick street. Is suitable for a good business location not requiring extensive floor surface. Also No. 629, a large business room fronting the court house, on Second street. Prices and terms made known on application. 695—1 s a seven rom residence with cellar on north sth street./ This property consists of two regular sized lots, is on the west side of the street, and In goodlocation. Is convenient in arrangement, has plenty of shade and nice fruit trees, drove well, is on stoned street and good sewerage. For the next sixty

days it can be bought for 52,400.00. 717 —Is a comfortable five-room cot-, tage on water and electric light lines in southeast Decatur. Has two porches, cistern, brick sidewalk and a bargain at $550. 720 — Is a new small cottage In southwest Decatur, has a good cistern, brick sidewalks, nice new summer kitchen, and coal house. Is a full alley lot in good location. Price $750. 725 —Is a comfortable five-room cottage near Lutheran church, on Eleventh street; nice front and back porches, cement cistern, brick side- ’ walks, good severage, some fruit trees and maple shade; can be sold for SBSO. 719 —Is a good lot wttb sewer drainage on Eleventh street, plenty of fruit and shade, nice front porch, summer kitchen, cistern and city’ water, good stable and comfortable cottage house for SI,OOO. 633 —Is a roomy and comfortable story and a half residence on Ninth street near Monroe st; is in good condition, has nice front porch, coal house, cistern, of a drove well, is on good sewerage, nice front view to Monroe street, and can be bought for $1,300. 711 —Is a story and a half new eight room residence in south Decatur. House on concrete and tile block foundation and natural wood finish inside; has cement cistern, drove well, coal house, etc. Is a full city lot in this addition; can be bought for $1,400. 721 — Is a good seven-room story and a half residence in northwest Decatur near Monroe street; js more than a full lot, has a drove well, cistern, stable, shade and fruit trees, nice front porch, cement walks, summer kitchen, wood house, etc. Price $1,400. 725 — Is a story and a half new sixroom residence with cellar on east Mercer avenue; has water well, stable, cement cistern, and an acre and a half of ground. This property can be bought for $1,550, or seller would take a smaller desirable property as part payment on this one. 726 — Is a good location on west Adams street, in southwest Decatur, two nice high lots, brick sidewalk, fruit and shade trees, summer kitchen and comfortable six-room story and a half residence in good condition. If sold soon this property can be bought for $1,625. 716 —A nearly new story and a half 1 nine-room residence on north Third street; is on good sewerage, has ce- ' ment cistern, drove well, brick sidewalks; is natural wood finish, has nice front and back porches, is on concrete and tile foundation. Has large cellar, and four nice upstairs rooms. Can be bought for $2,000. 703 —Is a seven-room story and a halt residence with good cemented cellar, in southeast Decatur on High street; about eighty feet frontage v* west side of the street; nice high

let, has water well, cistern, chicken , park and stable with cemented floors nice shade and plenty of fruit trees; price $2,000. 715 —Is a convenient nine-room story and a half house with good cellar, oh north Third streev; stone foundation, bay window, nice porches and fine maple shade; city and cistern water, good sewerage and on stoned street; plumbed for gas and water, and thoroughly wired Eor electric lights; has coai house, stable, cistern, and two full width city lots, for a short time this property will be offered for $2,500. 722 —Is a well built and convenient eight-room residence on stoned foundation on west Monroe street; cellar, cement cistern, wood house, stable, electric lights, cement walks, furnished bath, plenty of fruit and ' shade trees, and on the proposed traction line; price $2,500. 618 —Is a modern seven-room twostory residence, with cellar, on a brick street in a nice residence part of Decatur: has a 60 foot frontage, ana contains ground for about three city lots; cement sidewalks, good stable, cistern, city water, electric lights, bath, etc; some fine fruit and shade trees; $2 SOO. 735— Is a five rom cottage on the west side of the street in south Decatur. Is a full alley lot near the traction line and school. Is on water, gas, and electric light lines, and in good location. On this lot is a good variety of plums, pears, grapes and other fruit. Price $925.00. 737—1 s a comfortable five room cottage on Front street, near Jackson street. Is about one square from th etraction line and is on a bricked street. Is a full city lot in the original plat of Decatur; has cement and brick walks, cistern, etc. Considering bricked street, location, etc., is reasonable in price at $1,135. 739— Is a neat and nearly new. story and a half residence f nthe central part of the town of Pleasant Mills. Has god cement walks, cistern, eeltar. stable, etc.. Is a well built residence, and a good property for $1,200.90. 736— Is a neat story and a half nearly new seven room residence on Grant street. On water, gas and electric light lines. House on brick foundation, large front windows, weathered oak and stained finish, nice open stairway, electric Ights. plenty of porch room, more than a full lot, cistern, part of drove well, brick sidewalks. etc. Price $1,600.00. 740 — Is an eleven mom story and » half residence on cement block foundation. cn brick street, within • few squares of the court house. H* electric lights cf’v and cisterni water. good cellar, rice maple shade and some good fruit trees, located and has plenty of rrwt any ordinary famliv. This is one of the few large well located res _ e ___ _ on bricked street that can be bought at a moderate price. |*.s**--