Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1912 — Page 5

Mens Tan Shoes At $2.85 S We bought a nice bunch of sample shoes made of Tan Russia Calf on a very blunt high toe, new golf pattern with perforations, four lower buttons bunched and upper button spaced, high heel and a snappy pattern. The ris< s run from 5 to 8 only. If you want a snappy shoe at a low price get in early on these. $2.85 I Charlie Voglewede 3 THE SHOE SEI_I_EF? K

<s o«o«o*o<o4> - ATHER FORECAST I wo • rttled weather with probably Jr rain tonight or Thursday; hat lower temperature Thurs- ■» —• ■n<i«. i.j, —- ■■■■. — i Eli Sprunger was at Berne touting with relatives. . Wagner nas gone to Monroe after some business matters the day. ,4 Stauffer of Berne, who was yesterday on business, left this tng for his home. .rs. William Bradford of Geneva l . in Portland Tuesday on a shopw : trip—Portland Commercial Re- ■ About 100 volumes of books to be *»l<j at Baumgartner s sale Friday. Miss Lydia Bleeke returned yesteraV from Fort Wayne, where she vis ted with her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Mcßarnes and daughter, Mrs George Kern, and children of Detroit, Mich., returned yesterday afternoon from Fort Wayne, where hey tisited with relatives. J. S. McCrory and family are moving into their new home on Monroe street. This was formerly the Hart homestead, which was purchased by Mr. McCrory and remodeled, making a very fine and thoroughly up-to-date residence.

3£ Pairs Boys Shoes T/ t to i'/ 2 $1.50 & I Former Price I $2.00 to $2.50 J I WINN ES SHOE STORE ; 1 ttbftg OiX O 1 >‘‘£’ O£‘ r "W UtfOfIOIIOBOOOBOW* •*. o S J. S. Bowe s prrs. F. M. »hirmeyer. Vice Pree. g Kw o ■ s ° 1 “ ■ ' ■ The Bowers Realty Company has some excelO lent bargains in city property and Adams county ® farms. The company would be pleased to have y 2 you call at it, office and see its offerings. The com- c pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on M H Reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ■ ft Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty g years experience, complete records, j a The Bowers Realty Go. § J French Quinn, Secty. O □■OOC tfOitr 1

I Mrs. Shafer Peterson spent the day in Fort W tyne. Mrs. A. Kohne is improving from I her attack of pneumonia. I Mrs. Dick Hill and daughter, Mabel, went to Monmouth today. I John Hilty, postmaster at Berne, | was here toda v on business, Gilbert Strickler made a business. trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Pearl Purdy shows no improve- 1 ment from her attack of rheumatism. Mrs. H. F. Costello and daughter, Agnes, will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow. Ed Gallmeyer of Bingen was numbered among the business callers in the city today. i John Sullivan and John Lally of Un-, ion City were in the city today, the . guests of Fred Schaub. J. M. East of Marcellus, Mich., was ] a business visitor here today with . Frisinge.r & Sprunger. Eli Sprunger, who is at Mt. Clemens, Mich., taking treatment for rheumatism, sends word home that he is stil labout the same, there being no ; change noted, and he still experiences I some difficulty in getting around. Word received from W A Kuebler. who is at Shelby, Ohio, for a visit with his mother, Mx«. Frances Kuebler. who has been tin the sick list for some I time, states that she is somewhat I weaker, than when he first reached her bedside, and .no hnprovenu nt is I shown. —»

Mont Evans is visiting here with | relatives. ; Ed Magley made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Charles Schug of Berne was here , today looking after business affairs. I Frank Cottrell of Berne was num- | bered among the business callers in I the city today. A trained nurse arrived yesterday ' afternoon from Fort Wayne to attend ; Samuel Laman, who has been sick ; since Sunday with pneumonia. His | condition is said to be quite bad. I The many friends of Mrs. Electa Blossqm of Willshire, Ohio, will be grieved to hear that Monday morning about 7 o'clock she became very ill and for a part of the time was unconcs:ot:s, but soon became better. Joe Hess, who has been working at Bennett, Montana, returned home for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Peter J Hess, of this city. Mr, Hess is employed as a fireman on one of the western railroads and is making good. Mrs. Jerry Andrews, Miss Deborah Andrews and Miss Elsie Andrews, t'-.c last named of Kokomo, went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on their son and brother, Franklin Andrews, a j patient at the Lutheran hospital. He is reported as getting along we'.l. Mr. and Mrs. William Parker, who', I have been visiting with John Wil-i liams and family, returned to their. ; home at Columbus, Ohio, this morning. J 1 This is the first time the relatives ■ have met in forty-four years and all ‘ were pleasurably surprised in seeing ' each other. Mrs. Amelia Hoagland h«s received i word from her son, Will, of Detroit, i Mich., of the serious illness of his , wife, who was Miss Vesta Dibble, of this city, before her marriage. She is quite ill with inflammatory rheumatism, which has affected the heart, and she has been taken to the hospital there for treatment. A "new missing" word contest has just appeared. It is as follows: A | good church deacon sat down on the ' pointed end of a tack. He at once ' sprang up and said only two words. , The last was “it." Any one guessing I the first word and sending a dollar in leash will be entitled to this perodica! ' tor one year.—Lippincott s. Jeff Klopfenstein and daughter. Hazel, of Preble, went to Fort Wayne this ' morning to caR on their wife and moth- ' er, who has been at the Hope hospital i since last Monday. Mrs. Klopfenstein I is suffering from a healing in the head, the result of an attack of the grip and she was taken to the hospital for Iren' : ment. It is not known whether an op- : eration will be needed. Ed Ehinger, a Wabash switchman, I accompanied by Mrs. Ehinger and i their son, Russell, will leave next SatI urday lor the west, to be gone three months. They expect to spend a good I portion of the time on the Pacific | cost, where they have some relatives | and friends residing in Los Angeles and other cities. The trip is to be! made in the hopes that it will lie bme- i fk’jal to Mrs. Ehtnger. who is in poor health. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. < Charles Trenip will move to this | city from Linn Grove within a few : days to take his place as successor of j Ralph Haifley in the East Market I street garage, which Haifley and Hugh i Dustman have been operating. Mr. I i Tremp will become the partner of Mi. | Dustman. Mr. Haifley and Vernon I Gilliom are making arrangements to ] give their attention the coming season j to well drilling and ditch digging, in which lines they have formed a parti nership, with improved machinery.— I Bluffton News. | Mrs. Naomj Ursell. aged seventyI five, of East Connersville, since 1862, ! has earned |9,250 at the washtub. She i recently balanced her carefully kept ! books. She was bom at Great Dur- ; ‘ ham, England, and came to America , I when a child. In 1847 she settled In l Cincinnati and in 1892 she moved to | East Connersville, where she has since | lived. Mrs. Ursell began washing for | I tho public in Highland county, Ohio. j! In 1862, and Has continued unremit-| I tingly to the present time. Her work I ' has averaged from six to eight wash mgs every week during all those years. ! During the years of her washing Mrs. ] Ursell has reared a family of seven I children, who were left fatherless while the (youngest was a child. Horace Callow and John Falk, who i lett Jonesboio, Ark., last Sunday with I Mr- Callow, arrived at the Hope hos- |j pital, Fort Wayne, Tuesday afternoon.] whe: • she will be left for treatment. I It will be remembered that the Callows left thir home at West Plains, Mo., several weeks ago, to come to Fort Wayne, where Mrs. Callow was to enter the hospital, but that' when they reached Jonesobro, Mrs. Callow's strength was exhausted and she was taken to the hospital there, to remain until she was able to continue the journey. They went there a year ago, hoping the change of climate would benefit Mrs. Callow's health. She gradually grew weaker, howevei, and her condition is very serious, indeed, no hopes for an ultimate recovery being extended.

You’re Missing Something rrM.isr-iwrnmu iiiimi n hi n ■ imriwuin 11 It’s really a mistake on your part if you fail to take advantage of the special clerance prices were 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 havekit 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 ________________ ; .

CLAIMS INNOCENCE. (United Press Service ) I Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Rev. B. McFarland, under indictment for performing a criminal operation on Miss Elsie Dodds Coe, causing her death, piotest ed his innocence in jail at Greenville, Tenn.,, where he spent last night after being arrested. He is being brought here this afternoon. The aged minister waived expedition. Bernard Meyers returned Monday afternoon from Fort Wayne, where he visited with his daughter, Mrs. Clem Hake, who has been allowed to return to her home there from the St. Joseph hospital after an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Meyers stated that she was able to walk about the house a little, but is not in very good health. Abe Whitright, jr„ seems to have all the baa luck going-. He had just recovered from a sprained ankle received in putting up ice, when a cake slipped and fell hgainst his ankle, and had returned to work, when Monday he became the victim of a s-imilar accident. He wasriielping load ice when in some way the chute let another cake slip and it fell against the same ankle, bruising it badly. o FOR SALE. Property on So Tenth street for . sale or will trade for land. 13t6 MRS. ALICE PETERSON. I Democrat Want Ads Pav

F=====>====‘="tl ZERO WEATHER CLOTHES AT HOT WEATHER PRICES n || T| - ; JUST WHEN YOU NEED THEM This season has been one greatly to the advantage of the buyer, the cold weather coming at the time when we must reduce our stock. Buy now if you need clothes and would save money thereon. The sale will soon be over. Take another look at these prices now’ in vogue in our big 1 U PRE-INVENTORY SALE:- ’ Boys knee pants 19c. Mens dress sox Bc. A lot of Men’s suits at half price. A $20.00 suit for $15.00 Boys Suits, all sizes at one half price 35 duck coats worth $1.50 this sale 75c ( MENS OVERCOATS ii ™ “ii Y " s.oo 1 All $25.00 Overcoats go at this sale at SIB.OO BOYS OVERCOATS r“ 20.00 “ “ “ “ “ “ 15.00 All SIO.OO Overcoats go at this sale at $7.50 j| I “ 18.00 “ “ “ “ “ “ 14.00 | “ 8.00 “ “ ‘ “ 6.00 II K “ 16.50 “ “ v ■“ “ ‘ 12.50 “ 7.00 “ “ “ 5.00 “ 15.00 “ “ “ “ “ “ 11.00 “ 6.00 “ “ “ “ “ “ 4.50 II || “ 12.50 “ “ “ i 4 “ 9.50 “ 5.00 “ “ “ “ “ “ 3.75 If “ 10.00 “ “ “ “ “ “ 8.50 “ 4.00 “ “ “ “ “ 3.00 f “ 8.00 “ ‘‘ “ “ ‘ *’ 6.50 3.50 “ “ “ “ “ 2.50 “ ..JSm " “ I THIS SALE IS FOR CASH ONLY [ TO ANDMACKLIN I Vii —<■ ■« —— 11 ,t ~ ii ii n

ONLY 10c A COPY. All the big hits and latest iu popular ] 'music just arrived at Yager Bros. &] Reinking’s. 15t4 o 500 copies of latest in sheet music, just arrived; lue copy.—Yager Bros. ■ & Reinking. 15t4 WANTED, TO RENT—A four or five room house, in fair condition. Inquire at this offi■■■',. 14t3 FOR SALE—ISO feet of linoleum, two yards wide, good as new; will sell ' for half price. Inquire at Joseph & I i Lang candy kitchen; phone 512. 14t6 ' ! FOR RENT—Eleven room house on ] Mercer avenue; water and lights in] - house; also cellar; phone 227. 14tG >' Just arrived, an entire new lot of i I sheet music; 10c a copy.—Yager Bros & Reinking. 15t4 Remember the George Colchin Sale Monday Jan. 22nd. ■ 3ts. FORSALE BUCKWHEAT FLOUR i Inquire of John Hessler — Rural Route 2 and Phone 10 on N line, or leave orders with Smith, Yager & Falk.

' I" THE HOME OF j I Q ua W Groceries I EVERY DAY A BUSY DAY JgaZJI WITH US MAKE THEM A LITTLE BUSIER By ’Phoning four Order IFOR 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. S' i I V We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 27c Butter 20 to 27 I < j Hower and Hower. | North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 10S.