Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1909 — Page 3

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Mrs. Dan Vail is spending the afternoon in Fort Wayne. Mr. A. J. Smith is attending the fair at Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Charles Heckman is visiting relatives north of the city today. Miss Ada Yocum went to the Fort Wayne on the ten o’clock-car. Miss Molly Swartz went to Fort Wayne today on the ten o’clock car. Miss Ida went to Fort Wayne on the one o’clock car to visit friends. O. N. Snellen, of Willshire, changed cars here this morning on his way to Fort Wayne. Joe Miller, the candy man of Fort Wayne, was in the city today looking after business. Miss Merl Burdg returned to Fort Wayne, after a short visit in the city with her parent?. Miss Lilly Vents of Hoagland, who has many friends here, went to Bluffton today for a visit. John Lanson returned to his home at Albany after transacting important business in the city today. Miss Elitha Spade returned to her home at Berne after a pleasant visit in the city as the guest of Miss Lilah Lachot.

Mrs. S. E. Whitman, of Bluffton,who has been visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ves Peterson, returned to her home this morning. Frank and Wm. Gillig returned from Petoskey, Mich., this afternoon after spending several days looking I around at that place. Bud Michaud returned home last evening from Berne, where he was in attendance at the Samuel Sprunger funeral yesterday. Mrs. Fannie Bender, of Avilla, arrived in the city today for a short visit with her brother, Mr. Joseph Steigmeyer east of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Syphers and Mrs. Merryman of Berne, returned to their home at Berne after a short stay in the city with friends. Mrs. L. H. Purdy and Mrs. Mollie Baxter returned home this afternoon from Mcßanes, Mich., where they took in the excursion some time ago. Mrs. Walter Johnson and children, of Decatur, Mrs. Lizzie Johnson and Miss Laura Beck, of Tocsin, went to Winona for a week’s outing. —Bluffton News. Mrs. Charles Sipe and children, Margaret and Wavelean of Gas City, returned to their home after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Foughty.

Lew Smith is spending the day in Fort Wayne. John Parr is spending the day at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Caroline Cramer of near Salem, is very sick. Mrs. P. J. Hyland went to Fort Wayne this morning. "Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurst went to Fort Wayne this morning. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Baker are spending the day iu Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Meyers are at Fort Wayne today attending the fair. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Mann are at Fort Wayhe today attending the fair. Mrs. Frank Gast and daughter MiJ<fred went to Fort Wayne this morning. Otto Wemhoff will go to Monmouth this afternoon on a short business trip. Mrs. Alta Moser of Pleasant Mills, is attending the fair at Fort Wayne today. Misses Madge, Gertrude and Jessie Phillips went to Fort Wayne this morning. Chas. Railing left for Toledo today, where he will from now on make his future home.

J. F. Lachot and wife have returned from northern Michigan, where they spent a few weeks. D. B. Erwin returned from Lagrange where he was attending to some legal business yesterday. Prof. Withouse, of Berne, was in the city today and returned to his home on the afternoon train. Mrs. R. K. Allison and daughter Marie, went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. Rev. Vernor, who is conducting a revival meeting in Kentucky, will return home in a short time. Miss Florence Sprunger will spend tomorrow at Fort Wayne with friends and will attend the fair. Sim Burke returned yesterday afternoon from Ohio, where he has been engaged in the picture business. Leo Weber went to Scott, Ohio, this noon, where he will help in a horse ! sale, which will be heid there. ! C. I). Lewton returned from PortI land last evening, where he was looking up business during the day. Lawrence Kleinhenz, Will Johns and Harmon Colchin are spending the day at Fort Wayne taking in the sights. George Wertzberger returned to his home at Hammond after a short visit in the city with his son George and family. Albian Terry, who has been the guest of Carl Moses for the last fewdays, returned to his home at Dana. Indiana. The interurban had to make use of the freight cars today in order to accommodate the vast crowds attending the fair. Mr. Arthur Dix and Clayton Phil - ridge went to Berne this morning, where they are looking after business during the day.

Sam Lehman, Peter Lodane, C. D Lewton, Matt Kirsch and Frank Parrish. are some who are taking ir. the fair at Fort Wayne today. Mp. and Mrs. Ed JEngleking returned heme last evening from their wedding trip after visiting with friends at different parts in Illinois. Miss Madge Ward will leave Saturday for Spartanburg, North Carolina, where she will enter a girls’ college at that place for the coming year.

Dr. C. A. Wright, of Geneva, has gone' to Hartford City to locate, forming a partnership with Dr. T. W. Sharpe.— Portland Commercial-Re-view. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Sprunger are enjoying themselves in Germany, where they are at the present time,’ although the weather is like it is here at Christmas time. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hory returned home last evening from northern Michigah, where they were on their wedding trip, and will make a fewdays’ visit with her mother in the south part of the city.

Floyd Wile went to Decatur Wednesday and will spend a few days there as the guest of Joe Farhenbach. Upon his return here he will go to Indianapolis to take a business course. —Portland Commercial-Review. A number of Decatur citizens who have been in northern Michigan the past week, report that they saw a heavy snow fall at that time, and that most of the people who were there for pleasure, started for home at once.

A letter received from H. J. Yager says that he and his sister Miss Anna, who have been sight seeing over Colorado for two or three weeks, will leave there today for the east and will be home next week. A fierce snow storm in that section on Tuesday of this week has driven the tourists away in great numbers, it being almost impossible to secure sleeper service on any of the trains, so anxious are they to seek warmer climate

Fred Meyers of Preble, is still quite sick. Miss Victoria Stone is spending the day in Fort Wayne. Chas. Foughty was among the many taking in the fair at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Frank Crawford and Edna are among the number taking in the f iir at Fort Wayne today.- | John Bollinger is looking after business at Berne today and will returc later during the day. Miss Bertha Smith and Annice Wilder, of Monmouth, went to Fort Wayne today to attend the fair. Ed Vancil, made his regular trip south this morning in the interest of the firm which he represents. | Mr. and Mrs. John Glancey are ■spending the day at Fort Wayne, and ! will return to the city this evening. I John Glancey went to Portland, : where he will do some work during the day and return home this evening. ! The seven o’clock car was just : crowded to the limit this morning with J visitors going to the Fort Wayne fair. Wm. Ward went to Berne this I morning, where he.will look after business during the day and will return home this evening. Wai Wemhoff is looking after some interests for the Wemhoff Monumental Works at Hoagland today and returned home at noon.

W. M. McCumber, drug clerk at Elkhart, was so severely shocked while turning on an electric light that he was incapacitated for duty for several days. Auburn’s new public library, the gift of Hon. Charles Eckhart to the city, will bear the name of the donor, the library board having voted to name it “The Eckhart Public Library.” Section employes dug up a human hand along the Erie railroad tracks at Huntington Tuesday afternoon, and the grewsome discovery is involved in mystery. It is believed to be the hand of a woman. Oswald, the 8 year old son of Rev. A. A. Turner, at Elkhart, narrowly escaped death when he tumbled into a deep cistern at the rear of the house. A younger brother saw him fall and gave the alarm in time to get assistance. Mrs. Bert Hadley, of Logansport, was ill in bed when her home caught fire, and the invalid was carried from the burning house to the home of a neighbor. The fire was extinguished in time to prevent the destruction of the home.

In an attempt to recover a piece of bread which had fallen into a tub of water, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hile, at Kendallville, toppled over into the tub and narrowly escaped death by drowning. The Grand Hotel at Plymouth, formerly operated by A. J. Bowell, has been purchased by Mrs. Sarah S. Chaplin, of Winona. Mrs. Chaplin has had experience in the hotel business, having managed the Otterbein at Winona for two years.

Judge Plummer, in the circuit court at Wabash, declined to quash the indictments against the three members of the town board at North Manchester, who are charged with having allowed unverified claims The case will now come to trial. Mrs. William Fletcher 1 , of Waterloo, was frightfully burned by the explosion of a gasoline stove, but is expected to recover. The corset the I woman was wearing is believed to have protected her body sufficiently to avert fatal consequences. • Swine are dying by the score in Jefferson county, Whitley county, from some mysterious malady. HennCrowell has lost 25 hogs from the disease; Frank Shinbeckler has lost 27, Gus Shinbeckler has lost 17 and other owners suffered similarly.

In settlement of damages which resulted when he took another’s automobile and indulged in a “joy ride,” Hugh Baker, an Elkhart young man, has just paid SSOO. When he agreed to make damage good. Judge Van Fleet dismissed the charge of larceny against him which grew out of taking the machine belonging to Charles Me gley. S. W. Hale returned the latter part of last week from an extended trip through Canada and the northwest, having visited the exposition at Seattle and Yellowstone National Park. He is very enthusiastic about bis visit to the National Park, as fliat interested him more than anything -e&e connected with the trip. His brother James from Bluffton made the trip with him. —Geneva Herald. You and your friends are respectfully invited to attend the song and music recital to be given at the 11I brary hall on Thursday evening of next week. The entertainment will more than repay you. Be sure to arrange your social and business affairs so that you can attend. Program begins at 8:15. Admission only twenty-1 five cents. The recital will be given] by Miss Gertrude Moses of this city I and Mrs. C. F. Tucker of Marion. I

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Several more young men will leave the city Saturday for different colleges which they will attend this year. The different restaurants have some new clerks at work today on account of the regular ones attending the Fort Wayne fair. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Elzey returned home from their wedding trip last evening, where they spent the last week in sight seeing in some of the large cities of the east. Miss Lucile Frankie, who has been visiting here with Mrs. N. K. Todd and other friends, left this noon for Cincinnati, where she will visit for a few days before leaving for her home in Salt Lake City.—Bluffton Nesw. Frank Mosure, the Vera Cruz real estate dealer, was here today for the purpose of making the deeds and closing up the deal by which Mrs. Chris Ashbaucher sold 40 acres of land in Adams county to William Steplar for $4,000. —Bluffton News. The work on the new church at Vera Cruz is about completed and the congregation will be ready to have the dedicatory services within a few weeks. Owing to the failure of some of the material and furniture to arrive the building has been delayed longer than it was thought would he necessary.—Bluffton Banner.

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