Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1912 — Page 3

You Can Bet They’ll Stand The Wet The fellow who is wearing Barkers Best these days knows what shoe He is not afraid to go in the mud or wet grass, he knows that his shoes will stand the the wet. Solid soles, heels, counter and insoles, with uppers of genuine Puritan Calf skin, the kind that wears soft and mellow. If you would know foot comfort in work shoes try a pair of these next time. Ask the man who wears them. Mens Black or Tan $3.50 Charlie Voglewede the shoe seller On The West Side Os The Street

| WEATHER FORECASTj u Thunderstorms tonight or Tuesday. Not quite so warm Tuesday in south ana central portion. Bruce Patterson lett, Saturday aftor%u;i tor V,’a.'„. i. Miss returned to Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon. Her-ard Parent left Saturday for a two weeks' visit at Defiance, Ohio. Miss Bessie Weber left Saturday afterkoon for Fort Wayne for a visit wit!' her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gerke -aiut! littl eu. ,er- Gunda;, guests o; relatives at Berne. Mis. R. L. Bell and daughter, Grace, ot Van Wert, Ohio, arrived in the city for a visit with her sister, Mrs. John Spahr. Miss Naomi Dugan lias returned from Clear Lake, where she was the guest at a house party given by Miss Camp. She came byway of Fort Wayne where she visited a few days also with Miss Sallie Cabbier.

B! THE HOME OF I I Quality Groceries AND CANNING TIME IS HERE We can help you with anything in that line. You may need a few of the following. Glass Fruit Jars, Ball Mason pt. 50c qt 60c gal 75c Tin cans 35 and 40c. Jelly glasses with covers 20e doz. Jelly tumblers 25c doz. Can rubbers 5 and 10c dozen. All kinds of spices whole or ground. Mason Caps Tin Lids Sealing Wa/t Parowax Our pickling vinegar is guaranteed. We pay you for any pickles that spoils from the use ol our vinegar. It sells at 20c gallon. _____________ We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 19. Butter 19 to 25c Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108, JNO. S. BOWERS F.M. SCHIRMEYER I President .-Pres t & Tress, gg FRENCH QUINN I Secretary g THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I 1 REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, j ABSTRACTS. H The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- j* street Records, Twenty years Experience | I Farms, City Property, 5 per cent g MONEY

I Charles Roop went to Toledo, 0., Sunday. Mias Kate Henneford went to Bluffton Saturday to spend Sunday.' I:. W Johnson went to Monroe Saturday to spend Sunday at that place. John Smitley was a business transactor at Berne between trains Saturday. Raymond Bremerkamp was trancacting business affairs cL Portland ■ Saturday afternoon. Irene Eady and Abbie Bigham were Saturday clerks at the Steele & VVeavi er racket store. The Misses Nellie Winans, Georgia I Magner, Edith Miller, Lucy McCrory and Ruth Patterson were extra clerks at the Morris store Saturday. i Mr. Wietfeldt of Midland, Mich., ar- • rived Saturday and it is said his engagement to the daughter of Fred Thieme was announced yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Smith McClure and child, and Mrs. William Emetine and children went to Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon for a visit with friends. i John Lind of Cincinnati, Ohio, who visited here, went to Fort Wayne to spend Sunday with the Henry Peters family. From there he will return home.

Joe Harris is visiting with relatives in Van Wert. Ben Brown is home from a business trip to Monroe. Lew and Joel Reynolds were transacting business at Hoagland today. Master Harley Stalter left today lor Elkhart to visit with his sister. Mrs. Joe Harris has gone to Cleveland, Ohio, lor a two or three weeks' visit. Miss Martha Schinnerer of Willshire, Ohio, transferred here enroute io Foil Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Gunder and children went to Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. George MrManama and daughter, Ruth, of near Monroe, were shoppers here Saturday. Miss Flora Fledderjohann spent Sunday in Fort Wayne with the Misses Bessie Jeffrey and Dessie Mann. Paul Jacobs, who has been here for the past week visiting friends, left today for Indianapolis, his home. E. W. Johnson, who spent Sunday here with his family, left on his regular trip, to be absent for the rest of the week. Mrs. Archy Neff of Eaton, Ind., who visited here as the guest of Mrs. John Ray, left today for Berne to continue her visit. Mrs. C. J. Weaver left this morning for Fort Wayne, where she will join her son, Vane, in a weeks visit with relatives, Theodore Gralliker has returned to his work at the National bank after a vacation visit with relatives at Decatur, 111. Henry Gerke is home from Berne, where he spent Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Gerke and son will remain a short while longer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richard of Kenton transferred here this morning enroute to Portland to visit relatives for several days. John Schug, who spent Sunday here with his family, left today south on his regular trip, to be absent for the remainder of the week. Mrs. Neal McGough and children and Miss Frances Murphy left this morning for Huntertown, where they will visit with Mrs. McGough's mother. The jam and crowds at the Steele '& Weaver racket store Saturday afternoon when a special sale was made on table linens for surpassed any ever held there. Mrs. Florence Higston of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Gilbert Stricklerand sons, Clarence and Robert, of Decatur went to Van Wert, Ohio, to spend Sunday with relatives. Miss Grace Purdy served as cashier at the Runyon, Engeler & Company's store Saturday in the-absence of Miss Vernia Smith, who is taking her vacation at Oakwood Park, Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bell and daughter, Grace and son. Gaylor, of Van Wert, have returned home after a visit with John Sparr and family. Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Sparr are sisters. Dr. H. E. Keller and family left Sunday for Monterey, Ind., making I the trip in their auto. They will be! i absent a week. The doctor has taken | but few vacations and feels that this I one is due him. Miss Abbie Bigham is working nt the Steele & Weaver store in the place of Miss Josephine Lang, who with Edith Miller will leave tomorrow . for a two weeks" stay with relatives in Cincinnati, Ohio. . Mr. and Mrs Ves Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sellemeyer and Mr. and Mrs. George Spangler of Ft. Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schafer of Dallas, Texas, left today for Clear Lake to spend a week s outing. Postmaster Lower reports letters remaining in the Decatur postofflee for J. Brownstein, David Crocket, W. F. Flynn, W. A. Griffith, Frank Grayer, Mrs. Frank Hammond, L. Mull, Henry Ribbers, H. Rubenstein, D. W. Sears, Clark White. Dr. H. E. Keller and family left this morning for the doctor’s old home and Culver lake After spending a few days there they will go to , Chicago. The trip will be made in the doctor's big Cutting touring car, and he will be home again the 27th of this month ready for business. Mi', and Mrs. W. H. Stewart of Huntington, accompanied by their guests. Mrs Freshour and children of Laketon, motored to this city Sunday and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart of Mercer avenue. Mr. i and Mrs. Homer Stewart and daugh-' ter, Mary Alice, of Fort Wayne were also guests at the Stewart home dur-' ing the day, returning to Fort Wayne on the 2:30 car. Henry Gerke and Alva. Nichols have returned to the Peoples & Gerke store after a two weeks' vacation. They spent the time at Rome City and enjoyed the fishing to the utmost. F. H. Nichols and Frank Chronister and Herman Gerke were also members of the party. Alva Nichols stated that he brought with him a candy basket full of fine salted ' fish, which they caught.

Bruce Patterson has returned from an over-Sunday visit with friends at Warsaw. Miss Kate Henneford of the Niblick store spent Sunday at her home at Vera Cruz. ■Orval Harruff and assistant, Carl Beatty, were doing some surveying at Geneva today. Mrs. Jonas Tritch is home from Monroe where she visited over Sunday with relatives. John S. Peterson Sundayed with his family at Rome City, returning home Sunday evening. Henry Kruel of Ohio, formerly motorman on the interurban here, visited here with old friends. Fred Hoffman returned to Snow Hill to resume his work on the new school house which he is erecting. George Brewster of Berne passed through the city this morning on his way to Fort Wayne on business. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Steele of Fort Wayne visited yesterday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Steele Henry Gunsett and family, who j have been spending a week at Rome City, returned home Sunday evening. I George Wemhoff was a business caller at Berne today in the interest of the Wemhoff Monumental works. W. R. and Guy Dorwin Elmer Archer, Roy Wolford and Ray Christen have returned from a fishing trip to Sturgis, Mich. James Failing and daughter, Miss Bess Failing, of Flint. Mich., wll return home tomorrow after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Adams. Miss Mary Wagoner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Waggoner, of near Monroe has taken a position as clerk at the Morris five and ten cent store. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Edwards returned in their automobile to Leipsic, 0., this morning after a visit over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick. C. B. Wilcox and family motored to Fort Wayne Sunday. They arrived on the scene on Calhoun street just after one of the city cars had struck and wrecked an automobile. Mrs. Stella Ledbetter and daughter of Alabama, who visited here with relatives, are now at the Jacob Rawley home. Mrs. Ledbetter was formerly Miss Stella Nehr. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McFeeley and children, Thelma and Pau), returned this morning to Fort Wayne after a Visit over Sunday with the James Bain and Adolph Hoffman families. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne motored to their home in Fort Wayne this morning after a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. Deininger. who accompanied them to Fort Wayne. R. C. Drummond returned to his home at South Bend Sunday evening after an ■over-Sunday visit with relatives in this city. Mrs. Drummond and children, Floyd and Eva, will remain for a longer visit. Margaret Clark, Celia and Hertha Kinney and Esther Corbett have returned from a week's visit at Rome City. Miss Margaret Gallogly, who was with them, has gone to Grand Rapids, for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deiningen Mr. and Mrs. Henry Drake and children of Portland, who attended the Roebuck family reunion at the Falls laomestead near Hoagland Sunday, stopped off here for a visit over night with Mr. and Mrs. Shafer Peterson. Mr. arrd Mrs. Lew G. Ellingham left Sunday evening for Winchester and today returned to Indianapolis to attend the Marshal! notification meeting Tuesday. Mrs. Ellingham will return Wednesday and join the children, going to Rome City for a week or ten day*' 1 outing. The Ellinghams and Hellers, who participated in the auto collision with a Clover Leaf train Friday evening, are recovering without any .il! effects, though they all know they bumped into something.

Dr. C. V. Connell VETERINARIAN Phnno Office 143 I nOIIC Residence 102 . . g old j r or Sale Hy Ben Knapke Joe J. Tonnellier

FARM LOANS — We have plenty of money to loan on farms, at 5 per cent. We also make loans without commision. Erwins’ Law and Real Estate Office ? 10 Monev All you want. Abstracts made and Titles Guaranteed. Insurance Writers Office Rooms on first floorj oppisite interurban Station. Graham and Walters FLY NETS Now is the time you need fly nets, come in and let us show you nets at greatly reduced prices. Chas F. Steele Succ. to Atz & Steele

jKw ® MO COPVBiGHT -- " — "' r ._ THE GROWING BOY like all healthy young “animals,” needs plenty of good nutritious food to sustain a natually vigorous appetite, that goes far towards laying the foundation for perfect mental and physical health during mature life. Plenty of Martin’s Bread will give him lots of strength, feed his growing body with a good wholesome food and develope brain and brawn in abundance. Jacob Martin ! fW W' ” '■ i. MK/ THIS IS RECIPROCITY of the right kind. Our Regular Customers are welcomed at both windows When You Sell Your Crops deposit the returns with us. Pay All Your Bills With a Check. When you need Money you will find us ready to loan. ■This is “ONLY BUSINESS” FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DECATUR iREAL ESTATE BARGAINS' A fine 6-room house, good lacation, within the railroads; rents for $12.00 per month. Price, SI6OO. For further information see The Northern Indiana Real estate Co. L.C. Helm Mgr. J.F. Fruchte' Sec. & Treas.

pOL, 300 n OlE=3OE|| I OLD HOME WEEK NOTICE~ ° Fill out this blank, insert the name and address of i relative or friend you want invited for “OLD HOME } WEEK,” then mail this coupon or hand it to MR. FRENCH QUINN, Chairman of the “OLD HOME || 8 WEEK” invitation committee. He will write a spec- Q ial invitation to the relative or friend to come back Q and enjoy “OLD HOME WEEK.” FILL THIS OUTfAND MAIL IT TODAY At the time you fill out this coupon, you, yourself write to your relatives or friends, urgeing them to come. Send in as many of these coupons as you possiblv can. g ' g OLD HOME WEEK COLTON Name of Relative or Friend Relative or Friend Postoffice Address Your Own Name Is ~ ._, jQj Bjoi -Tfoea t= o i iaf- 0 ORDER WOOD NOW L We have on hands at this time a supply of good I wood and you who will want it next fall and winter, should get your order in now. We are selling at this time, six loads of slab wood for five dollars. You know what it is. , We are also taking orders for conrads, SI.OO per , load to be delivered within thirty days. Also have a quantity of country cook stove wood at $2.00 per load. Leave your order at once. Don’t delay. nCall Phone 635 Jor hand your order to Roy Baker, , and we will attend to it at once. S. H. Adams, Company —mi — ■■■■■ !■ ■ I I— I—■■■ -- ■ ARKANSAS FARM FOR SALE 1830 acres of splendid land located in Sharpe County, Arkansas. Has an orchard of 4000 fruit trees, farm is well fenced and is located five miles from town. There is no swamp land, an ideal farm or some body either as a plantation or an investment, j Get busy if you want it. Write to i Aug. C. Brase, | 301 West Jefferson St, [ , Fort Wayne, Ind. : &sS& WONDER : KI LLER * *A'T'rg\\w.L pr ice. io< * ♦ DEALER* s MANPOBY < J IL THE WATSOK CO. PERU J ND. 1 . Wj — —■ "" J ' — wmm— wwinii II UH—mil I Illi wwwwmnrwwniiiJnff I lam an old man and have seen I many troubles the most of which never happened, but i’ll tell you I how to be happy, Welch This Space— I