Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1912 — Page 3

XThis shows the sole and upper of our womens Hospital Slippers. Uppers of soft bright kid sewd to flexible oak belting soles, rubber heels to fake off the jar and make them noiseless. Plain toe and tipped in three widths, medium, wide and extra wide. $1.50 Charlie Voglewede THE SHOE SELLER On The West Side Os The Street

o oeo0o»c*o*? J WEATHER FOKECASI I Fair and slightly warmer tonight; Sunday increasing cloudiness. _bihiiii i. 2T— ~ i— .ii—wn Mr. and Mrs. Dan Erwin went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon. C. C.Boese made a business trip to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon. Allen Callow and Willis Bailey of Wren, OL.o, w_ lC visitors here yesterday. R. C. Parrish and Miss Ethel Barkicy went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon. Harry Ward is at indianapois visiting with his father Joel Ward and also to look after business until the forpart . f next week. The Clover also says that they will have a new time table to go into effect next Sunday. If it is the truth it will be welcome jews to all. Mrs. Bert Owen of Atwood, 11), who has been visiting with her mother, Mrs. Mary Congleton, left today for Indianapolis where she will visit before going to her home.

- *•*/«*’ ■ w:.sU3as I— —W—., v ..... v > 1 THF home 0F I—* Quality Groceries || L——-J L J Why We Deliver I M THE GOODS! FIRST, f Because We Have 82 the goods TO SELL | I SECONDLY, Because We Sell The Goods a e Have I Then There’s Another Reason- ! | THE QUALITY | This W/-?ek Only | Those sweet juicy Santa Clara prunes-Large and bright going at 3 lbs. for 25c j Pine Apples for canning, fine and ripe I Size 30- $1.15 per doz. Size 24- $1.40 per doz. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 16. Butter 18 to 22c I Howe id Hower. P North of G. R. & L Depot. ’Phone 108. | aOHOBOSOSOIOBOS $1 3 ->... , IM . P?.A, f, & Sehirmeyer. Vice Pref. g S o 2 ** r? O O « $ o i ffi i lent »»»svSi I tXua»Kd:“t be o«& § “ — yo- agX Ag g years experience, complete reco. s. fc au£jss n-i-- O □ S O 2 the Bowers Realty Co. $> French Quinn, Secty. 0

Mrs. Jack Kemp of Monmouth is quite ill with asthma. Mrs. Edna Wertzberger of Ft. Wayne is visiting here with friends. Mrs. Mary Congleton and daughter, Miss Bess, left today for Winona Laue for a six weeks' visit. Miss Sue Mayor left today for Buycrus, Ohio, where she will visit a week with relatives and friends. Miss Irma Houk went to Monmouth last evening to visit with the Misses Hattie and Bessie Wilder. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Poorman of St. , Paris. Ohio, and Mrs. Cyrindella Thompson of Plymouth, Illinois, who have been here visiting with the Chas. Hower family left today for St. Paris the formers home. Mrs. Fanny Bender of Avilla, Ind., and Mrs. L. A. Feltz and daughter Delphina of Lima, Ohio, will arrive in the I city to attend the Steigmeyer Miller I wedding to be solemnized from the St. I Mary s church next Tuesday morning. I Marie Connell. Margaret Smith, I Vera Clark, Frances Deininger and 1 Mae Berling returned from Ft. Wayne i in the latter's automobile where they I r ailed on Miss Geneveive Berling a I student at the Sacred Heart academy.

J. B. Johns went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. D. J. Schwartz was a business visitor here today . Ed Lyons is home from a business trip to Ft. Wayne. John Hendricks, sr., of Monroe was a business caller here today. Mr. and Mrs. John Kiracofe will spend Sunday at Wren, Ohio. Dr. Grand’taff of Preble was a business caller here this morning. i'he school board will meet Friday evening to receive bids for coal. Ahr & R e x today shipped a car load ot fine cattle to the Cincinnati market. Mr. and Mrs. John Steffen of near Bluffton went to Ft. Wayne this morning. Forest Helm was an assistant in the Niblick store's grocery departmen! today. Miss Lillian Bogner is assisting at the Schlickman & Bailey restaurant today. Miss Vita Stoneburner went to Ft. Wayne this afternoon to visit over Sunday. C. .1. Lutz and J. (' Moran Ft Wayne callers last evening have reurned home. Mrs. W. O. Bigham is at Grover Hilt, Ohio, visiting her daughter, Mrs. James Gattshall. Theodore Hendricks of Berne made a business trip to the city this morning in his automobile. Mrs. Franklin Andrews and Mrs. Sarah Jane Andrews are at Monroe the guests of friends. Mrs. George Steele and daughters are guests of the James Steele family in Kirkland township. Corina Schug of Berne, who visited here with friends for several days, has returned home. Maud Cowley of Fort Wayne will spend Sunday with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weaver. Miss Marie Daniels, a student at the Winona school, came home yesterday to spend Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Minnie Daniels, and family. Frank Annen of Chicago, 111., stopped off here a short while Friday evening to visit with his father in law, Robert Case, and his brother, L. C. Annen.

All members of the Hen Hur degree staff are specially urged to be present at the meeting next Friday even ing, when something special will be in order. Mayme Harting and her cousin, Jennie Gast of Celina, Ohio, left this afternoon for Hesse Cassel, where they will be guests over Sunday of Miss Mario Lilak. The Misses Bernardine Heidemann, Abbie Bigham and Juanita Boch are members of the extra Saturday clerical force at the Steele A- Weaver store today. Last Thursday being the feast of Corpus Christi, but no longer a holy day of obligation, the day will be observed with appropriate services at the St. Mary's church tomorrow. John Stewart, Homer Knodle, William Kist, Frank Schultz and Tony Conter motored to F'ort Wayne Friday evening in the former’s Ford automobile to hear the democratic speeches of Governor Matshall, Sam Ralston and Congressman Cyrus Cline, delivered at Princess rink. Word received from Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick, who with Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Edwards, are touring the east in an automobile, is that they spent Friday night in Bufftlo, N. Y., and were delayed there for a short while owing to a heavy rain. Their next stop was nut stated, but they will travel through New York state for I several days to come. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Moore and Mr. and Mrs, H. W Sholty will make their annual trip to Roanoke tomorrow where they will be guests of Mr. Sholty’s sister, Mrs. R. S McFarren. The McFarren strawberries are noted for their sweetness and excellency and -the visit there during strawberry season is one anticipated from one year to the other by the Decatur visitors. Ed Wagner and Mr. and Mrs. \1 Wagner, residing in Ohio, are here, being called by the serious illness of their mother, Mrs. John Wagner, of this city. Mrs. Wagner was stricken with paralysis at the Wagner farm near Monroe about a month ago, where they are spending the summer, and quite recently suffered a second stroke, and is very low. Her condition remains about the same today. Mrs. Anna Yahne-McConnell was given a surprise linen and china shower Friday evening by the Helping Hand society of the German Reformer church, in honor of her recent marriage. A large number or pretty linen and china pieces were presented her and the evening spent in a general social way. Guests were Mesdames L. C. Hessert, iTred Heuer, Fred Reppert, John Spuller and the Misses Bertha Knapp, Ella Mutschler, Lucy Fruchte.

COSTS TO PLANT CORN CROP Farmers are complaining of the prices they have to pay this year for corn planting. One man called at this office this morning and said that heretofore be had been able to get his planting done for thirty to thirty-five cents per acre, but that this year he was charged fifty cents. A man and team will plant ten acres in a day it is said and the price of fifty cents per acre, we were informed by the man who complained has never before been heard of in this part of the land. o CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION Will be Held Here July sth for Hoagland Postmaster. Postmaster W. A. Lowe, has received an announef ment from the United States civil service commission that an examination will be held in this city for a candidate to fill the contemplated vacancy in the ]>osition of fourth-class postmaster of Class ‘ B” at Hoagland. The examination will be held July sth. The compensation of the Hoagland postmaster for the last fiscal year was $330. Applications should be properly executed and filed with the Washington commission seven days before the date of the examination. Full information can be secured from the postmaster or from the local secretary at Decatur. A J’JNE FROST. Early risers this morning noted a frost upon the vegetation, but it is thought, not rLuch damage was done. June frosts are rather scarce, but seem to have come in company with the May snow of this year.

i BEECH NUT PEANUT BUTTER OVER 1,000,000 children are eating Beech-Nut Butter. This army of little peanut butter scouts is scouting the pantries daily. _ Get some Beech-Nut Peanut Butter to-day jfTTGw an< l watch the raid on your pantry. Comes * n ass jars—air-less sealed. FOR SALE BY F.V. MILLS WHO Carries many other Table Delicacies that are very INVITING

Ilarmout’s Mammth Production of Ten Nights in a Bar Room AT DECATUR TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11 UNDER MAMMOTH WATER PROOF TENT, FREE BAND CONCERT IN EVENING ON MAIN STREET A Show for the Mothers, Fathers, Sisters and Brotners THE GREAT TEMPERANCE PLAY 35 PEOPLE -35 - ■ 3500--TENT SEATING—3SOO Saxaphone Quartette Bend and Orchestra YOU HAVE SEEN THE REST NOW SEE THE BEST PRICES 15 and 25 cents SHOW GROUND CORNER 4TH. AND MONROE

We offer you an extraordinary ju \ Automobile for sllsO In n. This is really a conservative to know about it. It is the P® statement —the Courier is an un- ideal car for people of refined 11*11 usual motor car value. Appear- tastes and moderate means. ance, size, design and equipment Final improvements in autoclassify it much in excess of mobiles are embodied in this sllsO. Your motoring friends complete and up-to-date car—realize that the Courier is a re- one to give reliable service — markable car —and you'll want at a reasonable price. and everything with siiso * Courier.

The Courier goes further—it is a beautiful car, with graceful lines, roomy body, powerful and efficient motor. It is completely equipped — no extras needed. It has a selfstarter and is easy to drive, comfortable in riding—altogether the most desirable car of the season. It has all the features you consider essential —quiet 30 h. p. ball-bearing motor, disc clutch, selective transmission, inside control, long wheelbase and other similarly advanced details. You see that its design is correct. It is mechanically right, for it is built and guaranteed by the United States

WOOL We are now paying from 20 to 24c per peund for wool Kalver Wool Co. PLANTS FOR SALE At Werder sisters: Celery, peppers, at 5c a dozen: late cabbage and tomatoes at 25c a hundred; 524 Marshall street, ’phone 347. 136t2

A COMMON BOND OF SYMPATHY / < ) between good fellows is ap- (Fl ) preciationof our whiskey and M V .A other liquors and wines. As JIJL clfe good judges they know that f/Tv our bottled goods are exquis -jjT ite in mellowness of flavor ffipZKZ g &luLiMW and bouquet. They know UW' 'MIISIiDt-w Wi'W headaches don’t follow the I use of our specialties because they are pure and naturally aged. Prove yourself a judge by trying a bottle. Corner Second and Madison Sts. 6Uffl£Y RA’DEJVUYGM'E.R

FOR SALE—True celery plants. See Tony Holthouse No. 4th St. 132t6 WANTED —Several men. Call at E. L. Carroll warehouse 134t3

Motor Company. The Courier is not a new car —it has been successfully produced for three years, and this is the latest model. You need have no further question on its construction, but we will gladly show it all to you. We’ll point to its compactness and simplicity, long flexible springs, strong frame and axles, reliable brakes, etc. We urge you to visit our show rooms —you’ll see that our opinions of the Courier are not extravagant. Take a good ride—out into the country. Or write for a catalogue. The Courier roadster, sll2O. Prices f.o.b. Detroit.

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