Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1911 — Page 3

Pictures Os The Civil War We have on exhibition in our south window eighteen pictures that are actual photographs taken during the war from 61 to 65. Some of you old soldiers may recognize some of these places. Come in and let me show you a comfort shoe of soft kid leather and has a cushion insole, a shoe that needs no breaking and fits the foot from the start. Just the shoe for tender feet. Plain toe and tip $4.00 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

♦ oeoeowoxMl ! WEATHER FORECAST I 'JWOPOWOPO ♦ Generally fair, except probably 10-| cal thunder showers tonight or Tues-' day; cooler south portion tonight. 1 Dr. Connell was a Fort Wayne caller Sunday. Trustee Samuel Butler made a business trip to Anderson today. Ed Parent was a Fort Wayne caller Sunday, having spent the day with friends. I W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton was among the business callers in the city today. L. C. Waring was a Fort Wayne caller Sunday, returning home in the evening. Page Blackbum and son. Paul, were among those at Fart Wayne Sunday to attend the airship races. Louis Mailand and Arthur Hall returned home from Fort Wayne, where they spent Sunday with friends. Mrs. Mary Crawford left this morn-J Ing for Cleveland, Ohio, where she will make a six weeks' visit with her. sister. Mrs. Julius Spies. i John Bollinger returned this morn-1 ing to Oxford, Ohio, to resume his work on the new school house. He is attending to the mason work. Miss Blanche Worden, who spent Sunday at the home of her parents near thia city, went to Monmouth this morning to continue her work.

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Ii Herman Yager was a business caliber at Portland this morning. Wash Burrell left this morning for i Albion to spend a week or so. I Father Flaherty has gone to Columbia City to make a few days’ visit i with friends. I William Baker returned to Fort Wayne this morning after a visit here with friends. Wesley Hoffman was looking after some business interests at Oxford. Ohio, today. Clem Heidemann returned to his place of business at Geneva after an over-Sunday visit here with friends. Mrs. Mary Crawford left today for Cleveland, Ohio, to make a several weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Julius Spies. Attorney R H. Hartford of Portland arrived this morning to resume work as special judge tn the Blue Creek ditch case. Will Winnes, Curley Buffenbarger were at Fort Wayne Sunday to witness the aerial and motorcycle races at Driving park. Attorney W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton arrived today to attend court, he being a lawyer interested in the Blue ' Creek ditch case. q James Hurst has gone to Oxford, Ohio, to begin work on the new school house which is being erected there by Fred Hoffman, the contractor. I Postmaster Lower has letter remaining at the Decatur postoffice for Lewis Voulk. C. R. Ruff, Garry Coppock. Miss Frances Meyers, David Boehm.

Amos Hlrschy of Berne was a busi- f nesa visitor here today. Harley Venls of Ottawa, Ohio, is the guest of Bob Hartman at Craigvllle. Bert O'Rourke of Detroit, Micti., was in the city over Sunday visiting with friends. Neal Gase returned from Fort Wayne, where he spent Sunday with friends. Miss Jennie Shackley of Ft. Wayne is here for a visit over Decoration Day with friends. Miss Lilly Teeple, who is attending college at Marion, spent Sunday here with her mother. Miss Blanch Hart arrived from Ft. , Wayne and will spend Decoration Day , here with friends. , Waldo Brushwiller has gone to Matthews, Ind., to spend Decoration Day with relatives. , Mrs. Naomi Fritter of Monroe, who has been visiting here with friends, returned today to her home. Misses Agnes and Clara Houk j of Tiffin. Ohio, are visiting at the Conrad Gillig home east of the city. The Misses Tillie and Lollie Meib- ’ ers will go to Rome City tomorrow for an outing at the Meibers cottage. | Miss Bees Schrock will leave soon , for Evanston, 111., where she will take a further course in an art school. Yager Bros. & Reinking Saturdaydelivered a fine piano to the home of J. E. Ellsworth, southwest of the city. A large number of people are plant ning to leave for Indianapolis in the, morning to attend the big automobile races. Earl Marcel! of Flint, Michigan, and | Ed Nolan of Fort Wayne spent a short while here Saturday afternoon with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Schafer left today for Indianapolis, where they i ’ will attend the automobile races to be I held there tomorrow. Charles Massonie, who has beenl acting in the capacity of clerk at the 1 William Colchin candy kitchen, has resigned his position. The brick for the building of the 1 Henry Knapp new business block is : on the grounds and ready for the erecc tion of the building. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Atz, who have r been here visiting with the former’s | ' brother, Jacob Atz. and family, left * today for their home at Berne. Herman Henzy of Tiffin, Ohio, a " nephew of W. A. Kuebler, was in the s city over Sunday, visiting, and this 5 morning left for Portland on business. Harve and Fred Smith went to In- , dianapolis this morning to make a 1 visit with their sister and to attend r the auto races held there Decoration Day. .. Mrs. Ellen Bennett and daughter, i r Miss Elizabeth, who have been visit-1 . ing with Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Jahn, 1 j of Peterson, left yesterday for their home. i Miss Fern Chandler of Logansport 1 ■ will be the guest of her cousin, Miss | Eula McKinney, for several weeks. » Miss Chandler is expected to arrive to- | morrow evening. * Mr. and Mrs. John R. Porter left to- | day for Parker City, where they will f spend the summer with their sons, » Thurman and Frank, who are conduct- | ing a drug store there. ■ Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ruggles, who I have been spending a week with their | son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs I John Stewart, returned Sunday to | their home in Huntington. E The Terveer family, who Sunday | paid a visit to Miss Emma at tbe St. * Joseph hospital, state that she is rest- | ing much better and hopes for her re- ■ covery are now more favorable. E Roy Jahn of Peterson, a graduate i from the high school thij year, left I this morning for Valparaiso to take | up a twelve weeks’ teachers’ course S to prepare himself for teaching the I coming year. I Mrs. George Wertzberger and Mrs. | Henry Wertzberger and children have returned to Hammond. They accompanied the body of their son and husband, Henry Wertzberger, here for burial a week ago Sunday. The eastbound Clover Lear passenger train, due here at 5:12 a. m., was over three hours late this morning, and several Decatur people going in that direction experienced a long wait owing to a mishap in the neighborhood of Marion. Grandma Gaffer, who has been in Fort Wayne for some time, is here to spend Decoration Day with her son, Peter Gaffer, and family. Grandma Gaffer, who is ninety-two years of age, is still very active and spry and was able to walk down town this morning, where she greeted her many friends. Everybody who thought that there was a big downpour of rain in store for them last evening were much disappointed, when the black clouds scattered and passed to the north and south of us. Fort Wayne received a soaker for an hour or so, and they were more than glad with tbe "wetness'’ which they received.

[ Ed Vancll made a business trip to I Monroe this afternoon. Bruce Patterson was at Fort Wayne Sunday tbe guest of friends. Charles Locke of Fort Wayne was among the business callers in the city this morning. Roy Archbold was among those who were at Fort Wayne Sunday to witness the aerial races. Clem Uhl returned today to Toledo, Ohio, after an over-Sunday visit with Miss Clara Terveer. Fred Roher returned to his home at Berne this morning after being a business caller here for several days. Rev. L. C. Hessert of the German Reformed church conducted chape) i services at the county infirmary yesterday. Adam Schafer, who for several days has been visiting with friends at Lima and other nearby places, returned home last evening. MRS. STEFFEN OPERATED ON. I I 1 Drs. C. 8. and D. D. Clark of this city and Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne returned this afternoon from Vera Cruz, where this morning at 8:30 o'clock they performed a successful operation upon Mrs. Tobias Steffen, a well known lady of that place. The operation was for umbilical hernia of nine years’ standing and it is thought the operation will effect a perfect cure. Miss Harshbarger is the trained nurse in attendance. i O LIBRARY CLOSED TUSEDAY. On account of Memorial Day, the public library will be closed all day on | Tuesday. Beginning June Ist, the summer schedule of hours will go into effect. The hours during the summer are from 1 to •> and from 6:30 to 9 p. tri. i USED HANDKERCHIEF. (United Press Service.) South Bend. Ind., May 29 —Grant Winrott, sentenced last week to a life term in the penitentiary for shooting his wife, because she refused to live I with him, committed suicide in jail here this morning by hanging himself i with two handkerchiefs. | o SURVIVORS LAND AT PANAMA. Panama, May 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Seventy-three survivors i the steamer Tobago, which struck a rock near Guanico Point last Tuesday night and sank, were landed here today. Fourteen passengers and nine members of the crew were lost. Survivors assert that Captain Campbell ; acted cowardly because he took to the . lifeboats before the other survivors. I o COURT HOUSE NEWS COURT • After a week's vacation, the trial of the Blue Creek ditch case was taken up again in the circuit court before Special Judge R H. Hartford of Portland. The case of Isaac Rose et al. vs. Mirande E. Niblick et al., ejectment and damages, has been dismissed and costs paid. I - John W. Parrish files current report in the matter of the guardianship of Anna E. Parrish et al., which the court allows. — Earl B. Adams qualified as notary public for another period of four years. I Real estate transfers: Alfred A. Ayers to Royal L. Ayers, 160 acres. Blue Creek tp., $6,000. — o POLICE COURT NEWS. The two cases that were heard Saturday evening in ’Squire Stone's court resulted in both Schlickman and Schug being acquitted. The other case of the State of Indiana vs. Daniels was continued until Saturday next, at which time the case will be heard. This afternoon an affidavit was filed in 'Squire Stone’s court entitled the State of Indiana vs. Earl Rieber, and the paper was sworn out by Henry Hirschy, his father-in-law, who alleges that it is belief that Reber threatens him and he desires that a peace bond be established. It is alleged that while visiting at Reber’s place Sunday they became engrossed in an altercation,_ which resulted as stated. The sheriff was sent after the party and several witnesses, and Reber will probably have a hearing this afternoon. It has developed that the young boy who was arrested last week for the theft of a couple of wheels and who gave the name of Harry McGill is not very well informed as to what his name really is. He is the son of H. F. McGill and his first name is Almond, although in the mayor’s court he was insistent that it be "Harry.”

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