Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1909 — Page 3

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I »♦♦♦♦ + + + + ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ‘WEATHER FORECAST: »♦++++++♦*+♦♦♦♦♦ Partly cloudy and colder tonight; Sunday faiir. I Mr. Theodore Kennedy remains very ! seriously sick. II Mrs. Henry Schultz went to Fort I i Wayne today for a visit with friends. Mrs. M. A. Johnson returned to her home at Shumm after shopping in the 'city. | Ed Bultemeier from north of the city, was in the city attending to ! business affairs and returned home thia afternoon. A small crowd of people was in the city today and mostly those had business to look after. The inclemency of the weathr prevented most of them from comilng to town. Mr. I. L. Babcock, of Frankfort, is in the city attending to business. Mr. Babcock was a former resident of Decatur, until several months ago, ' when he moved his faipily to that place. Mrs. Florence Bain, Mrs. Dolph Hoffman and Mrs. Emerson Beavers returned home last evening from Indianapolis, where they attended the sessions of the AV. R- C. ladies which were held there this week. Mr. Al Burdg will remain there until the first of the week, f SMOKE THE 1 ■ « I CIGAR | I There’ a Reason I

Miss Helen Baker, of Peterson, was in the city. E. H. Kilbourne went to Fort Wayne on his regular trip. Miss Florence Sprunger spent Friday in Fort Wayne. Miss Pauline Winans went to Fort Wayne this morning to resume her work. Mrs. J. 11. Jones, of Jessup, Ind., Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Julia Colchln. Frank Linn, of Chicago, is here today for a visit with relatives and friends. O. P. Schug ,of Berne, will be the guest of his parents over Sunday at that place. Miss Della Kuebler returned to her home at Muncie after visiting friends in the city. Miss Etta Brandyberry went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with frtends. Mayor France was a business caller at Fort Wayne and returned home this morning. Harry Amrine returned home from Fort Wayne, where he was last evening on business. Mrs. M. Burk returned to her home at Delphos, after a visit with Dr. C. 3. Clark and family. Mrs. Jacob Scherry, of southwest of the city went to Fort Wayne today for a visit with friends. Most of the sick about Decatur are reported as doing nicely, although some are yet quite sick. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cline, of Root township, arrived home from Bluffton, where they visited relatives. Miss Ethel Barkley went to Fort Wayne yesterday evening to visit her sister, Mrs. Robert Boyles. Jim Ellis went to Geneva this morning and will spend the day with his brother Scott during the day. Miss Josie Mumma returned this noon from Pleasant Mills, where she visited with her brother, C. S. Mumma. John Bowers, who has been at Indianapolis for the past few days on business, returned home this morning. Scott Ellis, who is working at Geneva, arrived home this afternoon, and will spend Sunday with his parents. Mrs. Carrie Schaub will be the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Horn at Union City, for the coming week. George Price, of Frankfort, changed cars here this morning on his way to Berne, to make a short stay with friends. John Schug made a business trip to Richmond this morning and returned home on the three o’clock this afternoon. Mrs. Harvey S. Miller, of Union township arrived home from Bluff ton, after a visit with her daughter at that place. Misses Nellie and Marie Daniels, of Preble, were the guests of their grandmother and their aunt, Miss Margaret Daniels yesterday. John R. Porter left today for Parker City, where he will make a visit with his sons, Fratik and Thurman, who are working in a drug store there. Mrs. D. R. Bunt, of Akron, Ohio, who has been visiting in the city with Mrs. Crfe Strobe, left this afternoon for Winchester for a visit with her sister. Fred Vogt, formerly a resident of Kirkland township, thite county, but now of Fort Wayne, was looking after some business in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Thomas and family left this morning for Elkhart, Ind., where they will make their future home. They shipped their household goods during the week so as to be there when they arrive. Fred Deininger, who left about three months ago with several other persons for Fairbanks, Alaska, will arrive home perhaps today. He sent word to his parents that th‘e winters are about nine months long and not much work to be done. Judge C. E. Sturgis was In Hartford City today to take action in the Mincer liquor license case of Montpelier, which was appealed by the "dry” forces from commissioner's court. When the case was called the remonstrators, through thei rattorneys, Hon. ey & Kinnan, dismissed or withdrew all appearance in the case, which leaves the saloon keeper with a clean victory unless the anti-saloon forces have a new method of attack mapped out—Bluffton News. Frank Morrissey of this city, grew abusive, it is said, on a Decatur interurban car yesterday evening and was picked up on his arrival in Fort Wayne on a charge of intoxication. Mr. William Sterns a New York traveling man, who claims that Morrissey used bad language to him when he told him he ought to conduct himself better in the car, and who further says that the local man followed him after he left the car at Berry street, made the complaint. Officer Paul made the arrest.—-Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

Rollo Houck, of Honduras, was in the city today. Wilder Yager made a business trip to Willshire this morning. Harold Graham will visit with friends at Monroe over Sunday. Mr. G. W. Miller, of south of the city went to Fort Wayne today. Miss Perth Crays went to Peterson today to spend Sunday with her sister. John Roehm returned to Fort Wayne after attending to business on his farm east of the city. Mrs. John Rice left last evening for St. Louis, where she will visit for a few days. Walter Kuaffman returned home this noon from his regular business trip this morning. Mrs. Win. Butler and babe are visiting with relatives at Greenville and Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Elizabeth Kean, of near Rivarre, has gone to Saginaw, Mich., for a visit with friends. Chas. Loch went to Fort Wayne this morning on business and returned home this afternoon. John Lusk, of Berne, was a business caller in our city and returned to his home on the noon train. Miss Pearl Miller, of south of the city, went to Fort Wayne on the one o'clock car to spend the afternoon. Joe Colcliin will arrive home this evening from Fort Wayne, to spend Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Julia Colchin. Appropriate religious services will be held in all the churches tomorrow and the public are cordially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. John Herman and children are visiting with relatives at St. Henrys, Ohio, and will arrive home in a few days. The Misses Leah Hensley and Gladys Mangold will spend Sunday with friends at Geneva returning home Monday morning. Mrs. George Cramer and son Albert, of east of the city, went to Marion today for a visit with relatives. They will return in a few days. Morris Steele, of Fort Wayne, was a business caller in the city today, and went to Peterson for a short visit with his uncle, Mr. David Steele. Quite a number of people from here took in the excursion last evening to St. Louis. This was the annual fall excursion and large crowds of people always flock there to take advantage of the doings which are always going. A very interesting event will be the Rally to be given tomorrow evening at the Evangelical church by the Y. P. A. of that church, and the public is invited. Mr. A. S. Elzey of Ossian, will give an address and there will be special music. Mrs. D. D. Heller, Mrs; W. A. Lower and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham left this morning for Columbus, Indiana, where they will attend the state meeting of the board of charities. Some eminent speakers will be there and will discuss some of the problems that make themselves prominent in charity circles. Friends and relatives of Dan Swartz residing in the city will endeavor to have Swartz released from Michigan City> where he was sentenced about tvyo years ago on a charge of wife desertion. His term was from one to seven years and his second year will expire next March. The people interested in the case here think that he will be- paroled.—Bluffton Banner. L. C. Justus and several other mag. nates of the B. G. & C. traction line, went to Geneva this afternoon in the C. P. G. Sea’bold automobile. The purpose of the trip was to arrange some matters in regard to the construction of the line. The grading of the line was stopped Thursday on account of the rain which fell, there being considerable more rain in the vicinity of Vera Cruz Wednesday night than here. —Bluffton Banwer.

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Vera Goke, of Fort Wayne, is in the city as the guest of Miss Ethel Ehinger. Forest Steele left this afte-nocn for Lynn and will be absent for a few days. Mrs. Noah Loch went to Swayzee to. daj- for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Huffman. Aug Puls left today for Portland and will return home some time during the night. Bert Bailey, of Monroe, was a business caller in our city and left for his home this afternoon. J. M. Baker returned today from Sturgis, Mich., after a visit with his daughter at that place. L. Beikler, rs Berne, returned to his home at Berne after transacting business in town today. Mrs. James rumbieson returned today from a visit with friends at Indianapolis. Her mother who has bean quite sick is much better. Mrs. John R. Pound, of Paulding. 0., transferred here enroute to Fort Wayne for a visit with friends. She was the guest of friends while in the city. Mrs. D. D. Heller, Mrs. W. A. Lower and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham left this morning for Columbus, Indiana, where they will attend the state meeting of charity organizations. Mr. and Mrs .Ed Bleeke and family took in the excursion last evening to St. Louis, and from there will go to several places in Wisconsin, where they will make a short visit with relatives. Rev. and Mrs. Richard Spetnagle and son Robert went to Rockford, 0.. yesterday where they spent an enjoyable day with old friends, they having lived there just before coming to Decatur. John Burns, of Hartford City, the attorney for Krauss in his suit for divorce, was in the city today on business. He was pleased at the prospect of a grand jury investigation of the charges which are made by Mrs. Krause. in her cross-complaint and said that he had been trying all the time to get a grand jury investigation. He said that he understood Hindman was going to advise his client not to talk, but that in the meantime Krauss would tie exonerated and would get his divorce. —Bluffton Banner.

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