Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1909 — Page 3

GREAT BUNCH OF October Magazines At the City News Stand The List Includes MUNSEY, HAMPTON, SCRAP BOOK, EVERYBODYS, POPULAR MECHANICS. WOMAN’S HOME MECHANICS And all the good ones. CITY NEWS COMPANY PETESON & NELSON, MGRS.

»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + •WEATHER FORECAST: !♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦*♦*♦♦♦ Showers tonight and Wednesday. Charles Brock went to Fort Wayne today on business. Miss Lucy Ramey went to Fort Wayne last evening to visit friends. . Miss Rosa Baker, west of the city, | is visiting friends at New Carlisle, Ohio. Miss Anna Yager and brother Harmon have returned from a trip to Colorado. Mrs. E. E. Smith, of Garrett, returned to her home after visiting friends in the city. Miss Agatha Shaw, of Hammond, was in the city as the guest of her friend, Otto Wemhoff. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST StrccesMT to Dr. C. L NtptoM Office above Auth’n Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 2 a. m., I—s p. n * AL THE ONE SURE WAY to make your money grow— open a savings account. ' Not only will it increase steadily at 3 per cent, without any effort on your part but it will be the best practical protection asfslnst future adversity and panic. OLD Adams Co. Bank

GIRLS WANTED " We need Girls or Women to do sewing at the factory. Please call at once if you want work. WARING GLOVE COMPANY

P. W. Smith, of Richmond, was in 1 the city today. Miss Kate Summers went to her home at Delphos today. Miss Ida Steele went to Van Wert today to visit friends. E. L. Carroll is in Fort Wayne today attending to business. Miss Alma Johnson went to Fort Wayne today to visit friends. Mrs. Isabelle Hunter returned from Bluffton, where she visited friends. Miss Bertha Reynolds went to Fort W’ayne today for a visit with friends. Miss Ada Sprunger went to Rockford for a short visit with her mother. C. E. Hockman returned to his home at Bluffton today after attending to business in this city. Mrs. Anna McCullough returned to Willshire today after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Frank W’inans. Miss F. Solomon, of Hammond, Ind., was in the city today visiting with her friend, Chas. Lose. Mrs. L. L. Davis returned to her ' home at Van Wert after a few days’ visit with friends in the city. Miss Louisa Badders returned to her home at Connersville, after being in the city on business of importance. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Voglewede and son Cedrick, went to St. Marys, Ohio, where they are visiting with friends. John McKain, of Linn Grove, was in the city today on business, and returned to his home on the afternoon train. A. J. Smith returned home last evening from Portland, where he was looking after business during the day. W r . H. and Edwin Fledderjohann went to Portland this morning, where they are looking after some important business. The big clock sign in front of the Hensley jewelry store has been retouched and painted, which makes a very neat appearance. Mr. Cartright, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. J. Summers, of Monroe for several days, returned to .his home at Russiaville this morning. Wid Dorwin and O. P. Mills are * spending a few days fishing at Wolcottville, but from reports they are not bothered very much in baiting up their hook. Herman Dornseif and wife who have been in Geneseo, 111., for some time, are here visiting their parents. Rev. Dornseif and -wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoile. Next year they go to Indianapolis, where Mr. Dornseif has a good position as a teacher.

Bert Hunsicker went to Fort W’ayne this morning. Dr. S. D. Beavers went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Barney Kalver went to Fort Wayne on the one o’clock car. Clem Uhl, of Toledo, is visiting with J. H. Voglewede and family. Miss Eva Gault, of Peterson, was in the city shopping today. Mrs. Joseph Hill, of north of the . city, was shopping today. Cris Meyers went to Celina today where be is looking up business in his line. Clark Sphar is spending the day at Berne and will return home this evening. Ed Ehinger went to Indianapolis, where he is looking after important business. Fred Thieme of Union township. ( was in the city today attending to business. John Spuller made a business trip to Monroe today and returned on the evening train. John Jones left this morning for Lagrange, where he will work at the carpenter trade. William Sheerer, of Monroe township, went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Misses Pearl and Grace Purdy and Oral Kitson will attend the fair at Bluffton tomorrow.

Hrs. P. K. Kinney and aughter ] Bertha are visiting with relatives a ] few miles east of Geneva. Albert Lachnit, of Berne, was in the city today on business, and returned home on the afternoon train. John Bowers made his regular trip] south this morning and will return home later during the day. Tom Vail will leave this evening for Howe, Ind., where he will take up another year of school work. Ralph Smith was in the city today on business, and returned this afternoon to his home at Montpelier. Conrad Erne, of Columbia City, was in the city today on business and went to Portland on the afternoon train. Cris Vogt is making a short visit with friends at Fort Wayne and will return home later during the day. L. L. Baumgartner is attending to important business at Berne today and will return home this evening. Miss Irene Schirmeyer went to Fort W’ayne this morning, where she will take a lesson on the pipe organ. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bohne returned to their home at Cincinnati after a pleasant visit in the city with relatives. E. M. W’oods went to Portland on business and from there will go to Lima, where he will make a short stay. Frank Hower, of Decatur, arrived in Bluffton this morning and will go to work in a local barber shop.— ’ Bluffton News. Mrs. B. P. Rice and Mrs. Oscar Jones went to Berne this afternoon for a short visit with friends and will return home this evening. Today the street fair at Bluffton opens, and everything is in readiness to make it a winner. The different decorations are beautiful. Mrs .Caroline Thomas and son Edward returned to their home at Glencairn, Ohio, after a visit in the (city with her son Dr. Thomas.

Mr. John Vogt Sr. and John Vogt Jr., who have been visiting in the city with Mr. Cris Vogt of this city, returned to their home at Delphos this morning. Mr. Elmer Moser and Chas. Moser his nephew, have gone to northern Canada, where they are looking over some land, and if things look satisfactory may invest. Miss Helen Niblick left this morning for Lake Forest, 111., where she will enter a girls’ college at that place. She was accompanied by her mother, and by her father as far as Fort Wayne. Mrs. Lewis Hoffer, of Nebraska, and Miss Ruby Hotter, of Elkhart, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ad Hoffer for the past few weeks, went tp Decatur this morning to spend a few days with relatives.— Bluffton Banner. Following close upon the gasoline explosion at Waterloo in which Mrs. Fletcher nearly lost her life is one at Angola wherein Mrs. Ann Sowle was seriously burned by a similar explosion. Except for the immediate arrival of help, the house also would have been consumed. A check for $1,056 as the state s share of the remuneration to the Battery B boys who spent ten days in camp at Sparta, Wis., has been received from Adjutant General Friday and the money will be distributed by Corporal Roesener, treasurer, this evening. The privates will receive SI.OO per day, the corporals |1.05, the sergeants sl.lO and the commissioned officers in proportion.—Bort Wayne Sentinel.

Bert Lower made a business trip to Geneva this morning. H. W. Amrine went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Frank Gast is looking after important business at Portland today. Fred Brown, of Berne, spent a few hours in the city yesterday afternon. Dr. Mart Moran returned to his home lat Portland after a short visit in the city as the guest of his sister. Dr. Sowers went to Portland this morning, where he will look after professional business during the day. Mrs. W. E. Ashley, of Pierceton, died Friday in a hospital at Chicago, following an operation for cancer. It is figured that pickpockets operating at the Goshen fair cleaned un about SI,OOO from their victims. | The Evelin Oil cbmpany has leased ,3,000 acres of land between Wabash and Lagro and will at once sink a jnumber of test wells. Miss Katie Zimmerman, of Milford, is said to be the woman champion j onion topper in northern Indiana. She I ' Topped” and crated fifty bushels of onions in a day.

The O. J. MbntgOmery fanning factory, west of Bluffton, was on fire four times Friday afternoon, but each time the blaze was extinguished. It caught from a defective flue. George Reichard and Walter Suman. the Portland young men who have invented an airship, hope to have the machine ready for a trial flight within a few days. The Reed. Murdock & Co.’s plant at Pierceton is doing a big business in tomatoes these days. The average I amount of tomatoes delivered just now is about 1,000 bushels a day. While sitting on the grave of her granddaughter 'in the cemetry at Union City Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons, 68 years of age, committed suicide by swallowing morphine. Domestic trouble is said to have inspired the act.

The government has presented a medal for bravery to Roy W. Akers, whose home is in Clymers, three miles west of Logansport, and who is a member of the crew of the U. S. S. Al ■ bany. A year or so ago, while the Albany was in a Philippine port, one of the seamen fell overboard. The bay was full of sharks, but without hesitation Akers jumped into the sea and held the sailor above the surface until a boat was lowered and the man was taken aboard.

/ It’s Time To choose your Fall Hat and the assortment at this store is mighty large -OUR— Longley and Imperial Hats at $3.00 contain just a little more goodness than any other $3.00 hat sold in the city. All the new shapes I and colors in Hats at SI.OO to $3.00 HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys > i

Save 10 °| o on Your Stoves What makes it so good? T“Vi consent of the manufacturers of Mnthpr rnnkpd it nn tho f> the Round Oak Chief Steel I IO vner CUOKCQ IE on trio we wi n sell the range for 10 days MMJNdOakGhIEfStEEIR\NGE d v . L -1-7 r Beginning September 2 / for ten per cent off of the regular price. JmsK This is a chance for you to buy the the greatest and fe ®f WM Best Steel Range ; made or tke mone Y- Polished top, no W pA blacking on this range. Don’t fail to see them. Remember no range made i s Rs equal. \Tn We a^so make a special price on all ZK J J jr Soft and Hard Coal Heating Stoves during this sale. Come in and look them 2i i \ over. Sale begins Sept. 27. WJgOMr If/ Laman & Lee.

Mrs. John Tisron went to Bluffton today to visit friends and relatives. The 11:27 east bound passenger train was late today about two hours. Helen Baker, of near Peterson, will go to Nappanee soon for a visit with friends. Mrs. Harmon Glomb, of Ohio City, returned to her home after shopping in the city today. Mrs. Ada Briggs and children, of Decatur, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Kunkel. —Bluffton Banner. Mrs. Ada Springer and little niece Helen Tague, went to Rockford today to visit the former’s mother and other relatives. Several oil wells are soon to be sunk in the southern part of Pulaski county, and operators believe a rich field will be found there. Elkhart will try the “gooseneck " system of lighting its down-town streets. The estimated cost of the system covering six blocks is $5,500.. Mrs. J. C. Patterson and daughter Marie, Mrs. Fred Patterson and sister, JMiss Rose King and mother, Mrs. Sarah King are spending the day at Fort Wayne. George Pontius, of Geneva, was in the city today visiting friends. Mr. Pontius is 83 years of age, always takes in the fairs in the surrounding cities. He spent the week in Fort Wayne, going Sunday to Petoskey, and this afternoon arrived here and will remain for the home coming.— Bluffton Banner.

This SIOOO— Cup 1 for an ear of Corn Made by Tiffany. Nearly 3 ft.high—in solid gold and sil- - ~ : ver. Actual contract price SI,OOO. To be awarded at the 'F National Corn Exposition, Omaha ° £'lß™ 909 to the man, woman or child producing the best ear of corn grown this year in the United States. tOpi JsSy Open to everybody belonging to the Association—Nothing to buy or sell. Vw&w-d The purpose of the donor of this trophy'W. K. Kellogg—is to improve the quality of the millions of bushels of corn used in snaking Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes. feljl"}*, 1 "' 1 Many people think the perfection of corn flavor has been reached in Toasted Corn *? Flakes. Perhaps it has. If you don’t know how good Kellogg's — the genuine Toasted Corn Flakes —iv, try it. Then you’ll see how hard a task we are giving M 1 I ’ gM f ourselves to improve it, and the only way we can improve it is by the better- ¥|| ’ ft BPM meat of the corn itself. Vwff ! " ,e> | a K/j Professor Holden, of the lowa State College, the greatest authority on corn in the [Bl Ii .! SSI j world, will award the prize at the National Corn Exposition, to be held at Omaha, tBIO ' ■ W/l Neb., Dec. 6th to 18th, 1909. Two simple rules will govern the plan, and they are— [■»- —-j BHlg that you send your best ear of corn to the National Corn Exposition, Omaha, Neb., LMV „J| KB II before November 27, 1909, and that you are a member of the National Corn Asso- iTwCli II ciation —full particulars regarding which can be had by writing to National Corn Hl KB/ H Exposition, Omaha, Neb. Tie a tag securely to your specimen and word it, “For 111 •Il 18//II the Kellogg Trophy Contest," and write your name and address plainly. If yours 111 iBwM i flrßJr/111 is judged the best, you will get the trophy for 1910. If you succeed again next year 111 / u | or the year following, the trophy will become your property for all time. t | WJg /f / The contest will be open to every state in the Union. Professor Holden will judge It! i'/Sr /// I the corn particularly on the basis of quality. The growing of more corn 111 i /ill / per acre is one object of the award, but the main purpose of the J ijk 111 I founder of the trophv is for improving the quality of corn used in *** ' ""'"'Yrffl u [l/ // I making KELLOGG’S TOASTED CORN FLAKES. If you haven't If —' | //// //// I tried this delicious cereal, begin your education in "good things to [ I /■/[ /■! eat" today. AH grocers have it. , / TuASlfiv / >mli lah // al - r< /££'‘ I CORK FLAKE C 0 Cattle CreelC, IhucK. „a ■—|

Bosse opera house || ONE NIGHTONLy IB FRIDAY, SEPT. 24th. || ED. ANDERSON’S I POWERFUL RURAL DRAMA TUC Fragrant as a Field InL Os Clover I FARMER’S va! DAUGHTER COMPANION PLAY TO The Old Homestead, Way Down East, I Shore Acres, Etc, Etc. PRICES: 25, 35 and 50 Cts. I Seat Sale at the Usual Place.