Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1909 — Page 5

IOR 0101010 aoibioi 0 Bo g 0 ■ o woio s How' Glorious ! " "r it^ Uldb l iftheChristmas spirit could be £' I prolonged throughout the year. It stems as fwt 5 0 try to crowd into one day the arrears of kindling ■ ■ and humanity of the whole year. If we could on y O ° have our Christmas a little at a time all through ■ 0 the year and hus drifting along until the holidays « ! let them overtake us unexpectedly and wake up O ■ some morning suddenly saying to ourselves, “This 2 0 is Christmas day.” ’ ■ ■ It is a pleasure to regard our customers as our O ■w.? KJ' "in by them ’ they stand us. ■ , We delight m their prosperity and we believe they £ ■ feel the same when times are well with us It is 5 0 therefore, with sincerest regard that we wish von ■ ■ A MERRY CHRISTMAS. 1 J ■ ■ ■ Charlie Voglewede ■ 0 The Shoe Seller g*j 0808 o■o■ o■ o ■obobob 0 1 010 ■ O IOH

r a ; The Gift Os Gifts For the youngster is a bank book showing a deposit to his credit in this institution. Os course you want your child to grow up thrifty and industrious —a good way to start him or her so is to make thjs year’s Xmas gift a bank book of OURS. The deposits will earn 3 per cent. THE OLD Adams County Bank

ToYoii and Yours a Merry Christmas i~ I , - J -'. *••• * The Myers Dailey Company.

Io» O a O ■ O ■ O aoIOOSOBOIOBOWOBOBOB 0 J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. . g The Bowers Realty Company offers its service to ■ 1 place in good 6 per cent mortgage loans an) mone.. ■ ■ you may have to invest. investme nts ? 2 We have to offer some hig — 0 that are perfectly secure and would be p e O ) have you to talk to us about it. O olf you have aaymoney on hand ca g ® for you on first mortgage sec y s . g 0. x 2 H interest. ■ 2 Respectfully ■ o The Bowers Re»lty Co- g I g aoUoo^BOß®®® 0 * 0 * 0 ** 80 *

I WEATHER FORECAST I Rain and snow tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight. * - S' alter Fuelling went to Fort Wayne this morning. J. T. Burley of Geneva was here today on business. | Harry Poling will be the guest of his cousins west of the city tomorrow. R. K. Allison is home from Cardwell, Mo., to spend Christmas with his family. Gene Steele will spend Christmas with his brother, Ernest, and family at Auburn. Miss Mabel Shelley of Bluffton will be the guest of Miss Marie Gass for a few days. Miss Blanche Hart will arrive this evening for a visit with her uncle, Harmon Tettman, and family. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST SoccetMf U> Be. C. E Neptune Office above Auths Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 2 a. m., I—s p. m.

John Krishner of Preble went to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Genevieve Bremerkamp will spend Sunday with friends in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Maud Collett of Van Wert, Ohio, is here for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Burgd. Miss Angela Kintz. Is at home from Westfield, N. Y., and will spend Christmas with her sister, Mrs. Joe Smith, jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Porter and son, Ohalmer, will go to Forest to spend Christmas with J. S. Gflpen and family. Mr. and Mrs. George DePeyster arrived in the city and will spend the hllidays with their daughter, Mrs. C. S. Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coddlngton of Princeton, 111., are In the city for the holidays with her sister, Mrs. C. S. Dunn. Cornelius Weaver of Three Rivers, Mich., Is here to spend Christmas with his nephew, C. J. Weaver, and family. George Wertzberger will spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Wertzberger, at Hammond. Miss Clara Burr is at home from Akron, Ohio, and will visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burat Monmouth. Leo Miller and Miss Lydia Nix of Huntington will spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs Verena Miller, of this city. Miss Nellie Bowser, of the Burdg millinery store, will spejjd Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Bowser, at Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wilcox and Miss Margaret Bell arrived in the city last evening and will spend the holidays with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Reed and daughter, Margaret, will arrive from Fort Wayne this evening to visit with M. Fulleukamp. Miss Anna McLean, stenographer for Smith & Bell, has gone to Circleville, Ohio, to visit until after New Years with.her parents.

D. D. Coffee, who has been at Union City the past week working for an art company, will spend Christmas with his family here. Mrs. J. C. Patterson and son, Bruce, arrived home this morning from Winchester, where they attended the funeral of her father, S. O. Irvin. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Gallogly and son, Dewey, will go to Portland to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ramseyer. Robert Carlisle and daughters, Anne and Eliza, of Cincinnati, Ohio, are here the guests of their daughter and sister, Mrs. George Flanders. Mr. Carlisle and the Misses Anne and Eliza of Cincinnati, have arrived in the city and will spend Christmas with his daughter, Mrs. George Flanders. Mrs. O. P. Edwards arrived yesterday from Leipsic, Ohio, to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick. Mr. Edwards will come this evening. Miss Cora Barker arrived from Marion Thursday evening, joining Mr. and Mrs. Ned Steele here for a trip to Canton, Ohio, where they will enjoy the Christmas festivities. The J. S. Colchin fruit and candy store on Monroe street is quite attractive with its Christmas decorations, Mr. Colchin having taken especial pains during the holiday season in beautifying the store. Joe Rice slipped on the icy pave-< nient near hfs home the other evening and fell, striking his head on the cement steps, cutting 8 large gash in the back of hfs head. The injury was quite a painful one, but not serious. Miss Jessie McLean and Miss Louise Hobrock will leave this evening for Hammond, where they will spend Christmas with Frank Farrell and family. They will also visit in Chica-

.Jacob Tester and wife of Jefferson township, who have been visiting a week with relatives in Fort Wayne, will stop off here Sunday for a visit with T M. Gallogly and family enroute to their home. A quantity Os holly, magnolia and other Christmas greens, which they handle, and a fine display of fruit, and candies, make the Nidlinger and Colchin stand at the interurban station an attravtive looking place during the holiday season. Mrs. C. C. Meyers will arrive from Portland tomorrow to be the guest of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers. Her husband, who is at Tulsa. Oiclabotna will arrive here the first of the year and they will probably go to Tulsa to make their permanent home there. Frank A. Dibble, who has been living on the Joe Beery farm west of town for some time, has moved to Ohio City, where he will care for his aged mother. Gus Yake, a prominent farmer of French township, will ten : ant the Beery farm, moving there next week. .... . — - -*■

Charles Loch made a business trip to Fort Wayne. M. H. Fee went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Miss Grace Coffelt went to Fort Wayne to visit with relatives. E. J. Schlater of Grapeville, yjd., is visiting with friends in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Baker went to Goshen this morning, where they will be during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. George Lobsiger and babe and Miss Bessie Lobsiger went to Fort Wayne for a visit. Mrs. Rachel Baughman has gone to Eau Claire, Mich., to visit »with her son, Glenn, and family. Dick France of Alliance, Ohio, will spend his Christmas vacation with his mother, Mrs. Belle France. Mrs. D. A. Helm and daughter will visit with her sisters, Mesdames Patterson and Weaver, In Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Tritch went to Monroe, where she will spend the holidays with her parents, Mrs. Noah Stalter. Mrs. Lulu Weaver of Elkhart, who has been visiting with friends at Pleasant Mills, was in the city yesterday. . William Hart of Union township was a business caller in our city today and left for his home on the evening car. Miss Louise Brake left this morning for Indianapolis and will spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Charles Braun.. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Hullinger of the south part of the city are rejoicing over the advent of a baby boy, born Tuesday. Mrs. Chris Strebe and daughter, Mildred, are attending the Christmas exercises at the Monmouth schools this afternoon. Miss Anna McLain left today for her home at Circleville, Ohio, and will be the guest of her parents during the holidays. Mrs. W. H. Kelsey, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Miller went to Fort Wayne to spend Christmas with J. W. Miller and Frank Jones. Mrs. Grover Sells and son, Noel, went to Monroe, where they will spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Roop. Clem and Thomas Uhl will arrive in the city this evening and will spend the holidays as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Terveer Bnd family. Ed Meyers, who is studying law at Ann Arbor, Mich., “tins returned and will be the guest of his mother, Mrs. Mary Meyers, over Christmas. Paul Harrod left this morning for Fort Wayne to make a short visit with his parents there and will then leave for Indianapolis, where he will spend Christmas. All members of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen lodge are requested to be present on next Monday evening for practice on drill work. Please be there.

Mrs. C. M. Hower and Miss Ruth Ernst left today for Lima, Ohio, they will- visit their sister, Mrs. William Doehrman. They will be joined tomorrow by Mr. Hower. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baughman will.-leave this evening for Hammond where they will spend a week Withher parents, Mr. and Mrs. & F. Werteberger. They will also go to Chicago on business. Miss Haze! France went tp Monmouth to atend ’the Christmas exercises, which are ’treing held in the schools’ there this afternoon. She will be the guest of her cousin,' Dora Marie Magley. ’Miss Dorotfiy Walters visited yesterday with her sister. Miss Margaret, who is teaching near Monroe. The girls returned today And will spend Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Walters. Miss Cora Barker of Marion, Ind., stopped off in the city Thursday evening for a short visjt with her sister, Mrs. Ned Steele, and this morning left for Canton, Ohio, where she will spend Christmas. L. T. Brokaw has returned from Monroe, where he has been working. Frank Corrille of Hoagland, who has been at Marion for some time, visiting, made a short visit with his cousin, Lawrence ,Biggs, before proceeding home. Among the Deeatur boys who are here to eat Christmas turkey under the parental roof is Charles Merryman, son of Judge and Mrs. J. T. Merryman. Charles has been located at Carwell, Mo., for a number of years, where he holds a responsible position with the Paragould and Memphis railway.,'*?.. _ _>s. Chrtstmas dinner will be enjoyed iy the Seilemeyer family at the O. L. Vance home this year, those joining in the reunion being Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seilemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer, Della and Albert Seilemeyer. The usual Christmas festivities, with a tree for the babe, Leeanna Vance, who is just old enrtugh to appreciate the jt>ys of this season, will be in store.

H May the Richest Blessing of the § | /VVeiYy Christmas | Wish of The Boston Store |g| 1 The KUeblet & /Woltz Go. § I. 0. 0. F. Black. Decatur, Ind.

Chaifles Hocker left for Monroe, where he wil spend a few days. t Mrs. Limenstall of Peterson has gone to Woodburn to spend Christ- v mas with her daughter, Mrs. Reemer. t Dr. Herbert, who delivered the lecture in the Presbyterian chruch Wednesday evening, spoke In Portland o i Thursday evening. Miss Enola Allen of Portland, who has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. F. H. Addington, in this city, left for her home to spend the holidays. Colonel Foreman, formerly <jf this place, but now residing at North Baltimore, Ohio, was in the city for a shore time today on his way to Muncie, where he will spend the holidays.

Our /Appreciations:- . ~ ■ r . » . . . , *• In the past few ye&rs, times have been fairly good, but sometimes very poor. Notwithstand.y 4 ' ing these changes the public have alwas been with us. The continuation of their patronage has made our store one of the best in th« city and we want to take this opportunity to tell you that we have appreciated your business and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. FOLLEN KAMP'S 1 I

Alfred Kendle of Linn Grove was transacting business here yesterday, < D. A. Baumgardner left sos Berne where he will remain until after the i holidays.

THE CRYSTAL | The Bigamist? Mine at Last. Rigoletto. Songs Playing School. The Garden of Dreams. VAUDEVILLE

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pilliod and daughter, Charlotte, ofSt. Marys, 0., will arrive in ttie city this evening and spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Mary Wemhoff, on Fourth street.