Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1909 — Page 3

CR7 Rd Alaska-Yukon-Pacific. Exposition UIIU U SEATTLE, June 1-October 16, 1909 ! — VIA—-™, TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS & WESTERN RAILWAY If you are going to Visit the Seattie Exposition and the Great Northwest during the. coming season, prepare your trip now. Special personally conducted parties are being organized for the trip. Fare $67.80 Trom Decatur with diverse route returning if desired. Going or returning through j Important Conventions Held in the West this Year ■ Nat’! Ed. Esau, Denver... .July 5-9 G. A. Republic, Salt Lake.... Aug 5-8 Epworth League, Seattle ..July War Vet., Tacoma Aug ' 5-8 B. P. O. Elks, Los Angeles. July 11-17 j1..0. Odd Fellows, Seatie..Sept. 20-25 For rstt's, diversity of routes and all information as to cost of trip, see Clover Leaf agents or write Clover Leaf Building, E. L BROWNE, Dist. Pass. Agent Krauss and Erie Street Toledo, Ohio

♦+♦♦++++++++++++ I WEATHER FORECAST * ♦+4+++4++44++++J Unsettled weather with showers tonight or Sunday; not much change in temperature. Miss Grace Coffelt went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit friends. Mrs. Aaron Devinney went to Fort Wayne for a visit with her veice, Mrs. Charles Ault. Mrs. Ferd Peoples, went to Monmouth this morning to visit her parents, and Mrs. Henry Magley and other relatives. Baptismal services will be observed at the M. E. church tomorrow ing and special music will be rendered. In the evening a Children s day ‘program will be fciven.

THEFAIR MONROE STREET Visit our 5 and 10c Dep’t. Bargains to be had in Hosiery .... IO to 35c Ladies union underwear3sc Ladies night dresses . 50c Embroidery, ayd . . . 18c Musical Instruments, Magazines, Books Hundreds of other articles. THE FAIR West of Old Adams County Bank, Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Sucossor to Or. C. E. Neptune Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 2 a. m., I—s p. to Paying AU 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

SUNDAY EXCURSIONS' via the CLOVER LEAF ROUTE “The Lucky Way” To TOLEDO, 0. and MARION, IND. and to many intermediate stations very low fares In effect Sunday June 13. 1909 and continuing EVERY SUNDAY until further notice Get further particulars from the Agent.

| J. W. Coleman has been re-elected to the city school board at Warsaw. Apprentice boys in the B. & O. railroad shops at Garrett have joined the striking machinists. Os $389,399.97 of taxes assessed for payment in Wells county this year, but $16,509.16 remains unpaid. The Indiana State bank, at North Manchester, has increased its capita! stock from $25,000 to $50,000. The M. E. choir had a good practice last night preparing music for tomorrow morning and evening. - ♦ Sam G. Stone, ■prominent Butlet merchant, has been elected a member of the school board in that city. 8. A. Callahan, of Fort Wayne, is among the -graduates in the law department of Valparaiso university. The Auburn Morning Tribune, a new daily, with O. H. Downey as editor, has become a democratic newspaper. Orange township, Noble county, will erect a $25,000 school building at Rome City. The present building was recently condemned by health officers. Jacob Pfaff, of Brimfield, has been appointed chief mustering officer upon the staff of Orlando A. Somers, department commander of the In- • diana G. A. R. Lbn Monroe, sent to the state re- ! formatory from Bluffton two years 1 ago for shooting with intent to kill W. H. Fox/ then an officer, has been paroled. Charles Pearce, who shot and nearly killed Patrolman Joe Krueger nt Logansport April 27, was Tuesday sentenced tp from five to fourteen years in the Michigan City prison. Solomon Schnepp, a well known farmer east of Decatur, suffered a violent atack of nosebleed that lasted for many hours, and he nearly died before physicians were able to check thb hemorrhage. * The Rosedale Improvement association has been organized at Elkhart with a capital stock of $60,000, to deal in real estate. The directors are G. E. Compton, W, H Russell, M. S. Chapman and L. D. Hall. The DeKalb County Bankers’ association has elected officers as follows: President, J. D. Lelghty, St. Joe: vice president, Jonas Schloss, Auburn; secretary, W. H. Coffinberry, Garrett; treasurer, Dr. F. M. Hines, Auburn. Huntington county doctors stand ready to furnish free their services to all inmates of a tuberculosis asylum for the poor should the sanitarium offered by the state Red Cross society be accepted and opened at Huntington. The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kunce, 6f Huntington, swallowed a thimble a few days ago. It lodged in the little one’s throat, and physicians were able to afford relief -only by pushing the thimble down into the child’s stomach. /Tomorrow the feast of Corpus Christi will be celebrated in St. Marys church. The feast day itself fell on last Thursday, but it being no longer I a holy day of obligation, is celebrated on the Sunday following. At the ten .o’clock mass there will be a solemn proceession with the Blessed Sacrament and the scattering of flowers by the smaller girls who will be dressed in white.

Miss Esther Bixler has returned to her home at Berne. Mrs George Steele is sick at her home on Marshall street. The Misses Grote* returned to their home north of the city today. Rev. F. H. Vernor will prfeach tomorrow at the Christian church. Mrs. W. Welle, of Geneva, -and daughter Grethchen, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Johnson. Miss Hazel Burdge, of Berne, returned to her home today after a visit with friends in the city. Little Neva Laman, who has been very sick with the grippe, is recovering and will soon be well. Mr, and Mrs. G. E. Weston, of Fort Wayne, were visitors in the city today, and have returned to their home Five hundred pupils have been grad uated from the Lagrange high school since the first commencement in 1877. Casper Vetter, forced out of the saloon business at Kendallville when tae county went “dry,7 will open a bakery. Sam Acker, of Geneva, transacted business in the city and visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Acker last evening. , Miss Fancheon Magley returned last evening from Marion, and will spend Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Magley. Many.of the horse buyers who attended yesterday’s sale, left for their homes this morning. The sale was a howling success. There will be appropriate religious services at the various churches of the city tomorrow to which the public is cordially invited. Mr. Fred Knight, of Van Wert, who has been here for the past few days, looking after business interests, has returned to his home. The Wolford child is recovering nicely from the accident it had a few days ago,-and it is thought s hat it will recover without inconvenience. Mrs. Sadie Cowly is at Cleveland today, having gone last night. She is visiting with a friend, formerly Miss Emma Tepele and of this city. Mrs. L. H. Purdy and daughter Pearl, Mrs. Mary Baxter and Miss Esther Purdy, will spend Sunday at Bluffton with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Purdy. Miss Cora and Osa Bitler who visited with Mliss Treta Erwin, have gone to Fort Wayne. In a few days they will go to Rome City, where they will spend some time.

Attorneys Mock, Dailey and Eichhorn have returned to their home at Bluffton after adjournment of court yesterday and they will resume the Faylor-Studabaker trial next Monday. Miss Golda Krider, the Wabash girl has lapsed into another of her mysterious sleeps from wnich it is impossible to awaken her. She passed through a similar attack that lasted several days a short time ago, and is now in a sanitarium at Logansport for treatment Dr. J. D. Biggerstaff, in a suit for SI,OOO damages against the Western Tnion Telegraph company, was given judgment for SIOO in the circuit court at Huntington. Dr. Biggerstaff claims the company failed to deliver two tele, grams to him, as a result of which he tost an important case. With her husband a paralytic and helpless in the house, Mrs. Johrf Moffett, 67, near Lajontaine, Wabash county, dropped dead Thursday. The husband was unable to -either help her or summon assistance, and it was several hours before neighbors discovered the fact that the woman was dead. Charles Garrison stepped off the Chicago & Erie railroad track at Kingsland to allow a train to pass, and as the engine whizzed past him the man toppled over beside the track. Believing he had struck and killed the man, the engineer stopped his train, only to discover that Garrison had fallen from heart disease. He soon revived. John Bidwell, of Rome City, is probably the oldest fisherman in Noble county. He is ninety-four years 1 of age and has been a fisherman from childhood,* since which time he has caught many pounds of fish. Although he cannot bait his hook and pull in the fish as easily as in his younger davs, he still delights to idle his time on the nearby lakes during the summer season. An Angora cat, the property of Orie fitegall, east Mbin street, is the mother of five kittens, born Wednesday. One of the kittens is a freak, having three distinct mouths and as many tongues, and had to be fed with a spoon. One mouth is smaller than the others and the other two much larger in size, are just below this one, the different throats being easily seen. There was no other deformity of the animal whjch lived only a day. The kitten is on exhibition at the Stegall home, 423 east Main street, and has been viewed by many persons.—Portland Dally Sun.

Miss Edith Porter went tf> -iftrt Wayne this afternoon. Miss Tonnellier went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Smith went to Fort Wayne this afternon. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Brokaw are visiting friends at Cleveland. Misses Della and May Davidson went to Fort Wayne tlfts afternoon. Miss Emma Fierk went to Fort Wayne on the 2:30 car to spend Sunday. Misses Jessie and Fancheon Magiey went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. D. M. Hensley will go to Rome City tomofrew morning to remain a few days. John McLain, of Circleville, Ohio, is in the city visiting his sister, Miss Anna McLain. J: B. Stoneburner has a new show for tonight’s entertainment, and it is a good one. P. G. Hooper and family are at Rome City, where they have been enjoying a several days’ outing. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Spencer and family are at Rome City, where they are enjoying themselves immensely. The school board met last evening in special session at which time they transacted business of importance. Kurt Brown,* who has been attending the school of pharmacy at Atlgola, has returned for a several days’ vacation. John Wolford, who has been visiting here for the past week or so will return to Cardwell, Ark., this evening or tomorrow. The W. R. C. will celebrate flag day at their hall on Monday evening and extend a cordial invitation to the public to be present. Mrs. Elmer Jones, of Marion, has arrived in the city for a visit with friends and relatives. She will remain for several days. - Marshal Butler is, enforcing the order in regard to muzzling dogs. All dogs that he finds without muzzles will be killed at once.

Mrs. T. M. Reid very pleasantly entertained the Euchre Club last' evening at her First street home.\A number of outside guests were present. The new smokestack at. the city water works station has been completed, and is ready for use. It is witnout doub.t the largest metal stack in she city. Miss Ella Eddington has returned from jOssian, where she was employed as a trimmer in a millinery store, and will clerk as usual on Saturday at Baughman’s store. David Miller, who has been the guest of his sister, Mrs. E. E. Snow, for the past week, went to Anderson today, where he will spend a few days with his mother, Mrs. C. C. Miller, before returning to Chicago, where he will enter the vaudeville circuit The residents of north Second street are making great efforts to beautify their homes by keeping law’ns closely mowed and all weeds cut. The appearance of the various properties show the amount of labor that has been put in by the residents in this section of the city?

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Fred Erwin is in the city visiting i friends. Arthur Hall was in she city today I on business. Miss Arbye Shaft went to Fort ■ Wayne this afternon. Miss Mary Murphy, of Lewiston, ] 111., is- visiting relatives in the city. I Miss Agnes Radamacher went to; Fort Wayne this afternoon to spend , the day. Miss Carrie Rinehart has returned i from Bluffton, where she visited rel- 1 atives. Misses Bertha and Viola Smith; went to Huntington today to spend ; Sunday. Jesse Helm and Miss Pansy Bell I went to Fort Wayne on the 2:30 car j to spend the afternoon. Chas Suttles and Chas. Railing I went to Rome City where they will spend a few days trying to catch a I few of the finny tribe. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Reid will go to Rome City next Saturday, and enjoy , their vacation. Mr. Reid will arrive in Decatur next Saturday morning.

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741 —Is a story and a half, five-room house with stable, drove well, two lots on Oak streets72s.oo 775 — Is 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 $1,150.00 776 — 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-room ' cottage, grafted finish, good cis- ' tern, 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

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desirable residence properties on north Third street 'at SAXKO.Oft. $2,300.00 and $2,500.00. In acre tracts and small farms we can now offer you: 760—1 s a one-acre tract just outside of the corporation of Decatur, has a small frame house, good well of wajer, 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 briek street in north Decatur; comfortable house with cellar, drove well, stable, etc $2,200,013 743 —Is a fifteen acre tract on the ' traction line north of Decatur; is near the t 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.

The members of the Red Men lodge will meet at their hall Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock to arrange to join in the union Decoration services which will be observed. AH members should be present. 139-2 t