Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1911 — Page 3

Mens Olive Elk Skin Outing Shoes AH Sizes ! $1.95 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

« HkOWCMKMMJXJ ♦ O*O*O*O*O4) 1 WEATHER FORECAST $ > 9 * «' >*O»O*O ♦ o«o*o»o«o*o<o« Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly cooler tonight. . i - ' ■ —» » The rain storms have delayed threshing somewhat. Wilber Poole of Portland was a business visitor here yesterday. Sheriff Thomas Durkin was at Geneva today, where he served some papers. Dr. J. C. Grandstaff of Preble was' a business visitor here yesterday afternoon. Prosecuting Attorney Skinner of, Portland was a business visitor here today. The Zion Lutheran church of the city will hold their annual picnic at St. John’s grove, next Sunday, Julylll61 th. Special cars to grounds.

■■ Old Aldams County Bank Decatur, Indiana. r ' - Capital $12®,000 I Surplus . $30,000 —— — |H ~~^— — —C. S. Niblick, President CTI kirsch and John Niblick ~"1U Vice Presidents M K. X. Ehinger, Cashier. Dead Farm loans • ■ *'vflu a Specialty j Reflect Resolve Collections I Made EVERY DOLLAR SAVED AND ADDED able Rates. I To Your Bank Account Every Makes Just That * Jqn ConYour Bank Account sistent THAT MUCH LARGER And The Period Os Toil Methods Before Resting On Your Oars Extended That Much Shorter! To our Patrons We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on 1 Year Time Deposits •0110808018 O BOBOOBOBOHOBOBOBOBOB o J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schinneyer, Vice Pres. £ ■ O ■ 3 £ 2 ■ ■ £ The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- O O lent bargains in city property and Adams county ■ ■ farms. The company would be pleased to have g £ you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- o ™ pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on ■ £ reasonable terms. Let the Schinneyer Abstract — ? Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty g £ years experience, complete records. O / Bl « o O The Bowers Realty Co. ■ French Quinn, Secty. £ QB 808 OB O '1O3OB<«OH O<JB O* C 8080

Emanuel Woods was among the busrness callers at Monroe today. Miss Mary Patton is clerking this week in the True &. Runyon store. Attend the band concert this evening at 7 o’clock on Second street. AU &. Steele have purchased a tine driving horse. for use in their business. Miss Catherine Mossoth of Kokomo arrived in the city for a visit with Miss Rosa Hess. Mrs. Sherman Anderson of Gideon, .Mo., is making a few days' visit witli her uncle. B. J. Rice, and wife. Mrs. Al Burdg went to Marion this morning, where she will visit with friends and relatives for a few days The Misses Ada and Mayme Deininger left yesterday afternoon for Ft. Wayne for a visit with their sister, I Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne. Fred Gerard left yesterday for Cincinnati to resume his regular work ' after enjoying bis vacation here and j other nearby places. B. A. Fledderjohann of New Bremen. Ohio, is here today on business ' with the Fort Wayne & Springfield lailway company.

Charles Murray made a business trip to Tort Wayne this morning. John Hoffman of Preble was a business caller in our city this morning. Fred Mutchler, the well known Monroe street meat man. was in Fort ' Wayne today on business. Harry Miller has returned from Fremont, Mich., where he spent a week or more visiting with friends. Mrs. Shafer Peterson went to Monmouth this morning to visit with her ; ! daughter, Mrs. Roy Wolford. Miss Agnes Dutcher will resign her I : ' position this week as operator for the . I Citizen's Telephone company, where | ! she has long been employed. Mr. and Mrs. Gust Werling and > daughters, Amanda and Marie, of: Preble transferred here this morning , on their way to Fort Wayne. mS-s. Florence Bain of this city and her nephew. Jack McFeeley, and fam fly, of Fort Wayne are enjoying an outing at Crooked Lake. E. A. Brandon of South Bend, finan- . cial corresponded for the Union Central Life Insurance company, was here yesterday on business. Don't fail to be down town (his evening to hear the free band concert The boys are fully prepared to enter tain you and want to witness a large crowd surrounding them. F. V. Mills has returned from a several days' visit with his brother. J. A. Mills, in Chicago. Miss Margaret Mills, who accompanied him there, remained for a week s visit. Miss Eula McKinney has gone to Russiaville and Kokomo for a visit with her relatives. She will begin work Monday as an operator for the Citizen's Telephone company. Miss Edna Miller of Springfield, 0., arrived in the city for a visit with her uncle. Ben Dever, and family. This noon she, accompanied by Mrs. Dever, went to Fort Wayne, where they spent a short while. Fine twin baby girls have made their appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Brushwiller, much to the rejoicing of the proud and happy parents, as well as the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mallonee. Professor C. H. Kauffman, former | teacher of science in the Decatur ‘ high school, and later at Cornell university, Ithaca, N. ¥., is now teacher | of science in the Michigan state university in Ann Arbor, Mich. 1 Laman & Lee yesterday received 1 the largest shipment of cut glass that has been seen here for some time, there being 190 pieces of different patterns. It is on display in the huge new case which has just been secured for it. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Johnson, who for | the past year have been at Imboden. Ark., where they have been making I their home, have returned to this city. They were accompanied by Lawrence Nelson, who has also been making his home at that place. The Misses Mayme and Ada Deininger went to Fort Wayne today, where they will be in attendance a> a house party to be given by their sister, Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne. Miss Bertha Voglewede will go this evening and will also be in attendance. The musical and literary program to be given Friday evening under the auspices of the choir of the Christian church, is drawing a large ticket sale. A lawn fete, with refreshments will follow, and tickets for both the musical and fete will be twenty-five cents. Mrs. Adam Deam and daughters, Mabel and Mrs. Jesse Williams, went to Fort Wayne this morning, where they will get Mrs. Williams’ house hold goods ready for moving to this city. Mr. Williams has secured a position with, the Conter Ice Cream plant ; cf this city. I Along with the rest or tne damage which was done by the electrical storm of Monday was that to the large arc light in tront of the Indiana Lighting company's offices, which was either touched by lightning or badly shaken, causing it to fall to the i walk and break to pieces. ' Decatur friends of Miss Grace Manning, former teacher of Latin in the Decatur high school, now the wife of Professor Charles Downing, will be inI forested in hearing that Professor I Downing has taken a good'position as j a member of the faculty of Chicago university, to which place the family will move from Marquette, Mich., where he has been serving as a mem j ber of the faculty of the Michigan ! state normal. For the love of two adopted babies, Pete Conrad, saloonlst, is going out of business, and the Four Mile House, well known resort between Fort I Wayne and New Haven, is to be closed. Conrad's license expires SeptemI ber Ist. and he has said he would not I renew it. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad recently took two small children from the orphans’ home. After they had them a while they were told they could not keep them if Conrad remain , I fed in the saloon business. Conrad im- ; mediately gave notice that he would . quit his business. —Fort Wayne Jour- ■ r.al-Gazette.

Roscoe E. Wheat, an attorney of | Portland, was here today on business I Meadames D. W. Beery and John I Myers spent the day In Fort Wayne. ! The city band wants a big audience • this evening for their concert to be I given on Second street at 7 o’clock. Mrs. George Steele and daughter. ] Jeanette, left yesterday afternoon for 1 Fort Wayne for a visit with relatives. | Mrs. Tom Gilbert and children have'; returned to Sturgis, Mich., after a two j j weeks’ visit here with T. K. Roebuck I ; and family, east of the city. Mrs L. L. Baumgartner of Linn IJ Grove has been In Bluffton the past ; two weeks caring for her mother, Mrs ; A T. Studebaker, who is 111. J. A. Smith and his brother-in-law, ; Allen Callow, of near Wren, Ohio. ! have gone to Sturgis. Mich., where i! they will spend their vacation. | Mrs. G. H. Myers went to Ridge-1 < ville this morning, where she will be 11 in attendance at the Hiester-Schoop I < wedding to occur at that place. Attorney D. B. Erwin will spend to- 1 ’ morrow at his farm in Union town :; ship, where threshing will be in or 11 ner. Charles Wolf and family reside i on tile farm. Allen Callow of Wren, Ohio, passed 1 , through the city this morning on his |I way to Sturgis, Mich., where he will 1| look after some business matters for I ‘ a short while. I; Attorney F. S. Armontrout of Geneva was a business visitor here to day, coming here to represent hi.- ! client in a suit in 'Squire J. H. Stone's I i court this morning. | A. A. Gottemoller returned from S'. Henry's, Ohio, where he was in at- . tendance at the wedding of Mrs. Gottemoller's sister, which took pla e there yesterday. I Irvin has returned from a week's outing at James Lake , and with his family is spending an I other week of his vacation with rela fives near Geneva. He will report | back for duty at Teeple, Brandyberry j & Peterson's clothing store next Mon | day. FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING. (United Press Service.) North Bay, Ont., July 12—(Special I to Daily Democrat > —The towns oi South Porcupine, Hawkins and Pottsville have been wiped out by the forest fires now raging there. .Seven ' men are known dead, many are miss- < ing and hundreds face starvation. The fires are spreading rapidly and a dozen towns have been abandoned. —o ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT PREBLE. An ice cream social will be given at Preble Thursday evening of this week, and if you want to enjoy yourself, don’t fail to attend. The Friedheim band will furnish music, there will be sack races, potato races an I many other amusements and ic-' I cream and cake in plenty. Be sure j to come and we will do the rest. 162t2* COMMITTEE. -- > PUBLIC SALE. Notice is hereby given that on Sai urday, July 15th, at 3 o'clock, at the Schafer building, first door north 1 of Myers-Dailey store, Decatur, Ind., the undersigned will sell at public l auction the following property to-wit: ' One sideboard, 1 book case, 1 dining table, 1 dressing table, 1 chiffonier, 1 couch, 2 iron beds, complete, 1 piano, 1 heating stove, 1 cook stove, 1 gaso line stove, and other household arti- i cles. Terms —Cash. 16U5 M. D PILLARS.

p ;♦ • d ; Our Clearance Salejls QI ™ proving attractive to a great many people because we’re giving them regular values at bargain prices.. We’re selling Mens and Young mens Fancy suits at a discounts of 10 to 50 per cent. Childrens wash suits at Half price. We believe you’ll buy when you see what we are offering. Sale Prices Are For Cash ONLY ni— —-tn HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE &CO. Good Clothes Sellers Men and Boys iu- j|

I OUR ANNUAL 1 t AFTER HARVEST SALE 3 s ===== p | OPENS UP SATURDAY, JULY 15. | S Continues Till The First Os August. £ £ This sale will be on Lawns, Battiests, White goods S I and all Summer goods || Shallies, Silks and Dry Goods in general S Carpets, Rugs, Lace Curtains and Draperies L Wash Suits, Dresses and Skirts 1 lot ofjwhite dresses, gingham dresses and £ wash dresses. S Skirts at I-2 Off S g VOIL SKIRTS ANE PANAMAS S || Ata price that will be of interest to any one in need || gg During this sale we want to clean up the rem- » nants of our Queens ware. While there are some bg ® good things left, we hav’nt a full line, but are sell- || g ing at a great There will be many Jg |J things of interest to you. p |et TRUEBc RUNYON | Decatur Indiana

NOTICE TO BRICK LAYERS. The undersigned will receive bids tor the brick work on the Evangelical church at Linn Grove, Ind., on July 17. 1911, each bid to be accompanied by a certified check of SIOO.OO. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. BUILDING COMMITTEE. 163t3 A. A. Yordy, Sec'y. CARD OF THANKS. To our neighbors and friends we extend our heartfelt thanks for the many kindnesses shown toward us during the illness and death of our dear mother, also for the beautiful floral offerings. The children. ORWIN SELLS. MRS. LILLIAN BURKHEAD. FOUND —A coat, near Geo. Zimmerman farm. See Sloan Meyers, No. 9, describe coat, and pay for this ad. j

In the Summertime A man should smok A a Mild Cigar. We suggest the “White Stag” as a cool comfortable cigar, sweet as a nut f aromatic as the best clear Havana and mild as a summer bieeze the kind of a cigar you’ve always wanted. Put a box of them in your grip when you start on your vacation. $1.75 per box of 50 $3.50 per box 100 at any dealers

ill i nrunrw 11 ' ' ~ iinnirIf” - ■ ■"■"I I r I THE HOME 0F i I Quality Groceries I . I * 3r The Proof Os THE PUDDING I is in The Eating Thereof! I Prove the Quality of Our Groceries I BY ACTUAL TEST And Come To Know That Thery’re The Best | Every day new faces are seen in our store. It’s j the Quality and Price that brought them in and j brings them back. Try us and you will be a con- I tinued customer. I We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 13 Butter 15 to 22c I Hower and Hower. I North of G. R. &I. Depot. ’Phone 108. I ■WMMMBMBaaMMaWnmaMWmMMMWMMMMMWWMI