Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1912 — Page 3

• —■ —*■—* — /• SI I ' I 1 The Biggest Shoe Sale Ever I I Held In Decatur Is Still 9 ■ Drawing The Big- 1 I gest Crowds. 1 K Extra Clerks Tomorrow. ■H 1 | COME I K'J ' ---- — ■ - - I Charlie Voglewede i THE SHOE SEE!_I_EF=? ■ ft _ —, „ , . . ~ „ . „

»■ «i -«> vt> -» WO FORECAST I O i «, * Mbn*rMkO*O*O*O« Flic tonight and Saturday; colder In east and south portions tonight with rising temperature Saturday. Miss Vemia Smith has recovered from a slight illness. Ct S. Niblick went to Fort Wayne to attend the play last evening. Charles Voglewede was a Fort Wajjne visitor yesterday afternoon. Mrs Charles Poling of southwest of the tcity is numbered among the ill. Mrs Anna Yahne made a business trip- to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon Mrs Chatham returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here. Mesdames J S. Peterson and .1. H. Heller s|ient last evening in Fort WSJIo". Mesdames E. X. Ehinger and U. Deiningor went to Fort Wayne yesterday to attend the play, “The Confession." The True & Runyon dry goods company are at present making arrangements for their annual inventory, to begin in a few days Mrs A. Kohne, who has been very’ ill with pneumonia, has recovered and , "Wednesday was discharged from the care of her physician. -

— — ’T 38 Pairs Boys Shoes TA to 5A $1.50 £ Former Price | $2.00 to $2.50 ' WINNES SHOE STORE I ■ w » ■jJ'BFTTTW —TZZtX’GB* 'tHIIHWHggSFaiI JoflUA >4 j. M| O |K J. $. Bowem. pro--. F. .4. Sc mcm eye r, Vice Prpe. 9 O s• - * “ o g » r 0 • o « a ; The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- O □ lent bargains in city properly and Adams county « I farms. The company would be pleased to have & 2 you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- q □ pany has plenty of five per cent money to loin on fl fl reasonable terms. the Schirmeyer Abstract ■ 3 Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty fl years experience, complete records. , 2 8 ■ g The Bowers Realty Co. fl ' French Quinn, Secty. O < 109090901010109f10909 09090 flOfl? MKfc *

- — . ... .. I John Mayer, who was at Monroe to- ; day doing some work, returned home | this afternoon. I John Lachot left today on his regu-) 1 lar trip to he absent for a short time, : south of here. j Allie Cookson and family have re-j ' turned from a sow weeks' visit at I 1 West Branch, Mk-n. R. C. Hill of Willshire, Ohio, chang-j ed cars here yesterday afternoon en-ii i route to Fort Wayne. Miss Nell Brown of Willshire changled cars here yesterday afternoon enroute to Fort Wayne to take her regular music instruction. ’ i Mrs. Minerva Gunder, who has been .visiting with her sister, Mrs. Moore, ' in Fort Wayne arrived yesterday to 1 visit with her son, W. L. Gunder. Ferd Bitterer made a business trip to Portland this morning and thence to various places in Ohio in the interest of the Schafer Hardware company. H. H. Bremerkamp and daughter. I Stella, and son, Raymond, went to Ft. ; Wayne yesterday afternoon. Miss ' Stella will visit with Miss Loretta ; . | Kleber. ', ' D. James Barkley has sold lifs farm I in Adams county to Monroe Fitch & i I Sons and has purchased the William Miller farm, lately owned by Alfred | France. —Monroeville News. Mrs Glen Glanc; of Monroe, who | has been in the city for a day or so ! shopping and visiting with her par , ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stults, left I this morning for her home.

Mr. and Mrs. Mid Beavers went to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Pearl Purdy, who has been very ill with rheumatism, and helpless, is better, being more able to help herself. Horace Callow went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he will call on Mis. Callow at. the Hope hospital. She shewed very little change. The Misses Cora Daniels and Grace j 1 Middleton of Mercer avenue went to ; Rivarre today where they were guests I of Miss Daniels' brothers. Dr. H. F. Costello made a bus' trip to Fort Wayne yesterday -d ; j while there attended the play, “The I Confession," at the Majestic theater I last evening. Ella and Huldah Mutschler, Matilda j Sellemeyer, Ruby Miller, Electa iGlancj, Golda Gay and Ada Murray will go to Fort Wayne tonight to attend the concert at the Majestic theater given by Madame Nordica. S. E. Shamp is in receipt of word ! I from ids sister, Mrs. Theresa Bailey, of . Fremont, Mich., who became ill while , visiting with her mother, at Akron. | Mrs. Baney is in a very serious con-I dition and shows no improvement. Monroeville is experiencing a soft I coal famine, both dealers are unable to ' get more coal at present and the sup- , I ply they have is about exhausted. The ' : meetings at the M. E. church have! ; been closed for this reason, the trus- ; tees being unable to get the necessary i j fuel. Jeff Klopfenstein and children, Stel- ! * i ! lan and Jay, of Preble, changed cars i I here this morning on their way to Ft. I Wayne to call on Mrs. Klopfenstein at i the Hope hospital. She ts reported as ' being; somewhat better, though it is not yet known whether an operation will I be necessary. William Ehrman, well known Kirkland township farmer, this morning delivered to Ahr & Bain twenty head of May hogs that averaged 280 pounds, about as good a hunch os were ever! loaded here. They brought the snug! sum of $341.60, an average of ever sev-| enteen dollars. J. W. Jay of Fortville. Indiana, gen--1 eral agent for the John Hancock Life I Insurance company, was here today, | the guest of John Christen and fam-■ ' ily and other friends, also attending | jto business affairs. Mr. Jay feels rath- ' , er related here, his daughter being the I ’ wife of a former Decatur boy, Gus! j Christen, now of Ixmisville. i Mrs. Margaret Louthan and Mr. and : Mrs. Ben Hill and son, Geoijge, returned yesterday afternoon to their heme: ;at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Louthan sold , her residence tn this city to C. B. Niblick of Kirkland who has already 7 moved to his new home here., Mrs. Louthan was here attending to I business matters relating to the sale. ■ Henry Knapp, the hardware and im-i I plement dealer, suffered a loss while 1 | unloading a corn husker, which had i been shipped in. The corn husker was ; : being unloaded from a car on the Erie I railroad, when just as it was half un- . loaded, part being on the car and part I , on the wagon, an engine switched an- ■ other ear tip, breaking the husker, dam- ' . aging it to the extent of $25 or S3O. I The rural mail carriers are having i I their share of illness, three being un . | able to report on account of illness, i and another being away to attend the funeral of a relative. The three who are ill are Roy Wolford, carrier on I Route 12; Homer Lctwei, of Route 3, j and S. S. Magley, of Route 7. Elmer j Archer is at Saginaw. Mich., attending | the funeral of an undie. Their substiI tutes are working in their places, so ■ that the routes are experiencing no hi ! convenience, tb’ags going on just the same as usual William Fleming, deputy state game warden, with his associates-, were in [ the city this morfiing, there pttrpse herebeing for the collection of linnets and seins, which had been placed with a number o! permits, for the freeing of the river of the undesired | fish ,and otherwise putting it in shapei which it has not been for years. The permits which v.ore granted were also removed with the net--, as Mr. Fleming stated.that they were experiencing some opposition in the southern part of the state. He stated that excellent work had been done by the people here, and it is thought that other permits will be granted, perhaps during the summer months, for the coul'nuation of the work. Dr. Loren M. Edwards of East Arch street arrived home Thursday morning from Fort Wayne, where ne was looking after business and from Hartford City, where be delivered an addr-.-s Wednesday night before the Men’s Religious club on "Royal Marks of Service." During his stay in Fort Wayne Dr. Edwards visited Rev. C. W. Church, who is ill at the home, o’” his sister. Mr« .1. A. Beatty Rev. Church la suf faring from congested lungs, and danger of pneumonia is causing great un-, easiness. His heart is enlarged twice Its natural size and a leakage of that organ has made his condition very critical. No promise of complete recovery is made by the attending physicians—Portland Commercial-Review.

SAVED BY RED HAT CONTINUED 1 LiOM PAGE ONE here, however, her husband failed to meet her, she said, so she telephoned to the Pennville doctor herself. At the Madison house, she had a bottle . of medicine, which ebe stated was for i nervousness and the grip, and the I name on the bottle was “Mrs. Sorty," I instead of the one, Mrs. Smith, under ■ I which she registered, it is said the: j Hartford City young girl wanted woie! j a black hat. “Mrs. Smith” wore a bright red hat and she jokingly talked ' of the fact that had she not worn a I red hat, she might have been arrested. —-——— Mayor Teeple, in company with j Charles X. Christen, Jacob Martin, .la-1 cob Atz, members of the electric light [ committee of the city council, and Sui perintendent Martm Mylott went to j Fort Wayne this afternoon, where j they closed the necessary ariutige : ments .that of signing a contract for I the new lamps, which was let on ! Tuesday of this week with the Fort Wayne Electric Works. The company at that time extended ar, invitation to them to pay a visit to their plant , and see the light in use,so as to know I for themselves the excellent light which is obtained from their devise SCALDED TO DEATH. Henry Gunsett Thursday received! ! word of the very sad death of the two I year-old child of his cousin, Will Gun-1 sett, residing at Convoy, Ohio. The I babe, in some way, on Tuesday upset | a boiler full of boiling water over its | | body, the boiler having been left oh j I a chair. The babe lingered on in aw-: ful agony until Wednesday, when it j was relieved by death. The funeral I Aas held th,s afternoon at 1 o’clock.

OOOOE==3r I E=3OOOO o ANNOUNCEMENT! © o © Early next week we will have on display the best line of beet working tools on the market. I ( Come in and see us |] before buying it Laman & Leo O Sellers of good goods at low ©! O prices © COOOE=~7~~II J I innnr KIDNEY PILLSI GUARANTEED 1 No matter what kind of Kidney Pills you have been advised to use, if you try a box of Juniper & Asparagus Compound Kidney Pills. you will swear by them. We earnstly recommend and absolutely guarantee them. They are compounded from a scientific formula containing several of the highest-class medicaments for Kidney and Bladder ailments Put up in rounded tablet form, they are not too hard packed, dissolving in the stomach much quicker than ordinary pills. LACHOT & RICE I I W 1— • i BANKING CONVENIENCE NO matter where you live, you can have the banking convenience afforded by | the First National Bank. Just enclose your check, draft or money orders in an envelope carefully addressed" to this bank. As soon as the deposit is received credit will be given on the books and acknowledgement m ule of deposit, so that your money will mways be safeguarded against loss, even though you do not lake time to come into town. WE INVITE CHECKING AND TIME [DEPOSITS. FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECATUR, INDIANA P W Smith, President, C A Dugan, Cashier W A Kuebler, Vice President, FW J aebker, Asst Cashier

What is the difference between a good steak and a poor steak? rnil A Mistake! We Make No Mistakes! We Are Always On The Right Side Os The Steak Question We Could’nt Afford To Fall down In Our Reputation For GOOD STEAKS That’s Your Guaranty Os Satisfaction In Trading With Us! DYONIS SCHMITT | FINE PROPERTY FOR SALE. | Two houses on one lot, on Jefferson i street, in good condition. A good inI vestment for anybody, or an ideal j home. Think it over. Will sell at the ' right price. 17t6 JACOB BUHLER.

1. 1 ‘ I Quality Groceries -.J EVERY DAY is A BUSY DAY with us MAKE THEM A 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. I We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 27c Butter 20 to 27 Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108.

I WANTED —White ear corn at the I Fornax Mill. —H. H. Bremerkamp. 17t:j, . Just arrived, an entire new lot oi sheet music; 10c a copy.—Yager Bros • & Reinking. 15t4 ,

■■■■■■■■EKfllQ93l»iS99aaiHlßa9fl9 i FRED MILLS E ■ THE GROCER ■ ■ —— J j fl Calls your atention to a few choice specialties in his line that will® ! 9 bear inspection: Webster's pure boiled cider, Heinz’dill pickles. Peo- JS pie have bought our Canned Hominy this winter and say it is the fl ■ best they ever had; and our canned kraut is making a hit every day—fl : fl clean and nicely cut. Try our Wisconsin Cream Cheese. fl 9 Smoked Salmon, California White Cherries, in two and thre»--9 ■ n pound cans. Our 5c and 10c packages of Noodles will help make youg a good dinner, and we have a full line of canned soups that are the I fl best Remember, we have the pure Boneless Cod-fish in one-pound ■ I fl boxes and you are invited to try Chase & Sanborn’s coffee Try i Ofc 9 can of Crisco. ® : ; • FRED MILLS « THE GROCER ■ ■ RRRRRR R R RRRRRRR BRK3RR■■■B RRRRR 1 — .. ~ r... - — with kw lliferf dHfflgL ■ '’*’?***' »■ ~ B i> Weil Lighted Store Windows attract trade and this fact is realized by progressive merchants the world over. New Edi- 1 son Mazda Lamps give the desired results, for their clear, white rays, almost like sunlight, make it easy for passersby to get the full effect ' of your window display. T'he new Edison Mazda gives twice as much\ light as the ordinary incandescent lamp, but consumes no more current. , Come in to-day and let us prove to your 1 satisfaction that the new Edison Mazda is all we claim. --

FOUND—Bunch of keys inquire at 220 Fourth street, I3t. FOR SALE —A carriage factory and garage,. Big bargain.—J. Groddy, , Arcola, 111.