Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1917 — Page 3

IF EVERY BOY KNEW THE “PUSSY FOOT” SHOE There would be a grand rush for “Pussy Foot” BEAR CAT WEAR IN EVERY PAIR gSSSaSSSaHKBBBaB Charlie Voglewede Sells A Lot Os Them

THER FORECAST | ittKgSffio&tt&r.ur.ia Fair south, showers north portion tonight; Thursday fair, cooler. Mrs. Louis Jeffers went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Steudler went to Fort Wayne yesterday morning for a visit. Earl Houser and family, of Muncie, were guests over Sunday of the William Hoffman family. Mrs. C. L. Meibers and son, Bob, and Mrs. Anna Droppieman motored to Fort Wayne yesterday. Zipp Balsma, employed at Lafayette, is here for a vacation of a week or ten days with his parents. Mrs. Mary Woodward left on the 1:05 train for Geneva to visit with the Levi Miller family, yesterday. Miss Charlotte Stengel returned yesterday afternoon to Berne. She at. tended the teachers’ institute and was a guest of the Jacob Atz family. Mrs. Ethel Pond and sons, Francis and Rolland, left yesterday afternoon for their home in Indianapolis. They visited here with friends and relatives. Misses Linnie and May Railing went to Fort Wayne to visit with the William Getting family and others. May will return Sunday but Linnie will remain for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peel, who have been visiting with his father. William Peel and family at Long Lake, Mich., stopped off here for a visit with thoir daughter, Mrs. William Hoffman, leaving on the 1:05 train yesterday afternoon for their home east of Berne. ———

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Mrs. Fred Gall has returned from a pleasant visit with her mother, Mrs. Vincent, at St. Louis, Mich. Mrs. Page Burrell and son, Guy, of Huntington, are here visiting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Blackburn. Mr. Krirumel, the piano tuner, is here for a few days. Parties wishing piano tuned can leave word at the Murray Hotell ’Phone 57. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Mann, of Rochester, Minn., came last night for a visit with their mother, Mrs. Minnie Daniels and others. Miss Marie Daniels who has been their guest, returned home with them. The family of Tom Gallogly called on him Sunday at the sanitarium at Rome City where he has been a patient for two weeks and will probably remain for two weeks longer. He is showing improvement. Mrs. Elmer Sark and daughter. Mary Ella, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, are here for a visit of a month or six weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Gallogley. They motored through with a party of friends. Many visitors to the Pennsylvania railway station, at Ft. Wayne, have acquaintance with the aged matron, Mrs. Mary McNeary, who has held the position for more than fifty-one years. Yesterday, she fell on a pavement in that city and was severely shocked and bruised. Mrs. L. C. Vanderlip returned to Elkhart this morning. She has been here taking care of her sister, Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer, who is ill. Mrs. Will Bowers is the nurse in attendance since yesterday. Mrs. Sellemeyer is holding her own although she has been quite serious.

Misses Lulu Atz and Ruth Hammell visited in Geneva today. Mrs. Perry Teeter and children went to Berne this afternoon for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Frank will attend the Van Wert fair tomorrow. Charles Murray, of Fremont, Ind., was a business visitor lu tills city today. Homer H. Knodle attended the show at the Palace theatre at Fort Wayne las tevening. Miss Vera Rinehart returned this afternoon to Portland attar a visit here with relatives. Mrs. John Elzey and Mrs. William' Duer returned to their homes in Mon-j •roe this afternoon. Mrs. Isaac Whiteman, of Toledo, 0., changed cars here today on her way to Bryant for a visit. Henry Krick left last evening for Lake Charles, La., to spend a few days' attending to business affairs on his farm there. Mrs. C. Rademacher, of Fort Wayne, I was in this city today, to see he son, Edward who is a member of Company A, leave for Ft. Harrison this morning. The D. F. Leonard family and Miss Gladys Flanders motored to Van Wert this morning to spend the day attending the county fair, held there this week. Mrs. Clifford Hakey and daughter, Pairttne and sister, Mabel Deam, went to Fort Wayne on the 1:05 train to be the guest of her brother, Alfred Deam and family. Arthur Clark has returned from Ft. Benjamin Harrison where he spent Sunday and Monday. He saw a number of the Decatur boys and reports them doing fine. Frank McConnell showed that his heart was in the right place by handing out packages of Camel cigarettes and cigars to the boys of Company A before leaving for Ft. Harrison this morning. Service flags, recently adopted, are being hung in this city at homes represented in the U. S. army. The flag has a red border around a white field in which there is a blue star for every soldier in the family. “A wife should alius remember where her husband laid bis pipe. By follerin’ this simple rule at least one o‘ th’ most love blightin’ annoyances common t’ the married state’ll be eliminated,” said Miss Fawn Lippincut to’ day. If there’s any funny lookin’ people hidin’ in a community a circus perade’ll bring ’em downtown. —Abe Martin in Indianapolis News. Postmaster J. W. Bosse advertises the following uncalled for mail at the Decatur postoflice: Mrs. Richard Coral; Mrs. Leone Bailer, Misses Betty Smith, Opal Whittbarger, Vera Dunham, Margaret Johnston, Marie Meyer, Elizabeth Stone, Messrs. A. Z. Arehart, Dixon Edgerton, Bob Meyer, Lew Rumschlag. Albert Wetsel, Bob Williams. Wm. Ceury, Charles S. Dickinson. Please say advertised when calling for this mail. Margaret McFarland. seventeen years old. has just arrived at the home of her grandmother, in Bellefontaine. She was living with her parents. Rev. A. J. McFarland and wife, in Turkey, when the war began. She and her mother fled to Switzerland, but her father remained, being one of two Americans to remain at Merinses, Turkey. Mrs. McFarland is yet ?n Switzerland, expecting to return to her husband. ■—- ■ COURT HOUSE NEWS. John D. Hale qualified as administrator of the estate of Caroline Hale, giving $1,500 bond. As Judge D. E. Smith is disqualified to serve on account of relationship, he appointed Hon. D. B. Erwin special judge herein and Mr. Erwin assumed jurisdiction. Louis Achille Brunner and Samuel H. Dro, both natives of Switzerland, were granted final naturalization today in the circuit court. Hunting and fishing licenses were issued to George J. Braun, T. T. Rian, A. W. Hoffman, Ben Fetters, I. J. Goldner, E. A. Goldner, L. C. Helm. Real estate transfers: Elizabeth J. Hoppel to John W. Hoppel, 40 acres of Blue Creek township, quit claim deed, sl. The clerk is ordered to issue a venire for the petit jury returnable September 17. D. B. Erwin is attorney for Albert Kindle, administrator of the estate of Amos Hubert French in a suit against Bessie French et al., for partition to make assets to pay debts of the estate. In the estate of Martin Hilgemann, report of sale of growing crops was approved. GENEVA MINISTERS The White River conference of ‘he: United Brethren church has closed at Indianapolis. Among the ministerial appointments is that of E. B. and Ida ’Cunningham to the Geneva charge. ,

PUBLIC SALE. | We have purchased the Dowling- . Shuey company hardware store at Decatur, Indiana. and find we have an • overstock of several lines of good*— all useful articles—which we will sell at Public Auction on SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1917 at 12:30 o’clock sharp at our store The goods to be sold Include Wood, , Coal, laundry, and Cook stoves, | Washing Machines, Churns, Wheel- | barrows, Post-hole Augurs, Scoop Shovels, Rakes, Forks, Neckyokes, i Singletrees, two, three and four-horse Doubletrees, Sugar Kettles, Lanterns, I some Baskets, Farm Gates, second- ' i hand heavy buggy Harness, one new Storm buggy, and various other nr- • tides not mentioned. ' Terms of Sale: All sums of $5 and' under, cash; all sums over $5, a six 1 months’ time on approved notes, in1 terest at 6 per cent'after maturity. ’ A discount of 3 per cent, for cash I where entitled to credit. No property ' to be removed until terms of sale ire complied with. SCOTT & SILCOX, Props. JOHN STAROST, Clerk. JOHN SPULER, Auctioneer. 2t

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WE HAVE THAT CHECK A. J. Smith, who promiHod to give a hundred dollars if we secured nine hundred for the company A fund, made good this morning by handing in his check for that amount. This was included in the report as published yesterday, which however, was increased last evening by a donation of $2.50, from Charles H. Elzey and a five dollar bill from a friend, making a grand total of $1,513.93. Out of this there are some expenses to be met. A final report will be published within a few days. In the meantime >ve would appreciate it If those who have subscribed would send in their contributions, so we can finish our report and turn the fund over to the company and federal officers. • o DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE Notice is hereby given that the Democratic City Central committee will meet at the office of the Daily Democrat at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening. September 6th. All members of committee and all candidates are urged to be present. Business of importance. 2t T. J. DURKIN, Chairman.

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Rev. W. Paul Marsh is in his second week of revival services at Maple Grove Chrfstian church east of Berne.

A baptismal service was held Monday evening. There is much interest manifested.