Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1909 — Page 3

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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ :WEATHER forecast: Showers tonight and Thursday, Frank Miller and family, of Fort Wayne, attended the Miller-Hackman nuptials today. Miss Bertha Smith has returned from Portland where she visited with friends several days. Miss Agnes starost of Fort Wayne, arrived in the city to attend the wedding of her cousin, Anthony Hackman, to Miss Margaret Miller. Mrs. Dora Schleferstein, of Monmouth, who has been sick for some time, is showing signs of improvement, and her many friends are happy in the thought that she is going to get well. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Successor to It. C. E. heptene Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 2 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. m Paying All Expenses With Cash ? consider these few facts about a checking system: A receipted legal voucher always — for every cent expended. Absolute freedom from all disputed payments. Absolute safety in all respects. An absolutely correct record of every cost Think them over and investigate. OLD Adams Co. Bank

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k Oscar Merriman went to Fort Wayne • this morning on the ten o'clock car. Miss Frances Waggoner, of Roch- ’ ester, is spending the day with Mr. ! and Mrs. John Helm and family. Dr. L. N. Grandstaff returned to his home at Monmouth this afternoon af- ’ ter transacting business in the city. Charles Dunn left this morning on 1 a business trip in Blue Creek townshi pand will return tomorrow* evening. 1 John Woiford, of Monmouth, was in the city today looking after business interests and has returned to his home. Charles E. Martz of southeast of Monroe, is lying at his home quite seriously ill from a fall he sustained several weeks ago. Mrs .Tony Voglewede is quite sick suffering from tonsilitis, but it is thought that within a few days she will be much improved. Simon Grace and wife, of three miles east of Geneva, have gone to Clare, Mich., where he will purchase a farm and possibly reside in the future. A drain is being put in to drain the water from the vacant lot by the Hensley jewelry store. This is needed if the health of the community is to be considered. Frank Mills cleaned his machine today, and will roast peanuts from now on every day this week. Frank is a hustler when it comes to securing the best for his customers. Miss Etta Brandyberry will arrive home from Terre Haute where she is attending school on the twenty-third. Her term is finished, but she decided to stay during commencement. Work ceased last evening on the Lobsiger road in Admas county on account of the wet weather. Meyer & Klopfenstine, of this city, have the contract for building the road. —Bluffton Banner. W. A. Marsh is here from Indianapolis today on business. He is figuring on embarking in business in the state capitol but has not yet done so. His son, Howard, will complete his studies this year in school at Madison, Wisconsin, where he has been two years.—Bluffton News. The viewers on the Adams county line gravel road were supposed to meet in the office of Engineer Sark today and make their report, but the Adams county viewer reported that his brother is seriously ill in Oklahoma and that he has gone there. The report will have to be put off for a time at least. —Bluffton Banner.

Work is going merrily along on the Fort Wayne and Springfield interurban. David Miller will remain in the city for several days as the guest ot friends and relatives. There will be a number of new automobiles purchased by Decatur parties in the near future. Gus Christen left today for an extended visit in the east and will return to his home at Louisville, Ky., from there. The weather of the past few weeks has been good for the gardens of the city. Vegetables have certainly grown rapidly. Mr. Drake has gone to his home at Goshen to remain for a week with his family. His child is reported as being quite ill. There are a large number of traveling men on the road at the present time, and the Murray Hotel is doing a good business. John S. Falk has planned to spend next winter in Florida. He has purchased a tract of land there and will go there for a few months. A most interesting show was given at the Star theater last night and large audiences enjoyed the excellent films which w*ere shown. The members of the M. E. choir will meet Friday night for the purpose of practicing the special music to be rendered next Sunday morning and evening. The railways operating through this city are doing a good business st present. The passenger traffic is good as people have begun going to and from summer resorts. Bert Dullighan, of Troy, Ohio, is in the city making a visit with relatives. Mr. /Dullighan is identified with the Watkins’ Medical company and is succeeding well. The interior of the Al Burdg barber shop has undergone a very noticeable improvement. Neat paper has been placed on the walls and other improvements have been made. The Elks gave a dance last night and many couples enjoyed the popular pastime. Music was furnished by the three piece orchestra which played on the streets yesterday. Every member of the Woodmen lodge should be present at tonight’s meeting. Three candidates will be given the work and besides very important business will be transacted. Dr. Raymond Knott has resumed his dentistry practice at Berne and is greeting his many friends in the role of a married man. Raymond is a progressive young man and deserves to succeed. The one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Swank, of Topeka, died Saturday as the result of strangulation. A growth in the child’s throat that had been forming for some time became hardened and cut off his breath. Bert Richhart, arrested at Warsaw on a charge of drunkenness, said he wanted to work instead of going to jail. Mayor Rigdon purchased a scythe and sent the prisoner out to “mow all the weeds in all the alleys of Warsaw.” Workmen are busy repairing the room in which Mr. Radamacher will open a case in the near future. When the room is completed it will be modern in every particular, and Curley expects to conduct it in a strictly up to date manner. # Rev. A. M. Ellering, pastor of the Catholic church at Columbia City, and recently appointed a member of the board of trustees of the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth at Fort Wayne, will take a six months’ vacation from his work He will spend the time with a brother at Melrose, Minn. Another big sale will be held by the Decatur Horse Company next Friday at which time two hundred and fifty horses will be disposed of to the highest bidders. The consignment will consist of some excellent animals, including drivers, general purpose and draft horses. No doubt many will attend this sale as it will be probably the last one held this summer. All arrangements are -being made for the construction of the new addition which is to be built to the Decatur Furnace factory and when this is done the institution will have excellent facilities. The furnace factory has a promising future. Its business has more than met the expectations of its stockholders and an increase is noted each month in the business. A suit case brigade from Bluffton has been making regular visits to our city and taking back with them a big quantity of beer. A few nights ago a member of the “booze” party got more under his Belt than was really necessary, and consequently fell in a trench near the Clover Leaf railroad, breaking several of the bottles which contained his Sunday supply of the stimulants.

George Gase and wife living north of the city, arc the parents of a baby boy. Mrs. Elzey, Charley Elzey and wife will leave for a trip to Seatie in a few days. An important business deal is brewing, and from indications will be consummated within a few days. Charles Railing has returned from Rome City, where he was fishing over Sunday. He reports a good time. James Hendricks, of Monroe, was a business caller in the city last evening and has returned to his home. The K. P.’s will have an important meeting tomorrow evening and the presence of each member is requested. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Johnson, of Frankfort, have come to the city for a short stay in the city with friends and relatives. A number of Berne people were in the city today transacting legal business and returned to their homes on the afternoon train. John C. Cowan and son of St. Marys township, were in the city last evening looking after important business affairs and have returned to their home. Attorney Chauncey of Berne, has arrived in the city to serve as prosecutor in the place of Henry B. Heller for the next two weeks. Adam Rairigh, a prominent DunIkard residing south of Peru, became insane while attending the annual meeting of the church at Harrisonburg, Va. It was necessary to return him to Peru in irone. The Ward Fence company continues to do a big volume of business. They are receiving nice orders daily and the factory is being operated at its fullest capacity in an effort to keep in pace with the orders. The remains of Charles Smith, drawned in the Mississinewa, a river in Wabash county, Saturday afternoon, were recovered Monday, hvaing drifted half a mile down stream from the point where Smith met his death. The plaintiffs in the Faylor-Studa-baker litigation have about twenty more witnesses to examine before they are ready to rest their case and the case will probably occupy the attention of the court for more than two weeks yet. The Misses Goldie Daugherty and Miss Mildred Sovine and Mead Daugherty from Fort Wayne, arrived in the city last Saturday and have since been the guests of Miss Osa Marshand, their cousin. Sunday they were all guests of Ed Marshand where they spent a very pleasant day. I. L. Babcock expects to ship his household furniture to Frankfort Thursday of this week and make his future home at that place. Mr. Babcock is engaged in the furniture business there and is doing well. Troy, his son is in Frankfort looking after business during the absence of his father. It will not be known for some time whether or not Maple Grove park will open this summer. Negotiations are under way for the opening of the amusement place, but nothing definite has been done to that end. Some little controversy has arisen over the lease and nothing will be done until that is settled. Samuel Fair, a blacksmith at Monument City, Huntington county, was struck by lightning Monday evening while standing beneath a tree in front of his home and was instantly killed. The flash set his clothing afire, and his wife was badly burned when she rushed to him and succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but was unable to resuscitate the stricken man. George Syphers has unhesitatingly announced that he has won the hand of Mrs Ida Smith and he expects to take her as his own in the very near future. As yet no definite arrangements have been made for the tying of the nuptial knot, but George will see that this part of the program is carried out to the letter. Very likely the ring ceremony will be observed. The engagement of these people has grown out of a courtship of several months, and George says it is bound to happen soon. Here’s success to George and his bride to be. The time for the Great Northern Indiana fair is not far distant and the directors are beginning to book good attractions. The premium list as compiled has been adopted, and those wishing one can have same by calling on Secretary E. B. Adams. It is the duty of every citizen to lend his efforts in making the 1909 fair the best ever given in Adams county. The officers of the Association cannot do everything without the co-opera-tion of the people. A fair is of great value to a city and county. It promotes interest in the various departments of business life and gives the farmer a chance to show the productive qualities of his land. The ladies are also given an opportunity to demonstrate their ability in the culinary line and all in all the fair is beneficial to a community.

! \A/e Owe : J? O Ur s uccess i n clothing business to the ex- ' cellent quality of the goods we sell and to the ■ T p- JL, low prices we are selling them at. I Great Values in Men’s Suits ! ■ V ‘ 'MUEst We h ave j ust bought 120 high grade handtailored suits from our wholesale house at a ■ \ great reduction and we are offering these suits PHinSEfflw AVA 'Aj to you at the same reduction. V Suits that early in the season would have cost ■ C / you*s2o and $25 can now be bought for : W .MW $15.00 and s J£ J m 1 1f also special values in suits at B ■ >tin $ 6 - 50 ’ $ 7 - 50 > S B - 50 > S' o - 00 and wtso | S 'P' Boys’ and Children’s Suits $1 to $7.50 S We have Exceptional Values in Children’s Suits, ages 3 to 8 years ■ : Elzey, Vance & Hite. I ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■l■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

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There will be union services at the Antioch church Friday evening. Saturday the members will commune and preaching will be as usual on Sunday afternoon and evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Weldy spent yesterday at Antioch cemetery, west of town, where w’ith other members of the congregation, they cleaned the graveyard. This is done every year and it improves the appearance very much. The six south townships of Adams county are planning to have a great union Sunday school picnic at Berne on Monday, July sth, in celebration of the national holiday of July 4th. Clean orderly sport and games are to be on the program, along with good speeches, music, etc. Committees have been appointed to complete details. —Bluffton News. Dr. C. J. Blackman is arranging to leave for another trip to Texas in about two weeks, to visit his large sheep ranch. He says that there is no foundation for the report circulated some time ago to the effect that he was figuring on opening an office this summer at Atlantic City, although he will take a trip east in the fall to officiate as groomsman at his cousin’s wedding.—Bluffton News.

Our Business Is Bankings We have no other business. This is the reason why we serve our customers so vifell. You get real Bank service here—a service that is adapted to your needs. The officers of this bank with the ample facilities for banking which are at their command, can serve your individual business interests better than you think and in more ways than you may imagine. We shall be glad to have you call for a personal talk with us. FIRST National Bank DECATUR, INDIANA

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