Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1909 — Page 3

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Fred Shand, of Indianapolis, will spend Sunday in the city. John Hendricks, of Monroe, was a business caller in Decatur today. Pleasant Mills wili have a great Fourth of July celebration and no doubt many people will be in attendance. Miss Marie Jackson went to Fort Wayne this morning on her way to Bpme City, where she will spend several days. John Wittwer, of Berne, was in the city this morning transacting business with the Decatur Horse company, and has gone to his home. The management of the Robinson park at Fort Wayne, has secured a zoo which will be placed in the park. Many curious animals are included in the consignment.

Don’t forget the big free lunch at Bud’s place Saturday night. 'r Paying Al! Expenses With Cash ? consider these few facts about a checking system: A receipted legal voucher always—tor 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

AQ7 on Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition WUI IU U SEATTLE, June 1-October 16, 1909 VIA TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS & WESTERN RAILWAY If you are going to visit the Seattle Exposition and the Great Northwest during the coming season. tr‘p now. Special personally conducted parties are being organized for the trip. Fare $67.80 from Decatur with diverse route returning if desired. Going or returning through Californiasß2.Bo. Important Conventions Held in the West this Year _ - inlv 5-9 GA. Republic, Salt Lake... .Aug. 5-8 Nat’l Ed. Ess n, ' War Vet., Tacoma.. Aug. 5-8 Epworth League, Seattl ® . JU lv 11-171 O. Odd Fellows, Seatie. .Sept. 20-25 B. P. O. Elks, Los Angeled. July 11 1«- . and nil information as to cost of trip, see For rates, diversity of routes and all mtormai Clover Leaf agents or write BROWNE, Dist Pass. Agent Clover Leaf Building, e Toledo, Ohio. Krauss and Erie Street

James Fristoe is spending the day at Geneva. Miss Edna Barnett returned to her* home east of the city. C. J, Lutz is transacting important business at Geneva today. Miss Mary Hite went to Berne this morning to spend a few days with friends. Mrs. Charles Hocher and two daughters are visiting with friends at Monroe today. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hite returned last night from a visit with friends at Fort Wayne. We were favored by another big rain last night which will be of much benefit to the crops. Old potatoes are sjlmost a thing of the past, and the new ones are being placed on the market. A. L. Peck and family went to Muncie this morning, where they will visit : with relatives for a few days. Miss Eva Adams, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, will arrive in the city to spend the day with friends. Many of the farmers are now engaged in cutting hay and storing it I away. Hay is exceptionally good this year. Miss Ethel Barley went to Rome City today for a visit with her sister, • Mrs. T. M. Reid, who is spending her summer there. Mr. and Mrs. James Haefling and family left this morning for Columbus, Ohio, where they will spend the Fourth with friends and other relatives. Referee 1n Banruptcy Wood has ordered the sale of the remaining accounts and personal property of the defunct Ellison bank at Lagrange and Topeka. Sam Acker returned to the city last evening from Clear Lake, where he and his family are spending the summer. From here he went to Geneva this morning, where he will look over his business at that place. W. 0. Swaim, of Huntington, dreamed that he was being attacked by mosquitos and June bugs. He kicked out violently to dislodge an imaginary mosquito from his foot and fractured his great toe against a bedpost. Tom Miller went to Portland this morning to confer with the officials of the North-Frazier company in regard to the switch which is to be installed here, giving access to the tracks of the Clover Leaf railroad from the company’s proposed new tile mill. The contract has been prepared and will probably be signed today. —Bluffton News.

Miss Bertha Steele returned to her home near Pleasant Mills. Mrs. Percy Williams and children are visiting friends at Alexandia. Mr. and Mrs. Randal Sprague went to Fort Wayne this morning. Robert Gregory went to Fort Wayne this morning to look after business affairs. Miss Ina Hart and little brother | Erman, returned to Willshire this i morning. Chas. Niblick went to Hoagland to be present at the opening of the new bank at that place. Mrs. R. C. Stone and daughter Ruth, of Muncie, returned to their, home yesterday afternoon. Rev. Powell will deliver a powerful sermon tomorrow morning. The subject will be “Bribery.” Miss Marie Jackson and Miss Louise Kyle went to Fort Wayne today to visit the latter’s aunt, Mrs. £rice. Mrs. M_. E. Hutchinson returned to her at Bucyrus, Ohio, today, after a week’s visit with relatives. Miss Bertha Kinney went to Geneva this morning to remain for some time as the guest of friends and relatives. The M. F. Rice property on Fourth street is rapidly nearing completion and will within a short time be ready for occupancy. W. R. Emerick and family, of Delphos changed cars in the city this morning .enroute from Delphos to Hoagland. John S. Peterson will go to Rome City this evening, where he will be the guest of his wife and boys and Lois over the Fourth. A number of Decatur people are planning to spend Sunday at Robison park. Fort Wayne. There are many attractions at this park. A. A. Kist, of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, was in the city last evening looking after business interests and he has returned to his home. Miss Della Sellemeyer left this morning for Bryan, Ohio, and from there she will go to Cleveland, where she will visit for several weeks with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patterson went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. They will be joined Monday by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Russel, who will spend the day with them. They expect to have a very pleasant time on the Fourth. Will Lehne and Vane Weaver will leave this evening for Cincinnati,where they will enjoy the Fourth and also attend to business affairs. Vane will return Monday evening, while Mr. Lehne will remain several days longer. l Mrs. A. B. Thomas and daughtei Mary of St. Louis, arrived last evening and will spend a few days as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.Schirmey- ■ er. They are enroute to St. Marys, 1 Ohio, where they will enjoy a prolonged visit. Charles Sessions, of South Bend, is officially declared to be the laziest man in that city. He confesses he never worked and adds he never will. After being locked in the bull pen at the police station over Sunday, Sessions was ordered to clear out of town and he went. The funeral of the late A. J. Peoples was held this afternoon from the Decatur Evangelical church. Rev. Kohn, of Willshire, assisted Rev. Wise in the services. Many friends of the departed man gathered to pay last respects to the deceased whose remains were laid to rest in beautiful Maplewood cemetery. The railroad commission of Indiana has announced the appointment of Robert T. Proctor, of Elkhart, father of State Senator Robert E. Proctor, as an inspector for the commission, the appointment to become effective August 1 Mr Proctor has been an engineer on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern for thirty-nine years. Dan Niblick, one of the members of the Niblick & Co, hig store firm will leave the first of next week for West Baden, where he will recuperate for ten days. Dan is a consistent and hard worker and he has to run away from the store about twice a year or he would soon peg out. He is not in bad health nor don’t want to be, that’s why he is maktng this trip. Frank Purcell, formerly of Fort Wayne, nowproprietor of the Kirby house at Muncie, has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of having given two pint bottles of beer on election day to Alfred Johnson, a colored youth now serving a jail sentence for illegal voting at the recent local option election. Purcell gave bond in the sum of S2OO and will fight the case bitterly. A. D. Yergin, a Kendallville man, who is making experiments in corngrowing, says that during the hot weather a few days ago his corn grew precisely 12% inches in forty-eight hours. The record of growth kept on a single hill was: Six hours, 1% inches; twelve hours, 3 inches; twentyfour hours, 5% inches; thirty-six hours, 9'Vfc inches; forty-eight hours, 12% inches.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hite will spend Sunday in Toledo. Dr. Knorr will spend Sunday and Monday with his family at Rome City. A large number of Decatur people will spend Sunday and the Fourth pt Wayne. A new dray line will be started in Decatur within a few days according to reports. Elmo Burke of south of the city, went to Darke county today, where he will visit an aunt. Boys were busy today with firecrackers, etc., celebrating the glorious Fourth a little in advance. William Sheerer, of Monroe, was in the city today transacting business, and has returnd to his home. Lawrence Green and Cal Robison went to Van Wert this afternoon to remain over Sunday with friends. J. A. Ernsberger and wife, of Celina arrived this morning in their auto to visit with friends over Sunday. Jim Waggoner, of near Monroe, wu:s a business caller in the city today and has returned to his home. A. P. Beatty will leave next Tuesday for Los Angeles, Cal., to attend the Elks convention to be held there. Misses Dorothy Dugan and Vivian Dutcher will spend a week with Masses Leah and Veda Hensley at Rome City. Lawrence Vogelwede will go to Toledo tomorrow morning, where he will i spend the Fourth with friends at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Vogelwede and family will leave this evening for Toledo, where they will spend the Fourth at that place. The new auto-truck which has been secured by the Schafer Hardware Co is working fine and will add much to the convenience of the firm. Dr. J. L. Hensley, of Marion, Ohio, I father of D. M. Hensley, of this citv, who has been quite sick, is much better and is able to be up and around. A large number of the little folks of the city are suffering from whooping cough. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kocher are quite ill with the complaint. The Queen Esthers had a most delightful time at Maple Grove park last evening. A sumptuous supper was I served to the members of the band and their friends. The big gas tank which is being built in the northwest part of the ( city is rapidly nearing completion. It ■is thought that it will be ready for I use w-ithin three weeks. The big Woodmen log rolling is but two weeks hence and as the date approaches those interested are more anxious for the meet. It is July seventeenth, so do not forget the date. It is drawing near the time for the I big fair in Decatur and this years meet promises to be the most successful ever pulled off in the county. Everybody should lend their assistance in making it a big event. John H. Heller went to Kokomo at noon, today to meet Mrs. Heller and children, Fanny and Dick, who are enroute home after a three weeks’ visit with friends at Shelbyville and Indianapolis. They will arrive home this evening. Attorney A. P. Beatty will leave next Tuesday for Los Angeles, Cal., where he will attend the national meeting of the Elks lodge. He has secured a berth on the Burlington routes fastest train, leaving Chicago next Tuesday evening. Miles Cramer, of Avilla, is reported to have found a big chunk of gold in a well at the old peoples’ home at Avilla, and now there is talk of a Klondike gold craze in the capital of Alien township. Cramer is said to have found the precious ore at a depth of 150 feet.

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Next Monday Nearly everybody will celebrate the Fourth of July and most every man and boy will want something new to wear; possibly a Suit, Negligee Shirt, Neckties, Underwear, Sox, Collars, Cuffs Straw Hats, or if you’re starting on your vacation you may need a suit case or a trunk. We’ve strong and complete lines of these goods for you to choose from. Our store will be closed Monday so trade as early as possible on Saturday. t Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys.

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