Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1908 — Page 3

SOME INSTRUCTION How to Send Your Christmas Present by Express VERY IMPORTANT If You Would Have Youi Gifts Arrive Safely Read This Do you expect to send your mother, sweetheart, or friend a Christmas present this year? If so, and you find it necessary to patronize some express company, it would be well to bear in mind the following suggestions submitted by an expressman: First. Ship your package early, by the 18th of December, if possible. The express company will give you a small label to paste on the package reading: “Don’t Open Until Christmas.” This will insure the package reaching its destination before Christmas and give the additional pleasure to the recipient of the gift of having it Christmas morning. Second, Use wooden boxes for packing. Glass or fragile articles should be well protected. It may cost a fewcents more, but the danger of loss or damage Is very much reduced. True if the shipment is lost or damaged the express company will pay for it, but that will give your friend no pleasure. Third. Write the address in full State, County, City, Street and Number, on the box or package with ink, or crayon. Tags are frequently torn off and lost. Fourth, If you want to prepay the charges, write the word “Paid” in large plain letters on the package. Fifth, Insist on a receipt and see that the amount paid is marked on the receipt and package, and the value of the package declared thereon. Sixth, Write your own address in full somewhere on the package following the prefix “From ” Seventh, Enclose a card in each box or package reading: From (Your address here.) To (Consignee’s addres shere.)

—"«■ mu■■WWIHI THE RACKET STORE’S CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS

MANY FINE DOLLS Imagine an Xmas without Dolls’ This departmeat is attractive alike to young and old. Here are dolls of every size dressed and undressed, blond dolls, boys’ and girl’s dolls, kid body, bisque, china, Svfry n k?nd ; f°om eSkaMe *■'* IC tO $3.00 Undressed Dolls Kid and Jointed Body, beautiful bisque heads, jftp Q Q eyes that close, light and dark hair from - I U L» WWIUU Dressed Dolls Mothers that havn’t the time to dress them can find them already togged up in theia beautiful dresses of silk with |fip CM tn their shoes and hat to match ivb " WHuU DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THEM Doll Cabs Too Just likejthe one the little tots wanted English Gocarts and cabs for $3.00 Adjustable Go carts with steel wheeies sl-00 to ou. Folding go carts large enough to haul the baby in SI.OO. Willow gocarts 25c and 50c. _______ Fancv Articles for the Older Ones Such ns Toilet Articles, Leather Goods, Jewelery, Pictures, Combs Comb and Brush, Shaving aud Manicure Sets, Collar, Cuff and bend kerchief Boxes, Work Boxes,Toilet Cases, and scores of other things

better choose _ early and avoid the scramble later - wnLIDAY STOCK IS NOW BEADY for your inspection andjwe now have on display the largest assortment ever shown in Decatur. Unbroken ’ t ff rds the choicest picking We have gift things forfall ages, all fancios, all needs at prices to suit ALL FURSES, Make out your list XTiilToVe rest. Any articles bought now with a small payment will be HELD UNTIL WANTED.

Steele <fc Weaver

This in order that should the outer markings be destroyed the inner mark will insure prompt forwarding and delivery. Eighth, If not convenient to ship in wooden boxes, use strong wrapping paper (not newspapers), and tie with strong cord. Ninth, If package contains anything of perishable nature, write the word “Perishable” !n large plain letters on the box, or package, to insure special attention and first delivery. If you will observe these suggestions, you will greatly assist in insuring the prompt delivery of your gift in good condition.

CHAPEL EXERCISES Every County Repesented When Legislative Committee Came A GREAT SCHOOL Indiana is Proud of the Showing Made by this Institution Bloomington, Ind., Dec. 8. —Every county in the state was represented at the chapel exercises at Indiana university last week, held in honor of the Indiana legislative committee. This 'appointed by the governor to investigate the condition and needs of the state institutions, has just completed its inspection of the university, its buildings, grounds, accounts, reports, etc. The committee consists of Senator Horace Hanna, Plainfield, and {Representatives Grieger, of Imports, and Sicks, of Lebanon. This is only one of three reports that the university makes to the state. In addition to his one the university officials report biennially to the governor of the state and semiannually to the state auditor. “The fact that Indiana university is a state institution cannot be emphasized too strongly. ’• said President W. L. Bryan today. “It belongs to the state, Is supervised by the state and makes its accounting to the state. It is a part and parcel of the free educational system of Indiana.”

THEY GAVE BONDS New County Officers File Their Bonds Which Are Approved THEY ARE GOOD The Bonds Are Gilt Edged and Are Kept by the County Clerk The Auditor. New Adams county officers have filed their bonds the same having received approval of the commissioners. The Auditlor-elect, H. S. Michaud, gives bond for ten thousand dollars, the Jureties being J. F. Lehman, John W. Craig, F. C. Foreman, Peter Scldner, C. D. Lewton, J. F. Lachot, J. N. Fristoe, L. L. Baumgartner, Henry Michaud, Andrew Gottschalk, John J. Soldner, Samuel Simison and Amos Hirschey. The Coroner. Coroner John C. Grandstaff gives a bond for five thousand dollars, and the following well known names are found on his bond: D. D. Clark, C. A. Dugan, T. J. Durkin, John S. Falk, "William F. Jaebker and August Werling. The Surveyor. C. C. Ernst begins his active duties as surveyor of Adams county on January 1. His bond calls for one thousand dollars and is signed by I. B. Holthouse and John Baker. The Sheriff. Eli Meyer begins a second term also on January 1. His bond of five thousand dollars is signed by Jacrb Huser, Abraham Meyer, Ernst Schlickman, John G. Hoffman, M. Kirsch and C. S. Niblick. o A RARE INVESTMENT. 85,000 worth of stock in a good live corporation, paying 6 per cent above taxes. With SI,OOO of this stock you can secure a good position. C. Lautenheiser, opp. Court House. Feed Perless Crushed Oyster shells to raise poultry and eggs profitably. For sale at all drug stores and at Hale’s warehouse. 284-12 t

WOMEN ARE VICTIMS. ‘ More women than men have piles. I* is because they take so little outdoor exercise and are so often constipated. There is a stagnation of blood in the lower bowel, and no amount of cutting or treatment with ointments and suppositories will remove this cause. Dr. Leonhardt’s Hem-Roid, an internal, tablet medicine, will permanently cure any case of piles, removing the cause. Price, $1 at Holthouse Drug Co. Fully guaranteed. Dr. Leonhardt Co., Station B, Buffalo, N. Y. Write for booklet. LIFE’S UNCERTINTY Demonstrated in the Death of Young Charley < Rice A FEW MOMENTS Was All That He Lived After Being Struck by Erie Train A Hammond paper gave the following occount of the death of Charley Rice, formerly of this city, and whose funeral occurred here Sunday: A 15-year-cld boy is the latest victim of the railroads. T he boy is Charley Rice, son of William Rice, night man in the Hammond building. Charley Rice was employed in the Erie yards as call boy and while on his way to deliver a message last evening he was struck by Erie passenger train No. 3, due in Hammond at 4:45. He did not notice the train’s approach because of the fact that he was stepping out of the way of a switch engine, which was coming from the opposite direction. The boy never knew what struck him, he having failed to regain consciousness in the fifteen minutes that he lived. He was rushed to St. Margaret's hospital in Emmerling’s ambulance, but all efforts to revive him were hopeless, as his neck was broken and his skull crushed. The inquest was held Saturday morning, and will be conducted by Coroner Shanklin, after which the body was taken to Decatur, Ind., the former home of the boy.

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IN HOLLIDAY DRESS Decatur Stores Beginning to Get Ready for Christmas HELP THE BUYER Your Coin Will Go Further at Decatur Stores Than the P. O. The stores are (putting on their holiday dress. Now is the time when small boys and girls come hime with wonderful tales of tin swords and beautiful dollies. Some of the older folks are in a quandary like one woman who said “we don’t need any furniture this year and I don’t know what in the world to get my husband for Christmas. But perhaps the most helpless creature in the whole lot is the busy man who really wants to do the right thing and generally pays two prices for the wrong one. If his wife has a purple waist he is sure to get a red waist, if she Is stout he gets a plaid; if she is angular he gets stripes. Any way the carefully hoarded coins are beginning to feel a little uneasy; they are just longing to roll out and bring good cheer to the hearts whose one little extravagance during the whole year is indulged in at this time. To those, who have many of the good things of this world, the exchange of Christmas greeting means much. For several weeks little booklets attractively illustrated with helps for Christmas buying have been circulating freely. Take the helps all .right, but take your coin to the Decatur stores instead of the P. O. You’ll get more for your money and ten to one the merchant knows the color of your wife's suit and can match it for you or the clothier knows the size of your husband's collar and his taste in ties, and if he does not you can exchange unsatisfactory goods on the q. t. after Christmas. o MONEY TO LOAN —I have plenty of money toioan cn farms. No commission charged. Dore B. Erwin, attorney at law. tufri

CHINA DEPARTMENT We will nsttake un much space telling you about our China aud Lamps for it has been the talk of the town. We have the greatest line of 25 and 50 cent china consisting or salads, plates,cake plates,sugar and creams ever shown in the city, bar none. Don’t fail to see it before you buy and come at once for our stock will be low long before Christmas. Toys, Toys, Toys, Santa Claus has made our store his headquarters and there is some toy for every member of tha family at prices cheaper that doctor bills. HERE ARE A FEW OF THEM. Tool Chests, Trunks, Wagons, Sleds. Hobby Horses, Tables, Beds, Cradles, Back Boards, Pianos, Drums, Harps. Guns. Knives, Engines, teat run, Automobiles, Cats, Dogs, Magic Lanterns. Games, Puzzles, Toy Dishes, in tin, chin tnd peuter. Boohs, Fancy Boxes, Horns, Balls, Wash Boards, Tubs and hundreds of other things. Write your letter to Santa Clause, and leavs it at our store and we will see that he gets it. 4,500 Pounds of Candy We havn’t got the cheap hard candy that is made for less money than sugar can be bought for but we have the above iA. [WF |h amount of the best candy ever sold any place for lub ' DON’T PAY BIG PRICES UNTIL YOU SEE OUR LINE There will be more toys sold this year than there has been for j some time and on account of the past panic, the factories shut down and caused a shortage in toys. We feel safe in saying that there is not half enough toys in the city to supply the wants of the people. We advise you again to buo early and get first choice. I

Candies and Nuts!! Wehave by far the biggest line of candies, nuts and fruit of all kinds to be found in the citv and Christmas shoppers will do well to call and see us before buying their supply. JUST RECEIVED 150 pails of the choicest candies obtainable, and we will give special prices to School Teachers, Churches and Societies Oranges, bananas, in fact everything in the delicacies are at Rinehart, Smith & Parrish RESTAURANT 2 doors north Schafer Hdw. Co. Call it's the old Coffee and Rinehart stand.

Why are You Waiting so Long?

Hensley the Jeweler

Decatur, Indiana

to do your Christmas shop ping when others are getting the cream of the stocks by selecting early and having them laid away for them. You don’t need any money until you get the goods as we are glad to lay your selections away for you. Come early, get just what you want, then ycu don’t have totake just what you can get. Have it off your mind. We have beautiful presents for everybody, young and old, lady or gentleman. Goods to suit everybody.