Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1915 — Page 5

The Big Sale Is Here You’ve always wanted a pair of Black Satin Baby Doll Pumps, buy them now - $1.95 Patent Baby Doll and High Heeled Slippers, $1.49 up. Grey Cloth Top Shoes all sizes - $1.95 Men’s White Duck White Rubber Sole Oxfords $1.25 TAKE A LOOK IN OUR WINDOWS CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE. AT THE SIGN OF THE BIG SHOE

WEATHER FORECAST Probably showers. Warmer. If you sidestep Peter you are on the toes of Paui. A man ceases to worry about his hair after it has gone. The coroner’s jury has "omparatively few secrets to tell. Miss Mary Hindenlang left this morning for Fort Wayne. Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Weaver and son were visitors at Fort W’ayne yesterday. It is possible to cultivate a mean disposition without developing the artistic temperament. Company doesn’t want to be treated like one of the family; company wants consideration. A true sport can prove it in other ways than by waiting for the last performance of the side show. Norbert Holthouse and Leon Crawford took in the K. of C. initiation at Fort Wayneyesterday. Mrs. John Watson returned to Monroeville today after a visit at Monmouth with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burr. Mrs. Elizabeth Wynn and granddaughter, Miss Electa Giancy, spent Sunday at Craigville wit!: Mr. and Mrs Roe Wynn and family. Miss Zelma Stevens left Saturday for Steele, Ind., to spend her vacation with her aunt. Mrs. L. Okely. She will also visit at Willshire. Ohio. and other places before returning home. Some fierce restaurants are named Delmonico’s.

The Home Os Quality Groceriq TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK See our goods—See our prices—Then You’ll Buy. 4 Brands of Scrap Tobacco, pkg. 4c. Sugar Corn 7c 7 Cans Standard Milk2sc 2 Pink Salmon ....19c 2 Cans Standard Milk, ta11..15c 2 Red Salmon3sc 4 Cans Kraut 29c 1 Salmon Steak27c 4 Cans Hominy 27c Sale Prices Strictly Cash. Wie pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 15c ' Butter 15c to 21c M. E. HOWER North of G. R. &,!• Depot Phonc 108 IF. M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN | President Secretary Treas. L THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, ABSTRACTS The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- I stract Records, Twenty years’ Experience Farms, City Property, 5 per cent. MONEY

Ferd Christen went to Monmouth this morning. Miss Etta Mallonee will attend the Epworth League convention at Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith went to Fort W’ayne to visit with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Bandtell. Mrs. Lulu Johnson motored to Rome City with friends Sunday and enjoyed the day at that popular summering place. The Misses Ruth Gay, Ruth and Flora Fledderjohann will go to glutfton tomorrow to attend the Epworth convention. Hazel ana Pauline Wolford returned to Monmouth this morning after a visit here with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Shafer Peterson, over night. Mrs. Fred Hoffman returned Sunday from a several weeks’ visit with relatives at Gary and Elkhart. She ae-| companied Mr. Spons and family here by motor they going to Portland to visit. Miss Kate Flox of South Bend, wno has been visiting with her brother-i.t-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. I. Bernstein. left this morning for Columbia City for a, visit with her brother, J. O. Flox. before returning home. Miss Celia Andrews left this morning for Fort W’ayne. thence to Lake James, where she will join her mother and sister. Mrs. Agnes Andrews, and daughter, Celia, who left Saturday for the Rosenwinkle-Ryan cottage. Unable to find work, too proud to beg and too honest to steal, Adam Zedol, of Hammond, lived on grass for a week and is dying. Zedol, missed by his friends, was found in a shack on a pallet of straw. He is too weak to eat.

Mrs. B. J. Meibers and daughter, Tillie, spent Sunday In Toledo, Ohio. Mayme and Leonard Deininger went to Fort Wayne today, where they visited with relatives. Miss Mabie Burns and Mrs. 0. T. Bartiiorte went to Fort Wayne Sunday .where they have been the guests of friends yesterday and today. Miss Vera Hunsicker, who has been ill three weeks of a severe cold, and bedfast two weeks, was able to walk out Sunday, gradually improving. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kackett and daughter Eveline and Miss Fortney of Dixon, Ohio, motored to this cicy Sunday afternoon and were guests of Mr. Clark Brothers and Mr. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy accompanied their son-in-law, Charles Nelson, of Fort Wayne, to Indianapolis yesterday, where they will visit for a week or two. The trip was made by auto. Mr. anj Mrs. W’illiam Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Whitright and daughters, Gladys and Helen, motored to Monroeville Sunday, where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kelley, parents of Mrs. Whitright. Winona announces its annual opening with “Hiawatha” on June 27t.i, the show to continue until July sth, with the White Huzzars, and a patriotic celebration on that day. Dr. R. M. Russell will preach on the opening Sunday, July 4th. The Arlington hotel at Petoskey, Mich., burned to the ground Saturday morning with a loss of $250,000. A large number of guests were in the building at the time, but all escape '. The hotel is familiar to many Decatur people who have visited at Petoskey. Among some of the men attending the Knights of Columbus initiation at Fort Wayne Sunday were H. H. Bremerkamp, Ben Eiting, Vincent and Lawrence Smith. A class of seventy-five was taken into the lodge. The degree work was put on by the Fort Wayne teams. Mr. and Mrs George Morris and children and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bed and son of Bluffton motored to this city yesterday and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. French Quinn. Mrs. Charles Meyer of Niles, Mich., accompanied them to this city and will remain here for several days. Postmaster J. W. Bosse reports letters remaining uncalled for at the Decatur postoffice for Miss Annie L. Brooks, George Davis, S. A. Kinsey. Mrs. K. T. Kiser, H. Needmore, Clayton Schultz, Truth Publishing Co., Mr. Ed Schultz. When calling for these letters please say “Advertised." The hearing of Fred Kumpf. Sou‘h Side man. charged with stealing $14.t15 from Charles J. Niblick of Decatur is being conducted before 'Squire J. K. Rinehart this afternoon. The theft is alleged to have occurred at the Gardenour hotel in Uniondale last Tuesday night.—Bluffton Banner.

Mr. and Mrs. James McConnell and son, Carl, of Marion, Ind., and Miss Lucile Seabold of Hamlet, motored to this city yesterday and took dinner with Dr. Burns. They were enroute to Ohio to visit Mr. McConnells mother. They were accompanied also by Miss Dollie Miller, of Van Wert county, who has been visiting them several weeks. The McConnells will return home through this city Wednesday or Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Schroeder and family motored to Fort Wayne yesterday where they were joined by Mr. and Mrs. John H. Schulte. They then motored to Avilla where they visited with Mr. Schroeder's sister and later on in the afternoon motored to Garrett, where they paid a visit to the Alton Hathaway family. The entire trip covered about seventy-five miles and was one of the most enjoyable ever had by the party. Recent government reports on doeo wells in the world state that the German empire has the deepest well in Upper Silesia and it is 7,350 feet deep. The American well that comes next is at McDonald, Pennsylvania, and the measurement shows 7,174 feet. Another Pennsylvania well at Derrick City, is 5,820 feet deep, and another well in that state at West Elizabeth is 5,575, and at Gaines, Pa . there is a 5,500 foot well. In speaking of the good service the Erie has been giving its the division freight agent recently said that the freight trains, especially high class, are watched almost as the passenger trains with regard to time. “They are wiatched to the minute,' he said, “and an account must be made when they are late in arriving at New York or other terminals the same as the passengers.” All this means a more regular and reliable service, never equaled before in the history of the road. The merchandise time from New York to Chicago has been shortened twenty-four hours. Now because of the double track, the Erie's direct route, the automatic signals and the general improvement in the country's equipment, the trains are able to make better speed with greater safety.

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I The Place To Save Money i | n g I i Bernstein’s j it I g g « SHOES, DRY GOODS AND | | FURNISHINGS | g Dress Lawns, a large assortment ,per yard 4c H $2.00 Ladies' White Lace or Embroidery Petticoats 98c -j 50c grade Ladies' Percale and Gingham, light or dark Kimona :i H Sleeve Aprons 39c •"* I? A large assortment of Ladies’ Silk Waists, reg. $1.50 and $2 val., 9dc j: H 'm U Ladies' White Canvas 2-strap Oxfords, high or low heel, all sizes, 2'/ a to 798 c H Men’s Porisknit Union Suits 45c U Green Window Shades, oil color, G ft. long, reg. 25c grade, 0n1y... 19c H All sizes Baby Doll Slippers, patent or gun metal It a 0 2 Doors South Interurban Station 0 | » (big three DAYS I I SPECIALS 8 i H | Tuesday i: 60c Dec. Cups and Saucers, set 30c H H Blue and Gold Dec. Plates, each 10c H y Blue and Gold Dec. Cups and Saucers, each 10c u y 6 Optic Table Tumblers, set 10c ” H 10c Fly Swaters, each 5c g 0 Wednesday « 50c Earthenware Hanging Baskets, each .... 19c y H 35c House Broom, each 19c y « 1 Quart Earthen Jars, each 3c y « $1 Value Aluminum Ware 39c H H 25c Paper Basket 10c y H 25c Whisk Brooms 10c g | Thursday | H 25-35-50 c Curtain Goods, yd 12 l-2c ;; H 10c Embroidery, yd 5c y H 15 and 20c Embroidery, yd 10c i. : H $1 Value Ladies’ Dress Skirt, each 59c « H Coverall Aprons 43c y H 25c Corset Covers 10c U I § [ Baughman 5 & 10c Store j I 10 Per Cent | I Reduction I I :: ON THE FOLLOWING ! GRANITE WARE I j ALUMINUM WARE 0 j NICKEL PLATED i COPPER GOODS I H AND CUTLERY I | For This Sale Only j I 4 I | LEE Hardware Co- | at: at: at: ar.att.at: at: attatU I

:ta:in:a::ar.a::::r.;a::n:;:r,ta:at::«:ar.;n'.:«:-.:t::«: ar.::t:t»:3::::r.-.: H I J Special For | 3 BIG DAYS I « One Lot of Ladies’ Oxfords and Pumps QO H Patent and dull, $3.50 and $4.00 H y I « One Lot of Misses’ Oxfords and Pumps Cl rn H ft Patent and dull, $1.75 and $2.00 « ft One Lot of Men’s Oxfords and Pumps AO H :: Patent and dull, $3.50 and $4.00 «p£.JO H H One Lot of Boys’ Oxfords and Pumps 1 no H Patent and dull, $2.50 epl.jO H | Special reduced prices on all g y Oxfords and Pumps during this I H three days sale. I I j Peoples&Gerke »at::»Ka:at:a:::xats3ti«t:atxn:at::«:at:at:ar.at:ar.at:;a:ar.atjar3r43t:; a::;:: at:;::.:::: | Here you will find I « What you Want P When you want It. I I I | A few of The Many Specials for the | I 3 days sale H § H Aluminum Sauce Pans ]Oc | H 10 qt. Aluminum Kettles 89c 0 fi 2 qt. “ Coffee Percolators 89c « H 7 in. Nucut glass Nappy Big Value 10c | « Granite ware assortment choice 19c h ;j We Fill Your Wants Without Emptying Your Purse! :: H Are You Wise? H — H § I H y Watch Our Windows Watch Our Counters H for Specials for Specials | THE MORRIS j 5 & lOc Stores, I I 8 a: raun: it: H tt j Special Sale | I of Shoes I I § H - | In Addition to our 10 per cent » | discount on all shoes. We have | | 200 prs. of Ladies Oxfords I | $3.00 values at $1.48.100 prs. ’ I | of childrens slippers size sto | II at 39c. 50 prs. Mens Ox- I | fords at $2.00 a pair. | I The Store That Saves You Money. “ I i ! C. H. ELZEY ! I I 0 Opp. Court House g ;a: 44 u*:4*. 4.: 4*. .a. jt. 4:; '4.::ai;a:u.