Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1922 — Page 5

You’d Grin Too, If You Were A Boy . 1 voU saw a shoe that pleased you as much as this one is sure to please ans boy. Its a real boy’s shoe, the kind that the boys !ike Lmade of brown calf leather, blind eyelets full of perforations, ball strap, and rubber heels. \ better looking shoe, it has never been our good fortune to have seen. $3.95 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Fitter. • v *

about town ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ♦♦ + ♦♦♦*♦ Speakin’ o’ th' Washin'ton parley, idmiral Kato has a nice, big. roomy M ono sleeve t’ laugh in. Th’ good iit young, but reformers often worry jlonc till they're eighty.—Abe Martin in Indianapolis News. Mrs Edward Wilson of Port Wayne drived in the city last evening for a j, fS visit at the home of her sister. Mrs. John Peterson. Your attention is again called to de two cent supper to be given in He basement of the Evangelical church Saturday 'evening. Homejuije cooking. Mrs. Jesse Helm of Fort Wayne is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1 R. Bell. Mrs. D. E. Smith of Fort Wayge attaded the Eastern Star party at the Masonic hall yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wm. Page returned to Warren las (evening after spending the day n business in this city. Mrs. N- 0. Groves of Sturgis, Mich.’, returned to htr home this morning iter a ten days’ visit in this city as tie guest of Mrs. A. J. Haney and MnD- F. Leonard. tdolph Shamerloh of Union townlooked after' tr this morning. ft. and Mrs. J. D. Hoffman and daughter, Ella, of Preble shopped in Deatur today. Miss Ada Davis of South Salem is ffwding a few days with the J. R. Porter family on Mercer Avenue. Marshal Reynolds was busy today whig from the S. E. Hite property co Winchester street to a home he recently purchased on North Seventh itreet. J. J. Helmerich of Preble looked aft- * business here today. F. V. Mills, Oscar Lankanau and Herbert Everett, went to Monroe yesterday and will remain for several toys attending to business there. Martin Berger of Monroeville looked after business in Decatur today. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biissner and Mr. Sam Acker leave tonight for San Francisco, Calif., where they will rethain lor some time. _Mr>. Rex Andrews spept the day f'HILDf’ENS COLDS y should not be "dosed.” Treat them externally with — VICKS ▼ V apo Rub ver Millian Jan Used Yearly I

BIGGER THINGS pi ff FOR YOU t? ‘" " Sb * ::: Big things are usually |3~, the sum of smaller things E: well done. Success is a ser- E: les of upward steps. E- ::: When you start a savings E: account here you make the right start. Deposit something every week and it will E" ff mean bigger things for E: O you. >■ |::: ta •••*•'— E± lt RST Are a Stranger Here but Once BJlK: - ’jf

shopping in Decatur. Peter Loeshe of Washington township was a business visitor here today. W. H. Simpson will leave tdmorrow for Bay City, Mich., where he will look after business for some time. Curley Jacobs went to Huntington today to resume work on the Erie railroad. Jacob Magley left this afternoon for Kenton, Ohio, where he will visit a week with his son, Harold. Don’t forget the C. E. meeting Saturday evening at 7:30 at the Presbyterian church. Harry Daniels of Pleasant Mills looked after business here this afternoon. Overland Park camp grounds in Denver had a tent city last year that housed 39,854 automobile tourists of tho United States. Canada, Mexico and the Hawaaian Islands. INVESTIGATE CHARGES Lafayette. Ind., Feb. B—Purdue8 —Purdue today began a thorough investigation into the charges that six men of the football squad of last year played in a semi-professional game. Results of the probe will not be iii:uie known for several days. The men facing charges are: Ferdinand Birk, center; Paul R. Macklin, full back; Nelson Weber, end; Joseph Williams, half-back. - > MILLINERY STORE OPEN. The millinery store recently purchased by Mrs. Grant Fry from Mrs. J. S. Bowers, has been opened by Mrs. Fry, who is now ready to attend to the wants of the many patrons of the establishment. Although the new spring stock has not yet arrived and tlie formal opening will not be held for several weeks, Mrs. Fry has an excellent display of millinery from which to make a selection. GUESTS OF MR. LaFOUNTAIN County Commissioners Robert Schwartz. Ernst Conrad and B. F. Breiner were the guests of Harry P. LaFountain, superintendent of the county infirmary, Monday night and for breakfast Tuesday morning. Tuesday was a busy day for the county commissioners and the members of the board said they would never have been able to dispose of the work had it not been for the wonderful pancakes baked by Mrs. LaFountain and served to them for breakfast.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, R, 1922

RICHMOND HERE FRIDAY The Richmond high school varsity basketball five will journey to this city Friday and will clash with the, local high school boys’ team at the Athletic hall, the game being called' ut 8:30 o’clock. The Richmond five I come to this city with a good reputation, having added a number of victories to their credit this season. The local five has been continuing its practice each evening and are out to stop the visitors and keep up their good record. The preliminary will also prove a treat for the local fans, it to be staged between the St. Joo high school boys and the Bryant high school varsity. Tho St. Joe boys have been hitting a good stride and the game with Bryant Friday evening will prove most interesting. The first preliminary will be called at 7 o’clock when the Dogs and Cats will battle for a victory. Every game on the program promises to be good and a large crowd is expected to attend. SPELLIN’ CONTEST (Continued from page one) rcction of Superintendent Don Collum. 9. The county contest will bo held at Decatur under direction of executive committee. 10. Hononyms will be defined. Use of hononym in a sentence may be substituted for its deflnition. 11. Should a word be misspelled by a contestant the pronouncer will proceed with a new word. Capital letters and hyphens may be 1 admitted in oral spelling. 13. The winner in the “A” team in the county match will receive a fifteen dollar Webster’s International Dictionary while the winner in the “B” team will receive an eight dollar dictionary. 14. A fee of ten cents will be charged at the sectional meet and at the county. This money is to be invested in the prizes to be given away. (Last year twenty-eight contestants , carried off prizes—the dollar dictionary being the smallest gift). Let us make it forty prizes this year. As many prizes will be given as the receipts will provide. Stir up interest. Gladys Schindler of Berne won the , large fifteen-dollar distionary in our last county match and Gerald Zimi merman won the eight dollar dici tionary. 15. If additional information or explanation is desired please write or call any members of the executive committee. Yours for better spelling, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. M. F. Worthman, Chairman. Don Collum, Assistant. E. S. Christen, Assistant. THE COURT NEWS E. W. Blair, government inspector with headquarters at Chicago, was in the city today conducting examinations before Judge J. C. Moran of applicants for citizenship. Five applications had been received for examination, but only four of the men were present. Os this number, three of the men successfully passed the examination and were awarded their citizenship papers, they being Frank Behling, Berne, Ind., John J. Habegger, Monroe, and Albert Keuneke of this city. The fourth applicant, Christian Musselman of Berne was held by the examiner to have revoked his declaration of intention by claiming exemption from military service by reason of not being a citizen of the United States, and was instructed that it would be necessary to file a new declaration of intention before any further action could be taken. Mr. C. M. Hessert, a member of the State Industrial Board conducted a hearing this morning in the suit for damages filed by Christian Hofstetter against the General Electric plant of this city. After hearing the evidence the case was taken under advisement and a decision will be rendered later. L. C. DeVoss is attorney for the plaintiff and Attorney Huitz of Ft. Wayne appeared for the defendant company. Judge J. C. Moran returned last evening from Bluffton where ho is trying a conspiracy to blackmail case entitled State vs. Ivan Jones, Art Godfrey and William Slusher. The case was continued until Thursday. Real estate transfers: Carl Snodgrass to Charles M. Sisson. 18'1 acres in St. Marys township, $1; Thomas S. Dowling to Anna M. Dowling, outlot No. 8 Decatur. >5,000; A. R. Bell to Mary E. Steele, 6 acres in Root township, $1,300. — 0 — ■ Mrs. Otto Brandt of Willshire shopped in the city this afternoon. j dTnce K. of C. Hall Thursday Evening Beginners Class 7;30 General Assembly 8:30 Good Music. Every body Welcome. Fred T. Schiirger, -Mgr. i

+++++♦♦++♦♦♦♦♦++ ♦ ADAMS COUNTY « ♦ MILK CAMPAIGN ♦ ♦ ♦ + March 13 to 24 ♦ ++++++++++++++++ B- » ■■ jMF"'* ’wj 4'!’ N r IO® 1 ? hr Have You Had Your Milk Today? WHAT THE MILK CAMPAIGN WILL BE (By Publicity Committee) The "Milk Campaign’’ is an educational movement for the purpose of securing the larger use of milk as a food especially by growing children. It will be carried out on a county-wide scale by having meetings conducted in each school and before as many organizations as possible. The information will be given out by means of illustrated talks, posters, motion pictures and general publicity. In addition to the human health standpoint, the local industry of milk production will benefit in that a successful "Milk Campaign” will cause a larger demand for milk. The general purpose of the "Milk Campaign” is to teach the general public the composition of milk, that it is practically balanced as to the necessary nutrients needed for the growth and development of the human body that, it is an economical food either in the form of drink or when included in the diet in dishes. They are also planning to teach that nothing but clean and tuberculosis free milk should be used, that milk should not be used for the sole article of diet except by infants, and

\\H UI ’ ' \\ X ') \\ > I I A # JI rw k J LJFIIWiIr Ssv W;'< I are now s h° w ’ advance Kuppenheimer styles for spring in all the new sport models—belted coats with pleated backs, made up in Tweeds and Herringbones by I "HO Kuppenheimer’s master tailors. ' We are selling these as low as $35.00 / x g the lowest price we have sold Kuppenheimer Clothes for four years. Come in ad let us show you these new spring models. We will be glad to show you. Vance & Linn “WE ARE NOT SATISFIED UNLESS YOU ARE”

' that the agricultural interests of 'the county will benefit from the use 1 of more dairy products. FILES A CROSS-COMPLAINT In tho Berling & Multz receivership suit filed some weeks ago, by IL R. Molts, WJ. 11- Berling and W. B. Frisinger, a petition was filed today by Italen Berling. of Decatur, to be made a parly defendant to tho action, which petition was granted, and she also filed a cross-complaint, in which she claims that she is the owner of an undivided one-half interest in the real estate involved, including real estate in Bluffton, Warren and elsewhere. Tho receivership petition describes the real estate to be a company asset, although some of it was taken in the name of individuals. Sturgis & Stine filed the cross-complaint for Mrs. Berling.—Bluffton News.

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I . . 'il.' C<vito of ns f erc-'ii*. «; r i it kVoplo. Sf'irupic Seat un Ho<„> vi ■ Thia wva (Ui« opinion or Dr. A. L, .Tac'.i.ion, rn Ohio pnyafiian of SO yearn prnulice and whose prescriptlo.l for victims of Indigestion rtiir- , Ing all those years la sold as Dr. Juckson’n Digestive mid Liver Pow. i dor. Many or the boat judges agreo with Dr. Jackson. Hla powder certainly does give relict and lasting benefits to hosts of sufferer* from indigestion and dyspepsia and their long train of evils—palpitation of the neart: aour, gassy, bloated stomach; heartburn, shortness of breath, weakness and weariness and other discomforts and dangers. At most druggists, B 0 cents, in many cases tho very first dose of Dr. Jackson’s Digestive and Liver Powder brlnge relief. If not satisfied with the results after using the first box. your money will be cheerfully refunded. Send for free sample to Jackson Medicine Company, Zanesville, O. _ Carl L. Eury, residing east of (his city left this morning tor Sturgis, Mich., where he will spend an indefinite time on business.

INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE STANDING. W L PC G. E 71 .875 K. of P. 71 .875 Faculty 3 1 .750 Clerks 4 .6110 Fisher & Harris 4 3 .671 Ford Garage 2 3 .400 Martin Klepper 2 4 .333 Moose 1 4 .300 Castings 17 .144 Rotarians 0 6 .000 Last Night’s Game K. of P. 2, Ford Garage, 0; forfeit. Games Tonight Fisher & Harris vs. Martin-Klep-per; Clerks vs. Rotary. a John: “Did you hear about Rastas’ bad luck the other night?” Jim: “No. Tell me about it.” John: “The door blew off his chicken coop and all the chickens went home."