Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1912 — Page 3

I Save A Dollar Or Two I There is a lot of time to wear oxfords yet. We are selling ours at prices that you can afford to have an extra pair. Buy them for the boys and girls for early school wear A lot of ** Gun Metal Colonials with buckles slightly tarn- |i ished will be sold at || $1.19 tonight, gets yours I Charlie Voglewede I the shoe seller I On The West Side Os The Street

g♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»»♦♦»♦ g : WEATHER FORECASTt t t H ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< 1 | H I nsettled with showers tonight and • Sunday, warmer tonight in central | portion. Henry Colter of Bobo was here c.i business yesterday. Noah Mangold was a Kort Wayne business caller today. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Weldy left today for Nappanee to spend Sunday with their son, Elmer. Mrs. Mary Eley visited yesterday in Berne with her brother-in-law, .Jacob , Eley who is ill. Albert Acker w‘.,t to Fort Wayne ■ this morning io look after some insur-1 ance matters; Mr- and Mrs Charles Ayres of Detroit, Michigan, who have been visit- 1 ing with their daughter, Mrs. Charles i Yager, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson and 1 daughter of Wabash, Ind . who visited here last evening with Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Beavers, left this morning i lor Geneva to visit with his folks.

I— r __™ „ » J i THE HOME OF " Quality Groceries | • Mr. Farmer! « VIHI Your Harvest fHands i will Do More Work With Their Mouths io* And Consequently More Work In The Fields, If Fed On Our Quality Groceries So Would Most Any One Else! Pail Fish Celery Rice Evaporated Peaches Beans “ Apricots Cream Cheese Prunes Breakfast Foods Currants g Raisins Lemons We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 18. Butter 19 to 25c Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’PhoneJlOS. I JNO. S. BOWERS F M. SCHIRMEYER I ® President V.-Pres t & Treas, g 8 FRENCH QUINN B is Secretary fi I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I B REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, ABSTRACTS. 3 The Schirmeyer Abstract Companylcornplete Abstract Records, Twenty years Experience g Farms, City Property, 5 per cent MONEY

M J. Mylott was a Fort Wayne business visitor. John Vail was a business caller at Fort Wayne today. Frank Cottrel of Berne was a professional business caller here today. Will Faurot of Monroe, who was here this morning on business, has returned home. Mrs. Clayton Murphy and children and Mrs. M. Miller left today for Homer, Mich., where they will visit with relatives for a few days. Misses Anna Clark and Blanch Harshberger will leave soon on their vacation for Detroit, Michigan, and several places in Canada. Miss Effie Haines of the Ward Fence company, left on a two weeks’ vacation, going first to her home in Warleu, thence to Chattanooga, Ohio. Orval Harruff and Carl Beatty were at Berne today doing some surveying. The former will then go to Linn Grove to spend Sunday with Mrs. Harruff, who is visiting there. Miss Lilly Gates of Wren, Ohio, transferred here today on her way to Fort Wayne to call on her mother, Mrs. D. S. Gates, who has been a patient there for some time, and who was reported as being not so well.

Mrs. Jane Butler remains about the I same. I Frank Cottrell of Berne was here today on business. Al Steele made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. Ed Ashbaucher went to Bluff- | ton for a visit with relatives. Andrew Gottschalk of Berne was here today on business. Mrs. Emma Daniels went to Fort Wayne today noon on business. Miss Bertha Reinking of South Bend is here for a visit with relatives. G. T. Burke, the grain dealer, made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. James Stockard and daughter, Leola, of Williams, were visitors here today. | D. F. Quinn and family are among I the Rome City visitors, making the I trip by automobile. Miss Alma Schinnerer of Willshire Ohio, changed Cars here this morning on her way to Fort Wayne. Julius Reinking returned to South Bend after a visit with the Mutchler tamily and other relatives. | Mrs. Bessie Pishong and children, l John and T elma, of Celina, Ohio, . [Kissed through the city this noon enroute to Ft. Wayne. Miss Louis . Sites, who has been visiting in Schumm, Ohio, passed through the city this morning enroute to her home in Fort Wavne , I Miss Ella Mutchler, student in vocal | music, and the Misses Ruby Miller and Huidah Mutchler, piano students went to Fort Wayne to take their regular instruction. Mrs. Charles Hohnhaus of Fort Wayne, who visited here with the Charles Fuelling family, north of the city, left today for Richmond to visit with her parents. C. I, Johnston has returned from a week’s vacation which he spent at Winona, Chic- go, Gary and other cities. He made the trip with Dr. Rayl . of Monroe by automobile. Miss Marie Bultemeier, stenographer for the Graham & Walters ’ company, will enter Monday upon a week's vacation, which she will spend at her home near St. John's. The Misses Olivia and Albina Ardner of Tiffin, Ohio, who have been making a ten days’ visit with the G. F. Kintz family, left, this afternoon for Leipsic Ohio, where they will visit before returning home. Manager Carl Spaulding of the local telephone company, states that the company is now equipped to give patrons extra good service between til s city and Decatur. A new- copper Jine was completed. Thursday | News. Grandma r l routner and son. living a mile northeast of Willshire, arrived this afternoon for a visit over Sunday with her granddaughter, Mrs. Hubert Zerkle. .Mrs. Troutner is eighty-six years of age, but is still hale and enters into the spirit of her visits with pleasure. Miss Minnio Orvis went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend the funeral of a cousin, J. C. Peltier, which will be held this afternoon at 2:30 1 o’clock at the residence. Mr. Peltier was the veteran undertaker of this part of the state, and the son of Lewl is Peltier, the first white child born i in the old settlement at Fort Wayne. t Miss Letlia. Spade of Woodward, Oklahoma, .'ho has been visiting with < relatives and friends at Decatur, Geneva and Bryant came Friday afternoon for an extended visit with - Charles Ew.y and family, Darius ' Wright and wife, West Walnut street; ; 1 Misses Craig, East Water street, and : other friends in the city.—Portland I Commercial-Review. Examiners Samuel W. Crane of Las-1 ayette and James P. Ilaefling of De-; catur, who have been spending the * last two weeks here in .in examlna tion of the books of the offices of the clerk of the circuit court, and of the! county sheriff, are making very rapid : progress with their work, it is said. ; and will be able, probably to com- . piete their work in another two i weeks, as indications are now.—Port- | land Sun. Philo Brickley of Clarksville, Texas, i arrived in Bluffton this morning tor a short visit with N. E. Stafford. He is in Indiana in the interests of his real estate business. Mr. Brickley came through on the Commercial Traveler at 4 o’clock this morning, but owing to the Pullman's porter neglecting to call him in time he was carried through to Decatur and did not get back to Bluffton until 8:30. —Bluffton News. Mr. and Mrs. Del Locke arrived in Bluffton last evening after a month's trip to the Pacific coast, where Mr. Locke attended the Elks' grand lodge meeting at Portland. Misses Lucile Locke and Edith Trout, who were also members of the [tarty, are remaining at Yellowstone National park for a week's visit. Mr. and Mrs. Locke also visited there and at a number of other points of interest in the west.— Bluffton News.

A GREAT DEMAND) I Works of Wemhoff Monumental Firm go Forth in j Many Places in Land. SOME NOTED PEOPLE Rest Under the Stones Sent Forth from Local Shop —A Busy Season. The Wemhoff Monumental Works, which has been unusually busy the past season, does not confine its work to local demand alone, but furnishes monuments for many of the larger cities and towns of the neighboring states. Many handsome stones have been sent forth lately, and many people of note rest under stones from the Decatur shop, all being marked with peculiar beauty of design and workmanship. A monument of unusual beauty was that made for Jesse R. Straughan, the engineer that made the original survey of the Pennsylvania railroad. Mr. 1 Straughan also had the distinction of being at one time a teacher of General Phil Sheridan. Anthony was a handsome Celtic- memorial for the family of Thomas M. Glenn, station master at the Pennsylvania union depot, Chicago. Another was a thirtyton monument sold to Adam Rodabaugh, steel inspector for the Pennsylvania company, of Pittsburg, Pa., the same being for his brother. Sales to engineers of the Pennsylvania company have also been heavy, stones having been sold recently to Anthony Kelker, who had the honor of being the first, engineer of the company west of Pittsburg, some fifty-one years ago; also to William Glenn, Patrick Welsh and George King, all well known employees of this company Memorials are being built, too, for Samuel Harmon, propHctor of the well known Harmon hotel, Fort Wayne; for George Shrt-don, New Haven, a distinguished soldier, and for Captain Dougal, another New Haven soldier. The William Niblick fine monument will be duplicated in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at New Haven as well as a large sarcophagus for Dr. L. 3. Null in the same cemetery. Ti;dg° W. H, Snook of Paulding, Ohio, recently had erected two large monuments, and a contract was also secured from John McCarthy, chairman of the Cook county democracy, Chicago, for a 20ton monument al the graves of I:;-", parents. o SEND IT IN. If you have a;bit of news, send it in, Or a joke that will amuse, send it in. A story that is true, An accident that is new, We want to hear from you. Send it in I Never mind about your style, Send it in! > Send it in! If it's only worth the while, Os the berries "neighbors" raise Os the crops that ajl amaze Os a section you would praise— Send it in! Os some patient labor done - Send it in! Ot *a fallen brother won, Send it in' Os a master who can teach Truth beyond average reach Os a noble, glowing speech” Send it in! Will your story make us laugh? Send it in! Send along a photograph, Send it in! When out fishing, send a note Os the things you catch afloat, Or the good time on the boat. Send it in!—Convoy News. Democrat 'phone number, 51. i NATIONAL CALL Os All Progressive Editors Has Been Called for August 3rd. — I United Press Service) Chicago, 111., July 27 (Special to Daily Democrat)—A call for all progressive editors of the country to meet In Chicago on August 3rd, two days before holding the national convention of the progressive party, was issued today by E.T. Earle of the Los Angelas Tribune, Colonel R. W. Nelson of the Kansas City Star and E. A. VanValenborg of the Philadelphia North American. Edwin Sims, secretary of the Roosevelt League during the previous convention, today startled the Bull Moose men by res going from' the Roosevelt movement because of Iho insistence of a third party state ticket in Illinois. , "I intend to work lor Roosevelt's election," he said today. Mrs. H. L. Merry and son, Ervin, have gone to Sturgis. Mich, for a short visit.

He saved the price of his Maxwell twice during 18 months, after giving up his horse. That’s the experience of a Ness City, Kansas, R. F. D. Carrier. He covered his route with hi- Maxwell in half the time required with his horse, giving him a halfday to do other work — ii to earn more money. ~ He says he always H | B.iV/jgjy made the trip on LJ ' time —never had a 5'., >ll .. breakdown.” ‘ He drove 16,210 miles ~,... .'3 r L. in 18 months time and Ji, thetotalcost—tiresand everything included— SI4BO f.o.b. factory was $191.37. {fully equipped, including Self Starter) Maxwell “Special $ 1480 (Fully equipped, including Self Starter) What does your horse cost while going 16,210 miles—or during 18 months? This owner’s total expense was only 1-1/5 hour, r.ml dependable service at all times, cents per mile for this dail v continual serv- , . . , ice. With a Maxwell “Special” you can 00 Physicians are driving their Maxgo twice as far, do twice the work and at *’ ells day in the year They must half the expense of your horse. u" a they find it in . the Maxwell. 55,000 owners all over the Maxwell “Special” is a roomy, power- country are Maxwell references. Ask one. ful car that will help you to accomplish ~ , more business, and also be a source of Se , e th ’ s stylish reliable car and have a health and pleasure for your whole family. r,de . throu £ h the .country, proving its merit to your satisfaction. Phone an It gives you speed up to fifty miles an appointment now. UNITED gTATES COMPANY Sold by | Maxwell Division A - J- MOSER & CO., ' 3 West 61st Street, at Broadway, New York Berne, Indiana.

WANTED —80’s, 160’s and 240 acre I farms for sale. Have live bvyers I wanting farms c, this size. List with | us at race. Harvey & Leonard, over | Vano Hite & Macklin store. ivftf j — I The CRYSTAL Theater. ! I wl l WzTw f \ ARE YOU GOING TO THE CRYSTAL THEATER TONIGHT? If you have not made arrangements to attend our theater tonight, get busy. You cannot afford to miss the good bill we will have. Lack of space does not permit us to give you a detailed account of what we will have, but we assure you that you will be more than pleased. You are well aware, probably, of the quality and class of ths shows we offer. You know the best class of people are our steady patrons. If you want the best shows for your entertainment, follow their example and attend ours The CRYSTAL Theater. tA /A % > c? s S' icht APS.OC? TO .KEEP .YOUR CHILDREN HEALTHY 1 give them healthful food. As bread is ' ( the one article of food of the greatest ', importance have it as near perfect as ' possible. This is most easily and - economically accomplished by using ’ Martin’s Bread. It is as near per-! 1 faction as good materials, expert skill and wide experience can make it. The * result is a bread that is unsurpassed ' for its nutritive qualities, for its health I giving properties and delightful tastej and flavor. Jacob Martin

FOR SALE Folding bed, in good condition, with large mirror in face: i ' will sell cheap. Call at once at resi-1 ; dence, 610 Monroe street. Mrs. Chai-1 ' mer Schafer. 177t3 ; PLUMS FOR. SALE—AII varieties. I SI.OO a butthM at tha orchard. —Sol I Linn. 171t6

Monday Tuesday & Wednesday JULY 29, 30, 31 STAR AIRDOME ! LEV ARD’S Dandy Dixie Minstrels AND HOLIDAY IN DIXIE REAL COLORED ARTISTS BEAUTIFUL Minstrel first part in Coon Songs, Buck and Wing Dancing, showing a real Cotton Field by Moonlight 5 Vaudeville Acts 5 ADMISSION lOCE NjT S "EVERYBODY’S HAPPY NOW’! w If you would know the reason why-Try an extra mild “White Stag” the new summer I time cigar, made from a variety of Havana Leaf noted for its mildness. Fragrant and [sweet as a boquet of American Beauty Roses, ibut full of that delicious “Tang” that has made the White Stag cigars the best smoke in the world. Ask your dealer about it.

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