Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1909 — Page 3

Or making quickly and perfectV ly, delicious hot biscuits, y hot breads, cake and pas- ; try, there is no substitute for L D? PRICES J f BAKINGPOWDER 1 | No Alum—No Lime Phosphate j The poisonous nature of alum J Is so well known that the SAle °l condiments contabling ft is prohibited by law.

WEATHER. Rain or snow northern portion tonight and probably Saturday; not much change in temperature. Prof. Fosnaught astrologer and palmist, here for a short time only. This ad and 25c entitles the holder to a 50c palm reading. Allison block, north Second street, first door upstairs to right. Mr. Deßolt apartments.

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■ The Worry H ■■BHBI ■ERHBDHB9^BBHEU r I The Loss, and most of all, the poor fe business policy or paying your bills Eby cash can be avoided with a checkKing account here. I The holiday purchases, the ordiEnary expenses, in fact every expenEditure, should be paid with a check. ■Then you are protected against your Hor n errors and the acts of unscrupEulous business people you might deal ■with, for each paid check is a legal ■Evoucher in itself. OLD lAdamsCo. Bank

Fair Weather for Sunday Safe to get that new suit now If it’s from us it will be far enough from the ordinary to make it pleasingly conspicuous as Our Sult

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E. Woods has returned fro ma business trip at Cincinnati. Dr. Homer Sowers went to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Kittle Smith went to Fort Wayne yestedray evening. Miss Midge Smith went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Miss Fannie Hite went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Harry Wilkinson went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with friends. Will Shrock went to Fort Wayne on the four o’clock car yesterday on business. Miss Martha Fonner returned to her home north of Monmouth yesterday afternoon. A number of families are busy at present moving their household goods from one house to another. William F, Jaebker returned on the four o’clock car yesterday from a business trip at Fort Wayne. Enos Lord and children, Flossie and Edith, spent yesterday evening at the home of his father at Monmouth. Perth Crays and Irene Evans spent Thursday evening at the home of Miss Helen Fonner north of Monmouth. The C. W. B. M. of the Christian church was entertained by Mrs. Shoemaker. A large company was in attendance. Br>ce True, who has been attending school at Winona, will spend Sunday with his parents and friends in the city. The Goshen district of the M. E. conference, in session at Albion, voted to hold its next year's meeting at Nappanee. Mrs. L. R. Blossom, who is quite well known here, is very 111 at her home at Willshire with a complication of diseases. Edgar Sauers will visit with relatives and friends in Decatur over Sunday. He has been a student at Winona this year. Mr. and Mrs. John Falk are the proud possessors of a twelv epound baby boy, which made its appearance yesterday morning. The Dudley Buck male chorus will give a concert in the Bosse opera house in Decatur on the 21st of the month. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wittwer, of Fort Wayne, have come to the city for a visit with friends and relatives and will remain here for several days. Plymouth has awarded to the Central Paving company of Rochester the contract for fourteen squares of street paving. Work will begin early in May.

ATTENTION FARMERS Bring in your Good Yellow Butter for £ Saturday 18 to 25c lb. Trade at Fullenkamp’s and get the Highest prices for your produce

Mrs. Esta Liddy is very sick at her home. Mr. Carter returned to his home at Pleasant Mills. Eli Sprunger returned from a business trip at Bluffton. Mr. John Rice is visiting relatives north of Monm uth today. Mrs. Henry Heckman, of Stop 25, was in the city today shopping. Mrs. Moser remains about the same. Her condition is slightly weaker. Miss Irene Meyers returned from a visit with her aunt at Bluffton. The students of the high school are preparing for another literary in the near future. 3 Ab Parrish went to Delphos to visit with his son, French and family, for several days. Miss Hattie Studabaker returned from Bluffton, where she was visiting with Mrs. Deam. Cash Andrews was a business caller in the city yeterday and returned to his home in the evening. Arthur Beery will leave Sunday for Columbus, where he will resume duties in the government service. U. 3. Drummond, of Pleasant Mills, was in the city today looking after business interests and returned to his home. Mr. and Mrs. L. Keller, of Monroe were in the city today doing shopping, and returned to their home this afternoon. • Nothing further has been heard from Miss Bertha Nicodemus, who so mysteriously disappeared from the city a few days ago. The regular Lenten services will be held this evening at St. Marys church at 7:30 sun time. Everybody is invited to attend. Mrs. C. W’. Harker, of Elkhart, Ind., returned to her home after visiting for several days with her daughter, Mrp. E. B. Macy. Mrs. John Herrman, and Mrs. M. Herrman, of St. Henry, 0., are spending the afternoon in Fort Wayne, visiting with friends. The Ford Manufacturing company of Vandalia. Illinois, is seeking a location. They manufacture Ford’s galvanized rubber roofing and all other roofing materials. The stockholders of the Fort Wayne and Springfield interurban who reside in Ohio have returned to their homes after attending the meeting held here yesterday afternoon. Dr. Boyer, of Decatur, was in town Wednesday, and held a consultation with Dr. W .C. Roller over the condition of Mrs. L. R. Blossom, who is suffering with a complication of dis-eases.-Willshire Herald. The Dudley Buck male chorus of Fort Wayne, composed of thirty male voices, is scheduled for an entertainment at the Bosse opera house next Wednesday night and without doubt they will pelase all who hear them. Chris Roth who had gone out west in Arizona in January, returned home Thursday morning reporting a very enjoyable trip. He brought along with him some fine oranges and honey as a sample of a few products that are growing in the rich Salt River Valley. —Geneva Herald. Harry Troutman, editor of the Montpelier Herald, announces his paper will not take up the fight either for the temperance or saloon forces in the local option campaign in Blackford county, but that the columns of the . Herald will be open to paid advertising from either one or both sides. George Wilson, of Bliffton, who has at times worked extra at the Fiist ; National Bank in this city, is at Hope hospital at Fort Wayne, taking treatment. lie is afflicted with no serious illness, but not feeling well concluded that the thing for him to do, was to go into the hospital and get well. His friends here hope that he will succeed. The habit of carrying beer from Montpelier to this city nearly got one young man in serious trouble a few nights ago. He had a basket filled with the beer and slipped while in the car and fell. Several bottles were broken and beer splashed over the passengers, who offered an objection. The Blufftonite got in an argument with the interurban conductor, who would have thrown him out had he not calmed down. —Bluffton News. A deal was completed today by which Charles Bentz, of this city, secured a fine tract of 60 acres of land near Honduras, in the edge of Adams county, for which he paid SIOO per acre, or $6,000 for the tract. The farm is one of the best in that section and is finely improved. Mr. Bentz bought the farm from George Houck, father of Charles Houck of this city and he and his wife are arranging to move back to Bluffton to reside. They hoved to the arm only a few months ago an dthe reason for their return to the city is the feeble condition of Mrs. Houck’s health. Mr. Bentz does not intend to move to the farm, but will rent it —Bluffton News,

E. Woods went to Fort Wayne on business this afternoon. Miss Velma Daniels, of Preble, is visiting Miss Mabel Weldy. Clarence Stevens went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Miss Maud Magley went to Monmouth today on the morning car. George Sheiferstein, of Monmouth, was in the city today on business. Arthur Beery, of Columbus, 0., is visiting his parents for a few days. Workmen were busy today installing a Western Union clock in the interurban station. Chau, ry Stetson is slowly recovering from a siege of illness. He has been ailing for some time. Ed Vancil went to Monroe this afternoon on his regular business trip returning on the evening train. I. L. Babcock went to Geneva this afternoon, where business of importance is occupying his attention. Mrs. W. L. Keller, of Monroe, was a caller in the city this morning and returned to her home this afternoon. Miss Mayme Brown, of Berne, was in the city today making a visit with friends, and returned to her home this afternoon. Thomas Leonard and Thomas Haefling are now comfortably located in their new quarters, and are ready to greet their friends. Mrs. John Hilty, of Berne, after making a visit with friends and relatives in the city, returned to her home this afternoon. Mrs. W. W. Connor, of Mexico City, Mexico, is in the city making a visit with her sister, Mrs. Ed Vancil. She will remain here for some time. Senator C. W. Kimmel, of Kendallville, thinks the legislative session ought to be longer, declaring that sixty days is not sufficient time to properly dispose of the business. Louis Yager, of Toledo, after having read in the Democrat of the misfortune of James Touhey, forwarded five dollars to be added to the fund subscribed to the unfortunate man. Directors of the First National bank at Angola gave a farewell dinner to Representative Cyrus Cline prior to his departure for Washington to take his seat in congress. Mr. Cline is president of the bank.

The three months’ old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jack is very ill at Willshire with a complication of diseases. The mother is at Martinsburg for treatment. She was formerly Miss Nellie Snellen of this city. Mr. Jack has gone to Martinsburg to bring his wife to that place, where they have been residing for some time with her parents. The real estate men of the city are reaping a harvest this spring. There probably Jias not been a time in years when the number of land deals which have been put through the past few weeks have been equaled. A few years ago SIOO an acre for land was considered an exhorbitant figure, but many of the farms now are selling as high as sllO. Tnere are some which even bring a greater figure than this —Bluffton News. Through W. H. Shambaugh and W. W. Rockhill, who were at Indianapolis Wednesday, Mayor Charles A. Bookwaiter, of that city, sent his acceptance of the invitation to attend the stockholders’ banquet of the Fort Wayne Hotel company at the Anthony hotel on March 18. Governor Marshall has not yet indicated whether or not it will be possible for him to be present. Judge R. S. Taylor will preside as toastmaster. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. Tomorrow night the management of the Grand theater have arranged for a special musical program, in connection with the regular show. Miss Niblick will sing a selection from the well known grand opera “Bohemian Girl” entitled “Then You’ll Remember Me.” Fifteen beautiful slides accompany this song, and it will be a feature in Itself. The rest of the music will be in the hands of Med P. Miller, and True Fristoe,' iwhich means “some music.” Remember, tomorrow night at the Grand.

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Mrs. Frances McConnel returned to her home near Monmouth today. Mrs. Rebecca cowan went to Fort Wayne to be the guest of friends for a few days. Mrs. Charles Foughty went to Fort Wayne to visit with her brother for a short time. Miss Margaret Bell went to Fort Wayne to visit with relatives and friends over Sunday. After preliminary hearing hpfore Justice Tyer, at Wabash, Dr. George E. Snearly, of Roann, has been held to the grand jury on a charge of having caused the death of his wife by the administration of poison. Dr. Francis J. McConnell was ushered into the president’s chair of DePauw university yesterday with impressive ceremonies Hugh Dougherty president of the board of trustees, delivered the keys to the new president. In two suits filed at Huntington the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction company is asked to pay $20,000 damages for tlfe death of Mrs. Mary Unger. The husband and an only son are the complainants. Mrs. Unger jumped from her carriage when a trolley car frightened her horses. Trainmen say the car did not strike her and that her death was due to her fall. Others declare she was hit by the car. The supreme court Tuesday decided that the express companies could not be compelled to make deliveries within the city under the present law. The decision came on an appeal from the decision of the Marion county superior court In the case of the state against the Adams Express company for alleged failure to deliver packages as required under the law which says that delivery must be made in all cities of over 2,500 inhabitants. It was shown that the express company made the delivery through a parcel delivery company when beyond certain bounds making an extra charge. The court held that this was not unlawful.

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W. H. Ramey returned to his home at Findlay, 0., today, after a pleasant visit with his son Will. Father Benzinger, of Hesse Castle, returned to his home yesterday afternoon after visiting the Rev. Theodore Wilkens. The Triad Engineering and Construction company, of Goshen,' capitalized at SIO,OOO, has been incorporated to build and equip electric lines, and construct bridges, sewers and general construction work. Mr. and Mrs. Young, ot Kokomo, parents of Mrs. U. E. Cramer, of this city, who have been dangerously ill with the smallpox, are better, and hopes are entertained for their early recovery.

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William Rose, of Warren townshp. Huntington county, was arrested on suspicion of complicity in the burning of the barn of Adonijah Farmer, and lodged in jail. Ths suspect is more than 70 years old. Mrs. Herbert Pennington and her daughter, Mrs. Hunt, went to Fort Wayne to visit the former’s daughter, Mrs. Edith Lauer, who is seriously sick. She will have an operation performed soon. Word has reached the city announcing the death of Mrs. Jane Lukehart, of Oklahoma, a half sister of Mrs. Isaac Peters, of Bluffton, and Mrs. U. S. Drummond of Pleasant Mills. Charles Nelson of this city is a half brother of the decedent.