Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1914 — Page 5

RED SOLE “TOP NOTCH” ' ARCTICS ARETAKINGTHR LEAD. THEY AUGHT TO THEY LOOK BETTER,THEY FIT BETTER AND BEST OF ALL THEY WEAR BETTER. ASK THE FELLOW WHO WEARS THEM CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE the shoe seller UL ‘

BUI Iliiununanmta::::::::::::::;::;;;; . ; WEATHER FORECAST I Probably local shows and warmer. Laughing distances pouting ten to one. Burt Green was a Fort Wayne visitor this morning. Henry and Edwin Schamerloh wen; to Fort Wayne this morning. A woman doesn't begin to show her age until she begins to hide it. Mrs. Joe Tonnelier and daughters, Rose and Marie, were Fort Wayne visitors today. An optimist is a man who thinks he’s flirting with prosperity when he has a dollar in his pocket. Not long ago people were going to Europe for their health. Now they are leaving for the same reason. Miss Martha Thomas went to Monmouth to visit with her sister, Lilly Thomas, at the Harve Clark home. Why does everybody who moves into the suburbs get the idea /hat the only way to be happy there is to raise chickens. Mr. and Mrs. B. Fay Roller of Willshire, Ohio, were here yesterday shop ping. Mrs. Roller was formerly Miss Dove Cully. Tipton Bud has Cossack whiskers but is still neutral. My idea o’ takin chances is enlistin’ in th’ Britis'. army. —Abe Martin. Producing managers are about to take steps to boycott actors who pose for the motion pictures. They say the public will not pay $2 to see Mrs. Fiske, for instance, after they havt seen her in Aims for ten cents.

TheHomeOfQuaiityGroceriesi A Merry Christmas offering of good Groceries. A full line of fancy candies at 8c to 25c lb. Dates pkg. We Sweet Potatoes lb 3c Figs pkg 10c Celery 3 for 10c Seeded Raisins lb 12= Lettuce lb 15c Not-a-seed raisins lb 12%= Sweet Cider gal 30c Currants lb 12 % c Honey lb ' ' ' Extra Fancy Navle Oranges 25c, 30c, 35c doz. HOWER & HOWER | North of G. K. & IF. M. SCHIRMEYEK fKE! I President I TUF rowers realty co 5 I BONDS, LOANS, g ■ real ‘' EST a BS tracts. I I The Schirmeyer Abstract I

t.^ ( r \v nd Mrs - Martin M - vlolt wenttci I ort Wayne today noon. T. A. Gottschalk of Berne was a business visitor here today. Rath Brokaw of north of the city was tn town today taking her musk lesson. l>r. s. j; Hoffman has returned from a professional business trip to Fori Wayne. Mrs. W. H. Martz of Pleasant Milk is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. D . B. Erwin. U'O Wilhelm is confined to his hom< suffering from a severe cold, border , ing on pneumonia. Miss Agnes Sellemeyer arrived iron Bloomington to spend her holiday va . cation with her parents. Jesse Michaud, the Berne auction . eer, came to assist John Spuller in cry ■ ing the Frauhiger sale. Mr. and Mrs. James Donaldson o , Laporte were guests during the day , of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Patterson. ■ Miss Lele Schafer of East Unioi township is in the city visiting wit! . Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hite and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shackley an s daughter, Georgia, went to Ft. Waym this morning for a visit with his moth er, Mrs. Howard Shackley. John Green returned from Bucyrus , Ohio, yesterday, where he visited witl relatives. His son, Ed Green, am ( wife, remained for a longer visit. Mrs. Carl Bishop will arrive Mon ? day from Marion, Ohio, for a holida ~ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G e F. Kintz. Mr. Bishop will join hei here Thursday for over Christinas. —I—■——— ———

A. F. Shoaf of rural route number ton attended to business here today <tnd made this office a call. The schools will close next Wednesday lor a ten days’ vacation, resuming the first Monday in January. Ihe Christmas -shoppers were out hi full force today, every business house being rushed. Better hurry, If you don’t want to get lost in the shuffle. Be sure to light your windows ( hrlstmas eve. Tills old-time custom is to be used all over the country. Be careful about placing the lamps or candles In such away as to cause a fire. Low G. Ellingham has returned to Indianapolis after a several days’ business visit here. He will probably remain in that city during the winter, returning here with his family in the spring. The funeral services for Mrs. Alex Beal were held at Willshire at ten o'clock this morning. Mrs. C. A. Dugan attended. Mrs. Beal died at Vincennes, Indiana, Wednesday. She was well known in this city and county. The mercury went down to 14 degrees below zero on Thursday morning, according to the register at the government sub-station near Salamonia. This was the lowest point reached during the present cold season.— Portland Sun. Mrs. J. O. Laughlin of Monroeville, Ind., who has been spending a few lays at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Miller, and her sister, Mrs. W. S. Cross, returned to her home this morning.— Sturgis Times-Democrat. Mrs. John Miller of Jay county, of near Ceylon, was a shopper in the ity today. She was called to Columbus, Ohio, her nephew, Albert Miller, having been injured while playing basket ball. His arm was broken and he was rendered unconscious. The Lyons-Atlas company of Indianapolis had to put SSOO war revenue stamp tax on a document. The largest stamps in Indianapolis were of the ! wo-dollar denomination and 250 of them would cover too much surface. Therefore, the local office got a special SSOO stamp from Washington. Warsaw has advertised it will give shelter to all tramps who come that way. The sheriff has been voted $lO i month for three and one-half nonths during the winter to care for he tramps at the jail where they will be housed and fed. Now the ramps from all around are flocking to Warsaw. A horse belonging to Henry Schneider, residing near Wapakoneta, while driving out the lane became frightened at the sight of a man’s form in the center of the road and fell in such a manner as to cause internal injures from which it died almost instantly. The man proved to be intoxicated. On account of one of the Geneva girls on the high school basket ball team receiving injuries making it impossible for her to play the long looked for game between them and the Decatur girls team which was to take place tonight, it has been postponed indefinitely. The Bluffton boys will "ome here next Wednesday, and no doubt make up for today's disappointment. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rupright, parents of Mrs. John Kreigh, arrived here this morning from Burdette, Kansas, and will visit several months with their daughter and other relatives in this county. Mr. and Mrs. R'.pright went to Kansas from Jefferson township several years ago. They weie accompanied here by John Ehret, who also went from Jefferson township to locate in Kansas.— Bluffton News. Undertaker S. S. Buchanan received a message Wednesday morning that Mrs. Alex Beall had died at thehome of her daughter at Vincennes Tuesdav evening and that the remains would ‘be brought here Thursday morning and taken to the Straublnger hotel, from which place the funeral would be held. The burial will be at Mt Tabor. No other word has been received as yet.-Willshire Herald. Friends of Mrs. Harriet Hill Hayward, formerly of this- city, now of near Boston, will be grieved to hear of her bereavement in the death of her husband, which occurred a week ago. Miss Hill made her home with her cousins, the Misses Clara and Le i Segur for a while in this city w i X x w “ married several years ago after r. turning east, and Miss Margaret DanJels of this city attended the wedding. The hue and cry that went over this country that as many of the toys sold in this country were made in Germany, the European war would result in a shortage in this country this ear turned out to be bunk. There newer has been a season when so many toys of all descriptions rere shown by the local merchants as they have in stock and are selling Mothers the tovs are greater in variety, better in workmanship and cheaper in price than ever known before. . ft

Eph Vail of Paulding, Mo., arrived this noon for a short visit with his sister, Mrs. Daniel Sprung. Earl Sowards, who suffered from effect of exposure in hunting a few days ago, is confined to his home on Eighth street. A man is frequently called a character just because he has no character at all.—January Woman's Home Companion. In the January Woman's Home Companion Fannie Heaslip Lea, writing a fiction story entitled "Sicily Ann and the Pot of Gold," has a character, a married woman, who comments as follows on the money she had when she was a girl and the money she does not have now: “'When 1 was a girl 1 never needed to be careful of what I spent, and since I've been a woman I’ve never had enough to learn how to be careful.’ ”. In anticipation of a revival of ■ freight traffic on the Mississippi river, as well as for the accommodation of federal boats, the government has constructed a large dry dock at Keokuk, lowa, adjoining the recently built dam, which is considered one of the mesthoroughly equipped fresh water basins in this country. It is 463 feet in legnth and 150 feet wide, providing adequate facilities for several vessels at one time. The January Popular Mechanics Magazine contains a picture of the dry dock. A mandamus suit has 'oeen filed in Wells circuit court by the county health commissioner against S. E. Stine, trustee of Jefferson township, in which Ossian is located. The suit results from an order issued by the commissioner that all schools in Wells county be fumigated and the scholar., vaccinated on account of the smallpox epidemic. It is claimed that Stine re fused to see that these orders were carried out in his township and that the health ocer is thereby taking recourse through the court. 0 SELKING BOY RECOVERING. The condition of August Selking, seventeen-year-old son of Mr. and Mr-. Selking, of Root township, is somewhat improved today and the attending physician, D. D. Clark, states that the young man will recover after one of the most terrible sieges of ty phoid fever. He has beeh sick a num ber of weeks and it was at first thought that recovery was impossi ble. Democrat Wants Ads Pav

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Wi I M. t She Will Be Pleased Join The Wear-Ever Circle No other gift will be »o greatlyappreciated or bring greater satisfaction to wife, mother or sister than a "Set" of “Wear-Ever” Aluminum Cooking Utensils Be remembered for twenty years. Never have we been able to offer so many useful pieces at special prices as this season. Order a “Set” Today The “Wear-Evcr” Trade Mark is the Mark of Quality. ..“Wear-Ever" Utensils are different.' Avoid the cheap worthless kind manufactured from soft light material. Look for the “Wear-Ever” trade mark on the bottom of every utensil. It is your guarantee of Safety-Saving-Service. The home keeper whose kitchen is equipped from the beginning with “Wear-Ever" will always take the greatest pride in that kitchen and will avoid that disappointment that comes from the use of shabby ware. WEAMVtH WlAPtvt. ® JOHN BROCK® nuot mark nuoi rum HORSES FOR ARMY Inspector Morrse will be at the Decatur Horse Sale Company barns Saturday, December 19t.1i and will buy horses for the foreign armies Calvary herses must weigh from 950 to 1100 pounds and stand 15 to 15-3 hands high. The age limit will be from 5 to ten years. Artillery horses must weigh from 1250 to 1450 and stand from 15’,0 to 16 hands high. Bring in your horses and get the casli fcjthem. 293t4.

' HR Zl I ' ’1 It iTBrl A 1 • I Xhi 0 r r I ■'k 11 ' J I/ \ I ' Il A I nJ X i li I n j® * Convrwht Hart Schaffner & Marx For Your Christmas Gifts Visit This Store Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes T are 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. i You could’nt do better than give a dress suit or Tuxedo full silk line, latest style at $25 to $35. Your hat should ha’rmonize with your suit and overcoat; not the same color but they should look well together. Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys

ROR RENT —Modern residence property. with five acres of ground.; House lias all modern improvements. Inquire of J. W. Meibers. 286t3

, COAL FOR SALE —A car load of good cook stove ana furnace coal. Will sell at 3.75 per ton off car near the | Meyer saw mill. See Julius Haugk.