Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1911 — Page 3

I’m A Candidate ..... for your shoe business. My platform is, a square deal, to sell you shoes like I would want you to sell to me if I was buying them from you, your moneys worth or your money back, The Better the Grade The Bigger the Trade Charlie Voglewede THE SHOE SELLER

»v)*o*o*o*o*o ♦ o*o*oeo«<M] > WEATHER FORECAST! i 2 ’• -*o*o*o#o • o*o*o*o*o*o*oe Rain tonight and Sunday. ■ ■ — = L. C. Waring was a visitor at Fort Wayne last evening. Leo Yager will spend Sunday with his brothers and sister. John Sehug arrived home from his regular trip and will be the guest of his family over Sunday. The frame work for the A. J. Smith new garage is erected, and the remainder of the work will be pushed along rapidly. Mrs. Tracy Stevens and her guest, Mrs. Hannah Manley, of Lansing, Mich., went to Bluffton to visit with Mrs. Roy Venis. Mrs. Bertha Powell of Lansing, Mich., and Dr. Lizzie Burns went to Chicago Friday evening, from which place Mrs. Powell will return home. Mrs. Hannah Manley and niece, Bertha Poweli, and daughter, Laura, of Lansing, Mich., were the guests of the former’s brothers, Henry and Smiths Stevens. The Misses Vita Harmon of New York and Mamie Lassus of Fort Wayne returned yesterday afternoon tc their study at the Sacred Heart academy at Fort Wayne. They had been making a visit here since Thanksgiving day with Miss Agnes Kohne.

% “Jeff” and “Mutt” have taken up winter quar--1 ters at the mens shoe def *Vt partment of Winnes shoe / \ C, store, and will be pleased L > to We^COme vjk who demands the best in Mens footgear. Shown in IL z^’ 'r*—x Tan Russian and Gun metj al button, Two very fitting sai nples of our large line of mens shoes. At The Home of Good Shoes winnes"shoe store

■OB OB O B 0 1 0 BOBOJ»OBO»0 BoaoloKO J 8 J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. « 0 * S o 0 £ ■ o ■ ■ The Bowers Realty Company has some! excel- g 0 lent bargains in city property and Adams coun y 1 farms. The company would be pleased to nave , g you call at its office and see lt ».°^ e n ™S 0 „« n 2 0 pany has plenty of live per ce £ 1 Abstract ■ m reasonable terms. Let tne oc Twenty 2 q Company prepare your abstrac . • • K ■ years experience, complete rec rd . 0 g 2 The Bowers Realty Co. — V S French Quinn, Secty. g OIOIOBOIOJ0SO«O* Os 3 * ollf

Clem Heidemann made a business ; i trip to Geneva this morning. Howard Shackley made a business j trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Joe Tonnelier returned this afteri noon from a business trip to Geneva. Mrs. Forest Light and children went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon | for a visit with her aunt. Dave Gerber, who was looking aft- i er the hog markets at Berne today, I 1 returned home on the afternoon train, j One of the heaviest fogs of the year . was the one this morning, it being im ' possible for one to see but little fur- ' ther than a few feet in front of him. Henry Gentis, traveling representative for the Schafer Hardware com--1 pany, returned home last evening and will remain here for an over Sunday stay. The sloppy weather just at present need not make you believe that you will not need any more coal this wini ter. The cold snap is likely to come , any of these days. Tim Rady, car marshal on Train 70 and 71, running between Richmond and Ridgeville, spent the first two days of this week hunting among the hills and clay banks of Wayne county. Mr. Rady was successful, for when he reached his home and took an inventory of the game bag, he found that he had a dozen or more full-grown sparrows, thinking at the , time he shot them they were young quails, until informed differently by j his wife.

Miss Mary Cowan spent the day in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Charles Schenck went to Fort Wayne this morning. C. Lautzenheiser of Berne was a business visitor here today. Miss Amelia Weber was clerking at the Lehne jewelry store today. Mrs. E. J. Bailey and Mrs. Fred Schafer were Fort Wayne visitors today. A square inch of clear conscience for a cent —the Red Cross Christmas seal. Mrs. C. L. Meibers and Mrs. Anna Droppieman were Fort Wayne visitors today. Mr. and Mrs. John Lachot will spend Sunday with H. S. King at Bluffton. Miss Lulu Buchanan of Willshire, Ohio, transferred here this morning enroute to Fort Wayne. Miss Katherine Kriegel of Berne will spend Sunday here as the guest of Miss Amelia Weber. Appropriate religious services will be held in all the city’s churches tomorrow, to which the public is invited. Charles Niblick returned home from | Logansport last evening, where business required his attention for a short while. John Mosure of Bluffton, who was in our city this morning looking after business affairs, returned to his home this noon. Alfred King, who has been at Alma, Mich., for some months, is here for a visit with his brother, Elgin, for . a few weeks. Mrs. G. H. Laughry returned today J to Colfax after a week’s visit with i her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Daugherty, near Monroe. Jacob Bogner of Fremont, Ohio, is here visiting with his brothers and sisters Mr. Bogner was a resident here until six years ago. A man riding into the city on the S o’clock car this morning was sound asleep when he arrived. Awakening with the stopping of the car, he inquired what town this was, and then got off. Mrs. Fred Bouse left last night for Toledo, Ohio, after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Watts. She will join her husband there and Monday they will leave for their future home in Grand Rapids, Mich. 1 Aviator C. P. Rodgers has recovered from a fall received in an attempt at the last stretch of his airship ! flight in California, and he announces ! that he will on Sunday make another ! trial to complete the trip to the Pa- ’ clfic ocean.

Put up to meet all the requirements of the most fastidous smoker “THE WHITE STAG” 5 CENT CIGAR A Big full sized Londre Grand. Its large burning surface gives added richness and fuller flavor. Its tastsmild and mellow and its made for men. Made in Decatur That makes it right

CHIROPRACTIC B C "Fry[Chiropractor of considerable experience and a graduate from the Michigan School of Chiropractic Jat Grand Rapids, Michigan, will open up headquarters in this citv over the Peoples & Gerke shoe store. The paragraph which stated that there is nothing in this line that I will not cure was an error and should read like this I do not daim to cure disease, I relieve the cause, and nature cures. Will open to tne public on'Saturday of this week. B. C. FRY

Sam Simison of Berne was a business visitor here today. Miss Aldine Annen of Magley is vis iting here with, friends. Tom Baltzell was numbered among the busy men here today. Mrs. William August was assisting at the I. Bernstein store today. Trustee D. Huffman of Preble township was here today on business. Nelson Bricker of Geneva was here today for a short stay on business. Mrs. Julia Moses shows improvement day by day, which news is very-1 pleasing to her many friends. Miss Catherine Vesey arrived from Fort Wayne for an over-Sunday visit with the John Niblick family. Ruth Patterson, Ethel Barkley and Marion Archbold are extra clerks at the True & Runyon store today. Miss Amelia Weber has taken a position as clerk for the Lehne jewelry store during the holiday season. Mrs. D. V. Steele left this morning for Attica, where she will visit with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Barnhart. A. A. Simison of Berne, who was here this morning attending to busiiness affairs, returned to his home on tho noon train. C. G. Egley, a well known grain dealer of Berne, Ind., was in the cityyesterday and was registered at the Baltes hotel.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. Architect Hoffman is preparing the plans for the new Monroe street bridge to be built next summer. >lt will be a splendid improvement to the city and community. W. F. DeVilbiss, living northwest of this city, has been elected vice president of the Indiana Horticultural society, representing the Twelfth district.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Today was without doubt the busiest day of all for the candidates, and one could see them on all corners and in all places calling the attention of their friends to the fact that the time is growing short, and to lend them their aid at the twelfth hour, next Tuesday. Mrs. Ida Smith, mother of Art Smith, the youthful Fort Wayne aviator, is anxiously awaiting news from her son of his flights at Bay City, Tex., where he was to make his first public exhibition outside of Fort Wayne, Thursday afternoon. He was also to fly Friday afternoon and on Saturday. Post cards were received announcing his arrival at Bay City and that his machine had been set up and was in readiness for the first flight, but no further word has been received. —Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-zette.

Select G) Your Watch From Our whiff Stock Then you’ll be certain of getting exactly what you want, uur stock is so varied and extensive that we can please you every whim. Maybe you have taken a fancy to the thin model. We have them in open face or hunting style beautifully engraved or plain cases. We handle only those makes of national reputation. We guarantee every watch we sell to keep perfect time and to be as represented in every way. Our prices are in keeping with values. No buyer could ask more. W. L. LEHNE, JEWELER. Free a silver spoon with every $1 purchase or more. FARM FOR SALE—26O acres, 100 acres bottom land, in Franklin county, Indiana; 160 acres blue grass pasture. Elegant buildings, a great farm. Reasonable price.—E. Woods. 281t30 Wood For Sale Kindling, Slabs, and good country cook and heating wood at the right price.S. H. Adams Phone 635 Bowers Niblick Crain Co. Grain Hay Straw Seeds Give us a Trial Phone 233 Robert Case Manager

KjWWiFE ' hi&OND! You Know ESr? Has Always Wanted ONE | Is it a diamond you want to give | her for » Christmas present’ If it is I we have just what you want, whether it is one for SI.OO or S2OO. A cheap, | a flowed, a wide, a deep, or a. perfect diamond, wo have them, any price. | You wiSl find us with the goods la I jewelry, watches, umbrellas, necklaces, bracelets, everything in the I jewelry line. We have bought heavy j to meet the early and Ute buyers. Call aa.l see my stock. Then decide later. We have clerks. We pay for j showing our goods. We have lots of j I goods laid away, and it will pay you to i I come early. HENSLEY, THE JEWELER. 1

] LET US OIL YOUR HARNESS Now is the time yea should have your harness oiled, it puts the leather in better condition to withstand the rainsand snow, but be sure that you have the 1 M proper kind used on your harness as poor oil is worse tha n none. 1 I We Use 2-3 Pure Neatsfoot Also another essentiel feature is that the harness are properly washed before U being oiled so that the leather will be in condition to take all the oil necessary dirty harness won’t absorb oil. We wash all of our harness before oiling ' rt PRICES Heavy harness with breeching . $2.00 II J Heavy harness without breeching 1.50 S Coach pad harness 1.25 Single harness 90 M. BURNS and SON J H-n ——ri mi— Inr .i i 1 i e=J

|. fe - || inWw® BM-■ i wZS IAW BP® ij( io Iw w —— I Ama Ih ! I VwWI k 811 bvw 111 Copyright Hart Schaffucr St Marx IF you have’nt selected your Winter Suit or Overcoat yet, you’d better; the weather men tell us there’s a cold hard winter ahead of us, one of our Hart, Schaffner & MARX Suits or O’coats will come, in pretty handy and we’ve a great variety of patterns to show you that will be sure to please. H. S. & M. Suits $lB. and up --O’coats sls. and up. Nor have we forgotten the men who care to invest $lO. to sls. for a suit or overcoat, and expect all-wool clothes, style and service, we’ve a great showing at these prices, and the clothes are guaranteed to give satisfactionGet your Christmas presents here; Things men want and enjoy wearing Spend what you please from 10c up. Holtholise, Schulte £ Go. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys. I

"toi 1 1 ,r>T x\ j FANCY CASE PIPES o For Christinas [| Give him an opportunity to enjoy a good smoke. , Our French Briar Pipes are made of the most beau1 tiful briar, highly polished and fitted with amber stems. Different styles of stems to suit particular , smokers. Every pipe enclosed in a handsome velvet lined leather case which protects the pipe be- I J sides making a most beautiful and ideal present J for any man—who smokes. Prices from SI.OO to SB.OO LACHOT & RICE 2 >ao‘ joi a i