Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1912 — Page 3

We Are Surprising J .....a lot of women who thought | was neccessary to pay from | $5. to SB. to get satisfactory shoes i We are surprising these women t with the values we give ' 53., 53.50 and 54.00 I Charlie Voglewede I the shoe seller I On The West Side Os The Street I 4

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Probably showers tonight or Wednesday. Cooler Wednesday in northwest part. Mrs. C. H. Colter went to Ft. Wayne | yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Miller of Monmouth was shopping here yesterday. Mrs. Clem Hake and babe of Fort Wayne are here visiting with friends. Joe Meinerding returned yesterday afterne; _ to Tipton after attending the funeral of Mrs. Pc.cr Forking. Dr. and Mrs. J. Q. Neptune and children and Miss Marie Neptune motored to Convoy, Ohio, Sunday where they spent the day with Dr. Hal’ and family. i i Mrs. S. N. Johnson and children Meridith, Margery and Carl have re- ‘ turned to Toledo, after a visit with Mrs. O. T. Johnson. Mrs. Mary Forbing and Mr. and Mrs. William Holt returned to Arcola yesterday afternoon after attending the funeral of Mrs. Forbing.

DECATUR “Can and Will" And We Are For Decatur With i his month we begin our 14th. year in business in Decatur, and it has been the most successful one of all. We wish to heartily thank every one of our patrons of our store and the general public for their cooperation with us. Each day finds new customers at the home of quality groceries-- shows they’re appreciated. Read our ad every day in this same place and you I will profit by the bargains, sales, and market quota- | tions. ! I We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 21. Butter 19 to 25c Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Rhone 108. - I TWO S BOWERS F.M. SCHIRMEYER I I ftestot V.-Pres’t & Trea.,. g K FRENCH QUINN || h Secretary I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I 1 REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, g ABSTRACTS. g I The Schirmeyer Abstract Conipajy^R m ll!Sl£Ak.~ || i ' stract'Records, 'twenty years Experience | Farms, City Property, 5 per cent ■ S MONEY g

Miss Velma Mclntosh returned to Monroe yesteday after a visit since Friday with her cousin, Miss Lucy Mclntosh. Mrs. Dr. Jones and Miss Jessie Rawley of Berne, who were guests of Mrs. J. S. Coverdale, have gone to Wren, Ohio, to visit. Mrs. Frank Christen of Muskogee, Oklahoma, is in the city for a visit with relatives. She came from Indiana jv-’is where she visited for some time. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Haetling and children, and Miss Jessie Meyers left yesterday for Logansport where they will be two months or more’ during the time that Mr. Haefling will be employed there as state accountant. A large number of Sweedish sailors debarked at the Erie station yesterday and caused considerable curiosity by their unique behavior. They weie enroute cast and kept near the depot until the arrival of their train. Mrs. H. A. Fristoe and daughter, Margaretta, returned Sunday afternoon to Rochester, and while here were guests of Miss Annette Moses. They were enroute irom Pleasant Mills where they had been since the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Margaretta Merris.

■ • This is the day your gas bill has to I be paid or you will have to stand for I the ten per cent penalty. I French Quinn made a business ti ip II to the south part of the county this I' afternoon looking after affairs for the I Bowers Realty company. || A number of militia companies are | being organized in Indiana, to be used II in case a call is made for troops to | enter Mexico and quell the disturb | ance there. | "A Pair of Country Kids'' company | has arrived and will open the season | at the Bosse opera house this evening. | It's a good one and you can have a I good laugh by attending. I H. L. Center, deputy secretary of | state, who Was here attending the fu- | neral of his cousin, Anthony Center, | left at noon for Indianapolis to reI sume his duties. I Better get ready to clean up your II yard and the alley. Everybody's go- ]• ing to be doivg it soon and you might II as well start now as any time. The |. town has to shine. j Elwood is today celebrating the | twentieth anniversary of the opening I of the tin plate mill there. C. W. | Fairbanks and Governor Marshall are | among the speakers. - The Fort Wayne fair opened today B and if this weather keeps up they e will have good crowds. Governor y Marshall will speak there tomorrow and announces his talk will be nonpartisan. i C. B. Wilcox, secretary of the Hol- ! I land-St. Lo”’s Sugar company, ami family' left Sunday in their automobile for a trip to Lagrange, Ind., returning Monday after a day’s visit with ! friends. e Mr. and Mrs '< Bernstein left today for Sonin Bc.itlnd., where they will spend the Jewish New Years with friends and relatives. Mr. Bernstein comes home Friday, his wife remain y 1 ing the rest of the week. g John Weber, the veteran horseman of Fort Wayne, was here today looking after business matters. He owns s a large amount of property here, where he resided until a few years ■' ago. He is as sturdy and healthy as * are most men half his yars.

George W. Gales, the well known fanner and fruit grower, will leave tomorrow for Ellake, Michigan, where he goes to straighten up some affairs with which his son, John, who died recently, was connected He will he absent perhaps a week. Mrs. L. McConnehey and children of Bluffton were called Saturday to Decatur to atteri the illness of her husband, who the past year has been sick with tuberculosis. As soon as he is able to be moved, he will be taken to his home at 513 Central avenue, Bluffton. Mr. McConnehey is a member of the Red Men lodge of Huntington, Ind. The grade work on this section of the Erie railroad improvement is taking on some importance. The part west of Decatur is completed up to the water tank and is ready for gravel and steel. Over east the work is progressing nicely and the men are about ready to cross the old Piqua road on their way to this city. The grade through the city will not be made until the road is ready to lay the steel. Frank M. Schirmeyer, well known telephone, real estate and business man, and president of the Old Home Week association, was taken home from his office this morning, sick. It is not believed his condition is serious. but he will have to be very careful. He was feeing badly yesterday and was able to spend but a part ot the day at his work. He came down as usual this morning, but shortly afterward became ill and was taken home. The Grand Rapids and Indiana recently dispensed with the section which extended from a mile north of Monroe to tour miles south of that town and dividing it in two added a half to each connecting section. This now makes each of the two remaining sections over seven miles long and the company have sent each section boss a motor hapdcar with which to get to his work. The little cars are equipped to carry nearly a ton and afford a rapid means of transit, they being able to run about twenty miles per hour with a full load. — ; O Are you going to use any cement blocks, cement roofing? If so, see Eli Meyers first. He can furnish you the best material for the least money. He can supply you with cement shingles as cheap as red cedar, and then they are water, fire and lightning proof, and will last a life time. \\ ill have cement fence posts within thirty days. Will also furnish them cheap as cedar. Located next to beet sugar factory. 199,6 Democrat Want Ads Pay.

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NOTICE PUBLIC We the undersigned do hereby notify all our customers that after Sept. 9, 1912, we will continue our prices except Saturdays when hair cut will be 25c and shave 10c. Four barbers, clean towels, everything sanitary. Hower & Stevens. 214t3 o . _ BU -DINGS FOR SALE. I have for sale a small barn and two other small buildings that I will sell at a bargain, if removed soon. Located on residence lot just north of library. ? 211t3 DR. W. E. SMITH. o — • NOTICE. Leave orders for first-class roasting ears at Brokaw’s Crispett store. 214t3 LEW BROKAW. —o FOR SALE —Fresh oysters at Simeon Hain's meat market. 212t2 A BUSINESS CHANCE — Produce, creamery, drayman, farmer, tone and a half motor truck for sale; bargain price, easy terms, superb condidition. Write Main Auto Sales Co., 921 Main, Ft. Wayne, Ind. WANTED —The Cosmopolitan Group requires the services of a representative in Decatur and surrounding territory to look alter subscription renewals, and to extend circulation by special methods which have proved unusually successful. Salary and commission. Previous experience desirable, but not. necessary. Whole time or spare time. Address, with references, Charles C. Schwer, The Cosmopolitan Group, 381 Fourth Ave., New York City. 214r2 LOST —Ladies' gold watch. Name Ho engraved on case; also “I” on inside. Lost last Friday. Finder return to this office. 213t3 WANTED —Farmer to keep sheep on the shares. Call Mrs. R. B. Gregory, 495. " 207tf Third str-.e». 201t3 MULES FOR SALE. One span of mules, good one. Inquire Harry Fisher, Geneva, Ind. 12t12 WANTED —To communicate with friends of Mrs. Effie V. Johnson. —I. J. Lovan, Hotel Tours, Denver, Colo. FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT— Pleasant and well located, No. 531 North Second St. 2115t6*

BUSH HAMMERED BLOCK Our tooled margin, bush hammered block has proved so popular that we are forced to keep one busy making them. This block gets away from the old fashioned sameness of cement work and gives a personality to any structure that may be built with it. We are the only works that makes this block and we always keep a large supply on hands, also some built up into a display. Come to the works am time and see how the blocks look when built up in a wall. You will be surprised. Acker Cement Works ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ • MEN WANTED t ■; Also women, to investigate ♦ «> our plan of loaning money X 11 quickly and privately. t J ‘ We want you to know how ♦ ■ • little it costs to get from $5 to X * SIOO for a short or long time. ~ If you own household goods, * ;; a piano, horse and wagon fix- + < > tures or other similar property I IJ your credit is good with us. F J ’ AU property remains in your X < • possession if you make a loan. X I 1 You can pay out a SSO loan J ! ! in small payments of $1.20 per ♦ J J week in 50 weeks, 84c per week X < > for 50 weeks repays a $35 loan. ♦ o These payments cover al) costs. X J1 Other amounts at same propor- X o tion - X < > If you need money, fill out ♦ JI and mail us this blank and our J ; • agent will call ot you. * < ■ Name J I! Address; 3t. and No X ; [ Amount Wanted T * • Our agent is in Decatur every ♦ * Tuesday. X * Reliable Pr’vate ♦ : H.Wttnt Lm corny:i X Established 1896. Room 2. Sec- • > I ond Floor, 706 Uelbo-in Street. I ! + Home 'Phone, 833 J J * Fort Wayne, Ind

NEW WAISTS i -.— I If you are in need of a new I waist it will pay you to I see our new line of | silk waists and al- I so wash waists g just new I THE BOSTON STORE |

TWENTY MEN WANTED. I can use fifteen to twenty men about the stone quarry. 212t3 JULIUS HAUGK. . -- ■ —— — FOUND—SmaII set cuff button. Owner can have same by calling at this office and describing it. FOR SALL—Black English preambulator, in good condition. Latest baby buggy style. Inquire at O. L. Vance home, N. 2nd St. 205t3 FOR RENT—Two brick business buildings, cc.ner of Monrce and First streets. Inquire of Dan Railing. 201t3 FOR SALE —"Quick-mer-t” gasoline range, self-generator, good as new (heap if sold at once. Inquire Mrs. Dick Christen. 206t7 ■ I. ■ MM ‘ »» J' EXPECTATION of delicious bread and butter or bread and jam will be realized by the children when you procure your bread at Martins. Our bread has the exquisite flavor and odor that tempts the most dainty appetite and anticipation is always realized when you get our Vienna twist- or homemade loaves at Martins’.

Jacob Martin 1 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 NATIO|NAL BANK OF DECATUR

i” ioi lor QUALITY is first, last and all the time, the rj important consideration in I OUR SHOES Always the biggest possible value rj for the least money. ! See Our New Fall Styles ! PEOPLES & GERKE » inr mi—

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FOR OLD FOLKS a little good whiskey or other stimulant is exceedingly beneficial. It invigorates their waning strength, tones up their entire system. But the wine or liquor must be pure or else it will do harm instead of good. Our bottled goods are guaranteed pure and mellow. You can give them to the old or ailing with entire confidence. Try a bottle.

Berghoff Beer by the ease, /"t J ' f? | Corner of Second and VJ UIIL. J Madison streets.

AIR SLACKED LIME to prepare your land for Alfalfa at To " New alfalfa seed guaranteed free from Buck Lorn Pennville crushed stone screenings, cement limes, sand, salt, hay, straw, coal etc. NO MORE COAL DUST in your cellar as I am prepared to thoroughly wet the coal if so desired E. L. CARROLL

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