Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1909 — Page 3

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:WEATHER forecast: ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+++++♦+* Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; cooler south portion tonight. Miss Hattie Burkhead returned from Pleasant Mills, where she visited her sister. Miss Blanche Hart arrived in the city from Fort Wayne to attend the wedding today. ( w Miss Luella Black, who has been visiting Mrs. Winnes and family, returned today to her home at West Milton, Ohio. Mrs. Louisa Walters went to La Fontaine, where she will visit her children. She will also visit at Anderson and Marion. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Successor t* lr. C. E. Neptune Office above Auth's Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 28 —12 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. m * AA *7;W ' 'V'-tP*Y. ' ■ /Jr ***** r 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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Albert Shady made a visit to Fort Wayne. Herbert Crum returned to Craigville. Miss Rachel Harding went to Bluffton today on business. Ralph Brown returned to his home at Kendallville last evening. Miss Eda Herbert, of Lagrange, is visiting friends in the city. *fhe Juvenile band furnished music at the county commencement today and it was w’ell appreciated. Miss Emma Switzer returned to her home near Kendallville after a visit with friends in the city. Miss Celia Mayer is able to resume her work at True's store after a short absence on account of sickness. Sam Hite has completed his handsome new residence on Third st-eet, and has commenced to furnish it. Sam Simison, of Berne, was in the city yesterday looking after business interest and returned to his home last evening. Have you muzzled your purp? If not, don't be surprised to hear that he has gone to the happy land. It’s an order that is to be enforced. This was the meanest morning possible for those who had their white and pink and blue dresses all fixed up for the weddings or the commencement. Mrs. J. H. Heller will next Wednesday leave for Shelbyville, Indiana, for a ten days’ visit with Mrs. E. B. Cotton. She will be accompanied by the two children, Fanny and Dick. The band boys have received their new uniforms and were on the street iast night with them for the first time. The boys furnished excellent music at the Star theater last night. Hon. Thurman Gottschalk, of Berne, was here today attending the commencement exercises and circulating among his const/tuents, whom he represents in the Indiana legislature. A number of people watched Mr. J. E. Moser snap the big graduating class in front of the library at noon. If the pictures are anywhere near as pretty as the original they should find a ready sale. Nick Vanderwater, who some time ago {abandoned 'housekeeping has rented the C. A. Drew property on east Ohio street and will set up housekeeping again this afternoon. His wife woh has ben visiting in Fort Wayne for some time will return home this afternoon. —Bluffton News.

Miss Gretel Shoemaker is visiting friends at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Joe Daniels, of Preble, was in the city shopping today. We have certainly Lad enough rain during the past few days. Miss Rose Martin, of Peterson, was in the city shopping today. Dr. H. L. Cook,, of Bluffton, was in the city this morning. Mrs. Mary Elzey went to Marion for a visit with friends today. Miss Ethel Botthoff returned to Marion on the noon train today. Mr. and Mrs. B. Uhl of Toledo, Ohio, are visiting friends in the city. J. D. Winteregg has returned to his home at Berne after transacting important business in the city. Robert Peterson came home from Rome City this morning in time to join his class of graduates and receive his diploma. Nelson Bricker, of Geneva, came to the city this morning to remain for the day to attend the the county commencement. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Rayn, of Fort Wayne, have returned to their home after making a pleasant visit in the city with friends and relatives. A goodly number of people arrived this morning on the eight o'clock train to be in attendance at the annual commencement held in this ffity today. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simms, of Marion, who spent the winter at Chattanooga, is in the city visiting the latter’s sister, Mrs. Jacob Buhler and family. Dan Tyndall, one of the graduates in today's class, was made happy by the gift of a handsome gold watch from his parents. The heavy rainfall of last evening and tlis morning made it impossible for the commencement exercises to be held in the open air. Bosse’s opera house furnished the place for the exercises. To win a wager of 25 cents, Louis Parr, employed on a truck farm near Kendallville, appeared on the streets of Kendallville Tuesday afternoon wearing a pair of felt boots, a heavy overcoat and a sun-bonnet. Six attorneys are engaged in a Garrett case in which one Gage is attempting f|o recover a S4O watch which he pawned to a Garrett jeweler named Wherley, and who sold the ticker after it was not redeemed. Mrs. Harvey Lee went to Fort Wayne today, where she will remain over Sunday with relatives. She will leave that city Monday for her future home near Fremont, Michigan, her husband having gone previously. The Noble county board of charities makes complaint of the infirmary near Albion, asserting that repairs are needed, the sanitary condition is not good and that no provision is made for the separation of the sexes. George Ade, the humorist and playwright, has been elected a member of the board of trustees of Purdue university, representing the alumni of that institution on the board. Mr. Ade was graduated from Purdue in 1887. The affairs of the Kosciusko county bank, at Warsaw, which was closed a year ago by the state bank inspector, have just been “wound up.” Creditors will receive about 50 cents on the dollar of the claims against the institution. All prepartions are completed foi the union Decoration day exercises to be observed by the lodges of the city next Sunday. The lodges will form a line of march on Second street and go to the Maplewood cemetery where ritualistic work will be observed and the graves of the departed members will be decorated. Did some one mention rain. Just now it don’t seem that we could ever have a dry spell, but it won't be long until we will all be anxious to hear the patter patter. A peculiar feature of these showers is that for a week past they have been coming at the same time each evening, but last night’s shower just kept it up all night. The managers of the Winona Assembly grounds are arranging for the building of a hotel for the particular' entertainment of Methodists. The I land has been set apart and the build-1 ing planned. It will cost $25,000, and the money is proposed to be raised by issuing 250 shares of stock at SIOO. It will thus be controlled by its stockholders and be a home for its people.

The Decatur Horse company have ■ quartered in their First street stables a consignment of excellent horses, which will be disposed of tomorrow at their regular sale. Many buyers have ahead?' arrived in the* city and many more are expected tomorrowmorning. Auctioneer McNabb, of Ashland, Ohio, will hold the hammer and no doubt this, the last sale be a successful one. The consignment consists of all kinds of horses and the wants of any anticipatory purchasers can be supplied.

Henry Colter, of Rivarre, was in the city today on business. Mr. Frank Hodges returned to bis home near Fort Wayne today. Miss Ada Jacobs returned to Monroevilel after shopping in the city. W. W. Briggs, of Geneva, was a visitor in this city today, his son being one of the class of graduates. Miss Edna Lower, of Frankfort, has arrived in the city to make a visit with her uncle Joseph Lower. Mr. and Mrs. J. French, of Fort Wayne, have come to the city for a visit with friends and relatives. The primary classes of the Evangelical church are requested to meet at the church tomorrow afternoon. Those attending the commencement who reside out of the city, returned to their homes this afternoon. The north bound G. R. & I. train this morning was well filled with county graduates from the south, who came in to attend the commencement. Mrs. W. A. Colter and children returned home Sunday evetftng from Decatur, where they nad been since Saturday, the guests of Mrs. Colter’s sister, Mrs. W. H. Follis. —Willshire Herald. Charles Elzey and his wife and mother left at noon over the Chicago & Erie for a two months’ trip through the west They will leave Chicago this evening for Portland, Oregon, where they will visit relatives and later take in the big fair at Seattle. Mr. Elzey will also investigate the openings for business in other parts of that section, though he has no idea of staying away from Decatur very long. There is no school corporation at Lagro. At the meeting Monday evening the school board voted to dissolve the school corporation and thereby voted themselves out of office and Lagro out of a town school system. This throws the school building, the school teachers and all the school management back upon the township. The board found itself with no funds with which to replace the school building, which had been condemned.

Chief Justice W. B. Crow, of Ohio, has made a decision that will surprise many people. He says there is no law compelling a woman to take her husband’s name when they marry. It is only custom. If the couple likes her family name best at marriage they can take her name. They may simply take the name of the two families that suits them best and both adopt that, being known as Mr. and Mrs. etc. The decision was brought about by a man having the name of Beefsteak. The bride objected to it and they were authorized to use her family name by the above decision.

The round robin, a letter which each member of the senior class of last year will add to has been received by Miss Lucile Gillig, having been in Decatur but once before. The first letter was mailed at Greencastle by Miss Frances Bryson and tells of her school life at DePauw. It also contained several pages written by Miss Pansy Bell. As in the other letter it told of her school life at that place. Among the places the letters has been received is at Terre Haute, Marion, Cincinnati, etc. Miss Etta Brandyberry writes from Terre Haute, Fancheon Magley from Marion and Will Conrad from Cincinnati.

The roster of the Indiana commandery of the Loyal Legion, a national order comprised of all the officers of the Union army during the civil war, has just been published and shows Fort Wayne to have five living members of the order. They are: John W. Sale, Henry M. Williams, Isaac d’lsay. Allen H. Dougall and D. N. Foster. The city has an equal number of members who have died: Col. O. D. Hurd, Dr. A. J. Laubacn, Col. R. S. Robertson, Col. C. A. Zollinger and John White. Up to the time of the election of Theodore Roosevelt, this order, of some eight thousand members, had the distinction of furnishing every president of the United States since Lincoln, save one —Grover Cleveland.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. Geneva is going to celebrate the I Fourth on Saturday, July 3rd. Last , Thursday night the business men held ' a meeting at the Masonic hall to 'consider the project, and an organi ization was effected. S. H. Teeple 1 was appointed on committee to solicit I funds and he succeeded in getting toigether a sum exceeding that of a year 'ago, so there Is no “its” about it the i celebration will eclipse that of a year ago and that is evidence enough that the Eagle’s scream will be heard some. At meeting Tuesday night committees on general arrangements | were appointed, and the program may soon be announced. These committees will let no grass grow under their feet but will get busy now and will leave nothing undone that should • be done to make this the grandest 1 celebration ever held in the town. 1 Remember the date, Saturday, July 3rd. —Geheva Herald.

| Wo Owe | 5? Our Success in the clothing business to the ex- ® cellent quality of the goods we sell and to the low Prices we are selling them at. i ? Great Values in Men’s Suits i Hi I J'ft -• aMZZ y -r-lL ~ w e have just bought 120 high grade hand- : - tailored suits from our wholesale house at a ■ ■ IW' Sn great reduction and we are offering these suits ■ ~1 5 — t 0 ou at t^le same reduction. Suits early in the season would have cost g-ilaaalf JO-.Ag’ you S2O and $25 can now be bought for |KJ H U $15.00 and SIB.OO S ■Wf Slf T 1 also s P ec^ va l ues in suits at ■ I tRL *JSLw ? 6 - 50 - $ 7 - 50 - S B - 50 - ? w '°° and ? 12 - 50 | Boys’ and Children’s Suhs $1 to $7.50 J We have Exceptional Values in Children’s Suits, ages 3 to 8 years j Elzey, Vance & Hite, i s■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

Ed Lyons returned from his regular business trip. Miss Ruth Berning returned to her home near Fort Wayne today. Miss Frances Gault, of Peterson, was in the city today to attend the county commencement. Joseph Moser has sold his farm and will move to Wells county. He is advertising a sale of personal property to be held at his residence southeast of Preble on Wednesday, June 16. On Wednesday, June 2nd, at high noon, at the bride's home in this place, occurred the marriage of Elias Kuntz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuntz of Berne, and Miss Ida L. Miller, daughter of Mrs. Fanny Miller of this place. The ceremony was performed only in the presence of a few of the immediate ’relatives and a few invited friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Graves, pastor of the Methodist church. After the wedding dinner was served and then the contracting parties left for Casey, 111., to visit the groom’s sister, Mrs. Ernest Bolds, and will also visit with friends in Shelbyville, and at Celina, Ohio, before returning to their future home at Shelbyville, Mich. —Geneva Herald.

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741 —Is a story and a half, five room house with stable, drove well, two lots on Oak street $725.00 775—1 s a comfortable five-room cottage on south Ninth stret, cistern, chicken park, garden, etc.. .$850.00 755 —Is a comfortable seven-room cottage, on Tenth street, grained wood finish, citern and city water $975.00 745 —Is a new five-room cottage on Front street, good sewerage, city and cistern water, natural wood finish $1,150.00 77$ —Is a new five-room cottage on south Line street; cistern, coal house, drove well, on sewer, etc., nice front porch $1,100.00 778 — Is a well located seven-roem cottage, grained finish, good cistern, drove well, stable, etc., on south Tenth street $1,750.00 779 — Is a good two-story frame house at the corner of Jefferson and Eighth streets. Brick sidewalks, drove well, coal house, etc. 51,650.00 716, 742 and 752 —Are three new and See our large lists of city and tions.

George Syphers says there have been no invitations issued for his wedding, and that in fact there is no truth in the statement that he is to be married right away. At that he would not deny the fact that he has been thinking very seriously of leaving the ranks of the lonely.

Style, fit, shapeliness in clothes are the result of skilled hand tailoring from individual measurements; t therefore clothes satisfaction can be assured only in garments made to order. Clothes with such virtues will stand the distortions of the body, changes of weather and strain of hard wear — will be neat and shapely as long as you care to wear them —a decidedly a profitable investment. Examine our Spring fabrics, Our Fashion 562 Three-Button Novelty Sack, . . Dip front, curved pockets. tliC pTCttICSt CVCl* this community, and our original fashion designs. Be among the first to proclaim a new style. We agree to please you or refuse your money. CHRIS MEYER, The Tailor 135 S. Second St. Decatur, Indiana

desirable residence properties on north Third street ‘at 52XXXX0#, $2,300.00 and $2,500.00. In acre tracts and small farms we can now offer you: 760 —Is a one-acre tract just outside of the corporation of Decatur, has a small frame house, good well of water, fine lot of fruit trees, etc., $450.00. 777 —Is an acre and a quarter tract on the pike road, just west of the city. Has good frame cottage with large cellar, stable, fruit trees, garden, etc $850.00 754 Is an acre and a quarter tract on brisk street in north Decatur; comfortable house with cellar, drov« well, stable, etc. $2,200.00 743 —Is a fifteen acre tract on the traction line north of Decatur; is near the station, has good buildings and nice location ....$2,500.00 771 —Is a good small farm of thirty acres; is on the stoned road, near school, and has comfortable cottage house; is a good grade of land. $2,350.00. farm properties for further descrip-

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