Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1917 — Page 3

2323 HAVE REGISTERED their approval of our Easy Walking Work Shoes. W e arc selling scads of them because our prices are away below the present market. We bought a lot bet ore the big advance and we arc going to hold the price down while they last. Better hurry and get jours, bee the shoes we are selling at $1.98 to $3.50. Charlie Voglewede Sells A Lot Os Them

IBEKKMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'.; K WEATHER FORECAST h _______ 1 * xxjccsKXxisaQissaßisisE « Probably shower* and thunder storms tonight and Wednesday, not much change in temperature. Ted Ramsey was a business caller in Fort Wayne last evening. Charles Sehug, of Berne, was a business caller in this city today. Herman Hoffman made a business trip to Hoagland this morning. Oscar Sprague went to Fort Wayne this morning to apply for a position there. John Rabbitt went to Fort Wayne this morning to accept a position at a barber shop. Helen Blysma left yesterday for a month’s visit with relatives in Fort Wayne and Lafayette. Miss Lulu Beachler will come from Union City for a visit with her sister, Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte. Miss Pauline Wolford, of Monmouth is visiting in Forj, Wayne with her aunt', Mrs. Guy Majors. Hubert Schmitt, traveling salesman for the Hoosier Packing Co. made a business trip io Fort Wayne this morning. The Brock tenement house on Seventh street is being remodeled. A block foundation was put in. a new front porch is being built and other improvements made. Postmaster John W. Bosse gives the following list of uncalled for letters at the Decatur postoffice: Dayton Raudenbush, Mr. John C Summers, Mr. John Trump, Mrs. F. H. Helwig. Please say advertised when calling lor this mall.

The Home of Quality Groceries Fancy Sweet Peas, can. nothing better in quality and Fancy Corn 15c and 18c Black Raspberries, solid pack, in syrup, can 15c Choice California Apricots, can “ 15c Yellow California Peaches, can 1 Red Pitted Cherries, solid pack, can I,c Evaporated Peaches, 1b..... 12'/ 2 and 15c Santa Clara Prunes, the rich, juicy kind, 1b...!2'/ 2 and 15c W® pay cash or trade for produce, Egg» 34c Butter 25c to 30c M. E. HOWER North of G. K. & I. Depot ’Phone IOS

I I |i Giving all we can for what we get instead of 1 getting all we can tor what we give is the White I Stag policy. » ' I BUY THE I I "WHITE STAG"! | EXTRA MILD CIGAR | || today. H makes ■ vour nickel havc morc " ccnts- 1

! Mrs. Oscar Hoffman went to Fort j Wayne for the day. Miss Caroline Dowling left today I for Muncie to attend school. Elmer Smith left for New Haven today to bring back some horses for John Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ruby and Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bail’y went to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. George Tucker went-to Middletown to spend the day with her cousin, Mrs. Edith Benjamin. Miss Lillian Worthmann, younger daughter of Prof, and Mrs. M. F. Worthmann, is ill of measles. The regular meeting of the Decatur Advertising association has been postponed for this evening on account of the registration. A carnival company has pitched its tents mid set up a large merry-go-round on the vacant lot at corner of Fourth and Monroe streets. Miss Zelna Stevens left today to resume her school work at Marion after a several days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Stevens. Misses Irene and Marie Leßrun. < f the telephone exchange, have returned from Wren, Ohio, where they spent Sunday with their parents. At this time of the yev what a man calls “love” is one per cent, imagination, twenty per cent, violet sachet and all the rest spring fevpr. -Exchange. Race Burrell, Beech Beery, Ivan Baker and Dick Ehingcr motored to New Bremen, Ohio with a truck load of baggage for the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Co. ; O >_ The new store, telephone No. Sil- Give us an order. We deliver.—Steele & Bleeke. 1311'2

Mrs. Anna Laman went to Marlon this morning on business. [ P. W. Smith, of Richmond, was a . business visitor here today. Dr. Vizard and son, Paris, of Pleasant Mills, were business callers in this city today. Jess Ellars, traveling salesman for the L. Gould & Co., was in this city today on business. Frank Brentlinger went to Craigville this morning to spend a week visiting with relatives. Fred Butler went to Marion this morning to spend a few days visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Cy Vail. Miss Zelna Stevens returned to! Marion this morning to resume her work at the Marion Normal School. A Hillsdale dispatch reports among the marriages there John J. Rupp and Miss Gertrude 1. Hulbert, both of Bluffton, Ind. Ralph Oakley changed cars here this morning enroute to Fort Wayne from Willshire where he will apply for a position. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Aesehliman and children, Henry and Lawrence, of Linn Grove, were guests of the J. T. Myers family over night. Dennis Strickerf of near Berne, is a proud *possessor of a new Dodge touring car, delivered to him yesterday by T. J. Durkin, the local agent for the Dodge car. Miss Bertha Keller returned last evening to Fort Wayne where she is in the Hope hospital training to be a nurse. She visited here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Keller. James Ward and family attended the funeral of fnelr brother, George Drumm, held this afternoon at the Pleasant Dale church west of this city. Death resulted suddenly Sumi ly from heart trouble. Miss Ethel Tucker and cousin, Floyd Ten Eyck, of Battle Creek, Mich., went to Decatur this morning to visit with their cousin Pearl Purdy before Mr. Ten Eyck returns to his home.—“-Berne Witness. Mr. and Mrs. William Hartings, M. - . and Mrs. Herman Gillrg and Miss Mayme Hartings motored to Celina, Carthagena and Cassella, 0., where they visited with relatives and friends Cecelia Gillig, of Cassella, returned with them for a visit with her parents. Before selling your wool see Barney Kalver, the veteran wool buyer. He pays the highest prices and knows his business thoroughly. Wool now sells for 55 cents a pound, while it has nt been so many years ago that it was only bringing 14 and 15 cents a pound. We’ve found it just as hard t’ keep from buyin’ somethin’ we don’t want in a "We aim t’ satisfy” store as any other store. Th’ farmer that used t' pay his newspaper subscription with produce could now buy a newspap n office with th' same produce.—Abe Martin in Indianapolis News. There will be a meeting of all the baseball fans this evening at the Ed •Coffee shoe shop, to transact business and to see about renting the laud for the diamond, and to choose the players for the team which will play the Berne team at Berne, next Sunday afternoon. There will also be a Hag raising there and speeches. County Agent Hutchins yesterday received a telegram advising him of the death of H. N. Rowley, at Albion. Mich., an uncle to Mrs. Hutchins. Both will leave to attend the funeral, to be held Wednesday at Hanover, Mich: Mrs. Hutchins will rqpiain for .several days, but the county agent will return to the city Wednesday night. Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. Capt. Frank E. Livengood, Indiana National Guard, was here from Indianapolis with his wife ami daughter Sunday to visit with Capt. and Mrs. C. R. Dunn and family. Capt. Livengood is in charge of the training of the National Guard companies at Decatur, Huntington and Tipton. Capt. Livengood has a letter from Adjutant General Harry B. Smith in which Mi. Smith states that the Indiana Guard will be supplied with equipment this summer, preparatory to being federalized.—Bluffton News. John P. Strange, of Marion, and Mrs. Culla Vayhinger. of Upland, state W. C. T.U. president, well known here, were endorsed by the Dry Federation of Grant county in convention held in Marion Friday afternoon as its choice for representatives in the state constitutional convention in September. Mrs. Vayhinger was nominated by Harry Connelly, of Upland, and received 106 votes out of 132 on the first ballot. On the second ballot Mr. Strange, nominated by Dr. M. M. Wall, received six more votes than the third candidate, Ancil Ratliff. At the suggestion of Harry Anderson. William Jones, of Liberty : township, received the unanimous endorsement of .the convention for delegate-at-large. —o Farmers bring us your eggs; highest price, either in trade or cash.—Steele & Bleeke. 131t2

AWAY FOR A WEEK. Dr. J. 8. Boyers, who has gone to New York to attend a meeting of the ! American Medical association, will return to his office the latter part of the week. 13t>t2 "business OPPORTUNITY. Wanted — County dealer; profits $2,000 to $4,000 yearly; responsible concern manufacturing a product that sells to auto owners at an average price S2OO, materially reducing cost of hauling anything, anywhere; nationally advertised; sales will be enormous; SSOO cash or established credit necessary; opportunity for ti hustler to build up a permanent business. Address F. F. Craver, care Murray Hotel, Decatur, Indiana. 12913 o— A. R. Huyette was re-elected superintendent of the Wells county schools, and William R. Armstrong was re-e---lected head of the Jay county schools. Only eleven marriage licenses were Issued in Wells county during the month of May. according to the announcement made by Miss Cro.wl, license clerk. During April twentysiv licenses were issued. Just received a fresh line of cakes. Try some of these on vour next order. — Steele & Bleeke. 131t2 G. & J. TIRES BUY YOUR TIRES NOW BEFORE THE REVENUE TAKES EFFECT Your order must be in before next Saturday, lune 9th. Tires to be delivered July Ist, at following prices: Plain G Anti-Skid Tread Tread Grey Size Casing Casing Tube 30x3 $11.30 $ll.BB $ 2.70 30x3'/j 11.67 15.39 3.38 31x3'/ 2 15.11 16.20 3.17 32x3'/i 17.01 17.87 3.60 31x4 22.16 23.9! 1.37 32x4 22.91 24.03 1.50 33x4 23.99 25.20 4.64 34x4 24.57 25.79 1.73 36x4 26.10 27.41 5.09 34x4! i 33.08 34.74 5.81 35x4 4 34.56 36.27 5.94 36x4'/2 35.10 36.86 6.17 37x4 </ 2 36.54 38.34 6.39 35x5 39.42 41.40 7.20 37x5 41.80 44.0(1 7.15 Don’t forget, next Saturday, June 9th, is Ihe last day to order at the above prices. Get your order in. We’ll take care of it. LAW LINNEMEIER PREBLE, IND. We Carry A Complete Line Os Automobile Tires, Tubes, Boots, Patches, Spark Plugs, Automobile Lamps, Bumpers Pumps, And all kinds of Automobile Accessories WE MAKE Automobile Tops Also Repair Tops, Curtains and Cushions We Repair Automobile Smash Ups— Bodies, Doors and Windshields Repaired Weld and Straighten Springs and Axles Decatur Carriage Works W. D. Porter, Prop. Cor. First and Monroe streets.

•r THE UNIVERSAL CAR _ To get the maximum of service from your Let the Ford car it must have careful attention from * time to time—a little “tuning up” to keep it ” running smoothly always adds to its power and Dolt endurance. To be assured of the best mechanical service and the use of genuine Ford materials, lake the car to an authorized Ford Agent. Ford Agents have a fund of practical Ford experience, a supply of regular Ford parts and a full knowledge of how Ford Cars should he kept in order. Ford prices, fixed by the company, &re the same everywhere. Neglect of the car and careless repairing simply destroy the usefulness of your Ford Car. Ford Cars—Runabout, $345; Touring Car, $360; Coupelct, $505; Tow n Car, $595; Sedan, $615; all f. o. b. Detroit. KALVER-NOBLE GARAGE CO. » .

GAS NOTICE Pay your gas bills on or before the 10th to save discount. NO. IND. GAS & ELECTRIC CO. THE GAS CO. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG. Boschee’s German Syrup Why use ordinary cough remedies, when Boschee’s German Syrup has been used so successfully for fifty-one years in all parts of the United States for coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the throat, especially lung troubles. It gives the patient a good night’s rest, free from coughing, with easy expectoration in the morning, gives nature a chance to soothe the inflamed parts, throw off the disease, helping the patient to regain his health. 25 and 75 cent bottles. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. Advt.

2,000,000,000 United States Government Bonds 3% Per Cent liberty Loan These bonds will be issued June 15, in denominations of $50.00, SIOO.OO, $500.00 and up, will be made payable in installments, are free from all taxes except inheritance tax, convertible into any higher rate bonds at par issued during the war. Additional particulars furnished by the undersigned whose services are freely offered for making subscriptions and attending to the details Liberty Loan Committee FIRST NATIONAL BANK OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO.

Gold Medal Flour A car load of Genuine Washburn-Crosby’s Gold Medal Flour has just arrived, which we will sell while it lasts at Barrel $14.50 Half Barrel 7.25 * 49 lb. Sack 3.70 24'/z lb- Sack . *1.85 Only one car to sell at this price. Orders are coming in fast. Telephone your order at once or you may be too late. A large supply of this (lour will always be on hand. GOLD MEDAL FLOUR always. Don’t forget. EVENTUALLY—Why not now? < Indiana Board & Filler Co. k Decatur, Indiana .. / . ’Phone 116

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