Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1912 — Page 3

» 2-'-•---|AT THE BIG SHOE SALE I ■ Womens 75c Leggings at . SOC ■ Womens 75c Overgaiters at 49c Womens 25 and 35c Overgaiters at . . . 19c '* Girls 65c Jersey Leggings at 40c g Childs 50c Jersey Leggings at 35 6 Plenty of arctics and warm overshoes this week. ■ A few womens warm lined shoes 89c, SL69 g* Mens felt shoes at . . . SU9I S Mens high top felt shoes, leather soles and | vamps at $2.29 ■ Clean em up quick. ■ g Charlie Voglewede | THE SHOE SELLER

. -'.--.T-T • —T-. - ——■ —— — - < <»>♦< * ; 4tATi!EB FORECAST I ♦ «//•■» •♦tMHJOO • . ’s Rising temperature tonight and Wcd-| nesday. / Mr. and Mrs. Standiford are preparing to move to this city. < Mrs. Ted Ramsey of Fort Wayne is fisiiing here with her mothei. » Howard Shackiey made a business trip to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon I’■/Deputyl’■/Deputy SherfL j. D. Merica is able to be out again today after being confined to his home yesterday on account of illneac. Artie Shady of Tocsin expects to move his family to Preble in the near future. He will engage in the buying of stock. —Bluffion Banner. • Felix Holthouse, Bob Meibers, Sim Burke and Herb Fullenkamp saw the play, “Miss Nobody in Starland,” at the Majestic theater, Fort Wayne, Sunday evening. VThe puffing and “goings on” of a threshing machine as it moved to a new place !.»st evening, going through the streets of the city, sounded "like the good, old summer time” —but then we knew it wasn’t. Al Buhler, who has been on the sick Us; for a lengthy period with tuberculosis, remains about the same, and it is believed he is gradually growing weaker from the lung siege with which he has been afflicted.

33 Pairs Boys Shoes I'/i to $1.50 £■ Former Price $2.00 to $2.50 I WINNES SHOE STORE I odouio bobgobobiobobobobobob K J. S. Bower*. Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer. Vice Pres. § r 5 0 2 a c o ■ B n The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- O O lent bargains in city property and Adams county J| farms. The company would be pleased to have 2 you call at its office and see its offerings. The corn- q pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on m reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ™ Zj Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty I m years experience, complete records. O 3 ■ Si o ■g The Bowers Realty Co. w q French Quinn, Secty. C OioßoßOßuioaowoiiof lioic wowo

1 John G. Hoffman made a business] j trip to Fort wayne yesterday. j Charles Burdg made a business trip I to Fort Wayne this morning Herman Hoggs of Redkey, who has been in the city for several days, lookI ing after some business affairs, returnl ed home yesterday Rev. J. J. Wise, presiding elder of this district of lhe Evangelical church, attended the denication of a SII,OOO church at Celina, Ohio, Sunday.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. Miss Ida Elzey, who has been ill for several weeks, is not so well, and was j unable to resume her work at the .' Economy this morning as she had an- : ticipated.—Bluffton Banner. i Fred Hess is the new fireman at the ■ St. Mary s church and will be employ- ; ed as such during the illness of George I Heiner, who last week met with a mist bap when he was injured as a result of , a radiator bursting in the church. It is said that Chicago last week . saw the biggest rush of hogs on the ! market that that city has known in ; three years. The average number of i hogs passing through the market daily, i for the entire week, was 35,000. One ■ day 05,000 hogs were brought in. 1 Frank Bosse, one of the employees at the site of the new sugar plant, had : one of his fingers severely frosted, and - was obliged to quit work and adminis- ! ter the necessary medical aid to thaw ■ it out. It is somewhat beter, but is > still causing him considerable inconvenience.

Miss Grace Purdy is off duty at the Baughman store today. Joe Hunter was at Peterson last evening the guest of friends. W. J. Myers made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. The Rev. G. H. Myers made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. John Edward, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hill, has been ill with the grip. A. A. Gottemoiler. who was a business caller at Indianapolis, returned homo yesterday. | Fred Hahnert of Monroe was looking after business affairs here today and made us a short call. Mrs. N. J. Baughman has returned from Bluff Point, where she visited with her brother and sons. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Haefling, who were Fort Wayne callers yesterday, returned home this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stewart returned this afternoon to Fort Wayne after a several days’ visit in the city. Al Buhler, who has been sick for some weeks, is still very low, but putting up a brave battle for recovery. David and George Flanders made a business trip north on the interurban I this morning to look alter some stock. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahnert of Mon- > roe, who were shonoers here this I morning, left at noon for their home. Miss Marcella Kuebler, who has j been on the sick list for some days, j with the grip, is confined to her room | and there is no change for improve--1 ment. Edwina, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j . C. C. Wilder, is suffering from a se | vero eo'd, to which "’as added an injury to one of uer lips, in falling off the cot. Mrs. Margaret LoWaan, who arrived 1 1 yesterday from Fort Wayne for a visit with the J. C. Hower family, was join- ’ ed this afternoon by her son in-law, Ben Hill, wife and sen, George. • Miss Anna Slark left this afternoon for New Haven, where she will attend ■ the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Batte' - Clark, which will be held tomorrow. i The other members of the family will i go tomorrow-. Nona and Vincent Forbing left today >; for Bluffton, and on Wednesday the i i latter will be united in marriage to r. Miss Agnes Johnston of that place, the ,j w edding to occur at the Catholic >’church at Sheldon. Miss Mabel Moran of Paulding, Ohio, . , has taken a position as stenographer I jat the Graham & Walters office, the I acquisition of another helper being .; necessary on account of the great in- . crease in business. s I Mrs. Ben Hill went to Monmouth - i this morning. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Kurt, are moving from ' Monmouth to this city, and will make their home on Ninth si’-eet, and Mrs : Hill went out to assist | All trains continue to be late, from ' any length of time you wish to place, and unless this cold snap soon lets up there might be such a thing that trains will have to cease running al togther, as some are so many hours late that they almost forge the day. IRev. J. C. Valentine left this mornling for Fairmount to spend a few days attending to business affairs. Mr. ValI entine is conducting revival services 1 ar the Prairie church, and a great deal of interest is being displayed, a large i crowd being '.esent last evening I Biuffton Banner. Mr. and Mis. Victor Grosjean, who ' were recently married at Bluffton, left j on the 1 o'clock car for Root township. where they will make their hottie on the E. S. Christen farm. Mr. Christen will e> .. r .. nouse on his place for their residence, and Mr. Grosjean will : work onthc farm. Mr. and M'-s. Mart Andrews, Mr. ' ami Mis. Ed Johnson spent Sunday in l Fort Wayn?, where they called on ! Frank Andrews at the Lutheran hospital. Mr. Andrews was first operated upon for appendicitis and last Friday underwent another operation for rupture. and is reported as recovering I nicely from both. A St. Louis dispatch says: "Mrs. William Rapp, known to the music world ar Mme Schumann-Heink, today said she would soon file suit for I divorce from her husband, who is I twelve years her junior. She said i she and her husband separated some ' time ago, but denied that there had I been any 'ugly quarrels.' She was I uncertain where, the suit would be ■ filed " Evidently she doesn’t care a “r«iT''' for him. Feminine curiosity Little Eleanor's ' pretty cousin wore a new engagement 'ring, and the budding woman regardI ed the ring and the giver alike with reverent eyes. One night when the happy man has been invited to Eleanor's home for dinner, Eleanor, unconsciously gushing, burst forth with "Oh, Mr. Blank, do please tell me. In all the live stories I’ve read the men propose so sucideii. When it'a com ing on, does it does ft feel anything like a sneeze?"

You’re Missing Something It’s really a mistake on your part if you fail to take advantage of the special clerance prices we’re now making on suits and overcoats. You don’t need to be told that Hart Schaffner & Marx and Clothcraft clothes are the best made; if you’ve worn them you know that you get more real value for the money than ever before; and if you have’nt worn them you have’nt been fair to yourself—lt’s our clearing time and you ought to take advantage of the special prices. SIO.OO Fancy Suits and O’Coats Now $ 8.00 $12.50 Fancy Suits and O’Coats Now SIO.OO $15.00 Fancy Suits and O’Coats Now $12.00 SIB.OO Fancy Suits and O’Coats Now $14.40 $20.00 Fancy Suits and O’Coats Now $16.00 Study these prices; better still come in and let us show you the merchandise t’is well worth your while. HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & Cq. GOOD CLOTHER SELLERS FOR MEN AND BOYS

COURT HOUSE NEWS ■ ' ■ «'—*■" - Real Estate of Mahala Magner Ordered Sold on Guar- | dian’s Petition. RENDERS JUDGMENT In Civil Suit—D. E. Smith Special Judge in Robinson Guardianship. i Attorney John C. Moran, Harvey Clark, and the latwr’s step-son, le.i 1 Monday for Tip*_,u county, where today Mr. Moran will appear as attoney m a suit for the Clarks. The guardian of the Clark boy ha... filed hu‘ . final report in the Tipton countv court, , but the Clarks, it seems, dr not agree with his account of settlement, which involves income from the boy's eightacre farm there, and have filed exceptions to the final report. This comes up for trial in the Tipton county court 1 today. i Joseph Chrisman vs. "William I. Hcetor, rental and account, S6OO. Cause set for February Sth. i ——— . Mary F. Yode- et ai. vs Alva B. Rice 3 et al., partition. Answer filed to crosst complaint of Alva B. Race. s Gertrude Hartshorn vs. A. H. Barnard. Default of defendant; judgment for pla.in.liff for $i 87 JO and costs. Suggestion being made of the death of Special Judge R. S. Peterson, to whom the cause of the guardianship ci Andrew J. Robison, a person of unsound mind, was assigned Hon. David E. Smith was appointed In Mr. Peterson's stead. i t Caleb Andrews, guardian of Mahal i ■ Magner, of tins'-and mind, filed inven ’ tory and upon pel 11 ion was authorized ■ to sell personal property al public sale, after due notice. Sale to be without I appraisement. Petition to construct drain was granted, the guardian au thorized to do ‘\>, at a cost of not , more than $57.50 He is also authoriz i edto buy timothy and lover seetl Io be sowed upon the ward's land. I Marvin Coon, blacksmith, of Geneva, born January- 22, 1880, son of James Coon, of SummiGT/iUc, has been granted license to wed Bertha E Bricker, daughter of Adam McKissick, born July 18, 1880. Both have been married before, the companion being taken by death January 9, 1910, and the bride having been divorced Real estate transfers: Henry Meyer to David Steele, 40 acres, I’nfon tp., $3,000. FOR HYDROPHOBIA CONTINUED FRl’.’l " E OXE the trustee, and simi vc t that thl- - has been bitt i I >ad dr-' or supposed to be r <l, ■vitin ill funds, and a i rr-pi • t , receive the free Ireatnun: I .'.le ; ii' 1 °rti ficate is made, the treatment ir .id 'at the expense of the township. WANTED. TO RENT—A four or five room house, in fair condition. In quire at this ofllc . 14t3

LEFT DEVIL’S LAKE. Sunday for Williston—The LaDelles Having Cold Weather in N. D. A letter received this morning by 1). i M. Hensley from tho LaDelles, give.- • some idea of the discomforts incidem I to travel, as well as the pleasures thereof. The teller was written th. I thirteenth and stated that they were tc I leave Devil’s Lake, N. D., Sunday so I Williston, N. D. The trip was to be over the Great Northern railroad, a distance of only about two hundred miles i but there were two hundred broke: rails between the points, and that the i trip, therefore, was not anticipate; with any great pleasure. Last Thurday the thermometer registered 46 de grees below zero. All trains, they stat ed were late many of them twenty seven hours late. They are, no doubt looking forward with pleasure to th. time when their route will take them into sunny California. LUMBERMAN’ SBANQUET. A. J. Smith of the firm of Smith L , Bell, will go to Evansville tomorrov ■ where he will attend the big meetin i of the lumbermen's association, an. the big banquet to be given toraorro - evening. ? n t Mr. and Mi’s. Otis Dibble left Mon day afternoon for their home at Lasing, Mich., after a visit here wit! | . Mrs Dibble's mother, Mrs. Will Be ; . ler, and other relatives and friends. | o FOR SALE) —150 feet of linoleum. tw< e yards wide, good as new; will sei ;- for half price. Inquire at Joseph i. i Lang candy kitchen. 14t6 FOR RENT —Eleven room house or i-' Mercer avent.e; water and lights it t| house; also cellar 14t . , PUBLIC SALE. h I o ! The uSdersigned will sell at publu

I w— m bk>imb rhs rzrziß I ON WEDNESDAY | ® JANUARY 17, 1912 S t 50 7 « i- ™ t ? 1 _ : /O 1 p&l v J J i We will have our second big Embroidery sale || i K • We just received another big lot of embroideries 9 3 ranging in prices 5 to 15c per yd. which will be placSJ ed on sale. Remember the Big Embroidery sale starts II I ■ WEDNESDAY I 4’ January 17th. 1912 F] 11 ji - id B THE BOSTON STORE | ■ DECATUR, ---------- INDIANA I J I ri LmJ k - >aaWllll»11>mill min* ?»■-! — -S W li»' x jilt

WH IMI IMWIIMfMI m -■ - - ' j THE HOME OF I Quality Groceries I I I EVERY DAY A BUSY DAY with us MAKE THEM A LITTLE BUSIER By ’Phoning four Order FOR QUALITY GROCERIES This cold snappy weather is credited with dull business. Not so with us. Proof that our quality groceries and courteous treatment pleases all. Try them. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 27c Butter 20 to 27 Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108.

auction at his residence 3% miles southeast of Decatur, beginning a 12:30 p. ni., on Friday, January 19 1912, the following being some of the property to be sold: , Nine shoals, 1 brood sow, family driving horse, 1 buggy, 1 stick wagon 1 cow 4 years old, giving milk, 2 tin | key hens and gobbler, 50 head o; ,

ibickers, about 350 bu. of corn in crib, about 4 tons hay, nearly all timothy, oats in bin. straw in barn, farm tools, and some household property Terms of Sale —Same as usually g'v en: $5.00 and under cash: ovei $5, note with approved security. PAUL BAUMGARTNER. i John Spuhler, Auct. 10(6