Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1916 — Page 3

Fancy Strap Pump jMaMgbk A Take note of the grace and attractiveness of this model—this character of foot- ' wear is gaining in popularW" .■■ ity every day. Tastily finy ished, with a neat scroll design * n s * ra P an d a nifty jet ornament. Two Grades In This Style AT $2.50 and $3.00 Charlie Voglewede AT THE SIGN OF THE BIG SHOE

WEATHER FORECAST sTJttnnunununnsttuuatttiuxnttUi* Eair and cooler tonight and Tuesday. Mrs. Marbach and children spent, Sunday in Eort Wayne. IX L. Staniford went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Mrs. Malinda Fronfield of Kort Wayne is here visiting with relatives. The divorce court is a very necessary adjunct to modem high society, and it’s worked to the limit. Mrs. Harry Cassel of Fort Wayne is here visiting with Mr. Cassel’s mother, Mrs. Ambrose Shoaf. There are two places where you can bob up uninvited without being snubbed. the church and the saloon. Mrs. J E. Hauswirth returned this morning to Fort Wayne after spending Sunday here with her sister Mrs. Ed Coffee. Mrs. Lawrence Green and son, Stanley, left for St. Louis, Mo., to visit with her sister, Mrs. William Chambers. Mrs. Harry Drage returned Saturday afternoon on the 3:22 train to Fort Wayne. She visited here with her mother, Mrs. George Tucker. Smile frequently and freely, but "or the life of humanity don’t let it stick forever. That smile that never comes off never becomes more nauseating than that snarl of a hyena. Mrs. Leone Butler and children of Jonesburg who were guests of Mrs. Sol David and family over Sunday, left this morning for Fort Wayne to visit with her father, Enos Lord and family.

[he Home Os Quality Groceries! This Week The Week PINEAPPLES The opening price will be the best. Buy now at the low price. Fresh and Ripe, Size 30, Doz., $1.20; Case, $3.00 Fresh and Ripe, Size 21, Doz., $1.50; Case, $3.00 Fresh and Ripe, Size 18, .Doz., $2.00; Case, $3.00 We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 20c Butter 18c to 25c M. E. HOWER North of G. R. & I. Depot ’Phone 108 Ilf you spend your money B at home in wont be long I until you get it back. | Smoke The I I “WHrfE STAG” I Extra Mild g For Sale By All Dealers. i IHI 11 HI

Miss Mayme Deinlnger went to Ft. Wayne today noon. Dr, J. C. Grandstaff of Preble was a business visitor here today. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bauer of near Preble were shoppers here today. Statistics show that one man in every 203 is six feet tall. Does this town measure up to the standard? Barney Kalver left Sunday noon for Chicago where he will visit until Wednesday with his son Jake and family. Mrs. Frank Martz returned this morning from Fort Wayne where she visited since Saturday evening with her husband who is employed there. Ross Mallonee, who is working on the new school house al Farmland, arrived home Saturday afternoon for a vjpit with his family over Sunday. Miss Lizzie Schraluka and Mrs. Elmer Smith returned last evening from Montpelier where they w’ere called a few days ago by the serious illness of their niece. T. L. Burns and Miss Maude Hugenard returned Saturday afternoon on the 3:22 train to Fort Wayne after a week's visit here with the former’s daughter. Miss Mabel Burns. Mrs. Henry Shook and son. Harvey, and grandson, Dale Stevens, of Middlebury, Ohio, stopped off here for a short visit Saturday with Mrs. John McGill. They were enroute to Sturgis, Mich. Postmaster J. W. Bosse reports letters and cards remaining uncalled for at the Decatur postoffice, as follows: William Christen, Chas. Draper, Miss Velna Easton, Mrs. Dora Goss, Noah Murphy. Cards: Mrs. G. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Gaither, James Laughlin, Northeastern Yeast Co., Chas. F. Skinner. When calling for this mail please say “Advertised.’’

A. M. Anker left for Kokomo today foa a business visit with George Menig. C. B. Smith of Portland visited in the city Sunday with the C. R. Hammell family. At two o’clock a report from the bedside of Mrs. John Falk was that she was no better. George Roop is still confined to his home on account of rheumatism, which prevents his walking. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Springer and son, Virgil, left this afternoon on the 1:05 train for Berne. Mrs. Lou Howe of Spencerville, Ohio, passed through the city today on the way to Richmond. J. W. Tyndall made a business trip to Columbia City this morning and will return this evening. Mrs. Henry Myers of Convoy, Ohio was here. The Myers are planning to move back here again tomorrow. Miss Alta Johnson left this afternoon at 1:05 for Monroe after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Fowler, at Fort Wayne. ( L. G. Ellingham of Indianapolis was here Saturday evening for an hour changing cars and returned today enroute home ' This is the closing week of the public schools and the children are happily anticipating the long summer vacation. Bobbie, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Hoffman, was taken very sick just before noon today and was still quite ill this afternoon.

Mrs. C. W. Lattin of Toledo, Ohio, visited here yesterday and called on her brother, Cornelius Rademaker, at Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon. Curley Rademacker, who had his leg amputated two weeks ago, is getting along nicely, according to the latest reports from the hospital. Movie actors don’t work —they jest go thro’ th’ motions. Lase Bud misjudged a skillet this mornin' an’ is confined t’ his home. —Abe Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Vail returned Sunday afternoon to their home at Delphi after visiting in the city with lhe Mel Butler and John W. Vail families. Ralph Jahn is clerking at the F. V. Mills store during the absence of Mr. Mills who is at Bladensburg, Ohio, on account of the death of his mother, Mrs. Ophelia Mills. A fine eleven and a half pound boy was born Saturday night to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Coffee. Miss Josephine Krick is the nurse. The babe has been named Richard Jerome. Mr. and Mrs. Hartman of Peru, father and mother of Mrs. John Fisher, returned home yesterday. Mrs. Hartman has been here two weeks, caring for her daughter, who has been ill. The Misses Fan and Kate Hammell and Pearl Baumgartner returned last evening from Montpelier at which place they Sunday as the guests of Mrs. Daley and friend. Fred LaDelle, the great magician, is giving an exhibition at Rockford. Ohio, this evening. He showed at Berne a few nights ago and the Berne Winess spoke highly of the performance. The condition of Mrs. John Falk, who was very critical Sunday, remains about the same today. The nurse said this morning that her physical condition was probably stronger but her voice was much weaker. Mrs. John T. Coots was unexpectedly called to Fort Wayne this morning because of the serious illness of her granddanughter Mrs. Ralph Thompson. Mrs. Coots left on the eleven-thirty car and will return tonight. Miss Vina Green left this afternoon on the 1:05 train for her home at Portland, after spending three months with her brother. Clay Green, at Pleasant Mills. While in the city site visited a short time with Miss Nota Strickler. Clem Steignieyer visited in city on Sunday with his parents and friends. Clem has taken a position on the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette beginning his reportitorial duties this morning. He was formerly on the Fort Wayne News staff. J. S. Peterson will go to Indianapolis tomorrow to attend to business. Mrs. Peterson will accompany him and will go on to Bloo’mington where she will be the guest of her sons, Robert and Dwight during the week cf the celebration of the centenial. The event there is one of the big ones >n the state. Governor Ralston and other notables being actors in the big pageant. The completion of another big factory structure at the plant of the Willys-Overland Company this week gives the Toledo automobile manufacturers an additional 500,000 square feet of floor space available for immediate use. The new unit of the Overland will be occupied at once by various departments of the factory proper which in the past few months have outgrown their old quarters.

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WHEN IN DECATUR VISIT THE Crystal theater. Best of films, most always a feature play of merit. Cool place to spend an evening. Enjoy the world’s best photoplays here. Try It tonight. TO THE CONSUMERS ot FLOUR, when you want winter wheat flour, buy our brand. We make the best. Our mills are right here In town and we can please you. The Fornax Milling Co., Decatur. CARUSO SINGS TODAY AT THE Holthouse Drug store. So do all other famous artists on Victor and Edison records. Diamond discs. A Cull line of drugs and medicines. Holthouse Drug Co., Decatur. THE REXALL STORES ARE ALways reliable and leaders in the drug line. See our large line of specialties. We also, carry a full line of druggists’ sundries. Sick room and physician's prescriptions a specialty. Smith, Yager & Falk. WE HANDLE LADIES’ READY-TO-wear clothing exclusively, and carry a large stock. See our prices on furs to close out for this season. It will pay you to trade with us always. Gass & Mothers. REX THEATER—THE MUTUAL playhouse. Change of program daily. See the best shows here. Best of the Mutual Masterpieces are shown at this theater, featuring, the worldknown players. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Decatur docs all kinds of legitimate banking in all its branches. Pays interest on time deposits. Capital and surplus one hundred and twenty thousand. WE ARE THE FIRST TO DISPLAY the latest creations in hats and millinery goods and carry a large line oftrimmed and untrimmed bats. We are boosters for home trade. Mrs. Kate Burdg. TEEPLE, BRANDYBERRY & PEterson are ready to show you a complete new spring line of clothing and furnishings at reanonuble prices. Call and see them. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS IN DEcatur for all kinds of electrical goods, and do wiring in all its branches on short notice. We carry a large line of everything electrical. A. C. Lawrence Electrical Co., Decatur. ALWAYS TRADE IN DECATUR for anything in the furniture line. You can get honest goods and fair treatment at our store. A large assortment to choose from and right prices. Beavers & Atz.

WHEN IT COMES TO DRY GOODS our reputation for fair dealing Is our guarantee. We know and want you to understand we can do better by you than any catalogue house. Niblick & Co. HOW ABOUT LUMBER AND building material. We want you to see us first. We can save you money on anything in our line and want you to got our prices first. ’Phone your coal orders. Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons. BUY AT HOME. YOU WILL ALways come out ahead by buying Guaranteed Clothes of Holthouse, Schulte Co. DO YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE leaders in furniture, pianos, organs and musical goods, and are well equipped for funeral directions. We are boosters for home trade. ’Phone 61. Gay, Zwick & Myers, Decatur, Ind. THE FIVE AND TEN CENT stores are a great convenience in any locality and are a boon for any community. We carry a large line of household necessitives. C. E. Baughman, Decatur, Ind. BRING IN YOUR CATALOGUES. Just give us a chance to quote you prices on hardware before you send off to the mail order house. We will convince you that we can do as well. Lee Hardware Co. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN. WE ARE agents for San-Tax household remedies and carry a full lino of drugs and medicines. Located on east side of street. See us. Callow & Kohno, druggists, Decatur, Ind. THOSE OLD PICTURES OF father or mother are very dear to you. Priceless, tn fact. Just bear in mind that your children would cherish just, such pictures of you. Erwin’s studio, Decatur.

ADVERTISE AND YOU’LL SUCCEED Fight Catalogue Houses With Their Weapons. PRAIRIE FIRE AN EXAMPLE Western Farmer Successfully Copes With Conflagration by Little Blaze of His Own—Why Not Try His Tactics on the Mail Order Menace? Printed Matter a Great Help.

[Copyrighted, 1914, by Thomas J. Sullivan.! The concern which persistently and consistently advertises brings to Itself great reward In the form of increased business. Fences, rocks and trees are covered with print and paint The shower of advertising In the shape of bandbills is incessant They are put into one’s hand at every step—at the church door and in hotels, in public vehicles, thrust under private doors and sent by millions through the mails. Glittering Advertising Maze. The only road to commercial success leads through a glittering maze ot advertising. f Great boats, bearing on their sails huge advertisements, sail up and down all season before crowded watering places, and now and then a rain of advertisements comes from a wandering aeroplane. When daylight falls the magic electric light throws advertisements on large screens lu conspicuous places In both large and small cities. Shout From Mountain Top. Climb to the mountain top and shont for a solution of the retail mall order evil, and back over the hills will come the answer in the echoing cry "Advertise!’’ The life, the fame, the success, the hope and future of commerce lie la that one magic word. Advertising is unquestionably the weapon which will muke the community worthless tor the retail catalogue houses, but it is uot absolutely necessary that printed matter be the whole thing. Personal and Individual advertising is most helpful, it is such advertising that gives retail mall order houses their trade. And through advertising the local merchants can deprive them of much of the trade that comes from their community.

Fight the Prairie Fire. The western farmer fights the prairie fire with a little Oro of bls own. untlcli, kept always under control, be go uses that the bigger Ore. finding no fuel there on which to feed, sweeps by and leaves him safe. So, in your advertising, you have your saving fire with which to tight the consuming competition of retail mall order houses. The printed matter, of course, must continue to be f ho main reliance for WE’LL WASH EVERYTHING BUT the baby. And we guarantee you satisfactory work, or it don’t cost you a cent. Decatur Laundry. DON’T BUY YOUR TIRE OUT OF town until you get our prices. We can do just as well in prices as anyone anywhere. Be a home booster. Kalver-Noble Garage Co. HAVE YOU EVER SMOKED A Masterpiece cigar? If not. why not? Try one and it will convince you that it is one of the best that money can buy. John 11. Lose. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF ANY work in my line, just call ’phone 739, or 765. Furnace, roofing, spouting, lightning rods, and cornice work. I guarantee all my work. A. R. Ashbaucher. WE CAN COMPETE WITH ANY mail order house. Bring in your catalogue and make us prove It. We deal in harness, buggies, carriage, hardware, etc. Repair work done. Chas. F. Steele & Co., Decatur Ind. HOW ABOUT YOUR BICYCLE OR motorcycle. If it needs enameling, just bring it in and I will make it look like new. Omer Parent Supply House. WE DO SANITARY PLUMBING. Steam and hot water heating.. vapor and vacuum heating a specialty. See us for estimates. We guarantee all our work. P. J. Hyland, 222 Monroe St., Decatur, Ind.

urging to enter your store. Show windows, however good, are sure to be seen only by a few of those who might need to trade with you, while personal invitations cannot be given quickly enough to a sufficient number to answer everyday purposes. It is through printed matter that the retail mall order house offerings are constantly made, and, if for no other reason Uian to prove the determination at least to match their efforts for trade in your community, use the local press and printed matter enough to let no one whose trade should be yours forget that yon are In a position to 011 his wants. Originality Beet Method. The local merchant should dwell at length on the fact that be delivers after the goods bare bpen seen and be fore the money has been paid for them, and when It comes to making good, should anything go wrong, tie is right at hand, not a thousand miles away. A reputation for originality is con tinually being sought by most merchants, and one can get it more easily by being natural in every move. Advertising that sounds like you is not only sure to bring the greatest results, but it is also the one kind of advertising your competitor cannot successful ly imitate. It is true that some self styled ad vertislng experts have studied the die tlonary, the grammar and the type specimen books until they are able to i talk a jargon that makes advertlsingby which we mean printed matter—seem very much of a mystery to the average nytn. Operate Like Pickpockets. The mall order bouse system experts in the advertising art are something like the pickpocket who, tn an attempt to divert suspicion from himself, join? the throng nnd shouts “Stop thief!’’ as loudly as tiny one. Look through the mail order catalogues and yon will find that nearly all of them will tell yot. that their houses are the cheapest places to buy; that they have the best facilities. They will Intimate that the other fel low is the one to avoid If you do not want to get "trimmed” and that It is tho pther fellow that tandies the trash When a dog bites you the first tlmt blame the dog; If he bites you again blame yourself. If the mail ordei houses get the best of you once blame them; if they do It again blame your self for being such an unthinkable chump. DRY CLEANING. WHEN YOU think of Dry Cleaning, think of us. Decatur Dry Cleaners, opposite the Murray Hotel. BUY YOUR PAINT BY YEARS, and square yards, not gallons. If you can't own the best house in town, you can at least own one of the best painted ones, if you buy Patton’s Sun Proof Paint from Schafer Hardware Co. T. A. LEONARD IS LOCATED ON Madison street, and his ’phone number is 374 if you are in need of any kind of tin or furnace work, just call him up. COME IN AND LOOK OVER OUR large stock of trimmed and untrimmed hats that we are closing out at cost. AU the latest styles. Mrs. A. Boese. WE WANT THE RESIDENTS OF Decatur and Adams county to know we handle the best pianos, organs and musical goods and can save you many a dollar. Scherer & Rick, Decatur, Ind. WE HANDLE DOMESTIC AND imported cigars. Pipes and smoker's articles. Sole agency for La Preferencia cigars. A tine billiard room in connection. Ed L. Kintz, opposite court house, Decatur. B'S A HOME BOOSTER WHEN IT comes to anything in our line, we will compete with any mail order house. Farm implements of all description. Dowliug-Schuey Co.

HEADQUARTERS FOR ANYthing in furniture at prices right. We can save you money on the piano you must buy. Seo us before buying.— Yager Bros. & Relnking. A FIRST CLASS GARAGE IS A boon to any community. We have every facility to take care of your automobile. Carry a large line of accessories. Prices right L. A. Holthouse. Fashionable Livery. DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBJW what you shouldn't forget. Smoke th# White Stag extra mild. It’s made at homo. THE MADISON HOTEL UNDER new management, the favorite stopping place in Decatur. All modern, electric-lighted, steam heated, home cooking, near business center of town. American or European plan. William Heiner, Prop. I CAN’T MAKE ALL THE BREAD used in town, so I just make the best of it. My bakery is open for inspection at all times. Decatur Sanitary Steam Bakery. A WORD ABOUT CLOTHING IS now in line. We want every one to examine our large stock and get our prices before you buy. Our prices will keep your money in Decatur. The Myers-Dailey Co. THE KUEBLER CO, BOSTON Store, will sell you any kind of dry goods as low as any mall order house. Buy your dry goods at home and see what you are getting. The Kuebler Co., Decatur, Ind. GET ALL THE MILEAGE YOU CAN. We can help you. Have your old tires rebuilt ana double-treaded. We carry a large line of harness, buggies etc. Repairing a specialty. A. W. Tanvas, Decatur, Ind. COME IN AND SEE OUR Display of Easter hats. Trimmed hats from $1.50 and up. U. Deininger.

GET THE HABIT OF SMOKING Decatur made cigars. To boost home trade, try our N. H. C.. a leader, and our 104 La Sena, straight 10c. H. A. Colchin, Decatur, Ind. MAIL ORDER HOUSES CAN GIVE you a fit, but not in shoes. For up-to< the-minute styles in footwear, just call on Peoples & Gerke. OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK IS the oldest and strongest financial institution in Adams county, and pays interest on still accounts. Come in and get acquainted. We want your account. THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST Co. does a general banking business and our depositors are protected by insurance. See our list of responsible officers and directors. Safety deposit boxes for rent. SEE US FIRST FOR PRICES on monuments, marble, granite, art statuary. We can please you and serve you well. Wemhoff Monumental Works, 'Phone 395. Decatur, Ind. GET OUR PRICES FIRST IN hardware, implements, automobiles and vehicles, 17 series. Studebakers, just out. Buy it because it is a Studabaker; 49 horse power, $845; 50 horse power, SIOSO. Henry Knapp & Son, Decatur, Ind. DECATUR'S RESIDENT CHlßOpractir. There is only one resident chiropractor in Decatur, or Adams county. Only one chiropractor that pays city and county taxes. Only one chiropractor that does his purchasing from your home merchants. Help him help your community. O. L. Burgener, D. C„ over Vance & Hite’s. AUBURN IS YOUR CAR. AND talking about “Trading at Home,” why not decide on the Auburn car. It’s made in Indiana by men who know how and who will back up anything they say about it. T. J. Durkin, Decatur, Indiana, resident agent. ATTEND OUR SPRING OPENING sale and save money. Bernstein’s. OUR FIFTY YEARS IN THE SHOE business should be sufficient proof we are there with the right kind of goods and treatment. See us for all kinds of footwear. Wiunes Shoe Store. REYNOLDS’ ASPHALT SHINGLES will give you a lower rate of insurance oh .' 7il* uou'S’d' aiiu ’' cOuteuvo. Their beautiful soft tones make them harmonize with your building, give personality to your house and add to the value of the property as a whole. For sale by Decatur Lumber Co.