Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1911 — Page 3

If You Havent Been here today come tonight. You’ll want a pair of our fashionable oxfords for dress parade tomorrow. You’ll find Velvets Suedes and Patents in all the new short vamp, Hi-to effects in a shape that will suit you. Drop in and spend a little time looking them over. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

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Kit Cowan of Bobo was among the business callers here today. A. S. Keller of Monroe was a business caller here this morning. Attorney J. C. Sutton made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. John Meyers of Monroe, who was transacting business matters here today, returned to his home. Charles Spade, who has been making a visit with hs; brother at Vera Cruz, returned home this morning. Mrs. E. F. Ballard and daughter returned to Chicago today after visiting with Rev. R. L. Semans and family. Mrs. Ballard is a sister of Mrs. Semans. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zurcher and daughters. Anna and Adele, of Berne, came to this city today and took the 8:30 car for Fort Wayne, where they will visit. J. W. Tyndall of the Krick & Tyndall company made a business trip to Columbia City this morning, where he looked after business for his firm. He was a business visitor in Hartford City yesterday.

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Albert Acker is home from a business trip to Bluffton. Miss Francis Cole was assisting as clerk at the Winnes shoe store today. Charles Lammiman of Monroe was looking after business affairs here today. , C. D. May of Seattle, Wash., left this morning for Fort Wayne after a visit here. P. F. Brown of Pleasant Mills transferred here this morning on his way to Fort Wayne. Miss Louise Teeple and Mrs. Walters were extra clerks at the Steele & Weaver store today. , Miss Dorothy Ervin of Fort Wayne will spend Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ervin. The question of paying dog tax is again being agitated. All those who do not pay by May 10th are liable to a fine. - Th extra force at the Baughman store today included Ada Stevens, Dessie Mann, Lucy McCrory, Agnes Eady, Mrs. Edna Wertzberger. z Mrs. Julia Colchin returned last night from Wapakoneta, Ohio, where she attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. August Everman, which was held Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Myers and children and Miss Rose Studer of Celina, Ohio, will arrive this evening and spend Sunday with Mrs. Myers mother, Mrs. Mary Fullenkamp, and family.

Dan Beery was attending the horse sale at Fort Wayne today. Ed Vancil was attending to business (it Fort Whyne this morning, returning home at noon. Dan Baumgartner left today for bls home at Linn drove to spend Sunday with his mother. D. J. Schwartz, the State Life Insur-j ance man, made a business trip to Ft. [ Wayne yesterday afternoon. C. A. Dugan and L. C. Waring were business caller at Fort Wayne yesterday, returning home this morning. Dora Marie and Florence Magley of Monmouth are guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Peoples. Miss Rose Dunathan left yesterday afternoon for Huntington, where she will spend the week-end with her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Moran, West Main street, went to Fort Wayne Friday afternoon for a short stay.—Portland Sun. Earl Adams, who was looking offer some business affairs at Portland this morning, returned home on the afternoon train. The Christian Endeavor society of the Christian church will give a spec lai program tomorrow evening, to which all are invited. E. W. Johnson of Monroe transferred here this morning on his way to Fort Wayne to look after business matters during the day. Mrs. Roy Andrews and daughter, Velma, returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here with her brother, Ernest Lusk. Mr. and Mrs. James Artman of Portland arrived this morning and will spend several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Artman. Mrs. Fred Hancher is recovering from a several days' illness. Her mother, Mrs. Schaffner, was called from Willshire, Ohio, to be with her this week. Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Miller spent Thursday evening in Decatur at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Vance and at the home of Isidore Kalver. — Bluffton News. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison writes from Mexico that she and the Dick Wallace family are now in the mountains, where they expect to spend the summer, and where the climate is most delightful. < Mrs. B. A. Dent passed through the city yesterday afternoon enroute to her home at Fort Wayne from Willshire, Ohio. She was accompanied home by Miss Lillian Harris, who will visit until today. Mrs Julia Colchin attended the funeral of her aunt. Mrs. August Everman, which has held at Wapakoneta. Ohio, yesterday. Mrs. Everman's son, George Zink, is known here, having made his home in Decatur about twenty years ago. Rev. J. J. Wise, presiding elder of the Fort Wayne district of the Evangelical church, came Friday to remain over Sunday. Mr. Wise will preach at the Mt. Zion church this (Friday) evening and will conduct services at the local church Sunday.—Portland Sun. Mrs. Mary Wemhoff is in receipt of a card from Miss Jessie McLain at Fresno, Cal., stating that her mother remains just the same and there is no change in her condition since the last writing. The best of medical skill has been secured and they are still hoping for the best. During the coming week the Steele & Weaver Racket store will see more of the changes begun this week. All the double-decked stands which have extended down the center of the store will be replaced with low, doubledecked, large, square tables, giving better service in all ways. Mrs. Andrew Krunemaker is still quite sick at her home, suffering with stomach trouble and asthma, with which she has been confined to her home for some time. At times she appears better, but soon relapses into her former condition and her friends are much alarmed concerning her condition. Decatur Elks and their wives or other lady friends, a hundred strong, or more, will attend the Mardi Gras given on the closing evening. May 26th, of the Elks' convention at Ft. Wayne. They will charter interurban cars to convey them there, have printed banners boosting the Decatur lodge, and expect to go down and bring home the prizes for the best appearance in Ahe parade, for the best work in the lodge, etc. Harmon Johns, who has been working at Bluffton for some time and who recently resigned his position to take up one with a Chicago firm as traveling representative in the w has arrived in the city for a few w<_..s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Jdhns. He will leave the middle of next week for lowa, where he starts in with his new position, and will work a good portion of the western country, taking pictures, which are to be used for magazine work.

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C. L. Blue of Tocsin was a business visitor tn the city today. Henry Colter of Rlvarre was a business caller in the city today. Mont Fee returned home from his regular trip and will spend Sunday with his family here. John Schug is home from his regular trip and will be the guest of |iis family over Sunday. John Kiracofe will spend Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. I. Kiracofe, at Wren, Ohio. John Hendricks, sr„ of Monroe was a business transactor here this morn ing, leaving at noon for his home. M. C. Blue was in the city for a short time this morning attending to some business which required his attention. D. J. Miller, John Plummer and George Meyers, all of Tocsin, were visiting Decatur today and incidentally looking up some old friends. The fish season is on in full blast and judging from the "strings” displayed by the boys this morning the sport will be well patronized the next few weeks. The Odd Fellows’ lodge Is expecting a good attendance Monday evening, at which time there will be much business to occupy the attention of the lodge; also the degree work will be conferred on several candidates. Sunday being first communion day, beautiful and impressive services will be carried out during the day at St. Mary’s church and the day has long been looked forward to. Many relatives of the children from out of the city will be here to witness the services, which always draw a large crowd. J. H. Cole left this afternoon for Toronto and other places in Canada, where he will look after some important business pertaining to the O, C. F. organization, of which he is one of the official members. He will be absent about ten days, during which time he will make stops at various places. V. D. Bell and son, H. H. Bell, of Craigville, were in tie city today on business. The latter was here to get several new certificates of deposit, a new bank book and a note for S2OO reissued to him. He was plowing on his farm near Craigville a day or two ago, and laid his coat down in the field, which contained his bank book, certificates for nearly 1300 and a note for S2OO. There were four young colts in the field and when he went after it some time later found they had eaten the book and the contents and destroyed the coat. —Bluffton Banner.

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James Krill of Bluffton was a visit-1 or in this city today. A. Schum returned to his home at Schumm. Ohio, today. Mr. and Mrs. William Ohler went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Grandma Robinson of Monmouth, who is in her ninetieth year, is quite infirm. Mrs. Charles Burr of Monmouth is ill with heart trouble and a nervous breakdown. Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne was in the city Friday evening attending to. professional business. Al Dix and family of Paulding, O .! who have been visiting at the home of , W. B. Augustus, left this afternoon for Grabill. Sam E. Hite, the south end grocer, | has purchaser a Ford automobile and ’ will enjoy all the joys of motoring during the coming summer. Howard J. Wise»>aupt left for Washington, D. C., last evening, where he will work for the Howard-Severance I company the coming summer. John Williams has returned from ' the east, where he has been visiting ‘ the historic battle fields upon which I he was engaged during the civil war. Oliver Schug, general freight and passenger agent for the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, is out of town on business for his company. Henry Bauman of Monmouth, who had his arm severely injured by being caught in a hay baler, was here this ( morning to get his injury dressed again. He is getting along nicely. Homer Ruhl, motorman on the Ft. Wayne & Springfield railway, likes motors so well that he purchased through the Glen Falk agency, a new Yale motorcycle, which he was riding today noon for the first. It’s a beauty. Fred Bohnke, an aged gentleman residing on North Second street, is very sick, suffering with stomach trouble, with which he has been bothered for some ttae. His advanced age of sev-enty-seven years is somewhat against him, but it is thought by the attendig physician that nothing serious will follow. The tent show, known as Harry Shannon’s Original Big 4, is inquiring about the license fees and probable localities that might be had for a week’s stand of their show which is a vaudeville and now playing at Ludington, Mich. The admission is ten, twenty and thirty cents, and if they come they will play here the same week of the circus, giving us a solid week of shows.

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