Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1912 — Page 3

A 7 Commonßeport i The Beacon Bang i t Last is a Winner | We’ve got it in black or tan, high or low cut | FOR MEN I I I Charlie VRlewede | I THE SHoOsELLER liij On The The Street M y * *■ - *

O U*C*C4»D»O« 0 ■I’JiIES FORECAST J c • , . <4 '• ■’ «'. ■ <■■ 0«W.eo«C»-?4 Kain this afternoon and tonight; colder south portion tonight; Thursday fair and colder in extreme north and east portions. _ ( Joe Volmer has gone to Elwood for i a several da.-s stay. Mrs. John Fleming of Huntington is visiting here with friends. f irs. Vine Hendricks of Monroe was numbered amoung the shoppers here yesterday. | Mrs. George .Martin returned yester-1 day afternoon from Portland where j she spent the day. Miss Jennie Shackley returned to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon after a several days visit here with relatives. Misses Mary Cupp and Agnes and Mary Crosble spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. V. L Forbing, near Decatur.—Bluffton News. Walter Johnson traveling in the interest of the Hoosier Casually Com pany was here yesterday looking after business affairs leaving at noon on his regular trip.

k' f' t - jF” 1 " ■ nlB " ” s ®«n"T’IIWI Hili . ? lwS33Sa i THF HOME 0F I | Quality Groceries X In Groceries 1 We Strive to Attain 1 As we succeed, our patrons gain! $ When it comes to selling things to eat, ,In Quality and Price, We’ll not * be Beat! Have you planted your early potatoes yet? Some have; and we sold them the seed. We still have some of the same varieties for you. Early Rose SI.BO bu. Early Bliss $2.00 bu. Early Ohio $2.15 bu. White or Yellow sets 10c qt. Glower and Farden seeds. Any kind. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 19c Butter 18 to 24 | Hower and Hower. ( North of G. R. &I. Depot. ’Phone 108. I io«01OM Oa O $ J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres, ■ ! o « o y O O S » w The Bowers Realty Company lias some excel- O O lent bargains in city property and Adams county » ■ farms. The company would be pleased to have 2 you call at its office and see its offerings The com- 0 " panv has plenty of five per cent money to loan on g m reasonable terms. Let the bchirmeyer Abstract g I Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty ; g years experience, complete records. g 2 2 The Bowers Realty Co. n > French Quinn. Seety. | OSOIOIOIO1OlOS«i°t 3«O«a*o<V>

Miss Anna Winans has taken a pt • sioiiuii at tne Will Cclcbin coufe - tionery store. Vern McGonable was numbered mom-. rue business callers at Ben ' yesterday afternoon. Word iron.’ Mrs. James Ross at f ? Lutheran hospital is the good news >1 her continued improvement. Mrs. S. J. Butcher who has be- n isitmg with relatives at Marti n transferred Were yesterday on her w: y home. John Hendricks Sr. of Monroe nur itered among the business calle s here yesterday morning left at noi u for his home. Mr and Mrs John Snow have go ie to Geneva where they will spend soi le time Visiting and also combine business with pleasure. E. J. Bailey returned to his home at Ft. Wayne last evening. He was iccompanied by his grandaught' s, Irene and Mabie Bailey who will v tit there. Mrs Chester Imier has gohe to Atr tica for a visit with her sister Mrs. C. A. Barnhart and from there will go to Logansport for a visit with Mr. Imlei brother H. E. Imier.

g Mrs, Jerman Tettman, virs. H. E. ■ ive'ie -mil daughter, Laurine, spent B th< !• in Fort Wayne. .Jr. lenry Fiance of Bluffton trauj ' . here yesterday on her way to IS ’e' . or a visit with friends. A ' Scott Bockover of Riley. Ohio, A is t est of her mother, Mrs. BlaclrJ burn at (1 sister, Miss Nellie. ® I oat! Pusey, of Adams county, rei* f.'rit ome after a visit at the J. B. M And er; r home. —Bluffton News. 3 Xhf Margaret Meibers, Mrs. Joe B- t Tpp.'Wc sr and daughters, Bess and m He c-. ’.pen;, the day in Fort Wayne. »' ■ Merry the G. R. &. I. agent has ■ ; Lis tri’, rd for his large telescope nearill ly cot tleted and is daily busily en.l ' gagoi n giving it a tryout. ■ i I;. . D. O. Wise did not get to leave if ye" ' lj y afternoon as planned, so ■ | left • ay for Ridgeville thence to his $ Shaw '■'<), Io □I i i ' ■> ; 3 i j SSk

Mayne »!•!- morning to visit with h -r • irm her. Sue ■ .-> ■ ..oi’. .1 y j i Dewey A; Irews. Specif Constable John Andrews picked U] a bum Monday night on a d; an kch' rge and brought him before the may ( ,r. He was given an hour to j .jet out -/f town. This is the first ar- | rest for .teveral weeks. Mrs. I ’pha Erwin, widow of Dr. D. J. Eiw . jf Valparaiso, stopped off t er <> yes erday to visit with t.<e D. 13. and »/. N Erwin L,allies before going to V. rc-’.i, Ohio, ;o visit with bo? sister Mrs. Liz io Du’l and other relatives. Mrs. A ill Martin returned Tuesday to h r homo at Decatm, after the day with her aunt, Mis. Jkfu’es irr, South Meridian street, j Mrs. D «:r accompanied her to DecaI tur i'or three or four days’ visit. — Potland Sun. Mr. end Mrs. M. Flox of South Bend arrival in this city last evening for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. I. Bernstehie. Mr. Fiox left this morning tor Colombia City to lovk after some butlines- matters and will return in a day or c to spend Sunday. The American Insurance Union held tli-.'ir regular meeting Tuesday i e venin The new organization is )grow'\ ly, and they are arrang- | ing for a ’ session to be held one 'week free ext Tvasday evening, tu 1 v ’deli the friends of the organization eud inem l ars will be invited. I| Traftic was delayed on both the I i L. E. & v. and G. R. & I. railroad?' '•in this ce ■ Tuesday forenoon, when, i a box ar turned over at the interseci non of the two lines. The southbound p.. As--eager rain on the G. R. & I. road > due here at 2:06 o’clock, was delayed! p ore than .t.half hour because of the' mi/hap.—Portland Sun. Another good house greeted the Cornell PH n Players at the opera i belike Tuesday night to witness the comc/iy-drama, "Springbrook Farm.”! ’•'he p’r.y was ably presented, and Happy Hal Price as Jake,,, kept the I t idience li> a scream of laughter from i art to ch T';e specialties were, al so a bij nit. Price and Mederia, in i th*, ir comedy sketch, "Mary's Little l? r . b, brought down the house. | Joi/ght the company presents the' comedy-ill. a ' Deserted at the Al-1 ar," with iew specialties between , acts. T'ue tonipany is making a "hit.” uu« Jo» rv s the yatronage of theaterI v>rs of 1 1 >cat ui .

-i.m T, . wax. . x-w w—»»■! I I r f:. ' . . ' , COLLECT TE E DUST | L DON>l I H SPREAD T! I ‘ weswwaSsxaS TJ The “Richmond Suction Cleaver” is the most powerful vaenum v > u ch- 17A j B' 1 • •» f.| tii in ?on the market. It is so iStsily 1 |y managed and light in weight that I U 1$ t. child can handle it. Does not E;LI ] U jy P r ’y collect; dust but all parth als t | s rirjs, hair, ravelings etc. *i n Use It When House Cleaning For Sale or Rent by i E 7 HE SANITARY CLEANER CO. H 11 PHONE 118 ® “Death to the Dirt Spreader” 1 ! ‘i. ”=7''”'

C'IiURT HOUSE NEWS ’ Chicago & Erie Wants Mer- , ce.- Avenue Street Paving Assessments Lowered. CASE IS ON TRIAL A ______ 1 fn Circuit Court Today—- ’ B aker-Rupp Case Venued ’' 13 Allen Superior Court. 1 Jt ig® Merryman today heard the pe- ’ tit i ‘i of the Chicago & Erie railroad, cxpi.••‘te, for itappraisement and ap- • poisi appraiser.-. 1.. luA’v.' th comi’iiny, Tiic cri'PßH the ■ 1 „

■ -i, ed by the city council over ( . rnUr lad'r remonstrance. This petit!', r aslts court to appoint three disI i'.tei et. i appraisers to reassess the benefits derived by the street paving. T1 e Spring Steel Fence & Wire Co. vs. N, th Beberstine, note, SBOO. Separate reply filed by the plaintiff tc sach nswer of defendant. Upoi application of the plaintiff for " ange of venue from the county th<-1 G.imagi case of George Baker vs. i Jesse l.upp was sent to the Allen superior court and ten days time is given to ’erfect the change. Kealiv transfers: Josiah L. Chronister tc Hugh Daniels, lot 11, Rivarre. S3O; O ristian Amstutz to Albert S. “rcheßo acres, Wabash tp., $7200. —o — | IS VERY SICK. Mr. Me sman. Who Fell Into Stairway La't Week, Not Doing Well. Wilts. tn Mersman, the aged gentleman ", ao on Thursday last fell into a.” ope . staiiway at tne bred Schaub hardwire str e and received an ugly | g tsl < i tb.i left side of the head, as V fli »■ other bruises, is lying quite ser.o’sL ill at his home on North Second street. He has been suffering lom < nsiderable pain throughout his .’\ti r - -y'tem since the accident ocI cut “”d with the affliction of kid ; ney tn üble, his system seems to have I loisoned and his chances for liecovtT are somewhat against him. I A eq; tultation of several physicians ! was 1» id the forepart of the week and ; bis ca e is rather a baffling one. , o FC H SALE. i A fii -room nouse, on an extra large lot, on ' nth street, Decatur; can be i bought tgtic if taken at once. < 0 a< re-fair., with good substantial , buildin ?s, 214 miles from 4 different raitroau This 'arm is about hall black and is ■ a Tooii piece of lane. Can h o sold on etmy terms. i Call or write A. S. Keller, Monroe. Indians Btt6 M l. I’ 7CSTCR -House ard lot central located, 'or rent, sale or '■ide. Cail at this office. S9t3 vo ine large lots on Monroe street am. of Thirteenth street, at $325 *"h.

| SPECIAL ATTENTION FOR MEN’S u OUTFITTINGS AU. WOOL HAwOTaIiOBEQ , Suits hand tailored-all wool at ’ 1 $15., $lB., $20., to $25.- the best js looking and best wearing suit ever produced at these prices. The ' H \ s^a P e i s permanent needled in on I \ // \ a foundation of hair cloth and / / J shrunken canvas. The fabrics, col- , & X or fast orour naoney back. We good ■ $lO. and $12.50. Also a ; Tp fi' complete line of boys knickerbocki II ! er suits, with full peg top trousers I | $2., $3.50., $4., $5., $6.50 to $9.00 1 ' I 1 j Dress shirts 50c, sl., $1.50 to $2 I Soft Collars 15c each or 2 for 25c ; jxA? T ies 25c, 50c to sl. Hats $1.50, $2. ; $2.50, $3. to $4. Hosiery 10c, 15c, 25c, 50c to SI.OO. Copynghted 1911 A. B, KIRSCHBAUM & CO. Look in our show window. Come in and we will be glad to tell you more about these attractive suits and I furnishings. Teeple, Brsndyberry And Peterson jr— rr

FOR SALE—Tarred Plymouth Rock eggs; of 15 eggs, 50 cents, or $3.00 a hundred. Tne Kind it pays to raise.—Bernard Beckmeyer, Deca- 1 tur No. 1. ’Phone changed from 14-0 to 14-L. 78t30 |

tl // Z"\ k I NIBLICK & CO. The Separate Coat for Spring There isn’t the slightest trace of the straight, stiff lines that characterized the Winter “reversible” in the graceful Spring coats created by Bischof. With the s addition of trimming, and original variations in revers, /T; cu t's and color combinations, he has completely trans- zj formed them. ■ *■ The Bischof Spring coats are all full length, about seven- , I IL/ ttfu eighths fitted, with low side fastenings and trimmings applied to 1 I \l3 ¥3'w j give the fashionable one-side trimmed effect. Such wonderful in- ■ / I ’! ’ | *' genuity hat. been shown by Bischof in the different ways he carries l a| ' j II M 1 out t’.iis idea in trimming that no two coats have the faintest resem- II II \I I bUnce. ''Hy /<;■" 'I I Revcrs are cut in a hundred odd shapes—a wide-trap trimmed J J J I in buttoneand placed diagonally across the backs oi coats is very I NSk effective -coats are given a slashed effect as fur up as the waist- '/ I Ii 4 line and accentuated by buttons and simulated buttonholes. l' ■ 'S\ 11 • Jrj WJi \ Kimona sleeve eliminated J The kimona sleeve is not used on any of the Bischof coats, ; ? it 14-, AH the sleeves arc set in with a se nn nt the armhole. They arc TJ iW 1 Cu rather full and widen out .it the wrist, and some are finished I /'C HI •with deep turnback cuffs of the saihe material an the re vers. / R I :// ” The fashionable materials ikj \ 1 Many of the fashionable Spring materials have lxen used by I Ll U Bind.U 11. •* ’ mux. The i•< sis for plain serges and AvJHm worsteds, revcra’bfe xtfis, tk j-iou , ’• .nd coverts. As these costs are just slightly fitted, and have such wniif ‘ i • lapped fronts, material which are smooth and clinging have been jKK* ii / favored by Bischof. |0" ,dl i We are making a special feature of our separate coats this week, I l J The coat illustrated in this ad will give you dome idea of the ad- l\ 11, / vance styles you can get right here in your home town. We know m I I Jt. that these coats will be quick sellers, so make your selection curly. I TMs no'.l 1. of mikv with r< vm of whit . stlubcd with , brain. The .loi c-h 'lll-!l-rhapcil sleeves and Ivw .Ide fastening, sre upeuady i.ouuable.

FOR SALE. I, the undersigned, il’ c-ffer for I salt at my farm, five miles northwest of F‘ ne, on Saturday, April 20th, my I i sawmill, the sale to begin at 4 p. n. ! SSr5 JACOB MUSSF R.

TWO CARPETS FOR SALE—Good as new. Inquire at this office. 92t3 FOR SALE —We lu>,e some good old timber, received from the tearing ■n of a bar’ - . Inquire of Yager .o;- & Reinil.ug. 93:2