Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1911 — Page 3

Barkers Best For Wet The best mens work shoe for wet is Barkers Best. Taned the old fashioned way with oak bark, pores filled with dubin, close grained skins, soles that wear like flint, plain toe and tip lasts in widths to fit most any foot Try them for the hardest kind of wear. MENS $3.50 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

.> WEATHER FORECAST I 'o*o«o*o«o ♦ o*o»o*o*o<o*o5 Unsettled north portion; probably showers south portion tonight or Sunday. Mrs. A. B. Morrison went to Fort Wayne thia morning. Noah Mangold was a Fort Wayne business visitor today. Ezra Archbold of Fort Wayne was here on business yesterday. George C. Steele will leave tomorrow for Chicago on business. Miss Maria Robinson of Monmouth was a shopper here yesterday. Many babes of the city and county are reported ill with summer complaint Mrs. Joha Peterson will leave Monday for Roane City to spend a week or so enjoying an outing. A. R. Bell returned to Oden, Mich., last night and will remain there during the rest of the hot season.

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T I Ed Vanell returned from a business j trip to Fort Wayne. Miss Fern Meroney of Frankfort is I the guest of Miss Lydia Miller. John B. Holthouse was at Bluffton i today, looking after his cement interl eats. Miss Esther Turner of Portland will ; spend the week with her aunt, Mrs. John Reiter. Lew Ellingham will leave tonight for Bay View, Mich., where he will rei main for three weeks. I Mrs. Adam McMann and five children this morning transferred here on her way to Berne, for a visit with relatives. L. L. Baumgartner, who was doing i some work here for a week past, returned today to his home at Linn Grove. Raymond Bremerkamp was at Bry- ; ant today looking after some business i affairs, which required his attention fior a brief time. Mrs. John Reiter and son, Richard, ■returned yesterday from Portland, I where they visited with her parents. ! Mr. and Mrs. R. F. VanTilburgh.

Mra. Elzey Allen went to Ft. Wayne this morning. Mra. Ed Booth of near Monroe was a shopper here today. T. M. Reid will leave for Rome City thia evening for an over-Sunday visit at hla summer cottage. Mrs. Fred Patterson has gone to Terre Haute to be the guest of her mother, Mrs, S. A. King. George Tricker was transacting business matters at Geneva, returning home on the afternoon train. Leo Yager returned from his regular trip and will be the guest of his brothers and sister over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters and babe of Marion will spend Sunday here with his brother, W. D. Walters, and wife. Miss Bertha Knapp will leave this evening for Cincinnati, Ohio, where she will spend a week visiting with relatives. Miss Della Sellemeyer, who left for Indianapolis today, will be absent for several days, making a visit with Mrs Anna Lyness. The A. J. Smith family, who have 1 been enjoying an extended trip; through the west, are expected home' in a few days. The Misses Tillie and Loliie Meib-j : era will return tomorrow from Rome ■ City, where they have been spending ' ' a two weeks’ vacation. Settlements on Mercer avenue and I Adams street are being made by those ' who have been careless and allowed | them to become due. The Misses Mamie Harting and Genevieve Bremerkamp left this noon for > Celina and St. Henry. Ohio, for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. Mint Lucile Hale left this morning for Oden, Mich., where she will Join a party of friends, among them being Pansy Bell and Jesse Helm of this . city. 1 Charles Merryman, from Cardwell, Mo., was here to attend the funeral ,of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary A. Merryman, which was held this morning. H. S. Moses of Canton, Ohio, stopped oft here yesterday enroute from Grand Rapids, Mich., and was a guest of hi.j relatives, the Moses families of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Salisbury of Chi- | cago arrived in the city yesterday aftj ernoon and will make a several weeks’ ■ visit with her mother, Mrs. Cecelia Ehinger. The Misses Ode and Letta Fullenkamp, Amelia Weber and Louisa Brake will leave Monday for Brook ' ville, where they will visit two weeks i with friends. Decatur is planning for the coming i of a street carnival next week, which j ■ means another week of hustle, and one j ; in which the business men will realize | ■ a week of business. Chalmer Schafer returned home last I evening from Portland, where he was 1 j attending to business matters, which . I required his attention, pertaining to ■ the hardware company. C. C. Schafer and J. H. Heller left this afternoon in the former’s car for I Clear Lake. Indiana, where they will spend Sunday with their families, who . are enjoying an outing there. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Tritch, who have been at Bloomington for a nummer of weeks, and while there Mr. Tritch taking a course in the state university, returned home yesterday afternoon. Rev. E. L. Jones of Warren, secretary of the Old People’s Memorial home, was in the city for a short time I i this morning, and went from here to I Monroe, where he delivered the fun(er«l sermon for Mrs. Ann Maryman. I mother of Judge J. T. Merryman, ■Which took place there. Mrs. B. K. Parker and children of I Hartford City are visiting with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale. On Monday Mrs. Parker will be joined by her husband, Rev. B. E. Parker, an 1 they will leave for Buffalo, Detroit. Niagara Falls and then to other points in New York, where they will be the guests of relatives. John Helms, living near Magley, suf- i | tered a stroke of paralysis Wednesday : j night. The stroke was a severe one. i I but he is improving. His brother, Jes fereon Helms, died a few years ago as . the result of paralysis. His sisters, j Mrs. Hugh Evers and Mrs. Henry , Gehrett, are spending the day at the Helms home—Bluffton News. The portland business men appointed to work for the securing of a free 1 right-of-way for the Fort Wayne & Springfield extension south will begin I active work next Monday, and it is thought the securing of the free right-of-way will be easy, as residents along the proposed line are quite enthusiastic. A meeting will be held at Geneva this evening. It is said that Arnold & Company, engineers of Chicago,"have already gone over the proposed southern route between this city and Portland and have Estimated the cost of constructing the extension at nearly 1500,000.

Miss Lily Vents of Hoagland was it the city today. Lawrence Garard of Monroeville was a visitor here today. Ross Mallonee is at home to spend Sunday with his family. William J. J. Bell of Craigville was in Decatur Thursday, calling on relatives. Misses Iva Harvey and Mattia Thomas atended the big show Thur* day. Miss Ruth Zerkel was shopping in the city Thursday, and also attending the big show. Miss Frances Zerkel was visiting her sister, Mrs. Grace Smith, of near Monroe. Miss 110 Parrish of Poneto has returned to J. A. Zerkel's after a visit with her relatives near Monroe. Mrs. E. Z. Stalter. of Elkhart, who has been visiting here, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon for a visit with her sister. Appropriate religious services will be held tomorrow In all the city 5 churches, to which the public is cordially invited. Floyd, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burdg, who has been sick the 1 past week with typhoid fever, remains about the same. Miss Mary Winans went to Fort Wayne this afternoon for an overSunday visit with the Misses Tot and Ethel Hildebrand. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wertsberger are expected home from Chicago for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wertzberger. The Misses Vena Reckeweg and Ella i Bohner changed cars here enroute to their homes in Fort Wayne after a visit at Willshire, Ohio. i Joe Emery and Ed Deyo of Monte zuma, Ohio, were here today on bus! ; ness and were guests of Mr. and Mra Henry Gerke at dinner today. Ernst Bloemker, the aged man re I siding near Magley, who has been sui sering from paralysis the past month is said to be growing weaker. Commissioners Jesse Sutton and I Henry Heller today sold the Van

I I ('amp property just north of the Van- | Camp homestead to Ed Johnson. Mrs. Hiram Counterman and chil- ! dren, Thelma and Howard, of Willshire, Ohio, changed cars here this morning on their way to Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miller and daughters, Mary Ann and Caroline, of Bluffton will arrive this evening for a sev- : erai days' visit with Mr. and Mrs. O. L. I Vance. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Schug and chil-| I dren, George and Mary Catherine, left this morning for Fremont, Ind., from I where they will drive to Kinderhook. Mich., for a ten days’ outing. Mrs. Otto Reppert and her guests,, Mrs. William Bihlman and daughters, j Emma and Esther, of Cincinnati, 0., ; went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to ; visit over Sunday with Mrs, Hear.' Peters. R. D. Fleming, deputy game and fish j commissioner, arrived this morning ! from Fort Wayne to hold a meeting i in this city relative to the granting 01 ' , permits to seine the St. Mary’s river for undesirable fish. The monthly meeting of the Knights of Columbus will be held on Monday evening at their hall and such business as requires attention will be brought 'up at this time. A good attendance is asked to lend their assistance at this time. Messrs. W’right, Whitney and Hub bard of Merrill and St. , Louis, Mich., were here yesterday en- , route home from St. Marys, where , they had been investigating the sugar j beet industry. They were well ini-' pressed with Decatur. Miss Naomi Baxter returned yesterday afternoon to her home in Fort Wayne after a visit with her grand- . parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Cline, , and other relatives. SJhe was accompanied by her cousin. Miss Grace I Lich ten Steiger, who will visit there. Mr. Henry Barnhart of Monon, liiu.. ; arrived last evening for a few days’ i • visit with his sister, Mrs. Mary Steeie.; They had not seen each other for se'I erai years and the meeting was oi ■ ; course a vei-y happy one. Mr. Barn-; hart will return to his home Monday., < Beacher Meibers, who for several I ' weeks has been off duty at the Schaf- j [ er hardware store on acount of nerv- j ous trouble, was down to his place oi | business this morning, but unable to • look after his many duties. He was at l West Baden for ten days, this bettering his condition somewhat, but he I is still far from enjoying his former | . henlth, and will be such lor some i ; time. I Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Terveer are in receipt of a letter from their daughter, i Mrs. Clara Uhl, who is touring the j east on her honeymoon. The letter , was written from Washington, where I they spent several days and visited l all the public buildings and the many wonderful places of interest. She «s enjoyiag the trip immensely, is well and happy and sends fondest greetings to the loved ones at home.

n NOTICE. Gn and after August 7th I will start my cider mill and will make cider every day until further notice. PETER KIRSCH. Factory, North 3rd St. 183tf o B. B. Ointment cures eczema, pimples, scalp and skin trouble, Itching piles, prickly heat, sunburn, and affords you skin comfort during the hot weather, B. B. Ointment stops itch- . Ing at once and allays the irritation and promptly soothes and heals the skin. B. B. Ointment gives universal satisfaction, and is recognized by the leading druggists as the standard remedy for all skin and scalp troubles. Sold by all druggists. B. B. Ointment Is one of our most staple medicines. It gives entire sat- > isfaction in every case. After being once used it becomes a household i remedy. The Holthouse Drug com pany. t&s-6-wks I ~ 1 ’ 1 -—

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