Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1911 — Page 3

J In Another Week ♦ we’ll have most of our fall shoes in and we’ll be ready for your fall business. Tans are going to be pretty popular numbers and we’ll have some very nobby styles to show you. Among the arrivals this week are Tans and Gun Metals made on Stubby lasts. Drop in this evenin gand take a look. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

♦ OOOOOOOOO*. WEATHER FORECAST? 3 O Unsettled; xhowers tonight or Sun da y; Slightly warmer tonight, east and touth portion. _ ________ Ferd Bleeke was a business caller at Indianapolis today. William (tolchin is home from a bus trip to Fort Wayne. Miss Ruth Laughlin went to Geneva for a short visit with her grandfather Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne was a professional business caller here today. Mrs George Flanders left today for Cincinnati, Ohio, for an extended visit with relatives. John Schag went to Berne to trans act businees affairs during the day. returning home on the afternoon train Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moyer and family left tnis morning for Sturgis, Mich., to make a visit with his sister, Mrs Elsie Selby, for a week or so.

j | THE HOME OF I I Quality Groceries I • ~ Not Our Goods Enter Your Homes ® I IhTiWI Do We Relinquish B$ |! V'. ' ‘ipl Our Careful Supervision Over them, IN ORDER THAT THEY May Reach You In The Best Condition. We carry a full line Glass Cans, Tin Cans, Rubbers, Lids, Wax, and Paraffine for canning. A.so the guaranteed Pickling Vinegar to can pickles for 20c a Gallon. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 16 Butter 17 to 22c Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108. SOIO ■O■ O■ O BOBODBOBOBOBOBOBOBOB OJ. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres, n ? £ 3 2 5 2 1 The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- g 2 lent bargains in city property and Adams county Q ! farms. The company would be pleased to have a 2 you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- g ) pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on ■ £ reasonable terins. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ■ q Company prepare your abstract of title. Tw y g I years experience, complete records. O 0 " ■ s I The Bowers Realty Go. ■> G French Quinn, Secty. g i OIOBOBOBOIOBOBrfOBOOBOBC 8080

i i . —— Kit Cowan of Bobo was a business caller In the city yesterday. Dr. Rayl of Monroe was here yes- ' terday looking after business affairs. Charles Sether is home from a busi , ness trip to Huntington and other I places along the line. John Schug arrived home this aft- j i ernon from his regular trip and will I spend Sundav here with his family. I Mrs. Mary Steele, who for ten days | has been making a visit with friends ' and relatives at Pioneer, Ohio, has returned home. Mrs. R. L. Sowers of East Adams street went to Sharon, Pa., Thursday to visit with her son, Dr. Homer Sowers, and family.—Portland Commer-cial-Review. Mrs. Henry Scheckel of Vicksburg. Mich., who has been here visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee, of west of the city returned today to . her home. i Mrs. A. M. Henry was among those who went to Hoagland this morning to be in attendance at the funeral of J. R Robison, which was held there this afternoon. _ _ — - ■ •—

Miss Stella Smith will spend Sunday with friends at Fort Wayne. i John McClain left this morning for Van Wert, where he will visit for a few days. i Miss Maude Higgs has gone to Fort Wayne to be the guest of friends for i a few days. I i Agnes Weber went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to spend Sunday with i friends. I Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart and son, ! Meredith, will visit over Sunday with < ’ relatives in Huntington. John McKean of Linn Grove was a ' business caller in the city this momI Ing, returning home on the afternoon 1 train. Mont Fee returned home from his : regular trip after a week's absence; . and will be the guest of his family ' i over Sunday. Mrs. E. A. Fickle* returned to her j home at Continental this morning aft-I i er having a very pleasant visit here with friends. John Steele of Peterson returned to i his home, he being here this after- ' noon to attend to business affairs for , ! a short while. Mrs. J. E. Andrews returned to her i ; home at Portland this morning, follow-1 : ing a few days' visit with friends and I | relatives at Pleasant Mills. Mrs. Joseph Kintz and Mrs. Joseph i I Steigmeyer left today for Kokomo, , where they will spend a week or ten days visiting with relatives. Julius Haugk is at home for a few i days after attending to business in i Arkansas and Missouri. He is getting I along nicely in the southwest. Miss Maynie Harting, who has been i maikng a visit for several weeks at * Celina, St. Mary’s and other places in j \ Ohio, will return home this evening Trustee John Hoffman of Preble J township was a business caller inth<>' city this morning, attending to such . business affairs as required his atten- , tionj Another fine day, thank you. And ; by the way this same kind of weather ' has been offered for the week of the j Great Northern fair. Get ready to ' I come. Mrs. Guy Shoemaker left today for | Geneva, where she will spend Sunday with her parents. Miss Nina Brayton. who has been her guest here for ' several days, also accompanied her home. ! ' At the Sunday school service at the I Presbyterian church. Miss Catherine j Egley, of Berne, will sing. Miss Egley ' 1 is visiting at the Erwin and Atz homes on North Second street, and is a vocalist of no mean ability. Mrs. Henry Schultz left this morn . ing for Ossian, where she will make ! a short stay at the home of William j Schulti, who is very sick. Mr. , Schultz, who went to his bedside yes- ! terday, returned this morning. Charles E. McDonald, foreman at the Herald office, was called to Ham- ' mond, Ind., today by the news of the I serious illness of his son. Harry, who j I has been employed as a pressman in ' the W. B. Conkey plant in that city. Ratch Blackbum will leave Monday ; on his regular trip for the novelty • house which he represents, after a few ' days' visit with his father. He will go to Fort Wayne, returning here and leaving for a trip over the south part 1 of the state. Attorney W. A. Campbell was ap- 1 , I pointed temporary receiver yesterday , i of the Fred B. Tague shoe store on Calhoun street, by Sol A. Wood. An i involuntary petition in bankruptcy | was recently filed against the firm — I Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Charles Dunn, secretary of the Wat- | kins Remedy Company of Indiana association of traveling men, is sending ‘ I out notices of the annual meeting | which will be held at Indianapolis duri ing the week of the state fair. Mr. I i Dunn is the secretary of the organization. Dr. J. W. Vizard, the well known Pleasant Mills physician and politi-. 1 clan, was in town today looking up friends and attending to business. Re cently the doctor has been devoting considerable time to the selection of i a H%w automobile, which he intends ' to purchase this fall. Now that Sam Ralstons official an- ( nouncement for the democratic nomi- ] nation for governor is out, the cam- ( paign of 1912 which ends more than a 1 year away, has really opened. From ( 1 now on it will be a continuous round j of announcements, platforms, conven- . i tions and campaigning. s I Dr. ,1. Neptune received a card < today, announcing the death of Frank i i Sugar of McGill, Ohio, his death hav- < ing occurred at his home Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The funeral will be held Monday morning and Dr. 1 Neptune will probably go to the Sugar t home tomorrow, but will not be able t to remain for the funeral. Mr. Sugar t lias for years been a member of the i hunting parties always joined by Mr. S Neptune and they were great friends, j the announcement of death causing a t shock to the doctor. , 1

Amelia Weber was an extra clerk 1 at the I. Bernstein store today Jeff Klopfenstlne ot rreme township was here today transactilng business - matters. L. N. Grandstaff of Monmouth was among the business callers here this afternoon. Frank Brown, from south of the city, was here today looking after business for a short while. W. D. Hoffman, living a miles south of Peterson, has advertised a sale of I his personal property, for September 7th. Leo Yager arrived this afternoon from his regular trip and will spend Sunday here with his sister and broth i era. Work is progressing on the Bowers , building on Monroe street, and it will» be a handsome addition to that pro gressive section of the city. A large number of Red Men went to Hoagland this noon to attend the fun eral of J. R. Robison, which was held i there at 1 o’clock this afternoon. ' Harold, little son of D. N. Niblick. 1 who some days ago underwent an operation for the removal of his tonsils, I is getting along much better. His , condition is still such as to require ‘ the assistance ot a nurse. Stanley Callow, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Callow, of West Plains, Mo., who has been here visiting at the D. N. Erwin home, is now altogether recovered from the operation which he under went some weeks ago for the removal of his tonsils and adenoids. This was a dull Saturday in Deca ! tur, and the crowd did not begin gathering until after dinner. With the im , proved roads, the farmer usually works until after dinner on Saturday,; comes to town to trade and gets back home for supper, and the chores. Frank Schultz left this afternoon , for Fort Wayne to be the guest of his sister, Mrs. Carl Hanna, and this evening will attend the play at the Majestic theater, "The Spring Maid." From Fort Wayne he will go to Ossian | where his uncle, William Schultz, a respected citizen of that pllce, is suf- ■ sering with pneumonia and asthma. Sunday afternoon promptly at 2' o’clock a base ball game between the Ward Fence company team and the automobile factory team will be called and one of the stiffest games ever j presented in the city by local players | is scheduled. They have been playing for a number of Sunday and there are always a large number of onlookers present to enjoy the game. The remains of Mrs. James White- ‘ hurst, who died at her home in Laketon. Ind., and a former resident of this 1 county, were transferred here this I noon enroute to Berne, by means ol | an automobile, the former home, where burial will take place. Mr. | Whitehurst was employed by the Citi- j zen’s Telephone Co. there and some j months ago went to Laketon,! where he has been working on a railroad. , C. O. France, as captain of the Columbit City Grays, has had one of the i best teams in northern Indiana at that < place this summer. Thursday the> ’ < met their first defeat at what was < called the South Whitley Greens, real < ly a team made up from the choice of < all the teams in that section. The , game went ten innings and the final, < score was 3 to 2. "Bones" got two < hits, had one put-out and five assists. ( showing that he still knows something i ( about the national game. Unexpected good fortune has come ( to C. E. Boes, a Portland drayman. ; in the information that he has been made the favorite heir of his uncle.' Joseph Gorsuch, of near Mauds, But-! ler county, Ohio, who died a few weeks ■' ago. To Boes, the will of his uncle * leaves 225 acres of land near Lex ' ington, Ky., and a share with other < heirs in 320 acres near Mauds, where < Mr. Gorsuch lived for many years, and < where he died. In addition a bank ac < count of $44,000 in cash is said to be ' < divisible among Mr. Boes and other, heirs. Women are neater than men. they sometimes leavd to get married. < then do not leave, more often than men do to seek new positions. Record , '■ ing to Jasper N. Kellar, president of 1 I the New England Telephone * Tele- j I graph company of Boston. In a re-1 I port of Mr. Kellar, who has 6,000 wo- i men in his employ, says that his views i differ from those expressed by some j western corporation men, who have de- i cided to employ no more girls. Mr. Keller says his company’s experience in trying young men on telephone switchboards shows that they are often impertinent or lazy, while girls are almost invariably polite, attentive and efficient. — o Noah Frauhiger, the auctioneer, has the following public sales scheduled for the near future, and those wishing dates can now' get in before the season is rushed: Lewis Scherry, Kirkland township, August 29; Cal Scott, Union township, September 1; James Burry, Curryville, Wells county, September 5; William Huffman, Kirkland township, Sept. 7. 196t6

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f VAN WERT COUNTY -=FAIR=$10,514 , Offered In Premiums A- ————————————————— Unsurpassed Horse Exhibit. p V The best Herds and. Flocks to be seen anywhere. / Superior Displays in Every Department. — Educational Exhibit of the College as Agriculture, of Q the Ohio State University. I. n . . The Brumback Public Library Display. ■wz I I Special Attractions provided for each day. Good Race* Program Daily Ladies’Jand Gent’s Road Rtce open to Van Wert and adjoining counties Motor Cycle Races Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Kirk’s Famous Vocal Orchestra all week. Wren Band Wednesday, Hiestand’s Band Thursday, Delphos Band Friday Baby Show (open to the world) Wednesday- $50.00 in prizes. Five mile Auto Race “The Bullet,’’ against time, Wednesday. Stock Parade Thursday and Friday A Week of Pleasure, Profit and Pleasant Memories Every Year A Little Better. For particulars and Cfficial Program address, E. V, WALBORN, Secretary, L. J — ■ 11 ■—« I I ABSOLUTE SAFETY qWitfe capital of $100,000,00, surplus of $20,000,00 total resources of $800,000,00, ample cash reserves, conservative this Bank offers its customers greatest possible safety. qin addition, semi-annual examinations of its assets are made by aJNational Bank examiner and five reports of its condition are rendered annually to comptroller of currency. qWith these safeguards, we believe w’e are justified in solicting your business. q4per cent interest paid on money left certain'times, qGoverment Depository for local postal funds. First National Bank of Decatur, Indiana