Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1909 — Page 3

I Annual I NIAGRA FALLS EXCURSION I I 86.50 Aug. 5. 1909 $6.50 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.

OVER SUNDAY READING AUGUST MAGAZINES at the CITY NEWS STAND Phone 39 Ainslee’s Green Book Cosmopolitan Smiths Hampton Wide World WILL HAMMEL, MGR.

♦♦+++*+++++♦♦♦♦+ :WEATHER forecast: £*++++*++*«+++++ Genrealiy fair tonight and Sunday; continued warm. Mrs. Albert Williams went to Huntertown today to spend the day with friends. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Succtssor 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.

I And most of all, Don't procrastinate, but open that bank account now. B We pay 3 per cent, interest, which means that your deposit will increase at that rate without a single effort on your part | Start today preparing for that oid age by opening an account here. OLD Adams Co. Bank

WANTED Ai* 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. HENRY F. JAMES District Sales Manager, 627-8-9 Chamber of Commerce Building, Detroit, Michigan.

Alden Coulter went to New Castle today. Miss Mabel Melchi is visiting her grandfather at Bobo. Fred Schaub will spend Sunday in the city with his mother. W. B. Weldy will spend Sunday in Marion, visiting his daughter Mabel. Clem Uhl, of Toledo, will arrive in the city Sunday to spend the day with relatives. Misses Fannie and Ruth Hammel, who have been quite sick, are much better today. Miss Cora Barker, of Marion, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ned Steele of this city. Miss Ada Lautzenheiser of Willshire Is in the city visiting with Miss Helen Walters. Misses Rose and Mayme Conter and Miss Webber, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mrs. Myrtle Treey, of Fort Wayne, returned to her home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Case. Trustee John W. Cowan, of Hartford township, was in the city taking a look at the log rollers today. Miss Zelma Steele, who is visiting friends at Lagrange, will resume her work Monday at True's store after a w’eek's vacation. Ninn Nona Ulman, of Moline, 111., arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and will spend a few weeks visiting with friends and relatives. Qujte a number of the Decatur young folks attended the first dance of the season at Maple Grove park last evening and report a dandy good time. Sister Mary Deloris of Muncie, will arrive in the city in a day or so and will make the retreat with the sisters here next week. Sister Deloris was formerly Miss Nona Holthouse. Miss Grace Coffelt and Mrs. Aaron DeVinney will join them this evenwhere they will visit a short time, going from there to Honduras. Mr. DeVinney will join the mthis evening. S. O. Weldon, of Elyria, Ohio, formerly of this city, transferred here on Thursday morning on his way to Hartford City, where he will spend a few days. He had been a guest of his two sisters, Mrs. George W. Bolds, near Geneva and Mrs. Charles F. Allen, at Winona Lake. Mrs. Weldon and little son, who acompanied him on the trip, remained at Winona Lake for a longer stay. —Portland Sun. P. J. Bryan is here today having arrived after an all winter's absence in Friona, Texas, where he has real estate holdings, and where too, he was staying with his daughters. The latter have gone to New Mexico and Mr. Bryan will stay in Adams county for a time at least. He says that there is no plaee that will compare with this part of the country, and that he is glad to get back for a time at any rate.

Frank St. John, of Lima, is in the city visiting with relatives today. Edward Cole, of North Manchester, <s in the city visiting friends today. John Johns arrived home last night from Tiffin, Ohio, after a few days' visit there with relatives. Harry Schaud returned this morning from his regular trip in the interest of the hardware company. Buy a Popular Mechanics magazine at the city newstand for your reading over Sunday. It's better than ever this month. Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Cress left for Rome City this morinng w’here they will enjoy themselves for the next week or so to come. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hite and children went to Rome City this morning where they will spend a wack or ten days enjoying their vacation. Grandma Yager and grandson, Milton, and Mrs. Sam and Lydia Shamp have gone to Rome City to spend a few weeks taking their usual vacation. Misses Lilah Lachot and Bessie Baumgartner will go to Bluffton,w’here they will attend a picnic. The girls are looking forward to a very pleasant time. Popular Mechanics and Hampton magazines arrived today at the city newstand. Call at once if you want the August numbers. All the other periodicals. Give them your order. Mrs. William Breiner living east of this city, who has been sick for a long time, and for the last three months seriously so, is no better. She is suffering with catarrh of the stomach and dropsy, and the outcome is in doubt. Everything Is being done that is possible and her friends are hoping for the best. Daisy Buckner, 17, residing near Liberty Center, Wells county, made an attempt to commit suicide Wednesday night by shooting herself in the forehead. The girl, however, held the weapon at such an angle that the bullet did not penetratp the skull, but glanced off, doing nothing more than to stun her and she will recover. James P. Hale was Thursday appointed administrator of the estate of the late William Warren Mcßride, immediately filing his bond for SB,OOO, it being estimated that the value of the personal estate is about $4,000. Today the personal property is being appraised and arrangements will be made for the sale of the property at private sale. —Bluffton Banner. Amos Cole this morning received a letter from T. E. Saylor, who is in Crescent City, 111., stating that he would be in this city for a few hours the first part of th- week. Mrs. Saylor and daughter Pearl, will probably accompany him here. Mr. Saylor had little to say in the letter about the brutal murder of his brother, but is much broken up over the affair. — Bluffton Banner. F. M. Reed of Balbec, closed a deal this week with a Mr. Turner of Albany, whereby Mr. Reed disposes of his present shoe stock in the Balbec store, together with some real estate, located at Madeiriaville, Ohio, for 200 acres of land located in Claire county, Michigan. Mr. Reed has closed out all the present stock of shoes, but intends to add a new line of shoes for the store. —Bluffton News. Ed Shannon, of Elkhart, who six years ago escaped from jail at Goshen, while under sentence to go to ileffersonvjtle (reformatory for Marceny, and who later was arrested in Milwaukee for assaulting a Chicago policeman and sentenced to Joliet prison, was released Wednesday from that institution. Officers from Elkhart county were on hand and immediately took Shannon into custody. He will be taken to Jeffersonville to serve his sentence. The Toll Clearing company has been incorporated to establish and operate toll telephone lines; capital, $10,000; directors, W. J. Uhl, Logansport; Theodore Thorwald, South Bend; John W. Coffey, Indianapolis; Charles S. Norton, Indianapolis; J. A. Browne, Winchester; Samuel Tomlinson, Plymouth; George W. Beers, Fort Wayne; James S. Bailey Jr., Toledo, Ohio; Washington W. Harbaugh, I Sullivan; Nelson G. Hunter, Wabash; | William M. Bailey. The company is j the incorporation of the Indiana toll | line clearing house, a voluntary association. “Billy B,” a double-gaited horse, | owned by T. C. Neal of Montpelier, I and Richard Sinclair, of Lima, 0., has been entered in the $50,000 handicap race at Boston, the stake races at Buffalo and Syracuse, Columbus and Hamilton. The management, however, has not yet decided in which place he will be started. Billy B. is a Montpelier horse and has made big money for his ow-ners since the start of his racing career. He is a natural pacer and weights are used to make him I trot. He is pacing this year and his trainer, Lon McDonald, and other horsemen, predict he will go around the two minute mark before the season closes.—Bluffton News.

Avon Burk made his regular trip to Monroe this morning. Leo Yager arrived in the city and will spend Sunday with his sister. Miss Victoria Stone is at Muncie, visiting her brother, Ross Stone and family. A. B. Railey, of Monroe, transacted business in the city yesterday afternoon. Barney Kalver left today for Chicago, where he w’il! spent several days as the guest of his son Jacob and family. C. H. Lammerman and son Charley went to Fort Wayne today to spend the day with friends. They will visit at Ossian. There will be great doings in town tonight. The Woodmen are Invading the city and fine bano music will be furnished this evening. Mrs. W. M. Dohrman and children, Devonna and Mildred, Fort Wayne, are in the city visiting Mrs. C. M. Hower and other relatives. John W .McKean, of Linn Grove, was in town today and he came on purpose to see the big time that was on tap all day in this city. During the absence of Mrs. .J. B. Stoneburner, who is at East St. Louis, Mrs. Joseph Andrews, of west of the city is assisting at the airdome. C. L. Walters was taken ill yesterday from a case of gall stones. Although he has suffered much, his condition is not considered serious. If you have not as yet subscribed for Mack’s Monthly why do so at once. It is a magazine every Democrat should have in his library. See Tony Conter or leave your order at this office. A very neat platform was erected at the corner of Madison and Second streets yesterday afternoon by the Wodomen lodge upon which inspiring music will be rendered by the Auburn band. Through eating bad frankfurters for supper, Fred Mann and two children and their guests, the Misses Frances and Violet Close, at Goshen, were so badly poisoned that for a time they were dangerously ill. Another delightful show was put on at the new Star airdome last evening, and large audiences witnessed the production. Mr. Stoneburner is showing three reels at present and he is pleasing his patrons well. The Decatur Shamrocks will leave tomorrow morning for Geneva, where they will play a game of base ball with the Geneva club. An interesting contest is looked for. Ellis and Coffee will be in the local lineup as well as other old time stars. Steuben county had a cyclone and electrical storm Thursday morning that did considerable damage in some portions of the county. The summer cottage of Senator T. S. Wickwire, at Crooked Lake, was wrecked, and the roof and contents of the upper floor were dumped into the lake by the high wind. Mrs. R. S. Taylor has received word of the death of her sister, Mrs. Mary Wright, at her home in Randolph county. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Wright were two of a family of seven children, the youngest of which was sev-enty-one years of age and of which Mrs. Wright is the first to die. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. A final quietus has been placed on the case of Dr. Charles Landfair, of Bluffton, by the state board of medical examination and registration. Dr. Landfair a few years ago, was convicted in a court of criminal practice and was sent to the state’s prison, where he served a term. After his release on parole he applied to the board to have his physician's license renewed, the board having revoked his license when he went to prison. Thursday Dr. Landfair appeared before the board with his attorney, W. H. Eichhhorn, of Bluffton, and his case was heard. The board decided against him and refused to renew his license.

SEE THE Big Base Ball Game BLUFFTON VS HUNTINGTON AT BLUFFTON, 1..U 10 SUNDAY, JUiy 10 Special Train and Special Rates on the CLOVER LEAF ROUTE These clubs played a 17 inning game last Wednesday resulting in a score of 1 to 0 T. L. McCullough, AGENT

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 §IO.OO. Boys Suits that formerly retailed at §6.50 §7.50 and §IO.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.

Omer Blossom, of Union City, formerly superintendent v. the Union City schools, will spend Sunday in tne city with his sister, Mrs. T. H. Perkins. Mr. Blossom has secured a position as superintendent of the Pittsfield, 111., schools. July 31 —Last day for tickets. Yager Bros. & Reinking.

Crystal Theatre DECATUR’S POPULAR AMUSEMENT PLACE. The Newest Shows, The Best Films, Courteous Treatment. TONIGHT pirst reel—“All’s well that Ends Well” and “When Love Will.’’ Second reel—“A Profitable Marriage,’’ and "An Obliging Friend.” Song —“Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Orchestra every Night ITS 5 CENTS W. P. Biggs, Prop.

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ANOTHER TESTIMONIAL Lima, 0., June 22, 1909 Mr. Chris Meyers, Decatur, Ind. Dear sir:-The suit received 0. K. lam more than pleased with the fit and that you are up-to-date. I always had the best tailors in Lima to make my clothes and paid much more for them than you asked me. I paid you $42.00 for my suit but if I could not get another one that fits me as well as the one you make for me I positively would not take $50.00 for it. I am more than pleased. Yours Very Truly W. A. Stevenson 127 N. Jackson Street. Lima, Ohio. P. S. As soon as you receive your fall line I want a suit and overcoat.