Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1922 — Page 5

Saturday Specials Ladies’ Fleece Lined Shoes keep eo QQ your feet warm, special price n Ladies’ Felt Boudoir Slippers, cush- UJI IQ ion insoles, soft leather bottoms Men’s Junior Basketball Shoes, Qi |*q brown upper and brown bottoms’ 1 Men’s Varsity Basketball Shoes, Qi oq brown uppers and whitebottoms’ 1 11 51 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

++ ++++++ + + + + + + + + t about town ♦ The Dramatic section of the Worn-, uns club, will meet tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock at the Old Adams county J bank. Rev. Moan from the Bleeke Settlement, was in the city on business yes day. Wade Mcßarnes from west of the | city, made a business trip to Decatur yesterday. Mrs. Watt of Monmouth, was among yesterday’s shoppers. Mrs. Dick Hill of Root township, was in the city shopping yesterday afternoon. ’ . Ed Uhlman of St. Mary's township, looked after business in the city yesterday, Mrs. Gus Busick of Root township was a shopper here yesterday. Harry Essex of Monroe, was in the city on business this morning. Rex Andrews from west *if the citywas here on business this morning. John Barger from west of town, looked after business here this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heuer from west of the city, shopped here yesterday afternoon. Reinhardt Reinking of Union township, looked after business here yesterday. Paul Kruckenburg from Union township, looked after business affairs in this city yesterday. Simeon Bleeke of Union township made a business trip to this city yesterday afternoon. Christie Bohnke from north of the

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city made a business trip to Decatur i yesterday. William Barrone of Union township was a business visitor in the city yes- ■ terday afternoon. Mart Bleeke of Union township, at- , tended to business here yesterday aft- ' ernoon. Henry Thomas and Herman Holman j made a business trip to Hoagland this i afternoon. Mrs. J. H. Voglewede and daughter, Bertha, left this morning for Fort Wayne, where they will be the guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. James P, Haefling. Herman Welling of near Ossian was in the city on business this morning. Mossis Muinma of Magley looked after business in Decatur this morn- ! ing. H. G. Hill of the Reppert Auction school, left this afternoon for Indianapolis, where he will spend the weekend with his family. He will return to the school Monday. Mrs. William Shoaf and son Frank, of Kirkland township, shopped in the city this noon. Leo Kohne of Washington township was in the city today on business. Dale Osborn of Root township was a business visitor in Decatur today. Mrs. Frank L. Masters of St. Mary’s i township shopped in Decatur today. Homer Hanni of Monroe made a business trip to Decatur today. Henry Berning of R. R. 1, looked after business here this noon. George Hirschy of Monroe was among this mornings business visitors. Ed Burkheart of Route 10 made a business trip to Decatur today. William Bracht of Magley, Ind., was a business caller in this city today. C. C. Yoder of Berne, looked after business in this city this morning. Harry and Timothy Ramsey of Van Wert county, were among this morning's business visitors. Robert Courtney of Van Wert coun-

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ty, made a business trip to Decatur today. Rev. Henderson of the McCormick seminary, Chicago, will arrive in this city tomorrow and will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church Sunday. Roy W. Coon of Bryant and Dorsey D. Fennig of Geneva, both auctioneers and graduates of the Reppert School of Auctioneering, were business visitors in tho city today. Rea<l the grocery ads in tonight’s Dally Democrat. You’ll know where to purchase your eats for Sunday dinner. Mrs. John Heller left tills afternoon for Shelby, 0., where she will be the guest of her sister. Mrs. Frank Allwefn, and family for several days. Two industrial league games were played last night the faculty defeating the Martin-Klepper outfit 16 to 0 and the Clerks defeating the Casting; team 7 to 3. Dieh Ehfnger and Dutch Flanders attended the wrestling match at the Majestic theater in Fort Wayne last evening. "Bootleggers on th’ run!” says a newspaper, an’ we'll bet they’re back on ther orders at that. We wonder horn Ben Turpin feels about Will Hays glttin' in th’ movie game.—Abe Martin in Indianapolis News. The Geneva Farmers' Institute will be held Thursday, January 36, at the Geneva M. E. church and a most excellent program has been arranged fji the occasion. The state speakers, Maurice C. Johnson and Mrs. C. N. Lindley, head the list of of speakers. The program also includes music and talks by the, county agent and residents of Geneva and Wabash township.

<■+++++++ + + + ♦ + + + ♦ ♦ COUNTY DIRECTORY * ++++♦♦+♦+ + ■> + + + + ♦ Os County Officials and Political Divisions In the County. Circuit Court Judge—John C. Moran Pros. Attorney—E. Burt Lenhart State Representative — Thurman Gottschalk Auditor—Martin Jaberg Clerk—John T. Kelly Treasurer —Hugh D. Hite Sheriff—Sephus Melchi Recorder—J. L. McConnell Surveyor—Dick Boeh Assessor —William Frazier Coroner—L. L. Mattax Highway Supt.—Chas. E. Magley Supt. County Infirm.—Harvey P. LaFount aine Supt. Schoofs—Ed. Christen Truant and Probation Officer—Elisha P. Merryman , County Agricultural Agent — L. M. Busche County Health Officer —Dr. J. M. Vizard County Commissioners First Dist.—Ernest Conrad Second Dist. —B. F. Breiner Third Diet. —Robert Schwartz County Attorney—Henry B. Heller County Councilman First Dist.—Frank Mclntosh Second Dist.—Henry Eiting Third Dist. —Frank Wechter Fourth Dist. —Chris Eicher Councilmen-at-Large Andrew G. Briggs, Matthias Kirsch, Wm. Baumgartner Township Trustees Union —C. D. Spuller Root—Martin Gerke Preble—Charles Ewell Kirkland—W. H. Dettinger Washington—J. F. Snow St. Mary’s—E. W. France Blue Creek —Charles Jones French —John Toner Monroe —I. G. Kerr Hartford—Frank Neiisbaum Wabash —John Felty Jefferson —Jesse A. Buekmaster Councilmanic Districts First Diet.—Union, Root, Prsble, Kirkland and St. Marys. Second Dist.—Washington and Decatur. Third Dist.—Jefferson, Blue Creek and Monroe Fourth Dist.—French, Hartford and Wabash Commissioners Districts First—Union. Root, Preble, St. Marys, Kirkland, North halt of French and north half of Blue Creek. Second—Washington. Decatur and north half of Monroe Third—Hartford, Wabash, Jefferson, south half of Blue Creek, south half of Monroe and south half of French. Township Assessors Union—Rufus Ramsey Root—John Magley Preble—Ed Gallmeier Kirkland—James Brown Washington—Wm. Frazier St. Marys—A. M. Fuller Blue Creek—Wm. Roop Monroe —John J. Soldner From h—Grover Neuenschwauder Hartford—Joseph E. Eckrote Wabash—Silas Sprunger Jefferson —S. J. Fogle Justices of the Peace Root-Dr. Zeigler St. Marys-Josiah Chronister Washington — A. C. Butcher and; Gabriel F. Kintz Hartford— Peter D. Kizer Wabash—Geo. 0. Staley.

LEGION MEN KNOW HER WELL "Ma" Burdlek, Famous for Doughnuts and Piss, Still Trying to Serve World War Boys. maaee "As we tried to serve the boys while tinder shell fire, so we sre trying to I

meet their needs of today,” says Mrs. Ensign F. O. Burfllrk of the Salvation Army, recently elected national chaplain of the American Legion auxiliary. That Mrs. Burdick dl d serve "the boys under shell fire,” thousands of the A. E. F. will testify.

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“Ma” Burdick to the men, ner doughnuts and pies were known to the last of Pershing's army, Mrs. Burdick, who Is sixty years old but doesn’t show It, arrived in France In December, 1917, with "Pa,” her husband. With a stove which Mr. Burdick, also an ensign of the Salvation Army, rigged up, and a sewing machine which she found and repaired, “Ma" cooked for the boys as they came from the lines, mended their clothes and made new ones out of salvaged material. "Ma” and "Pa” were godparents of the First division, and from December of 1017 until the armistice Mrs. Burdick baked her pies and made her doughnuts in every sector of the western front, as close up to the fighting lines as they would allow her. The war over, the couple were transferred to Brest, where they ministered io the soldiers until they sailed for home in April, 1919, Mrs. Burdick, a resident of Wichita Falls, Tex., is in charge of hospital 'relief work for disabled ex-service men for the Legion auxiliary of Texas in addition to her duties as national I chaplain and ensign of the army hosts. ACTRESS HEAD OF AUXILIARY Miss Thais Msgrane Is Elected President of the New York State Organization. A tribute to the stage and to those actors and actresses who gave freely

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of their time and talents to keep ! men happy during the war was paid by the American Legion of New York in the election of Miss Thais Magrane as president of its state ; women's auxiliary. With her brother in active serv- | ice In the navy,

Miss Magrane spent little of her time behind Manhattan’s footlights and most of It with sick and wounded soldiers returned from France and quartered in Polyclinic hospital. She later assisted in the organization of the auxiliary of S. Rankin Drew post of the Legion, composed of Broadway's actors, writers and producers who • were in sendee. Miss Magrane is a native of St. Louis, Mo. She was “discovered’’ while playing in a stock company in Los Angeles. She played the title role in "Everywoman,” and her engagements have Included the leading stock organ izationa which have toured the country. r • [ Carrying On With the | American Legion Needy ex-service men of New York city are being provided for by a municipal fund under direction of the Legion. a • • Roy relatives of members of the Eleventh Minnesota post of the Legion have been organized into a boy scout troop. The Home Guard company of Fairmont, Minn., has turned ovdr its war fund of S4OO to furnish the building of the Legion post. * * • War vessels tied up at Seattle, Wash., may be used to billet unemployed former service men, if the plan of the Ranier-Noble post succeeds. * • « The eld City club of Champaign, 111, has bean obsorbed by the American Legion post there. The post will erect a community home, open to the public. ♦ • • A fourth of the freshmen law students at Vanderbilt university are exservice men receiving vocational training and belong to a Nashville post of the Legion. • • * “The world’s only shimmying chicken” was billed In the “Joy Day” celebration of Hendrick (la.) post of the Legion. The post claims the chicken was “born that way.” • » » Half of the money for the erection of the community memorial building to be erected by the American Legidn post at Sturgis, S. D., has been pledged by Its members from state bonuses. • ♦ ♦ Midst regimental honors gajore and major general ruffles, Hanfo’rd MacNlder, national commander of the American Legion, was received by his Old regiment, the Ninth Infantry, stationed at Houston, Tex. A loving cup was given him by the men. I — g . -J

HERE TUESDAY Oswego N. Y. Globe Trotters Basketball Five Play the Klepper Klover Klub AT ATHLETIC HALL Tuesday Evening—Visitors are Heralded as the World Champion Team. The Oswego New York Globe Trotters basketball team, heralded as the world champions, and who are now on their annual road trip in this section of the country will invade this city Tuesday evening and will clash with the Klepper Klover Klub of this city at the Athletic ball. The Globe Trotters are undoubtedly the hest known basketball team in the states, having organized in the year of 1905 and at the close of last season established a record of 619 victories and 75 defeats. The easterners carry seven men with them including the manager and play nearly every night in the week. Out of their five games played last week they suffered but one defeat, losing to the Geneva N. Y. team by a small margin. The players making the tour are Dowd, Kellmurray, Mcßride, Eysman, Goodman and Carroll, the latter being placed on the all-American football and basketball center positions in 1917'lB. The outfit is composed of some of the same stars that made Up last year’s team and can truly be called as a wonder five. The local team has been undergoing some strenuous practice each evening for the coming game and promise tile local fans the hattie of their lives. The big contest will be called at 8:30 and a good preliminary staged between two industrial league teams will form the curtain raiser. Support the home team by attending the greatest basketball classic of the year. Watch for the “Go to Church" page in the Daily Democrat next week. Mrs. Lindley, state fair School of Home Economics, at Monroe Tuesday. • ■ —• PUBLIC SALE OF ALL NEW FARM MACHINERY. Adains County Equity Exchange, 722 West Monroe Street, Decatur, Ind., 4, 1922. As we intend to close out our farm machinery, the undersigned firm will sell at public auction the farm machinery as listed below: Sale to Begin at 10 o’clock a. m. One 8 foot John Deere Grain binder with quick-turn tongue truck. Two 7 foot John Deere grain binders with quick-turn tongue trucks. Two 4 wheel John Deere (lain left hand combination rake and tedder, (side delivery rake). Two 8 foot New Deere double cylinder Webb hay loaders. Two 5 foot John Deere-Dain Vertical lift mowers. Two 6 foot John Deere-Dain plain lift mowers. Two 10-7 Van Brunt, fertilizer single disc drills with grain agitator and grass seed attachment. Three 12-7 Van Brunt fertilizer single disc drills with grain agitator and grass seed attachment. Three 13-7 Champion fertilizer single disc drills with foot board and grass seed attachment. Three 10-7 Champion fertilizer single disc drills with foot board and grass seed attachment. Five No. 20 Rude Manure Spreaders. Five double gang, roller bearing, pulverizers. Nine John Deere, No. 999 corn planters, with automatic marker. Five Fertilizer attachments for John Deere No. 999 corn planters. Two 8 foot double disc harrows, with two levers, flexible with spring pressure lever. Two 7 foot disc Harrow Tandems. One new Deere gang, adjustible arch, straight Axle walking cultivator. One two row pivotal axle Cultivator, 12 shovel, pin brake. Three single row, spring trip cultiva tors. One John Deere, leverless, pin brake cultivator. One John Deere, leverless, spring trip cultivator Six Deere Rider, spring trip cultivators. One righ hand New Deere sulkey, foot lift, three wheeled plow, 14 inch. Two New Deere Gang, 28 inch, foot lift, three wheeled plow. One 12 inch stag sulkey. Three left hand 12 incli walking plows. Three left hand 14 inch walking plows. Two 90 tooth Ajax special harrow. 3 section. One 15 tooth floating spring tootli barrows. 2 sections. One 17 tooth floating spring tooth harrows, 2 sections. One 8 tooth floating spring tooth harrow, confer section. Three IV2 h- P- Sandwich engines, (skidded). One 1% h. p. Sandwich engine, (with truck). One 2’/j h. p. Sandwich Engine, (with truck). Two Corn King Corn Shelters. Twenty-five rolls of two point barb wire, staples, corner posts, round and square fence posts (creosote treated) and some other articles. Terms —$5 and under casii, all over (hat amount, a credit of nine months. Purchaser giving bankable note bearing interest from date at 8 percent, or 3 percent, off for cash. Harry Daniels, Lloyd Van Fleet,' H. H. High, Auctioneers. I

BERNE NEWS ■l* Mrs. |lerbfirt Burdge left yesterday; afternoon for Fort Wayne, whore she will visit with her sister, Mrs. Arman : Hirschy and family for some time. 1). Bixler attended to business in Woodburn yesterday. Amos Hirschy and M. Oliver of Decatur, attended to business matters | in Rockford, O„ today. Dr. D. D. Jones, major in the late war. spoke before the Wells County Medical society at, their first meeting of the year Tuesday night. Funeral services were held this morning for Joseph W. Murphy, retired farmer of Monroe township, who died at his home northeast of Berne Sunday night. The funeral was bold at 10 o’clock at the home, Rev. P. R. Schroeder of the Mennonite church officiating. A male quartette consisting of E. W. Baumgartner, C. T. Habegger, C. O. Lehman and M. E. Stauffer also sang at the funeral. Mrs. Susan Hirschy left for Fort Wayne yesterday, where she will visit with her daughter, Mrs. Leonard Leh man, and family for a while. O. F. Gillioin went to Markle yesterday to pay the widow of Frank Harvey the well known druggist of that town, a check of $5,000 upon a policy he held with the Lincoln Life and had taken out through the icoal agency. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Charles Wilson of southwest of Geneva. Mrs. Wilson died last Friday, following a year's illness of high blood pressure. She is survived by four children, one of whom is Miss Alta Wilson, forelady at the Berne Overall & Shirt Co. Arman Hirschy of Fort Wayne was a business visitor in this city today. Mrs. A. A. Eichenberger and children and Mrs. J. L. Habegger arid son were callers at Decatur yesterday. A number from hero attended the stockholders’ meeting of the Hoosier Milk Condensery at Bluffton yesterday. R. R. Schug of this place is president of this company. The Berne Athletic club's basketball team defeateda team from Portland, nown as the Jolly Five, here last night by a score of 82 to 7. —— - IS CHAMPION HOUSE CLEANER * “Your medicine is certainly the greatest cleaner I ever saw. I never thought such stuff could be in a human being. I am feeling ten years younger since taking the course .of Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, and siffi telling everybody it is the champion house cleaner. My bloating in stomach and pains are all gone and I can eat anything.” R is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. For sate by Holt house Drug company and druggists everywhere. C. L. C. NOTICE. The C. L. of C. degree team will practice Sunday afternoon at 2:15 sharp at K. of C. hall.

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If your paper has been stopped, it will be for no other reason than that you failed to senew your subscription. Take advantage of the anniversary offer, renew this month and get a bill-fold. You’ll get the news from Adams county and the paper will be worth several times the subscription price. ■ ■ - —• ■ — —— a FARMERS’ INSTITUTE ♦ + ♦♦♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Monday, January 23, 1922, Monmonth, Ind. Cal. D. Kunkle, chairman. Tuesday, January 24, 1922. Monroe, Ind. G. H. Mcjtfanama, chairman. Wednesday, January 25, Kirkland high school. Jesse Byerly, chairman. Thursday, January 26, Geneva, Ind. Frank Ineichen, chairman. January 26, Geneva Farmers Institute, Geneva M. E. church. A good program has been arranged. Friday, January 27, 1922, Hartford high school. G. W. Holloway, chairman. Fanners are requested to be present at any or «11 of the above meetings. Splendid programs will be rendered and good speaking assured. — G. H. McManama, county chairman.

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