Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1911 — Page 3

It Is Evident ...that we are giving some exceptional bargains because of the number of people who are taking advantage of this money saving sale. Better come and see. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

I WEATHER FORECAST I *y*o»o*o*o ♦ o*o>o*o*o4o4o# Rain or snow, colder tonight. Sunday fair. Corley Wilson was a business caller at Fort Wayne today. Floyd Smith of Fort Wayne will ■pend Sunday in the city with his faro ily. Miss Clara Bultemeier went to Ft. Wayne to visit over Sunday with relatives. Velma Daniels of near Berne will ■pend Sunday in the city with her sisters. P. G. Williams left today for Geneva. where he had charge of the Moser studio. M. L. Oliver of Monroe was among the business callers in our city this morning. Miss Madge Hite has returned from a visit with Miss Frances Bryson, in Portland. Fred Isch, residing east of the city, w'ho has been ill for some time, has gone to Logansport, where he is taking treatment or a specialist.—Bluffton Banner.

..You can squeeze the sponge es 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 ofllcers who will courteously and gladly explain every detail of a CHECKING ACCOUNT with THE OLD Adams M Bank

SOB O ■ O ■ o ■ O HOBCDHOIOBOIOIQIOiOB • J. s. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres, go II O ■ O S S o ■ m 2 The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- O 5 lent bargains in city property and Adams county ■ fls farms. The company would be pleased to have O vou C all at its office and see its offerings. The com- q * nanv has plenty of five per cent money to loan on m 2 reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ® o Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty j years experience, complete records. O 0 ■ ■ o O The Bowers Realty Co. m T French Quinn, Secty. O ZmomoßQßonomom^omomomomomomv

i George Trlcker, who was at Delphos on business, has returned home. Rudolps Schug of Berne was among the business callers here today, i Florian Starost was the assistant helper at the Charles Voglewede shoe store today. Miss Della Sellemeyer left today for Portland, where she will spend Sunday with friends. John Lachot is home from his weekly trip and will remain over Sunday with his family. Ed Vancil came home today from Fort Wayne and will spend Sunday here with his family. John Arbaugh, west of town, was in Decatur Friday attending to business affairs. —Portland Review. Thurman Porter of Parker City is in the city for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Porter. Oscar Laar of Churubusco is visiting with his sisters, Mesdames, J. S. i Edwards and John Burke. Mrs. N. K. Todd spent yesterday afternoon in Fort Wayne visiting with friends. —Bluffton Banner. Appropriate religious services will be held tomorrow in all the city churches, to which the public is cordially invited. 1 A fine $3 halter found on Second ' street by Lou Jeffers. Owner can have same by calling on him and paying for thia ad. Helen Evans, who has been teaching 1 at Berne this week, came home this morning from an over Sunday visit with her parents. Mesdames John Christen and W. H. Fledderjohann went to Monmouth yesterday afternoon to visit with Mrs. Roy Wolford, who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Diehl have just returned from Fort Wayne where they have been visiting on their wedding trip with his sister Mrs. Nora Brentlinger. Word from Dallas Hunsicker who several weeks ago left for Taft, Fla., j for a visit with relatives writes rel- ; atives here that they are having a fine 1 time and enjoying themselves very much. Tomorrow at St. Mary’s church the report of the last year will be read at the late mass, and will include the expenditures incurred in various ways for the keeping up of the church and school. Martin Mylott, who attended the electrical show at Chicago, returned home and reports one of the most successful displays he has ever seen. He was sent there at the expense cf the city, as has been the custom for several years, and ihe derived much benefit both for himself and the city from his visit.

Professor E. E. Rice was in Genova today. Mds. J. H. Cole is listed Bmnng the grip sufferers. C. C. Schug of Berne was a business visitor here today. W. T., Clarence and Will Wells went to Fort Wayne tins morning. Russel and Floyd Acker left today for Van Wert to make a visit with friends. Miss Bessie Congleton and nephew Winfield Mnddy, spent the day in Ft. Wayne. Mrs. D. If. Fulleton of Monmouth is gradually recovering from a recent operation. Mrs. Gertrude Sonday and daughter, Fay, went to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. Joseph Bowen transferred here enroute from Willsblre, 0., to Fort Wayne. John Sprunger of Berne returned to his home after being a business caller in the city yesterday. Prof. E. E. Rice w’aa at Geneva today attending to some business pertaining to the city schools. ,Mont Fee returned home today from his regular trip and will remain over Sunday with his family here. Mrs. Annetta Miller of Monroeville is in the city for a visit with Mrs. Mary Steele on Winchester street. J. H. Holthouse of Decatur was in the city yesterday afternoon attending to business affairs. —Bluffton Banner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yobst of Fort Wayne' were here for a short while yesterday morning on business. Returning home, they stopped off for a few hours’ visit with Mrs, Yobst’s sister, Mrs. S. S. Magiey, at Monmouth. The work on the Henry Knapp building has been somewhat delayed ( the last few days on account of the wet weather. The foundation would have been almost finished if the wet weather of this week hand not interfered. The plans for the proposed new rebuilding of the Deßolt school house, which was totally consumed by fire recently, have been submitted to the advisory board but no action will be taken on them till the first of the week. Mrs. Catherine Albright and grandson, Clyde Albright, returned yesterday afternoon to their home in Fort Wayne, after a several days’ visit with the John Schurger family. Mrs. Albright resided here eigiht years ago. She says the city has changed since then. A. C. Ball and children, Marie and Clelland, left this morning for their future home at Moline, 111. Mrs. Ba'.i and Pansy will remain here until Miss Pansy is able to stand the trip, which will probably be next week. She Is rapidly recovering from the attack of gall stones. J. C. Burkhead and wife returned to their home at Fort Wayne after attending the funeral of their grandmother, Mrs. Anna Burkhead. yesterday morning. Mr. Burkhead is better known to his Decatur friends as "Claude.” He is now engaged in b'laeksmithing in Fort Wayne. Charles Hendricks, one of the employees at the People’s restaurant, is very sick at his home with an attack of the grip. Wednesday night his fever was 103 and his condition was quite serious for a while. His place at the restaurant is being filled by William Myers until he is able to return. Morris & Company will start another 5 and ten cent store, making in all six stores owned and operated by the j local men. The new store will be in Portland, and J. A. Morris stated today they expected to be open for business July Ist. Portland has no store of this kind and the opening seems to be a good one. —Bluffton Banner. Tom Everett of Little Rivers, Kansas, arrived yesterday afternoon for a visit with his brother, John Everett, and other relatives, he being the youngest brother of the Everett boys. He spent a couple of days in Toledo, Ohio, coming from that place here. Mr. Everett’s wife and daughter visited here about two years ago. H. F. Callow and family left today for their new home in West Plains, Mo-, where they will spend the winter. Their trip was delayed somew'hat on account of the illness of Mrs. Callow, but she has improved so as to now permit them to proceed on their journey. Tiie best wishes of their many friends accompany the Callow family to home. On rtext Thursday Councilmen Henry Nuxall, John Feit and Fred Schneider, accompanied by City Electrician Frank Schultz, will leave for Decatur, Ind., where they will inspect the electric light plant at that place. They will be met at Fort Wayne by one of the representatives of the Fort Wayne Electric Works and he will accompany them to Decatur and show them a. modern plant that has both nigiht and day current, ft is possible that Mayor Bloom will accompany the party, this, however, depending on how busy he is at that particular time. —Columbia City Commercial-Mail.

Golda Gay left today for Van Wert to make a weeks visit with relatives. Jude Hoff of Monrpo has returned to hit home after a business trip here this morning. Lester Dailey of Willsblre, Ohio, transferred hero today enroute to Ft. Wayne Tor a visit. Mrs. Anetta Miller returned this morning to Monroeville after a visit with Mrs. Mary Steele. Lulu Buchanan of Willshlre has returned home, she being the guest of friends here yesterday. Mrs. Ruth Everhart returned to Ft. Wayne after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mallotte. Bess Shaffner will leave this evening for her home at Willshlre after being in the city this week working, Sam Kuntz of Berne was in the city today looking after some business affairs and left at noon for his home. Miss Harriet Wertzberger left this morning on a business trip to Chicago. She will remain over Sunday. Mrs. Bert Yocum returned this afternoon to Marion, 0., after a visit With her sister, Mrs. David Valenti. Miss Gladys McMillen of Pleasant Mills, who has been attending school here during the week left last evening for her home to spend Sunday with j her parents. Misses Adelaide and Frances Dein-j inger went to Fort Wayne to attend the matinee performance of “The Light Eternal'’ this afternoon at the Majestic theatre. Mrs. O. F. Shinnerrer and daughter of Willshlre and who have been visiting with relatives in Fort Wayne changed cars here this morning on their way home. Mrs. Albert Graber went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on her sister, Mrs. Wilson Miller. Dale, five months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller is quite sick with bronchial pneumonia. Both the Old Adams County and First National banks were closed this morning owing to the funeral of Mell Rice, which was held this morning. Mr. Rice was a director of the First National. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Fritzinger returned from Indianapolis after a visit there with relatives. Mrs. Fritzinger’s mother, Mrs. Fry, came to attend the funeral of her uncle, M. F. Rice which was held this morning. T. R. Kennedy who has been sick for many weeks with a complication of diseases, including heart trouble, shows little change from day to day. He is confined to his'home, and is able to sit up in a chair a part of the time. Mrs. John Wisehaupt who has been critically ill for a week or more is resting very easy. She is still confined to her bed and will probably will be so for two weeks at least, but the steady improvement in her condition is very encouraging. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Callow and children left this morning for their future home at West Plains, Mo. They had planned to leave yesterday morning but were prevented by the illnes of one of the children. They were accompanied as far as Fort \\ ayne by Mlrs. Callow’s sister, Mrs. Dan Erwin. Mrs. Peter Zeser. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zeser, Mrs. Theresa Schafer, Miss Clara and Mr. Charles Zeser, returned last evening from Fort Wayne where they were called on account of the death of their nephew Albert Edward Engieking. Mrs. Engleking was formerly Miss Margaret Zeser of this city. The basket ball game which was to be played here on next Friday evening between the local team and the high school team of Bluffton is going to be a hummer and from the present appearances there will be something doing. The locals are putting in much practice and will be in good shape on the stated time. Rev. Ervin J. Snyder and Miss Kennuth who have been conducting seivices at the Beery church brought them to a close on last Wednesday evening and were very successful during their short stay here. They left at noon today for their homes at Nicholi, Ohio. While here they were guests at the Wm. Weldy home. .. tv ■> ATTENTION, YEOMEN! A very urgent call of the Yeomen lodge is called for Monday evening at the hall, at which time much business is to be attended to. All the members are asked to be on hand and take part as the presence of each and every member is desired. — « — NOTICE. All members ofc the Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church are earnestly requested to be oresent at the church Sunday evening at 6 o’clock. Business of importance is scheduled to take place at this time and the presence of all is desire

THE point for you about this sale of ours is the kind of merchandise it includesYou now have a chance to get Hart Schaffner & Marx and Clotheraft clothes at prices that are ridiculously low considering the qualities. You don’t need to be told that these clothes are the best made. You may not wear them, everybody doesn’t; there are plenty of lower psiced clothes but no better ones. LOT I. $20.00 Suits now $17.50 $15.00 Suits now $12.50 SIB.OO Suits now $15.50 $13.50 Suits now $ll.OO $17.50 Suits now $15.00 $12.50 Suits now SIO.OO LOT 11. $20.00 Suits now $16.00 $15.00 Suits now $ll.OO SIB.OO Suits now $14.00 $13.50 Suits now $9.50 $16.00 Suits now $12.00 $12.50 Suits now $8.50 LOT 111. 25 Boy’s Long Pant Suits at One-Half Price. LOT IV. 20 Suit patterns to choose a suit from at the extremely low price of S2O for a suit to order. Best thing we can tell you is to come in, look over these extra values and judge for yourself. We’ll be glad to show you. HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & [COMPANY. GOOD FOR MEN AND] BOYS.

WILL WEI) TONIGHT Alfred Deam and Miss Edna Grim of Williams Will TAKE THE VOWS | I For Life Companionship— Will Reside in Ft. Wayne —Home Ready. Alfred Deam of tne Fort Wayne Electric Light Works, edlest son of Mr. anu Mrs. Adam Deam of this •ity, will tuts evening become a benedict, the bride to be Miss Edna Grim of Williams. The marriage will take 1 place at 5 o’clock at the United Breth- ' ren parsonage, the Rev. Imler performing the ceremony. Miss Grim is one ! of Williams’ popular ycung ladies and has many relatives in this city, where she has often visited. Following the ceremony at the parsonage a wedding supper will be served at the home of the groom’s parents, and the young couple will leave at 7:30 for Williams, where they will visit with the bride's parents. They will go to Fort Wajne Monday morning, where the groom has a nicely furnished home awaiting the reception of his bride. The young couple are highly deserving of the many good wishes tendered them. FOR SALE — A Favorite bard coal burner, used three seasons, in good oondition, will sell cheap if sold at once, Inpulre at this office. 9t3 WANTED— Men to learn barber trade. Few weeks completes. Time saved by steady practice; careful instructors and demonstrations. Tools given. Diplomas granted. Wages Saturdays. Splendid demand for graduates. Write today. Moler Barber College, Chicago, 111. 1,6

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nr" — ]!IZZZZjg | Notice to^Uscrs' jj | i J7f|YOU are [hereby [notified that all =4 Delinquent Electric Bills must =4 *be paid before Monday, Jan. 16th. On that date the current will be shut off unless ycur;bill is paid iff full. Please take notice. M. J. Mylott.iCily'Eledricion. 1 nr - -ii ——inr~~ir,i: il L_JO |rf mw»ew»wcs®*ww®ww!«g Two Irishmen stood at a fruit-stand where]; X s some grape-fruit was exhibited. H “Look at th’ oranges, Pat,” said one. “Did yez iver see such large oranges? || Faith and ’twud not take minny of thim to make a dozen.” That’s the Kind We Have. | H Come|and seejour display of Fruitsj in season. §1 We are headquarters for £ |[ Fruits,[Candy, Confectionery, Baked Goods § | HUNSICKER BROS. | ammmmmmmmnmmmmmmmdi