Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1909 — Page 3

THE Ladies' Home Journal For September Has arrived at the City News Strand. Get one as quickly as possible Also Hampton, The Red Book, Mack’s monthly containing an account of Mrs. Tom Marshall. American, Holland and others. City News Company, Will Hammdl, Mgr. ’PHONE 39

John Bowers made his regular trip south this morning for the Decatur Packing Co.

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:WEATHER forecast; i».****2*.*****t Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Miss Mary Mcßarnes is spending the day in Fort Wayne. Miss Esther Corbett is visiting friends in Rome City. Miss Vera Quigl-y, of north of the city was shopping here today. Mrs. Daisy Salvager has gone to Fort Wayne to snend the day. Mrs. Frank Wegmiller has gone to Fort Wayne to spend a week with her uncle. C. L. Mann, of Indianapolis, is in the city looking after important business.

John S. Powell Jr. arrived home last evening from Redkey, where he transacted business. E. M. Ray returned to his home at Monroe after attending to business during ths day. Rev. and Mrs. I. Imler have returned from Elida where have been for several days. Miss Inez Snellen, of Willshire, is visiting the Misses Naomi and Verena Niblick for a few days. Mr. and Mrs S. R. Bowman, of Fort Wayne, passed through the city enroute to Hartford City. Mrs. Adolph Hart, of Montpelier, arrived in the city today for a visit with her daughter, Miss Inez Coverdale. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Baughman returned this noon from Toledo, where they bought goods f< r the Chrnt oas trade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Porter and baby Harold of Parker C't,- arrived in the city today for a visit with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Poi ter. Curley Ellis will handle the official score cards at the fair grounds this week, giving the program for the races each day. If you want to keep posted buy a card. Cal Robison, who was so badly injured in a fall from the gas tank west of the city, is recovering and will soon be able to move about some, although it will be some time before he will be entirely recovered. A report from the bedside of Irvin Carter, the well known citizen of Pleasant Mills, who has been sick for some time, is to the effect that he is no better. His condition is very serious and there seems but little hope of improvement. D. M. Hensley came home this morning from Rome City where he has been for several days. He brought with him a deed for the lot where his cottage stands. This is the first deed issued by Mrs. Watkins for any of the old Barber estate ana calls for a handsome strip of land, giving Mr. Hensleyone of the most valuable properties along Lake Sylvan. Formerly the land could not be purchased, the owners of cottages being forced to pay a yearly rental for the ground. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, of Decatur, was an arrival in the city this morning to take the place made vacant by the resignation in the Waring Glove factory by one of the ladies who was an expert hemrner. Mrs. Stanley will only be here for about a week as she is forelady in the plant at Decatur. The forelady of the ptant in this city when called by phone would not give the name of the lady who has resigned or any other information in regard to the matter, but from the manner in which she giggled while talking it is suspected that a wedding is a probability—Huntington Democrat.

Miss Bertha Bunner, of Rivarre, was in the city shopping today. Misses Ada and Rosa Hower went to Fort Wayne to visit friends. Miss Ruth Powell returned to Fort Wayne after visiting friends in the city. Emanuel Buhler, of Marion, arrived in the city to attend his mother’s funeral. Miss Vera Hammond went to Bluffton today to visit friends and relatives. Miss Mildred Dailey of Willshire, is visiting Misses Naomi and Verena Niblick. Richard Kuhn returned to Fort Wayne after transacting business in the city. Dr. Sowers went to Portland this morning, where he is looking after professional business. The Indiana Unlversalist assembly and convention is in progress at Sylvan lake. Rome City. Eli Christ went Monroe this morning, where he will attend to business during the day. Miss Ruth Emery, of St. Marys, O . passed through the city enroute to her home at Winchester. A. P. Beatty went to Indianapolis this morning and will look after important business during the day. Word comes from Rome City that Miss Winifred Ellingham, who is spending a few days there, is quite sick. Mrs. George Flanders went to Cincinnati today, where she will make a week’s visit with relatives at that place. Miss Alice Daily went to Berne this afternoon for a short stay at that place. She will return on the evening train. Special trains for the Van Wert county fair will be run from Celina on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 8-9-10. Mrs. Edgar Abbott, of Bluffton, returned to her home this morning after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Dallas Hower and family. Mr. Patrick Moran, of Geneva, passed through the city on his way home from Fort Wayne, where he has been looking after business. Angola will have free mail delivery service, beginning November 1, with two regular carriers. It was secured through the efforts of Congressman Cline. Elkhart is having an epidemic of typhoid fever, believed to have been due to bad milk supply. It is said there are fifty cases in the city and four deaths have already occurred. All the people cannot visit the Ohio agriculture experiment station at Wooster, hence the station will make an exhibit at the Van Wert county fair, Sept. 7-10. Don’t miss seeing it. Miss Ida Brueggermann, of Kendallville, will travel 7,000 miles to wed Martin J. Frosch, a young Lutheran missionary who is at work in Brazil, South America. Miss Brueggemann will sail early in September to join her affianced. Miss Ethel Longsworth, of Fort Wayne, has arrived In the city to remain for a few days as the guest of Miss Gypsy Dorwin. Miss Longsworth is a nurse from the Fort Wayne Lutheran hospital and is enjoying a vacation from duties. Ligonier may adopt the park system of lighting streets now in use at Mishawaka. The estimated cost is $4,000. Cavin street, Ligonier, is to be paved. A third public fountain is being erected and about four miles of cement sidewalk will soon be completed. Albert Kraft, 47 years of age, whose neck was broken four or five weeks ago in a fall from a cheerry tree, is dead at his home near Lynn. Death was inevitable, and physicians say it is remarkable that Kraft was able to survive so long after his fearful injury.

Bishop John Hazen White, of the Episcopal church, has just been elected president of the Wawasee Protective association, with F. E. Stouder, of Fort Wayne, as vice president, and A. C. Waters, Haines Egbert of Goshen, and Hon. C. E. Cowgill of Wabash, directors. Congressman John A. M. Adair left Thursday night to join his family nt Bay View, Michigan, for a week’s vacation. He expects to return home the last of next week or in time to address the old settlers of Jay, Wells and Blackford counties at Pennville on Sunday, August 29th. Mary Roberts Rinehart’s name is one to conjure with among people who like lively, entertaining fiction. Her books, "The Circular Staircase" and "The Man in Lower Ten,’ 1 have had an enormous sale, and as her publishers are clamoring for new novels, she finds little time for writing short stories. A characteristic tale by her will be found in the September Lippincott’s. It is entitled “What Happened to Father,” and contains all the humor and charm which have made her large works so popular.

Mrs. Hugh Miller ot Muncie, is visiting friends in the city today. Mrs. Rinehart Limenstahl of Peterson, was in the city today shopping. Miss Eva Smith of Gas City is visiting friends in the city for the day. Max Marks, of Goshei, is spending the week in the city with Frances Gast. Miss Cora Bellinger of Union City, is spending the day m the city with friends. Henry Koeneman went to Williams where he is looking after the cattle market. Frances Bryson, of Portland, is in the city visiting with friends during the fair. David Werling, of Preble, after looking after business interests in the city, has returned to his home. Did you write for the Souvenir Cards to the Business University, Huntington? Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gast and daughter, Mildred, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to spend the day. Marvey Mygrant is in the city making a visit with relatives and attending the Great Northern Indiana fair. Miss Fanny Miller returned home from Celina, where she has been visiting with friends for the pajst week or so. Mr. and Mrs. John Weber returned to their home at Fort Wayne, after attending the funeral of his brother, Lewis Weber.

The Berne K. P. lodge will hold a picnic Sunday, August 29th, and they have extended a special invitation to the Decatur order. Mrs. Virginia Bucwmaster who has been visiting in the city with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Merry, returned to her home at Geneva this morning. Steve Longenberger of Pleasant Mills, went to Erie, North Dakota, where he will run a threshing machine out there during the harvest season. L. C. Chalk, of Portland, is in the city helping Mr. Puls the Singer sewing machine man who will have a demonstration at the park during the fair. Mrs. Chas. Clark and children went to Rome City this morning, where they will make a week’s visit with hetbrother, Mr. C. L. Meibers, who are spending the summer there. Mr. Joseph Shady of Kirkland township, went to Elkhart this morning, where he will visit with his s.n, Marion Shady. He will also visit in Goshen before returning home. Mrs. Frank Bogner in the west part of the city held the lucky number which drew the bedspread that was lettered off by Miss Elizabeth Buckmaster. The number was seventysix. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mentzer and children and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Peters will arrive in the city tomorrow to attend the Great Northern Indiana fair and pay a visit with R. E. Peters and family. Tomorrow is old soldiers- day at the fair and a program of especial interest will be rendered. The veterans will be admitted free of charge tomorrow and they wilt be royally entertained by the fair association. Miss Frederica Heuer of R. R. 3, went to Fort Wayne, where she will join Mrs. Henry feroester and will then proceed to Chicago, wnere they will make an extended visit at that place. Mrs. Broester’s husband is pastor of one of the large Lutheran churches there. Miss Heuer wi'l also go to Milwaukee for a short visit and will then return home. The Bluffton, Geneva & Celina force is busy today making the excavation preparatory to connecting with the M. B. & E. lines at he corner of Main and Washington streets. The construction gang expects to have the rails laid out of this city two or three miles by the end of the week. The graders are getting along well and will be able to get the grade completed as far as Linn Grove within a few weeks.- —Bluffton Banner. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Kaltwasser and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graddick of Muncie, went to Decatur yesterday in Mr. Smith’s rig and attended the wedding of Miss Bessie Butler and William Evans. The ceremony was performed at high noon at the Butler home and was witnessed by some 135 guests. Owing to the large crowd the service was held in the front yard. —Bluffton News. Dandy Corral and Ad F., the two stallions owned by Joel Whitacre and Ad. Fetters, which started for the first time this season at the Kenton, Ohio, fair, will be taken to Decatur this week and the former will be entered in the 2:15 pace Friday afternoon. The Fetters colt will start Thursday in the 2:25 pace. Whitacre's horse lowered its record Friday from 12:15% to 2:14% in the first heat of the race in which it started but broke tin the next heat finishing the race lin fourth place.—Portland Daily Sun.

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Fall term, Huntington Business Attorney J. Frank Mann, formerly University, Sept. 6th. Enroll now. of this city, but now a prominent j|O<O<O>O>O< *O+O+O+O*O*o The monster airship at the Van lawyer at Muncie was in Decatur a few • Wert county fair, Sept. 7-10, will hours last evening, enroute to Mount ♦ make two flights dally, Rhe most Oh ‘°’ h , e J _ marvelous and sensational feats of e or t 0 ge a client of his out of jail. g fIS g the twentieth century. You want a position The Business § Bottled beer is to take the place of University at Huntington will supply ♦III ' (J fl f] trading stamps among Gary business one after graduation. Write for rates. 2 111 V II ’ men, who have adopted a novel The magnitude of the great Fort ♦ WIL ' ' \ H | scheme to keep the wet trade at home. Wayne fair, which will be held Sept. * 11 f | H } According to a dispatch from that 14-18, is shown by the fact that a$ I | L/ V 11VI city after a customer has bought a feed store, a grocery store and a great O - __ bill of goods the storekeeper says, restaurant are absolute necessities on O ' I f “Will you have a nice cold bottle of the grounds, not alone to cater to the * I l\ beer?” The invariable answer is, “I wants of the people who attend the ♦ „ , , .. don’t care if I do.” This premium has fair, but for the army of employes < Utas tne taste tHat lingers made a hit with steel mill employes and attaches necessary to operate the O who, since the “lid'- was put on, have great fair and who are compelled to o Made in Decatur been cashing their pay checks in camp at the driving park during the J South Chicago and other nearby wet fair week. The fair grounds have be- ♦ cities. In face of the business depres- come in reality a city during fair $ sion caused by the saloon ouster sev- week and the population is sufficient, eral Gary merchants have coined mon- if permanent, to warrant the improve- j|o4o*o<o<o<o< ♦o*o>o#o4o ey through the new plan. ments of every modern city.

> The Forever Favorites > EDWARD DOYLE’S “ALL STAR” Orpheum Stock Co. AT BOSSE’S OPERA HOUSE FAIR WEEK Commencing, Monday, Aug. 23d. PRICES, 20, 30 and 50 Cents. ~ Best Popular Priced Show in America. > Ladies Free Monday Night. Seats Ready Saturday. A CAR LOAD OF SPECIAL SCENERY Seat sale Will be held at the usual place.

King Wamba Carnival REDUC ™ RATES | TOtEDO, OHIO, AUGUST 24-28 Clover Leaf Route I Are You Going To The Biggest Show Os The Ve*r? I Special Excursion Rates Thursday, August 26th. to the ■ BIG CIVIC AND MILITARY PARADE I |*l A Thursday Afternoon at 2:30 via Train «, commercial Traveler, leaving De- ■ Vj6b 10g6tll6r catur at 5:05 a. m. See the Float Parade, Friday, August 27 Something ■ . doing all the time. See small bills for full particulars or Clover Leaf H RATES $1.25 Q

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