Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1909 — Page 3

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**************** : WEATHER FORECAST * ♦ X Generally fair tonight and Thursday. A. J. Smith went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. C. B. Smuck made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. George Mann went to Fort Wayne on the four o’clock car yesterday. Mr. Presley Kimmel, of Frankfort, Ind., is visiting his uncle, Mr. A. B. Cunningham. Miss Gretel Shoemaker is home from a visit with relatives and friends at Marion. Peter H. Harbacher, wife and children. went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. John Bowers made a business trip south this morning in the interest of the Decatur Packing Co. Professor Cline and family of Silver Lake, are in the city visiting with Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith. I. W. Tobias returned to his home at Dayton, Ohio, after spending three weeks in the city with relatives. Mrs. Cora Croconbush, of Ossian, is in the city visiting with Mrs. L. L. Hoopengardner, whose babe is very sick. Fr. George, Al Volmer and Frank Bremerkamp left this morning for Rome City, where they will take a week’s outing and also rest up for a week or so. Earl Richey, little son of William Richey, of Bluffton, had his face lacerated by the teeth of a pet dog he was feeding. It was a large animal and its teeth inflicted wounds that may permanently disfigure the lad. The committee in charge of the old settlers’ reunion at Columbia City has received positive assurances that Kil-so-Quah, the Pottawatomie Indian princess, of Roanoke, now 100 years old. and her son, White Loon, will be present. Charles H. Land, aged forty, treasurer of the Garr-Scott company, and a director of the Second National bank, is dead at Richmond of peritonitis. He was taken ill while on his way home from a trip to the northwest.

While in the midst of a crowd of merry makers, enroute from Boyd park to Peru, the seventeen-year-old son of Frank Medary, of Oakdale, was thrown head first from the rear of the car. The accident was caused by a sudden lurch of the car in turning a sharp curve. In falling Medary struck a telephone pole and was instantly killed. The 16-year-old daughter of C. W. Morris, a farmer near Westville, was assaulted in a school house by a stranger, who is believed to have been from Chicago. With a story that he was a farmer living north of Valparaiso and in want of a girl to do housework, the man induced the young woman to go with him. The breaking of a storm drove them into a school house for shelter and there the assault took place. The free picture show plan of advertising as inaugurated by a number of Decatur business men, will start tomorrow evening, the first show to begin at eight o'clock at the corner of Monroe and Second street, and promises to be a very popular plan of advertising. Several reels will be given and between these shows will be given special reels announcing the Decatur merchants and the goods they sell. The plan is a good one and will please many people, young and old.

Judge Merryman made a business trip to Monroe this morning. Mrs. Hugh Hite and Miss Mary Hite spent the morning in Fort Wayne. C. S. Niblick, the banker, went to Fort Wayne on business this morning. George Steele is visiting his father, James Steele and family west of the city today. Bruce Patterson arrived home from Winona, where he has been working for some time. Try some of the new September magazines jat Will Hammel’s (city I newstand, phone 39. Otto Wemhoff went to Monmouth this afternoon, where he is looking I after his insurance business. Mrs. J. H. Heller went to Monmouth last evening for an overnight visit I with her sister, Mrs* John Magley. ■ The Royal Neighbors (held their regular meeting last night, at which time they disposed of urgent business, j E. M. Crawford, of Bluffton, returned to his home after looking up business in the city for the last day or so. Miss Esther Corbett has gone to Rome City, where she is spending a week or so with friends at that place. Every member of the Woodmen lodge should be present at tonight's regular meeting as important business will be transacted. Seized with a violent fit of coughing following a slight illness, the four-year-old son of Edward Vallance at Goshen choked to death.

Quite a number of business men are fixing up their places of business, which will help to make things look more neat and up to date. The lecture delivered at the institute last night was most interesting, and a large audience was present to hear the entertaining discourse. Ex-Gov. Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri, will deliver the address to the class at the commencement of the Tri-State Normal college at Angola next week. Mr. Ingham, of Fort Wayne, representing the Lincoln National Life Insurance company of Fort Wayne, arrived in the city this morning on a business mission. The Singer Sewing Machine Co. are making arrangements to advertise and demonstrate their famous machine at the fair next week. So far they have been meeting with much success. The citizens are contributing liberally to the citizens’ premium which will be offered to Adams county exhibitors only. The merchants are especially enthusiastic in this movement. The Adams County bank have been kept busy for the last few days handing out the new Linctoln pennies, which have just been coined, but owing to some cause or other have been stopped. D. W. Beery, D. D. Clark, C. S. Dunn and Tom Baltzell went to Muncie this morning, where they will be in attendance at the fair this week. They will look after different business interests concerning the fair to be held here next week. William Kerfoot has secured the contract for the gasoline lighting of the Vera Cruz Reformed church. Ad Hofer was also awarded the contract for frescoing and painting. The hot air heating system will be put in by Baumgardner, of Berne. —Bluffton News.

H. A. Worden, a former Adams county citizen, writes us from Marion. Indiana, his present home, that he will be in this county soon, attending the Carter reunion at Wren on Thursday, and will remain for a week or so to visit with friends and relatives and take in the Great Northern Fair. The Guy Stock Co. again played to a large audience last night. That famous play “The Gambler and the Girl’’ was cleverly played and at many times vociferous demonstration was evoked from the audience. The band concert today was simply great, and many people listened to the beautiful music furnished. The Great Northern Indiana Fair is but a few days hence. Have you made arrangements to attend? It will absolutely be the biggest and best ever held in this vicinity. The racing will be one of the great features of the event and the free attractions will greatly interest fill. The exihibits will be very attractive. If there was any spite work in the dismissal of all the teachers in the Warren high school last year the teachers have not been damaged, because all have secured better jobs for the coming term. M. M. Dunbar, the principal, will teach in Shelby county; Albert Sellemeyer will teach in Adams county and Miss Mayme Scoville will be principal of a school in lowa. There was some trouble at Warren and as the plan adopted was to treat all alike all three high school teachers were released. —Bluffton News.

Nelson Bricker, of Geneva, was in the city today on business. James Steveson of Monroe, was in the city today on business. Miss Mary Barnett went to Monroe last evening to visit friends. Miss Elnora Martin of west of the City went to Van Wert today. I Frank De Voss went to Winchester for a visit with friends at that place. Bert Lenhart went to Geneva this afternoon, where he is looking after important business. I O. V. Graham of Monroe, was in the city on business for the Graham Advertising Co. at that place. , Mr. George Bishop returned to his I home at Portland after attending to business in the city during the day. Will Dowling is working at the National bank, during the absence of Frank Bremerkamp, who has been quite sick. I Mr. W. H. Graham, of Monroe, has purchased a new Ford touring car, which is abeauty. Mr. Graham is well . known in this city. L. G. Ellingham left this morning i for Rome City, where he will join his : family, who are spending a week or : so at that place. The Misses Fanny Robinson and i Bessie Murray left for Portland,where i they will make a few days’ visit with s friends at that place. Mrs. Helen Berns and Mrs. Margaret • Thole returned to their home at Cin- ■ cinnati, after a month or so visit In t the city with their brother, Rev. Fr. Wilken.

Milton Brant, of Spencerville, Ohio, was in the city for a short visit and went to Geneva this afternoon with his daughter, Mrs. Cecil Ford, who is making her home at that place. Joseph Johns of this city, but who has been working at Fort Wayne, for some time, passed through the city today on his way to Dayton, where he has been engaged by a firm at that place to build ice boxes. When an undertaker’s ambulance drew up alongside the body of a man in the railroad yards at Goshen the apparently dead person arose and wanted to know what it was p.ll about. Later he went into spasms at the jail and may not recover. His identity has not been established. Miss Rachel Smith a seamstress of Fort Wayne, is at the home of Mrs. A. B. Cunningham preparing sewing for Mrs. Cunningham and children and as soon as finished Mr. Cunningham and family expect to make a tour through the west looking up a location. They will be absent about six weeks. The ladies of the Christian church will give an ice cream social Saturday evening on the church lawn at the corner of Monroe and Fourth streets. Th eproceeds will be used by the ladies toward paying off the street tax assessed against the property. The public is very cordially invited to be present. Jack Edmonds and Clem Stair will not be surprised any day to receive notice that they have become the owners, or become entitled to become owners of a farm in the west. While on their western trip they registered at Spokane for the land drawing which opened there yesterday. They registered only at the one place, not caring to make the long trips to the other points just to register.—Bluffton News.

Convinced that the United States postal card is not the thing of beauty that it might be and that it does not compare favorably with those of foreign countries, Postmaster General Hitchcock is studying upon plans to improve both appearance and quality of the 1-cent bearers. It is proposed to change the printing and probably the colors of the postals. Government chemists are now engaged in analyzing the various samples of paper submitted. New cards will appear after January 1, 1910. The recent celebration of Peru’s diamond anniversary and Miami county’s home coming was a success financially. The chairmen of the various committees spent money judiciously, and notwithstanding that the expenses amounted to S3OO more than the subscription list, there is nearly S2OO in the treasury, the concessions having turned into the fund more than SSOO. It is proposed to hold another home coming next year, in October, at the time of the dedication of Miami county’s new $300,000 court house. Mrs. Blanche Good Smith, writing her parents. Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Good, under date of Venice, August 2, tells of the charm of a visit at that place. She tells vividly of the experience in stepping out of steam cars and being taken to her hotel in a gondola instead of in a cab and of the beautiful moonlight scenes and the music and calls of the gondoliers. The palaces lining the canals are also pictured and the charm of Venice life is described as being almost beyond compare. Dr. and Mrs. Smith had just come from Lucerne and after visiting Venice go to Vienna to take up I their studies—Huntington Herald.

Meet Us at The Big Fair WHEN YOU COME TO THE FAIR you WILL WANT SOME PLACE FORA HEADQUARTERS YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO USE OUR STORE AS SUCH. IF YOU ARE ALREADY ACQUAINTED YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE WELCOME. If you are not acquainted with Us come and GET ACQUAINTED. NEW FALL SHOWINGS You may not be ready to buy, but let us show you the new fall styles in suits, overcoats, hats and other furnishings. A FEW BARGAINS We still have some excellent bargains in suits, summer shirts, underwear and straw hats. Elzev, Vance & Hite Comer East of Court House. Decatur, [lndiana.

Wal Wemhoff went to Van Wert today on business, Roman Barthel went to Van Wert on business today. Harry Moltz made a business trip to Bluffton this morning. Miss Eva Erwin of Fort Wayne, is visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. L. A. Graham went to Fort Wayne, on the noon car for a short visit with friends. Miss Ida Caton of Bluffton, returned to her home last evening after a short visit with friends in this county. Miss Frances Bryson, North Pleasant street, will leave within a few days for a stay at Tippecanoe Lake. — Portland Sun. Joe and Fred McConnel and Carl Beatty returned from Winona, where they have been taking a week’s outing in company with the Holy Grail boys. Mrs. H. S. Ashbaucher of Hammond, and her sister, Mrs. Ed Kintz of this city, went to Pleasant Mills today to visit their mother, Mrs. Henry Barnett. Dan Meyers and family are moving from their home across the street to i.ie Park Hotel, which they have* newly arranged in fine style and will conduct on the European plan. The Wells County Bank yesterday received the second consignment of Lincoln pennies, getting ten dollars worth The first consignment were the ones with the initials on, while the last consignment is without the initials. These are being coined regularly.—Bluffton Banner.

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Miss Ida Carter went to Fort Wayne today. Miss Adel Right went to Willshire today to visit friends. Miss Bertha Drummond of Pleasant Mills, is in the city today. Frank Bremerkamp, who has been very sick, is resting much better. Miss Gladys McMillen, of Pleasant Mills, is spending the day with relatives in the city. A big excursion train to Niagara Falls passed through the city carrying a large number of people. The train started from St. Louis. Mrs. F. F. Gregg, of Geneva, went to Bluffton to attend the Miller family reunion held tomorrow at Boiling Springs, two miles west of Bluffton, on the Wabash river. Katydid is here. The first specimen of this insect variety was seen last night hovering about one of the city electric lights. It is said that Katy never makes her appearance until six weeks before the first fall frost If in this case, some unexpected occurrences may be looked for by agriculturists, who are figuring on banner crops. Jack Frost’s advance agent brings evid forebodings. The merry sons of the Katydid is a common thing during the time when the leaves begin losing their green and then everything is prepared for all the frost Jack can freeze, but now the tune sounds different and the farmer silently wishes he had not heard the chirp of the pale green emissary of the winter window painter.

G. T. Burke went to Bluffton today on business. Ml'lf Roy Archbold and her father, Mrs. Nachtrleb, of Toledo, went to that place on the noon train, where the former will visit for some time. FREE BusinessjMen’s Free Exhibition Os Moving Pictures and Views COMMENCING JEW 19First Show at 8 O’clock Corner Monroe & 2nd. St. Everybody Invited