Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1914 — Page 4

NOTICE FOR COAL BIDS. Notice Is hereby Riven that the Board of Commissioners of Adams County, State of Indiana, will receive sealed bids for the furnishing of coal for the several county' buildings tor the year 1914-1915, on Tuesday. May 5, 1914, mid upto 10 o’clock a. m. of said day, as follows: Estimated--3 cars of Howard White ‘ Ash Virginia Coal, delivered in the cellar at the Court House, in the city of Decatur Estimated —3 cars of Campbell Creek Virginia Splint Coal, deliver'd in the cellar at the Court House in the city of Decatur. Indiana. Estimated —4 cars of Campbell Virginia Splint Coal for county in firmary prices F. O. 8.. Decatur, Indiana. Estimated—lo tons of Chestnut Anthracite coal, prices at Decatur, Indiana. Estimated—l car of Smokeless Pocahontus egg or lump coal, delivered in cellar at county jail, Decatur, Indiana. Estimated —10 tons of Jackson Hill nut coal delivered in cellar at county jail, Decatur, Indiana. Estimated—lo tons of Chestnut Anthracite coal, delivered in cellar at I county jail. Decatur. Indiana. Estimated—lo tons of Chestnut An- . thracite coal, delivered at office of I County Surveyor, Decatur, Indiana. | The Board reserves the right to reject any and or all bids. All bids must be accompanied with j a good sufficient bond the necessary affidavit as required by law. All coal will be subject to the approval of the custodian of the county building or office where the same is to be used, and shall be delivered up- I on order from such person and only | in such amounts as may vary with . tlie needs of the county. ] Payments for same to be made only j upon the filing of claims as required . bv law. to which claims the original J hill of lading must be attache<r Said q claims to be paid out of monies ap j propria ted for that purpose or avail- I able therefor. ' CHRISTIAN EICHER. = WILLIAM REPPERT. DAVID J. DILLING. j Board of Commissioners, j Attest—T. IL BALTZELL. Auditor. ■ NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS. | ]n the matter of Jefferson street side- | walk. a Notice is hereby given that the com g mon council in and for the aity of | Decatur. Indiana, did on the 7$ day . cf April, adopt a preliminary reeolu- i tion ordering the construction of the I following improvement, towit: ■ Construction of a cement sidewalk 8 five feet wide on the north side of Jeff- | erson street from the Grand Rapids & j Indiana railroad east to the south east . corner of inlot numl<er 599 as per I plans and specifications on file in the | office of the city clerk. [ Notice is also given that the said 1 common council will on the sth day : of May. 1914. at seven o'clock p. >n. I at their council room in said city hear I all persons interested or whose prop- ■ erty is liable to be assessed in the I proposed improvemeat and will then g decide whether the benefits to the j property liable to be assessed will be J equal to the estimated costs thereof. | Witness my hand and seal this 9th j day o( April. 1914. J H. M. DEVOSS. J 10-17 City Clerk. I ■ oWANTED Garden Plowing to do. J Terms reasonable. Phone 540. 3tBB I WANTED—Women to do family wasn- | ing. inquire at the Yager residence, | South Second street. 3t87 1 WHAT A BOY DID < In the year of I*l6 there was £ » born in a country town of poor ? I parents, a baby, who was destin- r ed to become one of the world's > wealthiest men. j Almost from the time he could work he did work. Until he was J 16 years of age he worked as a j, farm hand. Then he got a job as ■ an errand boy in a country grocery. By hie sober habits.his In- S dustry, thrift and saving he sue- 5. ceeded in buying an interest in tne * store when he was 21 years of ago. Buy the time he was 23 ho had saved enough to purchase an internet In a wholesale store. Later on ho moved to New York City and bought a aeat on the Now York Stock Exchange, with the money he had saved. He gradually accumulated a fortune which at hie death, in 1906, waa eatimat•t Moxnoxxn. | Hie name was Russell Sage. There ie not a boy or girl who reads this, who cannot become wealthy by the practice of habita of thrift and saving. j The boy or girl who in early * life squanders ths penmee, in tatl or years, will not hsve the dollars. Why not today open a Savings Account at the First National Dank. It earns you 3 per cent, end we compound It for you twice s - year. FIRST NATIONAL BANK A Safe Ptacb for Savings Decatur, Indiana. QBHHHHHB3EBH9HO9 1

--i . . — -— -— -— —“ : ‘ f itucuanypiisi ifi~~ ~ ‘ mi N — ' . - __LS— ' W 1! be ' I S II » More Automobile Owners II | Read The Chicago Daily News than Any | I Other Chicago Newspaper y i Poll of Every Owner of an Automobile in Chicago (Both Pleasure I Car and Truck) Indicates That Over 86 per ct Read The Da y | Issi1 ffi It is generally conceded that people who can buy votes” among automobile! owner s both # price thing they desire. The newspaper, rheretae, ’ that can demonstrate that its circulation includes a large te * ts m 'Ch g nf i us ; ve because they have I | percentage of the automobile owners of its city has a j| automobile owners of the city. To | | proved the high “purchasing power" of its circulation. secure a comp iete and authoritative poll of the news- || “The Automobile Test” is so generally recognized, by paper “habit” of the city’s automobile owners lhe | ¥ both publishers and automobile manufacturers, as con- Daily News has addressed the following communica- - hfi elusive evidence of the advertising value of a news- tion and return form card to the owner °f “ ce n" •j; paper circulation for articles of high cost that “straw sed automobile in the city of Chicago, 19,350 in al. S 1 Dear Sir: July 29. 1913. CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE POLL CARD | 1 i The Daily News has undertaken to take a poll of the newspaper prefer- CHICAGO. AUGUST, • Sences o.' tha automobile owners of Chicago, for the information of the au- THE DAILY NEWS: V I tomobiie manufacturers and dealers.. I am jn the hablt 0 , reading the daily newspapers I have checked m the 1 ! The newspaper has become—as an agent of business publicity—the well- following list; K ] j J nigh universal salesman; and it is amatter of very practical interest to . J| . J the Chicago automobile dealer to know the relative advertising efficiency (Put Check PlipCfS - *- EVCIMOJ I SPITS j of the eight Chicago daily newspaper. The Daily News invites your cour- | ____ (£ i a teous cooperation to thie end. and asks you to put your check mark (X) op- DAILY NEWS 5s posite the names of the Chicago daily newspapers you usually read, as list- THE TRIBUNE. - £ * ed on the accompanying form card. m j If you are interested in the result of this poll wc w.ll be very pleased to reCORD-HERALD. THE EVENING POST. ffl I f 1 mail back to you, upon receipt of your card, the result of the tabulation of IK | • | all the cards received. —i | 2 Kindly check and sign the poll card and return in the accompanying ad- THE EXAMINER. E DAiL uOUR AL. I | 1 dreseed envelope TODAY. I I - r With tha iks for your co operation. THE INTER OCEAN. THE EVENING AMERICAN. I I S Very truly your., I—J * | I THE DAILY NEWS. My Address ib — The replies to this letter numbered 6,633. Marked and signed poll cards to this number | , have been returned to the Daily News. They show that the distribution of Chicago newspapers r among these 6,633 owners is as follows: Readers Per cent of all 1 cards returned | | THE DAILY NEWS - 5,727 86.34 »I TRIBUNE - - - 4,587 69.15 * i RECORD-HERALD- - 2,034 30.66 I I POST .... 1,129 17.02 | ’ S AMERICAN - - - 1,022 15.41 f I EXAMINER --- 917 13.82 | S ‘ JOURNAL --- 898 13.54 g I • INTER OCEAN - - 420 6.33 | ® This “Automobile Test”--the supreme test of the purchasing power of a newspaper circula- x ? tion—again establishes, beyond question, that The Daily News is Chicago’s best advertising me- I $ dium. The Daily News has from two to twenty-one times the city circulation of any other Chi- * g cago Newspaper-daily or Sunday. The Post Office Review says, “Nearly everybody who reads f | the English language in, around or about Chicago reads The Daily News.’’ | ? TTHe Chicago Daily News ■ Ki America’s Greatest Advertising Medium. £ * I * I I I — • . - — — 1 " — " " - - --I —■

HORSE SEASON. 1014. Ebon*. Belgian, No. 47014. Amari- I No. MM. Ebene to a beautiful I bay iielglan. weigh* 2440 pound*. 1 TUia great horse was imported Au i aunt 21. 1908. He Is sired by Major d' unkerxeuae. 10X54. he by L'Aigie. 3754. out ot Jounencele. 4075. His darn h Delta. 20539. she by Annlbal, 2450. out ot Dame, 504. Call and In apuel Homs two boraca and then use your own Judgment. They will hi and inspection. In tact they are above Itlie ordinary. Ebene took first in class a weeps lakes on get at Van Wert ( cuuuly lair la l»10.

Neroo. Pcrcheron. American No., 57210. Naron is an elegant black Percheron Norman with white star in forehead, 7 years old and weighs 2100 pounds. He Is sired by Casai-1 mer. 44206. by Cyw. 35660. by lion tour. 10500, by Picador 111. 5078. by Header 1254, by Picador, belonging to the Franca guven..nent. by Favori, belonging to M. Dupont. Illa dam Is Parlette. 45603. by Orestr. 30646. by Fhiiabcrt. 760. by Superior. 730. by Fan*i. 1. lit. by Vieu Clmalia, 713. by Coco. 7127, by Mignon. 716, by Jean Ixi lilanc, 730. and going back to fourth darn. Esperance. belonging to M. Crvliau. Naron took first U

I class and sweepstakes over everything at the Van Wort county fair In 1810-11. also in Great Northern Indi ana fair. Decatur. 1811. Theae hoists will makn the season vers and will fill the expectation of all who desire to breed their mares to the cream of the land. They stand 1814 hands high, have good backs, joints, extm strong over tlus kidneys, and their foot and legs are clean and of good shape. They aro woll btNM* .and are ot the best stock and of the I best families of Europe. These luiruos are oxtraordinary tno»f 1311 — Mondays and ' iuc»da>» at Imtue vi keeper, 3 tulle*

north and 1 mllo west ot Wren, Ohio.,' Wednesday and Thursdays at Conrad F. Hermann's on the old 'Squire Ger j I tuann farm one mile west of Uic Hoff I man saw mill and Fridays and Saturdays at Wron. | Terms—ll 6.44 to insure cult U> t | stand and suck, t aro will be taken to I prevent accidents, but will not ben sponsible should any occur. Persons I Itartlug with mares forfeit insurance FARMERS' HORNE COMPANY , W. W. Htewart. keeper, Wren. O. <7ll2 1 ; MlNT—Motor Cycle number plate and I tear light. Reward for return of arU<l ' os. Leare at this office. 8713. d

TO RENT— One trout ana two middle office rooms; uno uufuralabtd housekeeping room.—J. H. Bum*. 41| FARM FOR BALE Utt RENT—Blity acres, near Washington church. For particulars address G. L. liobUyg, Will shire. Ohio. LOST A laulies Gold Bracelet with • Waved Initials of -R. |. M " on the inside. Finder pleas* |cav fl a t the WiUkma und Hou*. tirocery or tail phone 441. MEN-Our illuhtraiM taUhgue eg plains bow n toacn the barber trade in few weeks, mailed free. WrUa Moler College, indkuepolbi. lud. _ 3(g

j GARDEN FOR RENT - ground, centrally located, will «• (or cash or on share*. Inquire Mrs. Victoria Hill Mercer are- * Miss Mary Winans, ot tbe •- ul “' r ’ i hospital'* nu,Mo* training <!*»<*• Easter at her horn* here. WANTED—GirI or woman ' i housework tor email family- ' quire of E. Woods, ’phon- 256. WANTED Persons owvr tw*' 1 ”' |tr. p«r week guaranteed. ApP' 322 Madison st. **< ' WANTED—GirI tor general »• work, inquire at this 0 y lf FOR SALE— tomple*" *** , ?u I nqtfit for motorcycle, bo» e • •