Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1910 — Page 3

It Takes Good Rubbers -—to keep people coming to a store. We’ve always went on the motto that no rubber was too good for our customers. Having all the heights of heels we can properly fit a shoe so that it will wear better. The Better the Grade The Bigger the Trade Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

•WEATHER FORECAST: i........ Rain, changing to snow tonight; colder tonight; Wednesday snow, much colder. Miss Mary Dailey of Willshire, Ohio, . passed through here this afternoon on her way to Fort Wayne. I Miss Fanny Hite is at work at the Old Adams Countk bank after a day's ■vacation on account of sickness. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Juccwsar to Or. C. E. Ntpton* I Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. !- Office hours: B—l 28 —12 a. m., I—s p. m. — A GOOD SIGN THE BANK CHECK In payment of your varied expenses is the BEST sign of' propserity —and consequently the best beginning to secure satisfactory credit term,s. > • You’ll receive better treatment, more consideration in every respect if you make a a practice of using the check book. Your" account' is - respectfully solicited HERE where it’ll receive the best of attention. THE OLD Adams Bank

■OB O 801010 8080080808 0808080808 ■ J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. O ■ READ THIS. ° ■ A beautiful modern home at a reasonable price, o ■ Decatur has some very beautiful homes and this gg O home is one of them, charmingly situated and o H beautiful appointments throughout. ■ O A two story frame house, latest architectural o ■ <W<rn and conveniences, cement basement ■ large rooms, large hall, modern hot water heating O O plant, gas and electricity, hot and cold water all ■ ® over the house, bath and toilet, two porches, iat- H 0 tice norch in rear, cement cistern, motor for tank g ■ in attic, cement and brick sidewalk. Northwest O O corner Monroe and Tenth Streets, price only $4300. H ■ This property ought to appeal to any home buy- H O er who wants a good permanent home and we will © ■ be glad to show it to you. Call phone 35. ■ 2 The Bowers Realty Co. S French Quinn, Secty. ■OBOBOBOIOIOBOOBOBOBOBOBOBOB

Julius Yoos of Markle was a caller in the city today. French Quinn was a business caller at Fort Wayne today. Dr. Keller made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rinehart went to Fort Wayne this morning. John Spuller went to Hoagland this , morning, where he cried a sale today. Lenten services will be held this evening at St. Marys church, at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. L. E. Wilson went to Bluffton yesterday, going byway of, Fort Wayne. Mrs. Charles Niblick and daughter, Naomi, were the guests of friends at Fort Wayne today. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bailey went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on Isaac Bailey and family. Bernard Brake, who has been at Flint, Mich., working for some time, has returned to the city. A. R. Bell made a business trip south this morning in the interest of the Smith & Bell Lumber Co. Mrs. Anthony Voglewede went to Fort Wayne this morning for a several days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Bernard Plock. M|rs. Wilkenson, a trained nurse from Hope hospital, who has been at the D. B. Drwin home, returned Monday to Fort Wayne. The Misses Margaret Miller and Vera Gochke, who were the guests of Miss Ethel Ehinger, have returned to their home at Fort Wayne. John Woy went to Monmouth this morning to visit friends and to attend the revival services at the Concord Lutheran church of which he has long been a member. “Gay Morning Glories,” an opera troupe which played at Bluffton Monday evening, transferred here this morning on the way to Richmond, where they play this evening. Mrs. William Foreman and son, Robert) and Miss Vera Foreman of Van Buren changed cars here this morning on their way to Hoagland, where they spent the day with friends. Afine, eight-pound baby girl was the delightful valentine sent to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurst Monday evening, this being their firstborn. Mrs. Hurst was formerly Miss Grace Tyndall. Miss Frances Baker returned yesterday afternoon to her home at Maron after a visit here. She was accompanied by her cousin, Miss Lola Baker, who will make a several weeks’ visit there.

Henry Peters made a business trip to Cralgville this noon. Mrs. C. C. Shafer is spending the afternoon in Fort Wayne. U. 8. Drummond of Pleasant Milla was here today on business. Mrs. Charles Burr of Monmouth was shopping here this afternoon. Herman Yager made a business trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon. P. W. Smith of Richmond was a business caller in the city today. Charlee Colter left this morning for the southern part of the state on business for Smith & Bell. R. K. Allison made a business trip south this noon, where he was looking after some timber business. M. D. Yountz of Indianapolis, representing the W. B. Burford company, was transacting business in the city Charles Colter left this noon for the south, where he will transact some business for the Smith & Bell Lumber Co. Mrs. B. 8. Hunt of Winchester, who has been the guest of Mrs. L. G. Ellingham for a short time, left today for her homo. Ed Ehinger is suffering from an attack of the grip that keeps him from his work at the Old Adams County Bank for a day or so. Arthur Ford has returned to Muncie after spending Sunday with his wife, who is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hower. Miss Flossie Bollinger was clerking in the Weaver Racket store today on account of some of the clerks attending the funeral of Mrs. Amanda Daniels. L. E. Watson, a former real estate dealer of this city, who has been in the west for several months, is moving his family to Haines, North Dakota. Mrs. Jack McFeeley and children, Paul and Thelma, returned this afternoon to their home at Fort Wayne after a visit over Sunday with Mrs. James Bain and Mrs. Adolph Huffman. Mrs. John Wisehaupt left this noon for Bluffton, where she will make a visit with her sister, Mrs. John Reynolds. Mrs. Wisehaupt received word that she was ill and went to that place at noon.. Mrs. Adolph Huffman left this afternoon for Ligonier to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Kate Wilhelm, whose death occurred there Monday morning early, following an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Fred Tague and babe and Miss Ada Sprunger left this noon for Rockford, Ohio, where the latter will make her home with her mother at that place. Mrs. Tague will make a fewdays’ visit there with friends. Mrs. Sarah Helm went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on her sister, Mrs. Rosa Lincoln, who has been seriously ill with tuberculosis for some time. Mrs. Helm received a card Monday, saying that she could live but a short time longer. A. G. Briggs of Geneva was in Portland Monday enroute to Celina, Ohio, called there to attend the funeral services of his wife’s grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Small, held Monday afternoon. Mrs. Briggs has been in Celina several days.—Portland Sun.

Farmers' wives are getting ready to enter the culinary contest, which will be a special feature of the Farmers' institute next week, February 23rd, and 24th. The Decatur merchants have offered very good premiums on displays of bread, butter and cake made by the farmers’ wives. Mrs. J. M. Buck, who is located at St. Petersburg, Fla., with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bender for the winter, has written home of a pleasant side trip which she has planned for this week. She will take a trip to Havanna, Cuba, and return, and will spend several days in Cuba She expected to leave Florida today for the Cuban trip. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Locke also expect to be in Cuba this week. —Bluffton News. Joe Beery and daughter, Dessie, called Monday at the John T. Baker home west of the city. Mrs. Baker, who fell and broke one of her legs last week, spent a very restless night Sunday, but will get along very well, it is thought. Mr. Baker is also suffering a severe illness. He was taken ill Sunday night with stomach and kidney trouble, and fell from his chair nrwonf" 1 ' 1 "’ Monday he was much better and able to up and about. The directors of the Warren Fair association met Tuesday eveniug and decided to take the week of August 30-31 and September 1, 2 and 3 for their fair this year. They have not made the rac? classes yet, but they will be about the same as last year, with automobile races added. They have engaged Hoagland Bros.’ Entertainment company of Morgan, Ind. The association will also put some extra work on the track, shortening it to the regulation length and rebrace the turns.—Bluffton News,

Mrs. Alva Nichols was a Fort Wayne visitor thia afternoon. W A. Lower has returned from a business trip to Indianapolis and Columbus, Ind. Misses Maud and Jennie Kurt of Monmouth were among Decatur shoppers today. All Members of the Rebecca degree staff are requested to be at the hall this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Steele will entertain a company of their friends at cards Friday evening. Addie Simons, Jenette Rogers and Mrs. Albert Bert have letters at the postoffice which are unclaimed. Mrs. L. L. Syphers will arrive from Fort Wayne tomorrow to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fisher. Mrs. Charles Helm will go to Ligonier Wednesday morning to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Kate Wilhelm. Mrs. D. D. Heller is reported slightly better after a two weeks’ illness from stomach trouble and a mixture of the grip. The Christian Ladies’ Aid society will meet next Friday afternoon with Mrs. Jacob Eady at her home on Tenth street. Frank Carrier of Cuba, N. Y., passed through the city today on his way to Fort Wayne to visit with Willia H. Wilder and family. Mrs. James Bain left this afternoon to attend the funeral of her half-sis-ter, Mrs. Kate Wilhelm, which will be held Wednesday. The second bonus of the Daily Democrat’s big voting contest will close tomorrow evening and the contest will wind up two weeks from Saturday. Philip Gilbert, Charles L. Brumbaugh and Luther Lesh returned this afternoon to Bluffton after attending to business here. They went byway of Fort Wayne. Harry Amerine, who is traveling for a novelty house out of Columbus, Ohio, will leave this evening for a shor ttrip over the state. He has been suffering from a severe cold since last Saturday. In accordance with an annual custom, the birthday anniversaries of Thomas Fisher and his daughter, Mrs. Alice Syphers of Fort Wayne will be celebrated jointly tomorrow at the parental home in this city. This day will be the seventy-second natal day of Mr. Syphers, and the thirty-eighth anniversary of his daughter's birth. A dinner at noon, in which the members of the Fisher family will join, will be a prominent feature of the day. Those present w-Hl be Mrs. L. L. Syphers, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stalter of Peterson; Mrs. Anna Buhler of Marion, and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eady and family of this city.

Elzey having retired from the firm of Elzey-Vance-Hite, it wouldjbe considered a great favor 'if all persons knowing themselves to be indebted to either Elzey & Vance or Elzey-Vance & Hite would settle the same at their earliest convenience.

Don’t Owe Everybody It’s bad business policy. Owejone man and let that one be us. Your bills then will never bother you. . . > — 11 T* We loan money on any good chattel security such as Furniture,Pianos Horses; etc. We give a liberal discount on all loans paid off before due. If you need money fill out the following blank, cut it out and mail it to ua. Our agent I* in Decatur every Tuesday. Nam* Address Am’t Wanted Kind of Security.. Reliable Private Ft Wayne Loan Company Cort Wayne, Ind

WON’T NEED A CRUTCH. When Editor J. P. Sossman of Corenllus, N. C„ bruised his leg badly, it started an ugly sore. Many salves and ointments proved worthless. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it thoroughly. Notfilng Is so prompt and sure for ulcers, bolls, burns, bruises, cuts, corns, sores, pimples, eczema or piles. 25 cat all druggists.

First National Bank of Decatur Interest bearing certificates of deposit issued, payable on demand at three per cent per annum left for six months. > j* >Four per cent interest given on cer- . tificates left for one year.»j»> > >

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THE SECOND SPECIAL Bonus Vote Otter In the Daily and Weekly Democrat Popular Voting Contest Opens Wednesday 9th. at 8 a. m. and Closes Wednesday February 16th. at 10 o’clock p. m. Each candidate sending or bringing to the Democrat office, fifty dollars ($50.00) during the above period, will be given a voucher for Two Hundred Thousand Votes EXTRA, besides the regular votes given on that amount of business. This amount, as in the previous bonus, does not have to be turned in at one time, but whenever the amount, turned in by any one candidate, in old or new business amounts to $50.00 he or she will be given a voucher for the votes. Remember its old or new and you can turn in the votes at any time during dates mentioned.

Candidates-.-this is your time to hustle, if you ever did in your life. This is the bonus that counts and those who make it will sure make a good showing and be in good shape for the finish. A couple of these may decide the w’inners of one of the handsome prizes. It is

Candidates will as before, be allowed to work up to the last minute on February, 16th. and those living out of the city can mail their business in at any time before the closing hour, so that it will show the post office stamp before 10 o’clock, that evening. Open Up The Valve And Turn On Full Speed Any candidate may win as many bonuses as he can. Don’t wait a minute. Start out after them now. It’s the early bird that gets there.

Shoe - Trouser Sale Begins Feb. 19, and Continues Two Weeks 20 Per cent Reduction on our “Entire Line of Shoes,” and also on j our STOCK of TROUSERS. Yours Sincerely LEHMAN&SPRUNGER Monroe, Indiana.

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FOR RENT —Two houses on Marshall street. See Lucy J. Gregory. 37tf

worthjyour while to work for a $505.00 Brush automobile or a SIOO.OO diamond ring. How can you afford to let this opportunity slip? It’s easier to get fifty dollars worth of business now and get'the votes than at any time in the contest.

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