Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1918 — Page 3

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| WEATHER FORECAST I Ohio—Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; probably showers, cooler tonight northeast portions; eoler Tuesday. Indiana —Thowers showers this afternoon or tonight, followed by generaly fair Tuesday; cooler. s,Mrs. Jason Archbold visited in Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon. Winfield Maddy left today for a visit with relatives in Detroit, Mich. Dick Durkin left Saturday afternoon for a vacation at James Lake. Miss Margaret Moran, has gone to Rome City for a several weeks’ visit with Mrs. C. L. Meibers. Miss Mayme Harting is on duty again at the Runyon-Engler store after a two weeks’ vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Al Ross went to Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon for a visit until Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Doliy Durkin and son, Dick, and Miss Hose Christen went to Laae Janies for a visit over Sunday. Richard, son of Attorney and Mrs. John C. Moran is visiting in the country with the Fred Steigmeyer family, where he is having a delightful time. Tom Vail went to Lake James to join his wife in a visit over Sunday. She is chaperon for the Kekionga Campfire Girls who are spending two weeks there. Some girls don’t seem t’ care jest so ther ears are covered. Th’ three fastest means o’ communication —tele phone, telegraph, tell a dentist. —Abe Martin in Indianapolis News.

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i Bernard Terveer spent Sunday at Rome City. . I Miss Frances Deininger returned 1 from a two weeks’ vacation visit at Rome City. Archie Miller, of Wren, 0., changed cars here this morning on his way to Fort Wayne. J. R. Porter has gone to South Salem to do some carpenter work for L. G. Baughman. Mrs. Jennie Bender and son, Daniel. of Pleasant Mills, went to Cory, Pennsylvania, to visit with relatives. Miss Margaret Bremerkamp went to Fort Wayne to spend Sunday with her uncle, Ray Bremerkamp and family. Miss Lillian Heine, of Fort Wayne, came. Saturday afternoon for a visit with the William Worthmann family at Magley. Miss Pearl May went' to the home of her sister, Mrs. Dayton Barkley near Hoagland this morning for a visit of several weeks. Mrs. Velma Porter is at work at the Steele & B’.eeke store this morning, after a week’s vacation which she spent with relatives at Muncie, Parker City.and Van Wert. ♦ Mrs. D. H. Tumbleson and children returned to Fort Wayne this morning , after a visit at the Jesse Steele home near Pleasant Mills. They were accompanied by her sister. Miss Lola , Steeje. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Swygart went to Fort Wayne to spend Sunday with her sister and brother. Mrs. John Link, Henry Spuller and with Mrs. Swygart’s daughters, Grace and Dfessie Shaw. i

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. JULY 29, 1918

A party of young folks motored to Van Wert lust evening. James Foreman of Blue Creek town ship was a businss visitor here this morning. Florence and Mary Harris have gone to Peru and l»gans|x>rl to visit with their uncles and aunts. Mr. and Mrs L. G. Ellingham and sou, Miller, drove front Fort Wayne last evening for an hour’s visit with friends. Harry Amrine and wife of Cincinnati are expected tonight for a visit with his brother, Ralph Amrine and wife here. Austria declared war on Servia four years ago yesterday aud the fifth . year of the greatest war in history began today. The condition of David Flanders cf South Third street remains about the same. A trained nurse. Miss Lillian Keller is attending him. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Syphers returned this morning to their home at Ft. Wayne. They were guests at the Q. M. Syphers home south of the city. Miss Bertha Heller left this morning for Indianapolis to resume her work after a two weeks’ vacation, enjoyed with her mother and other relatives here Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dellinger returned to Fort Wayne this morning to attend to business. They are preparing to move to the country near this city. Mrs. Clarence Baughman, of the Baughman five and ten cent store, is at Toledo. 0., this week where she is buying toys and other holiday goods for the store. Rev. and Mrs. B. B. Uhl and children will motor here today from Toledo, 0., to visit with Mrs Uhl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Christen. Mrs. Uhl will remain for a month’s stay. Mrs. Walter Deitsch returned to her home in Celina, Ohio, after a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Miller. She was accompanied home by her brother, Ed Millert aud wife. Dell Locke, of Bryan, Ohio arrived last evening to accompany home Mrs. Locke who with Mrs. Ellen Dailey of Bluffton has been a guest at the home of Mrs. Jessie Deam for several days. The Lockes motored home. Leo Weber arrived yesterday for a forty-eight hour visit with relatives and friends. He is with the U. S. army at West Point, Ky„ is looking and feeling fine and likes the life. He will leave tonight for that place. If you haven’t registered you should do so right away. You must qualify if you want to vote next November and you may want to whether you think so now or not. A few weeks changes things contndferable [these days. The merchant who is not advertising is throwing away the best opportunity he ever had to get business. The next yeah promises to be a wonderful one for the live one but a hard one for the fellow too slow to ask for trade. Pictures of Harley and James Ward Robert and Dwight Peterson, Ray Houser and Chalmer Porter, in the Saturday' evening mail edition, and this evening’s news carrier delivery of the Ft. Wayne News, are attracting much favorable attention. H.*L. Corner, democratic candidate for secretary of state came home Saturday evening from a week’s camcaigning trip during which time he and other state candidates and members of the state committee attended splendid meetings at Evansville, Vin- . cennes and Princeton. Subscribe for the Daily Democrat now. We are giving you a several 1 column account of the war each day besides the local news and we are still giving it at the old price. How long we can do that we don’t know but we are going to keep the price down as long as we can. To make sure subscribe now. There had been a terrrifle struggle, but in the end the man’s strength had triumphed over the woman's frenzy. He had wrestled her from her hus- ' band and little son and now Mme. De Gautier “The Passion Flower,” lay in a hovel unconscious and completely in the power of Jules Mardon, famous young painter. He had tried hard will* every wile, to lure her from het family. They were thrown togethei daily while he painted her picture But his charm, irresistible to most had failed, and so he had resorted t< cave-man methods. But as Jules Ma don stood gloating over her wonder ful beauty a- strange fear tugged a his very soul, if he had one. Wha dire punishment was wrecked on th< head of Mardon in that very hove and when success seemed in his veri grasp, is one of the big surprises it the new Triangle seven-reel feature •■j l ove You ” »♦ the Crystal theat-< tonight Beautiful Alma Rubern plays “The Passion Flower.” and it supported by heeler Oakman ant Francis McDonald.

FOR GREAT CAUSE 1 i Is This War and Orvil B t Laughrey Says the Supreme Sacrifice l IS NOT TOO GREAT • Former Decatur Baker is Philosopher —As He Fights in France. Orvil J. Laughrey, formerly from F here, where he will be well remem- ! bered as a baker, but whose mother 1 now lives in Allegan county, Mien., writes the following letter from France: Somewhere in France, April 20, 1918. Dear Mother: Received your letter yesterday of March 25th. Am quite well. Have been very busy, and this is the first opport unity I have had to write to anybody. And 1 expect a field card will be all that I can write again for a while. Am seeing more every day of war. Have experi- ' enced booming from German airplanes They come over every clear evening and drop a few bombs and then go back. Once in a while they venture ■ over in the day time; also, they have ' come within a few rods with the shell of their guns. It is some sensation to hear a shell burst and go over your head. They make a hole as big as the dining room at home. But you get used to them and don’t mind them at all. The other night the boches came over about midnight and we had fireworks for a few hours. They shoot at the planes with aircraft guns, and between the guns and bombs there Is some noise, but now I can sleep right through it all. It is funny how you get used to things and don’t mind them, but you can’t run out of the way and you are as safe one place as another, so you might as well stay in your blankets. I read your clippings. They are true. But, mother, I have met English boys here, lots of them, and they are a fine lot of men and they sure ire doing their share in the war. So when we go in 1 will be willing to go . in and do my bit, and if I make the supreme sacrifice I know it is for a great cause. And, mother, there are lots of boys here, good boys, that have mothers at home as 1 have that will be with me, so don't think that you are alone. Life is short and death comes but once. And during now is as great and good . a time to die as any. It' I live I might fall to a lower plane of life.| ■ such as a drunkard's or a murderer's grave. See So we all have a pur-| pose to live or die for. But that is not saying that I will die, mother, I have met lots of boys that live in the roar three years and in lots of battles so. mother, my chances are good I think as any. But just to give you an idea of what might be. ! The Germans are in their last drive I and the English are giving them hell. ’ They say it is the worst battle they ever saw, more killed, and the bombardment is terriffic. , Well, mother, it is just like light- . ing a bunch of firecrackers all at once, only these are cannons. , The other day it lasted from 4p. . m. all night until noon the next day. I and it sure is hell, but they were the allies’ guns, so we felt better. Tne Germans are staking all they have on this battle. And if America hur--1 ries things up we can end this in our 1 favor in a few months 1 think. ' Well, I hope you get this letter. 3 Please let me know in particular . ' Well, will ring off. Write the same ' as usual, and send along a cigar or cigarette now and then. Mail comes 3 about once a month now, 1 guess. With love to all, your son. Ho|xt to -, see you all soon. I Pvt. Orvil J: Laughrey Co. C, 16th Engrs. (Ry.) DONATION TO RED CROSS e II The splendid patriotic program rey peate.d last evening at the Calvary s Evang*elical church was largely' at tended in spite of the storm of the >’ afternoon and evening. The proceeds >r amounting to $11.65 were given tc the local Red Cross, as was the cel i, lection taken at the first presentation -° O. L. chairman of the loca' ir chapter of Red Cross, was anjooK r- those who heard the fine entertain At ment. 1( * MARRIED SATURDAY EVENING - 1 Luther Wolfe, mechanic, son ot T Jacob Wolfe, and Miss Dot Kerr n daughter of Robert Kerr, of Monroe, B -lwere married Saturday evening at '°|fivc o’clock by the - Rpv "- Pa>i l# Marsh, of the Christian church at ni ■ ■ s home on West Monroe street. I h-y 'I were accompanied by two friends I who witnessed the wedding

B 1 uxtf r When Was Your Battery Tested? How long has it been since you had a line on the inside condition i of your battery? A month? Six weeks? If it’s any more, you’re taking chances. Don’t you want to know it if you’re starving your battery—or mistreating it? > ’ There’s only one way to tell—by test. You can make it your- ’ self or we’ll do it free. We’ll be glad to show you the “How” of this simple test, and to tell you about Threaded Rubber Insulation —the most important battery improvement in years. HOLTHOUSE FIREPROOF GARAGE CIC J U j J

AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Miss Helen Nibilck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick, this city, is among the many students of the summer session of Columbia University, New York City, for a special war activity service. Among the courses she will take is stenography and typewriting. Thousands of stuj dents are registering in the summer session, which has been adjustd to ] martial needs. Os the 636 courses, 64 are special war studies. They range

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front training in Red Cross work and food conservation to instruction iq navigation and wireless operating. Practically all branches of pedagogy are represented in the curriculum. 1 LANDED SAFELY OVERSEAS. ' Miss Wilma Smith of this city to- ' day received a card from the war department notifying her that the ■ ship on which Nevin Crowell, former i printer at this office, had landed safely overseas. Mr.,Crowell left here about three months ago. taking the

j mechanical training course at Pur- ,. due university. According to the card he is with an artillery company. L . ■„ — — — — . ■ —

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