Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1912 — Page 3

I must vacate this building in 9 tw3 weeks.. I dont want i g to move a pair of shoes at that 1 I time if a cut price will sell them 9 | If you have’nt been here yet it 9 fi will payyou to come soon* Plenty 9 R of boys and girls shoes and a 9 | good assortment of mens and 9 W womens to select from. Make 9 || me an offer on the shelving and f t fixtures. 9 I Charlie Voglewede 1 I* THE SHOE SELLER | Bsaai — --*■» - • - —— — — — ■ ....J- ■-

• . a' ->*O»C*O*O4J 2 WEATJIER FORECAST I 2 •• ♦ '•>» -, • ■ >*r ■ Fair and colder tonight; Tuesday , fair and not quite so cold. : Mrs. Fred Klein ol St. John’s was I < shopping here Saturday. ( Henry Getting of St. John’g was a business visitor here Saturday. ( Mrs. Henry Aumann of St. John’s was a shopper here Saturday I pewis Gehrig was numbered among the business callers at Berne today. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Waggoner of near Monroe were shoppers here Saturday. Deputy Clerk L. L. Baumgartner vis- , isted over Sunday with his wife at Bluffton. D B. Erwin was a business caller at Winchester today, returning home this afternoon. Mrs. Verena Miller has returned from Huntington where she visited with her son, Leo Miller, and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey left this , morning for Circleville, Clinton county, to be guests of friends for a few days Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fleming and 1 babe, who spent Bunday here with relatives, left this morning for their . hom< . James L. Everett of Barker Creek, '■ Mich., who has been making a visit i here with his uncle, John Everett, re- 1 turned this morning to his home. 11

38 Pairs Boys Shoes to $1.50 & Former Price I $2.00 to $2.50 WINNES SHOE STORE I .. I rtnwi <ns o««O «t <> aowcoftoaoaoioioißooutt :[ J. S. Bowers. Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. $ | 0 9 O SB ® o H » 2 The Bowers Realty Company has some excelO lent bargains in city property and Adams county • farms. The company would be pleased to have & you call at its office and see its offerings, the com- n 7? pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on g m reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract S® q Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty II years experience, complete records. o g ■ » o o the Bowers Really Cu. s O French Quinn, Secty. g SaulOlOlOlOlOMOlOf JHOOC aiOKO

M. C. Cully of Willshire, Ohio, was here Saturday on business. Mrs. Ben Waggoner of" Root town ship was a shopper here Saturday. "Mrs. Malinda Frcnfleld returned Saturday afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here. F G. Kreiselmeier returned Saturday afternoon to Fort Wayne after at tending to business here. A. A. Gottemoller went to Indianapolis, where he wap looking after some business affairs during the day. Omer Butler, who soent Sunday here with his family, left tjiis morning for nei ne to resume his school work. Mr. and Mrs H. H. McGill of Wren. Ohio, were here the guests of relatives Mrs McGill was Miss Velma Porter before her reeen' ’carriage. Machinist Herbert Lankenau of the Pennsylvania wen* to Decatur this morning to at.end (he funeral of a friend, who was his schoolmate some years ago.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. Julius Kleinhenz of West Third street at Mariestein, Ohio, for a couple of weeks’ visit with his uncle, John Kleinhezn, his aunt, Mrs. Minnie Fuhrig, and other relatives. Portland Commercial-Review. Dr. Zeigler, the well known veterinary of Monnmuth woa a business visitor here Saturday afternoon. Dr. Zeigler has been suffering from rheumatism for the oast sixteen weeks, the rheumatism affecting his right shoulder.

’ Mrs. S. E. Edington left this mornI ing for Fort Wayne. | Frank Parent .s a new clerk at the I Parrish restaurant. I Carl Moses and Charles Lose were I Fort Wayne callers Sunday. : Mrs Asa McMillen of Pleasant Mills was a visitor lere today. : Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne was a professional > usiness caller in. > today. Mont Fee, who was the guest of his family over Sunday, left this morning un his regular trip. I J. F. Lachot left this morning for Fort Wayne, Columbia City and other points north on business. James Everett of Barker Creek, Mich., is the guest of his cousin, Geo. I Everett, and other relatives. I G. A. Christen of Louisville, Ky., is Lj here for a few days’ visit with his pari ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Christen. L Peter Confer, who has been on the sick list for several weeks, is improv|j ing daily .ind will soon be able to be about again. I John Schug. who spent Sunday here II with his fatr .iy, left today on his regI ular trip, to be- absent for the rernainI der of the week. Word received by Mrs. S. E. Shamp ! from Akron as to his sister, Mrs. Theresa Baney, of Fremont, Mich., is that . siie shows no Improvement I Dr. Lizzie Burns, a surgeon, former-, . ■ ly of Chicago, is preparing to locate* r I here in the rooms in the Bowers build- • ing. Mrs. Bums was a former Adams ! county lady, a daughter of Mr. and i Mrs. Brothers of east of the city. i Joseph and Clara Sheeter left this I morning for their home at Fostrio, O , ,; after a visit with their sister, Mrs Joseph Wolpert, and other relatives. They were accompanied to Ft Wayne by Mrs. Joseph Wolpert and Miss ’ Lena Appelman. Rev. G. H. Myers returned Saturday morning from Greencastle. On account of the railroad engine going dead, on the road to Kingsland, they were obliged to remain there over night, instead o r reaching here Friday ?! evening, as should have been the case. 5 The St. Aloysius sodality of the Ft. 1 Mary’s church held their annual election of officers following vespers Sunday afternoon, with the election of the 1 following news r .embers to serve for -i the present year: President, Harmon i[ Colchin; secretary, Joseph F. Berling; -; treasurer, Tony Center. ’ i Postmaster i.ower reports letters i remaining uneallej for at the Decatur ' postoffice for Arthur Johnson, Elsie -I Johnson, Stella McFarland. Alma . I Moore, Esther Nitzsche, Wm. Rhine. -‘Mrs. Bib Ross, O. O. Teeple, Grace , | Reynolds, Charles Henry, Billie Front [ field, Samuel Leonard, J. H Latham. ■ Mrs. V. T. Heigby, E. V. Hayden. Cora Davies, Kitty Courtney, Mrs. Cora Close. Mr. and Mrs. .August Bonifas, whose marriage occurred this week in Dayton, Ohio, and who visited several days with his brother and sister, John Bonifas, and Mrs. Frank X. Schirack, left Friday evening enroute to their future home on a farm near New Corydon. His sister. Miss Clara Bonifas, of New Corydon, who accompanied them, will remain in Portland for a few days' ' longer visit. —Portland Sun. The following method for thawing out a frozen ptimp that may be of interest to many these cold mornings who awake to find that during the night their pump has been frozen and refuses to work. To thaw them qulckily a half-inch pipe long enough to | reach from the top of the pump to the first valve through which hot water can be poured from a tea kettle Is a , good method, (’sing this the hot wa- ; ter reaches the ice directly Instead of I falling on the water already melted -and going to waste. Lake Emley. cashier ot the Hunting ton County bank, cornet man in the | Huntington theater orchestra, and j Earl Bucher of the Huntington Light ' & Fuel company, also slide trombone player in the theater orchestra, arrived Saturday evening and visited Sun day with the Fife brothers, good | friends of theirs, and played with I them in the closing services of the [ Fife revival here. Those men played ! with the I ’l'e brothers during the re [ vlval held at Huntington during Inst I November, and are known to be I among the best orchestra men in the state. B. F. Penrod, living a few miles I [north of Montpelier, has kept a strict I record of bis chickens for the past i year and says that it pays to keep i blooded chickens, for he gets more' | eggs than when he has mongrels. Last I year he sold LOLA dozen and nine egg: which brought him $151.47, and besides this they used 1,000 eggs at ' home during the year. These eggs : were produced from 150 hens, which make an average of SI.OO per hen per year. The eggs that were used in setting hens were not counted. He now has teventy-five hens to market and during the year the familv ate fifty chickens, all coming from the 150 fowls.

g Big Enamel and Tin Ware Sale i We have placed on sale for this week some very good things from the tin and enamelware dept, that SS-J will interest the most carefull buyers. Extra Values as Long as They Last g » 500 6qt, Good enamel bake pans worth 25c sale 10c. Hl 500 “ “ “ deep pudding pans “ 10c. i|| 500 “ “ “ stew kettles “ 10c. W 500 White lined wash basins ... 10c. S Other Bargains J| 14 qt. deep dish pans 25c pis 17 “ “ “ “ don’t fail to see them at 60c 8 “ best enamel berlin kettles enamel covers 50c 10 “ “ “ “ ‘ “ 60c gr 6 “ Berline kettles 25c S. Coffee pots from 25c to 60 cents ’ Wnite lined enamel for the same price others sells grey - Tinware We are the leaders in this line we defie comeptition both in price and quality we buv direct from mfgf. ‘|=s and save money and our customers gets it in return. We have from the best to the cheapest we can sell you a dish pan for 10c or one at SI.OO just what you wanted. O Milk pails at 10'15-20-30-35-40-50 and 60 cents. * “ straners 10-25-50 and 75 cents Pie pans in all sizes at 5 cents Cake pans deep or shallow for 5 cents 8' Tin cups 2 for 5 cents , Dippers, Graters, Spoons, Quart measures, Funnels, Pot covers, Cake turners 9 and scores of other articles for 5 cents. J Dinner pails worth 35c for 25 cents w Bread boxes 98c g Wash Boilers || No. 9 Tin and copper bottom for . 9Sc 8“ 8 Exira heavy tin and and copper rim and bottom for $1.75 ‘ ‘ Atlantic brand best made can stand on them »» No. 8 Tin with copper bottom heavy handles and lids $1.75 " * 9 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 2.00 g “ 8 E4 oz. copper best made lids and handles . $3.00 AR O “ 9 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 3.50 « It will pay anyone for miles to buy their household articles from us we have the goods and we will give you the best treatment, we want to make 1912 the banner year of our busirc: s and so far are doing it. Remember the store of 'IB i STEELE AND WEAVER I

Ed Parent made a business trip to 1 Fort Wayne this .corning. Will Kortenbrer of Akron was num-1 bered among Cne Sunday callers here. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sprague of near Monrcoville ■ ere business visitors here today. John Mayer of Monroe was here toi day on business, returning home on , the afternoon train. Miss Lillian Meyers and Joe Lose ■ were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs Will Berling at Bluffton. Rufus K. Allison left this morning, i south, to be absent for several days. I I attending to some timber business. j ■ J Mrs. Sadie Cowley of Fort Wayne ■ I spent Sunday here the guest of her ; parents, Mr. and Mrs. ('. J. Weaver. ! ! George Messick of Union City, who I 1 ■ lias teen making a visit here with ’ i Fred Schar j, left today for his home. » | Mr. and Mrs. Clark Ketch of Richmond, who have been making a visit here with Mr and Mrs. A. A. Gottoi _ miller, iw„ returned home. ' ■ Trustee C. C. Beer of Monroe town ship was here this morning looking alter business transactions, which re- ’ quired his attention for a brier time. Dan Tynd:»il was absent from school this morning, owing to a sore finger, which he has, and at first believed might result in the setting in of blood poisoning Herbert Ixmkenau of Fort Wayne, who has been tn the city for several days, and while here the guest ot tils mother, left lasi evening for his place of business. Abe Whitright. Jr., had the misfortune. while putting up ice at the ('outer ice house, to have a cake of ice slip and fall against his left ankle, In , such away that It was badly bruised. I Dan Beet’ was a business calle;' in j the south part of the county this morn ing, looking after the purchase ot , ’ some horses for the Decatur Horse I Sale company, whose n vt < ’le will be on Friday of this wee’:. A rule. whi< n ;'cr : m e t ■ • at the St. M. : .ic aiding | the discontin e o' t v i.l i; march, whicl. ,-r.?t nu tc 'it t-me had been carried out with the soT-nt:-izing of a wedding, was suspended. Father Wilken on Sunday slated that since it could te played at Fort Wayne and other places, it. would also be re established here, and from now on will be the same as heretofore.

Chauncey- Lautzenheiser of Berne was here today on business. Bob Gregory is the artist who is engaged in frescoing the walls and ceil ing at the Frank McConnell cigar store. The store will present a most handsome and up-to-date appearance when completed. PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale lat his residence, on the State Line. I at Watt, Ohio, on Wednesday, January 24, 1912, beginning st. 10 o’clock a. m.. the following property, to-wit: Four bead of horses One draft bay marc.

I ON WEDNESDAY I ra JANUARY 17, 1912 n I • - 4 -J - - -■ — -- I . | B We will have our second big Embroidery sale u' We just received another big lot of embroideries H ranging in prices 5 to 1.5 c per yd. which will be placEJ ed on sale. p”? | Remember the Big Embroidery sale starts || WEDNESDAY i January 1/ttn. 1012 F ■ THE BOSTON STORE I ■ DECATUR, - - - -INDIANA If

? 1 10 years old, in foal, weighs 1500 lbs.: [ 1 driving mare, 5 years old, weighs. 1100 tbs.; 1 tro-year-old driving colt, sired by Harry Axtell of Decatur: 1 | ! Belgian yearling colt. Four Head of j t Cattle: One milch cow, with calf by s her side; 3 heifer calves, coming yearlings. Hogs and Sheep: Eighteen | ewes and 1 buck; 2 brood sows, each ' [with pigs 6 weeks old; 1 full-blooded \ Duroc brood sow, will farrow first of I ? April; 1 full-blooded Duroc male hog; ■. 7 shoats, will weigh about 50 lbs. each, y j Farming Implements: One 3-in. tire .. wagon, spring wagon, 2 top buggies, in - good condition, riding breaking plow, walking breaking plow, riding corn ci ’.

tivator, walking corn cultivator, spring tooth harrow, 2 spike tooth harrows, pair bob sleds, set breeching harness, set buggy harness, feed grinder, pal grocery scales, iron kettle, sausage grinder, 2 bu. timothy seed, tank heater, 1 bbl. vinegar, 2 oil tanks, ice box, 6 turkey hens, gobler, about 75 chicks and other articles too numerous to mention. Free lunch at noon. All amounts of $5 and under, cash in hand; over $5 a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser giving not- 1 with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash. No property removed until settled for. WM. HITCHCOCK. John Spuhler, Auct.