Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1912 — Page 3

I msa I I f* X :n. . I 1 You Y oung Men you want gin- || I ger in your footwear will find a I I lot to interest you here tomorrow I I Charlie Voglewede I THE SHOE SEEL-L-EEF? * On The West Side Os The Street

i ' *A *- -■ ■ Saturday. Kitty Fought wa~ at Geneva today! visiting with relatives. Joe Tonnelier was numbered among i the business callers at Geneva today, i W. 11. Fledderjoba’in made a busi-1 neec trip t« Feri Wayne last evening. Eli Sprunger has returned from Chicago, where he attended to busi nesß. Mrs. George Everett is spending the day with Mrs. E. F. Miller, on Rural Route 11, Mrs. Callow is still confined to her bed and is very weak. Mrs. Margaret I Reckard is now taking care of her as nurse. J. A. Harvey vest today for Green- ’ field and other placto where real es-1 tate business required his attention. He will return by wav "f Indianapolis.

• •—— ~ — ■ ■■■—""l- — _ i jTHEHOME OF I I Quality Groceries | YOU ; Will Always FIND Us Busy BUT NEVER TOO BUSY To Give Your Especial Wants our Special ATTENTION WE VALUE YOUR TRADE Have you been thinking of seed potatoes. We have the genuine varieties at the right price. Early Rose SI.BO bu. Early Bliss $2.00 bu. Early Ohio $2.15 ' ■ A complete stock of Garden and Flower seeds We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 18c Butter 18 to 24 Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & L Depot ’Phone 108. ■OB 010 ■O ■ 0 BOBODiOiOBOBOBOBOBOB J J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schlrmeyer, Vice Pres. § | 9 O i ■ ® i 2 2 i ■ * 2 The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- £ 3 lent bargains in city property and Adams county ■ 4 farms. The company would be pleased to have jj & you call at its office and see 1-s offerings. The com- < □ pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on ■ M reasonable terms. Let the Schume er bstac o q Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty x £ years experience, complete records. 2 The Bowers Realty Co. ■ | French Quinn, Secty. O

J Mrs. Martin Hobrock and children ! of Fort Wayne are guests of Mrs. S. ! Hobrock and family. f ' Elijah Mann and family, corner of < Seventh and Adams streets, will move next week to Fort Wayne. A ilr Hovels has gone to Indianapolis to attend the meeting of the date I hoard of health aeld here today. Attorney 1.. C DeVoss is home from I Geneva, where he was looikn" after | business affairs du. ing the day. 1 Simeon Fordyce made a business I trip to Geneva th’; morning where | his attention was required tor a short . whil” Mrs. .James .vens, at the Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne, where she underwent an operation, shows continued improvement. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shoemaker, in Gene' -, last Easter morning. a baby bey. Mother and child are i doing well. —Gene v a Herald. Mrs. Jared Reed returned last evening to her home at Fort Wayne aftI er spending Sunday with her parents, ] Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wertxberger. Mr. Reed, who line with her for a visit over Sunday, returned earlier in the week.

A. J. Harting made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. L. W. Coppock returned last, evening from Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter, Midge, were Fort We>ne visitors today. Mrs. George Simmers spent the day in Monmouth with her mother, Mrs. C. Wilder. The Misses Madge Hite and Margaret Jane Hoffman spent the day in | Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Shelley and daughter, of Bluffton, visited here yesterday with friends. Miss Celia Kinney is off duty at the Runyon, Engeler & Company’s s’ore today on account of illness. Mrs. Isabelle Neptune returned to W iilshire today after a week’s visit with her son, Dr. J. Q. Neptune, and family. Miss Rose Kleinhenz is off duty at the Steele & Weaver store yesterday and today on account of the illness of her mother. The spring days seem to have spurred every one into cleaning up and getting ready for summer. It will soon be here. “Casex Jones” will be at the opera house tAiorrow evening It's a good if you want a good tor Ji H Mt ers. T..e ho ’’on belonging to William I i, ,n slipped down the ban) ..a into the swollen St. I Mary's rt er, during the flooded con-I dition of that stream, were recovered . the first of the week Much talk wap caused concerning the rumor which spread throughout the world that Pope Pius X had died, many inquiries being made here as to the validity of the report, and which was shortly afterward denied in Rome, following its publication Thursday afternoon, and late’ - spreading to this country. D. W. Myers, who recently purchased the house on the John Niblick property between Herman Tettman and M. Wertzberger's residences, will move the same next week to his lot on Winchester street beside the Paik House. Dick Myers, who resides in the house now, will continue his residence there during the moving. Burton Niblick will erect a fine house on the site for the occupancy of himself and wife. David Gerber is erecting a modern and up-to-date story and a half house, in bungalow style, on North Third street, between the A. D. Artman and J. D. Myers res’ lenses. The excavation for the cellar is completed, and work was begun today on laying the walls. Within a few weeks the house will be completed and Mr. Gerber an l family will occupy it. Mr. Gerbe" recently sold his Second street home to Julius Haugk. The scratching hen—and rooster — have arrived with the first spring days and the police have already had numerous complaints of violations of the city ordinance by residents, who permit their towls to run at large. The city council passed the ordinance with the Idea of protecting the vegetable and flower gardens of citizens I and the police will enforce it. Chickens are necessities and are very nice, especially when properly i re pa red and set on the table, but they have no i place in your neighbor’s garden and nc good citizen will allow' his fowls i to rua atll over the community and be- • come a nuisance and a pest. Keep ' ’"tn shut up, or f'' out of the chicken { business.

! THREE DAY JF Allumimim Ware Js* Will be given at my store by Miss Grace '%♦ K M. Healer, Monday, Tuesday and Wed- '/ nesday, a APRIL 15, 16 AND 17 g H Many interesting ’Mb showing the su- * perior qualities of this ware, including cooking and baking test*, pot roasts W without water, etc. As a special in- fll W:, ducement to attend these demonstraB Hon. we offer a “WEAR-EVLR Sauce > W Pan, Capacity 3 Pints, Regular Price JW Wk 65c., for only 29c. jftWr JOHN BROCK ** ■ ■' !;!>■ WAU MARK

i Miss Jessie Magley spent the afternoon in Ft. Wayne. Omer Niblick is home from Fort Wayne, where he was cn business. The Misses Barnes and Mrs. Emery Miller returned this morning to their home at Warren after attending the district Pocahontas meeting. Mr. and Mrs. John Herman are packing their household goods preparatory to moving next week to their new faim near St. Henry’s, Ohio. The motoring season is at hand and j they are getting as thick in this local- . ity as the horse and buggy was a few years ago. Each day brings a new one in and each attracts much attention. Louis Weis, sr, who the forepart of ilje week met with a painful accident, when he had his eye cut with a piece of glass, is feeling some better 1 and with the aid of shaded glasses will get along all right. Hundreds of people visit the site north of town each day where the " first sugar factory in Indiana is being constructed. It is a sight worth ’ seeing, an arm; of men being engaged 1 on the job 1 Bert Nichols, former resident here, but for a number of years located in ’ Michigan, is here looking after the 1 ' cement business While here he is ' I also arranging to build a cottage on his lot on Nort’i Second street. rI Will Harbaugh is confined to his ■] home by illness which is thought to ■| be due to ptomaine poisoning. He lias lieen sick s'.iee morn’’ g and is unable to Wve his home. The source of the poisoning is a mystery.—Bluffton News. Ferd L; defer of the Schafer Saddlery company has been in Chicago several days, trying to employ harness makers. The saddlery business with the Schafer company is growing so rapidly that It is difficult tc secure the help fast enough to ti'”a out the goods. Rev. D. O. Wise returned Thursday afternoon from conference at Dayton, Ohio. Enroute here he visited at Ridgeville at his home. Rev. Wise will preach his last sermon here as pastor of the Evangelical church of this city, next Sunday, before going t? his n a w charge °.t the Trinity . church, Louis.Hi', Ky. ‘Casey Jones. ’ with its all-star . cast, clever specialties, etc, is creati ing most favorable comment wherever ■ produced and theater-goers here are •! lucky indeed to be favored by a visit i from this high-class play. The date •‘has been set for Saturday. April IF. I and seats will be on sale at the usual I , place. , Charles Voglewede Thursday was at I Fort Wayne on business and while I there chanced tc sec Father George, who for several weeks was confined I hi the St. Joseph hospital, with an at- > j tack of walking typhoid fever. He • i was allowed to be out for the first I time Wednesday. He said he was feel-] - ing good, considering the severe at- > tack, but would have to be careful for : a while at least ’Calieo’’ Jim Gause and wife are ; I the parents of a baby boy, born March II 28th. This makes the fifth child and 1 they are unable to properly support > one. Humane Officer Kirk was over . from Van Wert the other day to look • after their case, and it is quite prob-1 • able that the officers will take them i in hand the same as they did the Bak ] ■ er family and put thetn in good honrnr , , The Gause family are continually beg-; I ging and we know ojl instances when ’ > Mr. Gause has had opportunities to I work when he wouldn’t do it. There i are times when the i>eople are justi- ] fled in helping people out, but there i ‘ are also times when a good act simply breeds a spirit of dependability upon them.—Willshire Herald.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gehrig has gone to Berne to visit with friends for a brie, time. Bud Brokaw of Fort Wayne was in the city today attending to some bus iness affairs. Med Miller was this afternoon busy lettering the Hoop 0” <fc Lenhart ab stract window. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Syphers visited here today with their son, J. W. Merriman, and family. Miss Frances Thomas returned a' noon to her home after a short stay in the city this morning. C. W. Merryman of Monroe was here this morning on business, returning at noon to his home. Will Fought/ has gone to Warsaw where on Saturday evening he will be wedded to Miss Georgia Anderson, returning here Sunday. Sunday will oe mother's day at the Presbyterian church and an appropriate program for the day has been prepared for the high place which she holds in the home. Mrs. Stella Bird of Cambridge City, Mrs. Nanna Diggs of Muncie left today for their homes after attending the district convention of the Poca hontas lodge held here yesterday. The basement for the new home to be erected by Dave Gerber on North Third street is near!;’ completed, and the foundation will then soon be built for a modern and up-to-date home. ’ill- ' out the city are being made by the j street commissioner and his force of men since the weather has so warmed up to allow the progress of the work. ] Herman Dornseif, a teacher in the . Indianapolis Lutheran schools, r*» j turned today to the capital city after i visiting over Easter here with hisl parents, Rev. and Mrs. Dornseif. on Route 3 The dance t,iven Thursd:.j evening j by the C. B. L. of I. "as largely at-1 tended and a goon social time was I the result of the gathering, many hav- j ing responded to the cordial invitation to all. Good music was also enjoyed until a late hear.

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nit.’ itsyf| COLLECT THE DUST I I DON’T I I SPREAD IT! I m The “Richmond Suction Cleaner” p is the most powerful vacnummachi ine on the market. It is so easily Wh i P managed and light in weight that Ml I U a child can handle it. Does not 1 nonly collect dust but all particals Brik strings, hair, ravelings etc. _ I I Use It When House-Cleaning i | For Sale or Rent by || n THE SANITARY CLEANER CO. | I PHONE 118 H “Death Dirt g

LOST—ldeal Waternia. ain i pen. Return to Democra- Reward. 39VJ HI II 111 n — —•■■■ DR. R.L STARKWEATHER OSTEOPATH ! Acute and Chronic Diseases. Office and Residence Over Bowers Realty Co’s. Office . DECATUR. IND. Phone 314. I

jF SEE THE NEW DRUG FIRM FOR I Housecleaning Specialties J* D We have the goods necessary to make the I I Old Look Like New | Kyanize Floor Finish 11 For floors and all other wood work, will not crack £ 1 peel off or show white spots. There is none Just as Good. Hoosier House Paint 100 per cent Pure Wall Paper to suit your fancy i ■ Alabastine ; The sanitary wall finish-in all shades. All of these I j goods are strictly first class. Weback up our adver- I tising. Make us prove it. J CALLOW AND RICE I 1 The drug store on the east side of the street H jji -iqor~~Jß

Wood For Saie Kindling, Slabs, and good country cook and heating wood at the right price. S. H. Adams Phone 635