Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1912 — Page 3

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HEATHER FORECAST I C I Fair tonight; probably snow in the north and central portions tonight and Sunday. Warmer in south portion tonight and Sunday. Miss Fannie Kiracofe of Wren, 0.. is the guest of her brother, John B. Kiracofe, and wife. John O'Brien of the Ward Fence ■company has returned from a business trip to Chicago. Levi Roth, who has been visiting here, returned yesterday afternoon to his home at Grabill. Miss Jennie Woods went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon where she will visit over Sunday with Mrs. J. S. Nelson. Mr and .Mrs. Sam Lopes returned yesterday afternoon to Monroeville after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Fd Whitright. Mrs. Ruth H. Buuck of Preble changed cars here yesterday afternoon enroute to Fort Wayne for a visit with her sist&r. Miss Frances Laman, at the St. Josesp hospital. Fort Wayne, still shows continued recovery from an operation Tor appendicitis. Mrs. William Dailey changed cars here yesterday afternoon on her way home to Fort Wayne from Willshire, Ohio, where she had been visliag.

38 Pairs Boys Shoes TA to 514 sl-50 £ Former Price $2.00 to $2.50 — —■— — ——— I * WINNES SHOE STORE ’OK O A O *4 O ® OgfO?8CDilGfIO®0®OBO«OaOM f; S. Borers. Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice. Pres. § » ’ 2 a !5 O O i * » T 1 O « 88 2 The Bowers Realty Company has pome excel- O O lent bargains in city property and AHams county « ■ farms. The company would be pleased to have i 2 you call at its office and see its offerings. Jhe com- o ■ pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on 2 reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract J? Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty 2 years experience, complete records. a _ * O © fl o 2 The Bowers Realtj Co. & •J French Quinn, Secty. O OBoioioioioaoMoiofjioio aoa*? i

: I r Mr. and Mrs Charles Straub were , t at Portland today visiting with reia- j j tives. j j Mrs. Gertrude Rohern transferred j here yesterday enroute to Fort Wayne i from Schumm. Ohio. Miss Aletha Schafer will spend Sun- 1 day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al- r mond Schafer, at Pleasant Mills. t John Bowers returned yesterday j ‘ afternoon from Fort Wayne, where he | had been with his daughter, Mrs. R. , 1 M. Kaough, who is very ill with pneu- | 1 monia. i 1 11 11. W. Tapp of the Herman Tapp i Construction company of Ft. Wayne ; was in the city yesterday on business relating to the proposed new Monroe street river bridge. < Mr. and Mrs. William Mcßarnes and i daughter, Mrs. George Kern, and her ( | children, Thelma and Richard, of De- ( 1 troit, Mich., went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon for a visit with Mrs. ' | Curt Hart. ( Through the Erwin real estate agency, the Ed Ahr farm of 120 acres ! in Union township, and the 40 acres ' belonging to the Ahf estate, have been ■ sold to a Fort Wayne firm. The money involved in the transaction ran up . to 120,000. 1 B. B. Teeple is at Saginaw, Mich , | 1 on business relating to the Frisinger & Sprtmger company. He accompan- j i ied two of their fine imported Bel- i - gian horses to that place, delivering ■ them to the purchasers, the ] { Sugar company.

C. C. Cloud was a business visitor it Lynn yesterday. Mont Fee will be the guest of his aniily over Sunday. Mrs. Will Winnes has returned from i visit at Montpelier. i .Miss Agnes Kohne went to Fort A'ayne yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Scherer went o Poe yesterday afternoon. Ex-Postmaster Teeple of Geneva was here yesterday on business. Ex-Trustee David Steele of Kirk-1 and township made a business trip o Geneva this morning. John Schug was at Berne today at-, lending to business matters, returning i tome on the afternoon train. John Weber was at Geneva this morning looking after some business! matters, which required his attention. Editor Fred Rohrer of Berne, who was in the city yesterday afternoon on business, left this morning for his home. The Pythian Sisters will hold an oyster supper this afternoon and evening. An exchange is also being held. Judge Moran of Portland, who was here yesterday for a short stay with his brother, Attorney J. C. Moran. left this morning for his home. Miss Lydia Bleeke, daughter of J. H. Bleeke of I nion township, went to Fort Wayne yesterday to visit with her sister and to attend a wedding. Protracted meeting closed at the Washington church, south of the city Thursday night. Much interest was manifested z during the series of services. Orpha and Ada Death of Rivarre have taken positions at the Schlickman restaurant, succeeding Mary Bogner and Emma Keller who resigned. Mrs. A. Kohne, who has been dangerously sick with pneumonia, is reported as recovering nicely, and is getting along remarkably well, considering the seriousness of her case. John Holthouse had to go to Bluffton this morning via the G. R. & I. to Geneva, thence by interurban to the place of his destination, owing to tire poor service now being in use on the Clover Leaf. Albert Acker was at Bluffton yesterday transacting insurance business. Dr. Boyers, who has been at Indianapolis attending the state medical meet held quarterly, returned home this morning. Sheriff Durkin seems to have fully I recovered from his attack of the heart I of a week ago, and is out as usual atI tending to h’3 duties, though he ' doesn't seem inclined to make any en- ■ tries for any more races, at least not I while the present cold weather continues. The funeral of Robert Pelham, the , e'derly gentleman who on Wednesday i was found deuci in his apartments. I death being due to heart trouble and ■ partially to patent medicine stimuI lants which he had been taking as a relief for illness, was held Friday and ' attended by many of the friends of the I deceased man. Homer Stewart returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne to resume his work as linotype operator on the Journal-Gazette. Mrs. Stewart rei mained for a longer visit. Mr. Stew- ■ art will return Sunday morning and I will spend Sunday and Monday with his brother and wife. Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart. This is their first visit in Decatur since their marriage on Thanksgiving All K's of C. are requested to place in mind the regular meeting of next I Monday, when the report of the trustees will be read and other business attended to, which requires the presence of all members for the better ; carrying out of Hiq same. At this I time arrangements will also be com- ' plcted for the installation exercises |on Thursday evening. January 18th, I which will al.,e be a good rime for I the council.. Henry Tnortias, who for several days past has been busy moving his I household goods from the south part ! of the city to his newly remodeled | home at the corner of Filth and MarI shall streets, is now all but comfortI ably located, but will be in a very ■ short while. Everything has been reI moved, and Henry is not sorry for it I either, for this kind of weather. Henry Buffenbarger, the drayman, while assisting in the moving of the Henry Thomas household goods into his new home recently remodeled at the corner of Filth and Marshall streets, met with a painful accident, when a dresser which he was carrying struck him just over the upper lip, ; cutting the flesh. He was going up i some steps when his foothold gave away, allowing the heavy piece to strike him in the face. The cut was of some length, to the corner of the mouth, when it took a downward course for a short distance. Although the injury is not serious, It required to stitch to close the wound, which will cause him some inconvenience for a few days at least.

J. M. Frisinger returned this morning from Fort Wayne. Noah Mangold was a Fort Wayne business visitor today. Jonas Meyer of Wells county was here today on business. i Vincent Foruing went to Ft. Wayne this morning on business. Mrs. A. R. Bell and daughter, Pansy, Went to Fort Wayne this morning. | ■ Miss Juanita Boch is a clerk at the Steele & Weaver racket store today. Samuel Lehman of Berne changed cars here this morning enroute to Ft. Wayne. j Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Tribolet of Bluffton visited with their daughter, Mrs. James Artman. I Miss Bess Baumgartner left today ! for Bluffton after a several days' visit here with friends. Mrs. J. C. Patterson left ibis after noon for Winchester, where she wi’l visit with her mother, Mrs. S. O. Irvin, for a few days. It is said that last night was tire i coldest of this* very severe winter season, the thermometers registering from sixteen to twenty-six below. Dr. M T. Jay. West Wainut street, went to Decatur Friday, where lie ’.’.ill address tire medical society o Adams county Friday evening.—Port ! land Comn.ercial-Reviev.. : I I Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Williams ol Scottsville, Mich., who have been vis 1 I iting here with relatives, left tins ] morning for Monroeville, where they ’; will visit further before returning j home. ~ S. E. Shamp returned last evening , from Akron, where he was called by the serious illness of his sister, Mrs Theresa Baney, of Fremont, Mich. Hi reports that there is no perceptible change in her condition. 0. P. Paulison, Nickel Plate brakei man, is confined at St. Joseph's hos . pital, where ne underwent a minor operation yesterday. The operation was performed by Dr. J. Frank Din nen.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. i Joseph Gunsett and C. IL Krucken- ' berg of near Schumm, Ohio, two proi gressive and live farmers, stopped here today enroute home from Farmland, Ind., where they were looking after the purchase of some fancy . stock. They made us a pleasant cal' 1 while in town. Mrs. T. M. Gallogly of Decatur has returned home after being here since ' Monday on account of the critical 1 sickness of her father, George Ram■•seyer, West Second street. The aged ?. man is suffering from asthma and ■ lagrippe and his condition is very bad I —Portland Sun. j Ice-harvester workmen at Warsaw struck fo r higher wages -wanting their daily wages of $1.75 raised to s‘loo per day. This the ice companies refused to pay, stating that the great supply of ice this season would doubtless make the price too low next sum , mer to warrant paying so much sor 1 the harvest. B ■ Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Coverdale arc „ moving to the Myers home on Second , street. This- is the newly remodeled „ residence, opposite the Spencer home stead, being the house moved from the Louis Holthouse property on First I street. Tire house has been remodel j ed most handsomely’, and is a very cozy and comfortable place. I Friday morning, a horse belonging ’ to the Fashion Stables, which had been left standing for use. took a no ? tion to take a good run, and started 1 north on Second street while no one ■ was in the way to interfere with it. 3 Many fried to stop it along the way. - but to this it paid no attention and went right ahead until Hoagland was i reached. No one was in the rig and • as it kept in a straight path no dam’’age was sustained by the horse and • rig. The K. ot P. installation of office 1 w was again postponed until next Thur--1 day evening out Thursday evening’.' ' meeting was a lengthy one, the firs' and second degree being conferred upon Professor Rufus R. East of the Monroe schools. The auditing board of the lodge, consisting of D. B. E- - J. L. Gay and Fred Fruelite, will meet next Monday evening and audit the books and at the meeting next Thursday evening also, new by-laws will be adopted. Miss Lettie Kintz, who arrived home from Gideon. Mo., to visit with he parents, Mr. ar.d Mrs. G. F. Kintz, h"' decided to te riin here, and the first of March will enter the International Business college at Fort Wjiyne fur a course. Miss Kintz mad' her home in Gideon, Mo., with be; si ter. Mrs. Newton Anderson, and 'lr're there held a good i csition as < adhler fothe Gideon , r Aide -or Lum' er .<• Mercantile company, having a moat excellent position. They were loath to have her leave, but she decided that home and Decatur were the most de sjrable and will remain here, taking a course in the Fort Wayne business college.

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Miss Bertha Blazer went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mrs. Mary Wemhoff made a bust-1 ness trip to Fort Wayne this morning. : Ed Meyers of Preble township was 1 numbered among the business callers here this morning The Ben Hur installation of officers t 1 was postponed from last evening until next Fridav evening. , ’ Mrs. L. N. Grandstaff, Mrs. George Scheiferstein and son are recovering. from a severe ease of the grip. B. F. Brown of Pleasant Mills chang ' > ed cars here this afternoon enroute to Monroeville to visit with his children ! Miss Stella Thomas of Geneva was here this morning, taking her regular ’■ musical instruction and left at noon 1 for her home. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Niblick of Bluffton changed cars here this morning v enroute to Hoagland to visit with M gland Mrs. Theodore Hunt, o William Chronister and daughte s i Rachel Francile went to Fort Wayne, t for medical treatment for the lattei She is imoproving nicely. 1 Judge Williams of Union City. Ind r was here today attending to legal matters. He is a fine old gentleman an we enjoyed meeting him. d Mr. and Mrs. David Flanders have d returned from a several months’ res :■ dence in Michigan and are again occu e ‘ pying their property on South Third t street. 1 Miss Gladdes Bowers went to For >’ Wayne Friday afternoon to be with. her sister, Vi, Mrs. R. M. Kaough, who s is dangerously ill with pneum'u.la, having been suffering since last Sn urday Her little son. Edwin, is re covering nicely from a recent opera tier, for adenoids. John Knavel, a well known man o this city, was badly injured Friday 1 afternoon while cutting timber W’est cf s this city. He felled a tree and in the d fall thereof, a branch struck him on i- the head, inflicting a big gash in his ’ forehead. He was brought to this city and taken to a doctor who took set era stitches to close the wound. Tn spite of the extreme cold wcatl s er Thursday' evening the members ■ the Embroidery club enjoyed a rec I 1 good time at the home of Mrs. Orva n Harruff. Some of the members faile 1 to show up, but those who venture - out were well pleased with the evei I Ing’s pleasure which they enjoyed t ] Miss Jessie Winnes will be the nex; : hostess. ' Last Wednesday evening about o’clock, when Charles Bowman, ol lid . township, tied his horse in front < the Peterson store some parly »,■ willing enough to subtract the valua ble robe belonging to him. However I another party acrasp the street r the party take the robe and he i . known. Therefore the return of tju robe is expected daily. , n — - - - PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sal at his residence, 4’/z miles southwest of Decatur, or 2 miles north and s , mile west of Monroe, on Monday, Jar uary 22, 1912, beginning at 10 o’clod a. m., the following property, to-wit Eight Head of Horses: One bay dra! mare, 6 years old, In foal; 1 bay draft

mare, 9 years old, in foal; 1 general 1 ] !purpose mare, 5 years old, in foal; 1 h .sorrel mare, coming 3 years old in ; spring; 1 brown mare, coming 2 years ; I old in spring; 3 spring colts. Four Head cf Cattle: One G-year old cow I due to be fresh in February; one good heifer, will be fresh in March; 2 spring calves. Hogs and Sheep: Four brood sows, will farrow in March and 'April; 20 shoats; 15 Shropshire ewes, 1 Shropshire buck. Farming ImpleI meats: One Milwaukee binder, Me ] ! Cormick mewer, a new Deere corn ■ planter, John Deere riding breaking plow, 2-horse breaking plow, spring tooth harrow, spike tooth harrow,

Smoke only cigars that are ( made at home under hy- < genic conditions p OUR | the White Stag New Year rijyht Is The THE Smoke With a Smile WHITE v . llvll 1 . STAG Mild, Mellow and makes CIGAR A He “ lthy Sm ° ke 5 Cents At All Dealers - j 1912 CUTTING 1912! y CUTTING CARS ARE MEIN SIX MODELS Including Roadsters and Touring Cars Ranging in price from $1,200. to $2,250. Ti e car shown above is the Model T 35 which sets fur £1250. It has a Wisconsin 4x5 four-C'-'iii dfT motor, Remy magneto and battery ignition, three speed foreward and reverse, selective shdit g transmission. 116 inch wheelbase, 34x4 inch tires, Go(dye<ir quick detachable rims, latest type ’ of fore door torpedo body with inside control, nickel trimming throughout. Clark Carter Automobile Co. Jackson, Mich. J, R. Zimmerman, Rep. Decatur, Ind, See T 35 Cutting at Watson’s Garage, N. Second St.

Rock Island hay loader, Turnbull wag on, hay ladders, set double harness, grain drill, seven dozen chickens, about 150 bushel of oats, about 400 bushels corn in crib, cultivator, mud boat, wheelbarrow, drag, some corn fodder and numerous other articles not mentioned. Terms —All amounts of $5 and, under, cash in hand; over $5 a credit of 9 months will be given, the purchaser giving note with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash. No property removed until settled for. GEORGE COLCHIN. John Spuhler, Auct. Fred Fruchte, Clerk.