Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1916 — Page 3

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WEATHER FORECAST! Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. s=a ■ ■" . .- ■=. ==.T 1 ~ ,’r ~J Mrs. C. D. Kunkel of Monmouth was a shopper here. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Swartz spent the day in Fort Wayne. Edgar Moyer went to Fort Wayne this morning to work. Charles Pepe of Monroe went to Fort Wayne yesterday. afternoon on business. Mrs. Richard Burrell of Huntington visited over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Blackburn. Mrs. William Reinking and sons, Alvin and Lester, returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here. Miss Tillie Weis went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon on the 3:2! train to visit with her sister, Mrs. James Spade. Mrs. H. E. Jackson returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here and in the country with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mickley of Huntington returned home after visiting Mrs. Mickley’s grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. William Blackburn, and Others. Miss Adella Miller and Miss Hattie Bauer of Magley were business visitors in this city yesterday, preparing for their trip to the west, which they will soon take. Mrs. J. H. Stewart and sons, Meredith and Max William, went to Warren this morning to visit until to morrow evening with Mrs. Stewart’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ruggles.

(he Home Os Quality Groceries PINEAPPLES Ripe for canning, sizes 18, 24 or 30, case $2.65 Hawaiian Pineapples, thick slices, in heavy syrup. per doz. cans ./ $2.00 Tender Early June Peas, 3 cans A 25c Sugar Corn, 3 cans 25c Solid Pack Kraut, 3 cans 25c Lye Hominy, 3 cans 25c A few varieties of Early Seed Potatoes, left. Be quick. We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 20c Butter 17c to 23c M. E. HOWER North of G. R. & I. Denot ’Phone 108 “WHITE STAG” I Extra Mild I Are Prime Favorites With the Men Who Drive the Autos. p WHY? ASK ANY AUTOIST g It’s because the White Stag flavor is so rich and g true. It’s the one cigar that tastes as good in the front h* seat of the old boat as at home in your den g and 0 IT STAYS LIT IN THE WIND. | $

"Sheriff” John Coee is here visiting with his friendsMrs. Perry Gandy and Miss Betty McLucke returned to Fort Wayne ioday noon after a visit here. The Misses Genevieve Bremerkamp and Mayme Hartings left thiA morning for Celina, Ohio, on a visit. Raymond Merrell returned yesterday to Chicago after a visit since Satpr day with Miss ’Tonk” Meibers D C. Lauferty of Huntington was here this morning to attend to business at the Waring Glove company. Mrs. C. W Rex and daughter returned t,o Indianapolis this morning after a visit here with her father, C. 11. Halslip and family. The quarantine at the C. C. Schafer home is to be lifted today. The youngest son having recovered from an attack of scarlet fever Mrs F. Schum and daughter. Lillion of New York City, and Mrs. Barbara Schum returned to Fort Wayne todaynoon after a visit at Schum, Ohio. Th’ most ardent advocate o’ anything is th’ feller who can’t lose Miss Tawney Apple spent Sunday at home on account o’ th’ car shortage.—Abe Martin. The Masonic lodge will have a spec-; ial session on Decoration day at which time several candidates will be given the third degree and at which time visitors will be here from several of the neighboring towns. A bath without water is said to be one of the latest novelties. A thick robe is entwined with wires, and when put on a current of electricity is passed through the wires. The wearer of the robe soon finds his body getting warmer, until in a little while he perspires freely.

Dick Gay went to Fort Wayne yesterday to work. Mrs. Dan Niblick has gone to Bluffton and Vera Cruz to visit with relatives. The condition of Mrs. John S. Falk, who is critical, remains about the same today. Mrs. Lulu Whfttenharger and son, George, went to Convoy, Ohio, to visit with her sister. Mrs. E. J. Ayres and son, William Bliss, returned to their home in Sou/h Bend this morning after a visit here with her parentsMrs. Henry Foreman went to Fort Wayne to call on her little daughter. Della, at the Lutheran hospital. She is getting along nicelyMiss Irene Eady, became acutely ill Sunday with tonsilltis and the services of a physician was need. She is much improved todayBobbie Huffman, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Huffman is recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia from which he has suffered for a week past. The German Mutual fire insurance company of Preble township, will hold their annual meeting at the Freidhetn scrool house at one o’clock Saturday afternoon, June 3rd. County Treasurer George E. Kinzle this afternoon conducted a sale of bonds for the Fred Heckman macadam roads. There were six bidders. showing that Adams county bonds are still in demand. T. M. Reid and Dr. F, G Coverdale have returned from a fishing trip at Rome City They tell an interesting story of how another fellow caught twenty-one bass making their catch of a dozen or so look very ordinary S. C. Hamilton, the voting machine man, has returned from a business trip to Portland where he succeeded in interesting a number of people in his machine and where he hopes to install a number for the coming election Mrs. Leland Frank who fell last Friday and struck her head on the back of a rocker, and who suffered severe headache since, has been found to be suffering from concussion of the brain with attending blood clot in the region of the mastoid bone. Chris Eicher and William Reppert, members of the county board of commissioners, were in town today attend ing to business. The board will meet tomorrow to attend to some matteis carried over from the last meeting, including the letting of the coal contract. B C. Henricks, chiropractor, will go to Fort Wayne this afternoon, to attend a meeting of the committee to arrange for the state convention of the Indiana Chiropractors Protective association, which will meet at the Anthony hotel, Fort Wayne, June 6th and 7th. Mr. Henricks is the president of the association and they are planing a great meeting for that date. Charles Nickerson wife living six miles south of Hartford City, took three of their children Sunday morning and went to a neighbors to visit, leaving a six-months’old babe in a go-cart in the kitchen, while the dinner was cooking on the stove. Loosing out of the window a half-hour later they saw their house in flames and arrived to late to save the child or any household goods. The charred remains of the babe were recovered. The mother is prostrated and is under the care of a physician constantly. It is feared she will lose her mind. Mrs. Edwin Lower was elected truant officer for Wabash county, this being the first time that the office has been filled by a woman. Two men had been applicants for the position. Two weeks ago the board of education met to name the truant officer. Ono candidate was a republican and the other a democrat. The board was equally divided politically. For fifteen hours the members voted without breaking the deadlock and then adjourned to meet again. As compromise candidates the names of Mrs. Edwin Lower and Mrs. John TTlnch were presented and on the third bal lot Mrs. Lowen, was successful. On June 4, Ascension day, will be celebrated in Decatur by Knight Templars. The organization at Ft. Wayne and Bluffton will go to Decatur at that time for the service which will be conducted at the First Methodist Episcopal church, the Rev. Fred F- Thornburg preaching the sermon for the occasion. There is no organization of Knight Templars in Decatur, but there are a number of members of this branch of Masonry residing there, most of them belonging to the Bluffton commandery and it was on the invitation of these that the service will be held in Decatur, The invitation was made through Judge Smith, a member of the Bluffton comand.ery. The service is an annual affair with Knights Tempars and is a most solemn and impressive service—Bluffton News. ■

P. W. Smith of Richmond was a business visitor here today, Mrs. J. W. Jeffrey arrived from - Fort Wayne for a visit at the W. H. Fledderjohann home , Miss Bess Schrock will go to Chica- > go soon to take a several weeks’ course In the Chicago university. Mrs. William Scherer returned to , Monroe on the 1:05 train after a visit here with her son, Murray Scherer, and family. 1 Mrs. Jessie Deam has returned from a visit of several davs with ' friends at Bluffton and her son, Bert Townsend, at Kdkomo. 1 James Tucker of Craigvllle was ’ here this morning attending to business. He formerly lived in this city and has many friends here. 1 Mrs. Oren Smith of Indianapolis - will arrive this afternoon for a visit s with her brother, W. P. Schrock, and other relatives. She was formerly Miss Nellie Schrock. , The F. E. France home on Mercer , avenue is nearing completion and t will probably be ready for occupancy by the first of the month. It is one of the most complete homes in the 3 city. 1 Miss Emma Schneider, a nurse, ’ who has been attending several pa- ' tients here for Dr. D. D. Clark, left yesterday for her home in Wincon- - sin, to attend the wedding of her ? sister. P. T. Snyder, Charles Hoffman, ■ Harry McGill. Fred Weber, Clara Shyr der left this afternon for Farmland where they will work on the new > school house for which Mann & t Christen have the contract. They . are concrete workers. [ Miss Bess Cong-.eton. a local teachi' es, will leave soon for Ypsilanti, Mich., where'she will attend college during the summer Mrs. Congleton ( will visit relatives in Michigan, and Winfield Maddy will go to Jonesboro, Ark., for a visit with his father. You are reminded that though the sup is shining straight down today, yau will need a supply of coal for nekt winter and that you can sve money by buying it this month. The price raises the first of the month, ’ atid you can save twenty-five cents a > ton by placing your order this month. 1 The Bethlehem Steel company is making a straight talk to the people of the country and to do so is using ■ the country papers to tell their story, • thus reaching the millions of readers over this country. It is a heart to : heart talk between big business and i the people and you are asked to read . their series of advertisements, the . first of which appears in this isstfe.

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The Kre-Mo Girl The Girl on the Package Will Soon Be a Favorite in » Your Home She Represents Kre-Mo W Sterilized A i\( L> U Rice f | Ihe Purest and Most Delic- ] ions Food that Any HouseJ wife Could Wish Io Serve. jw Today, she suggests to you this X choice y' f r i “ RECIPE FOR < W WAFFLES WX To one cup of cooked Kre-Mo Ster- (P AVv i zff ilized Rice add one cup of flour, one- fv yY trtF' I half teaspoon salt; two teaspoons ‘' ‘ i bakfrig powder; one teaspoon butter; > one tablespoon sugar; one egg. Milk J . Kre-Mo Rice is also ex- ) -—A TT I—l A ft® cellent served as a cooked I ( I ZX. breakfast food. Kre-Mo t <3. s < ■ m r : Pancakes, Mullins, Gems, Croquettes and Custards are | ! the (k-lißl.l of all who have W6SE.B®. _J F tasted them. A book ot y/ recipes is enclosed with eacl\ package. At Your Grocer’s—Order a Package Today, 15c

We can furnish you a copy ot Heart Song this week at 98 cents. After that it will be impossible to buy them for those on hand wiil be shipped tack to the publishers. Better come in and get a copy. The Fort Wayne centennial managers are showing a progressive spirit by advertising with an air ship. This Js the first attempt of its kind in this section of the country and is bound to attract, much attention. The first trip will ? be made Thursday.

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