Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1910 — Page 3

OXFORD DAY This was a great day for oxfords. About every one that came in wanted oxfords or pumps and we sold a scad of them. You’ll want your footwear to look their best on the 4th and we’ve the kind that will make them so. Come tonight, we’ll have extra help and we’ll give you all the jtime you want to look. Our store will be closed all day the 4th. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller Celebrate TheF « urth ! sure And I while honoring the signers of that Famous ** Declaration why not declare your own indeS pendence of old fashioned ideas and when K you “smoke up” on the glorious Fourth try K S a “WHITE STAC” and you’ll get E J* the habit of smoking them 365 days in the year. '■* 9 For sale by all dealers. 9

Father Wilken went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he spent the day with friends. He was accompanied by Leo Faurot, who is preparing for the priesthood at Cincinnati, and at present is home for his summer vacation. JUST A MOMENTT Did you put any of last month’s earnings away? Or was every cent of it spent? This month deposit with us a sum you think you could do without-then DO NOT draw’ on it. That is the way you can start a real competence. ■ We will aid you by paying 3 per cent on your account. THE OLD Adams county Bank

■OB O ■ O ■ O ■ 0 BOSOOBOBOIOBOBOIOBOB g J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer. Vice Pres. B 1 LOANS j o The Bowers Realty. Company o o calls your attention to its loan de- o 2 partment. g 2 The Company has five per cent □ o money to loan on sensible and ad- g ■ vantageous terms. ■ £ Our loansjhave certain features that will appeal o ■ to See U us about farms, city properties and abstracts, g The BowersJßealty Co. h g French Quinn, Secty. O BOBOBOiOBOBOiOOiOIOiOBOBOiOP

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♦omo*o*o<o*o»o ♦ o*o*o*o*o« i WEATHER FORECAST I ♦ ♦ o*o*o*o*o ♦ o*o»o*o*o*o*o> Showers tonight and Sunday; likely coole I ’. Joe Lose is visiting with Edward Geise at Brookville. Will Biggs was a business caller at Fort Wayne today. Ed Macy went to Toledo this noon on his regular trip. John Badders of Monroe was Tn the city today on business. Mrs. James Latsure of Monroe was shopping in the city today. Tom Galogly was looking after some business at Fort Wayne this morning. Lilah Lachot was acting as clerk at the Charles Voglewede shoe store today. Miss Utah Lachot and Mrs. Herbert Lachot were Fort Wayne visitors yesterday. , Mr. and Mrs. James Kocher and children have gone to Rome City, where they will spend several weeks at the lake. John Linn will arrive tonight from Cincinnati. Ohio, to visit with his uncles, Otto Reppert. Martin Miller and Henry Peters and families. J S, COVERDALE.M.I E b. COVE HOILE, M. Drs. J, S. GwiriUli andStm Special attention given to diseases of the Eye, Ear. Nose, and Throat Office 118# 2nd Street Decatur, Indiana

Wesley Hoffman made' a business trip to Fort Wayne today. Miss Josephine Shlemaker is visiting with her sister at. Toledo. Charles Locke returned home from a business trip to Fort Wayne. Mrs. John Haney of south of the city, was shopping here today. Mrs. David Archer of Pleasant Mills was here yesterday shopping. E. Bixler of Bente transferred here this’ morning enroute to Fort Wayne lor a visit. Tom Haefllng has arrived from Flint, Mich., to make a few days' visit with relatives. Miss Jeanette Kinney went to Fort Wayne today to visit her aunt, Mrs. Anna Golden. Hugo Relnking will spend the Fourth as the guests of his parents at Fort Wayne. Miss Elma Payne of the vicinity of St. Paul, Is visiting friends and relatives In Ohio. C. R. Tarbett, the typewriter man, of Fort Wayne, was here this morning on business. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Osterman of Monroe left this morning for Fort Wayne for a visit. Tom Reed left today for Rome City where he will spend a few days at that famous resort. Miss Mayne Deininger was attendin gto some business matters at Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Viola Hire of Van Wert, Ohio, is here for a visit with the Misses Tot and Ethel Hildebrand. John Schug went to Hoagland, where he was a business transactor there between trains. Luther Boyers left today for Ann Arbor, Mich., where lie will complete his course in medicine. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Troutner and daughter, Mabel, went to Fort Wayne to visit with her mother, Mrs. NancyRice. Happy is the "kid" that can hang on the ice wagon these days. Thu ice man is about the busiest man in the city. . Mr .and Mrs. Leo Miller will arrive from Huntington tomorrow for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Verena Miller. J«hn Schug arrived home today from his regular trip and will spend Sunday and the Fourth here with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearce leit today for Kokomo, where they w)U visit over Sunday and the Fourth with friends. Harry Starr was a business visitor in the city last evening and returned to his home at Bluffton late in the evening. Mrs. John Harvey called on Mrs William Mitchell, who is quite ill at her home east of Monroe, Tuesdayevening. All arrangements foi* the Fourth of July celebration have been completed by the band boys and they have put the finishing touches on a mighty big job. Frank Mills arrived home today noon from Angola, where he is attending school and will spend the holidays 'with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Mills. A card received this morning by F. V. Mills from J. C. Tritch of Bloomington, dated Friday, stated that Mrs. Tritch was improved, but not yet out of danger. A number of men have been canvassing the city- and township, taking a poll of the vote for the subsidy election of July 12th for the Fort Wayne & Springfield. Howard Wisehaupt came home today from Angola, where he is attending college and will spend the Fourth as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt. The Misses Miller and Alexander of Des Moines, lowa, passed through the city, stopping here for a short while on their way to Wren, Ohio, where they will visit with friends. Those who went out'yesterday afternoon on the 2:30 and 4 o’clock cars to attend the Queen Esther picnic were Huldah Loser, Dessie Mann, Florence Meyers. Eda Butler, Ruth Gay, Margaret Mills, Winnie Burke, Winifred Sowers. Lillian Rice, Bessie Jeffries, Tillie Meyers and Mrs. John Niblick. Mrs. G. F. Kintz and daughter, Ma* rie, arrived home yesterday. Miss Marie had been attending Urseline academy at Tiffin, Ohio, Mrs. Kintz going there to attend the commencement held there some time ago. They then visited relatives at Toledo, Fremont, Leipsic and Lima, Ohio, before returning home. Mrs. Barton France, who was operated upon Wednesday afternoon at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, by Doctors Miller and Deumling. is getting along well. The operation was a slight one and was performed in the afternoon of the same day she entered the hospital, instead of the next day as at first intended.

Miss Marie Boknecht of Allen county was shopping here yesterday.

Miss Marie Boknecht of Allen county was shopping here yesterday. Miss Nellie Blackburn was assisting at the Winnes shoe store today. Miss Emma Heckman of near St. John's was shopping here yesterday. Miss Mattie Thomas and Ivy Harvey were shopping in Decatur Friday. B. A. Winans was at Pleasant Mills today, looking after business matters. Henry Epke left this noon for St. Mary's Ohio, where he will spend the Fourth. Frank Cloud of Cralgville was in the city today rof a shore while on business. Mrs. C. W. Johnson of Monroe was a business visitor in the city thia morning. Miss Leota Bailey came home today from Marion to spend Sunday and the Fourth with her mother. B. A. Fledderjohann returned to New Bremen, Ohio, after attending to business hero tills morning. Homer Householder of Bluffton was a business caller here yesterday ami later returned to his home. Miss Mamie Kitson is recovering from a severe nervous attack, bordering upon nervous prostration. John Schug went to Richmond today, where he was attending to business matters between trains. Miss Agnes Vogiewede left at noon tor Ur-iori City, where she will spend the Fourth as the guest of Mrs. Harry Horn. Mrs Ed Macy and children left today for Elkhart, where they will be the guest of relatives for a number of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson and children have gone to Ohio City for an over-the-Fourtii of July visit with with relatives. Miss Abbie Kelsey went to Fort Wayne yesterday where she will visit over the Fourth with her sister, Mrs. Ina Syphers. Mrs. Joseph Daniels of Preble has leased a home on Sixth street and will move her family to this city to make her home. Mrs. Carrie Schaub, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Hardy Horn, at Union City, returned home this afternoon. Mrs. Charles Steele and children, who have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. David Steele on Route 2, have returned to the city. Ben Hoagland and Miss Gaily Nelson left today for Anderson, where they will visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. J. D. Van Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Lase Ellis and two children of Decatur were in the city Thursday afternoon er.route to Red key, Albany aiyl Indianapolis for a visit with relatives. —Portland Sun. The Misses Zoa and Henrietta Dodane of Fort Wayne and Bernardette Desh of Coldwater, Ohio, who have been house guests of Miss Marcella Kuebler during the week, returned home today. Ed Meyers, who has ben attending college at Ann Arbor, will arrive in the city in a day or two. Mr. Meyers has now completed his four years' course in law and is ready for practice. Dan Weidler, living north of the city is recovering from a case of blood poisoning in one hand which was scratched some time ago by a cat. The hand swelled to alarming proportions and was very painful for awhile. Mrs. John Christen left this after noon for Mansfield, Ohio, where she will visit with her son-in-law, the Rev. B. B. Uhl, and family. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harry Christen, and sons, Kenneth and Norman, of Fort Wayne arrived last evening to take charge of the household during her absence. Herman Gillig came home this afternoon from Monroe, where he has been working at the elevator. He has resigned his position there, the same taking effect at once. Mr. Gillig has purchased the old Van Camp mill on First street and as soon as convenient will put it in operation. Miss Goldie Friedline, who completed a course in the International Business college a few days ago, will leave today for her home at Delphos, Ohio, having accepted a position as stenographer in the officee of Dr. Tillotson at that place.—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Miss Friedline is a granddaughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Wherry of this city and has often visited here. Miss Bertha Heller, who has been several weeks in the east, writes of a most interesting trip. From here she went to Buffalo, thence to Passaic, N J., where she has been the guest of her cousins. With her cousins she enjoyed a trip to New York city, Coney Island, thence by ocean to Newport News. The trip also included Washington, D. C„ and Mt. Vernon. Philadelphia, and down the Hudson river to West Point, many things combining to make the visit in the east a most pleasant one. She will return in a few days.

The Harvest Time | f fl i si niam m m il sig-wwgrfCTmvki n i r' inmiMWi ii in * imih—h—ifott—i J Will soon be with us and the housewife will have || I need to look into her linen stock and find what K • there is wanting for the busy days ahead. <J We fi > are here to make this an easy task by the follow- J| U ing low prices. g 18 in. Linen toweling, just the width and the S weight for roller towels per yard 6c ® 16x16 in. Linen Napkins, per dozen 75c g jg 60 inch Bleeched Table Damask per yard . . 25c || B 4-4 Unbleached Sheeting, per yard 5c 8 sm STORE will remain closed MONDAY, JULY 4th., to give our employees a much needed rest, and to commemorate the Glorious Day of Independence. J- s Eg B The Kueb!er-=Moltz Co. Decatur Indiana. fl fl D-T-T-S 49

Mrs. Dick Hill and babe of Monmouth were shopping here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Bartling of Muncie were visiting here with relatives. Fred Schaub left today for Union City to be the guest of his sister, Mrs. Harry Horn, for a few days. Miss Marie Allison, who has been the guests of friends at Bluffton for a few days, came home yesterday. Miss Mayme Deininger wil spend Sunday at Fort Wayne as the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne. P. G. Williams left this morning for Geneva, where he will have charge of the Moser studio during the day. Orval Harruff was at Linn Grove today, where he was engaged in doing some surveying during the day. The local traffic on all railroads was good today by the many who wished to spend the Fourth at various places. Bess Baumgartner of Linn Grove and Ben Welker of Delaware, Ohio, will be the guests of Miss Lilah Lachot over the Fourth. Appropriate religious services will be held tomorrow in all the city churches, which the public is cordially invited to attend. The Guk Stock company, so well known here by theater goers, will play at Auburn next Monday evening, putting on "The Cry Baby.” Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Slusser and son, Kenneth, left this morning for Toledo, Ohio, where they will visit with her son. Roy Ames.

m n ~~ —ii —' ~ ~r—ar —=iai~ _ Ji—:=m B OUR BIG ANNUAL JULY SALE n I J Opens Saturday, July 9th. J —' I But prior to that time we have some J Real Values in Ginghams, Scotch Lawns Kimonas and House Dresses. At this time we are also offering some specials in dainty summer wear. See them in the window. Remember we are closing out our Fancy China Ware at 50c on SI.OO. Our Store wiU 1)0 closed all day next Monda y, July 4th to join in the ________________ bi# celebration. Don’t forget the big annual sale begins July 9th. H TRUE AND RUNYON I Hi ir m ini. —rrr 11 —. 11 -iH

ih. c t — Great Lines of Fourth of July Footgear -gj _ There’s no law against . 'J- wearing the shoes on the Fifth also—but you’ll certainly need them on the 4th. Jf... * What’s a Fourth at any rate without a cool and ’lt® comfortable pair of shoes? For Men and Women—Oxfords . Ties of all styles, Pumps, Slip- ' pers and Canvas Shoes in every good shape. Long price range. W| Summer Shoes and Barefoot Sandals for Children. ‘Jhsir 4 Give your faithful feet a T^n Summer home. We’ll be closed on the Fourth all Ur day. Make your selections iOO early * xA M. WINNES SHOE STORE 7?1