Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1909 — Page 3

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•WEATHER FORECAST* Fair tonight; colder south portion, and east portion; Saturday, cloudy, probably snow south portion. Mrs. P. K. Kinney Is on the sick list at her home on South Fourth street. Austin Sanblanet returned today to his home at Canton, Ohio, after a visit with his friend, James Artman. Chauncey Stetson is recovering from a several days' illness with complications of heart trouble and a severe cold. John McMullen, architect, of Fort Wayne, was here this morning superintending the putting in of the new front of the Bowers building on East Monroe street A letter from H. S. Porter, written from the wilds of Arkansas, where he and a party of Adams county hunters are enjoying life in the search for fame, says they are having splendid luck, killing three deer besides other smaller game. They will spend Christmas there and are looking forward to a great time.

moppoKiw To reduce ewenses-to keep ‘ ‘tab’* on all expenditures lies in the Checking Account. With a check book you know to a cent the cost of operating your business or home for any given period —and always have a receipt for every expenditure. Open your account where you will receive the bestat-tention-here. THE OLD Adams Bank

808 O ■ O B O ■ o BOBOOBOBOBOBOBO»C*0 q oJ. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, ice . ■ ■ The Bowers Reolb C g O attention to the fact oi its u ' < ‘ t f avO rable Q Jto loan an approvd secun 5 ' Qtiating new H terms, and tenders its st , nr aS sisting in find- q O loans or renewals of old oa tter ‘ ed indebtedness ■ ing and placing in one oan . it is be tter to q 2 ffor a borrower. Tn no. . interest than to ■ ? owe in one place at a low ate of O ■ have a scattered indebte< m ss. have any g O This company be [ n and dis . < ffl one to whom this may be of interest O cuss the matter. . Respectfully 2 ! The Bowers Realty Co. g ■ French Quhin, Secty. q Lo.o.^o***"** 0 * 0 "o*’** 0 *’**

| Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold of Fort Wayne visited today with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Edge Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faurot went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with Ed Gass and family. Mrs. Florence DeVilbiss and Mrs. W. A. Lower are spending the day with Mrs. John C. Magley at Mon- : mouth. John Schurger, who is a resident of Root township, and must therefore i vote at Monmouth, went out on the ; 10 o’clock car this morning. Miss Bien Crays of Preble was in i Decatur shopping tolay. On account ■ of the election there was no school i at the building taught by Miss Creys. Mrs. John Fleming, formerly of this 1 here this afternoon for(l,-Pagg g. • city, now of Kenton, Ohio, spent the ’ day with friends in Huntington and ’ stopped off here this afternoon for a few hours’ visit with friends. i Ardon S. Burley and J. T. Burley ! returned home last Monday morning i from a visit with their sick sister, ’ Mrs. Lida Welch, at Star City and I her husband is also sick, and neither r Mr. nor Mrs. Welch are expected to • long withstand the ravages of the di 1 sease. —Geneva Herald. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Butler, of Al- ’ bion, visited here Thursday night with relatives. Mr. Butler returned this morning to his work, but Mrs. Butler and babe will visit longer. The Butlers recently secured the contract for a large ditch there and while the work is going on Dallas and family are living at Albion. The announcement Is made by the Bank of Berne that they will add a savings department to their bank, the same to be open for business by the first of the new year. It is the first savings department opened in this county by any bank, and the news is received by the many customers with pleasure. —Berne Witness. Thursday the Geneva poetofflce received a package of stamps weighing only three pounds, yet this package was quite valuable. Their value being >425. There were ten thousand of the one-cent denomination, ten thousand two-cent, five hundred fivecent, five hundred ten-cent, and five hundred special delivery. Yet this was not a large shipment for our postoffice.—Geneva Herald.

Dr. Fred Pattern* dentist Office’s^AU*' Jew^rj Btore ' Telephone No. 472W hours-. »-M» »-

Oscar Fritzinger of Monmouth was here today on business. Mrs. R. K. Allison went to Fort Wayne to spend the day. Harry Molz made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. C. C. Schafer is spending the afternoon In Fort Wayne. D. M. Rice returned to Monmouth after a business trip to this city. Mrs. C. D. Kunkel and daughter, Florence, were shopping here today. Misses Emma and Ella Mutchler are spending the day in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mann were among the Fort Wayne visitors today. Mrjj. Charles Fuelling and daughter, Amelia, are at Fort Wayne for the day. Jesse B. Roop left on the 8 o'clock car for Monmouth, where he went to vote. Mrs. Thomas Reed went to Fort Wayne where she spent the day with friends. Mrs. Cully and daughter, Miss Dove, of Willshire, Ohio, were shopping here today. Miss Rose Christian was at Fort Wayne today where she spent the day with friends. David Steele of Peterson returned to his home after looking up business matters in the city. Mrs. Willis McQueen and daughter, Zelma, of Monmouth, were among the Decatur shoppers today. Miss Sophia Diedrich of Schumm, Ohio, transferred here this morning on her way to Fort Wayne M. E. Bracket made a business trip to Partland this morning in the interest of the Ward Fence company. C. F. True, who has been spending most of the time at the farm near Poe, was a business visitor here today. Mrs. H. N. Warner and children left this morning for Fort Wayne, where they spent the day as guests of /riends. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Baker went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit with friends. They will return this evening. Ben and James Rice left this morning for Goodland, where they will attend the funeral of their brother, the late William Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jones and daughter, Addie, will spend Christmas with his brother, William Jones, and family at Columbia City. Mr. and Mrs. George Maddy of Jonesboro, Arkansas, arrived in the city Thursday evening and will spend the holidays with friends here. Mr. and Mis. J. T. Archer and children of Kimmell, who have been visiting with Millard Weimer and family, left this morning for their borne. Mrs. Julia Tracy of Circleville, Ohio, who stopped off for a visit with Mrs. Floyd Smith while en route home from Chicago, returned to her home today.

Mrs. William Petry and son, Stanley, of Fort Wayne, who had been visiting with her parents near Rockford, Ohio, transferred here this afternoon on their way home. M. F. Rice returned Thursday evening from Goodland, where he was called several days ago by the serious Illness of his brother, William Rlee, whose death occurred Thursday morntog. 1 ’ ’ Mrs. Charles Pennlgton has received word from her sister. Miss Anna Llchtle, who was called to Tiffin, Ohio, recently by the sickness of their sister, Mrs. Sophia Hllb, stating that she la much Improved. Miss Marie AUlson was expected to arrive home today from Forest Glen, Maryland, where she is attending National Park seminary. She will spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Allison. Miss Jennie McDowell, daughter of Mrs. Alex McDowell, now living in Ossian, was taken to Fort Wayne this week to a hospital, where she underwent a critical operation. She passed through It successfully and Is reported getting along satisfactorily—Bluffton News. Many from this city will attend the funeral of the Rev. L. O. Oyler at North Manchester Saturday. The Rev. L. O. Oyler was presiding elder of the Fort Wayne district of the St. Joseph conference of the United Brethren church, in which the local U. B. church was Included. Mr and Mrs. George Maddy of Jonesboro, Arkansas, arrived Thursday evening for a two weeks’ visit with her father, Jacob Martin. They came byway of St. Louis and Chicago, where they stopped off several days. In Chicago they met Miss Kate Mylott and other friends. Mrs. Maddy likes Jonesboro very much and would be loath to change residence. They have lived there since their marriage last Man Mr. Maddy haveing charge of the Jonesboro branch of the Conter Ice cream plant.

Mrs. E. L. Carroll Is spending the day at Fort Wayne. S. A. M. Butcher of Geneva was here today on business. Mrs. Herman Bleberich of Preble was In Decatur Thursday morning. Mrs. Ida Vanßuskirk returned last evening to her home in Monroeville after attending to business matters here. Mrs. L. L. Kintz and children left today for Lima, Ohio, where she will visit with her mother, Mrs. W. H. Stickwell. Steele’s pond is frozen over and there is a good layer of ice. The young folks ask that a large crowd of skaters be on the ic etonight The Hunsicker restaurant is putting the new gas lights in their popular place of business, which will add very much to this up-to-date place. Mrs. Nettie Fortney, who has been visiting since Monday with relatives in Willshire, Ohio, returne' this afternoon to her home in Fort Wayne. Clarence Magner, a young man who has been making his home with A. B. Cunningham and family, west of the city, is said to be quite seriously sick with congestion of the lungs. Miss Cora Roop returned to her work at, Fort Wayne this afternoon after spending several days at her home in Willshire, where she was called by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. George Dellinger, who is now somewhat better. The case of Joseph Glendenning against Edward Staley, road case, which was venued here from Adams county, and tried by Judge Sturgis, will be up for oral argument In the appellate court January 11th. The case was for the opening of a highway. Chris Seabold has bought a Buick automobile and will run two machines from his livery barn. He will run the Buick and his present Auburn car Instead of buying a large new Auburn as he had first planned. The large Auburn was not completed for delivery when he was to have it. —Bluffton News. At last the franchise for the Indiana Lighting company, which was passed by the Bluffton city council, is in effect. The franchise, which was sent to the president of the company at Philadelphia, was received Wednesday afternoon by W. H. Eichhorn, attorney for the company, the president having signed the franchise.—Bluffton Banner.

I IF YOU | I are not among the already early buyers and cannot make up your mind what to get, call and let us help you as we have OS Ladies and Gents’ WATCHES SI.OO, $2.00, $5.00, SIO.OO || and up. We have good and cheap to suit your purses. I Ladies. and Gents Umbrellas, Cuff Buttons, Rings, Watch Chains Ladies"purses and bracelets, Silverware, all kinds in our stock Toilet sets, jewelry cases, the latest style in necklaces, lockets, hat pins. For the house—clocks, silverware, pearl and hollow handled knives and forks, spoons of the latest patterns and all styles you will find at HENSLEY the Jweler.

James Artman was a Fort Wayne caller Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Krueckenberg of Union township, who was recently operated upon at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, is said to be getting along well. Lester Baughman, while cleaning the sink at the Bauman store with Red Seal lye spilled a quantity of the stuff over the wrist of his left arm, badly burning it.

FRED V. MILLS, Makes a specialty of Choice Eatables for Christmas Week Candies, Nuts and Oranges and don’t forget the Chase & Sanborn COFFEES An order will be appreciated

Our Christmas Presents Until Christmas day we will sell all sizes and styles of heavy copper nickel plated ware, Coffee pots, Tea Pots, Tea Kettles at just about y 2 their regular price and value 85 Cents for Your Choice All first quality ware, can be seen in our windows Our stock affords you a great choice in your Christmas buying for any member of the family. Our reputation as to high quality and low prices is growing with each day. Silverware and Chaffing Dishes Rifles and Air Guns Skates and Sleighs, Sewing Machlnes Cutlery of all kinds Speeders and Express Wagons Winter Robes and Blankets Schafer Hardware Co.

Miss Lulu Brokaw has gone to Gar-j rett, where she will visit with her sister, Mrs. L. G. Cole. Mrs. Amelia Taylor of Monroeville, who atended to business nere yesterday, returned home last evening.

Mm W ■ The finest and largest line of Candy Boxes. The purest, therefore the best. It has been acknowledged by all. A full line of Christmas goodies of all kinds. Call and see, prices right, quality no better. J. S. COLCHIN

! Miss Marion Robinsin of Monmouth was shopping here Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Haubold of Evanston will spend the holidays with tbeir parents, Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas.