Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1909 — Page 3

101 o ■ o ■ O ■ O •IN THE FINAL RUSH s O 0 O ■ Maby you have forgotten someone in your < ■ Christmas buying and you want to buy somethin S 0 quick, something that will please, something use® ■ J ful. Wevegot >t whether for men, ladies, child- ° 0 ren or the baby No matter about the size well ■ 0 exchange for them any time next week Soft ■ 0 comfortable house slippers have had a big sale here 2 ■ a lete ? izesinn ' ost >- 3 . Red 5 0 White and Mottled Gray leggins are dandy for ■ ■ children. Come anyway and see them O I £ i Charlie Voglewede ■ O The Shoe Sdler ■ 0808 O■O■ 0■ O 1080108 010 ■O ■ O 808

»<<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦« •WEATHER FORECAST: h *4 * * Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Howard Burdg attended to business at Bluffton yesterday. Mrs. Walter Braun of Pleasant Mills was shopping here yesterday. John Stewart of Pleasant Mills was a business visitor here yesterday. Miss Anna Yager left yesterday afternoon for New York, where she will spend Christmas. Mrs. May Evans and children, Lodeta and Lodema, went to Fort Wayne for a visit with friends. Charles Magley, who has been suffering from a stroke of paralysis received last Sunday morning, is said to be steadily improving. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Saccwsr U l». C. E. NaptaM Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 28 —12 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. m.

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Wishing You All A MERRY CHRISTMAS We Remain Very Truly Teeplc, Brandyberry & Peterson.

> 1 harles Reiter made a business trip > to \\ illiams this morning. I Mrs. D. M. Rice of Monmouth was shopping here yesterday. V. E. Cramer made a business trip to Ossian yesterday afternoon. Mrs. June Loop of Greentown is here for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. William i Kitson. Misses Naomi and Merle Poling will i spend Friday evening as the guests of Miss Ireta Beavers. i Mrs. Ed Philips has gone to Van Wert, where she will spend a few days with relatives at that place. I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dirkson of north of the city were here yesterday, returning home on the 4 o’clock car. W. H. Fledderjohann and Albert Katterheinrich were at St. Marys, Ohio, yesterday atending to business. Professor Wiinouse of Berne was 1 giving his regular musical instructions to his scholars in the city today. J. 0. Ault, of Galveston, Ind., who has been teaching school at Geneva, returned to his home today to spend the holidays. Mrs. James Schultz and children left this morning for Montique, Mich., where they will spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. Glen Glancey.

Mrs. Jeff Bryson of Portland is visiting rcdatives here today. Miss Eula McKinney is clerking at the Weaver & Steele store today. Fred Schurger of Fort Wayne was In the city today looking up friends. Mrs. C. V. Connell went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon on business. Mrs. Rose Watts of Monmouth returned home on the 2:30 car after shopping here. Raymond Bremmerkamp is in the city and will spend the holidays with her parents. Henry Colter of Rivarre, who has been looking after some business at Schumm, Ohio, returned home. Mrs. Schneider of Willshire, who was shopping in the city this morning, left for her home on the noon train. Mrs. D. E. Studebaker and son?*David left yesterday for Goshen, where they will visit with relatives during the holidays. Miss Victoria Stone left yesterday for Muncie, where she was called on account of the illness of Mrs. R. C. Stone of the place. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allwein and daughter will arrive Saturday from Shelby, Ohio, to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Peterson.

p Mrs. Welty of Lima, Ohio, changed cars here on her way home to Berne s where she will spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gottschalk. P Miss Josephine Volmer of Toledo, Ohio, has arrived heme and will re--8 main in the city until after the holia days as the guest of her mother on Seventh street. Miss Marie Patterson, who has been f at Winchester for several days, and while there attended the funeral of it her grandfather, S. 0. Irvin, returned s home this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearce will f leave Friday noon for a week's visit ’, with relatives at Marion, Anderson ’• and Kokomo. Mr. Pearce is foreman t at the Ward fence factory. i. F. M. Addington, a traveling sales- '■ man for the Ward Fence Co., who has s j been absent from the city for a short time, arrived home yesterday and will I spend the holidays with his family. Thomas Doyle, who has been in the 3 city soliciting for the Catholic Columbian Record for about two weeks past, 1 left today for his home at Indianapolis, where he will spend the holidays with his family. i Rev. F. A. Sharp, assisted by Rev. 3 Carl Roop, will begin a series of meetings at the V. B. church In the village of Wren, Ohio, Sunday, December 26th. All are invited to attend and lend a helping hand. Jack Monyhan went to Bluffton yesterday, where he will look after some business pertaining to the Indiana Lighting company. Mr. Mulholland, manager of the company, was also there and some Important business was transacted. Jack Monyhan received a letter from the officials of the Indiana Lighting company at Fort Wayne, telling him to provide a turkey for Christmas to each employee under his charge. They have quite a number of people in their employ here and the gift will be much appreciated by them all. Messrs. Butler & Haugk, who recently were at Jonesboro, Ark., where the bld on a big piece of street pavement, have not yet heard the outcome of their bid. Their bid was the lowest on concrete, but the council has not yet decided what they will pave it with yet. They have determined, however, not to use brick, so the outlook is a little more hopeful for the Decatur contractors.

Miss Gertrude Butler was clerking at the Runyon store today Mose Klopfenstlne returned to Fort Wayne after attending to business here. Mrs. Frances McCatnpbell of Monmouth was shopping here this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Haefllng will arrive Friday to spend the holidays with relatives. Mary Laisure returned this morning to Williams after shopping here this morning. Misses Lizzie Peterson and Fanny Heller are spending the afternoon in Fort Wayne. Miss Mary Llechty of Berne was in Decatur this morning on her way to Fort Wayne. Henry Koenenmann went to Williams, where he was looking after the cattle markets. J. H. Cole has gone to New York, where he will attend to some business for a few days. Louis Colchin of Pittsburg is here for a few days’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Colchin. Mrs. Rachel Baughman has gone to Eu Claire, Mich., to visit her son, Glenn, and family. Miss Mabel Shelley of Bluffton is In the city visiting with Miss Marie Cass during the holiday season. Colonel and Mrs. Foreman of Springfield, Ohio, are here for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Martz. Ben Lang, who is clerking for John Joseph at Geneva, will spend Christmas with his parents here. Mr. and Mrs. John Schroll and family of‘Lima, Ohio, will spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. John Ritter. George Tricker, who has been looking after some business at Columbus, Ohio, returned home Wednesday evening.

E. S. Christen, who is teaching at Culver, will spend the holidays with his family at the farm north of Monmouth. Robert Watkins of Magley was a business caller in our city today and returned to his home later this afternoon. William Kortenbrier, who has been attending veterinary college, returned to the city and will spend the holidays with his mother. Miss Fannie Frisinger, who has been attending college at Bloomington, came home this morning for the Christmas vacation with her parents. John Wemhoff, Earl Bremmerkamp and Felix Holthouse, who have been attending college at Collegeville, arrived in the city Wednesday evening. William Brokaw, who has been making his home with his son, Dr. R. E. Brokaw, at Portland, is here for an extended visit with another son, B. F. Brokaw. Wallace and Milo McKinney, traveling salesman for the Lowney Candy company, with headquarters at Milwaukee, Wfs., are here to spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McKinney. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bell will arrive from Hillsdale, Michigan Friday to spend Christmas with their parents. They will be accompanied by Mrs. Fanny Cole, who has been their guest for several weeks. The annual meeting of the state j board of tax commissioners and the county assessors of the state will be held at Indianapolis January 4th and i sth, notice of this meeting having ( been received by County Assessori Gentis. These meetings are held every year and are always interesting sessions of the tax adjusting officials of the state.

Ray Michaels of Bluffton spent last evening In the city the guest of friends. Ed Macy went to Monroe, where he was attending to some business for a short while. Misses Kate and Sarah Steiner of Berne passed through Decatur this morning on their way to Fort Wayne. Henry Epke left today for St. Marys, Ohio, where he will make a visit with his daughter for a few days. Martin Alexander Sutton went to Genova this morning, where he will make a few days’ visit with his granddaughter. Henry Zwick of Williams arrived in the city this morning, where he was | looking after some important business ' matters. Misses Perth and Glenn Crays have gone to Ashley, where they will spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Crays. Otto Wemhoff, local agent for the Prudential Insurance company, went to Hesse Castle this morning to deliver an Insurance policy. Miss Agnes Starost, an employee of the Bank of Wren, will arrive Friday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Starost, over Christmas. Miss Dorothy Walters went to French township, where she will make a short visit with her sister, Margaret, who is teaching school there. Rev. F. H. v'ernor, who has served for the past six months as pastor of the local Church of Christ, will leave Saturday for Montpelier, Ohio, where he will preach next Sunday. Will Kortenbrer, who has been attending a veterinary college at Grand Rapids, Mich., is at home to spend his holiday vacation. He will graduate from the college in the spring, after which he will hang out his shingle. Leo Faurot, a young man from here and formerly living south of the city, but now studying for the priesthood at Carthagenia, Ohio, will arrive in the city and will assist at the services to be conducted at St. Marys church over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. E. Woods will give their annual turkey roast on Christmas day at the home on West Monroe street to the immediate members of the family, including Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Woods of Warsaw; Mrs. Minnie Wilkerson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Meyers and family and Miss Jennie Woods. Representative Adair has introduced two public building bills. One asks for an appropriation of $50,000 for a site and building at Portland, the home city of the Eighth district congressman. The other asks for an additional appropriation of $25,000 with which to complete the Elwood public building.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sutton and children will leave Friday for the east and will stop off at Buffalo, where they will spend the holidays with Mrs. Sutton’s sister, Mrs. Harry Pennypacker. Whle there they will visit the Niagara Falls and other places of Interest, which will make the holidays happy ones for them. Mr. Sutton will leave for home on Tuesday, but his family, will remain several days longer. Sheriff Lipkey started fbr Richmond this morning with Mrs. Mills of near Tocsin, who was declared insane a few days ago by a commission composed of Drs. Blue, of Tocsin, and Metts, of Ossian, and Justice Carr, of Ossian. Mrs. Mills has been living at the home of one of her sons and before it was shown that she was unbalanced, she became violent and it was necessary to have her declared insane.—Bluffton Banner.

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