Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1909 — Page 3

THEY ARE HERE AUGUST NUMBERS OF Ladies Home Journal ALSO Everybody's, Red Book, McClure, Ainslees’ Popular Mechanics, Hampton They are all good from “Kiverto Kiver.”

THE CITY NEWS CO. Madison Street Phone 39 WILL HAMMEL, Manager.

: WEATHER FORECAST t T Fair tonight and Saturday. Miss Ethel Throp, of Portland, is In the city visiting with her brother, E Charles, in the north part of town. | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carlisle, who | have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. £ George Flanders, for two weeks past, Will leave tomorrow for their home Eat Far Rockaway, a suburb of New I York City. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Successor to Dr. C. E. Neptune I Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 28 —12 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. tn.

J/"' Ugg i The Basis Os Credit ■ Your standing is greatly, strengthened by being abl eto refer the in- ;>’ guirt-r to a responsible conservatively •managed banking in stitution. K A checking account here will be one S|a the best aids to the man who wishes credit and convenience. | fit costs nothing to investigate. OLD Adams Co. Bank

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Mrs. J. D. Gault returned to her home at Peterson. J. A. Smith went to Marion last evening on business. Henry Lankenau went to Fort Wayne on business today. Miss Edna Hammond went to Marion last evening to visit friends. Miss Elanore Harden went to Greentown yesterday to visit friends. Miss Nona Ulman, of Moline, 111., is visiting in the country with her brother, Elliot Ulman. Miss Rose Christen of the First National bank, is spending her vacation with friends at Goshen. Mr. Clem Uhl, of Toledo, will arrive in the city Sunday and will make a short visit with friends. Dan Beery returned from Portland last evening, where he was looking after business at that place. Miss Flora W’harton of Fort Wayne, returned to after a visit with friends in the city for the past several days. Marshal Butler took up several hoboes this morning -who were with the man that was killed this morning along the Erie tracks. Mrs. William Doehrman and children Devonna and Mildred returned to Fort Waype after being the guest of Titus Ernst and family. John Wyant went to Fort Wayne enroute to his home at Convoy after a visit with his sister, Mrs. Hannah Gunsett, who has been quite sick. George Keller, of Blue Creek township, went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he will spend the day with a sick friend at the hospital there. Mr. Harold Wilson is in the city, the guest of Mrs. Fannie Cole. He has secured a position in Seattle, and after a visit with friends in the city will leave for that place to commenoe work. Mrs. Minnie Hogston, of Fort Wayne, was in the city today visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Weldy. Mrs. Hogston was formerty Miss Minnie Foreman, she has a large number of friends in the city. Elmer Johnson, who is here from Pittsburg, says that he is on his way to Seattle, where he will be engaged as a judge in their horse show, the position being a good one and will last until the middle of October.

Bluffton will have a street fair in September. Fred Schaub ia visiting with friends at Indianapolis. Miss Florence Sprunger is visiting friends at Berne. Miss Fannie Frisinger spent yesterday in Fort Wayne. Modern Woodmen will give a big picnic at Mongo, August 7. Wilbur Poole, of Indianapolis, is in the city looking up old friends. Mrs. O. Pennington went to Fort Wayne last evening to visit friends. Mrs. C. E. Barnhart will go to Fort Wayne this evening to spend the day with friends. John Schug went to Hoagland this morning, where he will look after business in his line during the day. Miss Mary Robinson went to Bluffton last evening for a visit with her uncle,. who lives near that place. Elmer Johnson returned from Fort Wayne this morning, where he was attending to business at that place. Mr. and Msg. J. H. Walters, who visited with their daughter, Marguerite at Marion, returned home yesterday. W. P. Biggs left for Muncie this morning, where he will look after business pertaining to his picture show. Mrs. Jonas Tritch went to Monroe this morning, where she will visit with her sister who is there from Michigan. U. S. Cress has gone to Rome City where he will join his family and other relatives who have been there for over a week or so. Fire partially destroyed the old Samuel Shutt residence near Spencerville, few days ago. It is the largest farm residence in DeKalb county. Mrs. Adam Deam and daughter Ethel went to Grand Rapids, Mich., this morning, where they will visit with relatives for a few weeks. Henry G. Pence, Columbia City saloon man put out of business by the local option election, will embark in the grocery business wRh his son. Frank Markley, a Wells county stockraiser, has sold a carload of sev-enty-one hogs for 81,300. The porkers averaged 200 pounds each in weight. The three-year-old daughter of Jud Thimble, at Logansport, found a bottle of laudanum, swallowed a teaspoonful of the stuff and then told her mother what she had done, prompt medical assistance saved the child's life. Mrs. W. B. Weldy had as their guest, Mrs. Fled Tomilson of Wayne, Kansas. Mrs. Tomilson lived here for several years She has made her home a long time in Kansas and this visit was the first in a number of years. Mrs. Martha J. Gaylord, wife of James E. Gaylord, of Columbia City, died early Wednesday morning from poisoning which is supposed to have been due to eating toadstools which she mistook for mushrooms, a week before. Miss Jennie Wade, witness in a justice court case at Lagro, declined to give her age upon the witness stand, and no threat of contempt of court could wring it from her. The incident caused much merriment among the spectators. The Crow Motor Car company, capitalized at $50,000, there being 500 shares of SIOO each, has been incorporated to do a manufacturing business in Elkhart. Edward C. Crow, Frank A. Howe and Martin E. Crow are the incorporators. Miss Rosa Hook entertained a few girls Thursday, July 22. Those present were Miss Bessie Stump of Monroe, and Miss Addie Haggard and brother Samuel of near Monroe. The girls enjoyed themselves fine. Music was furnished by Misses Addie Haggard and Rosa Hook. Suits have been started by several attorneys to secure fees from persons who interested themselves in the recent prosecution of Dr. G. fc. Snearley, of Roann, and retained lawyers to as sist in the prosecution of the case against the doctor which was dismissed when evidence disclosed that he was not guilty of wife murder. Jacob Click, of Rock Creek township, Huntington county, will be the first inmate of the Methodist Home for the Aged now being erected at Warren. Mr. Click is 50, unmarried and in poor health. He has transferred his real estate to the trustees of the home and they have agreed to supply him a home for the remainder of his life. Mrs. Josephine Hoback, of Eaglesport, 0., wife of the man who suicided at the Pennsylvania railway station at Columbia City Sunday afternoon, refused to accept the body and ordered it buried in Columbia City at an expense of not to exceed S6O. Hoback's sister, Mrs. Bachtenkirchner, of Francesville, Ind., took charge of the body of the suicide and had it removed to her home. She contends that Hoback was a victim of nervous disorders.

Mrs. T. W. Watts spent yesterday at Fort Wayne. E. M. Ray, of Monroe, is in the city looking after business today. Miss Marie Kintz is visiting her nrother, Clarence, at Lima today. Mrs. C. M. Hower went to Fort Wayne for a visit with her sister. Albin Wolf went to Fort Wayne this morning on the ten o'clock car. Mrs. Bertha Miehls returned from Fort Wayne, where she visited friends. Mrs. John Everett has returned from Fort Wayne, where she visited friends. Miss Alice Dailey returned to Fort Wayne after a visit with relatives in the city. Mrs. Davidson Mattox went to Fort Wayne to visit her husband at Hope hospital. Mrs. George Steele, who has been seriously sick with typhoid fever, Is better today. There has been several new mail carriers on the route this week on account of the old staff Jaking their vacation. Howard Wisenaupt nas accepted a position with the new west end grocery, and will commence same tomorrow morning. Mrs. Mary Pilliod, of Piqua, Ohio, arrived in the city today and will make a visit with Mrs. Mary Wemhoff and Peter Mougey and family. Louis Steler, of Fort Wayne, changed cars here on his way to Preble, where he will spend a few days with John Kirchner at that place. Mr. and Mrs. John Mosher and children arrived home this morning from Wren, Ohio, where they have been visiting for the past few days. The Robison park picnicers came in last evening, the first car at six o’clock and the others an hour and two hours later. All report a good time and the event was a great big success. Godfrey Bell, who Is home from Chicago to spend about a month’s vacation with his parents at Craigville, came to Bluffton yesterday and is visiting with Jere Meyers and wife and others here. —Bluffton News. Rufus Stauffer, near Geneva, intends to leave tomorrow morning for an extended trip through the west. He will first spend a week at Chicago, then go to Colorado Springs, Colo., to Salem, Oregon, and take in the exposition at Seattle, Washington.—Berne Witness. z Word was received here from Tony Harmon, of Cincinnati, but who formerly lived in this city, that his father fell down stairs and received a very badly sprained leg and was unable to get around. • Tony was visiting here a few days ago and received a telegram to come at once. McClure’s Magazine for August has arrived at the city newstand. Will Hammell the manager, says its a great issue of that paper. You can also get a new issue of the Everybody, Woman's Home Companion, American,' Hhmpton, sCosmopolitan, Ainslee’s, or any of the popular ones. One of the reels produced at the Star theater last evening was Teddy Roosevelt’s hunt in Africa, and it was one of the best reels ever shown here. Mr. Stoneburner gets his films as soon as they are on the market, and this one proved the assertion. The picture shows the trip to the jungles, the capture of a lion and the killing of another by Teddy and are very realistic. It will be repeated this evening. The Peoples’ State bank received four bids for the old frame building back of Sam, Al and Dave’s clothing Store. They were Tuesday afternoon. Henry M. Reusser was the highest bidder by one cent over the next highest. John Wittwer bid $5.00, Philip Schug $12.00, Rudolph Schug $15.25 and H. M. Reusser $15.26. Mr. Reusser will tear down the building and use some of the lumber to build a porch to his house, —Berne Witness. D. D. Studabaker is threshing today on the Katie Faylor farm north of town. This is the tract of land about which is so much litigation has centered. An item of the damages demanded by the heirs in the recent suit was several thousand dollars to represent the accrued profits from the use of the land. As Mr. Studabaker is continuing in his possession the damages demanded in the next trial will probably be increased. —Bluffton News. The same fid question "who will file the affidavits” remains unaswered today, either by the police department or the Civic League. The Civic League, according to the officers, have furnished them with no further information that will warrant them in filing affidavits, while the League members have not yet consulted with the prosecuting attorney to place affidavits on file. It begins to look like the matter may go over and if anything is done it will be up to the grand jury.-—Bluffton News.

Special Sale On at our place. Men’s and Boys’ Suits in broken lots at prices that ought to interest you. Men’s Suits that formerly retailed at SIO.OO $12.00 and $13.50 Now $7.50. Men’s Suits that formerly retailed at $15.00 $16.00 and SIB.OO Now SIO.OO. Boys’Suits that formerly retailed at $6 50 $7.50 and SIO.OO Now $5.00. Men’s Sizes 35-36-37-38 Boys’ Sizes 15-16-18 T’will pay you to look these goods over, we’ll be glad to show you. Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys.

Otto Bremerkamp went to Montpelier today on business. Wilbur Pools, of Indianapolis, is in the city visiting friends. Raymond Bremerkamp went to Montpelier today on business. Mrs. E. A. Althon returned to her home at Willshire after a short stay in the city. Miss Ethel Barkley is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert Boyles, of Fort Wayne. Dewey Jackson of east of the city, brother of Harry Jackson, went to Fort Wayne today. . Chas. Voglewede arrived home from Rome City today, where he has been spending a week at the sanitarium. Mrs. J. H. Walters went to Marion today for a visit with her daughter, Marguerite. From that place she will go to Swayzee for a visit with friends. Mrs. Mary Conrad and daughter, Mrs. I. Imler, went to Venedocia, 0., the former's home. Mrs. Conrad visited for the past several days with Rev. and Mrs. Imler. Mrs. J. B. Rice and little granddaughter Winifred Chloe Rice, returned last evening from Fort Wayne, where they spent the day at the park, and enjoyed a very happy time. Harold Wilson, former agent of the Wells-Fargo express company here, arrived this morning from Marion, 0., for a few days’ visit with friends. He will leave Sunday for Seattle, where he expects to take in the big fair and may locate there permanently.

MISTER MAN! How would you like to wash dishes for threshers twice a day for 365 days in the year? NO! Well your wife does it every time she tries to wash a disk filled Bucket Bowl Separator. They All Have to be Washed Appeals to You? — * —— _ ** “Shaking parts of a Cream Separator through water does not cleanse it.”—Pure food officials say so. Which argument is the most reliable-Hot air Bucket Bowl agents or Government officials. There are 1001 good reasons why you should buy a tubular seperator Sale By Laman Lee

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Shafer Peterson went to Fort Wayne on business today. Charley Loch returned from Bluffton, where he transacted business. Mrs. Litta Peters and Miss Mayme Cloud went to Berne this afternoon on business. E. L. Brown, of Toledo, district passenger agent of the Clover Leaf railroad, was in the city today on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Clem Yarter, of near Tocsin, went to Fort Wayne today to spend the day. Miss Letha Schafer of this city went to Bobo today for a few days’ visit with her grandfather. Ernest and John Malston, living south of Willshire, transferred here enroute to Fort Wayne on their way to Windfall, where they will attend the funeral of Mrs. Ida Lauer.