Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 29 February 1912 — Page 3

I I I If You Were I S| ...going to have a pair of work shoes made to B H your order this is about the way you would have B ® them specified. Uppers of the softest and toughest kind of bark tailed calfskin, soles of flint oak B 8| sole, counters the same, insoles the same, heels B fl all leather, nickle, non-rust eyelets large enough B jr to admit a klondyke lace and made on a last that B ■fe would fit your foot No need to leave your or- E H der, we’ve got these same kind of shoes waiting £ ■ for you to put on. Try cm. E II Charlie Voglewede I THE SHOE SELLER K OiijThe West Side Os The Street 1

WK' * ■» ; WEATHER FORECAST| fß'F'air tonight Lnd Friday; colder sciith and east portion tonight. Charles Burdg went to Fort Wayne this morning. ■■Borge Wemhuif was a Fort Wayne business visitor this morning. John Spuhler, the auctioneer, made I a business trip to Bluffton this morn-| Ing. Miss Viola Whiteaker returned this morning to Fort Wa; ne after a visit I here. \ *’ Mkiss Alma Kookcn, who spent the night here went t' Monmouth this j morning, where she is teaching. Clem Heidemann, who was looking after some business affairs at Geneva today, returned home this afternoon. Wrr M. A. Tyrell of Cincinnati, O„ who was here tt> attend the funeral of the late Ward McNlel Cline, has rez turned home. I The Kukelhan Brothers, Edward and E Charles, were at Portland today looking after some business affairs which K required their attention in the way of ’ cattle buying. i y Mis. Frank Monroe of Columbus, ' Ohio, who has been visiting with Miss Victofla Stone the past veek, was call- 1 ed home by telegram on account of the < sickness of her husband. i

■awiagsggs- - mmeljzl r.vgx ■> v. g COTTON AND I LINSEED OIL I I Cake Meal Millet, Clover and Timothy seed. Fresh stock of Farm and Garden seeds just received and as soon as weather will permit shipment will have supply of Bulbs and Roses E. L. CARRO.L 1 SUCCESSOR TO | ? J. O. I —IAI—EE f PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED K fl I WOW 01 0 ■O ■ 0 WGtfWWC:4BOWOW<)HOWO&OW ' E S ■JJ. S. Bowers. Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. I K * o M ■ | 2 The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- O 3 lent bargains in city property and Adams county • farms. The company would be pleased to have (b you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- q o pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on g w reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract q Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty « years experience, complete records. *■ Ss O O The Bowers Realtj Go. ® French Quinn, Secty. C low oaoipic ioso« o «i« o» c wowc

Mrs. J. R. Gerber was a Berne visitor today. John Lachot was a business visitor at Portland today. The Misses Sophia T.jitemeier and Sophia Scheuman r of St. John's shopped here yesterday. Oscar Hoffman made a business trip :o Winchester today, returning home on the afternoon train. Mrs. Albert Huser returned to Fort Wayne last evening after a visit with her sister. Mrs. C. Boese. Miss Myrtle Dunbar of the Madison House went to Fort Wayne to spend last evening with friends. Louis Fruchte, who was at Berne today for a short time on business, returned home this afternoon. Ed Vancil, who was making his regular rounds at Berne today, returned home on the afternoon train. William Weldy has gone to Glendale, Ohio, for a short visit with his daughter, Frances, who is attending college at that place. Julian F. Franke of Fort Wayne, genera! tgent fc- the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, was here Wednesday on business. W. H. Fledderjohann went to Fountain City this morning to look after some business transactions, relative to the interurban line her" This is February 29th—odd day of leap year, that comes at least every foqr years—and sometimes not for an interval of eight years.

I Mrs. M. L. Bracektt, Miss Minnie I Orvis and John O'Brien visited with friends in Fort Wayne yesterday. | i The Fort Wayne Sentinel marriage I license report- Clinton D. Campbell, I 27, clerk „nd Martha C. Kettler, 26. | Mrs. Annette Miller and Mrs. M. A. I Ciem and sons, Richard and Chaun I cey, of Monroeville, spent yesterday I here. j S. E. Brown went to Fort Wayne I this morning to call on Adam BroWn I and family and from here will go to I Montpelier 1 Miss Hazel Lenhart returned to Ft. I Wayne this morning to take up her I business college work after spending I the night here with her parents. Frank Engle, clerk at the Sam Hite I south end grocery, was At South Bend I yesterday, where he had business inI terests demanding his attention. 11 Mr. and Mrs. Plumber Erhart of 11 Markle arrived here Thursday afterll noon. Mrs. Erhart was called here I by the illness of her brother, John I Kurt, and did not know until her aril rival here that he had died during the I' night. The St. Mary’s river is on a egular 11 rage, out of banks, and is using each hour. The heavy snow, the frost in the grounds and the rains, make the period a rather serious one. An oldfashioned rain just now would perhaps cause all records for high water I to be broken. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Will Rundell were busy today moving into the Al Steel property, corner Fifth and Madison streets, ’ where they will reside. The house 5 formerly occupied by them on Rugg street will be the residence of Mr. t and Mrs. Harry Gilman during the 1 next six months. Cal Robinson, driver for the Wells 1 Fargo Express company, was jubilant 1 Wednesday over the fact that Erie j train No. 4, east, due here at 3:29, ar-' a ■ rived two minutes ahead of time. He ■ . stated that this was the first time in several months that the Erie trains : were on time, they having been anywhere from ?.a hour or two late every day. • - | Says a New York dispatch: "A s j chemical examination was being made f | today of the "beauty lotion’’ which, apI plied yesterday to the face of Mrs. , | Isaura Williams, a widow, recently aril riving here from Texas, caused her > death. The police were also searching for the “beauty doctor,” who had prom- . i ised Mrs. Williams that she would be . ! made as beautiful as when she was a ,! young girl and who applied the medicine that caused her death. Mrs. Williams, who lived with her young son i r * and daughter in the Bronx, had her I first treatment last Monday. Her face r was left raw and bleeding. Yesterday i the doctor returned, explained tha‘ everything was going nicely and applied a second treatment. T he “doctor’ had about finished, when ?’■ Williams collaj sed and half an hour later died. I I Meanwhile the doctor' had disappeared. The coroner believes that a pow- j erful astringent' poison-, was used and' has ordered an autopsy.’

gJZZI I£2l ESZ nThe Norris Co. 5»I Oc Store S Jl C.E. Baughman Old Stand | ——— ——— si y Candies Don’t Miss The Big Bargain Sale Post Cards | M New shipment good and SAiURWAV Al 2 P.M I A dandy new line 1c 6 for fresh only ___________________________——— — 5 Cents V 10c lb . 35c Graniteware dish pans strictly firsts cards worth 5c ea 2 for 5c 1 1 Fine Chocolates on i y (Oc ea view U The 40 cent kind 10 cents txt* , „ , J ! half pound One to a Customer See Window Cards 8 for 5c see them Another big Special Saturday tin cups 6 for 5c Curtain goods Special at 10 cents | yd. 25c grade only 10 l-2c yd. g U. m Decorated cups saucers and places . 10c 5 doz good clot hes pins ... 5c J !11 25c China salt and peppers . . . 10c Granite cups 10c kind for 5c ill 25c Jardiniers for only . . .10c Tinware pie pat.s cake pans only ,5c 2qt stone bean bakers for .... 10c Hat and coat hooks 2 for 5c Glassware dishes vases ect . . 10c Lamp burners 5c wicks 6 for . . .sc|| | 25c Silk neckties only . . . 10c Drygoods, towels, hose feet . . .5c 15 & 25c grade of silk ribbons yd. . 10c Lace and embroidery yd ... 5c 1 1 Hosiery mens ladies childrens pr 10c Williams shaving soap only .... 5c 11 25c Alger books new shipment 10c Paper napkins 5c doz Crepe paper roll 5c I 1 Half soles 10c pr Brushes all kinds . 10c Tinware and wire goods only ... 10c I | Files hammers and hatchets for . . 10c Paint® and varnish can 10c ™ • nr 40 75c Enamel tea kettles 39c Chinaware 75 cracker jars . . .48c . .... or j<n k- u- u nt 30c Galv - P ails for 24c 35 and 40c china dishes . • ■ 24c . 25c lx heavy tin Dails , 8c SI.OO bowl and pitcher set, set . . 89c $1.25 Enamel slop jars for . . . . 89c H 15c Linen toweling yd 12 l-2c Kitchen mirrors 10i up NOTICE:- We Lead And Others Follow THE MORRIS FIVE & TEN CENT STORE U I Uxi ii===3 E=3 K=====E ES l====l KJ

i Mrs. Amos Yoder »pent the day in Fort Waype. J Miss Naomi Niblick went to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. Godfrey Kurt went to Mon-i mouth this morning. Mrs. Dick Hill and daughter Mabel, spent the day with relatives in Monmouth. Mrs. Shafer Peterso r was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Wolford, in Monmouth today. Dr. C. S. Clark was numbered among the business callers at Geneva today, leturning h<”.ne on the afternoon train. Mrs. Maggie France of Pleasant Mills, who has been sick the past week with grip and complications, is somewhat better. H. H. Bremerkamp is home from Portland, where he attended the funeral of a friend, Joseph Minch, which was held yesterday. Chas. Meyer, ot the Meyer, Scherer | & Beavers furniture firm, today deliv- j ered a large load of furniture to Newville, southwest of the city. Yager Bros. & Reinking this morning began work on the repapering of their entire large store. The initial work was begun on the stairs, which will be attractively arranged before the lower work is commenced. From London comes dispatch that Mrs. Patience Smith, a member o! the famous family of gypsies, died at Leeds at the age of 103. Until three months ago she had never slept under a roof. She was the mother of fourteen children. Seventy eight of her grandchildren and forty-four of her great-granchildren survive her. Up to her last moments she retained possession of all her faculties; her hair was barely tinged with gray, and most o! her teeth were sound.

FINANCIAL AID WE WANT TO AID every local industry that merits co-operation, and will seek it of us. This bank is constantly on the lookout for opportunities to be useful. The best way to have the co-operation of this strong institution is to be a depositer here so that w r e can get acquainted with each other. Let us join forces and grow together FIRST NATIONAL BANK ■ DECATUR, INDIANA I Capital I&100000. Surplus ?20000 Resources I . 1 P W Smitn, President, C A Dugan, Cashier, W A Kuebler, Vice President, yi;? W Jaebk-v, Asst Cashier ’ J 11

NEGRO CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL. With the moving into the city of several families of negroes, with children of school age, comes the problem lof providing school room for them. Truant Officer C. B. Andrews will take action next Monday toward placing them in school, should they not be sent before that. The negroes came to work at the sugar factory. CHANGES IN RESIDENCE. Several changes in residences are being made. Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Schafer will move from the Voglewede property on Fourth street Tuesday to the house on North Third street, being vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weiland, who are going to the Weiland farm just east of the city. The Schafer house will be occupied by the Charles Ross family, who now’ live on I North Walnut street. The Rev. and i Mrs. G. H. Myer= are shipping their I goods to Bloomington, 111., and Mr. Myers will go there tomorrow. Mrs. Myers will remain here over Sunday. —o Joe Tonnelier is home from a short business trip to Geneva.

! Elizabeth Brothers Burns 3 Physician & Surgeon 0 Office & Residence over Bowers Realty Co. Office | Hours-9t012a.n1., Ito | 4 p.m. and evenings

IT’S to your advantage to buy your supply of Spring Shirts now and of us for three reasons. Ist. Our stock of Princely Elgin and Davis shirts is complete and contains all the new ideas for wear and comfort. 2nd. You need to stock up because the long winter and frequent trips to the laundry have worn out your present supply. 3rd. We believe we x can sell you the best shirts for the money in the city at 50c«$1.00 and $1.50. Call and examine and buy all you can use. Hroltholise, Go. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys. SHOES FOR WORKING MEN Zip-; /S’" xjk I A VL You will soon be needing a good substantial pair of work shoes, and of course you want the best that you can buy for your money. Our work shoes are absolutely solid no cutoff vamps and no imitation of leather used in the building of our shoes. Don’t you think it will pay you to buy this kind. Remember you get them at our store. ELZEY & F'A K Opp. Court House. B There’s No Excuse For romplamg about the : igh cost of liquors when I 4 ’nis store can be convenient’.reached You are rather coming, many of < our i lends have been here long 1 ago and often since. Make ' 'MV '• p for >’ our delay by comin £ ’ V now and learning that your ' idea of the excessive cost of high class liquors wrong Corner Second and Madison I GURLEY 11l . Lfe-T'...r-'*»s § I ± Wii! TIIE HOME 0F i | Quality Groceries 11 qlf VI WE [Trf/ o ! Cater To Those ' I 01 Who Are Particular About 11 What They Eat! I That’s Why We Are Particular About What We Buy! You Benefit A common expression. / “ What have you good to eat” Leave that to us. -Our suggestions are sure to help you out. One line of solid pack can goods never fail te please the most particular. Let us . help you out of your difficulties. U e pay cash or trade for produce | Eggs 20c Butter 20 to 27 I Hower and Hower. | North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 10S.