Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1918 — Page 3

zMake this ■ A Musical Christmas with a Matchless Milton 1 Rfe V>7l i-'i. ® lO® I Ko /t'/p ft .j^whPlih'jt'W;J J 1 1 W 15 • 1 r X v Jli BM *■— 1 w THE season calls for music. This year, especially, calls for all the glad music of rejoicing —now that peace and good will have again been get up throughout the earth. Never in all our lives was there a more genuine need or natural call for music, and let us respond by placing a permanent means of music in our homes as a token of our joy that the war is over and that we wish peace and harmony to rule and guide our lives. THE MILTON PIANO, $325 to S4OO will make one of the most acceptable home gifts you can possibly procure. A splendid piano, beautiful to the eye and pleasing to the ear; it is a piano filled with a lifetime of pleasure and satisfaction a piano such as you would picture in your mina as one yoi*<would like to own. Your own time tt> pay, within reason, of course. YAGER BROS. & REINKING The Up-to-date Store snscawttsasactam: COAL COAL COAL Just got five cars of West Virginia, Kentucky and Hocking Lump Coal, the very best lump coal on the market, at the right price. Better get what you want before cold weather comes. Remember, you get it from the BowersNiblick Grain Company. Don’t lose your temper trying to burn Indiana sub-soil. | Bowers-Niblick Grain Co. W Why E® You Stal'd Do Youi » Shopping Now Foresight is the future Our You don’t have to pay the hig > Neck stock of Watches, in Pearl, Solid Chains in Festoon and - charms. Cuff Gold and Filled Brooches. Loc , ' Jn fact we are Buttons, both for Ladies .me ’ scarcity of prepared to exactly fill .'» ur v '* may he a dismanufactured goods and > o a s yo u want, appointment to you in ge ur Christmas presIf you haven’t already sole* .c -. r ge ’ ec tion ent, come, and we will be g at deposit, away for you. We don’t requ.re any VfE ENGRAVE FREE HENSLEY jeweler tn*, or, an •*

DECATUR DAILY DEMOChAT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918

WARDS IN FRANC James and Harley, Decati Brothers, Write Home to Their Parents. i GIVE A PANORAM Os Events as They Tran pire in the Course of Their Journey. Harley and Janies Ward write their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward: American Expeditionary Fore Nov. 24, 1918. Dear Dad: A few lines from your son with t A. E. F. This is Dad's Christmas 1 ter day and as I haven't wrote y for a long while will tell you some the things 1 have been doing, a of some of the places I have seen, the war is over now and we are lowed to mention dates and places Well, first I will commence w the day we left Shelby. We 1 there Sept. 19, at 11 o'clock and pa ed through: Jackson, Miss.; Chatt ooga, Tenn.; Washington, D. : Philadelphia, Pa., and arrived at Ca Upton, L. 1., Sept. 21. Was equipj there and left for over here Oct. We came over on the Cedric, a si of the White Star liner. Had 4,l men on board. Had fine weath The first two days out I was sick a fed the fish but after that was o. The night of the 16th found us the Irish coast. It was a fine mo light night and along about 9:30 wl I had just got to sleep someth] went bomb! bomb! We were hit a torpedo. Well by the time I ; out of bed and got] in my life belt I most of the fellows were on de and, well, dad your Uncle Ha made tracks, took the stairs four five at a time, got up to the life bo and by that time they had investig ed and found we weren’t hurt mt so we were told to go to bed as th: was no danger. Se we went bel but there wasn't much sleeping tl night. 1 woke up the next morn and found we w’ere still alive. ( destroyer had sunk the submarine a depth bomb. We landed at Liverpool. Engla J Oct. 17. and was sure glad to get feet on good old mother earth agt 3i55 I just want, to cross the pond oi $ more and then if Miss Liberty wa 0 to see me (As the coon from Alaba I H says) she'll sure have to do an ab S face. Arriving at Liverpool we ma U ed about 12 or' 15 blocks to the r B road station and boarded a train K a rest camp. The cars had doors B the side and were made in apt tt ments which held a squad ea g Rode till two o’clock that night, wi H very near across England to a ca « by the name of Codford Wilts. 1 g rested there. | Left for France Oct. 21, byway H South Hampton, crossed the Engl M channel at night landing the m H morning at Cherbouge. France. ' ji marched about six miles to a r H camp: staid there over night a marched back to Cherbouge. Tl we were loaded in box cars whi were labelled 8 horses or 43 men a U as we were men you see it was a K crowded but we made it o. k.. as were only on them 36 hours. Land H at Plovenel, France, Oct. 24. H h fine quarters there. Were station « in an agricultural college. The to' g was a real old one being over If g years old. There was a fort the ” 1100 years old and it looked as thou H it would stand that much longer. V H left Plevenel Nov. Bth and went H Camp De Mencan, where we are n 8 stationed, it was a2B mile trip. \ « hiked 8 miles and rode 20 in truck B We were issued our equipment he B the same day the armistice was si? | ed. We used them until yesterd H and then turned it in. 0 So dad, though I didn't get to ta H a whack at Kaiser Bill, it wasn't n g fault as I did my best and would ha' b went willingly had I had the chan B and now as it is over I will probab B Ibe in the U. S. A. by the time y< H get this letter or soon after. V. e w « be with the first bunch to come hon H from over here. g I I haven't heard from Harley y g 'since I have been here but suppo: B 11 will soon. Hoping he gets to con I I home soon and we can all be toget I . again by the first of 1919. fi T Wishing you all a Merry Xmas at: | 'a Happy New Year, I am, g : Your son, Corp. JAMES WARD. | Bat. A. 139th F. A., American E. 1 j Somewhere in Franc: A , p. O. No. 701. Nov. " “A* I "(Continued on rage 6.)

|[ ftORE THROAT I or Tonsilitis, gargle Jklil j, JX with, warm salt fesWj j water then apply—--111 T ST>ur~Botlyiiu » wiw NEW PRICES 30c, 60c, $1.20 IA DON’T „ TAKE QUININI Take Morse’s LAXA-PIRI to ior Colds, LaGrippe and E. Headache. ces . The Only Preparation on tl | Market Using ASPIRIN, i Combination with Other Tim: let _ Tested Remedies, to Eliminai you Colds, LaGrippe or Headache -oi Contains no Quinine to poison tl and system, upset the stomach, cau ,as ringing and roaring in the head, i a p aggravate deafness. s. ! Stops Headache in a few minute vi*h Colds in few hours, LiGrippe in c: lei - t day. A trial will convince. For sc austan- Tollhouse Drug Co. amp «• «> ship !l ‘Ioon . *‘A Shino in JS hpn Every Get a can today from 1177 ,fp ting your hardware or rro),y cerydoaier. got wsat .• '■ k, ... ■ . ailk Relief from Eczema ' ° r 's= ===== i = == ======= — Don't worry about eczema or ot eat- skin troubles. You can have acl meh healthy skin by using a little ze obtained at any drug store for 35c, , extra large bottle at SI.OO. w Zemo generally removes pimples, bit that heads, blotches, eczema, and ringwe ning and makes the skin clear and heall O Zemo is a clean, penetrating, antise] 1 liquid, neither sticky nor greasy and st: -by nothing. It is easily applied and cost mere trifle for each application. Il an .] ilways dependable. The E. W. Rose Co., Cleveland, O. my . - rain.

ants US 1 Big Coat and Suit Sale s at an] - = £ = _ = 1 ~ >art 's = | (fit ALL FALL ASD WINTER GARMENTS sos an] kA) | j Nothing Will Be Reserved A | We are going to give you your choice of our entire S®* , 3 h stock of the newest effects of this year. We have i S H no old stock to offer. All this seasons choice styles ' » I by the most reliable manufacturers. ucjh Jfj | - ~ ; —————————————- — ’’ i ALL CLOTH COATS ALL CLOTH COATS ALL CLOTH COATS low njp We eP Tlfiit sold at SOO.OO, QOA 'A Sold at $38.50 to $42.50, QQA KA That sold at $35.00, rfk kn. SB This sale This sale This sale 4 .MV er 0 SnJ —— i " * ‘ — I ALL CLOTH COATS : ALL SUITS ALL SUITS ike S That sold at $25.00, djl AKA That so!d at $42.50, QQK AA That sold at $32.50 to $35 JA KA my ir This sale This sale tpZiO.W This sale iv e — * ‘ ~ | a All Childrens Coats at Big Cut ALL SUITS E | in Prices 11^ 1 : 1 * 25 ’.516.50 ffi AIWB make your selections NOW ! ' h ' Cr IV 1 5 1 i 411 Large Saving On Every Garment J < # NIBLICK & CO.: ell £ “

11 Make This a Useful ’ i -ChristmasEy- Giving always pleases the man’s or woman’s heart. That | [.aj happiness is doubled at the Christmas season when a special estort is made to please, and gifts seem more appreciated at this ix r „ time, than at any other time of the year. Uc LN * Os course you want the family to feel happy on this joyful Christmas day. You want Santa Claus to shower the entire fam- if he By with gifts, and useful articles cannot but help to please. Have in ifj that happy Christmas spirit in your home on Christmas Eve and jx ie - during the holiday season. Enjoy the spirit of giving. ite Jfi yf 5. Our stock of Christmas goods, as you know, is first class. the Make your selection for your wife, hushand, mother, father, Ls use brother, sister, sweetheart or friend from our counters. We or Jfi have many useful articles for both men and women. u yfj Let us suggest a few of the many useful articles that you can y a’e tfi buy at our store, making the most suitable Christmas gifts: ij Silverware, complete sets and separate knives, forks, l — spoons, etc. Rogers 1847 and Holmes and Edwards line. Alumir inum Ware, all kinds of pans and utensils, roasters, etc. The k best on the market. Let us show you our new Ithaca shot gun. if- Skates for the boys- Coaster Wagons, Razor Sets. i Electric Vacuum Sweepers, Floor Mops. p y- A New Home Sewing Machine would just please the wife or mother. We have the new models and will be glad to show them to you. Coal Oil Stoves, Gas Ranges. I? Lfi Pocket Knives and Sportsmen’s goods. — Then if you still want something better, something more ex=f pensive, buy the family a Buick Automobile. We are sole agents ifi for this famous car. Place your order now. Come in and se- --- lect your Christmas present. We will be glad to show you. fiber ||~ 1 LEE Hardware Co. r orm |C Where you can buy Christmas Presents for the whole family. :ains . UZ ;t3 a It is