Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1911 — Page 3

Our summer sale started with a rush One of the lots that attracted more than usual attention is ladies Tan calf and Brown Suede strap pumps that sold at $3.00 going at thisr sale at $1.19 Here is your opportunity to get extra good values at less than the cost of makeing. A lot of ladies patent and kid oxfords and strap pomps at $1.49 are being cleaned up in a hurry. Come down to night and take a look into our window. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

, o*o*o*o*o<fl 1 WEATHER FORECAST I ? 2 Fair and continued warmer tonight and Sunday. ■ b_j. . ii » John Bchug was a business caller at Berne today. Forest Steele went to Portland to look after some business affairs yesterday. Mrs. Newton Crowell and children of Avilla are visiting here with friends. Jesse Klopfenstein of Preble was here yesterday to attend to business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Throp will go to Ridgeville to visit over the weekend and the Fourth of July. Threshers were busy today working for Ves Peterson and from now on the threshers will doubtless be busy. ' The public Is invited to the ice cream social to be given by the Pythian Sisters at the K. of P. Home this evening. Mrs. Fred Mutchler who has been making a several days’ visit in Sheboygan, Wis. and Chicago, has returned home. Appropriate religious services will be held tomorrow in all of the city’s churches, to which the public is cordially invited.

« <TT Banking service is not an expensive luxury. Some of the greatest services we perform cost our clients absolutely nothing. “ 77 The individual needs this bank to help Banking him make his income go farther, and to Service turn some of it into a permanent asset. The small business man needs this bank’s nelp to make his business gro*. This bank is here to serve all the people, and its officersjwill be glad to talk to any having [need of banking service. FIRST NATIONAL BANKJOF DECATUR CAPITAL SIOO,OOO.

■ol 010 ■o ■ o BOBOOBOBOBOIOBOIOiOi J J. S. Bowers. Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, ViceJPres. g 1 i o ■ 5 £ The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- £ 8 lent oargains in city property and Adams county ■ fll The company would be pleased to have J you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- < ■ nlentv of five per cent money to loan on ■ O ESle tX Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ■ ? Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty a g years experience, complete records. O I g ■ The Bowers Realty Co. ■ • French Quinn, Secty. O

L B. Brokaw of Fort Wayne visited here yesterday. George Dutcher of Fort Wayne was among the business callers here yesterday. Harry Miller left today for Bay City. Mich., to be the guest of friends for a few days. James Hendricks, sr„ of Monroe was among the business callers in the city today. Miss Martha Kettler of Fort Wayne was here yesterday taking care of her piano class. Mrs. Charles Pllliod and children arrived yesterday from Piqua. Ohio, for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Mary Wemhoff. Miss Anna Boyles returned last evening to Fort Wayne after attending the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. W. W. P. McMillen. Miss Florence Myers left today noon for Hammond, where she will make a week's visit with her brother, Csl Myers, and wife. Miss Leona Opliger of Linn Grove, who has been making a visit here with her brother, L. E. Opliger, left today for her home. Miss Etta McKay, Mrs. Dr. Rhamey and Prof. McMillen have returned to Fort Wayne after attending the funeral of Mrs. W. W. P. McMillen. Mirs. Iva Beeler returned yesterday to her home in Indianapolis after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wash Kern, in St. Mary’s township. _____

Mrs. Oliver Schug went to Fort | Wayne to spend the day. Mrs. Ed Luttman of Magley was; among the business callers In the city yesterday. Today is the first of July, but two days Intervening between this and the Glorious Fourth. Grover Hoffman of Richmond Is here for a visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffman. Professor Withaus of Berne transferred here yesterday on his way to his home from Willshire. John McKean of Linn Grove was here today looking after some business matters, which required his attention for a brief time. Mr. and Irvin Brandyberry and I daughters, Neva and Geraldine, left this morning for Lake James, where they will enjoy a ten days’ outing. j Miss Marie McMullen has gone to Northern Ohio university, where she ! will pursue her musical studies during I the summer. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Ga-zette. Mrs. Peter Lower of Fort Wayne passed through the city yesterday on her way to Cincinnati, where she will be the guest of relatives for several days. ,

I Howard Shackley has returned from a busines strip to Adrian, Mich.. 1 where he went to attend to business affairs, which required his attention for a short while. A game of ball between the Foi> Wayne White Sox and the Decatur base ball team is scheduled to come off at Steele’s park July 4th, the game being called at 3 o'clock. 1 The James Hurst family will move next week into their residence, corner of Monroe and Thirteenth street, which has been remodeled, following the recent damage by fire. i Irvin Miller has returned to Rockford, Ohio, where he is employed as a baker, after a short visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, in the north part of the city. The Misses Pearl and Grace Purdy and their niece, Miss Vera Purdy, of Bluffton will go to Berne this evening to visit over Sunday with their uncle, William Tucker, and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hocker and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Stevens of Daisy, Ohio, transferred here this morning on their way to Sturgis, Mich., to spend a few weeks, fishing. 1 Mark Twain at a hotel said: ‘‘This place is delightful and the inn is Paradise on earth, but the walls are so thin that I could hear the lady in the next room every time she changed her mind.” I Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ehinger of Columbia, Mo., who have been here to visit with his brother, Edward Ehinger, left today for Cincinnati, where they will make a week’s stay with relatives. I William Heilman arrived yesterday ' from Tiffin, Ohio, to be with his ' daughter, Mrs. W. L. Lehne. Mrs. Heilman has been here since Menday. I Mrs. Lehne is reported as being beti ter today.

William Tenneson, Andrew and Da- ] vid Werllng, jr„ were looking after business affairs at Richmond today. Fred Hoffman has returned from Oxford. Ohio, and will remain over Sunday with his family. Father Eberle of Goshen, whs has just been transferred from that city to Chesterton, passed through the city yesterday noon on his way to Portland for a visit with his sister, he having been permitted to take Sunday off before taking charge of his new duties. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vancil and children, Donald, Kenneth and Nicholas, left today for Angola to spend some time at Pleasant Lake. Clem Uhl has arrived in the city from Toledo and will be the guest of Miss Clara Terveer for several days. Many from this city.will attend the Unin-Root Sunday school convention I to be held at the Union Chapel church Sunday afternoon and evening. This meeting was necessarily postponed from May 82th, but the same program arranged for that time will be given. Mrs. James Artman returned yesterday to Winchester, where her hus-> band is working in the interest of his photo business, after a visit here with A. D. Artman and family. Miss Ruby Artman went to Winchester today to visit over Sunday with her brother, James Artman, and wife. The Misses Ethel Metcalf of Spencerville, lona Easley of Fort Wayne and Etta Mallonee of this city returned yesterday from Portland, where they attended the Epworth League convention. The Misses Mettealf and Eas-1 ley were guests of Miss Mallonee until the afternoon, when they returned to their homes. Miss Fanny Frislnger left today for Dallas Lake. Ind., to be the guest of. Miss Erma Vaughn, who was a classmate in the graduating class of Miss Frisinger’s at Bloomington a few weeks ago. Miss Vaughn will give a house party for several days, and Miss Frisinger will be one of the honored guests at the event.

Fred Heckman was a business caller at Bryapt yesterday. Judge LaFollette of Portland was a business visitor here today. Clem Uhl of >oredo arrived In the city last evening for a several days visit with Miss Clara Terveer. Everybody attend the ice cream social to be given by the Pythian Sisters at the Home this evening. The Pythian Sisters will give an ice cream social at the Home this evening to which the public Is Invited. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wittung and daughters of Mansfield, Ohio, changed cars here on their way to Teegardqn, Indiana, for a visit. The tent meeting to be held by the Baptist church congregation will begin next Wednesday night. Evangelist Miller is a capable man of God. whom you should not fail to hear as often as possible. Come. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Imler, who were recently married at Logansport, and who have been making their home the past few weeks with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. I. Imler, will go to housekeeping Monday on Tenth street in the Schwartz residence, formerly the Fred Vaughn property. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Laßhette of Boston, Mass., were guests yesterday of Miss Chloe Hiester. They left this morning for Decatur for a visit with friends in that city. Mrs. Laßhette was formerly Miss Erma Dickes of Portland, and is well known to the young people of Bluf[ton. —Bluffton Banner. Mr. and Mrs. Laßhette are guests of the Misses Nora Del, Faye and Rose Smith.

The remains of Mrs. Harriet McMillen, wife of Dr. W. W. P. McMillen, whose death occurred at Decatur, were transferredttffTordsa-oHSHRDL were brought«to Fort Wayne on an interurban car today and were taken east over the Pennsylvania line at noon for burial at Massillon, Ohio. Mrs. McMillen was born in Fort Wayne June 27, 1847, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien P. Ferry. Her mother is still living at Decatur at the age of ninety-two years—Fort Wayne Sentinel. The street peddler at the corner oi i Madison and Second streets Friday evening drew large audiences with the free exhibition which he gave, and the clever tricks which held the attention of the many trying entrappers' who eagerly watched him perform his stunts, but who were unsuccessful in their endeavors. One of his best was th* eating of fire, which, although an old one, still attracts considerable comment, and drew several “Oh’s" from the crowd. He also had a small alligator, which he captured in Florida some months ago, wihch he allowed to crawl around on the walk, something not very often seen by Decatur people. o ( FOR SALE —A number of good, fresh cows, and a good yearling stock bull. —Dyonis Schmitt. 154t3 WANTED —Some one to make hay on the shares. Must be done at once. Call ’phone 58 or 66. It

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Old mother hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone. But she was mistaken for she had ordered some bacon of us that morning, and so the poor dog had none! Have you tried our fine breakfast Bacon yet?

DYONIS SCHMITT

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OXFORDSATHALF PRICE We Start Today Selling About 300 pairs of Women’s and Misses Oxfords at one half of their former price. $1.50 Oxfords at 75c $2,00 Oxfords at s*| ,00 $2.50 Oxfords at $1.25 x $3.00 Oxfords at $1.50 It will certainly pay you to look at thesejshoes if you want a real bargain. ELZEY & FALK Opposite Court House