Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1909 — Page 3

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Miss Glenys Mangold returned last evening from Colfax, Ind.

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Fair tonight and Sunday. Frank Bryce went to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Clark Bremen of near Bluffton went to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Rebecca Reidgeman went to Marion to visit friends today. Pat Kinney is looking after some real estate business at Geneva today. Mrs. J. S. Peterson and children returned last evening from Rome City. Von Burk left today for Bloomington, where he will make a few weeks’ visit w’ith friends. Charles Hocker was a business caller at Monroe yesterday and has returned to this city. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Rapert of Fort Wayne have come to the city for ' a visit with friends and relatives. The M. E. choir met last night at the church to rehearse special music for tomorrow morning and evening. A large crowd will no doubt be present at the park tomorrow as the attraction sare said to be first class. Miss Laura Alban returned to the city last evening after spending the day in Winona with Miss Emma Byerly. Little Palmer Kern, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kern, has been seriously sick, but now he is slowly recovering. Miss DeHart, of Chicago, is in the city visiting her cousin, Mrs. Phil Macklin, Mrs. Bruce Christen and other relatives. The balloone which was to go up at Willshire yesterday took fire and burned up. The other days before it went up all right. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Voglewedc ana daughter Chedred will arrive home tomorrow from Toledo, after visiting with relatives for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. George Brock and daughter Virginia, of Alliance, Ohio, are in the city visiting with Mr. Brock's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brock. The ball game to be played between the Decatur and Fort Wayne Elks will be a fast exhibition and the locals expect to make their opponents go some to win. Miss Marie Allison returned to her home in Decatur this morning after spending u few days in the city as the guest of Miss Alice Sixbey and other friends.—Bluffton Banner. Fr. George arrived home from Rome City today, where he has been for the past three weeks trying to improve his health. He is feeling some better and the trip benefitted him very much. Mrs. A. J. Cully of Wren, was stricken with paralysis suddenly Sunday morning after returning home from Sunday school and died Sunday evening. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the U. B church at Wren, the services were conducted by Rev. Sharp-Willshire Herald. The Elkhart Review says Justus L. Brodrick and Walter Brown, who are serving time in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., expect to return to Elkhart when they are released. Brodrick's time is up in 17 months and Brown, will be releasee. in se ven months. They both went to prison for their connection with the Indiana National bank crash in Elkhart Brodrick's appearance is unchanged except that he is grayer. He is employed as a bookkeeper and is satisfied.

Joe Volmer went to Fort Wayne today. Todd Linn went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Jesse Helm went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. J. H. Weldy will spend Sunday with friends at Berne. Avon Burke went to Marion today for a visit with friends. Free Frisinger went to Fort Wayne on the one o’clock car. Marcus Mayer went to Fort Wayne on the one o’clock car. Mrs. J. S. Frisinger and children are visiting friends in lowa. Mrs. Edith Remer returned to het home at Monmouth today. Chris Meyer went to Fort Wayne on business this afternoon, Ben Shilts, of east of the city, transacted, business here today. Bert Green went to Fort Wayne today to take in the ball game. Mrs. J. F. Crist, of Monroe, went to Mafrion .today to visit friends. Herman Johns went to Fort Wayne and will spend tbe day with friends. Clyde Baumgartner went to Willshire last evening to attend the carnival. Miss Addie Jones went to Fort Wayne today to spend a week with relatives. Miss Nellie Wolfa of near Monroeville, is visiting Misses Mabel and Naomi Cramer. Mrs. C. A. Platz and daughter Virginia went to Fort W’ayne today to” spend Sunday. Miss C. Hummel and Miss Fern Hummel, of Spencerville, went to Fort Wayne today. Prof. Wilthaus returned to his home at Berne after being in the city fcr the past few days. The condition of Lew Weber remain about the same and his chances for recovery are very poor. Ulysses Drummond, of Pleasant Mills, is in the city attending to business and looking up friends. The C. J. Keller livery sale to be held at the sales stables August, ( twenty-first will be a hummer. Mr .and Mrs. Joseph Andrews of west of the city were in town last night visiting friends and relatives. John Tyndall went to Albion this morning, where he will look after business for the Krick & Tyndall Co. Mr. and Mrs. George Brock, of Alliance, Ohio, were guest at the home of Attorney and Mrs. C. J. Lutz yesterday. Misses Goldie and Della James are attending the picnic given by tbe Beulah Chapel congregation near Peterson. Ruth Ritenour returned to her home at Fort Wayne this morning after visiting in the city for a week or so with friends. True Fristoe, Cal Robinson Tom Peterson were among those who attended the Elks ball game at Fort Wayne today. County commissioners at Bluffton are asking the council to appropriate $13,000 with which to purchase seventeen voting machines. Don't fail to subscribe for Mack’s National Monthly, if you want the best on the market. See Cony Confer or leave your order at this office. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Steele and Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Mills returned , from Wolcottville today, where they j were spending a week of fishing and rest. Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Byrne were the guests of J. B. Stoneburner and family last evening. They will leave soon for an extended wedding tour to the coast. Mrs. John Diller and daughter Helen left for Montpelier, Ind., this morning and accompanied by her s’sters, Mrs. Mike Smith and Lizzie and Master Barton. The government authorities under the direction of the war department ( are engaged in the erection of a 1,009 yard rifle range just north of the Riverview cemetery at South Bend. The South Bend school board must reissue SIOO,OOO worth of bonds because they were not signed before Henry Eibel retired as member of the board. The procedure is necessary to make them legal. John Gillig, who is at Detroit, on business, will take in the regatta there today. This contest race will ’ have the largest number of entrants, fourteen in number and promises to be very interesting. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reinking, of Fort Wayne, who have frequently visited in the city with Charles Heckman and family, and other friends, , will leave in a few days for Seattle, where they will attend the exposition. i i Peter Confer will leave tomorrow ■ afternoon for Fort Wayne and from there will go to Massillon, Canal Fulton and several other places in Ohio, ■ where he will look up relatives and i old friends. He will be gone about two weeks.

Vincent Forbing went to Richmonc today on business. Ed Vancil made a business trip to Geneva this afternoon. John Schug made a business trip to Richmond this morning. J. M. Frisinger is slowly getting better from his recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Voglewede are visiting with friends at Toledo. Miss Margaret Eiting went to Monroe for a short visit with friends. Mrs. B. B. Uhl of Mansfield, 0., is visiting her mother, Mrs. John Christen. D. E. Laugherty went to Huntington this morning, where he will spend Sunday. Wm. Laggerman went to Winchester, where he will spend Sunday with friends. Clem Uhl, of Toledo, will arrive in the city tomorrow for a short vis't with friends. Oliver Schug went to Berne, where he will spend Sunday with his parents at that place. Edna Baumgartner went to Lynn this morning for a short visit with friends at that place. Miss Mabel Weldy is attending the picnic of the Beulah Chapel church near Peterson today. Miss Winnifred Johnson, of Williams, was in the city for a short while visiting with friends, Mrs. Marsh Burdg went to Columbus, Ohio, this morning, where she will remain for a few weeks. Mrs. Edna Roop, of Ceylon, went through the city on her way to Geneva for a visit with relatives. C. C. Ernst and John Yager will leave in the morning for a ten days' absence at Mt. Clemens, Mich. Mrs. C. J. Lutz went to Fort Wayne this morning to look after business affairs and will return this evenlug. Henry Gerke came home from Berne today, where he has been visiting with Isaac Emerick for the past week. William Sheerer returned to his home near Monroe last evening after looking after business interests in I'the city. There will be great doings at Maple Grove park tomorrow. A big free attraction will be there as well as other amusements.

R. D. Patterson went to Bluffton today for a visit with his daughters, Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Morris. He will remain two weeks. The Holy Grail boys are making all preparations for their ten days encampment at Winona. They are expecting a splendid time. Miss Mabel Brown, of Kingsman, Kas., returned to her home today after visiting in the city with Mrs. Wm. Cross for the past week or so. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith and daugh ter Iftidge and Miss Mary Fonner returned last evening from Winona, where they have been the last week. Misses Tillie and Minnie Weiliage and Mrs. Fred Krogen of Louisville, returned to their home today after a week’s visit in the city with Mrs. Dr. Knorr. I. L. Babcock arrived in the city from Geneva this morning for a few days’ visit with friends. Mr. Babcock is now making his home at Frankfort, Ind. Mrs. Josephine Edwards, of Leipsic, Ohio, is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick. She was accompanied here by her niece, Mary Suttles, who had been visiting her. The Royal Neighbors of Fort Wayne entertained very pleasantly a number of visiting lodges last evening, fifteen ladies from this city attending. Twenty from this city went to Fort Wayne on the seven o'clock car. D. M. Hensley Is in receipt of a cord from Dallas Wertzberger who is located at Capan, Oklahoma, in which he tells of his election as game warden there. Ms. Wertzberger cause the arrest of five violators last week which aggegately cost them $205.75. “The Millionaire Kid,” the very latest of all New York musical comedy successes will be the attraction at the Bosse opera house Thursday night August 12. This attraction is one of the very few that our local patrons are able to view direct from its New York successes and abounds with the newest of song hits making it one of the greatest song shows on the roan this season. Among these tuneful numbers are “I Wonder What Would Happen if the Moon Would Tell,” “Please, Please, Pretty, Please” "Hut ray for our Base Ball Team,” “Sugar Cane,” “Kiss Me Kid,” “Dixie Moon” “Sullivan” “Big Chief Battle Axe,” and “The Good Old United States.” Among the members of this wonderful song show are such well known artists to the musical comedy field as Mr. Artie Lewis, Mr. William Lewis, Dr. Dana Kowzan, Miss Mayme Gardner, and Miss Grace Louise Anderson together with the famous Blue Ribbon ' beauty chorus, without equal in the ! musical comedy world. Prices 25c, 35c, 50c.

Mrs. Wilson Lee has gone to Winona for a week’s vacation. Will Dowling went to Willshire last evening to attend the carnival. Miss Fannie Hite returned last evening from Winona, where she spent her vacation. MJrs. Louise Krick went to Gas City today to visit her daughter, Mrs Clara Hemwell. P. G. Williams went to Geneva and will have charge of the Moser studio at that place during the day. Walter Kauffman returned home last evening from his regular trip for the Schafer Hardware Co. Mrs. Jeanette Ervin returned today from Venedocia, where she visited her son Frank and wife at that place. Richard Spuhler and niece Verena of Akron, are in the city visiting with James K. Niblick and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fristoe returned to their home at Geneva after a pleasant visit in the city with friends. Frank Bremerkamp is feeling a little improved today and it is hoped that he will continue so until in perfect health. E. B. Adams returned last evening from a business trip to Willshire in the interest of the Great Northern Fair association. Florian Smith, of Wapakoneta, arrived in the city for a visit with Mr. B. A. Fledderjuhann. Mr. Smitu is the sheriff of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Fordyce returned from Willshire today after attending the carnival and visiting friends. Mr. Fordyce reports the carnival as being good. The Zimmerman Manufacturing company at Auburn will retire fro.-n the manufacture of windmills and concentrate its effort in the building of vehicles. Alvah strevy, night clerk at the Exchange hotel in Huntington, accidentally shot himself in a finger while placing a revolver in a drawer of his desk. He may lose the finger. Arthur Fisher writes from Kansas that he is enjoying himself in that western state. Mr. Fisher likes the country very much, but likes Adams county as well. He will return soon. Jack Mbnyhan was a visitor in Bluffton yesterday. He has been employed on the Decatur pipe line of the Indiana Heating and Lighting Company and will now begin work at Decatur, overhauling the service pipes.—Portland Sun. John Wisner Jr., and M. M. Justus will leave the latter part of next week or the first of the week following tor Hart, Mich., where they will spend a week or ten days. The soldiers go into camp there annually for a month at a time with their families, and enjoy a great outing. —Bluffton Banner.

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Mary Seteler, of Fort Wayne, ana Julius Weiber of Chicago, are in the city for a visit with C. L. Meibers and family.

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i Verena and Leona Niblick and Mar- * garet Gerard returned from Willshire 11 last evening after spending a week | there with friends.