Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1915 — Page 3

HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST When I buy a boy’s shoe I want to know what kind of leather there is in them, whether the insoles are split punk or solid sole leather, whether the counters are pressed paper or solid grain leather and you are entitled to know this when YOU buy boys’ shoes. This store will tell you and what’s more will back it up, too. • J*. 1 CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE. AT THE SIGN OF THE BIG SHOE

WEATHER FORECAST [ Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Mrs. Oscar Hoffman went to Fort Wayne today noon. Miss Minnie Schroeder returned to St. John’s after shopping here. Mrs. Elmer Sprague of near Monroeville was a business visitor here yesterday. Mrs. H. J. Thompson and son, Harry, and daughter. Ruby, left Wednesday for Garden Dell for two weeks’ outing. Mrs. G. T. Burk and daughter, Winifred, and their guest, Miss Lena Sutton, of Lafayette, went to Ft. Wayne yesterday. Herman Ehinger was at Berne today looking after business matters pertaining to the Citizens’ Telephone COSQp&D>y. The Misses Cravens and Batchelor, teachers in the high school, arrived, to be ready for their work, school opening next Monday. Deputy Sheriff L. D. Jacobs is smoking some extra fine Manila cigars sent him by a friend. George who is teaching in ttje Philippines. The sugar beet last year produced in this country almost four times as much sugar as was produced freftn the cane of the south. The sugar beet has become some pumpkins. Mrs. L. L. Syphers returned to Fort Wayne after a visit here with her father, Thomas Fisher, who lias been quite ill. Mr. Fisher has been ill of stomach trouble and was able to sit up today for the first.

she Home Os Quality Groceries FOR ONE WEEK Extra Fancy California Lima Beans, 4 lbs. 31c Sweet Potatoes, tb4c Tin Cans, doz3sc Cabbage, tblc Sanitary Capsf dozlsc Tomatoes, busCc Boyd Caps, doz2sc Onions, 2 tb'.sc White Crown Caps, doz2sc f Extra Good Blended Flour, 24*/i tb. Sack .. 75c We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 20c Butter 18c to 25c M. E. HOWER Norik of G. R. & I. Depot Phone 108 IF. M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN President Secretary Treas. I THEJBOWERS REALTY CO. I REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, I ABSTRACTS The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- I stract Records, Twenty years’ Experience tgFarms, City Property, 5 per cent.' MONEY

Miss Kathryn Egley went to Fort ■ Wayne this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morrison of Will- ; shire, Ohio, changed cars here enroute to Fort Wayne. Mrs. Dessie Shell and sons, Harry and Charles, of Willshire, Ohio, went to Fort Wayne. Mrs. A. J. Brandyberry and daughter went to Fort Wayne to call on her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Johnloz who is 111. Mr. and Mrs. William Miller and children returned to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon after a visit here with relatives. Mrs. Dan Vail, Mrs. Clayson Carroll and guest. Miss Mary Hartzell, of Greenville, Ohio, went to Fort Wayne yesterday noon. We’re told serious women should marry frivolous men. They do. We know- one who’s been serious ever since she did it. Mrs. Chauncey Hosier and children returned to Fort Wayne today after a visit here with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Barkley. Mrs. E. S. Morrison, of Decatur, Ind., came here this afternoon to make a visit in the home of Ernst Weicking and family.—Bluffton Banner, The Catholic schools will have a business department this year and have purchased Underwood typewriters to be used in that department. Mr. and Mrs. Charman. Terre Haute. Mr. Bernhari and Miss Bachelor arrived yesterday and are ready for hte opening of the public school here next Monday. Speaking of the hardships of a soldier’s life, Mayor Mitchell of New York was robbed of a pair of socks at the Plattsburg training camp. Luckily he had his other pair on.

H. J. Yager wont to Fort Wayne today noon. Mrs. nrdtfe Rend retained to Fort Wayne after a visit here. Miss Lucile Shaffner went to Fort Wayne today noon. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Flther went to Fort Wayne today. Miss Naomi Gass has returned from a visit at Elwood. Mrs. Lulu Johnson Jones of Omaha, Neb., is here visiting with friends. The Tom Gallogfy family has gone to Sturgis, MTch., for a Ashing outing. Charles Mercer of the Guy Stock company was a business visitor in the city today. Mrs. Jeff Bryson of Portland wss a visitor in the city today with relatives and friends. Mrs. Etta Shepherd and son, Carl, w’ill arrive today from Anderson to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Edwards. Mrs. Fred Snyder of Fort Wayne arrived In the city today for an overlabor day visit with the Pat Wilhelm and Reuben Lord families. “Rube” Wilkins with his electrophone was entertaining the citizens of Decatur this morning in the interests of the Van Wert county fair. 1 Mr. ana Mrs. Roy Steel and children who have been visiting in the home I- of Roy Venls and family in this city, p returned to their home in Decatur last evening.—Bluffton Banner. F This has been an awful summer on t th’ clothes we expected t’ wear this winter. World peace must look like a r party big proposition t' th’ head o’ r th’ average family.—Abe Martin. 3 Reuben Wilken, king of al! imitators. has been employed to advertise I the Adams county fair. He will be here for two weeks, using his autb ? chimes to attract attention and will also have a troupe of acrobats at the fair. f Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner ; attended the fair at Portland Thursday and were guests of his brother. ( the Rev. E. H. Baumgartner, and wife. The attendance at the fair yesterday was the largest ever, and is 1 said to be increasing year by year, with the automobile's invasion. Yes1 terday, by actual count, there were 1 1,066 autos parked inside the race • track ring. Judge William J. Vesey, Allen J. • Vesey and Dick M. Vesey, all of Fort 1 Wayne, have formed the DeKalb Coun- ’ ty Manufacturing company with $l5O, 900 capital stock. If present negotrni tions are successful the company will 1 take over the interests of the Mcln- - tyre factory at Auburn, now in voluntary bankruptcy. A new car, possibly . to be called “The Vesey”, is expected . to be the outcome. 1 In order that Arthur Private, who t has been touring Canada in the interest of the British Overseas Tobacco . Fund for soldiers at the front, might r be able to appear on time before an 3 audience in Hamilton, Ontario, the . Grand Trunk provided him with a special train of an engine, baggage car and " one first class coach, which made the F run from Montreal to Hamilton, 373 miles, in a little more than three hours, including three stops. Rev. and Mrs. Harman and child will go to Marion, Peru and Kokomo on a three weeks’ vacation, Saturday, September 4. The St. Joseph annual conference of the United Brethren church convenes at Kokomo. September 8, continuing over the following Sunday. Rev. Harman is on the program for an address at the conference. Rev. H. H. Fout of Indianapolis is the bishop of the district, embracing about seven states, and J. E. Grimes of North Manchester, Ind., is the conference superintendent. John E. Markley, county highwaysuperintendent, will not ask an increase in the turnpike repair fund from the county council which meets next month. The levy at present is 33.9 cents on each SIOO of taxable property and this raised about $62,000 for turnpike repair last year. It will make about the same next year, ac- • cording to present figures. Mr. Markley is gradually getting the county roads in good condition and next year the repair work will be more extensive. Rains this summer delayed the road kork in many places. Bluffton Banner. R. ’Earl Peters and brother-in-law. Herman Mentzer, of Fort Wayne and Bluffton, were in town Tuesday on their way home from Payne, Ohio, where Mr. Mentzer has leased a suitable room and in a few days will move to that city from his former home and will open up a five and ten cent store. Mr. Peters also took the opportunity to call upon his many friends here and looked over the field in the interests of the Hon. Cyrus Cline, who he has assisted for the past four years as private secretary, and is an able campaign manager. The Hon. Cyrus Cline, as all know, will be in the coming campaign in the race to win and succeed himself in congress, and none better can be found as Cline has demonstrated in the past.—Monroeville Breeze.

e Lynpan Blossom of Willshire, Ohio, was here today. ’ t Mrs. Ella Andrews of Monroe went to Fort Wayne today noon. t Mrs. Mary Christen went to Fort Wayne for a visit with relatives. t Mrs. James Kessler of Monroe changed cars here enroute to Fort 1 Wayne. Attendance Officer Jesse Steele of . Pleasant Mills was a visitor In the ! city today. e Mr. and Mrs. Dan Roop and babe . of Blue Creek township were visitors here today. ( The Misses Marguerite Gerard 1 and Germaine Coffee will go to Fort Wayne this evening. i Miss Joseph Meehen who has been . visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John Hentzey left today for her home at Muncie. > About forty teachers from the north . part of the -county are here today attending the preliminary institute 3 of teachers. Walton Johnson Is recovering i nicely at the Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne, and is able to sit up. He will - probably be home next week. > Miss Catherine Hyland who has • been visiting at Mansfield, Ohio, with ■ Miss Zellers will return home Sunday i and be ready for the opening of school ! Tuesday. > Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mailand and - son, Richard, Mrs. Chris Boknecht and son. Ed. and Ernst Franz have i returned from a week's visit with rels atives in Toledo and Detroit. 1 Mrs. Jeff Bryson of Portland was' here today. Mr. and Mrs. Bryson will leave Wednesday for a trip to the Panama exposition at San Fran- ■ sisco and will be absent six weeks. Mrs. P. J. Hyland son Arthur and ' daughter Mary Virginia have returned from Muncie where they were called on account of the serious sickness of Mrs. Hyland’s brother. Pat Touhey. Rube Wilkins was here today advertising the Van Wert fair which is on next week. Rube is some advertiser all right and always lets the folks know when he strikes a town. John H. Koenig of St. Mary’s, O„ was here today, attending to business and incidentally looking around for a house which he can occupy. He is thinking seriously of moving his family here. L. C. Waring returned this morning from a month’s outing at his island cottage at Little Manistique lake, in the northern peninsula of Michigan. He has the color of good health and enjoyed the tour or five weeks, 6f course. , A dozen good houses could be rented in this city right now and yet more good homes have been erected and are now being built than was ' ever known in one season in Deca--1 tur. Os course it’s the best town in the state—that’s why everybody wants to live here. Frank Houk, a former resident here, is visiting the families of Ferd 1 Peoples and S. E. Brown, and will 1 leave Monday night for Pittsburg, ! where he will make his home. His ■ family is with him. They are moving from Oklahoma, where they have I lived for some years. " 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler, Miss ■ Nona Forbing and Messrjs. W. H. 1 Lee, Henry Krick and E. S. Moses 1 are expected to return home the lat- • ter part of next week from an extend- : ed visit to California. Postal cards • received from them by relatives state • that they have bad an Ideal trip-seeing ■ beautiful scenery and taking in all ■ the sights. Mrs. E. T. Jones, formerly Mrs. 1 Lulu Johnson, of this city, arrived last evening from Omaha to attend ■ to the business of settling up the es- • tate of which she is the administraI trix. She will visit her father a i month while her husband is making ! a business trip to the Pacific coast, > and they will then make their home i at Denver. I Messrs. C, E. Hocker, George Barn- - hart and Albert Scheimann will leave ■ this evening for a trip of three or four ! weeks to California. Mr. Hocker will 1 spfend most of the time visiting with ! his brother. Harvey Hocker and family at Fullerton, California, while Messrs. • Barnhart and Scheimann will take several side trips throughout western . country. 1 o_ DICK SMITH BREAKS ARM "Dare Devil Dick” Smith. Son oi - Judge and Mrs. D. E. Smith, who show--3 ed so much pluck when he got shot 1 a year or so ago. was the victim of . another accident this morning, that y tested his grit. He was vaulting when 1 the pole gave way letting him down f with no gentle ease. Investigation I- showed that he escaped with only both bones of the left forearm broken ’ a short distance below the elbow.. He 8 is resting as "well as can be expect- '• ed.” 1 o e BLACKSMITH SHOPS TO CLOSE s All blacksmith shops in Decatur w : ll i- be closed Monday. September 6th. on account of Labor Day. llltS

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New Fall Suits We have been receiving \ daily new suits in all newest fall and winter styles in Poplins-Whip - cords- ZA Serges and fancy clothes - r -y' in all the popular colors- | ’rm Navy, Black, Green, s Browns and Grays. A Prices from $12.50, $15.00 VZ \h\ SIB.OO, $20.00 to $35.00. Make Your Selections Early. Just received new line Sweater Coats In Wool and Silk. NIBLICK &■ C( f

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