Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 4 October 1909 — Page 3

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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦ :WEATHER forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Miss Esther Baker spent Sunday in Fort Wayne. Marvin Mygrant went to Winchester today on business. Miss Frances Ward spent Sunday at Craigville visiting friends. Frank Burns and Scott Ellis went to Geneva on business this morning. Omer Butler went to Berne to resume his school duties for the coming week - : Percy Williams, the photographer, returned yesterday morning from Geneva. Mrs. Ben Baxter returned Saturday evening from a visit with friends at Bluffton. Cal Miller went to Geneva this morning to transact business during the day. Dan Beery is attending to business at Berne and will return on the evenng train. 'll- ' ■■■ "Il

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J Cris Weldy left this noon for a visit '.with friends at Marion. ’ Roy Brown, of Hartford City, spent ’ Sunday with Miss Osa Cowan. ! Miss Beckie Meyer went to Fort ayne on the one o’clock car. Miss Bertha Voglewede is spending the day with Fort Wayne friends. ■ Miss Ruth Miller is spending the day at Fort Wayne with friends. Mrs. Jackson, of Ossian, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Noah Loch. Harry Starr, of Bluffton, spent Sun. day the guest of Miss Florence Sprunger. Mrs. Sadie Cowly and Mrs. L. B. Brokaw are spending the day in Fort Wayne. Christ Meyers returned' home from , Lima, where he spent yesterday with ’• friends. Mrs. Bud Brokaw and Mrs. Sadie ’ Colley went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. Mrs. C. M. Sutton, of near Will- ' shire, went to Fort Wayne this ■ morning to spend the day. Harmon Colchin and Otto Wemhoft 1 spent Sunday at Fort Wayne and ref turned home last evening. I Mr. W. J. Smith, of Ossian.was in the city today attending to business and , returned to his home this afternoon. The Lose & Thomas cigar store is > undergoing a painting process which makes it much more neat and up to date. Rev. D. O. Wise went to Fort W’ayne to attend the convention which is to be held this evening and tomorrow. Misses Ida and Edwina Van Camp spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Camp. Mr. Van Camp is in the hospital. Miss Marguerite Walters went to Berne today after spending Sunday with her parents. She is teaching school near that place. Margaret Clark and Bertha and Cecilia Kinney and Margaret Moran returned from New Corydon, where they spent Sunday with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Presdorf returned to their home at Redkey after a short stay in the city with Mr. and Mrs. George Henneford. Mrs. E. B. Kern, Miss Anna Winnes and Mrs. Fred Schaffer went to Fort Wayne this afternoon and will be in attendance at the convention this evening. The Decatur Shamrocks defeated the Decatur high school yesterday by the score of 13 to 4 in a very unevenly matched game. Another game will be played in the near future. Miss Helen Walters had a copy this morning of Decatur’s first newspaper. “The Citizen.” It was published at the time of the war, and as regular paper was too dear to buy at that time it was published on wallpaper. After the war the paper was printed on ordinary paper, as usual.

Ed Bailey left on his regular trip today. C. Kintz went to Monmouth on business today. | Henry Good made a business trip to Hoagland today. | Don Quinn returned home last evening from a trip to Fort Wayne. . Kit Cowan, of Bobo, made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. i Miss Ida Mayer of Huntertown, returned to her home this afternoon. , Martin Gordon of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday with Decatur friends. Miss Dora Hower went to Shumm, 0.. today for a short visit with her aunt. Mrs. Andy Kline, of east of the city, who has been quite sick, is much better. Miss Ruth Ballmeyer, of near Monroe, spent Sunday with friends at , Fort Wayne. Miss Mae Radamacher is recovering from illness, and will soon be able to be up. — C. C. Ernst was a visitor at Lima. Ohio, yesterday, combining pleasure and business. Mrs. Ellis Ford, of Muncie, will arrive in the city ’this evening for a visit with friends. Louis Daem, of Bluffton, returned to his home today after transacting business in the city. Ed Vancil left this noon for his regular trip south and will return home this evening. Louis Bentz returned to Fort Wayne after spending Sunday in the city with his parents. Joe Colchin returned to Fort Wayne after spending Sunday with his mother Mrs. Julia Colchin. August Puls returned home from Fort Wayne after spending Sunday there with his mother. Chas. Lose spent Sunday with 1 friends at Huntington and returned to the city last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ebinger are the happy parents of a girl baby who arrived Saturday evening. P. W. Smith, of Richmond, transacted business in the city and has returned to Fort Wayne. j Tomorrow is election day in this . city land the candidates are busy lining up for the last effort. j John Weber, who has been at Fort 1 Wayne for the past few days, returned to the city yesterday. s Mrs. C. M. Meyers and children, of 1 Preble, spent Sunday with Mr. and ) Mrs. Irvin Acker an£ family. Miss Ella Menefee, of Dunkirk,who t has been visiting relatives here and 1 at Berne, returned home today. - L. M. Andrews, of Poneto, who was in the cltft, visiting relatives, returned to his home this afternoon. 5 P. A. Haskell transacted business in the city this morning and has returned to his home at Van Wert. Miss Adaline Gerber who has been ’ visiting relatives at Rivarre, returned ' to her home at Fort Wayne today. ’ C. M. Clark, of near Wren, returned to his home this morning, after attending to business in the city. The city band will meet this evening at their hall and every member is earnestly requested to be present. Mrs. B. J. Terveer and Mrs. R- J. Holthouse went to Fort Wayne this ' morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Percy Williams will entertain the Ladies' Aid Society of the Christian church at her home Friday afternoon. Misses Ada and Bertha Barnett of Ohio City, formerly of this city, who have been fvisiting here, returned, home today. A girl baby was born Sunday morning to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Schafer and the household is according very happy. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carroll entertained Mr. and Mrs. Milt Stowe, of Napoleon, 0., at dinner yesterday and during the day. If you don’t receive your paper every evening on time, notify this office and we will trace up the cause and pay better attention to the future. Mr. Elisha Reynolds and sons, Gert, Joel and Lew, went to Monroe this morning, where they will commence work on a big cement sidewalk contract which they landed. Mr. and Mrs] Earl Brackett and Mr. and M|rs. O. A. Dugan enjoyed a delightful automobile trip to Rome City, Waterloo and Auburn yesterday arriving home late last evening. Mr. John Shanks who has been vis. iting with his father-in-law, Mr. H. S. Porter, for the past two weeks, returned to Minneapolis this morning where he will look after some business affairs. Mrs. Brobst, of Cattawissa, Pa., has been visiting* her sister, Mrs. Harriet Brandyberry for several weeks. They will soon go to Chicago to visit the daughter of Mrs. Brandyberry, Mrs. Lucy Frye. I

Ben Garard spent Sunday in Fort Wayne. | Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gerke went ’ to Fort Wayne today. George Meyers made a business ! trip to Bluffton today. I Miss Leah Houser went to Willshire to visit friends. Mrs. Eliza Dilling went to St. Marys, I 0., today to visit friends. I Mrs. Caroline Rost is at Fort W’ayne 1 today, where she teaches. I Freeman Everett made a business I trip to Bluffton this morning. I Rev. D. O. W’ise is attending a con- 1 vention in Fort Wayne today. I Leo Sprunger who is attending col- ] lege at Fort Wayne, was in town over I Sunday. ' Miss Anna Winnes and Mrs. Fred I Schaefer went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. 1 Eltie Hawk from east of the city, ' went to Fort Wayne for a visit with 1 her sister. | Frank Schultz returned home from Fort Wayne, after a short stay there I with friends. Leo Yager left this morning’on the train south to resume his work on his regular trip. O. P. Schug returned home from Berne after spending Sunday there with his parents. i Mack McKenna, of W’ren, was In the city yesterday and returned to his , home last evening. John Bollinger and force of men , left this morning for Berne for another week of mason work. E. H. Kilbourne went to Fort W’ayne this morning to resume his regular line of business. John Glancey is doing some railroad work at Portland and will return home this afternoon. Miss Vera Purdy returned to her home this morning after a visit with L. H. Purdy and family. Von Murray and Tracy Nelson and Dick Peterson attended the show at the Majestic last evening. The typhoid patients south of the city are still in serious conditions, ' but on their way to recovery. Within the last week three deaths 1 occurred in St. Marys church, and twenty-three so far this year. Miss Blanche Bergerman returned to Germantown, 0., after a visit with her sistei*, Mrs. William Foreman. Mt. and Atrs. Hugh Daniels, of Rjvarre, was in the city yesterday 1 and spent Sunday with her parents. Ike Nelson, Chas. Baker, Frank ► ! Richards and Joe Gase went to Berne this morning to resume work in the P. W. Smith saw mill. i Harmon Johns, who is working for the Indiana Lighting Co. at Bluffton, spent Sunday in the city with friends, and returned to his work last evening. [ The sheriff at present has but two I guests in his jail, ’’Muskrat” and Ed McCormick, the Marion boy. who is under arrest on the charge of stealing two automobile tires from C. S. Brinemnn. The trial of “Muskrat” will probably come up within a few days, but unless McCormick pleads guilty his trial will not come up until the next term of court.—-Bluffton Banner.

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Al Volmer, who has been sick for the last few days, is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Katterheinrlch spent yesterday with friends at Fort Wayne, and returned home last evening. Paul Reinking who has been visiting in the city with relatives for the past two weeks, returned to his home at South Bend yesterday. Unclaimed letters are at the postoffice for W. M. Roberts, M. W. Potts, Mrs. Maggie Brithey, Albert Ritchards, E. S. Palmer, Mrs. F. A. Muneke, Mr. Henry Mortimore, Mrs. Lydia Millier, Mr. Matthew Mills, Mr. Amos Durr, Mr. Wm. Durbin, Mr. Charles P. Dunbar, Mr. D. M. DeVinney, Mr. G. B. Baxter. M. A. Frisinger, P. M. The county health officer, Dr. Louis Severin, went to Rockcreek township this morning, to fumigate the Sugar Grove school house, south of Uniondale, and school will be resumed there on Monday. The school was closed last Tuesday on account of several cases of scarlet fever and fears that there might be an epidemic. No new cases have been reported.— Bluffton News.

\ VBwM /feESnl. A" wtR =■ rJM ii > ilf/■ f S WW‘VI) I Om j ffl. ®«< I. IIH ®T,i “ A Constant Stream of New Things Charming every one of them XX7 E started this fall with an even more extensive showing than ever before. As you glance over hundreds of styles, you will quickly see that there is a decided tendency toward closer fitting garments and coat-dress effects; also that the dominant feature in everything is the Moyen-Age effect — the newest, oddest, most attractive style introduced in years! Colors were never prettier—and there are enough fashionable shades for everyone to find a becoming one. There seems to be almost a passion for all tones of violet from the deepest purple to the softest and palest shades of lavender; raisin is good, catawba, taupe and slightly deeper tones of blue, brown and gray. These models are made expressly for us and are characteristic Bischof gar " This means more than usual care in tailoring and a positive genius in s _ fabrics, trimming, buttons, etc. This is so important this fall as strong contrasts “ H,.n Bitchot models. Y.u X""' “ IBLICK & COMPANY

Mrs. Jennie Fuhrman, of Marion, Ohio, is in the city for a short visit with friends. Will Berling returned to Bluffton, after spending Sunday in the city with friends. Naomi and Beatrice Van Camp re- . turned home last evening from Fort . Wayne, where they spent Sunday with their father, who is very critically ill. Mrs. Tony Hackman whose death - occurred late Saturday night, will be - held from St. Marys church on Wedi nesday morning at nine-thirty o'clock 3 standard time and interment will be s made at St. Joseph’s cemetery. Yestreday marked the close of the • month of the city schools. ■ The prins cipals’ reports to the superintendent a showed that there have been enrollr ed to date 518 boys and 498 girls, a - total of 1016. Last year the reports d for the first month showed an enrolls ment of 476 boys and 471 girls, a total t of 947. These figures show an ini crease of 42 boys and 27 girls, or a total increase of 69 over the corre- - sponding period last year.—Bluffton Banner.

Crystal Theatre The Newest Shows, The Best Films, Courteous Treatment. TONIGHT Entire Change of Program Each Evening Orchestra every Night IT’S 5 CENTS I W. P. Biggs, Prop. I 1