Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1914 — Page 3

A TREAT FOR THE FEET who are wearing our H We-ted A_ork Shoes tell us that they are A TREAT FOR THE FEET Made over lasts and shapes just fWy a shoe with welted sewed |W es bend with the foot, uppers ol sott leather that will stand some wet too. | Mens $3.00 and $3.50 CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE. K I THE SHOE SELLER

WEATHER f©RECAST! H JJJpMUKi and colder m, ... Sunday with probable rain. Mrs J. D. St-«.<• oi i, was a shopp* ' in the city ■ > t. r .|, William Seiner of I. ; v , business Visitor in the city >. i r«iu Leo Bbinirer i- hom< irm Fort Wayne to spend th* week end »i; h parents. Chris Stopp, n .nu n . i’i. ,| Was a bubimiss visitor in t iiy > terday. Mias t«cil. Ca» r.’u; ( | ( home at Pleasant .Mills 1. t ev.-nii after aMondm. the high s. I 00l dur ing tha week. Danh i Best form, rly of l’n-1 11 . -.but bow of Pittsburg. Pa., was in th. city yesterday visiting old friends and looking up relatives. Eyrie theatre gave an a num tor .< presents to the children tnl.i,-. nStotinc a weekly gift drstributio.i that will prove very popular. ? The horse sale yesterday attract I e<l the usual number or visitor t<F this city. These sales mean mu.' icr f Decatur and should be encouraged. Henry ■i’to’bu if pushing the Whi’e L Stag today *»d la giving .■>«?tenr> E ((Batch boxes to those who spend h kjfluartvr tor bis goods in any of t' ■ L local stores tlint handle them. ■Pr. J. M. Milh r has th. f an<l doesn't deny it. Instead in aj i "I feel just like I did forty y.ir like playing hooky front work, i ; ■ Rnr.B other* that have the I ing. —

The Home Os Quality Groceries M ,i _ ■ jChickc Chowder makes ’em lay sk 25c Chick feed and scratch feed sk 25c Crushed oyster shells by lb or sack Pure buck wheat floursk 50c '} Early seed potatoes pure stock pk 35c • Any kind of garden ; i f >wer seeds you want Everything in the package fora cake pkg 15c R| We nay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 15c I I Butter 13c to 25c Hower & iiower J (forth of C t .it Depot Phone 108 _ J I— ■■■ I I 3PM SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN |g ■ President 'ecretary Trew. I [■♦THE BOWEISS REALTY CO. I ■ REAL ESTATE. BONDS, LOANS, r ||gF' ABSTRACTS, H i| The Schirmevi-r Al f. T ( ’ ’’•any complete Ab- ! I itract Recon!. , J tuns Experience I jr wlu -< C.ty IT"aery, 5 per text money

I Prank Fisher of Cincinnati was a I business visitor in the city today. I Dr. J. W. Vizzard, of Pleasant Mills. I wa a visitor in the city yesterday. Mi ■ Bernardino Heidiman was as- - ting at the Charlie Voglewede glioe store today during the rush. Mrs. E. B. Adams and her sister. Miss Bes* Failing of Flint, Mich., spent yesterday afternoon in Fort Wayne. Clarence Jones of St. Paul. Minn., is here visiting with his aunts. Mrs. J. W Edwards and Mrs. John Burk aud other relatives. Mrs. and Mrs. Ed Engleing and son. Morris of Fort Wayne returned home aft.-r visiting with Mrs. Engleiug par en.'-. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Zeaser and family. The front of the John Brock store is being repainted in an attractive way. nd will correspond with the interior w iiich lias been recently re-dec-orated. By the u ■ of improved ovens whirl.* collected tlie by products, the coke inf .iveil sl6. 070,000 last year, which would have been wasted by old methods of manufacture. Rube Wilkins closed a three days' engagement here last evening and wnßt to Portland today for a similar . Ute. He lias contracts with many /lair associations in this stale for the summer and will advertise a dozen counties. The Central league will open the ->ea on next Wednesday, the Fort Wayne team playing Grand Rapids, winners of last year’s pennant, on the ‘•Yrt Wayne grounds. If the weather Is good, no doubt a number of fans from here will see the first game.

Chris Myers of Celina, Ohio, was a business visitor here yesterday. Miss Gladys McMillen Is numbered among those on the sick list. Janies Hendricks of Monroe was iu the city yesterday on business. Mrs. M. E. Beam went to Ft. Wayne to attend the millinery opening today. Janies Kenney of Jefferson township was a business visitor here yesterday. George Wemhoff made a business trip to Fort Wayne yesterday morning. Mrs. Henry Sdileferstein of north of tlie city was a shopper here yesterday. H. M. Sartelle, cashier of the bank of Geneva was here yesterday on business. Ben Zener returned to Fort Wayne yesterday after a visit with the Peter Zeser family. Mesdames H. E. Butler, D. F. Leonard and Minnie Lewton were Fort Wayne visitors. Mrs. Joseph Bowen and daughter. Lois, of Willshire. Ohio, changed cars here enroute to Fort Wayne. Collapsible water towers used by the Berlin fire department arc but five feet long when closed but can be ex tended to throw a level stream of water into the eighth floor of a building. Scientific tests have shown that in occupations employing the larger muscles of women tire more rapidly than men. while in work in which smaller mu /ie.s arc used they arc more effi cieul. Mr. and Mrs. James Spade and two children, Edna and Fred left yester day for their home at Fort Wayne after spending the Easter holidays with Mrs. Spades' parents, Mr. and Mrs Lew Wise. Mrs. John Baumgardner and daugii ter, residing near Vera Cruz went tr Fort Wayne Thursday where the daughter is taking special treatment tor her right eye, following a ver) severe operation.- Bluffton Banner. The mild weather of the past few days leads us to believe that spring is really here. And then. too. the trees and shrub* are beginning to leaf—and it will be but a short time until the flowers that April showers promise will soon be here. Tlie boys have the bicycle fevet and the fact that wheels are higher tn price this year is significant that the old time sport of bicycling is coming back Into favor again. The highet price is due to the fact that the wheels are being improved. Work on the new factory building for the Schafer Saddlery Company is progressing nicely and within another week or ten days the building will be under cover. It will be a strictly mod ern factory building. The company are planning other improvements. Folding screen panels to protect beds and cribs from flies and mosquitoes are the interesting part of a pa tent recently taken out. The screen arrangement Is designed especially for babies' cribs, but it can be built on a larger scale for any lied. It consists of two screened panels fastened per manently above the sideboards of the iw-d and another screen panel which (serves as a cover. An ingenious hing ■ d lever arrangement is fastened to one side of the cover so that it can be folded down on one side out of the way. A picture of a bed protected in this way appear* In the Popular Mechanics Magazine. The most interesting and dangerous looking stage in the construction of a suspension bridge is the building of the floor, says the May Popular Meeh anics Magazine, in an illustrated art tele. In this work the builders have nothing to rest their work on and must build out each way from the tower*, securing the floor. piece by piece, to the heavy ateel bars suspended from the main cables far above. The work Is done with derricks that are equip pod with Imoms long enough to reach oat atoad of the finished structure »ad hold the girders suspended while they are being riveted in place. As each section of the floor is completed the derricks are moved ahead and the construction of tl| next section is to guu. tn an article in the May Woman's Home I’ampatiion Dr. 8. Joaeplilne Bator, writing under the title. “Good Teeth and Vision for Your Baby.” says In part: "It must not be forgotten that tlie teeth need exert Iso. as well Us < teunllnosa. In order that th« children may have strong teeth, the mother should provide at each meal one wholesotux kind of food which requires thorough mastication Hhe should then s'-e that the child masticates it thoroughly. This exercise imroascs the blood supply tn the teeth, so pro moting their nutrliltm Plainly caotod moats, whole wheal bread, vegetable* such its pare and beans, ripe whole some fruits, and bread and butter, are Him foods which make and keep gtssl tiwih, De<ay will nut occur In a dean well nourished tooth. Thu habit i>f using « itarthbrush after each meal is one of the best health Investments child can make

J. L. Garber of near Linu Grove was a business visitor here. Oliver Sheets went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. P. K. Kinney of Fort Wayne was a business visitor here today. Mr. and Mrs. George Flanders spent the afternoon in Fort Wayne. Jeff Bryson of Portland was a business visitor here yesterday. Mrs. Amos Gillig and daughter. Julia went to Fort Wayne tills morning. Atty. Glen A. Smiley returned to Fort Wayne today after a business visit here. Frank Wechter, trustee of Blue Creek township, was here today on business. Tlie Misses Pearl Brodbeck and Or pha Sheets of Union township were shoppers here. Will Geary a .“ormer Decatur young man but now of Sidney is in the city visiting witli friends. John Augsburger. ex-trustee of French township, was a business visitor in the city today. Mrs. Sally Rayn of Portland arriv’d in the city yesterday for a few days visit with M” . .F .m. Mrs. N. O. Norrii ;.nd daughters if Rockford. Ohio. changed cars here ■nroute to Fort Wayne and Roanoke. Ignatius floss who is attending icbool here, went to Fort Wayne to day for a visit over Sunday with relatives. William Clark returned to Bluffton odav noon. He accompanied ills fath--r-in law. Meyer Kahn to his home here. Mr. Kahn has been ill. Mrs. Jesse Smith and daughter. I Dielma spent Hie day in Fort Wayne. Miss Marie Smith accompanied them ind went on to Monroeville where she vill visit over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Byers cf Huntington and John O Brien of Mar-1 ; on. have arrived to be week-end - tuests of Miss Minnie P Orvis. Mrs Byers was formerly Miss Hope Holden | ind is well known here. Yesterday was house cleaning day it the city hall and today the plm e diines like a new brass nickle. T.» l into truck and hook and ladder wag on were given a thorough scrubbing | ly t'aptain Dellinger and Driver Kort•nbrer and look like new. Mesdames W. H. Lee. S. D. Beavers and W. H. Gleiser returned home tills I morning from Huntington where they | were attending the annual covention i of the Woman’s Home Missionary so •iety of the Fort Wayne Presbytery which was held in that city Thurslay. Paul E. Schuinm and Lydia E. Schumiu were united in marriage Tuesday evening by Rev. Myer at the Lutheran church parsonage near They will commence housekeeping on the old Royston plate, two miles east of Willshire. —Willshire Herald. Mr. and Mr*. Ed Nye. who were united in marriage at the M. E. parson age last Sunday, will commence house seeping In Willshire as soon as they can secure a house. The occasion oi their marriage brought this couple uany presents which will prove use ul in their new home.—Willshire Herald. O " •——' DISASTROUS FIRE. Wlona lake. Ind. Apr. 18— (Special to Daily Democrat > Fire which start--d this morning at 11 o'clock from burning leaves, destroyed 21 cottages in the upper terrace and caused a loss of between 875.0 M and IIPO.Ooo. The fire started at Hu north west end of the park near the Winona Hotel and swept along the row of cottages A call for help brought a chemical wagon and coiu|iany from Fort Wayne and the Warsaw department. Dynamite was used in checking the progress of the flames. — — NOTICE TO PUBLIC. After April 1. I will b« located at the Decatur Immber Co.. Instead of my present location, corner Se.ond and JeffMWM street*. I will bo pleased to receive orders for any klud of carpenter work and llllng. 73t12 HERBERT PENNINGTON. — ' — FOR SALE. A young general purpose loam of mare*, cutuing 3 your*. Rod Unite aud Sorrel. A getttla auund team- Will noli separate it desired. Walter W. Koos. 1 mile twat of Boho. Ind. bits FOR RENT Smalt farm of 14 acres, three mile* from Decatur, t'aah rent. Inquire’u< W. C. Baker. It tl. No. S. WANTEiK- Family washing to do. Inquire of Ru»a BuOenliergt r. Grant street ‘ W.YNTEIF- A girl to do general house work, bmall family. No washing. Inquire at this teller. - tr — BtIAUDEHH WANTED— Have room for one or two bowrder.s. itedlna «-r .•a'imu**. T*B *bi- oOi' u. Sl-u-o-d I

STAR GROCERY! Fancy Prunes, lb 12c ■ I Marrowfat Beans, lb 10c ■ Potato Chips 10c i Fresh Butter, tb 25c > i Prepared Mustard 5c Pork and Beans 10c i Oil Sardines 5c Prepared Cake Mix 15c Country bacon, lb 15c Evaporated Peaches 10c Old Dutch Cleanser 10c Potato Bread 10c Dried Peas, lb 5c Onion Sets, qt 10c Early Seed Potatoes, bu. ..$1.05 Spring Wheat Flour, 75c Old Settler 10c |wi Johns. g*s LYRICI TODAY ! 4-GREAT REELS-4 ■ “Rogues Gallery” And San H Francisco’s Celebration O The Long Portage | A Woman Os Sin | One Pound O BRein ■ 5 cents *4 DON’T MISS THEM | MADRAS I COUNT Front 3% In. Back IH Ik T HQ\ N.v. Holthouse. Shultey & Co. DON'T FORGET 282. Dun’t forget thi- phone number 383 - when you havo anything in the Hue of 1 painting and paper hanging. Araou 1 DeVinuey IM>t6 1 _ / **-rr-U Kfc/ ‘Aj' J •** DAINTY CAKES AND DELICIOUS BREAD. for springtime appetites are always awaiting the demands of those whose fundamental rule is to eat nothing but the best and purest food. Only the choicest quality of butter, eggs, flour and other ingredients go into the making of our bread, cakes and pastry, This, combined with our wide experience and painstaking skill, has made our nemo as high gtade bakers for mllce around. Martin's bread for sale at 3. E. Hite grocery, Mrs. Anna McConnell's North End grocery and at T. A. Hendrick's restaurant. Jacob Martin I „in 'sare, nail -

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NET COST IN 1914 Per SI,OOO On Inion Central Policies Issued in 1911 [ Age sVe.rv Ordinary ro I’av ». VrarI At Tcru>» ■ Life Life End-w 111 ItMI I I I nient : 31 » Tii’si T 22.79 114136 ‘ 25 , 8.79 IC3I 24.34 42.52 I 30 9.13 18.41 , 26.64 42.84 ‘I 35 9.64 21.22 29.44 43.37 40 10.47 24.90 32.56 44.30 45 11.62 29.76 37.14 45.94 50 44.67 36.12 42.54 48.75 55 19.50 44.51 49.58 53.47 60 27.54 55,73 59.12 61,14 “Talk With Farout.” Monroe Phone

— FOR SALE —AB kinds of early vegetable plants right frexh Irom the hot bed*. Phono 286 Cor. Fourth A Marshall street*. 91t12

a?? ' Si kWki ~ /Il 1/ JI ■*< ' ' ' .z. The Covering Capacity Os CAPITAL CITY LIQUID PAINT is a feature for consideration. It shows the economy I IN THE USE OF ‘GOOD GOODS” , The first cost of a Paint may appear attractive but it falls , short in covering capacity, as well as durability, it is by far the most expensive. One gallon of our Capital City Liquid Pamt will cover 3(K> square feet SCHAUB-DOWLING COMPANY

Facts-Not Theories! Our net cost of insurance is lowest of all. We give better service to the policy holder, for less money, than any iother company; big or little, old or young. Ad to this our 47 years’ practical iexperience, our gilt-edged assets in 35 _ istates—secured by 36,694 producing * :farms worth over 1278,000,000. Then remember that we have more than “•half a million of these dollars invest fed in Adams county. If your money is not bringing you more tluui 5 1-2 per cent above taxes investigate our interest-hearing policy. Let's talk business. Write or 'phone THE UNION CENTRIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY W. E. Faurot, Adams County Agent, Decatur. Ind.

LOST—String of beads, between the Girod & Baker restaurant and the Myer, Scherer & Beavers store. Finder please return to this office. 79t3