Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1911 — Page 3

Babies White, Red or Blue Canvas Oxfords Sizes 2s, 3s and 4s only, TOMORROW 15c. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

, K)< • o*o*o«o*<mi • WEATHER FORECAST | X ! ♦O<o*o*o ♦ o*o*o*o*o*o*o« Showers tonight and Saturday morning, probably followed with fair weather. Mrs. L. B. Brokaw of Fort Wayne visited here yesterday. Dr. Boyers was a business caller south of the city today. Rev. Dornseit of north of the city was a business caller here this morning. Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne was a professional business 'caller here today. J. M. Andrews of Monroe has returned home from a business trip to our city. Mrs. Sarah Decker returned from the country, where she visited two weeks with her friends. Judge James Moran of Portland spent the night with his brother, Attorney J. C. Moran, and this morning left for his home.

r "1 I I rHE HOME 0F i 1 Groceries I I(oA*lwb*-a. 11 YOU v- «• Will Always * *W? FIND »»’**•* £r **'Zu > .xl-« _ Us Busy But Never Too Busy •To Give Your Especial Wants Our Special Attention WE VALUE YOUR TRADE Kalamazoo Celery SwitzerJCheese Water Melons ‘ Colorado Honey Green Corn Package Wafers Oranges Caned Meats I Lemons ce ea We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 15 Butter 15 to 22c I Hower and Hower, North of G. R. &>I. Depot. 808080 8080 BOBOOBOBOBOteOBOBOBOB ® J S Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. 2 o ■ J £ I > ■ Q lent barrams in ctcyp j be pleased to have g O see its offerings. The com- g « title. Twenty g 2 years experience, complete records. g O g ■ O O The Bowers Realty Co. ■ ! French Quinn, Secty. O

C. D. Lewton made a business trip to Portland this morning. Miss Clara Bultemeier is at Fori Wayne the guest of relatives. Chauncey Lauttenheiser of Berne was a business caller in the city this morning. Miss Agnes Krick is off duty at the Gallogly & Johnston office on account of Sickness. A bright baby boy has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson of Thirteenth street. John Elzey of Monroe, who was in the city on account of the illness oi his son, Ira, returned this morning to his home. J. M. Lenhart and daughter. Hazel, who were Fort \\ ayne business callers this morning, returned home this afternoon. County Clerk James P. Haefling is installing a new furnace in his commodious and well arranged home on Fourth street The Misses Jean Lutz, and Rowena Shoaf left yesterday afternoon on the 4 o'clock car for Poe, where they will be guests of Mrs. Charles True.

' John Schug was transacting buai- ’ ness matters at Berne today. Mrs. L. A. Adams has gone to Pennsylvania to visit with a sister. Wilson Steele was among the number at Portland to attend the Barnum i & Bailey show. Miss Margaret Moran and her niece, j also Miss .Margaret Moran, were at Portland today visiting. Mrs. L. Smith was at Berge today, j giving her regular musical instruction j to her students there. The Misses Martha Heckman and Marie Boese went to Fort Wayne this j morning, where they will visit a week with their aunt, Mrs. Albert Huger. Mrs. Ed Christen and children, Fred and Margaret, left today for Sullivan and Terre Haute, where they will make a month’s visit with relatives. Mrs. Albert Lachnit and daughter, Caroline, arrived In the city from Indianapolis and will be guests of her ! parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith on j Route 7. A goodly number of people from this I city went to Portland today to be in attendance at the Barnum & Bailey [circus, which took possession of that place today. Miss Vernia Smith, stenographer tor ; the Erwin & Erwin office, will leave ’ ! Tuesday for Oakwood Park, Syracuse, where she will enjoy an outing at 11 Lake Wawassee. Wilson Steele left today for Port- ? ■ land to attend the Barnum & Bailey s circus, and from there will go to Celina, Where he will listen to Billy > 1 Sunday, the evangelist. t C. E. Baughman was at Portland today on business. The George Morris ) new five and ten cent store had their opening there today and Mr. Baugh- : man assisted him for the initial dav. Elgin King, who for a week past 1 ' has been in the city, returning from I 1 Saginaw. Mich., 4'here he is engaged 5 , in furnishing music for a large theater ■ left today for that city to resume his , i work. • | Mrs. N. G. Baughman, Mr. and Mrs. 5 J. D. Stults and Mr. and Mrs. Charles ; Baker returned Thursday evening 5 from Crooked Lake, where they en- . joyed a ten days’ outing. They rej port a most excellent time and plenty ’ of fish. i Mrs. Amanda Moates and Miss Cora I I Burk of Decatur are visiting relatives I : at Pleasant Mills and vicinity a few ■ days this week. Mrs. Moates is slowly j recovering from a two weeks' illness, ■ being compelled to give up her work j at the glove factory. “The Story of the Pink Rose." is the true story that will be told next Sunday evening, July 30th, at the Presbyterian church, the music which is a part of the story, to be rendered Iby the choir. This will be a very I beautiful service to Which everybody j is invited. The new Keller sewer, in the north 1 part of the cftt, under course of con- | struction by Henry Stevens, is movj ing along in good shape and will be--1 fore the elapse of a week be rounding I toward its close. Mr. Stevens has i been somewhat on the sick list, and I was unable to be on hand for a short | time. Dr. and Mrs. Oren Smith of Indian I apolis are attending the convention of i osteopaths in Chicago this week. They I will go the latter part of the week to J Michigan City to visit a sister of Dr. i Smith and from there Dr. Smith will | , go to Canada, while Mrs. Smith will come here to visit with her mother. Mrs. Nettie Schrock. The new Bowers home on North Third street, which has been under a course of improvement a week past, now presents an altogether modern appearance, with the various changes j lit has taken on. It is one of the tr. ist suitable locations in the city, and one 1 where most any one would desire to reside. The boom is on, not in jerks, I but at a steady grind, and one which i assures us that it's not going to stop I yet, either. Dwight Lachot returned last even j ing from Apple Creek. Ohio, where he l was visiting with relatives. The en-1 I tire trip was made by motorcycle and j | on his way home went first to Cleveland, and then started homeward, i making a short visit at Toledo. The | I entire trip was made in one day and I i he covered 308 miles, during which he I I experienced but one puncture. Mrs. I Lachot and Miss Lilah, who have also , been visiting there, returned home to- ’ day. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tritch. who are ; at Bloomington, where Mr. Tritch is attending the state university, will return socn. They expect to leav 1 Bloomington Tuesday evening. August Ist, and will visit a couple of days in Indianapolis, and then return home. They have enjoyed a very pleasant and profitable time in Bloomingtonmuch different from their stay of a year ago, when Mrs. Tritch was taken so seriously sick.there with appendicitis. Mrs. Warner, who is also attending school there, is getting along o. k. Mr. Tritch. reports a scarcity of rain in that region, and poor vegetable crops the result.

Jack Grady made a businens trip to Fort Wayne today. The ministerial asaociation met yesterday afternoon In the library. The front of the Blackburn drug store building is being repainted. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Colby of Dixon, J Ohio, changed cars here on their way I to Fort Wayne. Martin Beery was at Pleasant Mills, I witnessing the threshing which was ■ ' being done on his farm. Norbert Holthouse and William ! Mougey, who were at Fort Wayne yes-1 terday, have returned home. F. E. France of Muskogee, Okla., is ! spending his vacation with the Fred France family at James Mrs. Bertha Kist and little son, Rob ert, of Fort Wayne are visiting at the W. G. Kist home a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson of Van j j Wert, Ohio, changed can here yesterday on their way to Fort Wayne. Joseph Christman of Geneva was In I our city last evening on his way to 1 Hume, 111., for a visit with relatives Miss Sybil Smith of Danville, 111.,. i who has been the guest of William ; Beik and family, left this morning for her home. Scott Hughes of Fort Wayne was j here this morning looking after some j ! busines stransactlons which required j his attention. Mrs. Samuel Zimmerman returned 1 this morning to her home in Cedarvile. While here she visited with he ■ sistdr, Mrs. Elijah Walters. Charles Meyers and Emerson Beat- '■ ers have returned from Chicago, | where they attended the furniture I dealers' convention, being held there. Mrs. Ada Lochner and children returned this morning to their home at Fort Wayne after a visit here with her i parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Walters. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Stults, Mrs J' Charles Baker and Mrs. A. N. Baugh man returned last evening from An-I t gola, where they spent ten days’ out-1 , ing. C. E. Baughman has gone to Pori-, land, where he will attend the Bar•num circus and also attend the open- j ■ ' I ing of the Morris new five and ten I cent store. Fred Kohler of Linn Grove received j a. message from J. H. Hoffman of Chi Ucago, announcing the death of the lat- . I ter’s father. The funeral will be held ! Sunday at Winamac. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Peters of Bluff- ' ton, who have been visiting with the 11. S. Drummond family in Pleasant Mills, arrived here yesterday and are guests at the John Williams home. They returned to Bluffton today. William Myers has sold his proper- I ty in Preble to Albert Mooser. The latter will move the house from the 11 lot and erect a large hay shed. Mr l Myers has rented the William Huffman farm and will move his family | there. —Bluffton Banner. The interesting meetings of the Bap < ! tist church are still on and larger J ing. Evangelist Miller is ptoving by I •crowds are in attendance each even-j I ing. Evangelist Miller is capable, and j many are heeding to his word and | spiritual goodness obtained. 1 ’ Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas and son. j Brice, and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hau- I bold and daughter, Helen Estella. of IJ i Evanston, 111., left yesterday on a sev- I eral days’ trip. They will stop at Rich- I i mood, Ind.. Eaton. Greenville and oth- I er Ohio towns, and expect to be gone | three or four days or longer. The | gentlemen went by automobile and the 1I ladies by railroad. J

Why should big gets always be made in a meat shop? ' Hr-TL- -" r ~~ Because the meat man is such a good, steak holder! IT’S A SAFE BET That No Shop Holds Better Steaks Than Ours! W<- Don’t Hold Them Lo g! All Wagers Are Quickly Settled And The Steaks Promptly Delivered To The Pleased Winners You Can Bet On Our Steak Every Time! DYONiS SCHMITT

BIG b BIG SALE q SALE EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS-TREMENDOUS CUT IN PRICES During this sale you can buy almost twice as much for the same amount of money. Compare prices and you will see what big bargains! we are giving you. You know from our past sales that the values offered were strictly as represented. Come in and see our Bargains the prices are right and they will interest you. Remember the date. Sale Beginning Wednesday the 19th. of July and Closes Aug the sth 1911. Don’t forget the date LACE CURTAINS AND FOULARDS, SILKS AND DRAPERIES. MESSALINES. ——Black and white check and stripe, Gcod Curtains at, pair ] value, 50c, sale price, yard SI.OO Curtains at, pair -]ty 60c Foulards go ”, yard 4g c $1.25, extra large at. pair on, ** Cheeny Foulards go at, yard 72c SI.OO Fancy Silks, gc at. yard. • $1.50 extra large at. pair SU() 27 Mes „ |if , e values $1.75, good value at, pair 29 go at, yard gg c $2.50, good value, at ,pair. . . . <bj gg _____________________ X'«.' | all plain and fancy $4.00, very fine, at, pair pjQ SECRO SILKS. $6.00, very fine, at, pair <£4 qq SB.OO, very best, at, pair 2*4 cn ' .. 25c Secro Silks go at. yard iq r Some odds and ends curtains, »-><:« . < 35c Secro Silks go at, yard $3.50 to $5.00, will sell for, 40c Secro Silks go at, yard '34,. pair $2.00 50c Secro Silks go at, yard. 42c LADIES WHITE WAISTS WHITE WASH GOODS , , u, FOR DRESSES AND One lot Ladies’ Waists at gg_ UIATQTQ $1.50 and $1.25 Waists go at gg c WAKHb. $1.75 Waists go at (fcj 23 $3.00 Waists go at <g 2 23 White Jaqards for waists. 25c $3.50 Waists go at $2 68 value, goes at, yard $4.00 Waists go at eg 7 g 15c value goes at, yard 11c ALL LAWNS AND SUMMER WASH GOODS. 25c values go at, yard jg r 15c values go at, yard 11C 10c values go at, yard y l-2c CARPETS AND RUGS. Axminster, 9x12 Rug, value $27.50, sale price only <gjg jq Axminster, 9x12 Rug, value $25.50, sale price only $lB 50 Axminster, 9x12 Rug, fine, $27.50, sale price only s2l 00 Velvet. 9x12 Rug. fine, $20.00 value, sale price only <£|4 25 Velvet, 9x12 rug, best value, $25.00, sale price only 4jg Tapestry, 9x12 Rug, good value, $13.50, sale price only Cjq 25 Tapestry, 9x12 Rug. fine value, $17.50,5a1e price only 50 Tapestry, 9x12 Rug, best value, $22.50, sale price only sl6 50 Axminster, 11-3x12 Rug, $30.00 value, sale price only <£ 2 3 50 Axminster, 10-6x12 Rug, $35.00 value, sale price only $ 2 5 00 Axminster, 10-6x12 Rug. $32.50 Value, sale price only $24.25 Fiber, 8-3xlo-6 Rug. SIO.OO value, sale price only $ 8.00 Velvet, 27x54 Rugs, $1.50 value, go at j 1.05 Axminster, 27x54 Rugs, $2.50 value, go at J 1.85 Axminster, 36x72 Rugs, $4.00 value, go at J 3.25 Straw Mattings, prices range from 15c to 35c, sale price 22c Fiber Mattings, prices range from 35c to 50c, sale price 22c tO 35c Ladies’ Suits and Skirts, LADIES’ UNION SUITS. 33 1-3 Per Cent Off. 25c Values go at 21C Lawn Dresses, $1.25 value, sale price 89c Hundreds of Yards of TorchLawn Dresses. $6.00 value, sale j xr 1 t - ~ A . on and Vai Laces go at 4c All other prices cut accor-l n-ly. a yard. Big aSSOrtmeßi. All Muslins Gowns and Ur- Sun Bonnets, alrge sizes. derwear-Big Cut. IBc and 20c ' Gowns, 85c value, sale price y 2 c BED SPREADS. Gowns, $1.25 value, sale price. ■ . ty]q Skirts, 50c value Skirts, $1.25 value, sale price.. . $1.50 Spreads, sale price 2 2 Skirts, $1.75 value, sale price .(gj 43 51.75 Spreads, sale price J] 45 Drawers, 25c value, sale price... 2 lc $3.50 Spreads, sale price 98 Drawers, 50c value, sale price. . . TABLE LINENS. LINEN NAPKINS. -< • Ssc values go at, dozen 60c 25c values go at, yard 2 1C °° V ” UeS S ° d ° le " 82c 50c values go at, yard 4 2 c $1.25 values go at, dozen 95c 60c values, extra wide, at, yard. .4g c Sl-75 values go at. dozen $1.15 »fsc values go at, yard QS C V-25 values go at, dozen SL6S SI.OO values go at, yard g 2 c $3 - 50 values go at, dozen . $1.25 values go at, yard 95c * 4 00 and * 4 ’ so values ’ 0° **- $l5O values go at, yard $1.15 dOZe " $3.35 DRESS GINGHAMS. All 32-inch Zepher Ginghams, value, 15c per yard, go at, yard j 2 c AH Imperial Ginghams, value, 12'/ac per yard, go at, yard jq c Just think of it, 32-inch wide, fine ginghams at, yard j2 c In fancy colors, stripes in all eolers, and plaids. Don’t miss this. BABY CAPS. HOUSE JACKETS. 25c value, sale price 21c 1 i50c value, crlc price '' 9ht ‘ O,OrS ’ stripes a " d ch SI.OO value, sale price g 7c Va UeS 90 at 45c Extraordinary cut in all Dress goods Plain Fancy black and colored THE BOSTON STORE DECATUR, - INDIANA