Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1909 — Page 3

Why Overheat Yourself? Much of your summer plea*. 111 * KiW V(? a are depends upon having a coo! F : nSjv -ft and comfortable kitchen. Why' IE * . fl not be prepared for hot day* ,* [ jnf before they come. 1 Ask your dealer to show the < New Perfection’ Wick Blue ■ /Ml Flame Oil Cook-Stove. It’s a CT " Itr wonder. j ,’c.Lg/ .. - dfO I Does the work of your big range in every particular; but ( I )/ has this great advantage over it, J 4? 1/ W that it never heats the kitchen. 1 I \ \ The CABINET TOP is U another feature of the ** New Perfection iWick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove Has a spacious top shelf for holding dishes and for keeping food wa«n a^ter * c * 8 cooked. Also has drop shelves' for holding small utensils, and is fitted with racks for towels. No , I 11, other stove approaches die “New Perfection” in convenii F ence, comfort and simplicity. Made in three sizes. Can be had with or without \ Cabinet I op. At your dealer’s, or write our nearest 3 agency. ‘ 1 ' J&XtfOh LqTHD " * “ nter . draft lam P of preat illuminating power. • Suitable for living re.-a, dining room or parlor. Free from all objectionable feature*—i *plendid family lamp. If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency. J STANDARD OIL COMPANY (iMarparateO

City News Company bulletin' JULY Q ■ August Magazines Have I arrived. I Popular Standard I Clipper I Cosmopolitan Smiths Motor Magazine July Magazines on hands Argosy Scrap Book Munseys Everybodys Railroad Mans All the 5 c Weeklies. WILL HAMMEL, MGR. R. H. Huser, of Lagrange, is in the City on business, and is greeting old friends. — !■ I— 111. I _ I f 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. m. ■ And most of all, Don't procrastinate, ■but open that bank account now. i We pay 3 per cent, interest, which means that your deposit will increase at that rate without a single effort on your part. I Start today preparing for that old age by opening an account here. OLD Adams Co. Bank

AQ7 Ort Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition $Ui 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, prepare your trip 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 Tnlv R-9G. A. Republic, Salt Lake....Aug.s-8 Natl Ed. Ess n, env .... i2Snanish War Vet., Tacoma.. Aug. 5-8 Epworth League, 11-171 O Odd Fellows, Seatie..Sept. 20-25 B. P. O. Elks, Los Angeles. July II For rates, diyersity of routes and all information as to cost of trip, see Clover Leaf agents or wiite BROWNE, Dfst. Pass. Agent. Clover Leaf Building, Toledo> Ohio Krauss and Erie Street

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ J WEATHER FORECAST * ***««**♦* «*««* i I Continued warm and generally fair [weather tonight and Sunday. 1 I Robert Barkley went to Fort Wayne today. Ed Bailey of Monroe, was in the city today. Miss Emma Cross went to Bluffton this morning. Mrs. F,. E. Smith went to Fort Wayne this morning. Dr. Sowers made a trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Schaffer Peterson is transacting important business at Fort. Wayne this morning. L. C. Waring returned from Fort Wayne, after being a business caller at that place. C. A. Dugan was at Fort Wayne last evening on business and returned home this morning. Miss Bertha Heller returned this morning from Portland, after a few days’ visit with friends. John Rush, who has been transacting business in the city, returned to his home at Delphos. | S. Mcßarnes, of Pleasant Mills, went to Fort Wayne this morning for a short visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Glancey who have been visiting the former’s brother in Nebraska, will arrive home in two weeks. Miss Ruby Miller, who has been attending school at Winona is in the city to spend Sunday with her mother, Mrs. L. C. Miller. Mr. Troby Cramer, who has been employed in Ossian as baker, has gone to Geneva, where he has secured a better position. Mrs. L. Cross and daughter of Marion, Ohio, passed through the city on their way to Paine, Ohio, where they will visit for a few days. Edith and Eva Pontius of Knox, Ind., is in the city visiting with Miss Stella Chronister. Their father was formerly pastor of the U. B. church in this city. I have the agency for the best magazine on the market—Mack’s Monthly—a magazine for every democrat in the county. If you have not subscribed see Tony Confer, or leave your order at this office.

Mrs. C. Andrews went to Blufftm today. John Schugg made his regular trip south this morning. Mrs. Frank Crawford will spend Sunday at Cincinnati. Miss Esther Smith went to Willshire this evening to visit friends. Welby Herl, of Clay Center, Kansas, arrived in the city today to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Ehinger will leave this evening .for Cincinnati, where they will spend Sunday. J. E. Moser went to Geneva this morning, where he will remain during the day to conduct business at his new studio. Dr. E. S. Fisher, of Markle, for many years active in the practice of his profession in Wells county, has been declared insane. Topeka, Lagrange county, a town with but 500 inhabitants, is proud of the fact that its people own twentynine automobiles. Miss Dorothy Johnson returned to her home at Winchester after a few days’ visit in the city as the guest of Miss Naomi Dugan. Avon Burk left for a visit at Bloomington. He recently completed the second year course at the school, and has been visiting his parents. For the fourth consecutive time, Fred L. Feick has been chosen as the legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at Garrett. Farmers, take a day off and bring your families to see the finest fruits and biggest fish ever, and learn yourself what irrigation will do for a country. The usual crowd of Saturday shoppers is absent from our city today, due to the harvest season, the farmers all being too busy at present to come to town. Miss Kent Voglewede will go to Toledo Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. B. Uhl. Mrs. J. H. Voglewede, her mother is visiting there now, and will accompany Miss Kent home. When the receiver of the Ossian Livestock association makes his report at the next term of court the creditors will get about thirty-five per cent, of what is due them. As a result of a police raid on a rooming house at Elkhart, a young girt who gave her name as Dollie Delcamp, South Bend, admitted that she had sold herself into white slavery. Rev. Omer Ream, of Indianapolis, the blind man who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lyons, returned to his home today. Mr. Ream gave several good talks while in the city. William Yontz, a grocer at Columbia City, found a loaded revolver in a barrel of potatoes purchased from the Clark Commission company, Fort Wayne, which in turn had received the product from the south. Jesse Hower, granted a parole from the state reformatory at Jeffersonville arrived home last evening, and will work for John A, Miller on the farm southeast of this city. He is looking strong and hearty but says that he is not feeling very well.—Bluffton News. The mental condition of Dr. Fisher, of Markle, was caused, it is claimed, by his being in an antomobile accident a few weeks ago, when he was thrown down a ten foot embankment. Since that time he has shown signs of mental weakness, but his family believe that he can soon be cured. — Bluffton Banner. An automobile in which Charles Rallihan and John Baughman, of Albion; Miss Vera Holden of Kendallville, and Miss Magda Hansen of Chicago, were riding, went into a ditch near Kendallville Wednesday evening and overturned. Mr. Rallihan who was driving the car, received some cuts about the face and hands, and Miss Hansen had her nose split and one of her eyes so badly injured by a bit of glass that she may logo the sight of it. Uncle Daniel Weldy spent Thursday at the poor farm and he reports a very pleasant visit. He reports that the crops promised to be splendid Thirty acres of corn has been planted and the field looks very good. The wheat and rye fields are not quite so large, but they are in excellent condition. The garden is also good, and contains almost every kind of vegetables eaten. Mr. Weldy is a good judge, having lived for many years on a farm, and he enjoyed seeing things in such good shape. Ella May Troxell, 34, has filed suit at Columbia City, demanding damages in the sum of $25,000 from Philip Kerch for alleged breach of promise. Miss Troxell says Kerch began paying her attention eleven years ago and frequently importuned her to marry him: that she finally consented on condition that the ceremony was not to occur so long as her invalid mother needed her attention. Now the mother is dead and Miss Troxell is ready and willing to marry Gerch’, except for the fact that he wedded another in November last.

Miss Nellie Stevely went to Lima to visit friends. M/ss‘ Edith Engle returned to Craigville this noon. Dave Smith and daughter have returned from Fort Wayne. Chas. Hern, lineman on the interurban, will spend Sunday at Portland. We are now having real summer days after a siege of rather cool weather. A civil service examination was held at the postoffice today, and there w r ere several applicants. Oliver Schugg, ticket agent at the interurban, will spend Sunday with his parents at Berne. Raymond Bremerkamp went to Portland-this afternoon, where he will spend Sunday with friends. Kit Cowan, of Rivarre, transacted business in the city this morning, and has returned to his home. Miss McQueen, of near Monmouth is in the city making a visit with P. Amspaugh and family. Many of the souvenirs given away on the California cars are worth more than they charge for admission. Leo Yager arrived in the city yesterday afternon to remain for some time as the guest of, friends and relatives. Mrs. Dan Robbins, of Cambridge City, passed through the city on her way to Geneva, where she will visit for a short time. Order a magazine delivered with your Sunday paper. Call Will Hammel, phone 39, at. the newstand and he will take care of you. Mr. and Mrs. B. Uhl, of Toledo, will arrive in the city Sunday evening for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Vogelwede and other friends. Millions of people have passed through the Stanislaus County Exhibit Cars in the time they have been out, and thinking people are always pleased. The California cars to be here next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are well recommended to us and all say there is more to see for 15 cents than at many higher priced shows. Will Lehne while in the act >f breaking up a box yesterday, a good sized stick flew up hitting him just above the eye and going clear to the bone. While very painful, Will is glad that it did not strike the eye. The Misses Nettie Winnes, Fanny Rice, Matilda Sellemeyer and Ella Mutchler came home from Winons, where they have been taking a six weeks ’teachers’ in order to be better fitted for the coming year. Rev. Hunter Meyers, of Montpelier, returned to his home last evening. His little daughter, Margaret, while here had an operation performed for the remvoal of adenoids. Rev. Meyers enjoyed a pleasant vtsit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Meyers while in the city. Earl Snow, foreman of the Daily Democrat, suffered a partial and slight stroke of paralysis, effecting his right hand this morning. He noticed a helpless condition of the hand and immediately sought medical attention, with the result that he will probably be able to resume work within a day or two. Eli Sprunger called upon his partner, John M. Frisinger at the Hope hospital at Fort Wayne yesterday, and reports that he is slightly improved. He recovers very slowly, however. The firm will probably send Mr. Sprunger to Europe within a month or two to purchase their annual supply of draft horses. The members of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity are getting in readiness for the called state meeting to be held here next Sunday to settle the trouble started at the annual convention in Marion two weeks ago. Every chapter of the sixteen over the state will be represented by two or more delegates and the meeting promises to be even warmer than the regular convention. Two of the chapters claim they will hand over their charters unless Joe Morrow, the Marion member who was suspended, is reinstated. It is thought, however, that a compromise will settle the trouble. —Bluffton Banner. Walter Beuizer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erman Mentzer, had a harrow escape from death Thursday evening by being tramped under the feet of a horse in the Frederick Haag barn. As it is, his face and body are scarred up from the hoofs of the animal. The boy was with Herman Haag son of Frederick Haag, assisting in bedding the horse for the night. While passing behind the animal, Herman slipped and fell to the barn floor. This frightened the horse and the animal backed up, stepped on the boy’s face, and body. Fortunately the animal did not get his entire weight on the bov or his life would have been crushed out of him. This morning he was feeling somewhat better, although still sore and displaying several black and blue marks as a result of the tramping of the animal. —Bluffton Banner.

Quite a Number Os people took advantage of our $lB Coat and Pant offer of a week ago and they were mighty well pleased with the clothes. Now we are going to continue this offer a few days longer. The clothes are being shown in our North window. Good Patterns and Good Merchandise. We will make to your order a Coat and Pants for $lB. Get in early. Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys.

U. S. Drummond cf Pleasant Mills, was in the city today looking after business interests. Mr. Drummond is now operating a huckster wagon in connection with his grocery, and he is doing a good business.

T.U.M o PC EAN. M.rp. Physician and Surgeon Mr. Chris Meyers, Decatur, Ind. Linn Grove, Ind., May 6, 1909 Dear sir:—l received my suit and am well pleased with it, thanking you for insisting on me buying a suit and the way you make up your goods. They surely are all O. K. Enclosed find check for the balance due you. It is yours so I send it to you freely and gladly. Yours Respectfully T. J. McKean, M. D. Linn] Grove, Ind.

Stanislaus County e Exhibit Cars __ .... ... J? ’ M. LEAK, Manager Stanislaus County Exhibit Cars. (En Route) DEAR SIR:- We have gathered from our orchards, vineyards and ranches samples of what we are raising NOW in Stanislaus county, California by irrigation, and want you to show it and extend an invitation TO THE FARMER—As a good living can be made TO THE YOUNG—ns it’s new and a fine country from 20 acres. to grow up in. TO THE MECHANIC—As wages are high. TO THE RICH —As their investments will increase. TO THE OLD—As the climate is perfect and will TO THE POOR—As living is cheap and wages extend their days. high. To come and live with us where land and water are yet cheap, AND THE LAND OWNS THE WATER Committee on Advertising Stanislaos County. California. TO THE PUBLIC: COME and see their exhibit of fruits and vegetables grown by IRRIGATION, the finest, even The LARGEST FISH ever captured, 36 feet long and weighed 10,383 pounds, and the finest exhibit cars ever built. Admission to the train ONLY 15 CENTS to everybody, (EXCEPT WHEN SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH SCHOOLS), and be given a beautiful seashell, lucky sea bea« or coral FREE, as a souvenir from the best county in the golden state. Yours respectfully, SEE BILLS LATER. M ‘ LEAK ’ Manaffe& At G.R. & I. Yards, Decatur, Tuesday, July 13, Wednesday, July 14, Thursday, July 15.

The Stanislaus car from California will be here next Tuesday morning, and will no doubt be visited by many during the three day’s stay in this place. The farmers are especially invited, as are also everyone else.

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