Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1913 — Page 3

THIS IS SOOD WEATHER To Test Barkers Best Work Shoes They Do Stand the Wet MENS $3.00 and $3.50 Charlie Voglewede THE SHOE SELLER

I WEATHER FORECAST i t i B Fair tonight and Sunday. Slight frost tonight Miss Bernice Dailey went to Fort ' Wayne today noon. J. H. Koenig of St. Mary's, Ohio, was heretoday on business. Miss Sue Mayer visited over Sun-1 day with friends In Spencerville, 0.l Miss Kynt Voglewede will go to Ft. Wayne this evening to attend the Play. / Fred Schafer, who has been ill from blood poisoning for several weeks, is slowly Improving. E. E. Rice is at home from a business trip to Frankfort, Indiana, where he attended to affairs of Importance. Mrs. Edward Wilson and daughter of Nappanee are visiting in the city with the J. D. Hale family. Mr. Wilson is at present moving their household goods to Mishawaka, Ind., where they will make their future home.

| PINEAPPLES • The pineapple season this year will be 30 or 40 days earlier than usual and never a better quality. Next week will be a good time. Get ready for yours Leave your Order with us On the farm you will need salt sack 5,20, 65c salt bbl. $1.30. Oyster shells sk. 75c. Chicken feed course or fine in sacks or bulk We give a special price on flour in bbl. lots at The Home el Quality Groceries We Dav cash or trade for produce &16. Butter 20 to 28c I F.M. SCHIRMEYEK t ’ REt f e Treas. | I President secretary ireas. _ I THE2BOWERS, REALTY CO. | I I S Property, sper c « nt M B MONEY.'.! |m

Miss Kathryn Kriegel returned to Celina, Ohio, after a week’s visit here. The Misses Margaret Clark and Agnes Melbers visited over Sunday at Rome City. Walter Kauffman, salesman for the I Schafer Saddlery company left this morning on his regular trip. • Miss Mayme Deininger was the ■ guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne at Fort Wayne over Sunday. Dan Costello returned to his studies at the Fort Wayne business colllege this morning after spending Sunday with his parents. Hugh Woods spent Sunday at his home in Warsaw. Mr. Woods Is associated here with his father, E. Woods, in the contracting business. Mrs. Frank Klrbach left today noon for her home in Fort Wayne. She came to attend the wedding of her sister. Miss Clara Bleeke, and Mr. ' Herman Young Sunday. The owners of cottages at Rome ’ City have already left for that place to put them in readiness for the summer, even though from the looks of the weather this morning they would ' not have many hot days to contend

Arthur Closs of Fort Wayne spent Sunday in the city. Mrs. J. K Martz of Berne spent Sunday in the city with her sister, Mrs. Wisner. E. W. Crown of Celina, Ohio, was the guest of Miss Stella Bremerkamp over Sunday, Mrs. George Phillips changed cars here this morning on her way to Monte, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Steele of Fort Wayne arrived Saturday afternoon to visit with relatives. Goldie Keller left Saturday afternoon for Fort Wayne to visit with her brother, Hugh Johnson. Henry Kintz went to Fort Wayne Saturay afternon to visit with his daughter, Mrs. Henry Zlber. Miss Ada Stevens spent Sunday In Fort Wayne, the guest of her brother, Edwin Stevens, and family. Mrs. William Maurer of Monroe i spent Sunday in the city as the guest | of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Scherer. Mrs. James Spade of Fort Wayne i visited in the city Sunday, with her I parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weis. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale went to Rome City this morning to put their cottage in readiness for the summer. Gert Reynolds, the barber, has (been ciuite ill of gall stones the past several weeks. An operation may be necessary. Herman Wefel returned to his home at Fort Wayne this morning after visiting with his family at Preble over Sunday. Cadel Meibers went to Rome City this morning to arrange the Melbers cottage for the summer, and to spend a few days, fishing. Miss Clara Linnemeier ,of Fort . Wayne returned to her home this morning after spending Sunday with her parents at Preble.

Mrs. Richard Kaough and son Edward, of Fort Wayne spent Sunday in the city with Mrs. Kaough’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bowers. Lloyd July and family, who have I been here in vaudeville the past week, left this morning for Columbia City, where they will fill an engagement. Rev. D. T. Stephenson, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, left this morning for Goshen, where he will visit until Wednesday with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hahn of Fort Wayne were business • visitors here Saturday. They came to meet her mother, Mrs. Ixiuise Krick, from east of the city. Dr. Clyde Baumgartner, veterinarian, was at Fort Wayne Thursday night attending the Northern Indiana Veterinarians’ association meting.— Linn Grove News. Dr. Roy Archbold, who has been suffering from an attack of the grip for several days, is still confined to his home, but is reported slightly improved, and will probably be able to be out within a day or two. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas and daughter, Miss Portia, of Decatur, spent Friday in this city. While in the city Mr. Thomas and family took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Mart McAfee and family.—Bluffton News. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jeffers are moving into their new home, corner of Adams and Eighth streets. The house is a fine five roomed cottage, with bath and modern conveniences. The house was built by H. Pennington & Son. Dr. S. B. Hartman, one of the oldest practicing dentists in Fort Wayne, and a life-long resident of the city, died suddenly late Friday night at the family home, 2548 Broadway .at the age of sixty-four years. Deatlr was due to heart disease. Mr. and Mrs. John Bolinger and son, Peter, left today for Columbia City. They will remain there five or six weeks and do light housekeeping during the time that Mr. Bolinger will be working on the construction of the new Methodist church. Postmaster Lower reports letters remaining uncalled for at the Decatur 1 office for Mrs. Amanda Clay, Miss Agnes Brown, Oliver Fowler, Will Hiligos, Bernice Haynes, Mrs. Maggie Myers, Paul Ramsey, Mrs. W. Reynolds, Mike Ritchison, Mr. Smith, Lamar Whitlock, Charles Yeoman.

John T. Myers, the clothier, exchanged his overcoat with that of some one else at the school house Friday evening. The coat he has had n pair of gray gloves in the pocket. The owner of the coat John is now wearing may have same by bringing back the other one, and will confer a favor by doing so. In the recent final examinations held in the township schools of Allen county for graduation from the eighth grade in the the high school, the highest grade of all the children taking the examination was made by Bertha Mabelle Campbell, of Monroeville. She passed with a percentage of 96.1. As this percentage is considerably higher than that attained by her nearest competitors, she is being heartily cdbgratul|ted by her friends.

Tony Hackman was a business visitor at Fort Wayne yesterday. J. H. Koenig of St. Marys was a business visitor In Decatur today. Leon Crawford of Fort Wayne spent Sunday in the city with relatives. Misses Zoa Miller and Elsie Faye of Fort Wayne are the guests of Miss Madge Hite. Mrs. Ed Coffee left Sunday for Chicago to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brown. | Miss Flossie Erhart of Willshire, 0., returned to her work at Fort Wayne after a visit at her home. George Sheler returned to Grand Rapids after spending the week-end with his parents in this city. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Haltzell spent ■ Sunday at Fort Wayne as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Leikauf. I Mrs. Joel Roe of Pleasant Mills went to Fort Wayne to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Winans. Mrs. C. E. Bell and son, William | are visiting at the home of W. T. j Howard in LaFountain for several days. John Price, one of the heaviest landowners of Clinton county, was 'here today looking after his real estate affairs. W’orkmen have completed the installation <sf the new pipe line running from Monroe street to the G. 3. & I. depot. Fred King of this office is still confined to his bed at the home of his grandmother, suffering with a severe case of the mumps. i John Schuh, who has been at Plyi mouth, for a few days, looking after business interests, returned to that place this afternoon. i The Misses Pearl Templar and May I i Frisinger returned to Fort Wayne to- . day noon after a visit over Sunday . with the Oliver Sheets family at i Wren. , Leon Crawford and Leon Radamaker returned last evening to their stud- • les at the Fort Wayne business col- , lege after spending the week end , with their parents. The chairs and window fixtures in s the Elzy & Hackman shoe store are s receiving a new spring coat of var--1 nisb, adding much to the looks of the . interior of the building. t Mrs. Florence Bradbury re'-irned » yesterday to Springfield, Ohio, after a r visit with her sister, Mrs. Andrew t Welfley. She is a nurse in the I. O. O. F. Home at that place. The bans of matrimony between r Miss Kathryn Kriegel of Celina, Ohio, i and Charles Lose of this city were - published Sunday for the first time at the St. Mary’s Catholic church. i Miss Lilian Garard, superintendent p of the local hospital, returned home a from Fort Wayne where she spent a couple of days attending the state 5 nurses convention. —Portland Sun.

Jesse Niblick will return this evening from Dayton, Ohio, where he spent Sunday visiting with friends and viewing the ruins of the recent flood, from which that city suffered so much. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith and children, Pascaline, Marquette and Virgene, of Fort Wayne visited here over Sunday with his mother, Mrs .Veronica Smith. Marquette remained for a week’s visit. Claude Caton of Lagrange was here Sunday evening to call on his wife at the home of her father, James Steele, In Kirkland township. Mrs. Caton, who has been there two weeks, is quite ill with pleurisy. She remains about the same. A mother cat in Logansport was recently discovered which had adopted several young rats and is keeping them in the nest with her own young. Perhaps the feline has been touched by the universal brotherhood cast over the city by the recent flood. Miss Huldah Bauer returned to her school teaching at St. Johns. Miss Bauer is now assisting at the Lutheran parochial school which will have a term of two or three months' longer. She spent Sunday at the home of her uncle, Herman Sellemeyer and family. The local Knights of Columbus are working hard to sign up the young men to take the initiation in a few weeks. They have already secured quite a large number of applicants and without doubt they will get hold of a few more, If they keep on working. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Gandy, who just returned last Friday from a three weeks’ trip through Florida, and who have been visiting with Mis. Gandy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Niblick, left yesterday for Churubusco, where they will make their home for the summer. Miss Josephine Lang is clerking at the Steele & Weaver store in the absence of Miss Eula McKinney who is off duty on account of the illness of her mother, Mrs. W. W. C. McKinney, who is suffering from a closed tear duct, which produces an aggravated condition of the eye.

GENEVA WINS. — ' In the Petroleum-Geneva competitive contests the winning was divided, but the Geneva high school won the majority of the total number of events, and scored twelve points to Petroleum’s nine points, out of a total of twenty-one points possible. Geneva was awarded the large athletic pennant made from red and white felt, while each individual winner in the various events was awarded a blue and white pennant. The program of the day consisted of a track and field meet in the afternoon, followed by a ball game, and a musical and literary contest in the evening. With the exception of the 220-yard dash and the 440-yard dash, Geneva took first place in the track and field events. The events were: Running broad jump, standing broad jump, high Jump, pole vault, shot put, 100-yard ‘dash, 220-yard dash, and 440-yard dash. The finish of the runs was as follows: ' 100-yard dash, Briggs, Geneva, first; 'Roy Hedge, Petroleum, second; Howard Nutter, Petroleum, third; 220-yard dash, Roy Hedge, Petroleum, first; Brayton Pyle, Geneva, second; Harold Wegmiller, Geneva, third; 440-yard dash, Hedge, Petroleum, first; Arthur Zehr, Geneva, second; French, Petroluem, third.

The ball game ended in a victory for Geneva, the score being 7 to 6. The game was close and exciting throughout and there was doubt as to the winner up to the last inning. Petroleum won six out of the ten numbers on the evening program. The first number consisted of a piano solo, Miss Louisa Mattax of Geneva being the successful one. Miss Lucile Baker of Petroleum won the first reading and Miss Fleming French of the same school won the second read•ing. The debate: Resolved,, That the I American Colonies Were Justified In Revolting from England,” was won by Geneva, who took the affirmative and were represented by James Glendening and Harold Wegmiller. The girls’ chorus of Petroleum, under the direction of Miss Hermina Ashbaucber of Bluffton, rendered a musical number most skillfully, winning over the Geneva chorus. The Geneva mixed quartet was declared the winner and a pi- ■ ano trio rendered by the same school ■ was also declared by the judges to be i superior to their opponents. Miss Gertrude Elston, of Petroleum, in a vocal [ solo, and Roy Hettaes, in an oration, also were inners. Albert Sellemeyer of this city. Miss Hermina Weicking of Bluffton and M. M. Dunbar of Linn Grove were among ( the judges of the evening contests. There was a large attendance at each session.

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