Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1912 — Page 3

I We’re Getting Used I ...to our new location and our customers H are getting used to coming here. Its pays to treat people right if you never have to move but it doubly pays when & you have to draw tnem to a new place. I’ll tell you it does us good to have our H old customers come in and tell us “I’ll be with you when I need shoes.” I Charlie Voglewede I THE SHOE SELLER On The West Side Os The Street

■» c*o*o*o*ou <r£ATHER forecast is 21' < , <6»O«- ;*O * qz I Unsettled, wiffi probably light snows tonight or Wednesday; warmer to- ] night. j ] B. B. Teeple made a business trip to Monroeville yesterday morning. < Mrs. Maggie France of Pleasant Mill" ..as here last evening to attend the Pythian Sisters' meeting. # < Fred Hoffman left for Oxford, Ohio, to look after some business affairs, . which required bio attention during , the day. P. W. Smith of Richmond was in i the city today on business, returning i from Fort Wayne, where business required his attention on Monday. The funeral of Adam Dietrich of I Schumm, Ohio, well known here, was held yesterday at that place. Mr. Dietrich was eighty-three years of age. Edgar Gerber is serving as motor-, < man on the interurban in the place of 1 C. L. Meibers.who was injured in the 1 wreck Saturday, when his knee was dislocated. ' Rev. G. H. Myers, who will on March Ist enter upon his work as endowment ' secretary for the Illinois Wesleyan i university St Bloomington, 111., left last night for that city to make ar- i rangements regarding his work.

.'at I .*. 1 - ? -JtJJMO - One or Two Treatments of , DRI-SEAL Permanently Waterproof Shoes-Men’s, Women’s, ; Children’s > Does not interfere with the shining of the shoes Softens and preserves the leather ; Makes shoes last longer and RUBBERS ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY DRI-SEAL is guaranteed satisfactory or money refunded. *i See the demonstration in our 1 Window WINNES SHOE STORE ■OBOIOiO ■ O ■OBODiOiOIOBOBOBOiOH 5 J. s. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. £ ? « O £ o 2 . The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- £ O lent bargains in city property and Adams county ■ ■ farms. The company would be to have B 2 vou call at its office and see its offerings. The com- o 5 pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on ■ 2 reasonable terms. Let the bchjmeyer Abstract ■ JJ Company prepare your abstract of title. Twe ty 2 years experience, complete records. O © ■ ■ 2 The Bowers Realty Co. § S French Quinn, Secty. 0 OSOBOBOBC oo■ o'® c ®o®r

Ban Beery was a Berne callgr to day. Mrs. Philip Brenneman of Bluffton Was a Gsiiur here over Sunday. D. B. Erwin was al Portland today looking alter professional business. Mrs. Lydia Bodie was a shopper here yesterday and left at noon for her home. J. P. Everhart returned to his home al Monroe after a business call in out city yesterday. Mrs. Fred Worst of Berne has returned home after a short stay in the city with friends. Harry Stowe of Lynn, who has been a visitor here for several days, leit this morning for his home. Miss Sophia Jaebker of Preble spent the night here with the Chris Boese family and left this morning for Fort Wayne for a visit. Mrs. .1. H. Bremerkamp and daughter, Genevieve, have returned after visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Keller of Brackenridge street, Fort Wayne. The funeral of Mrs. Rosina Myers of Preble township, whose death occurred early Sunday morning, was held this afternoon from the Preble Lutheran church, in charge of the Rev. Koch. Mrs. S. Pontius and son, Walter, of Geneva, spent the day Monday with their son and brother, Herbert Pontius, who is ill in the Jay county hospital. Mr. Pontius is improving nicely. —Portland Commercial Review-.

Surveyors Ernst and Harruff were I at Geneva today doing some surveying. Lewis Weis, w-ho has been visiting I in Fort Wayne the past few days, returned home Monday. Attend the Christian S. S. boys’ pie social at the Minnie Daniels home on Sixth street this evening. Mrs. L. W. Vorhees of Geneva, who has been visiting at Willshire,, transI felted here Monday on her tfay home. Frank Gass is reported as being , much better, though he is not yet able Ito be up. The nurse in attendance | was discharged Sunday. V I Mrs? Horace Callow rested well this morning after a bad night, and otherwise there is very little change in her condition of the past few days. j As we go to press it is reported that two elderly and respected citizens. Andrew Teeple and Al Buhler, are dying. Mr. Teeple is suffering from paralysis and Mr. Buhler from lung trouble. .The Christian Sunday school boys i will give a pie social this evening I the Minnie Daniels home on Sixth street. The proceeds will be used in 1 buying a basket ball outfit. The public ’ is invited. mI’S, Mflitha Markle.. entertained Friday evening for supper. Those pres'ent were Misses Mary Erwin, Gletiys I Mangold, Juanita Bot h, Leah Hensley 'of Decatur and ULs Jessie Bnuu1 i baugh. Bluffion News. Postmaster Lower reports 1 tiers : remaining in the Decatur postoiiice for ! E. R .Kaughman, Homer McKean. H. i \V, Midland, John Heitzler, 1.. Woodworth, Anna Hargitt, Theo Harker, | Mrs. John Ferris, Carl Gaskill, Leste ! I Bultemeier, Fred Donaldson and Clay ton Anderson. Pope Pius Saturday issued an order -1 that all cardinals and other church dig ■ nitaries must decline to attend social j functions where women were permit- , | ted to appear in deccdlette gowns. The . pontiff believes his order will have a tendency to do away with low-cut j gowns in Catholic circles. , i Miss Dorothy Dugan is taking a rest | i. to allow reparation to a sprained kner received in playing basekt ball in Bluffton Friday evening. While'the , injury did not prove as serious as at C; first feared, and she was able to walk to her car on the home trip, it is thought best that she be quiet for a ’ i week or so. Down in Kentucky, Mr. and Mrs. ’ , Louis Roser lived together twenty- ‘ i five years without speaking to each ■ other. Sunday they were seated at the dinner table, when Mr. Roser was f surprised to hear his wife ask him if i he wanted a cup of coffee. He replied - “I believe I will” and fell back dead ■ stricken with heart trouble. Frederick Bentz of Decatur, Ind, has bought the Otto Stock property on ' Walton avenue for $4,200 and will I move to Fort Wayne in the near fu- j I tore. The Herir.inn Miller company, place on South Hanna street has been | l sold to Charles Alteman for the sum 'of $3,000. The K. Vorndran agency ’ made both the deals. —Fort Wayne i Journal-Gazette Melvin ButEr, secretary of the 1. O. O. F. lodge, has received a letter from the Lafayetfo lodge secretary, asking •for information concerning Mrs. Mary I Whissler o Whipplet who is supposed jto have lived n°Lr here. A brother, 1 i Cornelius Bowen, recently died at ToI ronto, Canada, leaving a small estate I which goes to the sister. Any infori mation will be appreciated. Will Hammett. a local young man, and a graduate of the city graded and high schools, who has been studying j law in the office of Schurger & Smith I I tor the past few years, will in the I Inear fiitve open up a law office for I ' himself. He has leased the front room ' in the Stone block, formerly soceupied by T. H. Soldner, the dentist, and will 1 commence placing the furniture at once. In a few days the office will be | ' ready and Will will welcome all of his I many friends at his new location. Charles Sims, the popular Oyster, Bay barber, had a narrow escape Irom j death yesterday morning when he i i grabbet. tor his hat. He was riding > j down town on a West Marion car, j when the wind blew his hat from his . head. When he grabbed for his skypiece, the car madef a sudden lurch and • Charley fell from the- platform. The I Diggs ambulance took him to his home I at 110 North E street, and he is recovering from a few surface wounds.— Marion News-Tribune. Mr. Sims it j i well known here. ' With the thermometer registering 4 I degrees below zero Sunday, twentyj seven colored men and women, recent converts to the Mt. Zion African MethI odist Episcopal church ot Brownsville, I near Pittsburg, were immersed in the icy waters of the Monongahela river* Sunday. The immersions were wit nessed by several thousand persons, who shivered on the river banks and huddled close to fires built by small boys. In order to get the ceremony under way It was necessary to cut a hole in the ice. Carriages were in waiting and as fast as the converts came out of the water they were wrapped in blanket" and driven to their homes

—■ i Charles Meibers, who met with a painful accident in the stret car collis I ion on last Saturday, is resting some what better and doing as well as couli be looked for. Don't delay, write today for exclu-i sive territory, office specialties that I sell everywhere. Big profits. Free. particulars. Parker Specialty Co., ' Look Box 62, Orland, Ind. It FOR SALE —Good range; cost $50.00; will sell for S2O, if taken within three days—P. J. McGilJ, 116 First street. 36t3

DR. R.L STARKWEATHER OSTOPATH Acute and Chronic Diseases. Office and Residence Over Bowers Realty Co’s. Office DECATUR, IND. Phone 314. Why are Sunday dinners usually the best? Because the belter the day the better the meal! Meats for Sunday Dinners Our Long Suit i A Liberal Amount of Suet With Each FINE ROAST! That suits every good cook Among our Boasts, Are our Sunday Roasts! They should Grace Your TABLES TyoNIS SCHMITT

>HAVE< YOU SEEN THE NEW SHOES I We Are Showing Tn TAM oriel GUN METTLE r If Not Before You Buy Come In And See T hem PEOPLES & GERKE New Location In Meibcrs Block First Door South of Schmitt Meat Market. is .... r UNITED STATES SUPERVISION I THE United States Bank examiner has just gone over all of the affairs of this i . bank and he has found that the cash on hand, securities and other assets of the bank, agree to a cent with the figures set forth in our last regular statement and the examiner’s report has been filed with the Comptroller of the currency as required by the National Bank Law. We cordially invite the accounts of people in every walk of . life, assuring unquestioned safety for money and courteous, careful service. 4 per cent Paid on Time Deposits FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECATUR, INDIANA P W Smith, President, C A Dugan, Cashier W A Kuebler, Vice President, FW J aebk r, Asst Cashier

LOST —Fur neckpiece, between this city and Magley. Finder leave at this office. 38t3 FOR RENT —The old Studebaker I homestead. Inquire of Arthur Suttles.

j When You Buy Glasses You Forget The Price Almost as Soon as You Pay For Them You cannot forget the glas- j ses after you wear them If they are good glasses j and serve you faithfully, • they are worth more than you paid for them. If they a~e not, and give you trouble, they are not worth what, you pav for them | no matter how low the price.. Glasses fitted by us are I worth more than we ask. We save j our fare on every i pair. A v 'u-/ a W . ’ j . . ’■ L ■ .'I’.LI.S 1_”?\ 8 - ~ GY , Live Stock and General ■ Auctioneer 9 years of experience means Dollars for you J. N. Burkhead Monroe, - - - Indiana Telephone at my expense

f~z “I - We Have Your Style J — = -AT A THF C Leading Manufacturp 1 fl ers Os Shoes L / r We Know 'I HE STYLES THAT j . 24i — PLEASE I r When The Dealer Also MAKES A WISE CHOICE OF STYLES You Can Not Go- Wrong In YOUR SELECTIONS | Come In And See How Well We and The Manufacturers Have Sized Up Your Shoe Requirements! f.lzey aTalk OPP. COURT HOUSE | sac - - ■ • - I p j THE HOME OF ! I ! Q Groceries II | iLV. The Proof Os THE PUDDING The Eating Thereof! Prove The Quality of our Groceries BY ACTUAL TEST And Come to Know That They’re the Best We do not wish to be insisten’t, but if you try our solid pack canned goods you will be a steady buyer of them. Sweet corn 8 1-3 to 15c Pumpkin 10c Hominy 10c. Extra Fancy peas 15c g Kraut 10c Tomatoes 10c 12 l-2c 15c I We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 30c Butter 20 to 27 « Hower and Hower. I | North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108. A THE PEOPLES PANTITORIUM I Q —„ MADISON STREET — Q All kind of clothes, Ladies and Gentlemens, clean- U n ed and pressed .my Prices Right.-Shining parlor in connection H. C. BURDG, Prop. I MM Trrnny—rr—ynnr ivx 1 TONIGHT j ATTHE BOSSE j - I THE SHANNON STOCK CO. WILL PRESENT The Great Comedy Drama H What Money Wil! Do Every one Delighted With the Play Last Evening LADIES FREE AGAIN TONIGHT ONLY II r"*rnnr~ i