Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1911 — Page 3

\ r OU may have noticed that a I Y lot of young fellows around this town are wearing my shoes made on the natty Best Bet last. You may have noticed that these fellows are among the best dressed too, fellows who know what style is. I’ve got this last in both button and blucher patterns with high arch and high heels at $4.00 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

F ATHER FORECASTS o >o*o*o ♦ '■ *O*‘‘ *o*o ♦■’•<./* Showers tonight or Friday morning, followed by fair; warmer north portion tonight. ness""caller here this morning ness caller herethis morning. Many from this city went to Bluffton today to attend the street fair. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baughman were business visitors at Bluffton today. Will Conrad has returned to Bluff ton after attending the funeral of his brother. George Conrad. Mrs. Will Reed and children, Vio let and Delta, went to Latty, Ohio, yesterday afternoon for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Conrad, who attended the funeral of their brother,, George Conrad, returned to their home in Muncie. Miss Adeline Keller of Brackenridge street has returned to this city from a three weeks' stay in Decatur, Indi ana.—Fort Wayne Sentinel.

fiHgl _ ! THE HOME OF » j Q uaii| y 1 I rAi C° me G’ vc A Trial h ' YOL rHEN WILL OECL * RE Ou; Groceries The Choi- |^ Bl II A? IJ cest, Our Prices, Fair. Most Obliging You’ll Find Us, Anxious To Please Ever Striving Our Best. YOUR WANTS TO APPEASE! You have arranged for your Winter’s fuel now how about your flour, lard and other provisions for the winter. Let us help you * save your money. We will talk potatoes to you a little later. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 20 Butter 17 to 22c i Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108. 180801010 BoBOuSOKOBOSOaoaoSOK 5 J. s. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres, g 3 « “5 O O ' fl « - ’ Q ■JJ ® The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- O > lent bargains in city property and Adams coun y « farms. The company would be pleased to have B | 2 you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- < ® nanv has plenty of five per cent money to loan on fl 2 terms. Lefthe Schirmeyer Abstract - | S Company prepare your abstract of title.■ Twenty years experience, complete records. O O fl 9 X o The Bowers Realty Go. ■ f French Quinn, Secty. g §. CB0B 0«01010W0B0W9H0»C-O«0

Martin Beery made a business trip to Pleasant .Mills today. Messrs. McGill and Bailey of Wren, t Ohio, were business visitors here yesterday. Thomas Malley and son, Joseph P. Malley, of Chicago, left this after- ' noon for Pittsburg, Pa. Ellsworth Blazer of Rockford, Ohio, who has been a business caller here, returned to his home. Mrs. Thomas Ehinger and babe wentto Monroe this afternoon for a several days' visit with friends. Frank Breiner will leave Friday for ' , Chicago, where he will visit with his - daughter. Mrs. Milo Hilyard. Mrs. John Hessler and mother,' Mrs. Frank Parent, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon for a visit. Miss Goldie Hanover of Indianap-j olis transferred heretoday on her way I to Delphos, where she will visit with friends. Mrs. Lydia Frantz and little tour-year-old granddaughter, Edith Millen, of Rocky Ford, Colo., are here the guests of Mrs. Frantz' sister, Mrs. Amos Gillig. This is the first time in twenty years that the sisters have met and the reunion is a joyous one.

Gilbert Strickler was a Fort Wayne business visitor today. Miss Beatrice Coffelt of Root township was a shopper here yesterday. Judge R. K. Erwin of Fort Wayne was a business visitor here yesterday. A number of people went to Bluffton to be in attendance at the street fair. * Attorney J. C. Sutton is at Hamilton and Bellefontaine, Ohio, on business. Clark Dibble went to Portland yesterday to attend to some business affairs during the day. | Mrs. M. D. Pomeroy and son, DeLloyd, of near Willshire, Ohio, were visitors here yesterday. .Mrs. Jeff Addy and daughter ofl Root township were shoppers here jerterday afternoon. Miss Ella Meyers went to Fort I Wayne yesterday afternoon to attend 1 the St. Joseph hospital fair. Mrs. John Wilson of Kalamazoo,/ who is visiting here with relatives. I went to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. E. B. Adams and the Misses Marie Patterson and Midge Smith j were Fort Wayne visitors yesterday 1 afternoon. D. E. Laufferty went to Huntington 1 yesterday to look after some business ! which required his attention for a 1 short while. ■ Mrs. Sadie Cowley and Mrs. L. B. Brokaw of Fort Wayne arrived yesterI day afternoon for a visit over night ; with relatives. i Miss Agnes Colchin left yesterday afternoon for Fott Wayne, where she will make a week's visit with her uncle, Herman Bueter. Sheriff T. J. Durkin has returned from Michigan City to which place he ; accompanied Lester Cook, taking him | to the state’s prison there. | Chauncey Lautzenheiser of Berne j was In the city this morning looking after business affairs, which required his attention between trains. Rev. C. E. Ehle of Decatur was in Bluffton this morning for a short time visiting with Rev. E. T. Poulson and i other friends. —Bluffton News. Misses Mamie Harting, Anna and Lena Meyers of Decatur will arrive here Thursday for a short visit as the guests of Miss Vera Purdy.—Bluffton News Mrs. George Wertzberger and son, Bob, returned today to Hammond afti era visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Baughman, and other rela tives. ! Mr. and Mrs. I. Kalver and children will go to Fort Wayne for over Sunday, remaining until Monday evening, Monday being the Jewish holiday, the Day of Atonement. Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Woods and daughter. Itatire Martha, returned yesterday afternoon from Fort Wayne, where Mrs. Woods and babe visited a week with Mrs. A. O. Bookman. ‘Papa’s New Wife" at the opera house this evening is the latest stage | hit out, and one which assures a good j house of patrons. The seat sale this i morning was a good one and which I speaks well for this evening. While the Bluffton postoffice fell bej hind the Decatur postoffice in the number of newspapers and magazines handled during the past month, the Portland postoffice shoots far ahead with its report of 67,082 pieces during the month. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Purdy returned I to Bluffton. They attended the funeral of Mrs. Purdy’s brother. George Conrad, which was held yesterday. - i They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conrad and son, of Ham j mond, who will visit there. Mrs. Chauncey Brokaw of Root township arrived in the city and is at ; the M. Harmon home, where she was J taken sick with heart trouble, requiring the attendance of a physician. She is some better, but still unable to be \ about as before. Meyer, Scherer & Beaver are doing i some extensive advertising for their j I big sale of furniture, which will begin , on next Monday. A reduction on ev- ■ erything in the store has been made ' I and a better chance was never had be- I ,'orc. for t..? put chasing of these first-. ; class, up-to-date goods. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hayslip have I : moved their household goods and et- j I sects to Decatur, Ind., where they will I make their future home. Mr. Hay- i slip is at the present time in the em-i ploy of Smith & Bell, a big lumber concern in that city, and he is making that city his headquarters, hence j I the move on their part.—Columbia ! I city Mail. Miss Kynt Voklewede left this morning for Fort Wayne to attend the fun- ' eral of Mrs. Mary E. O’Rourke, which I took place this morning at 8:30 o’clock from the home and later from the I Cathedral. Mrs. O’Rourke had been a patient sufferer from facial cancerous growth for more than a year, and her death came as a relief to her. She was numbered among the most well I known elderly ladies of that place. I

EAST BUFFALO. I East Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 28—(Spec- I ial to Daily Democrat)—Receipts, 3,- I 200; shipments, 190; official to New I York yesterday, 760; hogs closing I steady. i Medium and heavy. 96.95097.00; I mixed, |7.00@|7.05; Yorkers, 96.95© I 17.00; pigs, 96.00; roughs, 96.70 0 | 95.80; stags, 94.95094.75; sheep. 3000; I steady; top lambs, 96.50; cattle, 250, I dull. I a. SUNK. I NIBLICK * OC | Eggs 20c I Buffer 17c922e | M. rVLUNNKAM***. | Lard Tc I i Eggs 20c I I Butter 18c@22c I •o— I LAID TO REST. The last sad rges over the remains ’ ■ of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I G. L. Walters were held this afternoon ] at 2 o'clock from the home and were I ’’ attended by many friends of the de- I ceased and of the parents. Rev. Se- I mans was in charge of the services. I j after which interment was made at the Decatur cemetery. j ——o —' 1 RODGERS IN AIR. (United Press Service.) Meadville. Pa.. Sept. 28—(Special to Daily Democrat)—After a flight of 10; i miles in one hundred and fifty-five minutes, Aviator C. P. Rodgers landed I here this afternoon, flying from Salamanca, N. Y. EXECUTOR’S SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at the late residence of his mother, Mrs. Mary J. Yager, on Mercer avenue, Decatur, beginning at 1 o’clock p. m., Saturday, September 30, 1911, the fol-

lowing property,to-wit: Household ar tlcles—One Favorite base burner, 1 Globe range, 1 organ, 1 davenport, 2 couches, 4 stands. 1 sewing machine, 1 sideboard, 2 tables, 1 cupboard, i dresser, 4 beds, 1 clock, 2 cook stoves, 2 surreys, 1 top buggy. 200-egg incubator, 5-bbl. galvanized tank, cooking utensils of all kinds and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms —Cash. CHARLES W. YAGER. Executor. ■, John Spuhler, Auctioneer. BEN HUR NOTICE. All Ben Hurs are requested to he at the meeting Friday evening, September 28th. MRS. MINNIE DANIELS, Scribe. -o , FOR SALE —Fresh oysters at Martin's daily.

— ABSOLUTE SAFETY : 11 ' Q With capital of $100,000,00, surplus of $20,000,00 total resources of $800,000,00, ample cash reserves, conservative loaning policy, this Bank offers its customers greatest possible safety. <j[ln addition, semi-annual examinations of its assets are made by a National Bank examiner and five reports of its condition are rendered annually to comptroller of currency. ••• • I ith these safeguards, we believe we are justified in solicting your business. <J4per cent interest paid on money left certain times. <JGoverment Depository for local postal funds. First National Bank of Decatur, Indiana I K. I i i I \ % THE SHOE OF TODAY Made in every practical leather over lasts that fit and dress up the foot. Shoes For The Entire Family. At Prices That Are Right. PEOPLES & GERKE J !■—J'

SMB CSS l—rsan THE BOSTON STORE I | ANNOUNCEMENT I I We take this occasion to announcement that we are now showing our full | 1 line of LADIES MISSES and CHILDRENS coats, suits and skirts for the fall gl trade. We believe that this line is one of the largest and finest selections of L i Fall styles we have ever shown. It contains all the latest colors and fabrics MB to be popular this fall. The whole line is large in rare and distinctive designs, Ml unique features and entirely new ideas in styles, meriting your most critical in- FT B spection. We are anxious that you should know our line and we urge you to pj look it over, come in and let us show you our new up-to-date line. I fa i NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS g I! THE BOSTON STORE b B DECATUR, INDIANA . □CZ__JLZ~Zj —BM LK—

Holty gets the oysters fresh from Baltimore. They are the best. FOR SALE—Pure bred Shropshire rams, one and two years old; also Duroc Jersey, service males. —C. C. Miller, Route 9, Decatur. 226tU| FOR SALE One Os The Best Homes In DECATUR All Modern CHEAP Inquire Old Adams County Bank

! FOR SALE —Confectionery, fine location, new fixtures, good business. Address Bidwell, Elwood, Ind.

T Old Adams County Bank Decatur, Indiana. Capital $l2O 000 | <•>. /*“ —Surplus . $30,000 jjh C. s. Niblick, President .M. Kirsch and John Niblick _ Vice Presidents E. X. Ehinger, Cashier. ~ S oTad Farm loans Kt du a Specialty | Resolve Co S‘ ons 1 Don’t Hesitate — able Kates. 1,1 r ‘ With A Small Amount — To Open With Us Ac eoSdaA BANK ACCOUNT! TALL OAKS With Safe From Little Acorns Grow Methods GREAT GRAIN CROPS Extended From The Seed You Sow! We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on 1 Year Time Deposits | n —wmi m— * I -- IT’S DANGEROUS! . DON’T DO IT j Now C< iws A S;- son | ft U The Y ear I ’ When A ' J CHANCE OF —1 FOOTWEAR Is Not Only Desirable But WISE AND PRUDENT IN FACT, IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE! Don’t Let The First Storm Catch You With Light Summer Shoes On ( IT’S DANGEROUS I The Heavier Leathers Are All Here! I j They’ll Keep The Feet Warm and Dry! I ELZEYd FALK OPP. COURT HOUSE ’hi————

LOST OR STOLEN—Fancy Scotch Collie dog. Call ’phone 58 or 6i>. Reward will be paid. 225 t!