Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1914 — Page 3

; yA NCO WS , One of Fashions Favorites this i Spring is the TAN GO P UMP | See the nifty ones we are showing at I $3.00 CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE. I THE SHOE SELLER

WEATHER FORECAST | Partly cloudy today. Thursday fair aud warmer. “Mon" Blossom is hero circulating among old friends. Prof. Withaus. the Berne musician, was a business visitor here yesterday. Miss Frances Gaffer went to Fort Wayne yesterday morning for a visit with relatives and friends. Fred Bient:: and Edgar Reinking returned yesterday to their work at Napoleon, Ohio, after a visit here. Mrs. Margaret Brokaw of Root township Is visiting in the city with her mother. Mrs. Belle Phillips Harmon. If you fail to get your Democrat in * the evening call Us up and we will see that it is delivered to you hereafter. Mrs. I). D. Heller arrived home last evening from a several days visit with her daughter. Miss Bertha at Indianapolis. A number of Scottish Rite Masons this city are attending the ses•ton at Fort Wayne this week. C. E. Bel! is one of the candidates. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dent return- d a visit here since Saturday witli her garefiU. Mr. and Mrs. C. U. Dorwin. Mrs Dent was formerly Miss Gyp Dor win. !t The Decatur Horse Sale will hold on< of their semi-monthly horse sales on Friday of this week and their Itarns on First street are already lull of extra fine stock which w ill undoubtedly bring fancy prices.

The Home Os Quality Groceries Chicken Chowder makes ’em lay sk 25c Chick feed and scratch feed sk 25c Crushed oyster shells by lb or sack Pure buck wheat flour sk 50c Early seed potatoes pure stock pk 35c Any kind of garden and flower seeds you want Everything in the package for a cake Ka-Ko pkg 15c We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 15c Butter 13c to 25c HOWER & HOWER North of G. R. & I. Depot Phone 108 —i— i~r -mi ht~ . .; ■ m — ■ — ■■■ ■ ,m l? - - I;B H F M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN President Secretory Trewi ■ ‘ I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. | fe REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, ? I g ABSTRACTS, r M The Schirmever Abst-act Company complete Ab- I g Btric* Records, Twenty years Experience 3 '! farms, City iTuperty, 6 per eeai ■ money g

? J. \V. Tyndall has returned from a ’ business visit at Van Wert, Ohio. | > Joe Knape is able to walk down | ; town again after his severe Illness. Russell Pomeroy of Wren, Ohio. ■ changed ears here enroute to Fort Wayne. John A Mumma of Union township, who has been ill of the grip, has recovered sufficiently to be able to come , to town today. Martha the ti year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Carpenter who was ill with pneumonia is reported as being better today. Mrs. Richard Phillips of Fort Wayne returned to her home today after visiting in the city with her mother. Mrs. Belle Phillips Harmon. . Mrs. Myrtle Wise was the hostess at Easter Sunday dinner given In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Elzey of Berne, I her mother and two brothers, Roy and will. Mr. and Mrs. .Anthony Wertzberger have returned from Fort Wayne, where ! they attended the funeral of their grandchild, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jared Heed. The front of the Lyric theatre is being redecorated and the name “Lyric" has been artistically painted on the sides at both entrances. The work I is be ing done by “Corbs." U. Radamacker has returned from * Chicago and reports that he lias not ■ yet placed a contract for the fixtures for the new pool room he has talked of opening in the Niblick block. I Miss Mary Bolinke. a student in the ■ Decatur schools, who was injured . iilsiut the arm when she was thrown out of a buggy with County Recorder and Mrs. Welfley, Bunday evening, returned home to recuperate.

Mrs. Oscar Hoffman visited in Fort Wayne yesterday. Mrs. C. H. Colter was a Fort Wayne visitor yesterday. Joe Beery made a business visit to Fort Wayne yesterday. Father Selmetz went to Fort Wayne yesterday to spend the day. Lee and Lew Yager left yesterday morning on a short business trip. Miss Leota Bailey a teacher at Linn Grove was a business visitor here yesterday. Miss Irene Gerard of Toledo, Ohio, spent Easter here with iter parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gerard. Harry Harlan of the Lesli paper company of Indianapolis, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. The Misses Catherine and Lucy Straubinger of Willshire changed cars here enroute to Fort Wayne. Mr Kalil arrived from Brent Creek, Mich., to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Hannah Berkley yesterday. A high school at Rupert, Idaho, is said to be the first large building in the world heated entirely electricity. Tlie fourth international congress of societies of Inventors and industrial artists will be held at Lyon, France in August. For motorcyclists there has been invented a celluloid glazed wind shield that can lie damped to the handlebars of a machine. Seven planes, arranged in semi-cir-cle, feature a new French aeroplane which it’s inventor claims to be perfectly stable. To lighten the labor of cleaning horses there lias been invented a pneumatic currycomb which pumps away lite loosened dust. Misses Ethel Erwin and Matilda Berling returned yesterday to the Sacred Heart Academy at Fort Wayne after an Easter visit here Mrs Rae Krauss returned to the Indiana Woman s prison at Indianapolis after a parole of two weeks which she spent with her father at Pennville The Misses Gladys and Bernetus Tanvas returned yesterday to St. Aug ustine's Academk at Fort Wayne after an Easter visit here witli their father. Miss Marcella Kuebler aud her guest Miss Mary Marks of New York City returned to Fort Wayne to resume their studies at the Sacred Heart Academy. Work lias begun on the excavation for the basement of the new house to be built by City Treasurer Joe McFarland, at tlie corner of Monroe and Ninth street. Mrs. Owen Doubt returned yesterday to her home at Pleasant Site 1 was accompanied to Fort Wayne by I her mother. Mrs. Henry Worthman of Magley with whom she visited. i A fashion sketch in the Indianapolis I Star relative to the Easter parade winds up by saying of tlie men: "Many ' of the men carried walking sticks and a few dared to appear in straw hats.” A r . V. Powers of Fort Wayne arrived yesterday for a visit with Ills sister. ' Mrs. Andrew Welfley who was Injured I Sunday evening when she was thrown | from a buggy and had two ribs fractured. Miss Sarah Josephine Krick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krick, of Decatur. Ind., has completed iter eburse in nursing at Hope hospital, but will remain at tlie hospital for some time is surgical nurse.—FL Wayne Journal Gazette. A fir<| started in th' livery stable under Melodeou liall. yisterday. an' it looked tor awhile like th' historic ole playhouse wuz doomed, but Constable Newt Plum finally found his helmet an' put It out. You kin make an enemy o' most anybuddy by askin' 'em if they're been sick. —Abe Martin. Funeral services for Mildred Gertrude Reed, aged five month*, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jared Reed of 191 f Wells street. Fort Wayne, were held Munday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from tlie residence and at 2 o'clock from tin- Precious Blood Catholic * church. Death occurred Saturday morn- ' Ing at 8:30 o'clock of spinal trouble. The mother was formerly Miss Ixniise Wertstberger. Tlie father is engaged In tlie coal mid feed business. One baby brother. Ralph William Reed remain After God had finished the rattlesnake, tlie toad and the vampire, he had some substance left from which Ito made a knocker. A knocker l» n two-legged animal witli a corkscrew soul, a wuter-sogged brain and a combination beokboue made <>f jelly and glue. Where other people have their hearts, he carriers a tumor of rotten principles. When the knocker,, conies down the street honest men turn their backs; and! angels In heaven Weep tears, and the devil shuts Hie gates to keep him out. No man haiji a right to knock as tong as there Is a pool of water deep enough to drown liis body or a rope to hang his hmm witli. Judas Iscariot wan u gentleman compared to a knocker for after betraying ills master he had enough clitirai ter left to hang himself and a knocker ha* übt.-e-k.xi halt*.

Mrs. Minnie Lewton and daughter returned from Root township, where , they spent Easter Sunday witli the Amos Lewton family. Albert Acker, assistant superintend-1 ent of the Metropolitan Insurance company of this district, was a busini is visitor in the city today. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Fisher and family spent Easter Sunday as tlie guests ! of Mrs. Fisher's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Dutcher of Root township. Defective electrical wiring as a source of fire in Indiana, caused propcity owners a loss of 8247,503 in eight months’ time, according to statistics gathered by the Indiana state fire marshal. Tlie value of the property jeopardized by fire from this source is es-j timated by the fire marshal as |2,0«2,204. The Southland Sextette which eave a concert in the assembly room of tlie high school building last evening was one of the best entertainments that have been in the city this winter. The concert was given for the benefit of the high school athletic association j and the boys realized a very neat, sum above expenses. Sure they all ■ nt to • ' it. Tlie musical comedy to be given by tlie Knights of Columbus at the Bosse opera house on April 28th and 29th promises to be the hit of tlie season. A splendid cast lias been picked and -i high class entertainment is those who attend. Tlie price of admission is fifty cents. Among the social Easter entertainments was the dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Isiughlin of southeast of the city, for a number of friends. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Will Aday and Miss Alice Kenney of Geneva, and Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. Miss Esther Corbett and Fred Fullenkamp of tills city. Now that Muncie lias been put on the dry list and the Sunday closing law has been enforced, an attempt is being made by the Muncie Ministerial Association which met yesterday, to form “Swear Not Clubs." A sharp I crusade against swearing lias been for I niulatcd and it is planned to have the , younger people of the city handed together in clubs and a special button will be worn by each member. Frank M. Schirmeyer has returned from a six weeks trip through tlie west most of whit h time was spent at North Yakima. Wash., where his I i daughter, Mrs. Godfrey Bell lives. Mr. | Bell holds a splendid position in a , hank in that city and is getting along nicely. Mr. Schirmeyer stopped enroute home at Salt Ijike City and other places. Mrs. Schirmeyer remain- ' ed for an extended visit witli her daughter. A custom since Lima was a crossroads town and had but one grocery has been shelved by the Retail Grocers' & Butchers' Association of that city. For years it has , been ' customary to give a customer a bag of candy or a cigar when the grocery 1 hill was paid. Now tlie organization • has figured that shoe dealers do I not give a new pair when their CUB--1 toners pay. nor does the butcher hand ' out a nice juicy steak when he gets his, so henceforth there will ho no • "take this on the house" compliment ' extended when a Lima grocery bill is | - paid. One of tlie ways of increasing the 1 efficiency of the farm and enlarging its ' productive capacity, which amounts to the name tiling as extending its area, is to put in a good system of underdrains. There are few farina ' that are sufficiently drained for best results. <'rotis must have water in large quantities but they must have it ' when they need it and in just the prop 1 er quantities. Ordinary farm plants die when submerged in water, and try ■ Ing to make them grow in a water , ■ logged soil is tlie sair- Removing the surplus water in mil really I means providing more water for the ' plant It is the water that sdheros to 1 the surface of the soil particles that ' benefits the plant ind any additional • water Is a detriment.—Tlie Farmer's • Guide. It Is doubtless if the "Pled Piper of ' Hamlin Town." of poetry fume drew out so many children a did tlie doll baby bonnets given away Monday aft- • ernoon tit the Gass a Mothers »tor. be- > tween the hours of four and five i o'clock. Divatur Is surely not Itoted in i the “race suicide" town lists. It was r advertised that ISO doll bonnets would i be given to the first 150 little girls between three and seven years of age • who brought their dolls. Long before t the hour the side walk In front of the - store was thronged and promptly at I four o'clock they were given entrum c. i Emli registered her name as she re- < reived a bonnet and In twenty niltiut>« i all were supplied. In twenty minute i there were but fourteen bonnets left i and those were given away before the i hour expired. Doll bn hies, big and lit i tie; brown haired. black, golden hair- - ed. were clasped tn loving arm . and eatli little girl departed with mi air • Os joy uud pride in th/ u<’w inquiretntnt.

■tn ■■ ' ■■■" W—ra,. t COAT WEEK I year more than ever you will X want to see the new Coats, some 5 unusual and extremly charming ideas 11 are introduced; the graceful flare be- || low the waistline in contrast to the X tube-like figure of former seasons, S the many draped effects: the sloping I shoulder; the low arm hole, raglan | and mantle sleeves; these and many x other distinctive touches. New colors and fabrics; brick shades, terra cotta, Egyptian, salmon, mahogany | and russet: the new bronze green; x the Labrador, Holland and Midnight S — z blues in plain and fancy crepes ep- I || ongesand poplins. Reasonable Prices j, f THE BOSTON STORE f i>==iiiii=tiiii=iiiii=mii=iiiii=iiiiii§

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WANTED—FamiIy washing to do. In-1 quire of Rosa Buffenbarger, Grant { r Street. SBt3. ' LOST—Motor Cycle number plate and ’ rear light. Reward for return of articles. Ixtave at this office. 87t3. e LOST —Bunch of eight tickets for ® coming dramatic club play "Under ' the laurels.” Probably lost in this city or on road south of town. Finder || please notify Mrs. John C. Moran. I Phone 391. 84t3 I ■ —-I—i

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Live stock in conjunction with maI nuring crops will aid greatly in ini- ‘ proving tlie soil. Hogs or cattle turnled onto the crops will not only bring in a revenue but will leave much fertility in their manure. Tilts is especially true if tlie stock are fed a grain ration in addition to Hie forage. Here the returns in tlie form of manure would be much greater than tlie fertility removed as pork or beef. —Farmer's -Guide.