Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1909 — Page 3

I Annual I NIAGRA FALLS EXCURSION 186.50 Aug. 5. 1909 86.50 On the above date the CLOVER LEAF will operate their Annual Excursion to NIAGARA FALLS. High Seat Coaches, Chair Cars and Pullman Slepeers will be provided, running through to the Falls, via the GREAT LAKE SHORE ROUTE, without change. Excursion tickets will be limited 12 days. Special excursion tickets for side trips may be purchased at the Falls as follows: Toronto, $1.75; Alexandria Bay, $7.35; Montreal, $11.75; Quebec, $16.00. Niagara is grander than ever and never ceases to be interesting. For full particulars, time of Trains and Sleeping Car reservations, see T. L. McCullough, Agent, Toledo St. Louis 4 Western R. R. E. L. BROWNE, D. P. A., Toledo, Ohio.

AUGUST MAGAZINES at the CITY NEWS STAND Phone 39 Smart Set Aislee’s Dogdom Young’s Green Book Popular Cosmopolitan Smiths Bill Board Order Today. WILL HAMMEL, MGR. •♦♦***♦♦♦♦**♦♦♦* : WEATHER FORECAST: Local thunder storms this afternoon or tonight; cooler tonight; Friday generally fair. J. S. Bowers went to Fort Wayne today. 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. ’ We pay 3 per cent, interest, which means that your deposit will increase at that rate without a single effort on your part. KStart today preparing for that old age by opening an account here. OLD Adams Co. Bank

WANTED An active energetic agent who is established in business in this city who can devote part of his time in representing The American Cash Register Co. Must be responsible, willing to give bond and satisfactory reference. Will give a good commission, furnish samples, price list and personally instruct the right party for the position. Druggist, Grocer or Hardware Merchant preferred. HENRV F. JAMES District Sales Manager, 627-8-9 Chamber of Commerce Building, Detroit Michigan.

George Shoemaker went to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Frank Kerne and son Palmer are at Berne on a visit. Mrs. S. E. Martz and children went to Berne for a short visit with relatives. j Miss Esta Clem, who has been visiting her brother, returned to Woodburn. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hoffman is quite sick this week, Mrs. W. A. Lower and Mrs. J. H. Heller were at Monmouth last evening to call upon their sister, Mrs. John Magley. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Reiter will leave in a few days on a trip to the lakes. Their son Dick will accompany them, of course. The ministers of the city held a meeting at the library yesterday afternoon and discussed various affairs of interest to the citizens of Decatur. Stop in at Will Hammels' newstand and buy a late magazine or subscribe for one of the daily newspapers. He handles all of them and is making an effort to please the public. Ainsley’s, Smith, Popular, Youngs and othjsr August magazines can be had now at Will Hammels’ newstand. Better buy one today if you want them, for they will go out quickly. Robert Carlisle, who has been the guest of George Flanders and family since Sunday, went to Cincinnati this morning for a several days’ visit with relatives. He will return here next Monday. A party of Modern Woodmen are covering a greater portion of Adams county today, in the interest of the big log rolling event of next Saturday, when Decatur will be the scene of great festivities.

Clifford Lipkey, for a long time reporter on the Bluffton Banner, is quite ill, and for some time has been living at his father’s farm east of Bluffton. He is now having a round with the old fashioned shakes. D. M. Hensley is enjoying his vacation at Rome City and is having a good time, of course. Heck is considered some fisherman in that section of Indiana, and has often proven his right to the title of the king of fishermen. Carlisle Flanders arrived home on an early train this morning from Sanford, Michigan, where he has been the guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David Flanders for several weeks. He made the trip alone and arrived without incident. The finance committee for the Bluffton street fair are still busy making the merchants and others there dig up for the coming street fair, which will be pulled off there this fall. They are going to make it a homecoming event and otherwise blow themselves.

Dore B. Erwin went to Fort Wayne today. Fred Smith went to Lima on business today. Miss Anna Miller went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Henry Koeneman was looking after the stock markets at Williams today. Mrs. Henry Heckman, of north of the city, is in the city shopping today, R. E. Peters is looking after business for the Democrat at Geneva today. j John Tynaaii went to Fort Wayne this morning where he is looking after business interests. Miss Carrie Scott, of Lima, returned to her home today after a short visit with friends in the city. Misses Emma and Eva Stauffer, living west of the city, went to Fort Wayne for a visit with their brother. Wm. Badders returned from Fort Wayne this morning, after looking after business matters at that place. Work has commenced on the erection of a $17,000 hotel at Bremen, which has a population of about 1,800. James E. Newell has been appointed postmaster at Bristol, Elkhart county, succeeding L. J. Grenan, removed. Poneto in Wells county, will give another street fair this fall. They gave one last year and it was a great success. Arrangements are now under way for the big event.

yi. W. Ford, who has served as president of the Huntington County bank since its organization, deciineu re-election and has been succeeded by E. B. Ayres. Charles Graf, of Peru, committeed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid, but his body was not found until ten days later. Financial difficulties are said to be the cause. Old settlers W Jay and Adams counties will hold a reunion Sunday, July 25, in Long’s grove, near Geneva. Judge R. K. Erwin, of Fort Wayne, will deliver an address. James Trullender, a farmer near Tocsin, Wells county, fell forty-five feet in a barn Monday when a ladder slipped from beneath him. He was painfully hurt, but will recover. The party who took a gold banded bracelet from Clem Voglewede's shoe store Saturday is known, and if not returned immediately, the name will be made public and arrests will follow. The LaDelles are now in Tacoma, Wash., playing an engagement, according to word received by friends. They have just finished a week at Seattle, during which time they greatly enjoyed the fair. Charles F. Silverside, a Lake Shore railroad detective, was stabbed to death by tramps Monday night in a box car on a train near Otis. Silverside had been seiit out of Chicago on the train to guard a carload of copper which was shipped eastward. George Porter, 19, living two miles south of Wabash, has been arrested on a charge of issuing fraudulent checks. Worthless paper was cashed by W. J. Creighton, Gaylord & Bumbauer, George Lumaree, the Cottage saloon, the White Front saloon, Harris Clothing company, John Christman, Charles N. Connor & Co., and J. H. Baker & Co. It. is said that others are suspected of being implicated with young Porter in the work. At the meeting of the board of trustees of the Old Peoples' Home at Warren yesterday afternoon the bond of John Griffith, Hammond contractor, was accepted. When Griffith was first awarded the contract he filed a bond, but as a new contract was made another bond had to be filed. The workmen of Mr. Griffith have been busy breaking the ground for the building.--Bluffton Banner.

The Tocsin bank was opened as scheduled yesterday, many people were there to deposit their money and give the institution a good send off. N. C. Blue was the first depositor, and Andrew Werling was the first one to have a check cashed. E. X. Ehinger and C. S. Niblick were there during the day, and seen that everything went off smoothly. They have a bright future and will do p. good business. A. F. Moste, of Garrett, against whom five “blind tiger’’ indictments were returned at Auburn some months ago, put in an appearance Tuesday with his attorneys, entered a plea of not guilty and gave a S2OO bond in each case. He was a brewery agent at Garrett, and has been in Chicago since'the indictments were returned.

Angola people in the vicinity of the ball park there have signed a petition asking for the prohibition of ball games, claiming that the language used by the crowds is objectionable, that the lawns and gardens in the vicinity are molested and that the noise of the games keeps people from sleeping or reading in the homes in the vicinity. The matter was taken before the town board, but the councilmen took no action.

Paul Meyers went to Fort Wayne today. Miss Agne Miller is visiting relatives in Fort Wayne. Dr. Sowers is looking after important business at Fort Wayne today. Frank McConnel made a business trip to the park to do a little repairing. Miss Christena Reiter, Paul and Martin Reiter, returned to their home at Stop 22. Genevieve and Matilda Berling are spending their vacation with friends at Peru, Ind. Mrs. Samantha Dorwin went to Fort Wayne today to spend the day with friends. John Johns is visiting with friends at Tiffin, Ohio, and will return to the city Saturday. Mrs. Potts, of Indianapolis, who has been visiting Mrs. George Krick, returned to her home today. Ada Burcher, of Lima, who has been attending to business in the city, returned home today. Miss Clara Heckman returned to her home north of the city at Stop 21%, after shopping in the city. Joe Crabill, who has been at Cardwell, Mo., for the last few months, has returned to the city. While gone Joe was engaged in the barber business. The new grocery In the west part of the city is nearly completed, and the new proprietors are busy arranging their stock and fixtures in order to open the doors to the public as soon as possible. George Steele, who has been quite sick, was able to be down to his store for a short time today. His wife still continues very ill with typhoid fever. She has been sick for some time and a few days ago her illness was pronounced to ,be typhoid. Miss Nona Ulman, of Moline, 111., will arrive in the city tomorrow afternoon and will be the guest of several of her friends here. Miss Ulman formerly lived in Decatur, but moved to Moline a number of years ago, and has since made that ner home. Tony Conter returned from Fostoria, Ohio, where he attended the funeral of his uncle, Nicholas Emerine, which was held yesterday morning at that place. John Moran and daughter, of Fort Wayne, were also in attendance, and returned to their home last night.

Janitor Ernst of the court house, has been busy for a few days putting in an overflow from the cistern used there, the present overflow not being sufficient to carry away all the water. Other repairs are being made there, work on the closets In the basement making considerable progress. Judge and Mrs. D. D. Hleler were married forty years ago today, the happy event occurring at Millersburg, Ohio. They have spent practically their entire married life in this city. The event was not celebrated in any way excepting by the children, who remembered them with a present, in honor of the day. Mrs. Heller returned from Marion, Ohio, at noon accompanied by Master Ralph Tyndall, they having been guests of Mrs. Jennie Fuhrman of that city since Monday. Announcement has been made by Department Commander O. A. Sommers, of Kokomo, of the Indiana, of his list of appointments as aide-de-camps for the Indiana G. A. R. In the list, which included about thirty aides is found the name of James Chaddock, of this city, one of the hardest workers in the Lew Dailey Post, G. A. R. of this city. The appointment is |a merited recognition of the good [work which Mr. Chaddock has done iin behalf of the Indiana G. A. R. and also an honor that is a recognition of the local post.—Bluffton News.

I Col. L. C. Davenport and son, George, left at noon over the traction line for iVan Wert, Ohio, to attend the wedding of Col. Davenport’s niece, Miss Caroline McConahy. Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Lizzie Ashbaucher and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wallace Went in the Davenport automobile, Chris Seabuld took a party of girls in his auto, while in the Manson Reiff machine the trip to Van Wert was made by Mr. and I Mrs. Reiff, Miss Sarah Markley and Mr and Mrs. Frank Ehle and daughter. The wedding is at five o’clock this evening.—Bluffton News.

i M. A. Stout went to Huntington this morning where he joined a party on a special train being run by the American Drug Syndicate, a big company which manufacturers all kinds of druggists supplies. Tile special train is being run in order to display goods made by the company and to explain their uses, advertise them, etc. Mr. Stout handles the line Here and was particularly interested. He accompanied the party on the train from Huntington to Fort Wayne and the car will remain over Thursday in the lati ter city. J. A. Long, of the C. C. i Deam store, will go to Fort Wayne ■ tomorrow to inspect the car and its displays.—Bluffton News.

We’ve Been Doing A little stock cleaning this week and find 50 Mens and Boys Suits in broken lots that we would like to dispose of at once and in order to make them move rapidly we have divided them in three lots and put on driving prices that ought to interest you. Mens Suits that formerly retailed at SIO.OO $12.00 and $13.50 Now $7.50. Mens Suits that formerly retailed at $15.00 $16.00 and $lB. Now SIO.OO. Boys Suits that formerly retailed at $6.50 $7.50 and SIO.OO Now $5.00. Mens Sizes 35-36-37-38 Boys Sizes 15-16-18 T’willpay you to look these goods over, we’ll be glad to show you. Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys.

Miss Iva Miller went to Berne today. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Weldy spent yesterday near Peterson. Joseph Colter and wife returned to Battle Creek, Michigan, after a visit with relatives in the county. L. C. Chalk, agent for the Singer sewing machine of that place, was in the city the guest of Mr. August Puls. Why We Seek Your Business-*® Even though the demands of your business are a little different from those of others, we can serve you to advantage. Our bank service is a personal one in each instance. It will be in your case. Our facilities are adapted to the individual needs of our clients. We are serving our present customers to their satisfaction. We know we can do the same for you. Our service awaits you FIRST National Bank DECATUR, INDIANA Crystal Theatre DECATUR’S POPULAR ' AMUSEMENT PLACE. The Newest Shows, The Best Films, Courteous Treatment. TONIGHT First reel —“A Saleslady's Matinee Idol.” Second reel —“The Honor of I the Slums” and “How the Kids Got Even.” ■; Song—“l'm Glad I'm Married.” Orchestra every Night IT'S 5 CENTS W. P. Biggs, Prop.

Harvest Time is Here Again! Soon you will be ready to buy that farm or city property. Carefully read this list, which gives some of the best locations on the market. Small or large tracts, medium and modern city properties are now offered for sale by the THE SNOW AGENCY- Decatur, Ind. 'Phone 230.

777 —Is a comfortable four-room cotage and good cellar, located on the public road near Decatur... .$850.00 787 —Is a five acre tract, with fruit trees, greenhouse, drove well and good five-room residence, recently remodeled $1,250.00 743 —Is a desirable fifteen acre tract on the traction line near Decatur. Has good buildings, house is on a nice elevation $2,500.00 771 —Is a good thirty acre tract on the stoned road near market and school. Is largely black land, small biuldings $2,350.00 753 —Is a well improved forty acre tract on a good pike road near Decatur. Is well fenced and near school, and market $3,300.00 OTHER TRACTS. We have a number of good eighty acre tracts well located at SIOO.OO an acre. Also, An 80 acres, no buildings, at $4,000.00 An 80 acres with fair buildings, at An 80 acres near Decatur, no buildings, at $6,400.00 An 80 acres near Decatur, good buildings, at $6,800.00 And several larger tracts at bargain prices. We can offer you a large list of city property. Most of the following list has, but recently, been put upon the market. 783 —A four-room cottage on north Third street, long lot, good sewerage, brick walks, cistern, etc., 775 —A comfortable cottage on South

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Ninth street. Good location, near Adams street. Chicken park, cistern, etc. $850.0G 745 —A nearly new five-room cottage on South Front street. Cement walks, city and cistern water, good sewerage $1,15O?)0 721 —A comfortable story and a half residence, on Eleventh street. Stable, drove well, plenty of fruit, corner lot $1,300.00 780 —A roomy seven-room residence property, with cellar, stable, etc., on north Third street. Good sewerage ...$1,700.00 782 —A good, and well located cottage on Mercer avenue. Electric lights, cistern and city water, stable sewerage, etcsl,7oo.oo 778 —A well located and convenient cottage on South Tenth street. Nice porch, drove well, maple shade, fruit trees, stable, etc 51,750.00 785 — A well located story and a half residence on the traction line tn south Decatur. iStable, city and cistern water, bath, electric lights, etc 52,200.00 786 — Is a new seven-room story and a half residence on North Second street, cement walks, cistern, cellar, stable, etc. Sidewalks and all street improvements made $2,750.00 [7B1 —Is a comfortable two-story residence on stone foundation, on Front stret, city and cistern water, furnished bath. Electric lights, fruit, and shade trees, stable, etc. Is on a brick street, cement sidewalks, all improvements made $3,800.00 See larger lists for other properties.