Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1910 — Page 3

™7 ***«« m coiorea tops had H a big demand this week. We have a long selection of these little shoes from 25c to 50c. Among this weeks arrivals are new I numbers in ladies Cravenette Top Patent ! shoes made on the Stage last. No trouble to show you. j J ================== I Il ! Charlie V oglewede I The Shoe Seller MMfIHHBHMHMkmKHHMMHMHMMBKinimMaMMaKaI - ——... — '■J..JU- * ,?#o*o>o>Gto<o o o*uou>o*o< .. 8S Nola Ahr went t 0 Fort XVaynv j this morning. ‘ WEATHER FORECAST t... Bert Bailey el Monroe wa. a bus!-' Cloudy tonight and Sunday; warm- neSS caller in llle cit J’ todayer in east and south portion tonight.' lliss Martha Fonner of Monmouth —L_?. was a visitor here yesterday. | Miss Anna Smith is spending the Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mann are spend-1 day with her sister, Miss Celia Smith, ing the day in Fort Wayne, and triends in Fort \\ ayne. Mesdames Frank Foreman and Ed Miss ( Electa Glancey is home from Mutter of Berne visited here yesterMonroe, where she has been visiting day. with her brother, Glen Glancey. . o ... , _ . Floyd Smith oi Fort Wayne will O ♦ spend Sunday in the city with his u ‘ ir 1 111 m3B 'WwB lining If l&fiSMC’i I'i-!la C'lirt-ii i of Monroe were business visitors here yesterday. • ■ laht 9 !'■■ \ :in - today, . rush. VDan Baumgart m i lilt today tin Ins att.-r tcai hir.g in l ;:isI week. Miss Int.e Angola, win-re sin- lias <■■ >n:■>!••:--i; a twelve weeks course tn tile liis.ate . Jte rftg” '■niwi-i college. ” " - X«U“S»» ' **'! 1 11111 "* '""T. L'J.l. 1 WK-'-" "'-*""--' — sob o J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer. Vica Prw. g ■ O O B ■ O H " E The Bowers Realty company have to offer ser- g 0 eral forty acre pieces of land, well improved, near q % Decatur at terms and prices that will appeal to g a you. The company also has now a 100 acre iarm, o O a96 acre farm, a 75 acre farm, a 53 acre farm g B that are very attractive. 0 The company also has plenty, of 5 per cent ® money. . g 2 ° O G * S 3 n „ c II The Bowers Realty Co. ~ French Quinn, Secty. nnnrancinnic ■WnIOHiSO® O ri O !3 O S O e3O®‘ >

u 3 UEI <J 63 c< — • Holthouse Schulte & Co. SUGGESTAs Practical Christmas Gifts O’coats Sweater coats Hats Suits Fur Gloves ’ Collars Dress Shirts Night Robes Mufflers UmS" Handtecbirfs Hvou Xt anything that does’nt fit ordoes’nt please him It you get ai y - , it for something right, bring it back. If we can t change get the money back.

Sisters Oharlotte and Henrietta | spent the day in Fort Wayne. Mrs| L. N. Grandstaff of Monmouth ! was a shopper here ypesterduy. John Schug, who was a business caller at Herne, returned home. J. fi. Lower went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with frleuJg. Mr. Hayes Is among the new mem-1 bers of the Baughman five and ten ' cent store clerical force. Harvey Elzey of Bluffton has returned to his home after looking after | business matters in the city. Howard Wisehaupt returned to the i city from Berne and will be the guest of bis parents until after the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Al Fritzinger have gone to Indianapolis to visit until New Year's with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fry. Mrs. Emma Case and daughter, Marguerite, visited in Monmouth ; yesterday afternoonf, going on the I four o’clock car. , Mont Fee lias returned home from - | his regular weekly trip and will re- • main in the city over Sunday as the guest of his family. Appropriate religious services will be held tomorrow in ail the churches i of the city to which the public is cor- ; dially invited. Helen Evans came home from . Berne, where she has been teaching, and will remain over Sunday with her ' parents north of the city. i' A large number of people were in 1 ( the city today, doing their holiday I 1 ' shopping, and the merchants are 'happy over the day’s business, | Miss Helen Evans, who teaches 1 near Berne, is here to spend the week- 1 end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Evans, in Root township. | P. G. Williams left today for Gene- ( va, where he had charge of the Moser studio during the day and will re- 1 main over until Sunday evening. E. S. Christen, teacher at the west I j ward, returned yesterday afternoon ' .to his home north of Monmouth to spend the week -end with his family, i 1 Quite a number of the members of 1 , the high school went to Columbia City Friday evening, where the hasket ball team played the high school > team at that place. I Gottlieb Kirchner returned yester- 1 day afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit with his brother. Edward Kir- ' chner, at Preble, where butchering ,' was in order yesterday. Miss Leota Bailey arrived home this afternoon from Berne, where she j has been teaching and will be the ' guest of her mother, Mrs. Ed Bailey, until after the holidays. Miss Marie Allison arrived in the city yesterday from Forest Glen, Md., ■ where she has been attending the National Park seminary, and will spend the holidays with her parents. Miss Irene Evans came home from Angola, where has been attending cillege, and will spend the holiday , vacation with her parents, Mr. and I Mrs. John Evans, north oft he city. Arthur Holthouse is expected to arrive home next week from Renssalaer where he is attending college, and will be the guest of his mother, Mrs. ■R. J. Holthouse, until after the holidays. | Mr. and Mrs. J. Herman Bueter returned to Fort Waayne yesterday aftetrnoon after a visit with Mrs. Elizabeth Heidemann. Mr. Bueter is the demacratic treasurer-elect of Allen county. Mrs. John Hofstetter of Craigville is here for a several days’ visit with her son, Chriis Hofstetter and family She came laden with Christmas oheer and her visit to her grandchildren was equal to that of Santa Claus. Mrs. T. C. Bixler of Muncie, who has been visiting relatives here for the past week, left on the 8:30 ear tor the Home of her uncle, John Omler. north of the city, where she spent a few’ hours before leaving today noon for her home.

Miss Rfflo Miller Is a new cleik a. the Fair store. Mrs. Allio Foughty went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Han Vail made a business trip to Fort. Wayne this mornlngi Mrs. Richard Harris was a For i | Wayne visitor this afternoon. Mrs. Glen Glancey of Monroe was | a shopper here this morning. | J. W. Kelley of Willshire, Ohio, was ! a business visitor here today. I Bruce Patterson is at home to spend i the week-end with his parents. I Charles Shepherd of Geneva was it guest of the J. C. Sutton family today. ! J. W. Baumgartner of Chattanooga, Ohio, was a business visitor here today. , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rhinehart were Fort Wayne visitors this afternoon. I George Kocher, manager of the Willshire Lumber Company, was here j today on business. 1 Miss Mary Dolch of Monroe lef< this morning for Fort Wayne, thence to Bellevue, Ohio, for a visit. I Mrs. G. R. Reed of Marion transferred here this morning, stopping off for a short visit with Mrs. James Rice. Otto Brandt and son, Carl, went tFort Wayne this morning for a vis? with his brother, Rev. F. F. Brandt, and family. Several from this city were in at- [ tendance at the funeral of Mrs. Della Ake, which was held today from the Christian church at Poe. I Miss Beatrice Van Camp, who has been attending college at Naperville, 111., arrived home this afternoon for a three weeks’ vacation. Harry Beam of Willshire, Ohio, who took the civil service examination here this morning, left for Ft. Wayn ■ later in the day on business. Miss Mabel Hower, eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dal Hower, is quite sick with a severe cold, and is under the care of a physician. The large doll to be given away at 8 p. m., December 23rd, by the Fair store, is attracting much favorable attention from its seat in the window. Wesley Evans, aged sixty-seven, a prominent man of Jefferson township, who on election day was afflicted by paralysis, which affected his right side, is still in a helpless condition, having lost the use of his entire right side. Mr. and Mrs. Al Steele and granddaughters, Neva and Naomi Laman went to Fort Wayne to spend the day and while there called on Mrs. Mary Steele, who is a patient at Hope hospital, where she was operated upon recently. She is said to be get- , ting along nicely. i Mr. and Mrs. Dee Jackson return- ■ <-d this morning to their home in Chicago after a several months’ stay here and a visit with his father, William Jackson, and other relatives. Dee is an expert poultry man and for the past two or three months has been assisting at the Berling poultry plant: during the season which is just closing, the company having sent to Chicago for him in recognition of his ability in this line. I The Decatur and Columbia City basket ball teams who will play a match game at the Rhoads hall Friday evening have given out their line-ups for the contest and they are as follows: Decatur: Peterson and Burke, guards; Krick, center; Berry and Beaty, forwards. Columbia City: Windel and France, guards; Strouse, center; Yontz and Blain, forwards. The two high school teams are evenly matched and the game will be well worth going to see. The contest will start promptly at 8:15. The Decatur team will arrive at 1:40 over the Pennsylvania and will be quartered at the Clugston hotel. —Columbia City Mail. A wreck on the Clover Leaf railroad last night, between Warren and Van Buren, tied up traffic between Frankfort and Delphos for several hours last night and as a result passenger train No. 4, due east out ot this city at 6:31 p. m„ did not arrive here until 3 o’clock this morning. Six I cars of train No. 41 westbound on the > Clover Leaf were piled up in the ditch because of a broken rail. The cars were filled with coal and wheri the smash-up occurred the coal was scattered all directions® as were parts of the cars. Luckily there was no one on any of the cars at the time and no one was injured. The property loss, however, will reach several hundred dollars.—Bluffton Banner. IT OPENED TODAY. A bowling alley has been opened in the building recently vacated by the Baughman five and ten cent store, the doors being thrown open today noon and a number of lovers of this sport are enjoying tnemseives. The outfit belongs to the Maple Grove Park association, who will conduct the alley during the winter months.

.... . || | I - . '■■■ ■■ ■< ■.ii.iv.-.. c I Our Big Half Price Closing Out i: Sale Also Includes the following wonde ful offer - j ft . . ? T i.'»“ ' j J ~ | ■ ’ | J kffiri 41 B ■ W iL I ’ J Li i ONE OF THESE HANDSOME $3.00 THOROUGH- ’ LY GUARANTEED KITCHEN SETS FOB 98c 0.1 oar plan. Sae ths valuabla present we are holding for yon. Also learn why your dollars have a greater purchasing power with us. Everything in I the store goes at one-half price. Moser’s Ghir)a Store. J. E. Moser, Prop. Decatur, Ind. < V'X

Rings—Good gold filled for child. 75c; your best girl kind, SI.OO and up. Didot, jeweler, north side of court house. 289t3 HOUSES FOR RENT—one on South Fifth street and two on Mercer avenue. For particulars call ’phone 227. 295t3 FOR SALE—Farm of 90 acres near good shipping station, centralized school, ’phone line, % mile to stcne road; SSO per acre. Address Owner, IR. D. 1, Box 96, East Orwell, O. 295t4 BUCKWHEAT ... FLOUR.. . For Sale Inquire of John Hessler, R. R. 2; Phone No. 10 N. L., or leave order at Smith Yager & Falk’s; warranted 10 be genuine. 'I . - i I 1 ..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 County Bank

irniz-itzzz—--1 JBL U-TV i' , ....... . .. — i OLD SANTA’S got the “White Stag Cigar”-and that’s a = | good suggestion for you if buying for a man. | The value of a gift of a box of them is enhanced k. a hundred fold to have “him” find in his stock- r - ing on the gladsome Christmas morn the kind he W f always buys for himself, his favorite brand the | “White Stag” • i J £IT Put up in fancy holiday packages (-j YA and for sale by all dealers. /y I | Where are You Going? I ‘■■ — ■ BSiS3E3MBREfIHBBBH3BfIBHBNBfIBBR£RBHfIDI & B M HERE IS THE PLACE YOU B g» WANT TO BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS jg CANDIES AND FRUITS. gp M WE ARE OFFERING SPECIAL . ' » PRICES TO ALL CHURCHES AND * jg SCHOOLS. ® gg THE OLD RELIABLE STAND ry WHO HANDLES THE HI-MI-LA AND fig HICKOKS CANDIES. COME AND ™ GET OUR PRICES. B — _ - ■ PS ■ Fl jg i Schlickman & Girod S 888888888888888888888888888888