Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1909 — Page 3

Art or ANNUAL Ai) nr QuiLu Fall Festival Excursion QtLLu St. Louis 01111 Return Friday, October, 22,1909 VIA The CLOVER LEAF ROUTE Second grand opportunity to visit St. Louis and enjoy the Drama, Opera and Vaudeville season, low at its heighth. Excursion tickets will be good for going passage only on Special train leaving Decatur, Ind., at 8:31 p, m. Good returning on any regular train up to aud including Train 6, leaving St. Louis at 7:15 p. m. Monday, October 25th. Ab usual on these Fall Excursions, our best service will be provided and special attention given to the comfort of passengers. Oome and see me early and arrange for one of the most pleasant trips of the season. C. F. HARRIS, Agent, Toledo, St. Louis & Western R. R. e

Crystal Theatre The Newest Shows, The Best Films, Courteous Treatment. TONIGHT Entire Change of Program Each Evening Orchestra every Night IT'S 5 CENTS W. P. Biggs, Prop. Mrs. A. R. Talmadge returned to her home in Fort Wayne this afternoon. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Saccessor to Dr. C. L Neptune Offlce abovo Auth’a Jewelry Store. Telepnone No. 472. Offlce hours: B—l 2 a. m., I—6 p. m. 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 tho best practical protection against future adversity and panic. OLD Adams Co. Bank

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: WEATHER FORECAST t Rain tonight or Sunday; warmer tonight. I- 1 ■ l-J— ■■■ 1 L_i Charles Good went to Fort Wayne tuis afternoon to spend Sunday with friends. H. L. Merry left today for LaOtto, Ind., where he will be on a fishing trip for a day or so. Will Berling, of Bluffton, will arrive in the city this evening and spend Sunday with friends. Walter Johnson, of Monroe, was in the city today and returned to his home later during the day. Frank and Will Bosse went to Fort Wayne last evening where the former’s son entered the St. Joseph’s hospital. George Wemhoff returned home last evening from Fort Wayne, where he went in company with Harmon I Bosse, who was taken to the hospital there. W. H. Eichhorn will depart for New York Sunday, where he will attend a meeting of the committee of the national prisons’ conference, a]>pointed for the purpose of investigating the prisons and lockups cf the country. He will be gone but a few days. —Bluffton Banner. The Adams County Medical Society met last evening with their secretary, Dr. W. E. Smith. The president, Dr. Beavers, presided at the meeting which was well attended by the doctors of the city and those from out of town. Each doctor had j a dis ussion and the meeting was | very interesting. — —o ATTENTION! ALL METHODISTS AND THEIR FRIENDS. Owing to the repairs on our church we will have to hold services elsewhere for several weeks. Tomorrow's services will all be held at the regular time in the library hall. Let all the Sunday school members be especially directed and let every teacher be at the library 15 minutes before school time. Sherman Powell, Pastor. g 44 111 HI I || ♦ t ;; see ;; :: E Schlickman &Son | FOR : LIVERY ii ♦ MKMOBMfflKafflM ;: Cor. Monroe &3d Sts. ! I H 4■>■> ♦ V 44- ♦■!■♦♦♦ 'I"l' 4"l 'l' ■!' ♦♦♦ B

Kit Cowan, of Bobo, was In the city today ou buslnoM. Mrs. Louis Frants went to Waterloo today for a short visit. Mrs. J. W. Place went to Anderson for a short visit with her brother. Perth Crays will spend Sunday at Peterson with her sister, Miss Bleyn Crays. Paul Herrod returned last evening from Lagrange, where he transacted business. Mrs. Kathryn Grim, of Berne, returned today from a short visit at Bluffton. Ira Steele and daughter Mabel returned this noon to their home at Pleasant Mills. Haakell returned to his home at Fort Wayne.after transacting business in the city. Miss Ida Hart returned to her home at Marion after a visit with her aunt in the city. Mrs. John Rupa. of Berne, returned to her home at Van Buren, after a visit with Berne friends. Miss Anna McClain and little sister left for Chicago, where they will visit friends for a short time. Charles Gerhart, of Marion, returned to his home after attending to business and visiting friends. Mps. >George Bowen, of Warren, transferred here enroute to Fort Wayne for a visit with friends. Miss Dove Culley of Willshire, transferred here enroute to Fort Wayne to spend Sunday with friends. S. V. Johnson, of Monroe, left this morning for Fort Wayne, where he will look after some important business. Mrs. Will Croutze went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to visit her son. She will probably remain a week. Mrs. J. A. Blew has as her guests Mrs. Lou Starr and Mrs. Claud Wilson, of Bluffton, who will remain over Sunday. Appropriate religious services will be held tomorrow at the different churches and the public is cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Van Barklow returned to Bell, view, 0., after attending the funeral of Lucile Keller, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keller. Mrs. Louis Gurlch returned to Veilview, 0., today, after attending the funeral of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keller. Miss Eltie Rose, of Berne, and the telephone operator at that place, was in the city shopping today and returned home on the noon train. Mrs. Sarah Elzey returned home today from Bluffton, where she visited with her son, Harve Elzey and her daughter. Mrs. Hesher. Miss Blanche Shackley accompanied her sister, Mrs. W. H. Baxter, and , daughter to their home at Lima and I will visit at that place for several days. Al Volmer, who has been sick for a week or so past, was able to be ' about yesterday for a short time, and says he is feeleing somewhat better but still quite weak. Ed Ehinger who has been on the sick list for the past week with a Severe cold, was absent from the bank taking a rest. He is feeling somewhat better, although much run down. » Mrs. H. Berling went to Crown Point today, where she will spend Sunday with her daughter Agnes, who is a sister in the convent there. She is known in religion as Sister M. Cleta. The Decatur Shamrocks will go to Geneva tomorrow and meet the fast Geneva team of that place. Both are about evenly matched and either side will have to go some if they want to win. The Methodist Sunday school will be held in the library tomorrow and all who attend will go to that place. On account of the improving going on at the church it was not convenient to hold the services there. Mrs. Henry McClain accompanied by her daughter Jessie, left the city this morning. Mrs. McClain will visit her son in California and Miss Jessie will visit friends |at Elgin, 111. The trip promises to be a verv pleasant one. Fred Meyers, who had his leg injured accidentally some time ago, will have a plaster paris cast fitted ■ on it by his physician in hopes of. securing relief. Fred is one of the I best pupils in the high school, and ' will graduate this year. He will study outside of school during the time he wears the cast. In the election of officers for the ensuing year the Pythian Sisters, in convention at Indianapolis, yesterday again elected Miss Cora Hood, of Ossian, to the offlce of grand secretary. She has held the offlce several terms. Mrs. Tillie Fleming, of Warren, was elected to the offlce of grand mistress of finance.—-Bluffton News.

Fred Raebke r returned yesterday evening from Fort Wayne. Dr. Shafner, of Willshire, spent yesterday afternoon in the city Miss Ella Clark went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit friends E. H. Kilbourne went to Fort Wayne this morning on his regular line of business. Mrs. Cal Miller and son Charles went to Geneva for a day's visit with Mrs. H. A. Fristoe. Mrs. C. F. Moore who has been vis-1 iting in the city for some time past returned to her home at Flint, Mich. P. G. Williams went to Geneva to-1 day, where he will conduct the Moser ' picture gallery: Ho. will return home this evening. Mr. J. Rinehart, of Preble township, left this morning for Richmond where he will take a few weeks’ vacation from duties. Tho high school ball team went to Geneva to cross bats with the higli school team of that place. Both teams will have to go some if they wish to win. Mrs. W. A. Beane, of Goshen, Ind., who has been visiting in the ctiy with Mrs. D. E. Studabaker for the last month, returned to her home this morning. Mrs. Wm. Railing and daughters Julia and Martha, returned to Convoy, Ohio, today after a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. William Weiland of west Monroe street. Mrs. A. Patterson of Des Moines, lowa, has been in the city visiting 1 with her sister, Mrs. S. N. Dorwin, “ and left this morning for Geneva to spend the day with friends. The Wemhoff Monumental Works ■of Decatur, nave erected a handsome Barre granite monument on 1 the Chalfant lot in Fairview cemetery. The design is natural rock fin1 ish with one end elaborately carved. ■ —Bluffton Banner. Howard Wisehaupt went to Geneva with the high school team today and 1 this afternoon from there will go to Saratoga, Ind , where he will spend ’ (Sunday with Rev. Pontius. Mr. Pontius was formerly pastor at the United Brethren church this city. I The various townships in Elkhart • county will within a short time have centralized schools if the plans and t ideas of several of the trustees of the ; various townships work out, accord- ’ ing to the meeting of the township trustees which was held in Goshen. Councilman M. Burns stepped on ; a nail in front of the Moser china store last evening as he passed on his way homie. Dr. Burt Mangold came To Mr. Burns’ assistance and pulled the nail out with an old pair ,of forceps The injury is quite a painful one. Congressman John A. M. Adair has accepted an invitation to deliver the 1 principal address at the rally day exercises to be held Sunday at the M. E. church at Bluffton. The program to be rendered will be a military one and the address of Mr. Adair will be ion "Breaking Camp.” The case of the state against Mrs. Leona Matson, charged With trying to kill John W. Talbot, on trial at South Bend, has been adjourned until Monday. The plea set up for Mrs. Matson is that alleged persecutions, acts of cruelty, etc., so affected her mind that she was not accountable for her acts. Norve Billman, while operating the machinery in drilling a well a few miles south of Ligonier, was seriously injured and is now in a critical condition. His clothing about the waist was caught in the machinery, tearing the flesh about the abdomen and lower limbs. Great patches of flesh were torn off his waist and lower limbs. Mrs. Eliza Bowman died Wednesday at her home in Vanesville of starvation. she having been unable to eat anything for three weeks. For several months Mrs. Bowman has been troubled with a disease of the throat and three weeks ago a stricture was formed in the food passages to the stomach. As a result no solid food would pass the diseased portion. Residents of Delphos are planning to form an organization to assist in the general plan of bringing about the conversion of the Miami and Erie canal from a shallow ditch to a deeper and wider waterway, capable of admitting the passage of lake barges and boats. Organizations have been perfected in most every town of consequence on the canal between Cinj cinnati and Toledo. | "Father,” asked the small boy of an editor, “is Jupiter inhabited?” "I I don't know, my son,” was the truthful answer. Presently he was interrupted again. "Father, are there any sea serpents?" “I don’t know, my son.” The little fellow was manifestly cast down, but presently rallied and again approached the great source of Information. ‘‘Father what does the north pole look like?” But, alas again the answer, “I don’t know, my son.” At last in despera- ' tion, he inquired, with withering emphasis: “Father, bow did you get to be an editor?’’

Fred Baker of south of the city, went to New Castle yesterday noon to visit friends. Mrs. Floyd Smith left this morning for Chicago, where she will make a visit with friends. Miss Stella Wemhoff of Fort Wayne has gone to Chicago, and will visit friends in that city. Miss Fannie Hammel arrived home yesterday from Muncie, where she has been attending business col'ege. Mrs. Israel Bender of near Pleas- ' ant Mills, went to Fort Wayne today to visit her daughter, Mrs. John Jones. Miss Nellie Schrock went to Indlanapolls _thia morning, where ahe will take up her school work there for another year. Mrs. Barney Wemhoff left on the ten o'clock car for Fort Wayne. She will leave that city today for Chicago where she will make a visit. The old gas offlce on Monroe street is being improved. A new plate glass will be put in and the building set on a good foundation. Pension attorney Robert Blackburn has been successful in securing a ! pension for Mrs. Bersheba A. Mattox, widow of William L. Mattox, who died only a month ago. Mrs. Mattox is a sister of Dr. J. S. Coverdale of this city and well known here. The pension Is twelve dollars a month. James R. Bennett became suddenly ill last evening from a severe attack , of stomach trouble and was in a ser- ; ious condition for a time. He soon , rallied from the immediate effects, > however, and today he is much better. He did not become dangerous , last night as reported and it was not . true that a message was sent for his son in Missouri. —Bluffton News. : Experienced Management Our directors meet J every month and go into > the details of the business, including every > loan made. Our officers have spent ‘ many years in the ser- , vices of the public in the capacity of banking. ; Our president and cashier are share holders in ten different banks and have had much- ex- • perience in every side of banking. You are invited to become one of our customers and share in the benefits of this experience. FIRST National Bank OF DECATUR, INDIANA your, credit; Can Be Ruined By Neglect of a few small bills. If a little money is lacking let us supply it. Pay np the worrying bills and owe only us. We loan on any good chattel security, such as furniture, pianos, horses, etc. s We give a liberal discount on all loans paid off before due. ; If you need money fill out the following blank ut it out and mail it to us. Our agent is in Decatur every Tuesday. Nam* Address ......... Am’t Wanted Kind of Security I Reliable Prlvats < < FL Wayns Loan Company I t Established 1896, Room 2, Seo- 11 ond floor. 70« Calhoand street. BL Home Pboi>« 838. Bi > Fort Wayne,

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