Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1918 — Page 5

WHILE THEY LAST Take a look in our south window, and see the wonderful values we are offering at $2.98. Charlie Voglewede SELLS ’EM IN DECATUR —■■i mini ii i—i—iiii— 1

| WEATHER FORECAST 8 Probably snow tonight or Friday. Mrs. Clara Watson went to Fort Wayne for a visit. J|rs. J. S. McCrory and daughters, Marion and Elsie Blackman, spent the day in Fort Wayne. Mrs, ('. E. Bolinger returned yesterday afternoon to her home in Monroe after a visit here on business. Mrs. Elizabeth Ritter went to Geneva yesterday afternoon to visit witli the Samuel Teeple family. Mrs. Velma McGill deft yesterda;. afternoon on the 1:05 train for Parker City and Muncie to visit with relatives Mrs. Ralph Miller left on the 1:05 train yesterday afternoon for Berne to visit with her brother .Ralph McCrory and family. The Clover Leaf railroad has a new switch engine which is a "worked over" engine of the Wheeling & Lake Erie road. —Bluffton Banner. Mrs. D. M Cushman, former Decatur resident, who visited at Bluffton, stop-, ped here over night as a guest of the James Hurst family, leaving this i morning for her home at Springfield. I Ohio If you're downhearted an' need a good laugh, jest ask some clerk why shoes cost so much. Mrs. Tipton Bud has one reg’lar grocer an' nine sugar grocers.—Abe Martin in Indianapolis News. Some folks are constantly referrin' t’ ther maid when they only hire a woman one forenoon a week C wash. Th’ original Hooverite is th' landlord o’ th' only hotel in town. —Abe Martin in Indianapolis News.

The Home of Quality Groceries 10 lb. bag pure Buckwheat Flourßsc Self-Rising Buckwheat and Pancake Flour, package, s 10c, 15c, and 25c £ Highest Grade Packed Wax Beans and Succotash, can 15c Strawberries, plain and in syrup, can 15c and 18c Red Cherries, Black Raspberries and Sweet Potatoes, can ...................15c Fancy Queen Ann California. hite ( herries, can—>c Kraut, can 10c Puffed Wheat, pkg....15c Soups, can 12c Puffed Rice, pkglsc Salt Fish, lbl2>/zC Bleached Raisins, 1b... 17c Evaporated Peaches lb 10c* Oats in hulk, lb7c High Grade New Santa Clara large Prunes, lb. 15c and 18c Wash Boards from 25c to 65c M. E. HOWER Wc pay cash or trade for produce. Eggs, 48c. Butter, 30c to 40c. , North of G. R. & I- Depot ’Phone 108 » mi iiimiih t m ininrr raiwnwr—n—wnin~~ — — ? - - — H The White Stag Londres Extra if you like I H ’em MILD. S The While Stag Broad Leaf if you like a lit- || U tie “Kick.” U The White Stag Little Opera if you like a B ■ small cigar. gj The White Stag Panetelia if you like a thin I I long smoke. SI The White Stag any time you smoke.

ii P. W. Smith left yesterday after : noon for Richmond. ; Miss Leah Hartzog, of Ohio, chang- ‘ i d cars here enroute to Ft. Wayne. G. C. Steele of the Fair store, went ’ to Fort Wayne today on business. William Hoffman returned this morning to Fort Wayne after attending to business here. Floyd Hunter left on the 1:05 train for Camp Shelby. Hattiesburg. Miss., after a visit here with relatives. John Merita, of Paraguold, Ark., is enroute here to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Nancy Sheets Johnson. Edwin Egly, son of Mrs. Emil Egly, has left home and his mother states that she will not be responsible for any of his debts. Miss Frances Dugan and her friend. Miss Robertson, left for Omaha. Neb., where they are members of the faculty of Brownell Hall. Miss Dorothy Dugan left Tuesday for Vassar after spending her holiday vacation here with her paretns, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Women letter carriers are not a success, according to Postmaster Colin M. Seiph. of St. Louis, Mo., who. ! after giving them a fifteen-day trial :on city routes, announced Tuesday their services would be required no longer. Work was too heavy for them, he declared. Miss Minerva Wilkinson left this morning for Upper Sandusky. 0., for a visit with her sister, Mrs. J. C. Polhemus. Mr. Polhemus, who has been an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad for twenty-four years, has been transferred and now will have headquarters at Lima. O. They may move to that place and Mrs. Wilkinson goes i to be with her sister for awhile during the transferral.

Miss Mae Berling went to Lima 0. this afternpou on business. Mist Anna Franz returned on the 1:05 train to Berne after a visit with her brother, Frankllu Franz, who hay been confined to his bed a week on account of illness. Earl I). Colter, with the Twentieth engineers, tenth company, U. S. A., writes us from Columbus, Ohio, that he is getting along nicely, but hasn’t enough to do. He expects to remain there about two months, receiving instruction and training. Pay your subscription now. You save fifty cents by doing it in advance and you don't know how much it is appreciated, it means the saving of a good many dollars to the printing office for it enables them to buy stock in larger quantities. Tickets for the Masonic lecture course are going out rapidly and the 300 will be taken up, according to present vindications. Better get yours now or you will miss three real treats iu the entertainment line. You may think it a bluff, but the hall will hold a certain number of people and it looks like enough tickets will be sold to take up every seat. Mr. C. Baldwin, in charge of the , sales department for this county for the Schaff piano company has received his first, instrument, a number 10 Schaff and is now demonstrating in tlie Auth jewelry room. It is a handsome piano, of beautiful tone ami Mr. 1 Baldwin can certainly make it talk. He expects a player piano in a few ’ days and will then get busy, he says. He looked fairly busy today for the, get-away. I

,—- * - | AwayWithTkitPnvy! VOU don t need it any more. You 1 can ree y° urself f° rever fr om the discomfort of tramping through winter snow and slush; from the ; x offensive odors and dangerous, un- i sanitary menace of the open-vault toilet At small cost, in three hours ,«•* you can install a Ift’ c| l WOLVBBINE , r~~ j siaacsu no eiuuwa w»n yj —and is practically everlasting. Now giving per- jr - H feet satisfaction in hundreds of village and country [I t homes. You can see one of these toilets and learn full details of operation and installation at —JL J HENRY KNAPP & SON I Wolverine Chemical Taiictiare manufactured and guaranteed | I by the Dail Steel Products Co. Lansing, Michigan. , nd I I comfort and convenience I I aa—a—ww———a— saw.TUwiiMi iimi n —iwi Manin 11 ain ar.jnram.' iav wa w ««*-’ L TWITT—■ —i— nm-1 11—r -fiu 1— i - - . 11 irir»»,r——— —■ iHUinaKsmraaitarMtaiJUM./ I TONIGHT ON THE FIGHTING LINE - 5 A war drama in three parts which is full of interest from first to last. i ‘"LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET.” i A one-reel side-splitting comedy. ALL FOR FIVE CENTS. g Tomorrow:—Don't forget another episode of “THE RETREAT OF THE GERMANS AT ARRAS” I . EVERYBODY TEN CENTS.| | THE RE.X THEATRE | UIIiIMBIII Illi'\r-~TiT-r-TTm-~ L ”*~~ ' j ~~ ’ HKr wr IM TO the man who saves, the best business opportunity comes when he is prepared to take advantage ol it. IT TAKES MONEY ALWAYS to take advantage of such opportunity. ARE YOU PREPARED TODAY? IE NOT, you cannot do a better thing than to start an account To-Day. IF YOU are really ambitious to succeed you will not neglect this first opportunity and invitation. Ik I I

DONI SMI mai» Use Soothing Musterole When those sharp pains go shooting through your head, when your skull i seems a: if it would split, just rub n little Musterole cn your temples cr.d neck. It draws cut the infla~:nr.ti< , soothes away the pain, usually giving quick relief. Musterole is a clean, white cintme-', made with oil of rau; rd. 1 rt mustard plaster cr.d docs not biivisr. Many doctors t ~d nurses frcr.kly r ommend Musterole for sore throat, bro • chitis, croup, stiu neck, asthma, neural ; gia, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism,' lumbago, pains and ashes of the back or oints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet — colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia), it is always dependable. 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50. |fej| o The weather moderated a little today and the snow began slipping, but the weather man says there will be more before twenty-four hours. Get the shovel. The rain and sleet of the past several days is causing much trouble lor D. M. Hensley, who has charge of the courthouse clock. The east dial of the open-faced clock is completely encased in ice. thus binding the hand so that (t is impossible to make the i movements work until the sleet has 1 melted.

[ MAZOLA I Helps the housewife to save butter, lard,suet; improves fried foods and salad dressings. ’Vu'/ \ Tj'OOD Administrator Hoover says that 375,000 tons of animal fatscan be ■ ||| * 1. saved yearly if one-third ounce less is used per capita per day—and he asks —I every American to do Ins share. rJvSI A\ w He says use vegetable oils in cooking. \\ I v And thousands of housewive today arc cdngratulating themselves that they 1 \' A I l |avc at f° un d — in Mazola—a vegetable oil which is even better than the old • jyj cooking mediums. Mazola is a pure product from American corn. \i * ,rowns f <M ’d quickly, preventing that greasiness and soggincss which V 111/ \t used lo so P reva i cllt * n fn<-'d or sauted dishes V And since Mazola does not carry taste or odor from one food to another it I, j can be used over and over again—a great force for economy. I X'akAl I* you wa,,t an especially delicious mayonnaise or French dressing use Mazola. There 11 IsSdm' ‘ no ,o t,ive u *‘ sa ' a ds because of the uncertain supply or high prices of olive oil. X] Get Maiola from your grocer in pint, quart, half-gallon or gallon tins. S' The large sixes are the must economical. Also ask for the free Maxula Book •< I / Your money refunded il Mazola does not five entire satislaclioa. If J tX Corn Products Relining Company j 17 Battery Place New York P v it g - h - Gammau \ SA X AD 1 feSjwi ae-UraC..™. Ml"-/ & COOKING "On ladiaiixpolis. lad *s $ r ". ■ g p. aMt v i JtL/ KegsV J

GAS NOTICE. Pay your gas hill by Jan. 10. Save the discount and avoid penalty. — Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. THE GAS CO. o Democrat XVant Ads l’a> AST H M A X ak There is no “cure” but relief is often brought byy Keep r Little Body-Guard inYnur Hotne

— II | T %t E E BS THE Fair STORE | DELIVERY * JIX-I * A Low Prices I■. L. II - $ ■ ■ - *c 5 v« i > 10. Ll l <*» it 5 s ; € ' - grßWjptlgyiyT '■* W ■W V' A Few Prices for Thursday and Friday I , .... Q7- Another large shipment of /'A. I 1 _ rlS 7°' . P | k 35 c that good 20c coffee just came UytllCf CjOOCI Good cooking apples, pk. . ooc a j & House broom, special 63c in; why nay more for no better. Campbell's Tomato soup, can Try a pound on the next order. HeiDS L 7:xrr k Household Articles I oii i q the fnr 19c 14 enamelware dish pans 48c B Rolled oats, > )S m f ° We have just received a large tin d| 25c 1 lorVt /ZT 0c Shipment of tinware, enamel 6 qt. Berltn kettles, very good Blue Bird coffee, lb3oc wMre and kitchen goods. 50c N Log Cabin Maple syrup, 25c can • M special 21c Wc have placed on a special 10 bt. dairy pails 25c Buckwheat, 3 pkgs, for 29c table of good enamelware at sale Clothes pins, 36 forsc L White Line or Spotless Cleans- price of 10c each, same as you 50 dozen Ladies heavy Hose, R er 4c bought some years ago when Special this week, pair . .19c Argo Starch, pkg ..-be merchandise was cheap. Come Blceched raisins, lblsc in and get what you need before 75 dozen Dishes, all patterns, i Peaches, 13c, two lbs2sc it is all gone. lOc and up. I T I WE HAVE CERTAINLY ENJOYED A GOOD BUSINESS SINCE STARTING AND WANT TO THANK ■ EACH AND EVERY ONE FOR THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE. AND WE ARE STILL IMPROVING OUR STORE AND SERVICE EVERY DAY. MAKE THIS STORE YOUR SHOPPING PIACE AND WHEN IN i NEED OF ANYTHING IN OUR LINE GIVE US THE CHANCE OF SAVING YOU MONEY. d THE FAIR STORE | I G. C. STEELE f’ f . FERDBLEEKE A’

” xnxxn:::: onor. i«: ;u: at: an an an anon an a:: an an an an an an in: at: ai j | BONDS | I I Bonds of The First Liberty Loan have been re- H h ceived. Those holding our receipts for Interim ii fi H i? Certificates please present and take up bond. I THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. i B i r. tn an in:ananin:an an an an an a:: an int an in: at: an an in: an an tn: an am *