Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1909 — Page 3

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s♦♦♦♦♦<<<<<<<<<♦ :WEATHER forecast: Increasing cloudiness; showers in north portion tonight or Wednesday cooler north portion Wednesday. Henry Zwick, of Williams, is in the city looking after business today. Miss Irene Evans returned to her home north of the city this morning. Miss Louise Hobrok is enjoying a vacation from duties at the Boston store. Business is getting good with the merchants now that the harvest is nearly over. Miss Ella Mutchler has gone to Portland, and will visit with relatives for a few days. Miss Maggie Clark went to VanWert where she will visit with friends for the next few days. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Adams have gone to Tippecanoe Lake where they will take a few weeks' outing. There will be a number of dances at Maple Grove park in the near future, and great times are anticipated. The Decatur schools will reopen within one month and the teachers are ready for another year’s work after a vacation. George Everett has gone to Barker Creek, Mich., where he will visit with his cousin, Mr. James Everett for the rest of the week. Miss Mabel Weldy will arrive home Friday from Marion, where she is attending school and will spend her vacation with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Mills and Mr. and Mrs. Herb Steele left this morning for Wolcottville, where they will take a few days of rest and pleasure. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crew, of Auburn may lose the toes of his right foot as a result of getting them entangled in the sprocket chain of a bicycle. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Chalmers and son Noah, of Huntington, passed through the city this morning on their way to Tuskon, Mich., where they will spend a week or so visiting with relatives. Frank Gast is operating his handle factory at full force at present in an effort to meet the demands of his patrons. Mr. Gass has many orders ahead at present and more are coming in every day.

Prof. Tucker, of Marion, will be in the city tomorrow evening to give another lesson to the male chorus recently organized here. Prof. Tucker is efficient in the work and is pleasing his pupils. Spurgeon C. Franke, a real estate agent at Kendallville, died suddenly Saturday night at Eureka Springs, Ark., where he had gone in search of health. He was 51 years of age and a graduate of the old M. E. college in Fort Wayne. Chris Seabold and the party of telephone men, whom he is taking from Bluffton to New York have reached Bucyrus, Ohio, in safety. The News this morning received a telephone message from that point from A. H. Putnam of the party who desires to recover some plans he lost while in this vicinity.—Bluffton News. The Boy City election at Winona resulted in a big victory for the conservative party, who elected the following ticket: Mayor, Lester Upton, of Muncie; city clerk. Cope Hanly of Rensselaer; city treasurer, Homer Sechrist, of Alexandria; board of public works, Harry Rogers, of Champaign, III..; Win Ferguson, of Ossian; and Abe Williams of Richmond, Wis.

I E. H. Lane, of Fort Wayne, was in the city on business today. Miss Mary R. Steele went to Fort Wayne to visit her brother. C. Suttles returned this afternoon from a business trip to Fort Wayne. D. W. Beery went to Fort Wayne this morning to look after business interests. The ticket that drew the parlor suite at Yager Bros. & Reinking was number 3031. J. B. Stoneburner has opened a stand at the airdome where he will sell refreshments. Mort McAfee spent the afternoon in Decatur looking after business matters. —Bluffton Banner. Agnes Meibers has gone to Toledo, where she will visit for a week with Miss Ethel Uhl for some time. Charles Magley was in the city yesterday looking after business interests, and returned to his home last evening. The handsome Gast home on Mercei avenue has been sold to Henry Krick and Mr. Gast and family will leave for Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reppert have returned from an extended visit at Mt. Clemens, Mich. Colonel Reppert was called home on account of business. All members of the Modern 'Woodmen lodge wishing to participate in an unusually interesting meeting should be present tomorrow night at the hall. Rev. C. G. Reynolds of Ashville, N. C„ is in the city visiting with Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Mills and Mrs. Victoria Hill. Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Reynolds are sisters. It is hinted that one of Decatur’s popular young business men is to be married within a day or two, notwithstanding the fact that ho denies the report vigorously. Mrs. S. E. Hitesman and children were among the number who attended the> picnic given by the Christian church at Maple Grove park today. They left on the ten o’clock car. Harry Henstead, of Peru, returned to his home today after spending a few days with friends. Harry formerly lived in Decatur, and his father was minister at the United Brethren church. Mrs. Charles Higgins, of Bluffton, acted promptly and saved the life of the six-year-old son of Lew Bratton, clasping him by the hair and dragging him from a cistern into which he had tumbled. Mrs. J. F. Snow received a te’ephone message last evening that her mother was very seriously ill. She left this morning for Geneva, and will then go the re’st of the way by carriage to Ceylon. The Misses Matilda and Hulda Sellemeyer from south of the city went to Portland for a few days’ visit and from there will go to St Marys and Definance, Ohio, where they will visit with relatives for some time.

The directors of the People’s Trust and Savings company were banqueted at the Wayne club on Saturday evening by President W. P. Breen, following the public opening of the company’s new handsome home on Calhoun street.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. Miss Florence Steveson, of Ashville, N. C., left for Grand Rapids this morning and from there will return to ner home. While in the city she visited with F. V. Mills and family. Miss Steveson is the principal of the Presbyterian industrial senool at that place and is w-ell liked by all whom . she becomes acquainted with. William Spade, residing west of Vera Cruz brought his year’s crop of oats to market this morning. The force at the Studabaker elevator where they were received, pronounced Mr. Spade's grain, the best received at that elevator yet this year. He planted twenty-two acres and harvested 40 bushels to the acre.—-Bluffton News. The report that recently went the round of the papers published in this vicinity to the effect that the DuPont powder factory near Hartford City was to be remodeled to manufacture the finer grades of high explosives, has been denied officially by representatives of the company. For some time the factory has been operated simply as a nftro-grycerine factory and has disposed of its products in this and surrounding oil fields. It is probable that this will continue to be the mission of the factory. 1 The boys in charge of the Clover 1 Leaf Commercial Traveler have had so many undesirable experiences in handling emigrants from the Nickel 1 Plate at Continental, that they almost despise to run into that town each night. Tuesday evening a bunch of foreigners, who probably hadn’t ■ been within speaking distance of a , bath tub since they left Egypt, board- ' ed No. 5 at Continental, and were ■ headed into the smoking car. In less than ten minutes they had almost the entire car to themselves. A glue factory is a midsummer night's dream . in comparison.—Delphos Herald.

Rev. Hoile, of Shumm, was in the city today. Rev. Freeman, of Pleasant Mills, was in the city today. John Giilig went to Toledo on business this morning. Miss Armenta Sell returned to her home at Willshire today. Mrs. E. A. Altheon returned to her home at Willshire today. Otto Bremerkamp returned from a business trip to Montpelier. Miss Cleo Roop went to Willshire today for a visit with friends. Miss Amelia Hardsock returned to her home at Auburn this morning. Mrs. G. David returned from Bluffton today after a visit with relatives. Miss Margaret Steele, of LaGrange, is visiting her cousin, Miss Edna Steele.

Henry Koenemann went to Williams this morning to look after the stock market. Mrs. Katie Hart, of Sturgis, Mich , passed through the city on her way to Marion. Reed Williams left for Bloomfield today, where he will spend a week or so with friends. Peter Gunser, DeKalb county veteran of the civil war, is dead at his home near Corunna. Bob Meibers returned home from Delphos after visiting with his grandmother for the past week. Miss Edith Zehr returned to her home at Bluffton today after a short stay in the city with relatives. The Royal Neighbors will have a very interesting meeting tonight and it is requested that all be present. Misses Margaret Mills and Winnifred Burk attended the Christian church picnic at the park today. Miss Florence DeHarb of Reading, Pa., arrived in the city today and will visit with Wm. Jackson and family for a few days. H. A. Fristoe and family are at Rochester visiting friends, and incidentally spending some time fishing on the lake there. Mrs. C. C. Miller and daughter Wilma returned to her home at Anderson today, after a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Snow. Mack’s National Monthly is the best selling magazine on the road today. If you have not yet subscribed see Tony Conter or leave your order at this office. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sullivan, of Geneva, returned to their home this morning after changing cars here from Van Buren, <Where they have been attending the races at that place. According to the complaint of Mrs. Stanford Little, filed in the circuit court at Wabash, her husband is trying to defraud her out of 17,000 and she wants him restrained from securing the cash. A number of friends and relatives from this and Adams county gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson in this city yesterday in honor of the 25th birthday of Mr. Johnson.—Bluffton Banner.

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| Last Week of the Big Clearance Salel i AT i I Teeple, Brandyberry I I and Peterson’s I 1 I This Sale Closes jSHjgarc ' 1 I Next Saturday Night I H We Offer Discounts from B j | | | 10 to 50 PER CENT. / iOF IM I H Ask Your Neighbor About the Bargains. L rWW '

Mrs. G. T. Burke and children attended the picnic at Maple Grove to- 1 day. Mr. Jesse McFarland, of Marion, transacted business in the city yesterday. | Jesse Sale, of Willshire, returned to his home after looking after business ’ in the city today. Mrs. Arthur Fisher attended the ! picnic given by the members of the Christian church at Maple Grove park today. , The Knights of Columbus held their 1 regular meeting last evening at their 1 hall, and much business of importance was transacted. John Bowers and son William returned from Rome City this afternoon after spending a week there at this great summer resort. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hartwell arrived in the city from Lima, where they had been on business, and went to Fort Wayne on the one o’clock car. The commencement of the Marion Normal college occurs this week. A large number of Adams county boys and girls attended the Marion Normal this year. The dance to be given by the park managers at Maple Grove Thursday promises to be unusually well attended. A crowd of ten young men from Toledo will be In attendance and besides these an unusually large compuny will go from this place. Mr. T. L. McCullough will be checked out today at the Clover Leaf depot. The traveling auditor of the railroad was in the city finishing up all business. Mr. McCullough will locate in New Mexico, where he has secured a position which carries with it a salary of material increase. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. McCullough will greatly regreat their departure which will be soon.

#IAAAQO zl'V vv\ /solid GOLD ® SILVER AW ARD\ / For the Best Ear of Corn % f To be Known as the National Com Trophy % sf To be Awarded at the / National Corn Exposition, Omaha, 6to 18? b 1909. ik S Over one hundred thousand million (100.000.000.000) ears of corn were grown in the United States last year. Over Si sS a billion dollars were paid for them. More than a million and a quarter extra dollars went into the pockets of the &£ farmers for corn this year than they received for the previous year's crop. A? The reason for this may be found in the fact that the people of the United States are beginning to learn how delicious W « corn is and to realize its full food value. gg Kellogg’s Toasted Corn Flakes has placed corn among the indispensable items of daily fare. The makers, therefore, are interested in the development of the King of Cereals, and have decided to award a beautiful SS sg trophy for the man. woman or child who can produce the best ear of corn in two different seasons. Professor Holden, of the lowa State College, the greatest authority on corn in the world, will award the prize at the Sg gj National Corn Exposition, to be held at Omaha. Neb.. December 6th to 18th. 1909. Two single rules will govern the plan. 3K £■£ and they are:—that you send your best ear of corn to the National Corn Exposition. Omaha. Neb., before November ta 27.1909; and that you are a member of the National Corn Association. Full particulars regarding which can be had by fit' §1 writing to National Corn Exposition. Omaha. Neb. Tie a tag securely to your specimen and word it. "For the §8 Kellogg Trophy Contest." and write your name and address plainly. If yours is judged the best, you will get the Est trophy for 1910. If you succeed again next year or the year following, the trophy will become your property for £0 yfo all time. In other words, you must produce the best ear of corn two different years. There will be no restrictions. Any man. woman or child belonging to the Association can enter. It will be open Wk to every state in the Union. Profewor Holden will judge the corn particularly on the basis of quality. The growing Jto? of more corn per acre is one object of the award, but the main purpose of the founder of the trophy is /or Increasing the Quality of Com Used in Making Kellogg's % TOASTED CORN FLAKES # Many people think we hare reached the point of perfection in Toasted Corn Flak®®. now is. Perhaps we have. If you haven't tried it. besin your education In sood thlnrs to nrt. eat today - kll erocers have it. KFI T OGG TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO., Battle Creek, Mick. GenuineWk x 7 / fl has this Signature < *

Chas. Hocker is looking after his farm today, six miles south of the city. Mrs. M. A. Brown went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend a picnic at Robison park. Miss Lulu Dilling went to Fort Wayne today to visit friends. She will leave on an excursion the latter part of the week for Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Weatherby of Chicago returned to jhelr home this noon after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. France and other relatives.

ffhe Greatest Showl ■ EVER IN DECATUR I ■ Four Films of Four Thousand Feet of B I SPECIAL FEATURES I B It will take an hour and fifteen minutes to I B show these films. B Three illustrated songs, one a comic produc- * B tion entitled ■ I HELEN MAY I B You-will miss the best show ever put on in the B city if you fail to visit the ■ I The Star Airdome I R TONIGHT, where you see all the good shows J

i Otto Bremerkamp returned from Montpelier today. Sam Acker returned to his home at ; Geneva after visiting with his mother who is very sick in the south part of the city. Miss Fanny Hammel and sister Mrs. Smith left this afternoon for Portland and will visit with friends for the next few days. Mrs. Russel Wagner changed cars here on her way home from Montpelier to Berne, where she has been visiting for the last few days.