Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1912 — Page 3

I Scuffer Shoes I I and Oxfords > Scuffer lasts are nature shape. They let the foot grow as the Lord intended them to H grow. We have them in Black and Tan WilH low Calf leathers in Button shoes and Oxfords. H You’ll like the wear of these shoes too. 1 Oxfords $1.25 and $1.50 | Shoes $1.50 and $1.75 I Charlie Voglewede i THE SHOE SELLER On The West Side Os The Street

| WEATHtk FORECAST | Generally fair tonight and Thursday; cooler tonight in North and central portions. Miss Naomi Niblick spent the day 1 in Fort Wayne. Miss Emma Kelley went to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Ruby Miller is’visiting with friends in Bluffton. Mrs. Jane Shrope has gone to Plymouth, Ind., for a visit with friends. 1 Miss Esther Enos left today for and other places for an * extended ' .sit. Miss Louise Teeple went to Fort , Wayne this morning to resume her; work in the business college. George Wemhoff returned this aft . ernoon from a business trip to Fort Wayne in the interests of his firm. The Misses Edith Wagner and Hil- i da Whittman c? Butler, Ind., who have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Butler, northwest of the city, left last evening for their homes.

t i 111 "" 1111 ' 111 I | THE HOME OF | ft -k A.YI There Is gaOls A PLACE, A SEASON AND A REASON ■ “ ■WU F° r Every Thing! ii w - v This Is The Place For Every Seasonable Thing In The Grocery I -ine And There’ A Reason Why We Sell Them THE QUALITY! We have another shipment of those Famous New York Kidney Beans to offer at a special sale and special price. SATURDAY ONLY 3 21b cans 23c, 6 2 lb cans 45c, 12 2lb cans 89c We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 18. Butter 19 to 25c I Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phoney. B JNO. S. BOWERS F.M. SCHIRMEYER 0 F. President V.-Pres’t & Treas. ? B FRENCH QUINN S ■ Secretary gg I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I 1 REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, IF g ABSTRACTS. | II The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- § £ stract Records, Twenty years Experience gj B Farms, City Property, 5 per cent g H MONEY j

| P. K. Kinney was a Fort Wayne caller today. R. A. Davis is home from a business trip to Monroe. Bernard Terveer, who was at Geneva yesterday, returned home. Mrs. John S. Colchin and Mrs. Will Colehiu were at Fort Wayne today visiting. Miss Clara Seherry has gone to. | Dayton, Ohio, for a visit with rela-| tives. i Maud Lidde.» of Berne, who visited here with friends, has returned to her , home. ! Mis. T. C. Mills, of Benton, ill. transferred here today on her way I to Bryant for a visit with friends. E. M. Holmes of Jackson, Mich., . who was an over-Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Zimmerman, of Route I 2, has returned home. v Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kintz and . family, who have been making a pleasant visit here with relatives, 1 left today for their home at Ft. Mrs. Mary Meyers and daughter. Ella, went to Fort Wayne this morning, where they will visit with their son and brother, Ed Meyers, and wife, and the little son born to them.

[ Virgil Krick ip numbered among the sick. Ralph Campbell of Richmond is the I guest of Fl ed and Dick Butler Mrs. Etta Rinehart and daughter, Mary, spent the day in Fort Wayne. Harvey Kitson is moving into his new house In the north part of the city. Miss .Mildred Klady of Nottawa, Mich., is the guest of the H. L. Merry family. Mrs. Belle Johnson went to Fort Wayne this afternoon for a few days’ visit. Mrs. L. H. Purdy has gone to Bluffton for a visit with her sister, Mrs. E. D. Ward. William Geary, who has been visiting with his sons, John, and Will, at Sidney, Oho, returned home. Bert Hawkins of Detroit, Mich., is spending his vacation ac a guest of D. M. Hensley and Harry Jeffrey. Mrs. Joe Burdg and daughter, Hgjen, of Fostoria, Ohio, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. P, Burdg. The Misses Pauline and Hazel Wolford of Monmouth have been guests of their uncle, B. F. Kizer, and farn- , ily. .Attend the social to be given on the , Methodist chinch lawn Thursday evening by the ladies of the Mite society. D. M. Hensley, Charles Elzey and O. L. Vance were among those attending the W. B. Hale funeral at G< nova today The Misses Dora Marie and Florence' Magley of Root township are guests of their uncle, W. A. Lower, 1 and wife. Mrs. Chris Strebe and daughter, Mildred, went to Monmouth on the 8:39 car to spend the day at the W. A. Fonner home. Mrs. Jean Kennedy and son, Asher, left this morning for their home at Roann after a visit with her mother, Mrs. J. M Long. Walter Baltzell has returned from a trip through the northwest United I , States and western Canada. He will | spend the summer here. The Christian ladies will conduct a pastry’ sale Saturday, at the gas office, beginning at 11 o’clock. The patron-1 age of the public is solicited. 1 I Mrs. Emeil Baumgartner of De-1 ' catur, who has been visiting friends in Vera Cruz, passed through this city 7 on her way to Decatur. —Bluffton ' Banner. Airs. Jesse Johnson of Decatur, who lias been visiting Charles Smith and family ami Thomas Smith and family in this city, returned home. —Bluffton Banner. Attention is again called to the social to he given Thursday evening on the Evangelical church lawn by the Ladies’ Aid rociety. Everybody is invited. Miss Ethel Teague of Decatur is spending the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. vjames Johnson, four miles northeast of the city- Portland Com-mercial-Review. Miss Della Sellemeyer, who was here last evening to attend the Fruchte-Litterer wedding, - left today for Winona to continue her course o f i school training. Chester Imler, first trick man at the G. R. & I. depot, is off duty for; ten days and this noon, with Mrs. , Imler, left for Attica, Logansport' and South Whitley for a week or so ' visit. Word from Mrs. Ben Rice at Kingfisher, Okla., is that her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Elzey, remains about the same. Mrs. Elzey is suffering from blood poisoning, resulting from stepping 'on a nail. i Attend the social to be given Thurs- ; day evening by the Mite society of the Methodist church on the church lawn. Should the weather not be favorable the social will he postponed until Friday evening. j Will Longhenry has returned to I Crestline, Ohio, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs M. P. Burdg. His son, George Longhenry,, who has been visiting here, will return tomorrow to his home at Westerville, Ohio. Mrs. Truman Thompson and children Dorothea and Robert, returned 'to their home at Geneva Tuesday morning after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Silvey, i southwest of the city—Portland Com-1 mercial-Review. Simon Bernstein of Spring Valley, 111., who has been visiting with his brother, L Bernstein, left today for South Bend to make a continued visit previous to his return home. A second brother, Maurice, also of Spring Valley, arrived last evening for a short visit. | Andrew Grandstaff was released on I a charge of wife-desertion after he j had agreed to return to the woman and Ijve with her. She 'had been married twice before when she met Grandstaff and two weeks after their wedding he found her talking to another man and he immediately lett her.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

LAD BREAKS ARM. Martin Gallmeyer, son of August Gallmeyer, aged ten, residing near the Schelmann bridge, this motulng fell I off of a wagon, in such away that he alighted on his left arm and broke the member between the wrist and elbow. He was standing on the wagon, and the horses coming to a sudden stop, caused him to become unbalanced and I fall off. The condition of Mrs. Ben Schrank, | who yesterday underwent an opera-1 tion of a serious nature, is as well as could be expected, under the circumstances, she having passed a restful j night. The attending physician and I nurses in charge, are* well pleased 1 with the present outlook, and chances at this time are very encouraging. Q— ■■ Will Crozier, the well known black-' smith, was struck on the right hand ; by a mule, which he was shoeing! Tuesday evening. A big gash that j bled most profusely was cut across the back of his hand, that required five stitches to close. Mr. Crozier will be disabled for some time, but his' business will be attended to by competent assistants.

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! BSBBSMEgSWEZZDEZZCi I Down Go The Prices I ■ ■ BOn All Low Shoes For a Ten Days I SALE | I A Sale That is Not To Make Money But to Make Friends We hope every Man, Woman and Child in Adams Co. will take advantage S of this opportunity to supply your self with Summer Shoe needs at a decided I ■ saving. We particularly desire to interest those who have never worn our shoes for the object of this sale is to make new friends and customers for this store. •! We want you to know that PEOPLES & GERKE sells the best shoes to be w had for the money and we will foi ten days sell our low shoes so cheap that » you will be compelled to give them a trial. IS B | Mens Department Ladies Department B andPa S tents f Lace or mO Womans and pumps in gun B 1 KOO fnd $5.00 value sale prtce Tnc } al f t " ns and P a f entAll * 3 - 00 * 3 ’ so g 036 pairs mens gun metal Pumps $4.00 and $4 - 00 value sale P nce * 2 - 48 Q iand $4.50 value sale price $1.98 100 pairs woman’s oxfords and one pw MENS WORK SHOES and two strap pumps in gun metal tan | On all solid lapcer ealf plain toe or and P atent $ 3 - 00 and * 3 - 50 val - Sl ' tj tip others ask $3.00 sale price $1.98 50 pairs woman’s pumps in gun ® BOYS DEPARTMENT metal and 4an $ 3, 50 va h S.P. 50c ■ Boys oxfords in gun metal and pat- A cut price on al! childrens two ent lace or button strap pumps. z 11 $2.50 and $3.00 value S.P. $1.98 \ special reduetion on all White w “ 1.75 and $2.00 “ “ L4B shoes and pumps. “1.50 “ “ ‘9B Childrens bare foot sandals 48c pr. S f SALE STARTS WED. JULY 17 ENDS SATUR-1 g DAY JULY 27TH. | I PEOPLES AND GERKE H _ u g IT’S TIME TO CLEAN UP I 1 OUR STOCK t | £ : Sr . . : We realize that the time of year is here when it is to the advantage of every retail dealer to convert his stock of summer goods into cash. 8 We believe the public realizes that the margin of profit at our store is close at all times, and that you are getting a splendid \ alue in the pre- |> sent reduction of prices on certain lines of goods. This week we of- ; S fer you specials in Straw Hats and Trousers. These are new goods. up-to-date and you make money when you buy them at these prices. gi ' -OCXZIOCZXOOS HATS fi 1 $6.00 Straws go at $4.30 M 5-00 “ “ “ $3.75 fe BI 3.00 “ $2.25 S 2-50 “ “ “ $1.90 4 2.00 “ u “ $1.50 B Ls ° “ “ “ • si.is S g LOO “ “ 50.75 g| ODD g Ii $5.00 values go at $3 75 S ; 4.50 “ “ - $3,40 3.50 u “ $2.65 3.00 “ $2.25 *0 j 2.50 “ “ “ $1.90 • 1-50 “ 51.15 S g. 1.00 “ “ $0.75 H Ii There is still a long warm season and you can dress well and save X 111 money by calling at our store to make your selections. O | VANCE, HITE & MACKLIN 1