Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1910 — Page 3

SPRING FOOTWEAR I This nice weather has brought a good many people to our store for spring footwear. Our spring lines are the best we have ever shown and we expect to do the biggest business we have ever done. We don’t know of any finer or any better fitting shoes than E. P. Reeds for ladies and Burt & Packards for Men. NOW DO YOU? CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE The Shoe Seller

♦o*o*o*o*o<o*o ♦ 000004040* I WEATHER FORECAST I ♦ o<o*o*o*o*o*ot Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Jesso Hoffman of Marion was here today on business. Mrs. C. S. Niblick spent the day with friends at Fort Wayne. Dr. J. M. Miller left today for Monroe, where he was attending to his regular line of business. Leo Yager left yesterday qn his regular trin after spending Sunday in the city. , Constable Frank E. Smith has "purchased a Smith-Premier typewriter, which will be of much use to him in his official work. MILLINERY OPENING Friday afternoon and evening, March 11th.. Easter display of millinery. U, DEININGER. The Moneyed Man.... Os today —the business man —never pays his bills in cash—he always uses a check. He has been bit by unscrupulous methods-therefore, he adopts the only sure method of payment—the check. Do you use it? If not inquire of US how you can enjoy this protection. THE OLD Adams bounty Bank

■OH OHOfIOIO goBODBOBOBOBOBOHuBIL’B g J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres, g o READ THIS ■ ■ The Bowers Realty Company has to offer a O ■ bargain in a residence pioperty. , , q O This property is a one and one half story eight O room house in excellent condition, 2 elect- Q ■ ric lights, city water, large cistern, large wood- H g house on rear of lot, can be easily converted into a O O stable 2 scientifically arranged chicken houses. Q ■ each 12x20. very fine fruit trees about 30 bearing ■ ■ trees, good shacie. t 5 This properly is located on the west s,de of . ■ Tenth Street between Madison and Jefferson Streets O O only SI7OO 00 is all that we ask for this prop- G ■ erty we say that it is dirt cheap at that figure. ■ The Bowers Realty Co. ■ q French Quinn, Secty. g 8080808080808008080808080808

Miss Stella Ellis is spending the day In Fort Wayne. Sam Acker of Geneva was a business caller in the city today. Will Berling of Bluffton spent Sunday here the guest of friends. J. M. VanVories went to Portland yesterday, where he will make a few days' visit with friends. Scott Ellis returned to Geneva today after being the guest of his parents over Sunday. Mrs. Mary Scott of Magley has been visiting with her duaghter, Mrs. Will Parr. Fred Baumann of French township was the guest of Ed Magley at dinner yesterday. R. B. Gregory and daughter, Jlrene, were the guests of friends at Fort Wayne Sunday. Ed Ray, who was in the city on business yesterday, returned home this morning. H. L. Confer went to Berne, Geneva and Bryant today on business in the interest of his ice cream plant. Oliver Schug and Harry Jeffreys went north in the county Monday afternoon and enjoyed a duck hunt. Mrs. Charles Niblick and daughter, Naomi, are spending the day in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Anthony Voglewede returned last evening from Fort Wayne where she has been since the death of her brother-in-law, Bernard Plock. Easter is but three weeks away. The window displays already herald its approach and on every hand one can see evidence of the Eastertide. A. P. Beatty left this morning for Indianapolis, where he was transacting some important business during the day. Mr. and Mrs. D. H'. Harpster left this morning for Battle Creek, Mich., where the former will look after some business for a few days. Mrs. W. A. Fonner returned yesterday from Berne, where she had been visiting since Friday with W. J. Rawley and family. William Matthews of Bluffton has appointed T. M. Gallogly as agent for the Luse Land & Development company and the Saskatchewan lands at Decatur. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Ssccwsor to Dr. C. t. Neptune Office above Auth's Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—-12 a. tn., I—s1 —5 p. m.

John Bollinger was a business caller at Berne yesterday. E. M. Ray of Berne was a business visitor here yesterday. F|ed Vaughn has been in Detroit several days attending the bowling ccatesta. Oscar Fritzinger returned on the 4 o'clock car yesterday afternoon to Monmouth. Miss Maggie Dulan returned to her home at Monroe after a short visit In the city with friends. Mrs. Cal Miller left yesterday for Marion, where sh>e was called on account of the death of her niece. John Custer has returned to his home at Pleasant Mills after looking np some business In the city. Miss Margaret Gordon was at Fort Wayne Sunday, the guest of her sistier, Mrs. Anna Golden. L. W. Coppock went to Indianapolis yesterday, where he will look after some business for a short time. L. L. Baumgartner has gone to Linn Grove, where he is looking after his place of business. Ed Vancil left yesterday for the south, and will be absent from the city a short while on business. Fred Hayward went to Winchester and Marion, Ohio, today in the interest of the Decatur Packing Co. R. D. Meyers was looking after some business matters at Muncie today. R. B. Gregory left yesterday for Portland, Redkey and Muncie, where he will be absent from the city for the next four weeks on business. Charles Pennington appeared at his meat market today for work the first time in two weeks, having been sick with the grip during that time Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steele returned from Bluffton after being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Mentzer over Sunday. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler and Mrs. Frank Crawford, who were the guests of friends at Fort Wayne, returned home this morning. Ralph Moses, a student at Winona Academy, has arrived home for a week-end visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Moses, of Lakeside — Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. M. F. Aspy of Pleasant Mills has moved his household goods to the Gregory property on Marshall street and from this on will make this city his future home. Mrs. Sherman Powell left this morning for Fort Wayne, where she will attend the Methodist district convention, which is now in progress at that place. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Zimmerman left this morning for Butler, Ind., where they will make a short visit with their son, James, who is conducting a racket store at that place. Marion Smith, formerly of this place, but now of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., arrived in the city Monday eyening and this morning left for his home in Michigan. Mrs. J. N. Parrish went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend the district M. E. convention. Mrs. Parrish who is president of the Mite society of the Decatur M. E. church, will give her report this afternoon during the period devoted to that work. After being out more than fortyeight hours, the jury in the damage case of Beckman vs. The Fort Wayne & Springfield interurban line brought in a verdict of disagreement Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock and were then discharged by Judge Cook. The vote for the first twent-one hours of deliberation varied from seven to nine for a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and from three to five for the defendant. During the last twenty-four hours the balloting had been in favor of the plaintiff nine to three. The case was venued to this court from Allen county, Fort Wayne.—Huntington NewsDemocrat. The first sale of property belonging to the A. L. Kapp list of assets in his bankruptcy- proceedings was made Friday, when Ray R. Sturgis purchased from Trustee A. J. Tribolet the small job office located on West Cherry street, which has been operated under the name of the Bluffton Printery. He will continue to run the shop in that location for the present and Fred Hull, who worked for Mr. Kapp, will continue in the position of foreman for Mr. Sturgis.— Bluffton News. V. D. Bell of Craigville was in Bluffton today on business. He announces that he has had the old sawmill put into shape for operation and will have it started running next week. His first work in the mill will be to cut timber for new buildings on a farm of 160 acres north of Craigville on which his son lives. He will have the barn enlarged and will have a large corn crib built and some cow and stock sheds erected. When the work is completed the farm will be one of the best equipp’d with buildings in that section of the county.— Bluffton News.

Leland Franks, who has been sick for some time with catarrhal fever, is somewhat better. Oscar Jones has fully recovered from an injury receiwd by a kick on his leg from a horse about three weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grote and children of Fopt Wayne arrived in the city for a day’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. Gua Retaking and also Mrs. Louisa Koldeway in Union township. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith left last evening for a trip through the south, returning in about ten days or two weeks. Mr. Smith goes on business and Mrs. Smith accompanied him for pleasure. The Leah Medicine company, which was organized in this city u short time ago, is beginning to do a real, live business. They are shipping goods to numerous places and are receiving orders nearly every day. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pratt of Geneva arrived in the city this morning for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Merry and will then proceed to Spencerville, Ohio, for a visit with their friends. The county commissioners, jn session today fouhd that th etotal cost of the county local option election last Monday, without the pay for tickets, not yet filed, was $731.62. The commissioners have little work this term outside of bills.—Bluffton News. Mrs. Louis Holthouse went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. Henry Scherry of Preble, who in January had his right eye operated upon for the removal of a growth, went to Fort Wayne again this morning for treatment. The eye was not doing very well and it was necessary to operate upon it again Saturday. The large tan hound sent by WellsFargo express, which broke its crate and escaped Sunday w-hile being transferred in this city, has been recovered by Agent Ben Elzey and sent on its way. The dog went to the home of Aaron Devinney, where it made itself at home and was fed until Mr. DeVinney learned to whom it belonged and turned it over. Homer Lower, mail carrier on Ru rual Route 3, who has been suffering from a threatened attack of appendicitis, is somewhat worse and he has been obliged to discontinue his work again. He had been off duty for about two weeks, and Saturday resumed work, also working Monday. His substitute is carrying the mail again today in his place.

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Harve Sprague made a business trip to Fort Wayne. Mrs. Laura Rhodes of Willshire, Ohio, transferred here this morning on her way to Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs nus Retnklng and children have returned home from Ft. Wayne, where they spent Sunday with Mr. Reinking's mother, Mrs. Louisa Reinking. John C. Magley and daughters. Florence and Merle, went to Fort Wayne Sunday to call on his sister, Mrs. C. D. Lewton, at the Hope hospital, where she is recovering nicely from a recent operation. Bob Cummins and Will Wiesell visited their sugar camp near Ossian this morning. About 225 trees are tapped and have been running although the fall in temperature yesterday stopped the flow of sap—Bluffton News. W. S. Smith has rented his two cottages at Oden, Mich., and will not spend the summer at Oden. Instead he with a number of other people will go down the St. Lawrence river during their vacation. —Bluffton Banner. Mrs. John Niblick went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend the district M. E. convention. She will give her report this afternoon as president of the missionary society of the local church. Mr. Niblick will join her this evening to attend the lecture to be given by Francis J. Connell. As a result of the investigation of the condition of the county infirmary by the county commissioners and the county council improvements, amounting to between >IO,OOO and 15,000 will be done at the infirmary during the present summer, putting it into condition again.—Bluffton Banner. John Hoffman of Eleventh street has returned from a two months’ visit in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tenessee. While in Arkansas he took treatment at Hot Springs for rheumatism. He is feeling much better and enjoys as good health as he ever did in his life. Mrs. Frank Kiser and ten months’ old son of Portland, Oregon, are visiting her brother, Roy Wolford, ond other relatives and friends here. They came to this city from Linn Grove, where they had been visiting with his parents and relatives. Mr. Kiser is working at Huntington, and they will probably spend the summer here. Mrs. Kiser was formerly Mill Lizzie Wolford of Root township and was born and reared here. Mr. Kiser was formerly editor of the Decatur News.

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