Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1914 — Page 5

Buy A Man --•a pair of comfortable house slippers and you have made a lasting friend of him. Ours at $1.25 and $1. 50 are the soft velvety kind that make a man want to wear them. You need not know the size, we will exchange after Christmes. CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE. THE SHOE SELLER

WEATHER FORECAST I tailiim«Hn:«uu»ctttttna»nm:na ? Fair tonight. Probably snow by Friday night. Miss Linnie Railing went to Fort Wayne this morning. Janies Rupel of Bryant was here today on banking business. Commissioner William Rcppert was a business visitor in the city today. Mrs. William Roop and son. Dan, of Blue Creek township were here on business today. Mrs. Lizzie Laisure and Miss Ida Smith of French township were shoppers here today. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bryson of Portland were here., to attend the funeral of Newton Parrish. Mrs. Ira Elzey and children went to Monmouth this morning to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Todd. What has become of the old-fash-ioned swain who has relied on candy hearts to express his tender sent! ments? Mr. and Mrs. David Meyers of Briar ville, Minn., who have been visiting here, left yesterday afternoon for Ft. Wayne. Mrs. O. P. Edwards and daughter Harriet,, are expected to arrive today from Leipsic, Ohio, for a visit until after the holidays with the John Niblick family. One week from tomorrow is Christmas. Are you ready? This should R a happy holiday in this land where peace and plenty prevail, while in the east the fields are covered with the blood of human beings.

Theliome Os Quality Groceries ■—WE»MB—I i'li>l"l> MIMI IHI H lllllll 11111 "Iff A Merry Christinas offering of good Groceries. A full line of fancy candies at 8c to 25c lb. Dates pkgWe Sweet Potatoes lb3c Pigs p xgloc Celery 3 for 10c Seeded Raisins lbl2c Lettuce lb 15c Not-a-seed raisins 1b12%c Sweet Cider gal Currants 1b12%c Honey lb•••l« c Extra Fancy Navle Oranges 25c, 30c, 35c doz. We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 33c Butter 18c to 28c HOWER & HOWER I North of G. K. &1. Depot ~ I FJI.SCHimYER- ®«Nnl President I VTHEJBOWERS REALTY CO, | I Xrg — I Farms, City PW^’ 6 pCT | MONEY |

' , Rudolph Schug of Berne was here on business today. I Miss Lulu Brown returned to Lima. Ohio, after a visit here. Mrs. Jack Kemp of Monmouth eon tmues quite i ow o£ ki(lney troub]e Miss Frazier of Blue Creek townshij was a shopper here today. Miss Letta Kintz has taken a post tion as cashier at the Morris store. The Misses Bertha and Rose Voglewede were Fort Wayne visitors today. A new electric sign is being put u; today at the Hackman & Miller poc room. Mrs. Oscar Fritzinger returned tc Monmouth this morning after a visit here. Mrs. J. S. Peterson and Mrs. Geo Flanders were visitors in Fort Waym today. Mrs. Dan Vail and daughter and Mrs. Dick Townsend spent the day ii Fort Wayne. This humble one is not very par ticular, but has never desired to hav< his brains referred to as fertile. That sounds too much like a good cabbage patch. After runnin’ a com shredder all hi life, Tilford Moots wuz finally run t earth by a Ford yisterday an’ laid uj fer almost an hour. We’re all goo listeners when money talks.—Abe Martin. This is the last month for the col lection of electric light bills. After this you will have to call at the office of the city treasurer and settle or pay an extra penalty. Farmers of this section will have ■ the chance to sell their horses if they ■ will call at the sale barns on First street on Saturday. Mr. Marrse wili be here on that day.

Joe Beery went to Fort Wayne on business. Miss Mayme Teeple went to Fort Wayne today. Henry Thomas made a business trip to Fort Wayne. James Lord of Monmouth was a business visitor here. Mrs. Glen Glancy of Monroo was a shopper here today. Mrs. Emma Daniels went to Portland today on business. Amos Hirschy of Berne was a business visitor here today. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weidlcr of Root township were shoppers in the city yesterday. Mrs. A. J. Smith, Mrs. W. P. Shrock and Miss Mary Fonner spent the day in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Steele and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill were Fort Wayne visitors over Sunday. 11 it were not for shopping wood and doing chores, a farmer might find a difficulty in furnishing an excuse for early rising -in winter. The families of Herman Sellemeyer and H. S. Michaud will have their an nual butchering next Tuesday at the Sellemeyer farm south of the city. Mrs. Shafer Peterson, who visited with her daughter in Fort Wayne, returned home quite ill and was very sick over night of a bilious attack. Mrs. David Coffee, who has been ill several days of pleurisy, is better. She was threatened for a while with pneu monia, but this has been warded off. Mrs. Margaret Louthan, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hill and son of Fort Wayne attended the funeral of their nephew and cousin, Newton Parrish, this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Winters returned to Fort Wayne this morning, after being called here on account of the illness and death of their aunt, Miss Lizzie Winters. Inspector Marrse will be at the Deatur Horse company's barns on First treet Saturday to buy horses for use in the foreign army. Bring in your horses if you want to sell them. The 'equirements are from five to ten years of age, weighing 950 to 1,150 pounds. Read the notice in today’s paper. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rice write of continued enjoyment of their visit at Gainesville, Fla. The climate is very agreeable and both have gained in' weight during the short time they have been there. They are visiting with their daughter, Mrs. Elmer Elzey, and family. The city is ordinarily the size of this city, but being a winter resort, the population during the northern winter season, increases to about 10,000. When you ask a newspaper to withhold news you are asking them not to do the very thing you pay them to io when you subscribe for that paper. I ou would not take a paper very long which allowed this practice to become general for there would be but little news therein. If the newspaper man listened to all the appeals to withhold , items he would print a most unintersting paper. It is hard to please the ’ public and the surest way to do it is i to hold up the news. Mrs. John Hall of Linn Grove under- ‘ went an operation in this city on Monday afternoon for the removal of a cancer. The cancer was a skin cani cer and was removed from her forei head. The operation was not common 1 to those, which are performed in this | city every few days. After the cancer- | ovs skin was removed from the fore- | head it was necessary to loosen the I good skin far back on the scalp and I ‘to stretch and move it forward so that I nature might cover up the wound by I its own grafting process. Mrs. Hall I stood the operation nicely and is at I her home today.—Bluffton Banner. I In the January Woman’s Home ComI panion Fannie Merriett Farmer, cookI ery editor of that publication, presents I a number of new recipes under the I caption. "What to Serve on January I Days and How to Make It.” Follow- , ing is her recipe for bread griddle cakes: “Add 'two tablespoonfuls butter and one and one-half cupfuls hot milk to one and one-half cupfuls of stale bread crumbs, and soak until crumbs are soft; then add two eggs, well beaten, one-half teaspoonful of salt and one-half cupful of flour, mixed and sifted with four teaspoonfuis of baking powder. Drop by spoonfuls on a hot greased griddle. Cook on one side; when puffed full of bubbles and cooked on edge turn and cook other side." — o — : FATHER'S ILLNESS. Mrs. W. F. Hilton and children of near Rivarre left for Convoy. Ohio, today noon being called there by the illness of her father-in-law, G. W. Hilton, who is at the point of death. Her husband has been at his lather 3 hed-slde since Monday. The elder Mr. Hilton is seventy-four years oi age. He has been ill the past two years, I a nd his condition now is su< h that he is unconscious and the end is be-* lieved to be near.

i Rnate Santy (flan By IRENE BEACH DEAR! 1 wish he'd ‘ WjSr come >” B1 B he d Rosie Perrone. "Maybe he be sick," said the brother, as he dusted carefully the array of fruit arranged with such a holiday air in the narrow window of his shop. “He come if he not sick. You wait, parity man no forget.’’ t But Rosie in spite of her brother’s encouraging words became very impatient. Finally she started in search of the kind friend, who was none other than the Santy of her street Not the real Santy of Christmas eve, but a man who Just pretended he was the same Jovial friend of holly and cheer and ■ wore a cloak and hat of red, faced with fur, and carried Instead of a long whip ( to urge tired reindeer, a sign which told of a wonderful toyshop just around the corner. A week before Pietro had seen from his little shop windows this same Sapty man stagger and fall. Then both he and Rosie had helped the stranger into , the fruit shop, where food and sympathy had been generously given. Now, it was the day before Christmas and the stranger who each day had stopped at Pietro's little shop had failed to appear. “Maybe—he up the street somewheres,” the brother had called to Rosie. “When you see heem, tell heem, tomorrow we look for him to eat with us. Yes?” Rosie nodded and went on down the long avenue. There was a gentle snow falling, Just enough to add to the street the touch of Christmas. But nowhere rsr —wi could Rosie see the kind Santy man of her street, who had told her such wonderful tales of toys, fairies and of the real country of deep hills and red sun sets. Suddenly she thought of something, a something so different that it made her heart go thumpty-thump. She would go to the wonderful toyshop, Just around the corner and see for herself, if her friend was there. But not a tired, hurried clerk of the shop had time to answer Rosie’s ques- ' tions. Finally she approached a tall gray-halred man standing in the center of the long aisle. She felt certain he would know something about the Santy of her street. “Please, do you know our Santy man?” “Who?” asked the man. “The Santy man, who wore a red coat, cap and carried a sign?” “No, I don't. What is it you want to ;buy, little girl?” “I don’t want to buy nothin’. I’m Just lookin' for the Santy man of my street. He —” Then Rosie could say no more. The lumps would stick in her throat, no matter how hard she swallowed. Just what might have happened is hard to say, if a lady standing near hadn’t heard what Rosie said and wanted to help her. She knew exactly what to do. An hour later, after seeing Pietro at his little shop, Rosie rode away with the lady, who was very beautiful, by, the way, in her big automobile, to the hospital, where the poor Santy had been taken the night before. It was a wondering, curious little Rosie, who followed her friend down the long, cool hall to the ward where the sick Santy man lay. Timidly she walked to the man's beside. He saw her. He held out his hand. Rose grabbed it and held it close and fast in her own little hands. “Oh —I’m so glad you’re found. Me and Pietro love you so much. I never La. would have found you if the beautiful lady hadn’t—” But Rosie didn’t finish the sefitence, for Santy hadn't heard a word she was saying. He was staring with deep, strange eyes at the lady, who had drawn nearer the sick man’s bed. “Sis,” he whispered. “Bob," she answered. There Rosie sat with shining eyee and a little heart thumping and listened to the wonderful story of her Santy man and the lady. Santy was I none other than the lady’s brother, whom slje hadn’t seen since the day, years and years ago, he ran away to sea. And the lady? She was the beautiful fairy of the toy-shop. i' “And did you know all the time she j owned it?" i, “Yes.” “Why didn’t you go and see her?” “Because I was too poor, sick and • Now, of course, like all stories where fairies and Santy hold forth, every body was glad and lived happy ever • afterward. It was a wonderful day for 1 Rosie and Pietro And up and down Rosie’s street, too there was gladness; for the good news had spread to the children, Rosie and the sparrows told, that the Santy man of their street had found a sister.

J HERE IAM YES I AM ■ A REAL AUCTIONEER 1 . for Real Estate, Regis- ' tered Stock and farm sales. > Highest possible prices J secured. ’ Inquire about me. ; I talk High and low Ger1 man, Swiss and English. Book your sales with an auctioneer now as you ' will later on. See me or leave date at ► office of Frisinger & Co. i i Residence Phone 426 ► : J. J. BAUMGARTNER I■ — - MEMBER OF MUSIC COMMITTEE ) r , Os State Federation—Miss Marie Pat- , terson Appointed. Miss Marie Patterson of this city, a member of,the Euterpean club, has been appointed a member of the music committee of the state federation of clubs for the coming year. This is in- , deed an honor and a worthy recognition not only of Miss Patterson’s excellent ability as a musician, but also ’ of the club with which she is associat- ■ ed. The local Euterpean club is a 1 member of the state federation. MRS. FLANDERS SOLD SEALS. Mrs. George Flanders made the sale , of Red Cross seals to Yearkey & Walters, the dairymen. The stamps will be placed upon the milk bottles by the 1 dairymen for three days. A number of other good sales are being made 1 now as the Christmas time approaches and the final report promises to be a very interesting one. , . o Headquarters for holiday candies, fruits, nuts and i Christmas trees. Special attention to church and school parties. Candies 6 1-4 cents per pound and up.—Hunsicker & Miller.

ONLY FEW DAYS MORE XMAS SHOPPING! Only a few days more for Xmas shopping. When on your shopping tour, visit us, we have a store full of Xmas gifts that will be appreciated by all. Come in and see our stock. A few suggestions: Handkerchiefs, Ladies and men house slippers, shoes, Muslin Underwear, Mens Shirts. Sweaters, Suspenders and hundreds of others too numerous to mertion. JUST RECEIVED Another shipment of 10,000 yards of Outing Flannel. A large assortment of patterns to be sold for Saturday only at 4c yd.

UNDERWEAR. 1 case Men’s Fleeced Shirts and Drawers, all slezs, 50c value, Fall Sale, each 33c Ladies’ Union Suits, heavily fleeced, bleached or unbleached, 65c value, Fall Sale 45c Special! Misses “Utica,” heavy fleeced lined, Union Suits, regular price 50c and 75c, all sizes, 2 to 12, Fall Opening Sale 49c 1 solid case Men’s heavy flatfleeced Union Suits, sl-00 value Fall Opening Sale 89c DRY GOODS SPECIAL. 10c grade Outing Flannel, light or . dark, yard 3c Unbleached Muslin, yard 5c Good heavy 9-4 Sheeting, bleached or unbleached, Fall Sale, yd.23c 8c Apron Gingham, yard 5c PETTICOATS. $1.50 Heatherbloom or Sateen I Petticoats, embroidery or ruffled flounce, Fall Sale 98c Some dandy White Petticoats, wtih real wide lace or embroidery flounce, Fall Sale ....98c jadies’ Knit Underskirts 48c GENTS’ FURNISHINGS. Men’s Grey or Blue Flannel j Shirts, $1.50 value, Fall 5a1e...93c, Men's Cofduroy Pants, $2.00 value, Fall Sale $1.49 I

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***** x*T wrk my rv \ I ' iil/i I / A WS > 1 ' Ixy < \ $ w ; 11 1 f x ) A if II 1/ I B t oDVright Hart Stluffuer Ik Marx For Your Christmas Gifts Visit This Store Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes Tare here; and if you want to give some man or young man a very satisfying present let him select a suit or overcoat at $lO to $25. You could’nt do better than give a dress suit or Tuxedo full silk line, latest style at $25 to $35. Your hat should harmonize with your suit and overcoat; not the same color but they should look well together. I Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys

NEW HOUSE FOR RENT w 4 Three bed rooms, 4 clothes closets, modern bath room upstairs; hall, parlor, dining room, pantry, kitchen downstairs; nice big cement cellar, soft and hard water and gas in house, on No. 6th St. Inquire K. S. Neptune, 240 N. sth St., city, or S. S. Spangler, 'phone 184. 295t6

LOOK! SPECIAL! LOOK! Men’s Good Quality Heavy Rubber Boots, Duck Vamp, rolled : edge, Fall Opening Sale $2.9f Special! Men's heavy good wearing Arctics, all sizes, Fall Opening Sale, pair 98. BLANKETS AND COMFORTS. 10-4 full sige ItlanKets in tan or grey, 90c value, Fall Sale, pair.. 75c Special! 500 pair 11-4 full size, Blanket, in grey or tan, fancy border, heavily fleeced, regular $1.50 Blanket, Fall Sale, pair... 98< Wool Nap Blankets in fancy Plaids, full size, a dandy, pair $2.98 All Wool, Mncy plaid Blankets, full large size,, regular $6.50 value, special, this sale, pair ..$4.91 Good heavy Comforts in assorted patterns, $1.35 value, Fall Sale.9B< SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Kimona Sleeve Aprons, light or dark .made of good percale, all sizes, regular 50c value, Fall Sale 39c MEN’S SHOES. $4.00 Men’s Tan or Black Gun Metal, Button or Blucher Shoe, all latest styles, Fall Sale ....$2.98 $3.25 Men’s Gun Metal, Button or Blucher Shoe, Fall Sale $2.69 $2.50 Men’s Vici Kid or Gun Metal Dress Shoe, Fail Sale .....$1.98 Special! Men’s heavy Tan Work I Shoe, all solid leather, Fall I Salo $1.98

I ROR RENT —Modern residence propI erty, with five acres of ground. House has all modern improvements. Inquire of J. W. Meibers. 286t3 Headquarters for holiday candies, fruits, nuts and Christmas trees. Special attention to church and school parties. Candies 6 1-4 cents per pound and up.-Hunsick-er & Miller.

LADIES’ SHOES. 3.00 Ladies’ Pat. Button or Gun Metal Shoe, Fall Sale ....... .$1.95 4.00 Ladies Pat. Plain Toe or Tip, also Gun Metal In button or lace, a nifty dress shoe, Fall Sale $2.98 $!.00 Ladies’ Vici Kid Shoe, Pat. Tip, a dandy. Fall Sale $1.49 3.50 Ladies Velvet Shoe, plain toe or tip, latest styles, Fall Opening Sale ..< $2.45 '•aby Doll Shoe, Pat. cloth top, 3.50 grade, Fall Sale $2.75 We also have shoes for Boys, Misses and Children. Come in and «avo money. BED SPREADS. 51-50 White Bed Spreads, full size, without fringe. Fall Sale 93c 1 nil size, cut corners, White Bed F|reads, with or without fringe, 2.00 value, Fall Sale $1.49 SWEATER COATS. fen’s Heavy Weight Sweater Coats, with shawl collar, all colors, 75c value, ‘Fall Opening Sale 49c ame as above. Boys’ only 45c fen’s $1.50 Wool Sweater Coats, in grey or red, with large collar, Fall Opening Sale 93c Misses' Red Sweater Coats, with high Byron collar, $1.25 value, Fall Sale 98c Special! Ladies’ red, grey or white all wool Sweater Coats, with high collar, two pockets, $2.50 i value, Fall Sale $1.93