Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1909 — Page 3

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:WEATHER forecast: Showers and warmer tonight; Saturday partly cloudy. Adam Buettel is looking after business at Berne this afternoon and will returned this evening. Mr. Frank Less, of Toledo, was in the city this morning calling on friends and attending to business. ‘ Only two more days and the city Schools will be in running order after several manths of vacation well spent. If you do not receive your Democrat every evening on time, we will consider it a favor if you notify the office. ■ —o BURSONS desiring dirt can secure some for hauling it away. Inquire of Mrs. J. T. Archbold, Monroe street. 209-3 t Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Successor to Dr. C. E. Neptune Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telepnone No. 472. Office hours: S —l 2 a. m„ I—s p. tn. At Your Command When you pay your bills with a check Book you can pay them at any time of day regardless of whether you have actual cash on your person or not. Also it enables you to secure a receipt for every cent you pay out—without any embarrassment. A check book has many other feat- ' urea that will interest you. Would , you call and have us talk it over? , OLD i Adams Co. Bank ■

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Mrs. T. M. Reid is spending a few days at Rome City. Theodore Roehm went to Fort Wayne today to visit friends. E. N. Crawford returned to his home at Bluffton after looking up business here. C. D. Murray returned from Fort Wayne, where he was looking after business affairs. H. L. Merry returned from Fort Wayne, where be was transacting business yesterday. R. K. Allison left for Kendallville and South Bend, where he will look after some timber business. Mrs. Rena Huffman after enjoying a short visit with her sister, Mrs. James Bain, went to Fort Wayne this morning. Bernard Brake arrived home last night from Tocsin, owing to the death of his father, which occurred last evening. Fred Meyers who was injured a few days ago from a sharp pointed board being run into his leg, is still seriously sick. Mr. and Mrs. I. Patrol of Oil City, Pa., arrived in the city this morning for an extended visit with friends and relatives.

Mr. Joseph Johnson and granddaughter Elizabeth are visiting with relatives at Petoskey, Mich. They will return home in a few days. Farmers have begun cutting corn in various parts of the county, and the crop will be harvested within a few weeks. Then comes the husking bees. Mrs. Wilbur Drake and child have arrived in the city from Goshen to join her husband, who is engaged in the employ of J. B. Stoneburner at the Star theater. Burt Nichols, who formerly resided here, went to Coldwater, Mich., after transacting business in the city. He is now prospering, having been for some time in the cement business. Mrs. T. J. Driscoll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bender of this city, has gone with her children to Carnia, Canada, to spend about a month. Mr. .Driscoll has a contract for about fifi ty miles of pipe line at that place, and sent to have his family join him while he is there working. —Bluffton News. Rev. D. C. Stucky, formerly of Berne, is now conducting a city rescue mission in Detroit. Mich. He sent us a report of his first six months’ worK. which shows that in that time he received $1,193.05, and expended for all purposes $1,242.59, held 232 meetings and helped 449 poor people. The work is supported by many prominent people in the city of Detroit.—Berne Witness. !

Eli Meyer made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. Miss Mary J. Hite is spending the day in Fort Wayne. Dr. Sowers came home from Portland, where he went on business. Miss Ethel Barkley is clerking at the Bazaar in the absence of the regular clerks. Master Andrew Arthur Cooper went to Fort Wayne this afternoon on the one o’clock car. The Jay county fair closes today, and the association there has had a successful meet. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bailey of Monroe went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. Ed Ahr made a business trip to Berne this morning, where he is looking after the horse market. J. S. Bowers is looking after business for Decatur Packing Co. at Portland and other places along the line. Nona Forbing came home from Lewistown, where she has been visiting with friends for the past week or so. Miss Cleta Schneider returned to her home at Muncie after a very pleasant visit in the city with Miss Anna Winnes. Miss Gilliom of Delphos, arrived in the city this noon for a visit with John Schurger and family west of the city. Several Decatur people have indicated their intention of attending the state fair to be held at Indianapolis next week. Mrs. Chas. Brown came home from Indianapolis, to attend the funeral of her father, Mr, Harmon Brake, who died last night. Mrs .Tom Baker and children, formerly of this city, but now of Marion, have been visiting at Salem and Berne for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Meyers returned this noon from Indianapolis, where they attended the wedding of Mina Case and Mr. Annen. Stephen Hocker of Elkhart, went home this morning after spending several days in the city as a guest of his sister, Mrs. E. B. Macy. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Cook, of Rochester, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Purdy, and family, are spending the day in Monmouth.

Joseph Shayd of Kirkland township after a short stay in Elkhart, left for , several parts in Michigan, where he • will make an extended visit for about i two weeks. Kathryn, the three-year-old daughter of D. D. Johnson, at Garrett, was 1 made seriously ill when a five-cent piece with which she was playing became lodged in her throat. 1 Commencing Sunday the St. Marys ’ church will resume the regular time for services. The morning services will be one-half hour later, and in 1 the afternoon at three o'clock vespers. The rain this morning made it rather hard for the news hunter, but they tell us its a mighty good thing for the farmer, as the ground was too hard to plow, and this will make 't just right, so we are not going to object to the inconvenience. Charles H. Hoyt, a government expert civil engineer with the good roads department, has been investigating a sinkhole in the highway near Brimfield, Noble county, that has given the road authorities trouble for many years. Hoyt suggests driving piling and covering the spot with concrete work supported by a steel reinforcement. Miss Ethel Reyher and Forrest Beyer two prominent young people at Kendallville, were united in marriage at midnight Tuesday night. They were delayed by an auto accident in their return from Albion, where the marriage license was secured, and it made the ceremony several hours later than had been originally planned. The wedding breakfast was served at 1 a. m. and an hour later the young couple left for California, their future home. Granville W. Rupright, of Jefferson township, is preparing to move to Kansas, where he has purchased a large amount of land. Mr. Rupright will sell his two farms in Jefferson township and leave this fall if possible.’ He has been in Kansas the majority of the time for the past few months and likes the country. When | he leaves for the sunflow'er state he will engage in farming on a large scale.—Bluffton Banner. Miss Bessie Hale, who has been sick for two weeks, from a return of bowel trouble that caused an operation to be necessary about two years ago, is in a very critical condition and grave fears are felt that she may not recover The trouble is caused by adhesions of certain tissues in the intestines that results in obstruction of the bowels. This afternoon at time the News went to press, three Bluffton physicians are performing an operation on Miss Hale necessary to give her a chance for recovery.—Bluffton News.

Mrs. Vi Hendricks is spending the day in Fort Wayne. A. N. Steele went to Monroe, where he will erect a well at that place. Dan Beery is witnessing the fair at Portland and will return on the evening train. C. D. Lewton is looking after business at Portland and will return on the evening train. Peter Forbing went to Indianapolis yesterday, where he will look after some business matters. Will Lehne returned from Cincinnati last evening, where he spent a few days with friends. Archie Colter transacted business in the city yesterday, and returned to his home at Willshire. Any Democrat subscriber not receiving the paper regularly should notify this office immediately. Mrs. W. H. Leas went to Portland this afternoon to look after business, and will return to the city this evening. Attorneys C. J. Lutz and Jesse Sutton were at Berne yesterday transacting business and have returned to the city. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moyer and daughter Florence went to Portland this morning where they will take in the fair today. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown and children returned to their home at Tecksville, after visiting in the city with relatives for a few days. Hazel Andrews went to Monroe, where he will assist the Wemhoff Monumental Works in erecting a monument for his son at that place. Mrs. Hugh Miller and children of Muncie, returned to their home this morning after visiting in the city with her sister. Miss Anna Winnes for a short while. 0. W. Julian and wife of Springfield, Ohio, and Mrs. Charles E. Day of Virginia, are in the city for a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. of north Second street. Etgonier will adopt the goose-neck system of street lighting in the business district. It provides for clusters of three tungsten lamps on iron poles at each street and alley crossing, with all wires below the surface. Jeanette Ehinger, the seven-year-old daughter of Mrs. C. P. Ehinger, was operated on yesterday, having several adenoids and the tonsils removed. Sue is recovering nicely and w'ill soon be in good health. Get your reserved seats now for "A Pair of Country Kids" at the opera house next Frid'.y, Sept. 3. There may not be hundreds turned away and the theater may not be crowded, but every theater goer knows the "Kids” are one of the most successful companies on the road and can be enjoyed all the better with a good comfortable seat.

The committee appointed to secure church building funds for the new Mennonite church is still at work getting subscriptions. The men on this committee have met with fine success so far. The members have subscribed very liberally, several having subscribed a thousand dollars. C. C. Sprunger donated 6 town lots valued at about a thousand dolars as his share. Jesse Rupp and D. C. Welty each pruchased one of these lots. — Berne Witness. Mrs. Millard Cowan is at East Germantown, Ind., today, attending the funeral of her father, Jacob Harnish, who died at that place Tuesday morning, aged seventy-five years. During the time that the Cowan family lived in Decatur, several years back, the aged man often visited in the city, and consequently had many friends here. Many years of Mrs. Harnish's life was spent in his home town. On account of his cheerfulness in everyday life he had friends everywhere. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walmer and son, Hillard, returned home last night from a western trip of over four weeks, most of which time was spent with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Stevens, at Denver, Colo. Mr. Walmer reports Messrs. Stevens and Murray as well, also their families, and the boys are hard at work in their mine at Pitkin. The whole party spent a short time in their camp at Pitkin, at which place they have almost continual snow. Mr. and Mrs. Walmer made other stops going and coming, and enjoyed the western country very much.—Bluffton Banner. The closing day of the harvest jubilee at Syracuse Wednesday furnished a sensation not on the program. When the aeronaut attempted his balloon ascension. Quinter Ness, of Syracuse, 20 years old, was accidentally caught in a tangle of rope and carried upward with the ballooon. He managed to clutch the ropes and cling safely after the aeranaut had made his parachute descent. The balloon, with young Ness dangling at the end of the rope, ascended to a height of five thousand feet and then sank gradually to earth with the young man who had made the involuntary ascent. He was uninjured.

Miss Amelia Weber is taking in the fair at Portland this week. James Duer of Monroe, is at Fort Wayne, where he is spending the day. Irvin Brandy berry returned from Fort Wayne after spending the day at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson and babe went to Monroe where they will visit for a short time. There is but little doing in police circles at present. The law violators are few and far between. John Woy went to Ashley, Ohio, today to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Samuel Bundy. Mr. and Mrs. John Voglewede left this morning for Rome City, where they will spend a week or so at that place. Lehon Magidman, who has been working here for six months past in the junk business, has sold his outfit to Kalver & Son, and will leave tomorrow for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he expects to engage in business.

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