Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1913 — Page 5

I Some Os The Best People I I --in this town arc taking advantage of the ® I b>? pnee reductions on our oxfords.. Don’t I I a J S t ? e f aUße we are “Hing them "o ■ cheap that they are not good enough for & ■ you, they are our best lines, Ralstow Bea 3 I cons, Reeds and Sullivans. No better’ goods 3 I made in their grades. We still have a nret- ■ | ty good selection of sizes from 3to « K.l $ I >es at Jl.® and $2.45. In mens w haveni I I all sizes of any one kind but al] sizes in the I I lot and we will make the price interesting if iO ■ we can fit you in the shoe you want. Better “ ■ come. ■ I Charlie Voglewede I

WEATHER FORECAST | Bocal showers tonight or Fi id..y. Hept lair extreme southeast portion: Her tonight, northeast portion lists Anna Yager went to Fort vne this morning. * dgar Bleeke left this morning lor t Wayne to visit lbs Frances Snell went to Fort vne this morning. bomas Elzey left this morning for t Wayne, thence to Chicago for a *• Patterson left this morning Rome City, where he will spend a weeks at his cottage. he Civic League will hear tiie Rev. bar of Geneva at the court house evening. Ail members' of the W '. U. are invited to attend also, uncle woman on her vacation, :es Husband loat around the Mun police station each night after his s work, the police sending her a irt of his actions each day. The ■ -es not state who Wid ”• ■-Bluffton Banner.

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To Which A Large Number Os Families -. TURN AT MEAL TIME, | For Their Eatables. Do Likewise! Com flakes 2 for . . 25c Post tavern .... 10c Maple flakes ... 10c Shreaded wheat 2at 25c Puned wheat . . . 10c Pan cake flour ... 10c Puffed rice .... 15c Buck-wheat flour . 10c Post tosties .... 15c Celery 2 for ... . 5c Cream of wheat . . 15c Cucumbers 2 for . . 5c Wheatena 15c Fresh fruits. Our Dairy Butter Will Please You. We pay cash or trade for produce. Eggs 14c Butter 16 to 25c SBMamsf -,srr---— =r — Jfc.-— Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108 I «. • ISgSI

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—- - g| Lee Reed returned from Portland Hl tills morning. | F. 8. Armantrout of Geneva was H here today on business. Mrs. Sarah Ball of Magley was a . shopper here yesterday. E. Fritzinger made a business trip _ to Fort Wayne this morning. t I lie Misses Nell Brown and Maymo Tceple. music students, went to F’ort i Wayne this morning. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ritter returned I t< Fort Wayne after a visit with her unde, George Teeple and wife. T i Members of the Chautauqua coma pany left this morning for different I places and cities where the Redpatii u company is conducting their chautau- ’ ! fluas. I Mrs. Mary Myers Wilson and daughter, Mary .lane, of Cleveland, who ~ have been visiting in the city with • Mrs. Wilsons parents, Mr. and Mrs. H .1. Myers, lelt this morning for ! | their home. i-j Rev G. 11. Myers of Bloomington, - Hr, and financial agent for Wesleyan a university, who has been visiting in '■ the city the past week with his parse ents, 'Rev. and Mrs W. .1. Myers, left this morning for Bloomington. f T Til mil Util 1

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Raymond Gass has gone to Culver foi a week’s visit. Mrs. George Mount went to Fort Wayne this morning, Miss Agnes Siebold of Bluffton has arrived to visit with Mill Naomi Gass. Bernardo Weiamantle arrived from IHwood to visit with his uncle Frank Gass and family. Mrs. Q’harles Lose has gone to Celina, Ohio, to visit with her parents, Mr- and Mrs. Kriegal. David Hensley returned to Rome t ity yesterday afternoon, after a few days visit with his father. Miss Effie Patton will leave tomorrow for Springfield, Ohio, where she visit with Mrs. Lilly Toepie DoMiss Etta Brandyberry will accompany the Harve Shroll family to Terre Haute for a two weeks visit. They expect to leave Sunday in the Shroll automobile. Mrs. Elijah Mann went to Rome City last evening for a few days visit at the lake. Mr. Mann is superintending the building of the new Porter cottage 1 at that place Petre Kirsch, who fell from a cherry tree several weeks ago. breaking a leg, was able to be down street this morning. He is on crutches but can get around fairly well. Rev. pi m. Dunbar and daughter, \ irginia, who visited at Anderson, with liis mother, were in the city on Tuesday afternoon enroute to their home in Geneva—Portland Sun. The civic league will hold a meeting at the court house this evening, an address to be delivered by Rev. Dunbar of Geneva it will be an interesting meeting and the public is invited to attend. it s most too hot to think about buying your supply of coal but you should be informed that jpach mouth brings an advance in the price of that commodity and if you wait until you need .t the price will be so high you can't buy it perhaps. William .1. Bryan, secretary of state, will deliver his famous lecture, “The Making of a Man,’’ at 3 o’clock next Sunday afternoon at Winona Lake. It is needless to say that he will be the star attraction of the season at that great Chautauqua resort. The work of excavating on Fifth street and the laying of the gas pipes by the Indiana Lighting company has been delayed a few days on account of the heavy rains which we have had the past week. Work will be begun again as soon as the ground dries off a little. The barn of V. L. .Stanley, one and : one-half miles east of Geneva, was struck by lightning during the storm of Monday night aud wag totally deI strayed. About twenty tons of hay were burned besides a quantity of torn. The loss will lie about 11.3(H) ' with no insurance. The Elzey- & Hackman shoe store is , undergoing a number of modern Improvements, among them being the re- ! papering of the store and installation . of a few new rugs and electric lights i When all the improvements have been completed that the firm intends to i make it will be one' of the best look- ! ing business houses in the city. The Chris Johnson horse, driven by Mrs. Johnson and a woman friend, i slipped and fell while crossing the G I R. & 1. railroad on Adams street yes- , terday afternoon late- As a pussen- | ger train was soon due, help was sum- | moned to drag the t>oor beast from the | track. In doing so it was discovered | that one of the front legs was broken j at the shoulder and it was necessary I to shoot the animal. Cards have been received announci ing that "Laddie’' the new story by | Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, of Geneva, I will be published on August 17th. The i book is illustrated in colors and will sell for |1.36, with twelve cents for I postage- Persons desiring the early I editions should send their order to .1. | Long & Co., at Geneva and they will receive them about the date of publication. A linotype salesman in the city last evening made the statement that It was a known fact among men in his line of business, that .la. I. Bremerkamp, an old Duatur boy. Is the best two handed linotype operator in the I tilted States, having broken all records for speed on various occasions. It may be news to many of our read ers. to know that twenty years ago, his father, Joe Bleinerkunip, was epntidered the fastest band compositor iu the middle west. King piano factory, was shut down today on account of the rain lust evening. Water backed up in the boiler room aud prevented the fire-' men aud engineers form working, j This shut down of the power kept the factory from running. Men are v orking toda> trying to drain the ' engine room, and the ' factory will, probably be running tomorrow The firemen were working In hip boots ; this morning, but the water was too high and ran into the boilers, putting' cut the Hres.—Bluffton Bunner, 1

I . SB Miss Agnes Costello is visiting with friends in Bluffton Dr. D. D. Clark Was at Vera Cruz today on professional business. i Charles Krueckeberg of Schumm, Ohio, was here today on business. Will Hammell mid Milton Yager were visitors in Fort Wayne last evening. Mrs. Hugh Hite went to Ft Wayne this afternoon to spend the evening with friends. Mrs. Charles Burr of Monmouth made a flying trip to this eity this afternoon Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Huffman of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived last evening to visit for a week or so with relatives and friends, Tho annual mid-summer sale is in progress at the Niblick & Co. store aud many are taking advantage of the bargains offered there. Mr. and Mrs. J. W Baker of Bellefontaine, Ohio, wjto have been visiting in the city with their sou, Olen Baker, left yesterday for their home. The Wallace shows are scheduled for a trip through Indiana next mouth and there is a rumor that it may land in this locality. Harold Battling, who has been visiting with his grandmother. Mrs. ICIla Redding, returned to his home in Fort Wayne this afternoon. Cut tho weeds and keep the ba< k yards clean- The season is coining when a little watching will be worth lots to you- It may save a long sick spell and a big doctor bill. Os course it’s hot, but we can stand this since It means bigger craps and good,-\mes when the harvest days come. The recent rains have been sufficient to assure a big crop of corn and beets and the other products of this section. Therefore a little heat just now is not so bad. Mrs. Reason Mumma went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on her daughter-in-law, Mrs. L. F. Mumma at the Lutheran hospital. Mrs. Mumma is recovering nicely and will be able to conn- home Sunday or Monday it is thought- Mrs. George Steele accompanied Mrs. Reisen Mumma to Ft. Wayne todayMrs. E X. Ehinger, son. Elmo; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ehinger and daughter, Margaret, returned yesterday from St. Louis, Mo., where they visited with their son and brother. Father Vncent- Mrs. Will Berllng and son, William, of Bluffton, also went to St. Louis to visit her brother. Father Vincent will be transferred to a seminary at St. Paul. Kansas. Wednesday about 1 o'clock while a lady by the name of Mrs. Johnson and her aunt were riding home in a single-seated buggy, and were just crossing the G. R. & I. tracks on Adams street, the horse which they weie driving caught one of its legs between the rails, breaking the animal'*-: hip. It was necessary later to kill lhe horse. Rev. Houser of the board of publication of the Sunday school of the German Reformed church at Philadelphia. Fa, left this morning for Ids home after visiting in the city with Rev- Dessert and friends. The popular moving picture film, ’ What Happened to Mary," will be shown at the Crystal theater this evening. This makes the ninth Edison reel that Mr. Parent has been able to secure for his many patrons who are always pleased when they can see one of the "Mary" films. The boy scouts have had a great week under the scout mqpter of the Redpath Chautauqua and it is to be hoped they keep up the organization Clark Spahr has been elected captain and will give liis best endeavors to make the boys' organization a sue cess. All over the country these scout bauds have done much to teach the boys to l>e gentlemen, as well as to teach them the things every boy wants to know, woodcraft, swim-1 ming, how to live out of doors and many other tilings of interest. Isaac Hahn, deputy fire marshal.' was in Bluffton today taking photo- j graphs of dilapidated buildings in the business district which would endau-| ger other property in case of Are. Pictures of tlie building on South Johnson street occupied by tile 8- EHeller livery burn, the old Green front row of buildings across from the Bliss hotel on South Main street and the row of frame buildings ou the south side of East Market street, east of the Williamson hardware store. Mr , Hahn talked with Fire Chief Arthur Hurd aud told him tb« Pictures would be turned over to State Flic Marshal Longluy for action. It Is possible that some of the buildings' maj be condemned, as tiny arc known to be fire traps and would i prove dangerous should fire break out. —Bluffton News. In an interview l.wlth Captain Dpfllugeiy of the local tire department he stated that Mr ! Hahn would likely put in his apia-a • .nice in thU city in the very upai future, and that Im would find liis luiudt full. 1 -- I

J THE BANK PAYS YOU 4% I I WE ALLOW YOU 2MO 50% I | ON YOUR MONEY | | Our Semi-Annual Sale is an event-like the $ g Holidays-the date comes in red figures on our HR S business calander. w 8y... S g We believe in selling each seasons goods in the g g season for which they were intended. We g believe in starting each season with nothing yfi but new goods—hence our reason for the folg lowing reductions on summer goods. g | 50 Fancy Mens and Boys Suits One Half Off s " "Ti * vg 100 Fancy Mens and Yount* Mens Suits One Fourth Off | UE g 75 Fancy Boys Suits One Fourth Off ■■l IF" S Straw Hats and Summer Caps V 3 and J 4 Off g SI.OO Underwear 90c 50c Underwear 45c g g One lot of Roys Knee Pants 25c £ 75c Negligee Shirts, French cuff soft det. collar 50c » g $1.50 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ suo ■ ♦♦ I Sale Starts 6:30 July 16th. Rain or Shine ! | s | VANCE & HITE I

Brick Building For • > SALE i I on 2nd st. fine Location . Always Rented i ! CALL ON Dan M. Niblick | DR. L MEYER VETERINARIAN Office at Residence Phone 39 Hoagland, Ind. , FOR SALE - Roll top desk and book case. Large storage case with shelves and doors. Hard coal stove. All cheap. D. 11. Erwin. 16015 Don’t Upset It. You can keep your kitchen cool and in order during the warm summer months by economizing on your time and taking things easy by buying your bakestuffs at this store. It is economy also on your expenses as well as better satisfaction for the’ family when you provide delicious bread, rolls, cakes' (lies’ from our high quality bake stulls at Martin’s. Jacob Martin A A

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