Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1911 — Page 3

Mr. Man Ever Have Trouble ....with the bottoms of your feet? Got callouses under the ball of your foot or toes? Let your next pair of shoes be a pair of my Cushion Insole shoes. Need no breaking in, insole conforms to the bottom of your feet the first time you put them on. I’ve got them priced right too. Plain Toe or Tip $4.00 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

K *<MMj*O*O*O ♦ O«O*O*O«O4l ; WEATHER FORECAST 5 ♦o»ooo*o ♦ o*o*o*o*o*o*o« Fair tonight and Tuesday; moderate temperature. Mrs. Robert Gregory went to Fort Wayne this morning. Harve Sprague was a business visitor in Fort Wayne today. Paul Reinking was attending to business affairs in the south part of the county today. Leo Ehinger and Omer Niblick were the guests of friends at Fort Wayne over Sunday. The Misses Ruth Schaffner and Grace Coffelt spent Sunday with friends at Willshire. Bert Bailey, the real estate man of Monroe, was looking after some business affairs here this morning. Miss Luella Erwin arrived yesterday afternoon from Valparaiso and is the guest of her uncle, D. B Erwin, and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. Edward Miller have returned from their wedding trip, which included a visit with his relatives at Warsaw. The Misses Amelia Weber, Louise Brake, Ode and Letta Fullenkamp spent Sunday at Fort Wayne, guests of the Misses Bernice Baker and Ruby Wiebke.

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S. E. Brown was a business visitor in Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Sarah Zurcher of Berne transferred here on her way to Fort Wayne. Dr. and Mrs P. B. Thomas went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend court. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armey went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit with relatives. Miss Lulu Atz left this morning for Geneva and Berne, where she will visit for a couple of weeks. Miss Johanna Jaebker returned to her school teaching at St. Johns this morning after a visit at her home at Preble. Dr. J. Q. Neptune, Eugene Runyon and Oliver Schug left this morning for Koontz lake, where they will enjoy an outing until Friday. Miss Clara McChristian and Dick Brandt of Fort Wayne, who have been visiting here with friends, returned last evening to their home. Mr. and Mrs. John Davis returned this morning to Fort 'Wayne after a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Davis, at South Salem. Miss Agnes Costello returned this morning to her work in Fort Wayne after spending Sunday here with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Costello. Mr. and Mr# Earl Burdg of Toledo were in the city Sunday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdg. From here they went to Portland for a visit.

Sheriff Durkin made a business trip to Newcastle today. Mrs. Ed Baker Is recovering from a several days' illness. Omer Niblick spent Sunday with friends at Fort Wayne. C. Crepe of Willshire was a business visitor here this morning. Fred Reppert is home from a business trip to Fort Wayne. J. L. Love of Geneva was among the business visitors here Saturday. Leo Schurger of Delphos, was a Sunday visitor here with friends. i Raymond Bremerkamp was at Portland looking after some business at- i fairs. fix-commissioner David Werllng of | Preble was a business caller in the I city Saturday. Mrs. Emma Foughty and daughter, Marguerite Case, spent the afternoon in Monmouth. Miss Frances Coffee was a new clerk at the Baughman five and ten cent store Saturday. Miss Sue Mayer spent Sunday in Spencerville, Ohio, the guest of Rev. Kruse and family. The Royal Neighbors will enjoy a ride to Tocsin this evening, where I they will be entertained. Leo Yager left today on his regular trip south after an over-Sunday visit I here with his brothers and sister. Will Berling of Bluffton returned to his place of business last evening after spending Sunday here with friends. Mrs. Robert Hines of Indianapolis, who has been visiting at the Henry Knapp home, left today for her home. , Clem Heidemann, who spent Sunday here with his mother, south of the city, this morning, returned to his work . at Geneva. Raymond Bremerkamp returned today from Portland, where he has been ( looking after some business interests ( for a brief time. Mrs. Charles Bonham of Lynn, who has been the guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Rex. returned this ‘ morning to her home. The G. R. & I- did a thriving business between Geneva and this city Satur- [ day owing to the county commence- , ment which was held here. I Bert Christen of Toledo. Ohio, spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Christen. Bert is employed in a drug store in that city. John Joseph made a business trip ' to Winchester this morning, soliciting trade for the new wholesale firm 5 of which he is a member. * Mrs. Don Quinn and daughter. ' Louise, of Chicago arrived Saturday afternoon for a visit with her parents. » Judge and Mrs. J. T. Merryman. 1 Mrs. Chancey Oliver of Monroe, who 5 has been making a visit with her par- , ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buckmaster, left Saturday for her home. Miss Velma Porter, who has been quite sick with liver trouble for more than a week, is still confined to her bed, though she was able to sit up a while today.

The Misses Mary and Lucy Ramsey of Delphos, Ohio, who have been making a week's visit here with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, left Sunday for their home. Lewis Gehrig was at Berne today overseeing the work of sawing done at the P. W. Smith saw mill. He took a number of workmen along with him this morning to clean out what timber they have secured at that place. Judge J. T. Merryman Saturday received a telegram from his son and daughter, Charles and Frances, who are on their western trip, announcing their safe arrival at San Francisco, having made the trip by boat from Seattle. Mrs Hattie Schindler and Miss Ruth Dickson of Geneva, who were here last Saturday for the county commencement, remained over Sunday as the guests of the H. L. Merry family, and this morning returned to their home. The Ladies’ Aid of the Reformed church will meet Wednesday afternoon at the parsonage, where they will take rigs to the home of Mrs. William Breiner, to have the business session. The Helping Hand will meet in the Sunday school room Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. N. B- Wert of Sulphur Springs, Ohio, were in the city and called on Attorney D. B. Erwin. Mr. Erwin formerly made his home with the Werts and this was the first time in the past twenty years that he had seen them. The visit was one of mutual pleasure. . Lawrence Voglewede, Frank Barthol, Wid Dorwin and Harry Fritzinger of this city and Assod Nihmo of Logansport, who have been enjoying a week s outing at Clear Lake, returned home Sunday morning, feeling much rested and relieved of their business depressions. Although while there they were not particularly severe on the finny tribe, they caught all they J cared for, and enjoyed the rest very much.

F. V. Mills was in Indianapolis yesterday. ( Miss Edith Ervin was a Fort Wayne ( visitor Sunday. < Dr. J. M. Miller made a business < trip to Fort Wayne today. * Will Richards was a Fort Wayne < business visitor today. Mrs. R. L. Semans has returned < from an out-of-town visit. 1 D. B. Ford of Portland was a busl- < iness visitor here today. < J. F. Lachot was a business visitor < at Fort Wayne yesterday. < The Misses Kate and Anna Ginley ’ spent Sunday in Fort Wayne. < Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley and son, Les < ter, spent Sunday at Rome City. < D. M. Hensley spent uday with * his family at their r.. at Rome < city- < The - . ■ . Maynu- , Deining- *0 Fort " -e this , morning. Mrs. C. A Dugan and dJir liter, Helen Kathleen, were guests of Fort Wayne friends today. Don Burke, who has been attending Da; a"- university at Greencastle Is at home for the summer. I Mi i ’.nlu Atz returned thia morning >m Linn Grove, where e -.’.e vis- ' Ited wi h Miss Pearl Baumgartner. John Stultz is clerking at the Mills grocer;- in the absence of Mr. Mills, who attended court in Fort Wayne today. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Majors of Fort Wayne spent Sunday here the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shafer Peterson. Mrs. Dallas Reed and children, who have been making their home here for several months, have removed to Fort Wayne to make their home. In the near future the families of Jacob Atz and Charles Steele will go to the home of David Steele in Kirkland township to attend a reunion. Postmaster W. A. Lower has returned from West Baden, where he attended the postmaster’s annual convention.

The next convention will be held in Indianapolis. Postmaster Lower reports unclaimed letters belonging to Mrs. H. H. Young, Dorthy White, O. \ ana, Mrs. Nancy Thompson, H. A. Gelhart and Broncho Haines. Charles Hayslip of Cilumbia City, a traveling representative for the Smith & Bell Lumber company, left today for the southern part of Ohio to look after timber business. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Colter and daughter, Bernice, of Willshire and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Houck of Auburn were Sunday callers at the W. A. Fenner home at Monmouth Sunday. A reunion was held at the Charles Steele home Sunday, those present being Mr. and Mrs. George Plummer, Mr. and Mrs. .William Plummer and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garton, all of Tocsin. J. C. Moran today received a postal from Mr. and Mrs. John Herman, who have gone to Austin, Tex. They are much delighted with the country. Mr. Herman goes with a view’ of investing in land should he find a piece suitable Miss Mary Erwin, w’ho has been a' the home of her grandmother at Pleasant Mills since the beginning of the school vacation, spent Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Erwin, and will return to Pleasant Mills tomorrow. Saturday .1. W. of the Bluffton Business college was in the city visiting with Homer H. Knodle, a grad uate of the college. A reunion of the graduates will be held in Rome City the Fourth of July and about five bun dred will be present. Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Pease of East Wiley avenue, left this morning for Decatur, where they will visit for the day at the home of Dr. Mangold. From Decatur Mr. and Mrs. Pease will go to Fort Wayne for a visit Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. O. D. Weldy.—Bluffton News. The Misses Fiances Butler and Vera Myers, who spent Bunday in Fort Wayne, were accompanied home by the Misses Vera Myers and Josephine Krick, who are in the nurses’ training class at Hope hospital. They spent Sunday here with their parents, returning to Fort Wayne this morning. J. F. Hoeker and wife of Fort Wayne enjoyed an automobile trip to this city Sunday. Mrs. Hocker remained for a visit with relatives in Monroe and her daughter, Miss Mabel, who had been visiting here, returned with her father. Mr. Hocker, who recently underwent an operation for the removal of an eye. is getting along well. Mrs. Helen Berling and daughters. Matilda and mae, were at Fort Wayne today, and thii afternoon attended the musical I program rendered at the Majestic theater and given by the Sacreo i Heart Academy, of which their (laugh 1 ter and sister, Miss Genevieve, is ; ! student. Miss Berling, although not ■ : graduate, will be among the numbet ' to render selections, and the prograj prepared was an exceptionally fint, one.

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