Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1911 — Page 3

A Lot Os People ....who have attended this sale of ours say. “Its the best ever” Better come and see what we can do for you. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

—" --- - - ,_j_' ; - - O ® O B O ■ O 808001080801101080108 > J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. § O 0 B * O O o Ml The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- ( O lent bargains in city property ana Adams county ■ ■ farms. The company would be pleased to have 2 m you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- q q pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on ■ H reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ■» q Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty 2 g years experience, complete records. O ■ ■ £ 0 o ■ The Bowers Realty Co. g Q French Quinn, Secty, O OBOBOBOHCIOSOBBOSiOBOBOaOMOBO

The G. R. & I. pay car will arrive in Fort Wayne this afternoon and this evening pass on through to Richmond. <

Our Big Clean-up Sale is Now in Progress You will find some very interesting prices at our store for the next two weeks. In order to move things quick we’ve marked every piece of winter goods down so low that you can’t afford to pass us by. _________ Il ■■ IBlßill I T1 ——w—— «w.wjb re—— l I —HI I—BOWJ—I |t| mm iron— 11 ~ 1 iBansacMDHwaBBSBBHm-JBBBBBBBBBBBBn—i—>i it imi i■mi hi— 1114 ii i—i iiii 'iirriiwrwnrrri'nfM hr— wißrrr—ilWinua—oc£J—ns BBBtuirujmmiiMiii ■ ■■mu—. CALICOS» this sa,e wil ’ be 5 cents a yard Granulated Sugar smir dCTy °" are 5c lb. r(^er Introduce Our A BIG REDUCTION WILL BE GIVEN R nV Wachino- Powder In our Ready-to-wear Department as we intend to move every ■i S '‘ 10Wt, ° Coat and Suit in the house. $25, S3O and $35 coats and suits |®W®| Mral . You can buy this 25c package for 1 5c. Old Fort “w ■ -Will be sold at $ 1 5.00 Hi F LARD FOR 12IC A POUND This sale includes Outings, Cotton and Wool Blankets, J|m| Carpets, Rugs, Table Linens, Muslins, Embroideries, LADIES’ UNION SUITS the lot at per suit. 00, to clean the lot up we will dose andLaC eS. APair ■-fl V• MWIBMMIMMMIMBWMMMMMnMMIMMi - ~-LI Illi |,J. 1 IIIWII .1. '■■■ —-g—. ..1....1..1 ■ —=s—

E. B. Bailey left this morning on his regular trip south after being in the city since the latter part of last week.

»L*.)*O*O*O*o*o ♦ O*O*O*C>*OO I WEATHER FORECAST | *oeo»o»o*o ♦ o*o*o*o*o*o*o* Snow north,.snow or rain south portion tonight; Wednesday generally fair. George Wemhoff was at. Ft. Wayne today on business. E. A. Mann made a business trip to Churubusco today. F. V. Mills is still wrestling with’ the grip and is still confined to his home. George Steele was at Fort Wayne today attending to business of importance. Ted Sower of Decatur visited with friends here Sunday evening.—Bluffton News. | George .Wemhoff has returned from I Indianapolis, where he attended the ; retail monumental dealers' conven-. tion. Ed Magley, assistant druggist at the Page Blackburn drug store, is confined to his homo today with lagrippe. ' | L. C. Fisher, a former Decatur resi‘dent, now of Van Wert, Ohio, left this • morning for Fort Wayne, thence to his home. Rev. Maas of Berne arrived this morning to assist the Rev. Wise in I 1 conducting evangelistic services at ■ the Eangelical church. Charles Christen this morning went to Howe, Ind., where he was looking , after some business relative to a large contract which he will close tomorrow. Miss Pansy Ball, who is recovering . from an attack of gall stones, is now able to sit up. During her illness Miss Pansy has been at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Lyon. Martin Smith returned this morning from a two weeks’ visit in San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity, and will la- ’ ter return to nts work at the Wemhoff Monumental works. Miss Florine Edwards returned yesterday from Ossian, where she spent Sunday with Mrs. Minnie Hoover. Her sister, Mrs. Ballenger, who also visited there, returned this morning. Rev. E. A. Bunner, pastor of the Huntertown M. E. church, returned this morning to his charge. Two weeks ago he came here for a visit with his father George Bunner, at Pleasant Mills, but became ill with the grip and was unable to return to Huntertown sooner.

Emerson Beavers was a business caller at Monroe today. F. M. Gottrell of Geneva was a busl news visitor here yesterday. C. C. Wilder, who is very sick with pneumonia, is reported as being no better today. ( Mrs. Catherine Rugg of Ninth street who has been a grip sufferer for several days, is improving. | Frank Gass was among the business callers in Fort Wayne yesterday, returning home last evening. Special services will be conducted this evening and Thursday evening at the German Reformed church. Charles Roblnold and Hob Hartman of Craigville returned yesterday to their homes after an over-Sunday visit here with lady friends. Mrs. William Weiland of West Monroe street, w.ho has been confined to her bed for the past week with the grip, is somewhat better. I Mrs. David Liby ui Preble changed I cars here this morning on her way to Fort Wayne to spend the day with her daughter, Mrs. Homer Krick. The members of the Christian i church are arranging for a hack party which will go to the home of William Teeple, east of the city Thursday evening, where an oyster supper will be served. Otto Harb, son of Mrs. George Chronister, has finished a three years’ enlistment in the U. S. army and has returned to this city. He has during his service been to Japan and many of the foreign countries. Charles Ault of Fort Wayne attended the funeral of his uncle, Rev. John Ault, at Willshire, Ohio, Sunday. He arrived here Saturday afternoon and visited over night with his uncle, Aaron DeVinney, and wife. Mrs. Chester Johnson returned last evening from Monroe, where she had been at the Joseph Johnson home. She reported Mrs. Johnson as being no better. She is suffering from another attack of gall stones. Mrs. D. N. Edwin returned yesterday morning from Bobo, where she visited with her brother, William Falk, and family. Mrs. Falk’s sister, who resides in Ohio, is dead and the funeral will be held in Monroeville. William Hurst left today for Moline, 111., where he will seek employment. Moline is a fast-growing city and as fords much labor on account of its many industries. Several peoplp from this city are located there and are doing well.

[ I tSale of Ladies Cress Boots I 1 r Two Choice Creations SUEDE BUTTONS . . $3.00 = PAT- VELVET BUTTON $2-50 Winnes Shoe Store, f

Ed Luttman and son of Magley were here this morning on business. Walter Kauffman left this morning on his trip south in the interest of I the Schafer Hardware company. Ex-County Commissioner Martin j Laughlin of Jefferson township was i a business visitor here yesterday. Miss Ireta Erwin has gone to Pleasant Mills to be with her grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Martz, who is ill. E. J. Bailey, the traveling salesman, left this morning on his trip after spending Sunday with his family. Dora Marie, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Magley of Monmouth, is very sick with a cold Joe Spangler, rrom east of the city, left today for Richmond to make a short stay with relatives at that place. Ed Bailey, who has been at home since the latter part of last week, left on his regular trip and will be absent from the city several days. Nope, a reporter doesn’t report everything she sees —for instance the names on the beer cases left standing on the sidewalks at the freight station. Still, bad as they are, no doubt they would be a great deal more pleasant to interview than some people. The Muncie Star contained a picture of the Rev. Ralph C. Jones, pastor of the M. E. church at Windfall, formerly pastor of the Alpha M. E. church of Root township. Rev. Jones, with a singing evangelist, Joseph W. Story, has just begun a Windfall.

The Twilight club will meet at the i home of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Schug Thursday evening. | Mrs. Dick Hill and daughter, Mabel, , and Mrs. Martin Marhenke and daughter, Merle, are visiting in Fort Wayne ' this afternoon. Fred Schaub will leave tomorrow evening for Rochester. Ind., where he will begin work on the invoicing of a hardware store at that place. D. C. Sprunger of Berne, secretary of the Adams County Farmers’ association, was in the city today attending the fifteenth annual institute. Mrs. John Hessler went to Fort Wayne this afternoon for a day’s visit. She will be accompanied home by her mother, Mrs. Frank Parent, who has been there six weeks. V. C. Bell of Craigville was a visitor in Bluffton this morning. He said his son, Charles, who had four fingers sawed off in a local mill last week, suffered great pain last night and could not sleep, but was resting easier this morning.—Bluffton News. Miss Genevieve Mylott of Chicago has arrived in the city and will make a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mylott, in the south part of the city. It will be remembered that Miss Genevieve was operated on at that place last November and at that time was in a very serious condition. She will remain here for a good rest. The city council will hold its regular meeting this evening, and attend :to what business has turned up since the last regular session.

> I D. B. Erwin was at Berne this after- ; noon looking after some business affairs. , 1 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49 General Ton- - is is all you hear from people who ■ have used 49 Tonic. Ut6 Bert Bailey returned to his hour.’ ' 1 this noon at Monroe after being m ■ the city this morning on business. 1 1 Mrs. Levi Baker is recovering from an attack of the heart, with which ’! she has been suffering since Sunday, ■ and is much improved, though she was ■ quite ill for a while. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Krick and family transferred here this afternoon on • their way to their home in Ft. Wayne. ’ They were at Willshire, Ohio, where 1 they were called by the death of Mrs. Krick’s father, J. C. Ault, whose fun- . eral was held Sunday.. A good story is being told today oa a Bluffton young man. A girl friend in this city called him over the telephone Saturday afterncon and repre- : seated that she was his best girl, living in Adams county. She said she J was in Decatur and would like for him > to come over in the evening and she would meet him at the train. He go. ' off early, in great glee, and caught t the 6:31 train to Decatur, and was : “Johnnie on the Spot,” at the Decatur t station, but he failed to see his girl. When finally he “tumbled" it was too . late to catch the night train home and . 1 he had to wait in Decatur until Sunl day before he got back to this city, i feeling decidedly sour in spirit. Bluffton News. .