Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1912 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Volume X. Number 245.

WELCOME TO HOME-COMERS Toes In The Foot-Prints Os All Paths All Turn Toward Our Town

MANY ARE HERE And More Are ComingRegistration Office at Library a Busy Place. RENEW FRIENDSHIPS District Meet of Odd Fel- ( lows Today-Court House Meet Tonight. Home. ' want to go home. To the good old town With the shaded street* And the open square And the htil And the flats And the house I love The paths that I know—want to go home. If I can't go bark To the happy days. Vet I can live Where their shadows lie Under the trees Aad over the grass - I want to be there Where the joy was once Oh. I want to go home, I want to go home —Paul Kester ’•'rem North and South. East and V- all rathe lead to Decatur this I k Already the paths are full of ■ h w -oi prints, with all the toes turn j ba towards the old town. Ry the lose of the week of festKitiea, It is ixpected the isiths will be worn booth by the thousands of homeomers. Already —and it is but the seventh Urt of th** week of festivity,- the old ome town is thronged with those rho are rejoicing to be back again mder the shadows of the trees where feey oiayed in childhood, and which •‘rtrnna nil that remain evcent memories—of the Decatur, which U hanged her dress, with the pro;i«wss»eneas ot the years The ‘New lecatur' stands ready to greet them j The slogan "Decatur Can and Will" > t now giving way to the present. Decatur Can and la" and everybady ( i re’tung font his best effort to, feet the visitor and Introduce him to The New Town." Registration of Visitors. While many of the visitors arrived ’ sdvancsi, others are coming on all be trains and at every hour The Irst place to which they are taken by b* various committees on reception • 'he council room of the public libra f. where they register. The regtsr*Usa la In charge of Miss Bertha ••Her. assisted by Mrs E B Adams, nd each la cheerfully taken care of ■h» registration is made on cards nd these are carefully filed away, siliabetically. for future reference Inch visitor Is given a blue badge. r.d a flower, the latter furnished bv fllliam Jackson, the library custod m The very first one to register this foruiag was our friend. James loons ot Rharon, Okla. who has had •any honors In thia festivity He

**•••••»♦♦♦•♦••♦*•••* z * •**••• ; TOMORROWS PROGRAM ► • general events ♦ ► Mammoth Parad, of Hundreds of Wagons Loaded With Brats: also A Foreign Boot WoHiera Marching. Chanting National Songe, p Under the Flogs of Their Dlffarmt Nationalities. 10 00 A. M. • ► Fared, will star* at the Corner of Mercer «*d Wine hector btreeta. a Headed by th. Band * •• Vincent de Paul Society — Reception in the K. of C. Hall 2:00 to * S- Open House the Remainder of the Week * , ► Rebekah Lodge—Reception In the Odd Fellows' Mail, . 00 to 10:00 A k p. M. * » Maooolc Lodge—Degree Work and Smoker. 7:00 to 10:00 P. M. * Herr Granada and Fodora. Human Elephant Act in the Court House Oouare at I.OU and 0:00 P. M. „ u , * ■attoon Pace and Double Parachute Drop at 4:00 P. M. on Mar et 1 Btrwet * f M »t»ppa and Greater United thews During Afternoon and Evening, t ■and Concerts by the Decatur City Band * •»nd Concerto by the Blue Creek Band of H Instruments.

had the honor of being the first arrival, having come several weeks ago; and his card leads all the rest in tho file. Charles Spencer of Kansas City, was second, and third were Mr. and Mrs. Duke Stoops of Petersburg. The others came so fast that it was impossible to take them tn their order. Os course not all who have arrived for the week have registered. Many who made long trips have taker, time to rest and free themselves from duet of travel before making their appear- ■ ance. The register up to a late hour this afternoon shows the following: The Resister. James Stoops. Sharon, Okla. Charles Spencer. Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Stoops, Petersburg, Ind. Mr. and Mrs C. E. Suttles. .Mans field, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs Burt Townsend, Atm Arbor, Mich. Mrs. E H Tunnell. Dogden, N. D. Joseph Urich, Dunkirk, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Conter, Indianapolis, Ind Hugh Woods Warsaw, Ind. Mrs. Harry Deam, Riverside, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Harruff, Fremont, Mich. Miss Opal Harruff, F.emont, Mich. I Mrs. Kate Nichols, Elkhart, Ind. Frank Pio. FL Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Will Reiter, Plymouth. Mrs. Julius Spies and daughter. Helen. Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs Florence DeVilblss, Detroit, Mich. I Harry Clem, Monroeville, Ind. J M Brown, Monroeville. R. F. Painter. Monroeville. ' Willis Singer. Monroeville. | Charles Ahr, Monroeville Jos M Meyers. Aharon. Okla. Mrs. Barbara Kirsch, Vincennes. Otto P. Kirsch, Vincennes. Margaret Ixiuthan, Fort Wayne. J. B. Merriman, Bluffton. Mat McAfee, Bluffton B. F Wisner, Bluffton. J. W. Estabrook, Bluffton. Mary C Merryman, Indianapolis. W. L. Fetters, Bluffton. John Brunn, Bluffton. Mrs Ellen Grube, St. Paris. Ohio. Esther Seelig, Fort Wayne. Marion Balch, Terre Haute. A A Melchlng, Bluffton. Ind. W J. Dustman. Bluffton. Henry Hunsicker. Bluffton. O. E Stoner, Bluffton. Isaac Brown, Coffeyville, Kans. Gradon Coverdale, Marion, Ark. Dr. A. Haughton, Bluffton, R R 6. ( D. Parke Prank Linn. Chicago, 111. U. 8 Schaffer, Monroeville. J. W Edwards, Monroeville. George Ixvnghenry. Westerville. O The registration office Is open front 8 a. m to 5 p tn. ('all and register “Doin' Jest as We Plsaae." I Os course everybody on arriving here thought It his first duty to just look around and get reacquainted And it was a groat time Everybody hunted up everybody else and there was just a general good time, as the poet Riley said, "doin' jeat ez I dern please" There were hand shakings and smiles and tears and | recalling to memories the i pranks we played In days gone ■ by, what "Jim did," or what “Jim didn't do." where we went, and why >and wherefore, what we have been 1 doing, and what we want to do And then everybody started out to explore the old town/'and "the new." And it'rwntnu-d no ’’age J) ,

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, October 14, 1912.

THE UNEOF MARCH Farmers Between Bluffton and Decatur Are Asked to Decorate Homes. FOR THE AUTO TRIP Bluffton Will Send Large Number of Machines Here to Meet Bryan Party. Bluffton will send from one hundred to three hundred automobiles here to meet William J. Bryan and party Friday morning They have written letters to all the owners of cars in Adams and Wells counties, asking them to join and they will make a splendid showing. They will leave the court house in Bluffton at 7 o'clock a. m. and arrive here about 8. The chairman of the committee In charge. Judge Abram Simmons, has sent out notices, also, announcing the line of the parade from Bluffton here and has asked every farmer along the line of march to hang out flags, pictures o’. Bryan, Ralston, Wilson and Marshal! or any of them or to decorate any way they can, that the great commoner may be duly honored. Leaving Bluffton the party will proceed north one mile, to the Toll Gate school house, thence due east through Honduras to i the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad | tracks and thence due north, entering Decatur on Thirteenth street. They will return over the same route and Will appreciate any effort made to show proper courtesy to the crosscountry trip of this party of famous men. A number of newspaper men from all over the country will be In the party and the idea Is to make the trip unique enough to secure any mention that we are entitled to. Adams .county farmers along the route should ■ see that Wells county does not beat ( Adams on decorations. A ,'UDDEN DEATH Mrs. Susannah Mutschler Expires Without a Moment’s Warning. WITH HER DAUGHTER Mrs. Peter Kirsch — Was Well Known and Highly Esteemed Woman. Without a moment's warning and apparently in the best of health, Mrs. Susannah Mutschler. one of the highly esteemed elderly women of the city, .died Sunday evening at 1:30 o'clock 1 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter Kirsch, on North Second street, wUh whom she had lived the past four years Mrs Mutschler, who was seventyfour years of age, bad eaten her supper as usual, and seemed In the very best of health. After supper she went into the living room and sat dokn on tins couch and In a moment fell over, with life extinct. The suddenness of her demise comes with the greatest shock to her family and to her host of friends, who can scarcely yet believe the sad truth. Mrs. Mutschler was born April 13, 1831. in Handschuchaheim. Baden. Germany, which is now a suburb of Heidelberg Iler maiden name was Husannah Huber, a daughter of Jacob Huber, and it was there that she was married and her children born. Her husband. Frederick Mutschler, died thirty-one years ago. In Germany. The sons. Philip and Fred, had rome to thia country, settling in Root township. When Fred was married in 1888. bv and bln wife went to Germany on their wedding trip and on their return, were accompanied by hl* widowed mother. Mr* Hosannah Mutsch ler, and her children, Sophia and Pe ter. Mrs Mutschler lived with her eon. Fred, in Hoot township, until building her home on North Second street, thia city, where she lived until going to her daughter's home, (our years ago She la survived by the fol lowing children: Philip of Fmt Wayne. Fred of thl* city. Sophia, wife of Peter Kirsch. Peter, who Ilves in Chicago.

Mrs. Mutschler has one sister living, Mrs. Catherine Schmidt, of Germany, the last living member of her■ family. One brother and four sisters and one granddaughter have preced- 1 ed her in death. She is survived by seven grandchildren, besides the oth-, er relatives named before. A remarkab-.e coincidence is that 1 her death occurred October 13, jum] a half-year after the date of her| birth April 13. Another still more remarkable coincidence is that her death occurred on the same day of | the month and at about the same hour as that ol her daughter’s moth-er-in-law, Mrs. Kirsch, who died eleven years ago. She was a devout member of the German Reformed church and a woman of all good qualities, unexcelled as a mother. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at the German Reformed church, by the Rev. Hessert. The hour has not yet been set, pending arrival of the son from Chicago. THEY DON’T FIT James Stubs, Custodian of Court House, Has no Use for False Teeth • LEFT ON SATURDAY * Owner Can Get Them—Had Parted With Teeth and Dinner at Same Time. ■ — 1 ■ James Stults, custodian of the court, house, holds in bis possession, a set of' men’s false teeth. The owner mayhave them by calling and paying for 1 the ad. and otherwise settling with Mr. Stults tor the care occasioned by 'them. Mr. Stults found the teeth Sat- , urday noon upon returning to his work. He went into the basement and J I' there found evidence of a visitor. The visitor had been evidently ill or had been drinking too much, for the nau ‘ sea occasioned had made him give up I his dinner. Not only the viands came ’ forth in the upheaval, but also the ’ wherewithal they were chewed, and the teeth were lying there snug in 1 their slimy splendor. Whether the loser did not know of bis loss, or i whether he deemed that » new pair was better than the cleansing of the ; old ones, has not yet been learned. ■ Mr. Stults finds that they do not fit ‘ himself exactly and will give them up if the owner proves the property. HE GRIM REAPER Bell Grim Died of Tubercu-! losis at Her Home on I Grant Street EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT Funeral Will be Held from Christian Church—Burial in Maplwood. Bell Grim Scblagel. wife of Augua 1 t • Scblagel, died at her home on* Grant street Bunday night from tuber-' culoais She waa married in March.' 1873, to August Schlagel. to which un- 1 ion there were born two children. Law*; rence and Cora, the son surviving. i She has lived with a grandson, who Is crippled, in the bouse on Grant street for many years and Is well known 1 throughout the city. She had been a sufferer from tuber eulosls for some time and her decline was gradual, death coming late Sun* I day night Rhe has one sister and live brother*, who have been notified of her death, and who will be here In time for the funeral. The funeral services will be held from the Christian church In thia city' Tuesday, commencing at 2 o'clock snd Interment will be In the Decatur rem ! etery, the Rev Dawson officiating INJURED IN FALL FROM DOOR Mrs Gabe Kveri-tt of PleMant Mills 1 was a visitor In the city Satutday Ifi 1 ernoon Mrs Everett has been quite I unfortunate In a fall from her door* I step, which resulted In a bad Injury 1 to her left band, the ligaments bring torn loose I

COURT HOUSE NEWS i Appraisers Assess Damages , in Keller Condemnation Case at $25.00. MARRIAGE LICENSES L Courthouse < JE>ecorated for Old Home Week—Hearing Postponed. The court house, under the skillful hand of Custodian Stults has blossom--led forth in gala attire for Old Home Week. A strand from roof to tower displays many small flags and from each window floats a cluster of American flags. Streamers of bunting are j draped over the entrances and otheri wise assist in the special decorations. Lemuel G. Williams has qualified as guardian of Sarah Williams. He gave 3500 bond. Laura Riffle, daughter of Simon Riffle. and Benjamin Morningstar, Jr., son iof Benjamin Morningstar, sr., were ' married at the county clerk's office Saturday afternoon by Mayor Teepie. | The bride yps born November 25, ! 1891, and the groom September 13, 1890. On account of Judge Wood hearing | another case, the hearing of the creditors in the Studabaker bankruptcy petition matter In the federal court in ' Fort Wayne was not held Saturday.

DECATUR IN 1855-56 Original Plat wai drawn by J. D. King, a former reaident here, now living at Clayton, N. M. Corrected by eeveral old citizena and new plat drawn by Oscar Hoffman of thia city. wfilK I' \\ \ I '■ If I I .. L • . . i r J • , .tc \\ • <. U

v THE KEY. 1— J. D. Nuriman aabery 2— Dr. Trout s residence and office 3— Nuriman's general store. 4 Frank Miesse grocery 3— Scbirmeyer's throe-story building, third floor used as town hall «- Same 7—Grim's meat shop, later, a little south, Bollman's store * George Number* lot. just north. Jacob King's residence •--Jacob King's bla< ksmlth shop 10 -Jsme* Patterson's reetdence II- Hhackley wagon works. U -Hchirmeyor residence 13 lichirmeyer tannery 14—Where Henry Cromer and son drowned In 11ST. 18—Frank MelU wagon shop

Another day, to be agreed upon later, I will bo set. Licensed to wed: Flossie Malston, born April 20, 1891, daughter of John Malston, to wed Ollie Feller, born July 9, 1891, son of Ulysses Feller. I in the condemnation suit of the C. & E. against John M. Keller et al., appraisers filed report showing that they assessed the damages at $25. Real estate transfers: Isaac M. Dickerson to Lucinda Fallen, lot 250, Geneva, S3OO. FALSE RUMOR CIRCULATED. — It has been reported that persons from outside Adams county and especially in Van Wert county will not be allowed to take any of the prizes away from the horse show here on Friday We want to deny any authority for this statement. This is to be a fair and honest horse show. We have secured the services of one of the best judges in the United States, a man competent, and thoroughly honest. You will get a prize Is you deserve it- No one is trying to make any money out of this show. It is for the good of the community and we want you to help us make it the best ■ I horse show ever given in the state. - Bring in your horses, no difference - where you live and secure some of the prize money. JOHN T. MYERS ELI BPRUNGER. DAN W. BEERY. C. B. L. OF I. DANCE. The C. B. L, of I. will hold another i dance at the hall Wednesday evening lof this week. All are Invited.

It— Rugg mill, later Fornax mill, later D O Jackson'* furniture shot* 17— Vacant 18— Bollman * residence. 19— Hollman's slur* In the sliliM. 20— Court house ground, but old court bouse stood on A k Beil corner. .1 )>i<l jail, which burned ( 22 The great elm tree 23- Judge David Rtudetmker's law oflice. 24 Nuriman's warehouse 26— CIOM hotel 2< Close residence 27— Mother Coffees residence. 38 Fedlt k residence 29 Fr«ii« k livery barn 30 George Numbers' residence. 31- Free school. 132 John Zimmerman residence 33—01 d ('loss residence

Price, Two Cents.

A BUSY OFFICIAL Dr. J. C. Grandstaff, Coroner, Has Had Fifty-four Coroner Cases in > LESS THAN SIX YEARS lias Made Official Count— Decatur Leads With 19— Geneva Had Nine. • Dr. Dr. J. C. Grr_<dstaff, of I’rc'ole, 1 1 Adams county coroner, has been a 1 i busy man and surely has been earning his salary, in the less than six year* ,! he has held office. During the time ,I from the first of the year 1906, to October 12, 1912, he has had fifty-four ! coroner eases. Finding them coming •! with great frequency. Dr. Grandstaff's • curiosity as to the exact number, was - aroused and so got his book, sat down *' and made on official count, according t to corporations and townships, as fol- > lows: t Geneva, 9: Decatur, 19; Berne, 2; . Preble township, 3; Blue Creek towns ship, 4; Monroe township, 3; St. » Mary's, 1; French, 2; Union, 4; Root, three; Washington, 2; Jefferson, 1; Wabash, 1. The last case to which he was called was that of Marshal Atkinson of Geneva, who committed suicide last Wednesday morning by Airing a shot-gun into bis mouth. — — KI !■ 111 **—• *» ~T|F —* 11 — r Mrs. W, H. Glelser left for Richmond ; Ind., this morning and will be the guest of friends for a few days.

84—J. D Nuttnan residence ( . 3f»—Joseph Crabbs' nabery, M- -Nuttmans warehouse, 37- Herman Bosse residence. J. W. Bosse and II H Heller wore born here 36 Gsorjrr A. Dent residence .Ik The old Melson residence 40-M K Church 41 The old Howers residence 42—John Kina. nr. residence 43 44 Moses W«rttlM»raer residence, 46—J. Crabbs' residence. 4« Old Burt hotel. 17—Jos Crabbs' dbo«>ral store. 4k--John Crawford residence 4»—Bridge 60 Where Ryanson and Bates were drowned in Huts 61—Dr. Dorter's residence 62 Hammy Hag a Benernl store.