Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1910 — Page 3

•ii " ' I We’ve Sold I -a bunch of Tan oxfords this week and tomorrow will see I a lot of them go. We have I priced these goods so low that you can afford to have several ! I pairs. Some of the styles dis- I I played in the north window, ! I $1.45, $1.95 and $2.29 | I Charlie Voglewede I ■ j The Shoe Seller I

♦o*o*o*o*o*o*o ♦ o*o*o*o*o4 2 J t I WEATHER FORECAST 3 J 2 ' o*o*o*o*o ♦ o*o*o*o*o*o*o* Partly cloudy with thunder storms > tonight or Saturday. _=s ( Miss Emma Gillig spent the day at Berne. ( I A. J. Smith was a business caller at t Pennville today. Dr. Sowers was a professional call- r ' er at Portland today. Chas. Christen made a business trip I to Fort Wayne today. £ Miss Lulu Atz was the guest of „ I friends at Berne today. The Misses Maud and Jennie Kurt t | of Monmouth were shopping here yes- ■ terday. Murray Scherer, who was transact- j ing business in Monroe, has returned j to the city. Mrs. Durbin returned last evening < to Peru after a visit here with Mrs. J ■ Helen Berling. The Misses Marie and Clara Bok- ' | necht of Allen county were shopping 1 E here yesterday. * 1

— X klfeL £ DON’T : ik , 1 LOSE W ] YOUR MONEY ; Through those many little leaks ( that coaid be stopped with a check1 ing acoount. Start a cheeking account with us 1 today—have us kep your funds 1 saf« from careless spending, theft, , fire loss, etc. < The checking account costs you nothing and is a convenience and j real business need of today. I , THE OLD Adams bounty Bank

— — I ■OBOBOBOBOBOBODBOBOBOBOBOBOBOB ® J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer. Vice Pres. H ! LOftNS i I 2 The Bowers Realty Company o I " calls your attention to its loan de- o J partment. ’ The Company has five per cent < o money to loan on sensible and ad- g I ■ vantageous terms. ■ 2 Our loans have certain features that will appeal o I ■ about farms, city properties and abstracts. g £ The Bowers Realty Co. ■ French Quinn, Secty. g ■

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Charles Christen made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Ixniise Murphy and Mrs. A. Van Camp visited at Fort Wayne. William Bodell of Pleasant Mills was a business caller here today. Mrs. Noah Loch spent the day at Fort Wayne as the guest of friends. Louis Koenemann, from north of the city, was a business transactor in the city today. Philip Schlemmer and Ed Carrier of near Monroeville were business visitors here today. Mrs. Otto Reppert will go to Cincinnati, Ohio, tomorrow to be the guest of relatives. Ed Kleinhenz of Fort Wayne was the guest of friends for a short while Thursday evening. Walter E. Cook of Fort Wayne was in the city today looking after some insurance business. Byrd Smith left today for Rome City to sptftd a week or so with the John Peterson family. Dick Buckmaster went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon to call on his wife, who is a patient at the hospital. Mrs. Henry Knapp and son, Harry, will leave tomorrow for Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will visit with relatives. Frank Gass of the Fullenkamp store returned today from Detroit, where he attended the Elks’ convention. Edwina ana Beatrice Van Camp and Richard Boch were among the number who witnessed the show at Fort Wayne. Josephine and Letta Lang and Jessie McLain will leave Sunday for Rome City to spend several week’s outing. Grandma Steudler of Union township returned Thursday from an extended visit with relatives at Mauch Chunk, Pa. Mrs. B. J. Terveer will entertain this evening at her home in honor of Mrs. Anthony Holthouse of Jonesboro, Ark. "Mr~aiid' Mrs. Eli Ray of Monroe passed through the eity this morning on their way to Fort Wayne for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Omer Lewellyn. JSCOVEHDALE.M.D.E. t. COTUIUE. M. Ore. 1. S. (Joverdale anaSon Special attention given to diseases of the Eye. Ear, Nose, and Ttiroal Office 11 2nd Street Decatur, Indians

Emma Gillig was transacting some 'business at Richmond today. John Miller of Detroit, Mich., is a business caller hi our city. Mrs. William Woods of Wren, Ohio, was shopping here yesterday. Ed Boknecht of Allen county was a business visitor here today. C. I. Golder of Huntington was a business caller here yesterday. O. V. Graham of Monroe was a business visitor in the city today. Miss Mina Acker left today soRlchtnond, where she will make a short visit with friends. Quite a number of people from this city will leave Sunday for Rome City for a couple weeks’ outing. Charles Loch returned home today from his regular trip and later left for Fort Wayne on business. Charles Peterson wjU this ev . -’fling far IMIW, Colo., where he will look attrr business for some time. Mrs. F. A. Stetler of Willshire was shopping in the city yesterday afternoon, leaving for her home on the evening train. Mrs. Jere Torrence of Marion and Miss Fiances Bryson of Portland are guests today of Mrs. Harry Staver. — Bluffton News. Mrs. Della Fetzer and daughter, Hattie, of Frankfort, who have beei’ visiting here, were spending the day in Fort Wayne. Before leaving on your summer trip don’t fail to order the Democrat sent to your address. Sent anywhere for ten cents a week. W. H. Lehne, who has been in attendance at the Elks’ convention at Detroit. Mich., for several days, arrived home this afternoon. F. B.’ Tague stopped off here Thursday afternoon enroute home to Greenville, Ohio, from Gary, where he had been on business matters. Fred Tague, who has been attending to some business here for a fewdays past, left this morning for his home at Greenville, Ohio. Next Wednesday will be pay day for the employees of the G. R. & I. and the usual large bulk will be left in this city for the employees. Mrs. H. M. Mathewson and granddaughter ot Pleasant Mills left for Fort Wayne this morning, where they will visit with Mrs. Mathewson's son. H. M. Christianer of Lincoln, Neb., who for several months has been visiting with relatives here, left today for Fort Wayne, where he will remain a few days, visiting friends there. Mrs. Will Lampa of Van Wert, Ohio, is here for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Hannah Gunsett, and her brother and sister, Henry Gunsett, and Mrs. Martin Andrews and families. Mrs. B. G. McKinney of Columbus, Ohio, left today for Napoleon, Ohio, where she will make.her future home. While here she was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mathews. Clarence Elzey, who has been visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Elzey, left today for Monroe for a short stay with friends. He will then proceed to his home at Dunkirk. Miss Lucile Hale, stenographer for the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway company, will leave tomorrow for Chicago, where she will make a week's visit with her sister, Mrs. H. T. Gregg. Mrs. Roman Holthouse, Mrs. Mayme Lynch, Misses Mayme Terveer, Mayme and Ada Deininger, Rose and Bert Voglewede will go to Rome City Sunday to spend two weeks at the sanitarium. The Anthony Overman family of Covington, Ky., related to the families here, passed through the city enroute to Rome City, where they will spend the remainder of the season at the Barney Meibers cottage. Henry Kruel of the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway went to Sidney, Ohio, yesterday, accompanying his family home last evening. They had been visiting in that and other Ohio cities for the past several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Phipps have returned to Chicago after a visit here ♦ ith his mother, Mrs. John Phipps. While here they made arrangements for the remodeling of one of their residence properties. Miss Ada Fuhrman, who has been clerking in her brother’s store at Cambridge City, and who is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Fuhrman, at Monroe, was shopping and calling on friends heer today. M. F. Worthman, teacher in the Decatur high school, who has been at Terre Haute for several weeks, attending the normal school, writes that the school work is fine and he is working hard. He will graduate from the normal this summer. D. H. Hunsicker, conductor on the Fort Wayne & Springfield, has resumed work after an enforced vacation of a week or more on account of an injury sustained to one of his feet by falling from the car roof to the hard pavement at Fort Wayne.

C. G. Egley of Berne was a business visitor In the city today. John Frlslnger made a business trip to Berne this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Kauffman of Redkey are visiting friends here. Mrs. Fanny Cole and Mrs. Presnali spent the afternoon in Fort Wayne. Miss Dessle Beery is enjoying her vacation with friends at Lima, Ohio. Master at the Star airdome this evening will no doubt prove a good drawing card. Mrs, Florence DeVilblss and Mas ter Devere Pressnall are guests at the Kunkel farm at Monmouth this afternoon. Harold and John Archbold returned home this afternoon from Peters&h where they were visiting with friends. Mrs. Anna Mct'rawley of Willshire, who has been the guest of friends here for several days, left this noon for her home. Herman and Richard Ehinger will leave Sunday for Rome City, where they will spend several weeks, taking their summer vacation. John Brandyberry of Monroe Changed cars here this morning on his way to Ohio City, where he was attending to business interests. Don't fail to notify this office if your paper is not delivered each evening on time. Prompt and careful service it what we desire to give our patrons. Rev. Imler and Joe Lower were at Monroeville today, where they attend- I ed the United Brethren Sunday school convention, which was held there today. Dr. H. E. Keller made a professional call at Bobo this morning on Arthur Harris, who is recovering from a severe case of blood poisoning of the hand. Mrs. John Christen has returned . from a visit with her son-in-law, Rev. B. B. Uhl, and family at Mansfield. Ohio, and with her sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Magley, at Kenton, Ohio. Jacob .Miller of Detroit, Mich., left today for Geneva, where/he will visit with two of his brothers and then go on to Indianapolis, where he will make a short stay with his sister. From there he will return to his home at Detroit. Mrs. E. A. Straub, who has been the guests of friends here for several days, left this morning for Kalamazoo, Mich., where she will put their household goods in shape for shipping them to Fort Wayne, where they will reside in the future. The fire on the Joel Falk farm near Bobo last night was noticed here by a number of people, but they were unable to locate it exactly. A larg? bam, filled with new hay is thought to have caught fire from spontaneous combustion, and was entirely destroyed. The quarantine on the Shafer Peterson home, occasioned by the illness of their little granddaughter, Pauline Wolford, who had the scarlet fever, has been lifted, and Mr. Peterson was on the street again today, greeting his host of friends after his long confinement. "Mrs. Billy ißeed and daughter arrived from Tulsa. Okla., for a visit with Al Burdg and family and other friends. Mr. Reed was formerly an employee of the Democrat office. They like their new uome in Tulsa very much and are well, happy and prosperous. The articles on skillful baseball playing in The Youth’s Companion have attracted wide attention. The series is continued in two of the summer issues of the paper. One article discusses signalling "At Bat and on Bases.” the other on signaling for "Base-Running Plays." Ralph and Marie McCurdy of North Meridian street left on the evening train Wedesday for Monroe to be guests of David Everhart and family. They will be absent until sometime in August and before their return will visit an aunt, Mrs. Ella W’ood, at Decatur. —Portland Sun. Mrs. George Ulmer and son. Robert, of East Walnut street went to Fort Recovery, Ohio, Wednesday evening for a visit with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Heffner, and family. Mr. Ulmer, who Is one of the linotype operators at the Star office, will move his family to Muncie in the near future. — Portland Sun. Reports submitted at the regular meeting of the Northeastern Indiana Hay and Grain Producers’ and Shippers’ association, held Tuesday evening at the Commercial club rooms, indicated that grain conditions in this section of the state are very good. Dealers expect the new wheat to open at a 90c quotation. Better grades of hay are scarce in a general tonnage that is heavy, with clover and clover mixed predominating. A sample of new wheat threshed near Huntington was shown, and the quality apepars to be very good. G. T. Burk of Decatur presided at the meeting in the absence of President H. H. Deam of Bluffton.--Fort Wayne Sentinel.

3 GREAT SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY, JULY 16 No use in wasting time telling you why we’re offering these bargains. You know that everybody cleans house and we’re no exception to the rule, We’ve made up our mind to offer you some rare values and it’s up to you to take advantage of them. OA Outing Suits, Fancy Cheviots, make splendid work or business suits for summer wear. Sizes 31 to 36. Formerly sold at $7.50, SIO.OO and $12.50 Saturday’s prices $3,75 $5.00 and $6.25 a q Pairs Men’s and Youth’s Pants, fancy mixtures, W splendid values, broken sizes; Formerly sold at $3.50 to $6.00 Saturday’s prices $1.85 t° $3.00 nr Boy’s Knee Pant Suits, fancy mixtures, splendid suits for service. Sizes 9to 15 years. Formerly sold at $3.00 to $5.00 Saturdays prices $1.50 to $2.50 To take advantage of thesefspecials is like finding money. We’d like to show you Saturday. Holthouse Schulte <% Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys

Miss Jessie Magley was a Fort Wayne caller this afternoon. Herman Yager was looking after some business at Portland today. Harry Quinn of Kansas City is in the city visiting with his brother, French Quinn. These are quiet days at the court house, where there is positively not enough doing co maxe a three-line local. These hot, close days suit the Confer Ice Cream company for the popular product made by them is being sought for. Lose & Thomas, the cigar men, are having a big run on their White Stag these days. While they are rushed all the time they want your business and will take care of you if you give them a chance. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heller and children will leave tomorrow morning for Rome City, where they will seek the delights usual to that popular summer resort for the next two weeks. I Phil Mackltk will take a two weeks’ vacation from the Vance, Hite & i Macklin store, beginning Monday, and ’ he and his family will enjoy that period of time back on the farm, where they are planning many pleasures. ./The season of special sales is here ] and the Decatur merchants, always alive, are offering great bargains. Read the advertisements the next two or three weeks if you want to take advantage of the marked-down prices in clothing, dry goods, shoes, etc.

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