Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1914 — Page 3

Treat Your Feet ......like you wouM have your feet treat you. If you have to work hard every day in the helds, in the faetjries or on the railroad, treat your foet to a comfortable work shoe Ours are made by the Welted process, no tacks, no nails, no threads to walk on, uppers ol soil chrome taned leather that conforms to the foot and made over Lists like a fine shoe. No trouble to show you anytime you want to look. 53.00 AND $3.50 CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE. THE SHOE SELLER

WEATHER FORECAST I tonight and Weil. n.-day. Warm er. * A in Sion wi re Dtoatur trieu^ Jm*

jTJJii 1 111 “jfßKy yesterday after * su." t—.v wiui nta mother, Mrs. E. Woods. Mrs. Charles M: ( leery and Miss Della Oero returned to Bluffton yesterday after spending the day here. Mrs. Sue Walker and children of Van thiren are In the city visiting her brother. Win. Dorman and oilier relative*. Chris lampenberger Is kept busy ! i oar ly nson: in. ii : r picking strawberries o£ which lie has a large crop. Mrs. Joe! Vaughn, 78. sister of Dr. J S. Coverdnie, who fell and fractured her hip some time uk<>. is getting alon, as well as can be cypetted. Mrs. J. H. Sullivan of W*#! Adams street received word from her nephew Johnny Culler of Toledo saying that the stork had visited their home and had left them a line girl baby, both mother and babe are doing tine and as it is their only child, Johnny is stepping high. The Children's Day exercises at the Evangelical church were very line. A npcci’* l sermon was given hy the Rev Killing Sunday morning and the chtt dren had their fine program In the evening, given in charge of Mrs. Kred Linn. An offering of more than sl® was roceived for foreign missionary work.

VHBHHHWa l ■■■■ ■ The Home Os Quality Groceries Try with your next order some Dried Fruit and be convinced of the quality and flavor. Don’t forget the fancy Lemon., Oranges, Bananas, Strawberries, also Nev, Cabbage, New Potatoes, etc. Quality talks. We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 17c Butter 12c to 22c HOWER & HOWER Nonh of G. Si. & I. Depot |ltlone > Qii El! i.-LJJ M - . LUSK F. M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN 1 President Secretary Treas. g the bowers REALTY CO. I REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, I ABSTRACTS. 1 I The Scbirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- ¥ 5 s tract Records, Twenty years’ Experience g Farms, City Property, 5 per cent. || MONEY S

I Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Meyer went to Ifort Wayne today. Miaa Letta Hints lias sold her pony ]|nud cart to Otis Simms of Wiltshire, \M ■ Harmon went tn Port Wayne

u i :ly i. itinday. i > li. iiiucrali ■ Editorial Ass**.-, t lon will hold their mid-summer meeting at Evansville, New Harmony and at the island farm of Charles Great house, state superintendent of public instruction, next week, beginning on Thursday and continuing until Saturday. The program includes a seven hour trip on the Ohio river. Tie- co-operati»e sale last week was certainly a success. We have heard many good things about it from the buyers and from many of the merchants. It ought to tie but the beginning of a trade getting campaign that will continue for years to come. A little ex<ra effort of this kind will bring a large amount of outside trade here if kept up fur a year. In the "Exchange" department of the July Woman's Home Companion—a department devoted to household news contributed by readers —appears the following picnic suggestion made hy a Nebraska woman: "When carry lag >cnr luncheon to the wood, if you are not fortunate enough to own a thermos bottle, till a two-quart Jar with small pieces of ice. searing same and wrapping in many layers of newspaper The ire will keep In this manner at least twelve hours. For iced tea. 1 make the lea very strong and carry in pint jar.”

Judge Hmlth want to Port Wayn* thia morning. Mrs. Ed lewtou visited iu Pori Wuyne yesterday. Mhsrtff T. J. Durkin and aou, wsni to Port Wayn* today. Mr. and Mrs, Chario* Patton spent the day In Port Wayne I’, W. Smith of Klehmond was a business visitor bom today Mia* Mari* Glut lug is a n*w ciark at the Hunyon. Easier store Ansel liramerkutnp mad* a business trip to Port Wayn* this morning. (■'rank Johnson mad* a biitouass trip to Port Wayn* this morntug. Dr. Georg* Martusgl* of IMptios, Ohio, was li»r* an buslusss y*st«rdsy Dr. J. C (frauds!elf of Preble was * business visitor In the city yesterday Miss Tlllts Meibom returned from Rome City where she viaitsd over dun day. Mrs. Beil* Prune* will arrive from Alliance, Ohio, for a visit here with friends. Mrs. John Bailey left this morning lur ArehlhoM, Ohio, where she will visit with friends i Ralph Miller, the West Monroe street business luun. went to Port Wayne today. Free Erisinger is born* from Bloom lugton where he baa been attending Indiana university. The P. W. Smith family of Richmond [have gone to Oden, Web . where they I will spend tha j -‘—at thaA [ i age. B Jk '** 8ru:« BA Jtis- . JNWM jm|Ra

* . sir.ei, Mrs. Clar. iav ms. south ■, the city. Mrs. B. A. Pledderjohann and sons. Leßoy and Wilfer, of New Bremen, 0., are here visiting with the W. H. Pled derjobann family. Miss Naomi Dugan arrived hum* last evening from Evanston, 111., wliere she lias been attending Northwestern lollege the past year. Mr. and Mrs. John Yar.-v and Mr. md Mrs. Jesse Buckmaster of Jeffer son township were here toda, befor< going to Fort Wayne. Ben I.ang, who Is in business in Elwood with John Joseph, is here for u several days' visit with his parents. Mr. and Mra. C. N. Lang.

Mr. aud Mrs. M. Flux of South Fund wlu> visited here with Mr. ard Mrs. i Bernstein. loft today for Peru to visit with his brother. S Fiox and family. Mr. and Mrs. Epli Bollnger so Mon roe have taken a cottage at Monte City until October and are now there en joying the pleasures of the summer resort. Mrs. Agnes Andrews and daughters. Celia and Cecil, weut to Fort Wayne and from there will go to Monroevlll-9 tc attend the M E. miasiouarv con v nation. Ben Rice, freight conductor on the iutenirban, is working its passeuge onductu.' during the absence of Ed Green wlo is at West Baden for a couple of weeks. Ralph Arnrine of the Democrat force, is taking a week's vacation. He has gone to Cincinnati. Ohio, where he will visit with his brother, Harry Aiurine and family and with others. Dr. J. C. Urandataff and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mann, Ora Newliard and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Fulirman and son of Preble, left this mom . ing for Orland. lnd., where they will spent u couple of weeks at Lake Gage.

The pupih of the St. Joseph school are selling tickets for the anuual com mencement exercises to be held next Monday evening at the Bouse opera house All those having tickets may get them reserved at the Holtliouse Drug store. Mr and Mrs. William Walters returned to their home at Newport News. Va., after attending ito funeral of Mrs. Walters’ mother, Mrs. T. W. Watts held yesterday afternoon. They guests during last evening of \l:. -ad Mrs. Harve Shroll and family. Ed Green, democratie nominee for Sheriff writes us from West Baden, where he has been for the past week taking the baths, that he Is feeling line and that the baths are great. He also states that the farmers In that section of the state have started to cut their bumper corn.

Dr. and Mrs. D. D. Clark and Mr and Mrs. Wilbur Poole motored to DeGrag, Ohio Sunduy where they visited with Mr. Poole's uureuU and olliur friends. They also stopped off at Limn. Dtlphoe, and other places. The trip was e. most enjoys ole one and in all covered many hundreds of miles. •* Q «r • LOST—Somewhere between the Holt* house Gavago uud Magley. A grey coat. Finder please leave sumo at the Frltilnger office. A. S. Keller. 137t3 LOST—A smalk silk hood ou Second street. Thursday evening Finder please return to this oßice. 133t3

BRINK OF HONEYMOON By JINN!* CARPffNTIR.

Hr!a* Mont- isn't if going to b* fun girtsf Th* oarliuguot But. with a sun portort The wort won't b» anything at aiL with everything new. you know 'I mu pehsg to hovw simply heaps of ■sMuvaay. moasor it tamuu ao tuuob to n young aarrtad uwuplo to atari MMini harm a torsi* of 'n»nds And. oh. earn* thia miaul* an* son Us* si I var nti Dhole John sooi mat Won tII h* simply annuitc tar afternoon loas* An* whs* anv of row gat married he sur* to go lo tout little shop for mono grams an* things Did you war a** anyth tag prettier than than* initial* ’ ‘‘Van, ail my houaohoU stuff la pure linen—l thinh U s lust ao wall to get tha beat and than you have It Mother groans about laundries ruining it. but then mother is so fluey She thinks tha washerwoman rub holes in things with n Ma. 1 bailee* No, i got satis lor th* wedding dress. It was pretty expensive P a yard, but I thinh It tovaly to hund down a drees Ilka that Tlilnk of having your grcat-graat-yiaaddauguter wearing U and every one exclaiming over its riohasia! I'm going to hero oriental rugs ivsr ths whole pleee- -and ooffee after llaarr oa the sun porch, always! I can do the dinner dishes mornings oiue end saw (ha chiffon and lam m g isees that t bavs to wear mornings «hen I'm doing tha work"’ Urtde Elect» Mother — Whatever Geraldine is going to do when ahe get* to keeping house by herself goodness •saw*' Ixwk at this room or hens' Hi,.

What a shock it will be to her to o. cover after she walks out leaving six dresses, ten pairs of shoes, a tippedover box of gloves and a lot of mixed stockings scattered about her room that they'll stay there when she gets back' "I've spoiled Geraldine waiting on her all hsr life! tibe really dldn t need so much silk underwear— with her father so hard up for money How I'm going to find $360 to pay for mono graining her thing* I d like to know' I had no Idea aim'd given surb an or der If ihsy aren't In ths poorbouse iu aide of a year, with Alberta small salary and thsir extravagant ideas, they'll be lucky Wait till she finds what cream costa a quart and the price of steak and what it means to have company' Mercy, the company Geraldine has always brought to tha house! I sup pose she has never realized the work !'ve don# on that score And she souidn't let me ask the Moreys-—old family friends, too—because she said

“I Am doing to Hava Heaps of Company.” thoy wore frump* and she wasn t going to start ou. wl:h frumps on her calling list. 1 don't, know where Geraldine gets such odd ideas. “I hadn’t go’ over my shock at her adding up what she estimated the wedding gltta to he worth How ou aarth we are going to pay all (be oills ! don’t know Geraldine would have this big wedding"’ Bridegroom's Mother—lt tu ty have cost double what It should, Henry hut I was going to have a dress io wear to mv son s wedding that would mako Geraldine's people a.t up! "The wedding presents from our side make a better showing than the wedding presents from theirs Look at that trumpery tea set from her Uncle John! 1 expect poor Albert will be starved or poisoned to death with her cooking—she is absolutely ignor ant of everything useful! Her mother has brought her up so foolishly! ’’We''., I’ll have to keep an eye on their let and go over day and keep Geraldine up io the mark' I cannot have Albert’s digestion ruined!' 1 Bridegroom Elect —If dad doesn't loosen up that wedding trip to (ho Bermudas goeg glimmering' And Geraldine has tcld every one that we are going! Stscv White shoved me Into ihoe* expensive present* for the ush ere. I could have got. something as good for half the money if I'd been alone, counfound it! Friends are a nuisance when a fellow's getting married’ 1 They think the show Is just for them! "I don'l see why Geraldine's mother has such a fit at the idea of .Geraldine doiag her own work in a blx rcom flat! It looks all shiny and clean now and 1 expect it will keep that way! Getting meals la nothing—Oeraldlno saya so. 1 ;; love to hock this diamond frat pin for cm fare if dad doesn't coma acroski"— Chicago Daily Nawg.

Domestic gwits ChotH. per lb ...26cj Pimsnto Cheese, per jar 15c MeClaein Imported, p jar 10c Neulchstle cheese, per pk, 7c lulk peanut butter, per tb. ~. ~.. 20c Bulk Cocoanut. per tb. ~, 20c j Potato* chip*, par lb 10c New Potatoes, par lb. 4c Nsw Cabbage, per th ~,,, del Omigsr, per doc. ........20c lo 40c Ka-Ko, par pk. 16c; Perfection Broad 5 A 10c Zgga ...17c! Buttor 14c to 20c I | We pay cash or trade forprodum Eggs 17c Butter It to 20c 4 <t Id SHOE STORES REMAIN OPEN. Until Eight O’clock During The Solos Day. In order that all their customers may be accomodated during tbesa three big I sales days th* following shoe stores I 'till remain op- . aw p. m. Pi.y.KAL fMI if! . .-itokilf ■: Bk

WINNES SHOE STOlti-. I IMcOTLS® i SSItKE. 1 ■ ■ » —- FOB RENT—Cottage at 327 North iflth Street. 13513. ROOM POR RENT—lnquire of Dr. Burns, Comer of First and Monroe streets. 13613. POR SALE—A sow with pigs. Ad- I dress Will Wlnnes. Decatur R. R. t No. 3. 13513 t FOR RENT—Two small houses on South Third street. Cali on DyioH Schmidt 13St3 | GIFTS— for the Graduate for the •hower and for the madding at the | ART STORE ts | WANTED—Woman to do waslihiK and ironing in private family. Apply at I 617 N. 2nd St., or plioui- 166. MIT! L

If You CouldSeparate the most nutritious part of the kernels of choicest white corn If you could cook this carefully selected part just as we cook it— If you could cure, sweeten and salt it to get the same delicious, delicate flavour that we getIf you could roll each separate bit, thin and ribbony, under 40 tons pressure - If you could pass the flaky bits in at the top of a great oven 30 feet ! i, ?h, through which they would slowly move to the bottom and come out toasted to a golden brown-and all this, without being touched by hand— Then ’most anyone could make his own Post Toasties But the best part is, you don’t have to go to all :,hat bother and euro. It is ail done for you! Anywhere in America, ten or fifteen cents (according to size) will buy a large, tightly sealed package of this dainty - Sweet and crisp, fresh from the factory, anu ready to eat with cream, immediately the package is opened. Grocers everywhere sell Post Toasties

!loURRINGASSORMENT | M Is worthy of your attention as it otters |s ■ beautiful design I Diamond Ringsl 1 1 Seal and Signet Rings I 9 Engagement and Wedding Rings in various com- I# £9 binations. Step in and let us show you our com- 11 I plete line. |f I Pumphrey's Jawelry Store I jj| “If its new, we have it" 'i* I Artistic Engraving .... Expert Repairing 11 For The Firemans Convention Which Is Held In Bluffton June 25th 1914 Clover Leaf is running special leaving Decatur at 6:30 A.M. Train No. 4 wnicn leaves Bluffton 6.33 P.M. will be held at Bluffton until the day program is completed J. H. T'hompson A AGENT

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llieici may secure the i f,< of our nts ail day Saturday. I C F. STEELE & CO. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. We have decided to continue our big sale until Saturday night and therefore you may secure the benefit of our discounts all day Saturday. C. F STEELE & CO. *«— LOST GOLD WATCH—Lost a gold! watch on South Third street. Closed face. LOST—Saturday evening, a small. black leather purse, containing $U' | | biU and change. I'leaae return to Mrs. j Lett;* Peters. 141t3. I

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.„,ce Pete. son & Moran. 137 t”. ; JtUer ages in proportion. AGENTS GET OUR PROPOSITION. SAFELY BUY YOUR LIFE INSURANCE with total disability features. Hates equitable per SI,OOO. Age 20 . . . $ll.OO Age 35. . .$15.40 Banker’s Reserve Life Association 1608 Merchants Hank bdlg., Indiauupois, Indiana.