Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1912 — Page 3

IComfirmation F ootwear 1 a r This store has sold more con- || t firmation footwear than ever || We can show you what others || have bought if it will help g t you in making your select- i ions. We don’t want to miss 9 any one and we would like § ; to show you before you buy. S ??? _ ™ t » Charlie Vocrlewede i! Ethe SHOE SELI_EF On The West Side Os The Street

O BATHES FfsSECASi S' O ! _ * Fair south, snow or rain north portions tonight or Tuesday; warmer. Howard Shackley was a Fort Wayne visitor over Sunday. Mrs. A. H. Barnard spent Saturday afternoon in Fort Wayne. A. F. Beatty returned Saturday i afternoon from Ft. Wayne. Miss Verna Harklees returned Saturday to Poe after a visit here. John Baumgartner of I.inn Grove! •visited’with the J. F. Lachot family | Sunday. Mrs. Vai Snell of two miles south of the city, who has been ill with dropsy. is better. Miss Velma Daniels of Berne spent Sunday here with her mother, Mrs. Mimiie Daniels. | Mr and Mrs. John Durbin or Cando, | X. D., and Sam Durbin of Starkweath- 1 er, X. D., returned home Saturday. I They Were called here by the death of their father, John Durbin, of near Mouiue.

■■■ r™ E h ° me ° f i Q ua “ty Groceries g Shelves Well Filled Artistically Arranged Give Observers Aid In Selw ecting What They Need. You Will Find What You Want On Our Shelves. Take A Look Our solid pack can goods please others and they’ll please you. Fine Table butter and plenty of it at 30 cents per lb. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 16c Butter 20 to 28 Hower and Hower, North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108. ■OS Olo■O■O ■OOOOIOBOBOBOBOBOBOO g J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Proa. ■ I 8 ° ' » 8 o ■ ?! ■ The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- £ O lent bargains in city property and Adams county ■ ■ farms. The company would be pleased to have B 2 you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- q ? pany has plenty of five per cent money to .oan on ■ 2 Reasonable terms. Let the Schmmeyer Abstract ■ 5 Company prepare your abstract of title. 1 wentj , years experience, complete records. O O ■ 1 2 The Bowers Realty Co. £ Z French Quinn, Secty. O oioic

- ... __________ t Mrs. Leslie Flurer went to Wood- < I burn Saturday for a visit. i Dr. Beavers was a professional bus- ' iness caller at Richmond today. Wilma Rawley of Berne visited . here with friends and relatives over 1 I Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Bluff- , ton visited over Sunday here with r*l- , Miss May Strack of Willshire, Ohio, changed cars here for Fort j Wayne Saturday. T. R Moore left this morning for ' Albion, where he attended the funeral of his uncle, Dr. Lemmon. George Gentis left this morning on 1 the train south in the interest of the Schafer Hardware company. Gladys, Clara and Havard Eley, enroute to their new home at Shipshewanna, are guests at the W. A. Fonner home. Mrs. Fred Bohnke, Sr. is in receipt lofIof word from Hope hospital, ’that her daughter. Mrs. Herman Miller who was operated upon there for the removal ol a tumor and the appedix, is getting along well. She is now able to sit up in b -d |

Mrs. Charles Fuelling went to Ft. i Wayne today. Miss Stella Bremerkamp spent Sunday at Portland. ' Mrs. Charles Murray made a busi- * ness trip to Fort Wayne. L. A. Graham went to Indianapolis ( today to attend the convention. Miss Amanda Fruchte of Magley ; went to Fort Wayne this morning. I<■ Henry Schlickman and Milton Gi- < rod made a business trip to Warsaw i today. Wash Kern of St. Mary’s township ' went to Indianapolis to attend the con- ! vention. Miss Ethel Metcalf of Fort Wayne was the guest of Miss Etta Mallonee ! over Sunday. i Miss Bess Jeffries of the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, visited here yesterday with her parents. Mrs. C. Wilheit, representing the j , Scirella corset, of Meadville, Pa., left , this morning for Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. M. V, B. Archbold of ; Fort Wayne attended the funeral of j Joel Falk Era in hem yesterday. Dr. Trout has gone to Indianapolis to be in attendance at the republican i state convention to be held tomorrow. j I Miss Leota Bailey, who spent Sun- I day with her parents, left this morn , ing to resume her school work at i Berne. Miss Velma Daniels, who spent Sun- j day with her mother, left this morn-j ing to resume her school work at, Berne. Earl BremeKtamp, who spent Sun-i day here with his parents, left this ' morning for her school work at Fortj< Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bieberich went to 1 Fort Wayne to attend the funeral of 1 William Wefel, which was held this afternoon. The P. AV Smith force of sawmill workers returned to Berne today for another week’s work after spending Sunday hers I Mr. and Mrs. Olin Baker of Bluffton arrived last evening for a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. , A. D. Artman. , The Misses Drucilla Ganby of Churubusco, Ohio, and Miss Adelaide Keller of Fort Wayne are guests of Miss Agnes Kohne. John Bogner, formerly of this city, but who has been working as fireman on the Erie railroad, is here for a visit with relatives. 1 Fred Hahnert of Monroe was in town today looking after business affairs. He has sold his farm and is enjoying life without too many duties. Mr. Mitchell, the Murray house chef, is wearing his left eye bandaged as the result of getting a cinder in the eye. The injury is not seriout, but painful. John Peoples and daughter, Eva, and his grandson, Dellas Brown, will leave Wednesday Cor Wheatland, X. D., to join the former's children at that place. Mrs. Uriah Grimm of Williams was here this morning, shopping. Mrs. Grimm has had poor health this winter and this was her first visit here since November. j P. H. Wagner returned Saturday afternoon to Kalamazoo, Mich., after a day’" visit nere v. Ith his family. Mr. Wagner is opr.ator for the G. R. & I. railroad at vliat place and is doing well. i Charles Van Camp caught a Chinese pheasant Sunday .racking it through the snow tint’’ it crawled under a building in the north part of town. It is a beautiful bird, and was exhibited this morning on Lie streets. Mrs. Charles B. Smith of South Meridian street went to Decatur on Saturday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hammell, who visited hero a couple of weeks, returned home on the same train. Portland Sun. Mrs H J. Beulah of Chillicothe, Illinois, who spent several weeks with | her sister, Mrs. James L. Fulton, East Main street, went Io Decatur Saturday itfiernoon for a few days’ stay wit.i another sister, Mrs. Robert Blackburn. — Portland Son. i P L. Andrews returned Sunday evening from Fort Wayne, where he called on Mrs. Andrews at the Hope hospital. Her condition is reported' at being very low. but there are still j hopes for recovery. She was slightly ; . better Sunday. Her mothet, Mrs.; ■ Mary Spade. left this morning for her I i bedside again. The Borling & Moltz Produce com-j pany finished work today on the large cement floor which they started to build this winter. The floor which was covered with cement, will cover spacej between <I.OOO and 7,000 square feet, | and will adtl greatly to the sanitary j conditions of the storage room, and also in the handling of heavy loads. The cement work was al) done this ! week, but the work of cutting down j the old floor required several weeks of. labor.—Bluffton Nei's.

FUNERAL OF JOEL FALK ERWIN. A very large concourse of son owing relatives and friends gathered at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, when the last sad services for Joel Falk Erwin were conducted. The Rev. R. L. Semans delivered the sermon, the music being also an appropriate feature of the service. A special number was the vocal solo, ‘ The Holy City," a favorite of the boy, which was rendered by Mrs. J. O. Seliemeyer. The pall bearers were his public and Sunday school teachers, J. N. Parnsh and A. D. Suttles, and three boys each from his classes in the public and Sunday school. Those from the public school were Dee Ward, Carl Atz and Master Odle, and from the Sunday school, Lloyd Beery. Bert Hower and Chalmer Porter. Interment took place in Maplewood cemetery. Owing to the illness of the boy’s aunt, Mrs. Horace Callow, no funeral bells were tolled. Many .datives from out of the city attended the funeral. PASTRY SALE AT GAS OFFICE. The section of the United Brethren Y P, C. E. U . known as the "White Side,’’ will hold a pastry sale Saturday at the gas office. Homemade bread, cake, cookies', pie and a special sale on fresh doughnuts. Any, one wishing good, fresh doughnuts at 10 cents a doz.-n can get them by leaving ciders at the parsonage during the week. Phone 365. Q , POLICE COURT NEWS Charles Hcffn.au, who was arrested on a charge of pub'ic intoxication, was arraigned this morning in the mayor’s court, where ho drew a dollar and costs, amounting in all lo $ll.OO, which amount r .e did not have, and went to jail NOTICE PC CONTRACTORS. Berne. Ind, March 4, 1912. Sealed bids will be received by the building committee of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, No., 398’. Berne, Indiana, for the remodeling and building a brick addition to their home, until 10 a. m, on March 26, 1912, at the office of the architect, Berne. Ind. Proposals will be considered on piece work or in whole for the furnishing of labor and material. Each bid must be accompanied with a cei titled check, of 5 per cent of the bids. Plans and specifications are on file with the secretary and architect. The committee reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. THE COMMITTEE, 65t3-w-1t F. C. Foreman, Sec’y. o FOR SALE. By the P. K. Kinney real estate agency, a real bargain—one house of 7 rooms, centrally located, whicn would rent for from $12.50 to $15.00 per month; price, $1,650. 59t3 FOR SALE—A few tons of Choice clover hay. Inquire Jess Tricker, ’phone 8-J. 60t3 11 ■ oNOTIwE. I am prepared to move any kind of buildings, do concrete work of any kind, raise buildings and putting in foundations. All work is guaranteed. Address me at Bobo, Ind. 62-e-o-d-t6* JAS. C. HARMOX. — o — EGGS FOR SALE. S. C. Rhode Island Reds, 3 cents each. Geese Eggs—Common geese, 10c each; Embden geese, 20c each. Duck Eggs—lndian Runner, White and Fawn, 5 cents each; Imperial Pekin, 5 cents each; Buff Orpingtons, 5c to 10 c each. S. C. CRAMER, Mercer Ave., Decatur, Ind. ’Phone 641. 65t2 WANTED—Good farm hand, capable of doing all kinds of work. For particulars see John Harvey, Decatur, 11. R. N. 1. 7013 HOUSE FOR REXT—North part of city, and convenient to sugar facjtory. See P. K. Kinney Real Estate Agency, over interurban station. 71t3 FOR RENT—S-room house, on ISncre tract; has good water and plenty of fruit. Sec Joe Bninne. graph 7113 LOST —A small, black purse, on Monroe street, between Sixth and Second streets. Please leave same at 610 Monroe street. 73t3 | FOR SALE Will sell at a bargain, if sold in ten days, 10 acres of the tiniest beet land in Adams county, within i city limits. Good house, barn, drove | well, cement cistern, corn crib, chicklen park and house, and good orchard, jit's to your interest to act quick for it's a bargain. Inquire at this offee or 'phone 595. Will not sell after 10 days. 7316 jLOST —Three silver dollars, someI where between the Old Adams Co. jbank and Adams street. Finder te.turn to this office. 7313 LOST —A muff, between Monroe and Oak Grove school house, of Monroe /township. The muff may be left al this office or finder may notify Miss Marian Murphy, R. R. 2, Monroe. 73t6

. Striking creati l'i I separate coats I ||i have never before shown such wonderfully becoming styles in Spring coats as those I 1 1lilIII we h ave just received from Bischof. ■ 7 1 here are dozens of new, attractive touches li i 11; ' 1 ; Jr ■ / 1 tnat make them totally different from anyIlVi'.ij nr'/MOj I W Fancy buttons—odd shaped revers in white I and other light colors—deep cuffs—novel side . t J trimming and buttoning effects -straps—slashI I have all been employed in making these i ® \ coats so unusual. \/| 1 A L ll'.l I A \ It f fk\ 11 / I II? r y Important features that show the ••A’b. p I trend of fashion These coats are full leqgtl’. -about _ seven-eighths m ) 7/1 fitted cut along slender lines, with sloping shoulders, |m lfo 1 /ffl and sleeves set in without the slightest fullness. jcl The great variety of materials include plain and | L j z I wide wale serges and worsteds in blue, tan and white —- , SHEqc reversible cloths with collars and cuffs showing the reverse side of the material, and two-tone effects. If you want a separate coat to travel in—for motoring and driving—for general or evening wear, you will find ii I g . R the most individual styles in this new line of Bischof 111 Ii \l /AWv H models. ll rail 1 .11 111 11W \U\\\ 1 They are typical examples of the perfect man- J/ Vy tailoring you get in all Bischof coats and suits. They are f a now on exhibit. Come in today and select yours. / £'/ Here are the prices: / NIBLIGK & COMPANY

PUBLIC SALE. Having sold his property, the under- ’ signed will offer for sale at his resi ( dence, % mile north of Monroe, on, Saturday, March 30th, beginning at 2 o’clock p. m., the following property-to-wit; Farming Implements: One top buggy, in fair condition; 2 sets single harness, double shovel plow, wagon tongue and double trees. Household “Wear-Ever” Aluminum Utensils Our Specialty One utensil in the kitchen is worth a ckizen in the junk heap. Watch For our attractive and ininstructive window display. Then walk in and let us show’ you the largest and most complete line of these goods ever shown in this part of the state. Ladies Attention Miss Hesler, an experienced demonstrator will be with us April 15-16 and 17th. You should not fail to see and test the products of these up! to date methods. Remember the date and do ( not fail to attend. JOHN BROCK

1 Goods; Consisting of 3 beds, 2 sets of springs, sora, 2 heating stoves, * chairs, dresser, steel zinc, mirrors, 2 tables, stands and numerous other articles. Notions: Bread mixers, egg cases, scales, oil tanks, one of them just new; gasoline stove, musical in- • struments, etc. Terms—Cash or bankable note on . amounts of $2.00 or more. i A. B. BAILEY. J. N. Burkhead, Auct. Geo. McManama, Clerk.

Everything in Hardware zfe i Builders flit is most important to select the best hardware for that new home or building. , brings you here for we make a point of carrying nothing but the best builder’s hardware that adds not only to the beauty of a building but to its selling value as well. he sash and door locks, hinges, etc. are a very small . part of a building, but will repay many times for the cost and trouble of proper selection. Chea}) goods are a con--1 tinual source of trouble and worry. I <JWe are prepared to name interesting prices on the complete hardware for any style of building from the humble cottage to the largest office building. Sir! We also sell the best building tools-all modI erately priced. (Sb. V\TJE vTJTVCE YOUMOUEt

1- '■ - " » ■AGENTS WANTED—To sell our special accident and health policies, issued to men and women; giving $3,000 .death, and sls weekly benefits: cost- : ing but $5 a year. All occupations covered —-easily sold. No experience necessary; exclusive territory; large with renewals given; permanent income guaranteed. Najtional Accident Society, 320 Broadway, I New York. Est. 26 years. 73121 Oerrocra*’ Want Ads Pa?.