Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1910 — Page 3

I YOU'LL WONDER H —how we can sell these K Mens Gun Metal and PatH ent Button and Blucher I shoes that we have in our I window for tomorrow I sale at || $2.50 | CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE I The Shoe Seller

:WEATHER forecast: .‘Unsettled weather; rain or snow in north portion tonight. Saturday rising temperature. H. Snow made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. Charles Sether was a business caller at Hoagland today. O. V. Graham of Monroe was a business caller in our city today. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Saccosor to Dr. C. E. Neptune Office above Auth’s Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 28 —12 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. m. A GOOD SIGN mW THt BANK CHECK In payment of your varied expenses is the BEST sign of propserity —and consequently the best beginning to secure satisfactory credit terms. » 1 You’ll receive better treatment, more consideration in every respect if you make a a practice of using the check book. BYour- account- is- respectfully solicited HERE where it’ll receive the best of attention. THE OLD Adams county Bank — ’

■OH O BO HOBO BOBODBOBOBOBOBOBOBOB « J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. g ■ ° Mr. Man who wants to buy a small home:- K C The Bowers Realty Company has for sale ® a number of desireable and pleasant little homes o ■ that will sell for around about SIOOO.OO each. H g You can secure now perhaps better than at, any O 0 other time what you want and need at the lowf est possible price. The Bowers Realty Com- h ■ panvare in a position to help you buy one of g O these homes. Don’t you think that it would n ■ pay you to discuss the matter with us? g ° If you want a home, don’t keep on rentq ing, come and see what we have to offer. ■ ■ The Bowers Realty Co. ■ French Quinn, Secty. g ■OBOB O ■ O ■ O ■ O 800808 O ■ O ■ O ® O 808

R. B. Gregory was at Berne today on business. Elgin King made a business trip to Berne yesterday. Mrs. Kitche returned to Fort Wayne after a short visit here. Fred Hoffman made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. W. M. Stettler of Willshire. Ohio, passed through the city this morning on her way to Fort Wayne. Chill Omlar went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend to business matters. , Fred Mayer of Winchester was in the city thi smorning looking after some business matters. Jc~n Scb.-~ for the south this morning, where he will look after some business during the day. Frank Kern came home yesterday from Bluffton, where he was looking after some insurance business. Irvin Brandyberry left yesterday for Lima, Ohio, where he was looking after some business for a short while. Mrs. Philip Schieferstein of Monmouth attended the farmers' institute yesterday. .Miss Grace Purdy, clerk at the Baughman store, is off duty on account of sickness. Mrs. L. N. Grandstaff returned to her home at Monmouth on the 4 o’clock car yesterday after attending the farmers’ institute. Miss Loretta Bubb returned Thursday afternoon to her home at Hesse Cassel after a visit with Miss Bell Bernard. Mrs. Hervey Steele and son, Russell, went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilson Miller. Charles Barnhart, who recently sold his farm southwest of the city, has gone to southern Indiana, where he is looking for a location for the opening of a racket store. Quite a great many people from other cities were in attendance at the Van Camp sale of personal property which has been conducted here for the past two days, closing yesterday afternoon. Frank Kern left today noon for Fort Wayne and from there to Indianapolis, where he will attend the convention of the Metropolitan Insurance company, which will be held there tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spuhler of Bobo changed cars here this morning on their way to Branch, Mich., where they will make their future home. Mr. Spuhler purchased some land there some time ago, and will now put it in shape for a good country home.

Mrs. M. E. Marker has been quite sick with the grip for some time. A fine baby girl was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters. Mrs. Aaron Huffman of Pleasant Mills was a shopper in Decatur today. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Meibers are recovering from a siege of the grip. D. M Hensel went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Professor Witthaus returned to his home at Berne today. Mrs. Nelson Rice of Willshire passed through the city on her way to Fort Wayne for a visit. Miss Mary Gallmeier of north of the city was shopping here this afternoon. Misses Ida and Emma Dirkson of Root township were shopping here this afternoon. Ed Marhenke of St. Johns was here this morning taking medical treatment. Frank Cottrell of Berne, attorney at law, was a business visitor here today. Jacob Huser of Monroe township was a business visitor in the city today. Mrs. C. J. Weaver is spending a few days the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook at Fort Wayne. John Christen went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to call on his sons, Harry and Bert Christen. Hugh Woods of Warsaw is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Woods. Frank Cottral of Berne returned to his home on the noon train after looking after business here this morning. Miss Cerina King of Poneta, Ind., arrived in the city this noon and will be the guest of Miss Lilah Lachot for the next few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gunseu and two daughters left this noon for Willshire, where they will visit with relatives for a few days. Ruth is the name of a bright ninepound baby girl that made her advent into the C. L. Walters home yesterday. The Misses Celia and Grace Kinney left this morning for Fort Wayne, where they will visit with their aunt, Mrs. Anna Golden. Mrs. Serena Johnson and granddaughter, 110 Johnson of Wren, Ohio, went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit with her son, Oliver Johnson. Ex-County Commissioner William Miller, wife and little grandson, Herman Miller, left today noon for Chicago, where they will visit their son, Fred E. Miller, and family. A. N. Steele & Bro. are drilling a well on the John Conrad lot on West Monroe street. Mr. Conrad recently purchased an acre there from 0-4'. Cloud and will soon begin the erection of a cottage, where he and his family will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mann went to Fort Wayne this morning, where they will attend to some business matters. While there they will call on Mrs. Charles Rinehart at the Lutheran hospital. Mrs. Rinehart, who was operated upon some itme ago, is recovering nicely. Frank Gass is hobbling about his work at the Fullenkamp store today all on account of having mashed his toe by letting a heavy valise fall on his foot, while looking at some samples of women's and children's wash dresses that one of their salesmen was showing. Mr. Gass will recover with no permanently ill effects. The big lion, which has been at , Stoneburner’s theater for the past two i nights, was seen by nearly everp person in the city. This morning the , company left for Portland, where they will show for the remainder of the week. Mr. Stoneburner considers himself lucky that he got hold of this company, as the bill was something that has never been seen before in a picture show. When Frank Gass was presented with the fine cake made by Mrs. W. R. Smith for the farmers’ wives contest, which draw the premium of a fine dress pattern presented by the Fullenkamp store, he invited everybody over to get a piece of the cake. The store was crowded for a while afterwards, and everybody so fortunate as to get a piece of the cake, state that Mrs. Smith certainly knows how to make cake. The Gilpin Hypnotic Comedy company had a good house again at their show last night. They are maintaining their reputation as mirth-provok-ers. They will be here all the rest of the week. The ' numan stairway” will be shown again tonight and tomorrow night it is expected that a class of ladies will be on the stage as subjects. Mr. and Mrs. Gilpen are negotiating with the United Booking agency and expect to go into vaudeville next year. The human stairway will be a feature of their performance; they will give something entirely new in catelepsy, using fourteen subjects.—Hartford City Journal

Abe Bock was a business caller at. Bluffton today. Mrs. Burt Mangold and Miss Edna Andrews are spending the afternoon tn Fort Wayne. Ed Ahr left this noon for Bluffton, where ne was attending to business for a short while this afternoon. Mrs. Samuel Frank left this afternoon. for Fort Wayne, where she will visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles Miller. Mrs. M. L. Wheeler and son, Kenneth, of Lorain, Ohio, transferred here this afternoon on their way to Garrett, where they will visit with friends. Fred Hey, a student in the eighth grade, finished his examinations early this afternoon in time for him to return to his home at Williams on the 2:30 car. F. M. Schirmeyei and J. S. Bowers have gone to the western coast of Florida, where the will spend several weeks on a pleasure, fishing and health-seeking trip. Mr. and Mrs. Will Richards, Wilbur Urick and Miss Blazer will go to Monroe this evening to attend the home talent play to be given by the Monroe Modern Woodmen. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Elzey went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to visit with their son, Jay Elzey, and wife, and also with their son, Lawrence, who is attending the International business college. Miss Ethel Butler went to Fort Wayne to call on her mother at the Lutheran hospital this afternoon. Mrs. Butler is getting along well and will be able to come home in a week or two. Will Berling arrived home this morning from New York City, where he and H. R. Moltz of Decatur spent two weeks attending to business matters. Mr. Berling came home byway I of Philadelphia, stopping in that city on Tuesday. While there he saw the strikers stop a traction car, take the crew off and burn the car. Traffic, he I says, is absolutely tied up by the strike and the conditions are hard to describe. —Bluffton News. o NOTICE. Just received —Three car loads of' anthracite coal, chestnut and furnace. o Bowers & Niblick Grain Co. deals in all kinds of farm seeds. 3tf WANTED —To buy small fire-proof i safe. Address Box 6, Pleasant Mills, j Indiana, and give dimensions, weight and price. 48t3

A GRAND OPENING! MftßCrt, 7th. to 12th. | 10 Ten Traveling Demonstrators 10 B Come in and have our Demonstrators convince you that ag we have the best line of Buggies, Implements and Stoves gg in the city of Decatur. gsj LG® — During This Opening We Will Give Away | ABSOLUTELY FREE 1 Steel Range, worth $50.00. g 11 Osborne Spring Tooth Harrow worth SIB.OO. ™ 1 J. I. Case Plow worth $15.00. 1 Washing Machine worth SIO.OO ||| Come in and let us explain to you how you may receive || one of these premiums FREE. = g Schaub, Gottemoller & Company | Successors to the Decatur Hardware Company. ESS DECATUR INDIANA gi

I A Big Enamelware Sale j Saturday, February 26th., at 9:30 a. m. I BAA— LARGE SIZE ENAMEL DISH PANS— AAA I / For “I Qc only J Qc. Think of it. / I Lv V With a purchase of 25c or more will entitle the customer to a LUL pan for the small sum of 10 cents. ® Come one, come all, give our many customers bargains. Rpm P m hpr we W ’H have somethingjspecial’everyjweek and the greatest ——— 7 —- line of 5 and 10 cent goods in thejcity. We are the people that put the prices down in Decatur and wejwiilfputjthem lower still. Watch our Windows, Watch our ’Ads, and when up ? town come in and we have. Remember the Place THE RACKET STORE Steele & Weaver

Week End Excursion St. Louis and Return Saturday and Sunday February 26 and 27 ’l9 RATE $6.00 Call at Depot Ticket Office for Tickets and all Information. Two fast trains carrying r free reclining Chairs, Pullman Sleepers and Modem I Coaches leave DECATUR, Ind., every ' day for St. Louis. C. F. Harris, Agent. CLOVER LEAF ROUTE

JgjL— r=2 — EVERYONE IS PLEADED. ~i nf i u l jft> ! V IftJiK { inculding ourselves, because we are i ■//x* pleased if our patrons profit by our t- j... nVff)B 1 * f w'l ».v | | lIP. »u‘ *k au d rece * ve genuine eauM'ao P - Fwef(*sSSLu| / ' tion. We clean and press a suit of u |A I flil-'SP J =E«uWr" UM mens Clothing, or a lady's tailor-made *' bTEmumLi! w/11l | 'H\ if dress, in a manner that makes it just * etfWln _ like new, at a liberal price. The Regis French Dry Cleaning Company Local Agents—The Misses Bowers Millinery, Decatur