Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1918 — Page 3

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| WEATHER FORECAST IToligbly showcns tonight and Wednesday. Mrs. C. C. Schafer was a Ft. Wayne i visitor this afternoon. I Attorney John C. Moran was at Ft. 1 Wayne today on business. Mrs. Toni Haefling and children i have returned from a visit in Fort > Wayne. 1 Miss Theodosia McKeeman, of Ft. Wayne who visited with the C. E. I Hocker family, left for Monroe this ’ afternoon to visit. 1 Miss Marie Fosty returned this morning to Toledo, 0., after a visit ' here over Sunday with her aunt, Miss ' Margaret Moran. Mrs. Marj' Hanna, of Burlington, Indiana, is here visiting with her ( daughter, Mrs. H. M. Crownover, of St. Marys township. D. M. Hensley and Herman Eiiinger and family returned tills afternoon, from Rome City where they visited at the Hensley cottage. Harry Quinn, of Chicago, was the guest of his brother, French ami aunt, Mrs. Eley, over Sunday, leaving for the east last night on a buying trip. Joe Lose has returned from Akron. Ohio, where he has been employed for several week*. Mi's Letta ’Kintz who returned from a several months’ stay at Colum bus, 0., was accompanied home by her sister, Mrs. Carl Bishop and children, Paul and Margaret who will 1 visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Kintz and family.

The Home of Quality Groceries WE HANDLE ONLY ONE LINE GROCERIES There’s a consolation in knowing your goods are right and bought right when you place your order with THE HOME OF QUALITY GROCERIES. Try It Large Santa Clara Prunes, lb 12*/2C@lsc Fancy evaporated peaches, bright and meaty, lb 15c Evaporated peaches, pealed, package, 15c 15c King-Ko Raisins in cans, each 1-c Package seeded raisins, large and fancy, pkg, 10c Deliscious peanut butter by the lb 25c Fresh made cookies, any kind, dozen 10c Jell-o any flavor, fresh stock, pkg 10c Eagle brand milk for the baby, can ... 20c Yellow transparent apples, 12 1b pkg 10c New cabbage, potatoes, onions, turnips, tomatoes. We pay cash or trade for produce: Eggs, 37c; Butter, 25 to 35c. M. E. HOWER North of G. R. & I- Depot. ’Phone J.OB •_— ffi Mr. Smoker: $ Uncle Sain knows you. He demands that R 3 you be thrifty about your smokes. Every time S you save a quarter (that’s a Thrift Stamp on the price of your cigars you help Uncle Sam. f j Smoke the \ Mj I "WHITE STAG” | 8 SEGAR i ® FIVE CENTS £ Same Old Quality Same OLD PRICE

't’ Louisville, Saturday, but it leaked lout.—Abe Martin in Indianapolis News. Hain’t it refreshin’ t’ meet a nice, pleasant feller that don’t want anything? Pinky Kerr made a quiet trip Miss Veda Sowle returned this afternoon to her home at Jackson, Mich. She visited with the Enoch Eady family. David Flanders who has been very ill for a week of acute indigestion is still confined to his bed, but is improving. Mrs. B. S. Brown and children returned to Fort Wayne. They visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Laisu’re at Monro*. Mrs. G. H. Myers, of Greencastle, who visited here with the W. J. Myers family and other relatives, went to Fort Wayne last evening. Mrs. J. M. Dawson and daughter, Frances, of Indianapolis, arrived to be with their daughter and sister, Mrs. Russell Acker, who is ill. The week-old infant of Mr. and Mrs,. Rufus Jjprunger of Monroe was buried yesterday afternoon, after hav ing suffered a short illness. —Berne Witness. The citizens of Hartford township are panning for a big flag raising and patriotic celebration on August Ist. C. J. Lutz will be the speaker and of course it will be a big success. . 4 \ OBPYW Editor Mayer of the Monroe Reporter was in Berne Saturday and paid this office a business call. Mr. Mayer puts out the paper all by himself, and seems to lx? getting away with it in great shape.—Berne Witness.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ro tt of Nashville, Tenn., are the guests at the F. M. Schirmeyer home. Mrs. Dugan and daughter Miss Helen have returned from Lake Hamilton, where they enjoyed several days. C. J. Lutz came home last evening from Hamilton, Indiana, where he has been enjoying the pleasures of a fortnight at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brunnegraff and family went to the home of Charles Snyder in Jefferson township to call on Mrs. Snyder who is suffering from a felon on one of her hands. Miss Vera Hower has returned from Detroit, Midi., where she spent a week with her cousin. Nellie Nichols Sphar. Miss Mayme Harting who accompanied her there, stopped at Lima 0., for a visit with relatives. Dale son of Elmer Smith, who was kicked by a horse a week ago, and who is suffering from injury that has affected the bowels and kidneys has been taken to the home of an aunt, Lizzie Schraluka. It is also feared that typhoid fever may develo|>e. Mrs. Scott Ellis and daughter. Chrisanna. of Indianapolis, are here until after her brother, Ed Boknecht, leaves for military service. He is a substitute and stands ready to leave Thursday in case he is needed to com plete the ranks of that contingent.

Funeral services for H. Fred Scheumann, prominent Preble township farmer, were held this afternoon from the St. John’s Lutheran church. There was an error in giving his place of residence before. He resided in Preble township but just across the line from Root township. Capt. Kilbourne, state director of the Military Training Camp association, will go to Indianapolis this morn ing to reorganize the Marion county board. Capt. Kilbourne has eightytwo boards under his supervision and is in personal charge of all of them. —Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dawkins, of Richmond, have puerhased the residence, corner of Nuttman Avenue and Fifth streets, in which the Irvin Miller family has resided for three years. Mr. and Mrs. Miller will move to the Bain residence on Third street, which the Dr. J. Q. Neptune family is vacating to move to their new home on S6cßHd"street. Mr. and Mrs. Dawkins will move here. They recently purchased the Gandy farm near this city.

The United States government is not going to be content with merely , reeducating and rehabilitating its soldiers who have been disabled by ( wounds, and fitting them for useful , and gainful occupations; it is not going to leave them to shift for them , selves, but will exert an active continuing interest in their welfare. This does not mean that the government , is to coddle them or treat theiy as ( weaklings, but it is going to take an , active interest in securing them work and in other ways endeavor to make up to them the opportunities and advantages they lost by reason of wounds received in fighting their coun try's battles. Every Liberty loan bond and every War Savings Stamp purchased aids in this work. The department of agriculture has received many inquiries from retailers dealing in farm implements, asking it they are required to obtain a license as a result of President Wilson’s recent proclamation establishing licensing system for the farm equipment trade. Officials of the department of agriculture say that if the business is retail exclusively and the gross annuel sales (including all lines of merchandise as well as farm equip ment) do not exceed SIOO,OOO a federal license is not required. However,’ if the gross annual sales as a retailer exceed JIOO.OOO - a license is ( required and the necessary application blanks should be obtained immediately by applying to the Depaitment of Agriculture or the License Di vision of the United States Food Administration. Washington, D. The. taking over by the United States of the title and possession nf the docks, piers, wharves and other shipping property on the Hudson river, owned l»y the German steamship companies, the North German Lloyd and the Hamburg corporations.] is greeted with universal approval | by the American people. The property is to be retained by the govern ment and not turned back to its former owners at the close of the war. Purchasers of Liberty loan bonds and War Saving Stamps, who supply the money used for this purpose, may feel especial gratification. These docks and piers and wharves are strategic points of great importance and value, and it is intolerable that Ifhey should remain in enemy hands, or that they should ever revert Io German ownership. German commerce has been shown to have been so indissolubly bound up with, and o much a part of German militarism, that it is i'ist and right that it should suffer all the penalties of war.

Will Biggs left on the 1:05 train for a [mint near Cincinnati O. Miss Pearl Merillat, of Ft. Wayne, 1s the guest of H. F. Dauer and family. Dr. C. R. Weaver and family have returned from Fox latke, near Angola where they enjoyed a summer vacation. Mrs. Elva Hunter arrived from New York this afternoon to visit with her father, George Weber and family. Miss Theodosia McKeeman, of Ft. Wayne, who visited with her aunt. Mrs. H. F. Dauer went to Monroe to visit with relatives. George E. Mount is at Ft. Wayne attending a meeting of managers if the Ft. Wayne & Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Company. Mrs. Ed Aughenbaugh and daughters, Helena and Myrtle Jane, went to Dunkirk this afternoon for a visit with her sister, Mrs. John Poling. A. L. Stephenson. 1140 Leeson avenue. Van Wert, 0., is at home from Fort Worth, Texas, where he accompanied his daughter, Louise, for her marriage to Charles Mower, < of Convoy. The groom is inspector in the aviation department and will be stationed at Fort Worth for some time, and until his departure for another field, the bride will stay there. The eighth annual reunion of the Magley family will be held at Swinney Park. Fort Wayne. Friday. August 23. Cards relative to the same < are being issued. The greater num- . her of the members of the family live in northeastern Indiana and Ohio. Officers of the association are: B F. Magley, Columbia City, president; Charles E. Magley. Decatur, vice pres- , ident: Fanchon Magley. Decatur, secretary. Frank Bentz a farmer living dn ' the Decatur road, is confined to St. Joseph’s hospital suffering from a dis. 1 located shoulder in addition to a frac- ' tured arm. About four weeks ago. ' Mr. Bentz was hauling hay from the field to his barn and was riding on 1 one of the loads when in some man- 1 ner the rack upset, throwing him to the ground and fracturing his arm. • Medical attention was administered j 1 and he seemed to be improving but,’ was bothered considerably by pains in .his slioulrhiiv -aga+n-censtilfHig -Ms physician his shoulder was found to ' be dislocated and he was removed to the hospital in this city.—Ft. Wayne ' Journal Gazette.

Although definite figures are not yet obtainable, the Animal Husbandy Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry is assured that the campaign to increase pork production at least 15 per cent over last year has been successful. According to reports practically every state has done its part in obtaining this increase and some have more than made up their quota. Data gathered by the Unitid States department of agriculture show that on April 1 brood sows on the farms in the United States had increased 9% per cent over the number on the same date the previous year. Weather conditions during March and April were very favorable over almost the entire hog productive country, with the result that there was a larger i>ercentage of pigs raised than has been the case for many years past. .o MILITARY NOTES In the Camp Shelby. Hattiesburg, Miss., column of the Indianapolis News, is mention of Captain Charles 11. Dunn, court-martial which will begin sitting this month. This is a court to hear military cases. Mrs. Fred Welter who has been with her husltand at Camp Taylor for six weeks arrived here and is at the ' home of her sister. Mrs. .W. MarI ker. Fred was operated upon six weeks ago but is recovering nicely and was able to begin drill this week. Mrs. Weber was at her mothers home at Hardinsburg. Ky„ a week before being called to Camp Taylor. Fred Jaebker, Mrs. Robert Jaebker, Mrs. Otto Peters of Ft. Wayne and Will Myers have returned from Camp Sherman 0., where they visited with Robert Jaebker, in the army there, lie was ope,rated upon before leaving I here and has never recovered from .the same as he should so it is not 'probable that he will leave there Loon.

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SEVERAL STAGES » • Os His Life Are Reviewed by Soldier, Varlando Clark. • TELLS OF CAMP LIFE And Compares It With the Days of His Earlier Boyhood. Bakers’ Field. Rochester. N. Y., July 17, 1918. To the dear friends, neighbors and customers who 1 have taken pictures for, and have pleased and displeased : I have plenty of spare time at present, because I am confined to my room with mumps at the hospital in Rochester, and feci as though I would like to write a letter home. • 1 am at Eastman's Kodak aerial school at Rochester, N. Y„ which is a very pretty city. (I will never forget it), it is a little larger than Fort Wayne, Ind., all the private homes have large lawns so the houses are not built close together. All the people treat the soldier boys fine, invite them to spend Sunday at their homes, have all kinds of good eats, long auto rides about the city, and out in the country over the New York hills; makes a person who is away from home feel at home as nearly as is possible. From Saturday at 4:00 until Sunday at 11:00 p. m„ we are free to go where we please over night. I have stayed all night at the homes of four different families, three out in the country, one here in the city. These people’s acquaintance I have made at church. 1 have had fairly good times although too, 1 am lonesome at times. My past years were spent in the coun try so you see the country visits seem to comfort most. All the crops look very good here, they raise the same crops as you at home. There are many large fruit farms and they no a lot of trucking. have been in this hospital two weeks and am almost ready for discharge. Have very good nurses. Please do not think 1 am out of t.iy head when you read the remainder of this letter. My stages in life as I terms it: Reason I write this I think back just, one half year ago today to my

sudden change in life. I take this way of relieving my mind. Trust it will be of interest to some one. My first stage of life 1 spent at home, and as my father some. times said: "Sou you are eating your white bread now.” I did not fully realize ft then. Second stage was when 1 married. Still a different and new life, very cn joyable until the death of my wife. The sudden starting of a new ami third stage of my life occurred on February 17, 1918, the birth of my son and death of my wife. Three weeks later 1 enlisted in hopes to dense my mind from my sorrow, also knowing I would soon be drafted, also got in the work 1 like. So leaving my baby in my mother’s care, on March 7, 1918, 1 enlisted to go to the U. S. Aerial School of Photo graphy, trusting 1 would be of some good. in this fourth stage 1 find after my arrival in Rochester. N. Y., March 9. that the first, second, third and fourth stages combined in my heart and mind. School began the last week in March. 1 commenced course with a large burden on my whole spirit, at the same time trying to learn all > could, trying to 'become acclimated to army life, it was a hard struggle. 1 finished my course all but two days then on April 19 1 developed acute articular rheumatism due to my third innoculation for typhoid. I was si. k for pile month. Was 12 days in St. Marys hospital and was discharged May 27. 1 was ordered to take the course over for my grades were low So I begun school over. Found very little difficulty in studying and learned very much more for I was more accustomed to army rules. I completed my course this time on July 5. Ou July « 1 was Transferred to Baker’s flying field located 8 mil :s from former school. We sleep in tents and have air plane flights every day which is very interesting. On July 8, I, developed mumps and was admitted to the hospital. My condition is good now. So this completes my story Up to date. July 17. 1918. My mind waiulqrs back to six months ago. But today 1 have vet left a little son. 6 months old. being three weeks old when 1 left. 1 can scarcely remember him. I ask God for strength and live in uogea to gel home some day. So here I end You can call tiltthe love dreams of a boy's life that never all came true who now is leaiiiI ing to be a soldier and photographer. I

Military Watches We continue to sell a great many wrist watches because they are so important to army duties.. At present we have a splendid assortment of reliable timekeepers at $7.00, $13.25, $16.50, SIB.OO, $25.00 Sure, we have the popular priced ones at $3.25 and $4.50 Plain or Radium Dial that can be seen in the dark. Trench Mirrors .Comfort Kits and complete line of army essentials. “Our quality is always higher than our price.” PUMPHREY’S Jewelry Store Brunswick Phonographs. The Hallmark Store

THE UNIVERSAL CAR Here’s the l ord Sedan—a mighty comfortable car for every-day of the year. Bas most enjoyable refinements combined with all the utility of the touring car. Finely upholstered—almost luxuriously—with plate glass sliding windows, it is cool in hot weather while dry and warm install and winter. It is the regular simple-to-handle and ever-enduring Ford chassis with a bonton body—the family car that not only pleases with its comfort but saves money in low' cost first and after operation. Let us give yon a demonstration. KALVER-NOBLE GARAGE CO.

But dear people my story will not always tell a lonesome story. My fifth stage of future life will be fulfilled if 1 get there —over in France with the other boys—doing my bit and there 1 will become a real soldier and give my life is necessary. For strength 1 ask. May God be with you all, my home and my friends. Bidding you all good-bye, I remain Pvt. VARLANDO CLARK.

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P. S. —Will Be very glad to receive a letter from any one. Have not had the extreme pleasure of making a flight with any one, but I will if I ever get the chance. o A LITTLE WANT AD NOW AND THEN, WILL ALWAYS HELP THE MOST PROSPEROUS OF MEN.