Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1909 — Page 3

Dr.PRICE'S Cr s am Baking Powder No alum, no lime phosphates As every housekeeper can understand, burnt alum and sulphuric acid—the ingredients of all alum and alum-phosphate powders— must carry to the food acids injurious to health. Read the label. Avoid the alum powders

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦♦+++ •WEATHER FORECAST! s♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦*++ Partly cloudy, with showers and thunder storms tonight or Saturday; continued warm. John Schug left on his regular business trip today. Noah Mosser, of Berne, was in the city today on business; Ed Lyons returned to the city todayafter being absent on business. The Eastern Star will meet tonight and important business will be transacted. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward went to Detroit and Bay City today for a visit with friends. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Successor to Dr. C. E. Neptune Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 28 —12 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. in.

Disputes as to paid bills, overpayments, etc., are absolutely eliminated with a checking account—the receipted legal voucher you hold in the returned paid check protects you perfectly. This is just one of the many reasons why you should have a checking account with us. OLD Adams Co. Bank

We Stand or Fall by These Clothes—s 10 to $25 ® You cannot find, at any price, better style or better fit than that in CLOTHCRAFT.CLOTHES, You simply can’t find it. It doesn’t exist. This you can prove for yourself. You know style when you see it. You can tell when a garment fits. But we want you to know that CLOTHCRAFT CLOTHES are good—real, down-right good—in other ways than fit and style. We do wish we could make you know how good they really are.

Clothcraft Clothes

We Stake Our Name on these clothes. Do you realize what that means? It means that we know that, if these clothes are not as good as we promise, you and hundreds of others will be driven away from our store. But we are not afraid. We know the honest men who make CtoiHCRAFT. We know that they use nothing but wool, pure wool. We know the factory—the wonderful factory, full of sunlight, fu 1 of fresh air. We know how the clothes are made. We know the wonderful system

Holthouse, Schulte and Company

Harry Ward arrived home from Indianapolis today. Mrs. Charley Dutcher was quite sick but is a little better now. The restaurants did a thriving business today on account of the big horse sale. Harry Lowenstein, of Fort Wayne, was in the city attending the horse sale and will return to his home this evening. Eli Sprunger went to Oberlin today to attend a festival. Miss Florence Sprunger is attending the conservatory at that place. Mrs. Heller is reported some better today after a very bad night. She will likely be on the road to recovery in a day or two. John Stewart, wife and baby, of Dayton, Ohio, former residents of this city, have arrived for a visit at the home at Attorney and Mrs. D. B. Erwin. The trial of 0. B. Guiley, of Kendallville, charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Edwin Wright, at Rome City, on the morning of February 1, has been set for trial at Albion on May 31.

Luther and Josephus Martin and Mrs. Frank Filer, of Geneva, were hefe today attending the sale of the Martin land, sold by Commissioner J. F. Snow at the east door of the court house at ten o’clock this morning. Through Pension Attorney Robert Blackburn Mrs. James McCune has been allowed a pension. Her husband died April 16. She filed her claim on April 26th and it was allowed May 11th, one of the shortest cases on record. Among recent Northern Indiana incorporations is that of the Fort Wayne Abstract company, Fort Wayne; capital stock, $20,000; incorporators, P. F. Dixon, Will Johnson, H. C. Underwood, Alexander Johnson and John Johnson. A New York dispatch states that former Vice President Fairbanks, of Indiana, will probably be invited to accept the presidency of the Equitable Life Insurance Society to succeed Paul Morton. The salary is $50,000 a year. Friends of Mr. Fairbanks do not believe he would accept. The former vice president celebrated his fif-ty-seventh birthday Tuesday by sailing from Honolulu to Tokio.

that reduces the cost of making. For these clothes Save You Nearly a Third —a third in actual cash —cash that you can use for hats or shoes. This is th® ° nl r llno ot all wo ° l clothes in America that sells at 810 io B*s. This wool and these clothes are guaranteed—the maker’s guarantee as good as gold in each suit And knowing the clothes and their makers, we add our guarantee to theirs. These clothes will go fast—we know it We’re real proud of otir allotment and we want you to see it before it's broken up. Come today.

John Woy went to Monmouth this morning. Mrs. John Everett is slowly recovering from severe illness. Mrs. Cora Caton returned to her home at Fort Wayne. H. S. Shuman, of Willshire, and Ida Shuman, went to Fort Wayne today. Carl France is slowly getting better. He has been sick for some time. Mrs. Elizabeth Wynn went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. William Anderson, of Hartford township, was a business visitor in the city today. Mrs. Sheldon-Smith and Mrs. Milo Maccartan, of Willshire, went to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. Kuebler, who was operated upon yesterday is recovering from the operation performed. The operation proved very successful. Miss Iva Lett, of Rivarre, was in the city this morning shopping. She will visit several days with her sister, Mrs. Anna Hunt, west of the city, Just two weeks from today the Decatur public schools will close for the year, and the teachers and scholars will enjoy a much needed vaction. The juvenile band had a street parade last evening and furnished some of the best music heard here for some time. Attend the show the boys give Monday evening.

Many people from the south part of the county were in the city todayattending the horse sale, and a number of them bought horses before returning to their homes. Forest Steele returned from Hoagland, where he has been working on the new bank at that place. The work is going on splendidly, the handsome building will soon be finished. Rev. J. E. Stoops and wife, of Van Wert, have arrived in the city and will remain to attend the funeral of the latter's father, J. E. Teeple, whiCh will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. While in Chicago yesterday Clark J. Lutz called at the sanctum of Harry Daniel, and found him with coat and vest off digging as most newspaper workers have to dig. Mr. Daniel holds down a responsible place with the Chicago Inter-Ocean and is more than making good. W. A. Marsh, of was in the city today enroute to the old Marsh homestead south of the city, where he will spend the balance of the week visiting with his mother. Mr. Marsh recently moved to Indianapolis from Kokomo, where he had been engaged in the banking business. He has settled on nothing definitely in way of business, but has two or three projects under consideration. —Bluffton News. It will cost the residents of Wells county and of Allen county $4,158.15 to build the ditch between the two counties in the northeastern part of Jefferson township, this county. This was the amount of the estimate, according to the figures of H. B. Sark, county surveyor, W. A. Popejoy, drainage commissioner, Wells county, and George Shookman, drainage commissioner, of Allen county. —Bluffton Banner.

All interurban railroad companies in Indiana will carry baggage on the same basis as steam roads, beginning about July 1. This was agreed upon at a meeting of interurban officials yesterday, when the baggage question was the topic of discussion. The interurban roads have carried baggage only on a limited scale heretofore because their officials did not believe that the laws governing the carriage of baggage affected electric lines. — Bluffton News. “Ducky” Ebberts is expected back from Toledo this evening and will probably bring with him two or three players or possibly more from Toledo. There are a number of good ball players in that city, who have been playing with Ducky and .these will be given a tryout. Hull will stick here until the opening and will also get a try but. The managers hope to start practicing next week so that the team can be gott.eit in shape by the end of the ■week. —Bluffton Banner. If you are troubled with DANDRUFF and an ITCHING. BURNING SCALP. Health will positively remove all traces of ft, and stop tbe Itching and burning, keep the scalp healthy and elean and encourage the growth of new hair. Do not delay as the dandruff germ kills the hair roots and ■tops the growth of hair. IS NOT A DYE. St AND SOe. BOTTLES. AT DRUGGISTS. Hay*9 H&rflna Soap cures Eczema, red. rough and chapped hands, and all skin diseases A.eeps akin hue a&d soft, 25c. druggists. Send Scfor free books, “Tbe Care ©1 the Skm,” “The Care of the Hair.** Philo Hay Spce. Newark, N. J. HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO

Fred Bell went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Miss Electa Glancey went to Fort Wayne this morning. P. V. Lewton and wife went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Miss 'Ruby Miller went to Fort Wayne this morning, where she will spend the day. John Wetter, of Huntington, arrived in the city last evening for a visit with his wife. L. A .Graham went to Fort Wayne this afternoon on the one o’clock car where he will attend to business. Miss Ruby Artman went to Rochester today to visit her brother, James, who is located a tthat place. James is getting along fine at that place, but in a few days will leave for Monticello, 111. William Maurice of Willshire wept to Fort Wayne today to visit his wife w-ho is at Hope hospital. He expects to bring Mrs. Maurice home tomorrow. She has been in the hospital for a month. We wish to correct an error which we published in our last evening issue. The flag to be presented to the high school today is to be given by the Ladies Relief Corps and not by the G. A. R. as w-e first published.

Miss Fannie McConnel went to Fort Wayne this morning. She will be joined by Miss Florence Kunkle at Monmouth and they will go to Fort Wayne, and in the afternoon they will attend the matinee ‘Alice of Old Vincenes” at the Majestic. Messrs. F. M. Schirmeyer and D. D. Clark, representing the Citizens’ Telephone company of this city, returned home last evening from Indianapolis, where they attended the meeting of the indepdent telephone association. They report that the meeting was a most harmonious one. "I was innocent and the Lord was with me,’ exclaimed John Zearbaugh at Portland, as he accepted the congratulations of friends at the close of the trial in which he was found not guilty of attempting the crime of incest. “My two wives were the weavers of the plot to send me to the penitentiary,” he said, “and my daughter who swore falsely against me was merely a tool in the hands of those two evil women. It was their plan to bring about my conviction, after which my second wife was to have brought suit for divorce and heavy alimony. What money she would have secured from my estate she had promised to divide with my first wife.”

FqREAT OUT IN F’RIOES? (SPECIAL SUIT SALE ■ I HAVE decided to make an extra cut on all a / the Ladies Tailored Suits we have left. We • ■ ■ kave ust through the most successful suit S a season this store has ever experienced. We are now w ■ close out all this seasons latest styles at less $ ■ V/ than actual manufacturers cost ifflti/X' f IW® A Grand Opportunity for a Bargain IMsf I i ' I ■ All $25 Suits, this sale SIB.OO ■ ■ All s2oands22.soSuits, this sale . . . .$15.00 1 I 16.50 Suits, this sale $11.50 IW'Aa® 15.00 Suits, this sale $10.50 ' V Wth''' AH 12.5 Gto $13.50 Suits, this sale .. . SIO.OO ' 10.00 Suits, this sale $7.50 B I SPECIAL BARGAINS in Separate Jackets— ?' $ ■ On all our ladies seper- vj’.ip ® w ■ I ate Jackcts this season’s choice styles, a discount of ff ■ TWENTY per cent will be given. B I See our Line of TAILORED TUB WASH SUITS Arriving daily | | Niblick and Company. (

Dr. Homer Sowers went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he is looking after important business. John P. Martin, cigar manufacturer at Wabash, was stricken by apoplexy while at his w-ork Tuesday afternoon, and fell lifeless in a moment. He was 54 years of age and widely known. Charles Shaffer and Miss Lydia Cramer, neither of whom can read or write, and neither able to tell the name of the county in which they resided, have just been licensed to wed at Wabash. The groom is 51 and the bride 59. Mrs. Mary A. Cox, mother of Beulah Cox, was murdered by her foster mother, Mrs. Mary E. Wright at Devil’s Lake, N. D., has taken steps at W’abash to collect the insurance money on her daughters life. Mrs. Cox asserts the insurance companies will not pay Mrs. Wright and are not entitled to escape payment. She is very poor and for this reason was forced to give up the child to Mrs. Wright.

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At Your Service FOR Graduation and Wedding Presents -ATLehne’s Jewelery Store is the place to buy them, as you always get the latest and best quality that your money can buy at prices that will bear comparison. I have made a special effort to put in stock all the latest designs in Watches, Kings, Cuff Buttons, Silverware etc. See the line of souvenir spoons over 75 designs to select from. By buying in large quantities I am able to sell spoons with Court House and Library on them for 50c each. Get a Tiffiny wedding ring or the w'edding will not be complete without it. All Engraving Free. Lehne the Jeweler

Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Brackett went Mrs. George Witten and son Russel to Toledo today. They will take the of Veneena, Ind., went to Greentown, boat to Detroit where they will visit today to visit a daughter. While here for some time. From there they will she was the guest of her sister, Mrs. go to Bay City for a visit. Henry Bollman.

Come Out of Your Winter Den Sunday Excursions VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE “THE LUCKY WAY” To TOLEDO $1.25 and to many intermediate stations very low fares in effect SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1909. and continued EVERY SUNDAY until further notice Get Further Particulars From the Agent