Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1910 — Page 3

Have You Seen —-our extra wear arctics? Arctics made with extra heavy heels and toe caps Double wear where the wear comes. We have them in mens’ ladies, girls and boys. Don’t cost any more than the ordinary kind but give twice the wear. See them before you buy your arctics. We have the exclusive sale of them for this county! Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

..You can squeeze the sponge of your earnings dry—squeeze every possible cent out of them and put It by for that opportunity—with a checking account here. There is no system better than a checking account for saving every possible cent for the man In business or private life. Drop in and see one of our officers who will courteously and gladly explain every detail of a CHECKING ACCOUNT with THE OLD Adams Bank

h . L- xa-J E—-, L... A Ooes Santa Claus Smoke?- n S r» £ £ & I Tradition has told us all about the Old Boy, and of course what ever he does is the right thing. Well just listen to this:- - 1 11 ■■ "" H ghten Toyland, off coast of Greenland and m | i7! that Via wireless to Noya Scotia, Dec 3, ’lO booby i | the E. (Special to the Daily Democrat) passes " mouth Dear old Santa is preparing his pack Johns •’ Aid here. During the past year while work- tied f - ’ her an ing in his world famed shop, he has en- churcl da and joyed smoking the popular White Stag famih way, eigar, made by Lose & Thomas, Deca- S. Chi 'HI re- tur, Ind., and he has decided to give and th gg He la- them to the men “who have been good’’ eociet teat- this year, because he knows their M which worth. He says it’s the best preseet mem > there and will be the most appreciated of reigne barlee any thing he knows. * p : J • the — ———- ” en s£j S guests stormy weather, with its gusts of ed t JV ■OB o ■ o ■ o «o boboobobobobobobobob ■ J. s. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. ■ ■ ■ S o ■ O 5 | O O a96 acre farm: a75 acre farm, a 53 acre tarm ■ o that T a h e ecom y p"° f SPW | ■ money. ■ O O £ I * The Bowers Realty Co. V French Quinn, Secty. g 0808080801080880808080808080

&o*o*o<o*o#o<o ♦ ooo#o*odo<» ? WEATHER *o<ooo*o*o ♦ oeo*o»o«»o*o<o* Fair and colder tonight; Tuesday unsettled and somewhat colder, with brisk and high northeast winds, shifting to northwest, Arthur Fisher was at Berne today on business. Wesley Hoffman is in Toledo, Ohio, on business. John Elzey was a business caller at Berne today. . Ed Johnson was a business caller at Fort Wayne today. Richard Thieme went to Ft. Wayne Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Porter went to Fort Wayne this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sherry went to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Agnes Costello went to Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday. James Dailey and daughter, Bernice, spent Saturday afternoon in Fort Way nt. Raymond Umphrey returned to Van Wert, Ohio, after a visit here with friends. Emanuel Woods left today on a business trip to Dayton and several other cities.

L. T. Brokaw of Fort Wayne »;»ait Sunday here with his family. Wash Burrell has gone to Albion for a week’s visit wttn friends. Frank Davis and family will move from Root township to this city. Mrs. William Sheler was at Fort Wayne today the guest of friends. The Misses Anna and Tena Rademaker spent the day in Fort Wayne. T. R. Moore shows steady improvement since his attack of appendicitis. Miss Bessie Jeffries visited with relatives and friends at Wren, Ohio, over Sunday. t P. G. Williams, who was at Geneva over Sunday, returned home this morning. John Bowers made a business trip to the southern part of the county this morning. E. J. Bailey left this morning on his regular trip after spending Sunday at his home here. Miss Hope Hoffman is a Saturday clerk at the True & Runyon store during the holiday rush. C. D. Lewton, who was In the city over Sunday with his family, left this morning for Portland. F. M. Armantrout was a business called here today, leaving at noon for his home at Geneva. Mrs. S. E. Edington left this morning for her home at Nappanee after a visit here with her son. Miss Ella Edington of Ossian, who spent Sunday here with her brother, returned ta Ossian today. Frank DeVoss was quite sick the past week and was unable to attend school during that time. Mrs. Glen Glancey of Monroe was here today as the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stultz. Will Bering of Bluffton returned to his work at that place after spending Sunday here with his friends. , < Floyd Smith of Fort Wayne returned to his work today after an overSunday visit with his family. Peter and Bernard Miller went to Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon for a visit with F. M. Miller and family. Miss Anna Meyers went to Fort Wayne Saturday aftersoon for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Mausbaum, over Sunday. Mrs. Noah Sheets and family are moving from Root township to this city and will make their home on Jefferson street. Mr. and Mrs. Cowan left Saturday for Auburn, where they will make their home. Mr. Cowan having in interest inra racket store there. Will Conrad and family of Preble township have gone to Kansas, where they will reside, Mr. Conrad having purchased a farm there. Misses Leota Bailey and Helen Evans, who spent Sunday here with their parents, left this morning for Berne, to resume their school work. Mrs. Jacob Hullinger, one of the pioneer ladies living on Route 5, is quite badly afflicted with rheumatism, neuralgia and heart trouble. Fred Hoffman and son, Oscar, have gone to Newcastle to resume their work on the school building at that place after spending Sunday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Studabaker and daughter, of Lagrange, who have been guests at the home of her parents, near Magley .left this morning for their home. Mrs. Ed Luttman and sons, Floyd and John, of Magley, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. D. C. W’agoner, and her sister, Mrs. Adam Brown, at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Frances McCampbell and daughter Mrs. Lizzie Abell, have moved from their home near Maplo Grove park, to the McCampbell farm northwest of tho city. A Bluffton dispatch says: “John Wisner of this city, recently bought the Eagle laundry, located at Muncie, and is seeking a new location for the plant. He may locate at Decatur.” Martin Ault, a former young man of this city, but now employed at Marion, Ind., writes friends here that he likes his new job, and expects to make that place bls home for some time at least. Will Butler and family will move about March Ist to their newly acquired farm north of the city, which was recently purchased from Fred Bohnke. Willis McQueen and family, who have been living on the farm, will probably come to this city to live. E. F. Berling, clerk in the trainmaster’s office at tne Pennsylvania, has resumed his work after a two months leave of absence which he spent at his home at Decatur. Mr. Berling was troubled with nis eyes at the time he left and is much better now. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Mrs. Jesse McFarland and daugh ters passed through the city Saturday afternoon on their way to their home at Marion after a visit over Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neirieter ,at Middletown. They were accompanied here by Mrs. McFarland's brother, Claude Neirelter.

P. G. Hooper made a business trip to Fort Wayne this momlngl Walter Johnson made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. P. W. Smith of Richmond passed through the city this morning on his way to Fort Wayne. Mrs. A. J. Porter and son, Giles, of south of the city were entertained at dinner Sunday by J. R. Porter and family. Miss Anna Meyers had as her guests at supper Sunday evening the Misses Mamie Harting, Anna Baker and Anna Miller. Mrs. Clara Ray of Garrett and MrS. H. E. Peterson of Fort Wayne returned home this morning after visiting here with the Alex Hower and J. G. Smith families. Jacob Heller reports that his daughter, Mrs. Warren Jones, of Willshire, who was operated upon at the St. Joseph hospital, Fort Wayne, a few weeks ago, is improving nicely, much to the gratification of all her friends. Charles Foughty of Bluffton, who is a motorman on the B. G. & C. interurban line, was in the city Saturday attending to business matters, instead of visiting with his family, as was mentioned In Saturday's issue, and which we were asked to correct. Robert Blackburn received a postal card yesterday from his wife, who is spending the winter with relatives at Los Angeles, Cal. She stated that she had great difficulty in keeping from dating her letters May instead of November —so delightfully warm is the climate there. Mrs. Russell Kerr of South Salem, who has been at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Porter, south of the city, for the past six or seven weeks, has recovered sufficiently from an attack of typhoid fever to return home. Mrs. Kerr had been suffering from the fever since the first of Angust and had recovered sufficiently to come to her parents’ home for a visit. While there she suffered a relapse. Mrs. H. L. Coverdale left this morning for Fort Wayne where she will visit with relatives. She expects to spend the greater part of the time at the Philley Homestead, just south of the city. This was the childhood home of Mrs. Coverdale, her parents having purchased the place and moved there when she was but two years of age, and the homestead still remains in the family, making it a delightful place to visit. Arthur Firtier is about the happiest man in the city today. He was recently informed by the manufacturers of the Flanders automobile that his car. which was purchased late this fall through the Berne agency, would be equipped with all of the 1911 equipments free of charge. The machine was brought to the city this afternoon and Mr. Fisher is desirous of his friends knowing the generosity of the makers of this machine, and is busy demonstrating to them his 1911 car bought in advance. — jj. PNEUMONIA PROVED FATAL. Pneumonia, with'which it had been ailing a little more than a week, this morning at 7:30 o’clock proved fatal to Alice, nine months and five-days-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Stevens of High street. The little one had been dangerously ill for several days, but on Saturday seemed much better and hopes at that time were entertained for her recovery. The parents have left'Jo them but one son, three-year-old Htfgh, and the death of this little one is a serious grievance to them. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at the home, in charge of the Rev. Sherman Powell of the Methodist church. Burial in the city cemetery. — oBOY WANTED —Some good boy can make a dollar a week spending money by assisting in the mailing department about an hour and a half each evening, except an hour extra on Wednesday evening. Inquire of Earl Snow, foreman Daily Democrat.

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