Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1916 — Page 3

T- • ___JO yl A Np time t» « SS’E'S 1 *•» “? "«» is the I! Lw l»y anything We will V siS?'the'l»«S« e ‘° eet that “CTOR, all I - y CollapsiblT Doll Cabs Wil £ P^2 arts I Rubber tire, with tops • Sp <w 7I at » L4Sand «* For thehttle girls J SLEDS WAGONS WHEELBARROWS GUNS I Automobiles and Racing Cars I $2.50 up to $8.5055.00 up to $8.50 p . SUGGESTIONS-USEFUL ARTICLES I Aluminum Ware, Silverware, Casserole, Cutlery, etc. 0 VXTJB TTOTT MOI7EY ML > ft j\..? AVIN ?S CUVB /ftN ?! ?; 1 Let Us Send You Your Xmas Money Next Year j WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR Thrift Christinas Club The Benefits are Large—The Cost Nothing Now Open For Members

16 Plans —Take your choice—l 6 Plans

I Class No. I—l Cent Progressive . Save 1 cent the first week, 2 cents the second I week, 3 cents the third week, and so on, increasing I your deposit 1 cent each week for fifty weeks' mak- H ing your deposit 1 cent each week for fifty weeks, i making your lasi deposit 50 cents. Total saved, $12.75, plus interest. * ‘i Class No. 2—l Cent Reducing ! Save 50 cents the first week, 49 cents the second i week, 48 cents the third week, and so on, reducing your deposit 1 cent each week for fifty weeks' making your last payment 1 cent. Total saved $12.75, plus interest. Class No. 3—2 Cents Progressive : Save 2 cents the first week. 4 cents the second • week, 6 cents the third week, and so on, increasing > your deposit 2 cents a week for fifty weeks, making ■ your last payment SI.OO. Total saved $25.50, plus , » interest. i Class No. 4—2 Cents Reducing 1 ; Save SI.OO the first week, 98 cents the second | • week. 96 cents the third week, and so on, reducing i your deposit 2 cents each week for fifty weeks, mak-i 1 ing your last payment 2 cents. Total saved $25.50,| ; plus interest. K ‘ Class No. 5—5 Cents Progressive | i Save 5 cents the first week. 10 cents the second*. : week, 15 cents the third week, and so on, I your deposit 5 cents each week for fifty we * ks « * ak jf ' ing your last payment $2.50. Total saved, $63.75.g • plus interest. Class No. 6—5 Cents Reducing « Save S the first week. $2.45 the second week* O $2.40 the third week, and so on, reducing your e W » posit 5 cents each week for fifty weeks_ ma n | ’• your last payment 5 cents. Total saved $63.75, plus* :• interest.

j; « I The purpose of our Thrift Christmas Club is to help all the people provide j P r Christmas expenses, or for any other purpose for which 8 sufficient money for <hr. tmas expen ((his c|ub t(1 savc g J X payments: sue. bi.ls, or any other expenses. || | THE PEOPLES LOAN & TROST CO. J S

■ Cass No. 7—lo Cents Progressive ■ Save 10 cents the first week, 20 cents the second , | week, 30 cents the third week, and so on, increasing ; I your deposit 10 cents each week for fiftV weeks, ; j making your last payment $5.00. Total saved, $127.50, 1 a plus interest. I Class No. B—lo Cents Reducing ” Save $5.00 the first week, $4.90 the second week, t $4.80 the third week, and so on, reducing your de- « posit 10 cents each week for fifty weeks, making your last payment 10 cents. Total saved, $127.50, fl plus interest. • t: Class No. 9—lo Cents. Save 10 cents each week for fifty weeks, making 1, a total of $5.00. plus the interest. I Class No. 10—25 Cents Save 25 cents each week for fifty weeks, making ?: a total of $12.50, plus the interest. Class No. 11 —50 Cents Save 50 cents each week for fifty weeks, making •; a total of $25.00, plus the interest. Class No. 12—81.00 [j Save SI.OO each week for fifty weeks, making «j a total of $50.00, plus the interest. Class No. 13—82.00 Save $2.00 each week for fifty weeks, making a total of SIOO.OO. plus the interest. Class No. 14—82.50 Save $2.50 each week for fifty weeks, making a total of $125.C0, plus the interest. jl [ Class No. 15—85.00 [ Save $5.00 each week for fifty weeks, making a o I total of $250.00, plus the interest. Class No. 16—810.00 a Save SIO.OO each week for fifty weeks, making a | total of $500.00, plus the interest. Vj { j ft ' — •»

~ _ _. '/.n: *'■ !♦ j i Christmas | s j Greetings | j $ ;«• J *1 By William Marion Reedy £ ; • H /TERRY CHRISTMAS >?; IVi to you et your - - ■ ♦i * self surrender to the > j? •«? season. Don’t be afraid or !♦ I: *t ashamed to be a bit soft ;* j: ♦, toward everybody. Obey > jj ♦: that impulse to kindness. !♦ Throw off that inhibition on :♦ n *1 1 spontaneous friendliness. > V ’♦’ Note how it gets you more * *■ than you give. Reflect hqw :♦ u *: splendia it would be to > •' carry the feeling on beyond !♦ •?; J Christmas always. Don’t :♦ “ •J let the horror and misery > H of the great war oppress !* :: J you. In the conflict men > i; are giving all they have and > are for ideals. They are * •* J making and shaping a new ’* H ♦1 world and a better one, > :: >• building it with the supreme !♦ •• J sacrifice of self. This world i» >j is tvhat we make it. The >.. >: love habit will beautify and !♦ £ J sweeten it. Every little bit H >1 helps to make a mighty fire $ H of lowe eventually to burn > ii J all hate away. Merry >;■ ! ;♦! Christmas. > i * 5 ’♦ : g ! VENGEANCE ALL HE SOUGHT :i ti • When Crowd Learned Nature of Christ- JI . mas Gift It Left Him to Commit “ H's Crime. S J I ' J It wns Christmas eve, and n stout ; 5 man with a lacge package beneath his • arm hurried through the crowded • ; thoroughfare, closely pursued by a j ■ • small man of haggard aspect, with a . ■ • thick stick in Ills hand. ;* On and on, relentlessly, the forlorn ! ■s men dogged the other, and those who ■ 1; passed him heard an occasional word I ;> drop from his lips. Indicative of •* despair or awful terror. •j Finally, some of the crowd turned •• and followed the pair, determined not i: to miss the fun. The crowd grew ” larger, and finally a bold man went up to the person of haggard coun‘.j tenance. « “What’s the matter?” 5> The little man turned. ?s “Matter?" he echoed. “See that man G with a bundle? He is my next-door • neighbor, and in that bundle he has a !- cornet which he hits bought for his ■ ; small son to play upon.” But the crowd waited no longer. It >J surged ahead and left, him to work out his own salvation, and when peace y had been restored the remains of the J; battered man and a battered cornet t 1 lay upon the pavement. 0 JES’ ’FORE CHRISTMAS « • — f« They’re acting mighty funny up at our house nowadays. K They're different than they used to be an' i jj changed in many ways; ?i Not long ago if I should want some toy ! f» upon a shelf, • f They used to make me get a chair apd ft hunt for it myself! ft J.as' night I wanted building blocks and fj went to get ’em. too, fj An’ three of ’em got up an’ said: “I’ll U get ’em down for you.’’ H I used to have to hunt for things that , somehow went astray, ■; They let me open bureau drawers with- ' ;J out a word to say; ;J Ma would sew and sis would play, an’ 1 ;; pa. would read his book, An’ nex’er think of gettin’ from their ; i chairs to help me look. 5 But las’ night when I started in to find j i my ’lectric car • They all exclaimed: “We’ll hunt for it; i j you stay right where you are!” j I’ve never known ’em be so kind in all a i my life before: k • They'll jump to wait on me an' And the fl • things I'm huntin’ for: ■ ; Although they used to grumble an’ to j say I was a pest, ij ! I’m not a bother any more—but why, I J haven’t guessed. • I only know that when I want some toy fl ; that’s on a shelf, M I They’re mighty quick to see that I don’t 21 hunt for it myself. : —Edgar A. Guest, in Chicago Daily News. !£!««« HIS SCHEME. : itnnmrX y 4 j — •■I hi going to dabble a little in stocks to buy Christmas presents.” “But suppose you lose?” “In that case I’ll have a good excuse for not making any.” Wanted a Short Night ’• "Pop 1” “Yes, my son.” “Is it a fact that the days are getting longer?" “Yes, my boy.” t "Weil, pop, that ought to make ttte night before Christmas shorter then, shouldn’t it?" ....

Will There be a VICTROLA in Your Home | This Christmas? I a u K n « I H K H H j H 8 K ■» '» ' ! | THE VICTROLA ! The instrument that brings the world's greatest artists into : your home is sure of a welcome at Christmas time. g And only the Victrola brings you the actual living voices of such famous singers as Caruso, Calve, Destinn, Farrar, Gluck, H Hempel, Homer, Martinelli, McCormack, Melba, Russo, Schu-mann-Heink, Scotti and Tetrazzine. Only the Victrola brings n /, you the superb art of such noted instrumentalists as Elman, it Kreisler, Paderewski, Powell and Zimhalist. H ;* ■■■■■lll lll.r »!■ ■>. U Only the Victrola brings you such celebrated musical or- •*. ganizations as Conway’s Band, Pryor's Band, Sousa’s Band, ?i Vessella’s Band, and Victor Herbert’s Orchestra. Only the Vic- i; trola brings you such leading entertainers as Nora Bayes, Barney Bernard, Kitty Cheathan, Raymond Hitchcock, De Wolf ?j Hopper, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder. H »* • • i: Its wonderful array of famous artists and the absolute fidelity with which it presents to you all the world’s best music, make the Victrola not only a joy at Christmas but a delight all the time. H Prices §15.00 to §300.00 B HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. I , u Victrolas and Edisons. “Hear them both” n r n • t) n

■ : . - -- ♦ DR. C. R. WEAVER ♦ ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ Osteouath ♦ ♦ * Licensed by the Indiana * * State Board of Medical * * Registration and Examina- ’ I* tion. Office over People’s * ► Loan & Trust Co. * * ’PHONE 314.

i Christmas Presents I CAN BE FOUND AT OUR STORE Santa Claus has well taken care of this store by supplying us with beautiful and useful Christmas presents for every person in the family. For mother he recommends a new Round Oak Heater or Range, and ays that you’ll never have the home more “Comfy” or homelike. We also have the following list to select from: Silverware —Knives, forks, spoons, percolators, coffee pots, ? fruit seis, salt and pepper sets, etc. Cutlery—Carving sets, pocket knives, scissors and knives for every purpose. ! Aluminum —Percolators, kettles, pans and numerous other things the housewife would appreciate. Electric Goods —Flashlights, bulbs, toasters, flatirons, etc. Heavy Goods—Stoves, ranges, heaters, oil stoves for heating, kitchen outfits, blankets, robes, New Home Sewing Machines, carriages, Buick Automobiles. For the boys we have bicycles, go-carts, guns, skates, sleds, coasters, knives, tools, etc. In fact, you can get something for any or every member of of the family at our store. Santa says so, and he knows. Come in and we’ll show you. 3 LEE Hardware Co.

Dr. C. V. Connell VETERINARY SURGEON ’ ■i Phnne °® M 102 ’ 1 nOlie Residence 143 ,

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