Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1910 — Page 3

Sol Sheets of Wren, Ohio, Says, Heres a pair of your Elk skin shoes I bought of you last year and I have worn them every day since and they look better than a lot of new shoes now. Mr. Sheets is a farmer and when he is not busy on the farm runs a ditching machine. Come in and let me show you these shoes,, you’ll like them. Mens $3.50 and $4.00 CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE The Shoe Seller

sr ■» THE SURE WAY To achieve material prosperity is the depositing of your funds in a savings taccount HERE. Your money is beyond the reach of fire, burglary and the BURNING OF THE POCKET when deposited in this institution and it earns 4 per ct. THE OLD Adams County Bank — ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ' « l , llll Tß Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Satcessor to Dr. C, E. Neptana Office above Auth's Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 2 a. m- I—s p. m.

S the “WHITE STAG” CIGAR 1 I looks nice SMOKES bet- I I ter,! Its a home product. g 1 For sale jby all Dealers s 808 O B O B O ■ 080800808080808080808 g J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. ■ 5 Please Understand g o The Bowers Realty Co., has both g ■ farms and city properties of all g 5 sizes and kinds and all kinds of ■ o prices. , ■ ■ The offerings are varied and gives the purchaser O O O H a wide selection. ■ 2 Consult us about your loans. ■ o The Bowers Realty Co. ■ French Quinn, Secty. O

<O<O<O<O<O<O<O ♦ O<O<O<O<O< ! WEATHER FORECAST I 5 2 O<O<O<O<O ♦ O<O<O<O<O<O<O< Fair and warmer tonight and Friday. Rudolph Schug of Berne was a business callers in the city today. W. A. Lower w suffering from the grip. Emil Baumgartner was at Monroe today, working. Charles Hammond went to Monroe this morning on business. Mrs. John Glancy went to Monroe this morning, where she was the guest of friends during the day. Gert Reynolds made a business trip to Berne in the interest of the Philip Carey company of Cleveland. Oscar Hoffman was a business caller at Linn Grove today and came home on the afternoon train. Mrs. Martin Beery and Mrs. Charles Colter went to Bluffton this afternoon where they will visit with relatives. Mrs. Enfma Daniels was the guest of friends at Fort Wayne loday and returned home this evening. James Artman left today for Bluffton, where he will resume his work for the Decatur Photo company of which he is a member. The funeral of Albert Meyer, son of Ernest Meyer, of Wells county was held this afternoon from the Bethlehem church. The LaDelis, who for several months have been traveling through Illinois, returned home for a short stay. — ——

James Hurst was at Monroe today attending to seme business matters. Howard Shackley made a business trip to Peterson yesterday. Miss Irene Schirmeyer went to Fort Wayne last evening. Frank McConnell made a business trip to Fort Wayne yesterday. Julius Haugk has returned from a trip through the southwest. Mrs. David Flanders has gone to Fort Wayne to spend the day. Ben Brandt made a business trip to Fort Wayne yesterday. Miss Nellie Meyer spent the day at Fort Wayne. Deputy Sheriff Presdorf is sick with the grip and has gone to his home at Honduras for a few days. L. C. DeVoss and son, Aria, of Houston, Texas, went to Fort Wayne this morning. S. S. Scranton of Celina, Ohio, is visiting with his brother-in-law, Dr. J. M. Miller, and wife. , Miss Velma Daniel of Preble went to Fort Wayne to attend the teachers’ association meeting. Mrs. P. B. Thomas and Mrs. R. K. Allison are spending the aay in Fort Wayne. Almon Case returned today to his 1 school work at Indianapolis after a visit with his parents here. * Mrs. R. A. Cross of Saltkello is visJ iting with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jos- ’ eph Daniels, at Preble. ’ H. W. Amrine left yesterday after--1 noon for Ohio, where he will work as - salesman. J. B. Holthouse returned home yesterday from a business trip to Bluffton. Will Burdge and James Artman ’ came over from Bluffton yesterday for a short stay on business. ’ Fred Schaub, wiio has been at Union City for several days, attending > to business matters, returned home this morning. 5 L. W. Coppock left today for Indi- * auapolis, where he was looking after some business in the interest of the > Decatur Motor Car company. ’ Miss Nora Smith left yesterday for Fort Wayne, where she will attend - the meeting of the teachers’ assocla--3 tion. Mrs. Tom Ehinger and babe went to » Monroe yesterday, where they will i be the guests of Mrs. Glen Glancy . for a few days. t John Woy went to Monmouth last 1 evening on the 4 o’clock car to attend a party given last evening at the . Kunkel home for the Rev Mnrnma of c the Concord church. f Clarence Knossos Rockwood, Mich., visited here a short while with his E uncle, Clem, and family, and left to--5 day for Berne, where he will visit . with his uncle. Dr. Ray Knoff. J. H. Foster of Fort Wayne made a I business trip to this city today. He j called at the Mills grocery while here t to see his cousin, Earl Hoagland, who is employed at that store. 1 Today is house cleaning time at the i Mills grocery and that popular store ■ is coming out as clean and bright ; looking as a silver dollar fresh from ) the mint. * Louis Holthouse, who has been up I in Kalamazoo, Mich., for several days > past, returned home Wednesday eveu--5 ing. While gone be purchased three j fine horses for the use of his Fash- : ion Stables. s Mrs. Kate Lang left this morning | for Fort Wayne, where she was the 5 guest of friends during the day. This > evening she will attend the graduas tion exercises to be given by the St. i Marys high school. Miss Saloma | Kindle, a niece of Mrs. Lang, is 5 among the number to complete the | high schooFcourse this evening. 1 The Phi Delta Kappa fraternity of | Decatur gave an opening dance Tues- | day evening in their h&ll, the music 5 being furnished by the Decatur or- | chestra. The affair was one of the E most elaborate in the social doings s of the neighboring city. The following attended from this city: Truman Longerbone, Lloyd Yount, Glen Covalt, Percy Bishop, Clyde Bechdoit and’ Calvin Humphries—Portland Sun. The horse hitched to the Berling & Moltz delivery wagon started what looked to be a serious runaway shortly after noon today. The hoi'se was standing in front of the Forst grocery when it became frightened at a car and started to run east on Market street. Earl Forst witnessed the starting of the horse and was able to stop (t. A lady crossing tho street was directly in front of the animal when it was halted—Bluffton Banner. "" A housewife who nas a case of Center’s cherry cider in ner pantry is never caught “without a thing in the house’’ when guests arrive unexpectedly. A glass of this sparkling beverage served daintily in thin glasses with a few wafers is decidedly the “correct” thing nowadays. Sixty cents ner case, delivered Call 'nhnnn O’. _ —

BEGIN HONEYMOON Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Will Go Over the Old Trip. LEAVE REPORTERS Will Have a Week of Privacy—Join Them Again at Genoa April 13th. (United Press Service, by Staff Cor- I respondent). Spezia, Italy, April 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Colonel and Mrs. i Theodore Roosevelt began their second honeymoon here today. They ar- I rived from Rome in a special car. X group of correspondents came this far I with them and parted in respe't ] to the colonel’s desire for a few days’ i privacy. He agreed to telegraph each day a brief account of his moves. In | the spring of 1887, shortly after their I marriage in London, Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt made the same trip in a carriage, over which they will again travel. After arriving at Genoa they i will proceed to Porto Maurizio, where they will spend three days at the villa of Mrs. Roosevelt’s sister, Miss Carrow, and from there the Roosevelts will return by train to Genoa and again enter into public life. The Roosevelts are all well and were especially happy today. — ' " -.<■ — ■ Al Volmer made a business trip to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Dyke Frisinger, who has been at Indianapolis for several days, returned Borne this morning. Mrs. Charles Christen and Albine Smith have returned from Churubusco, where they attended the wedding of their brother, Leo Smith. F. S. Armantrout of Geneva was a business caller in the city this morning and left on the afternoon train for his home. Miss Rose Christen and Mrs. Dolly Durkcns will see David Warfield in “The Music Master” at Fort Wayne Friday evening. Sherman Beery has taken the agency for selling a smokeless lamp burner, for which he is making the canvass. Miss Manda Scheumann of Interurban Stop 19, who was shopping here this morning returned home on the 8 o'clock car. Mrs. Mary Fitzmaurice, who has been visiting in the city with her. daughter, Mrs. P. K. Hyland, has returned to her home at Winchester. The morning G. R. & I. train was crowded with teachers from points south of Decatur who were on their way to Fort Wayne to attend the meeting of the Northern, Indiana Teachers’ association, which opens its sessions there this evening. The congregation of the Concord Lutheran of Root township gave a very agreeable surprise for their pastor, the Rev. Mumma of Hoagland Wednesday evening. Tho pastor was at the Kunkel home and it was there the the members met, carrying with them supplies of all kinds that go toward making the customary donation made to pastors. A very good social time was enjoyed. First National Bank* of Decatur •* ■ ” Interest bearing certificates of deposit issued, payable on demand atfthree per cent per annum left for’six months.» .j* Four per cent interest given on certificates left forgone year.

xni - ii— in — _/ | Something New u I \ You, J | I n Spring and Summer Suits and | I Furnishings. Call and see them | u f r and get prices before you buy. | ■ \ ' A; bindings guarantee with each K- Mb* "w® We have a superb stock- | I H prices from | ...fe s =s6.oo to $25.00= □ | Drop in and See Our Big Line of Grays and Blues | If you want a suit made to order, we can fit |l H you at the lowest prices. I Our boy’s suits are the best in town and we sell them for the least money. Prices from $1.50 t 057.50 g Underwear, Ties, Dress Shirts, Hats and Caps galore. See them. We can save you money. — ■=== ■' B Teeple, Brandyberry A Peterson L (Cater to the Man Who Cares.)

If you have ever tasted Conter s birch beer, you don’t know what you have missed. You should always have a case of it in your pantry. Sixty cents per case. Call 'phone 92. 82-2w* FOR SALE—Business opportunity, complete outfit for manufacturing soft drinks, including stock. A bargain; must sell. Address 308 Dewaid street, Fort Wayne, Ind. 71t3 Let the children drink all the Conter root beer they want. It’s good for litle “tummies.” Sixty cents per case, delivered. Call ’phone 92 82-2w* Ice Ice Ice We are ready to deliver ice to Decatur customers at any time now. Pure, clean ice that will keep your refrigerator cool, delivered at private houses for 40c per 100 lbs, Mersman Ice Line

' ' f !!__= 1=GLASSWARE AND CHINA SALE ! ! tf"WE have just received a large shipment of old fashioned blue English China the kind that our forefathers admired. The kind that outwears all others and coming in style again the country over. We have cups anu saucers i plates at the small price of 10 cents each. Come m and see them. (Look at the window display.) r i ,1 i.i 1 ■ ■■■« water pitchers, ULAjJ" 1 ' .. .. and in fact everyWAPF thing found J n HAKC v*?’* this line.flA few 11 et A Si i > of our prices will ’ Everything m Ag* &W\ be be]ow this line you will p H k| | find in our .store. P V JjOsaff? J y We have a new UA ' ’r Xl7 • .‘SsSWi<V n n. of .™m™. Our s B dishes,-She.rbet Open ’till 8 glasses, fish Each N1 S ht Gold band Tumblers in different styles, each F . , Needle edged Tumblerskfl SheJbets Ift Bell shaped Tumblers, lead blown glass, each cheap at 8 11 J. I lip Hotel tumblers, extra heavy, eachV U ivr™,, Lemonade tumblers, worth 10c, eachf" S y r Nice smooth tumbled, 2 for L A j- n ’ Wine glasses with or without stems.lld shes, each J b sherbet glasses two very nice styles, each V V REMEMBER THE PLACE — - — , ■■■■■ - THE RACKET STORE. Steele & Weaver. || E(! Tfjlln- —f" .fjo us-m-w”; , L - 41-“-^ o.- ■'l 11 irr.n. .r 1 " yn-'w-■! ~ . ’ r, -w-rs

Mrs. Louise Homeyer went to Fort Wayne yesterday. Mrs. John W. Vail has gone to Bluffton, where she will be the guest of relatives for several days.

Just Received Shipments of Baled Shredded Fodder ALSO Ground Hominy Hearts Very Good Hog and Horse Feed. Schlickman’s Feed Yard, j M■OBLIMB*BMB«n»3«) ■■■■£»«■■M■■■■■ ■■■■

Mrs. Eli Meyers and daughter, Gladys, spent the day in Fort Wayne. A. D. Artman drove to Hoagland this morning in the interest of the Schafer Hardware company.