Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1922 — Page 5

Footwear For The County Commencement We’re mighty busy right now fitting footwear on the young folks for the coming County Commencement. Our friends from all parts of the county have been in here this week. They know we not only have stylish footwear but that we take care of the feet. Charlie Voglewede Fits You.

>♦♦♦♦♦♦+++++++++ * ABOUT TOWN * C. C. Ernst, secretary of the Elks lodge is in receipt of a letter from D. E. Studabaker who is ill at Indianapolis, stating that he is getting along nicely and expects to be home in two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Miller of Indianapolis arrived this morning for a visit with friends. They will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow for a day or two to visit. Charles Getting is the official paint er for the parking zones and is doing an excellent job. A large number ci friends from here attended the funeral of Ray Harvey at Monroe this morning. Please remember to call this office and give us your news items. It you are going away or have friends coming, if some one in the family is ill, if you know of any items of general interest, call 51. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hocker and Mr. and Mrs. Wertz of Elkhart are visiting friends here for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne and iCTr. Mrs. Charles Sndwberger spent last evening at the Deininger home, on West Madison St. John P. Steiner, wife and daughter, June, were business visitors in Deca tur this afternoon. MEASLES” ” ■Yb may be followed by serious I B cold troubles; use nightly — VICKS ▼ VApo Ry a Oixr 17 Million fan Use! Yearly

NOTICE! We have installed a modern bath house and are now ready and equipped to give the various kinds ot baths. SHOWER RATHS TUB BATHS SWEAT BATHS SALT AND SULPHUR RUB BATHS Room located over Morris 5 & 10c store. Smith & Smith (Chiropractors) ; ” ar" Thieves don’t want checks—but cash. BE:: Why accoin- J ::: mod at e the thief? ng t:: ?e| first national bankJee s: E I Mis You Arc a Sir unset Here tut Once gffi* 5 " » v w* 'Jw-iwL! ~i 1 I I ’ ! i i | i „ *:::: +3+ - iMlOWWwsffl

’ Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson and ’ daughter Lois will motor to Munch > where they will spend the week-enc. with friends. While there Miss Loh will attend the County Club dance. S. E. Brown and W. Guy Brown at tended the Yeoman meeting last eve ’ ning at Fort Wayne. 1 Miss Margaret Blee left yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Harbor, to spend ' several days at Petosky, Michigan. HOME ECONOMCIS CLUB OF ROOT TOWNSHIP TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY The Root township Economics Clul ■ will meet at the home of Mrs. J. L Singleton next Tuesday, June 13. The assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Her nice Magley, Mrs. Harve Baker, ana Mrs. Erma Lewton. The program foi : the meeting will consist mainly in i demonstration by a members of tb< . I’urdue University Department of Agri culture. The methods of housekeep I ing to be demonstrated include, table setting, using table cloth, luncheon set , sanitos luncheon set, and table run ■ ners. , G. E. BASE EALLERS MEET WAYNE OIL HERE TOMORROW 1 The Wayne Oil base ball team of Ft Wayne, heralded as one of the strong ' est teams in the Ft. Wayne Industria league will visit this city tomorrow at ternoon for a battle with the local Ger oral Electric team. The locals have lost all games played in the league this season but are determined to dr better, having strengthened their line I up to a great extent and are ready foi I the battle. Game called at 2:4; o’clock. Admission 25 cents.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1922

r . SBUS < » 4 4 4>4>4*4-<'!>4*4-4-4>*4>4-4-4>4*j ❖ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ . ♦4>♦♦++++ + + + + + + +, Yesterduy's hero—Earl Smith, Giant ’ catcher, broke up the game with a home run with two on and helped to ’ beat the Cubs, 11 to 5. Pittsburgh got sixteen off Phil pitchers and won, 7 to 5. Pop Young, Athletic second base- . man, got the first homer of his career while the Tygers were winning, 7 to . 6. It was the third straight lor De- . trolt. •j Cincinnati knocked Dutch Reuther, >ld Red standby, out of the box and ,| won from Brooklyn, 7 to 2. . After losing seven straight games to the Braves, the Cards turned around md beat Mitchell’s men, 5 to 1. Elmer Smith's homer with the bases Hied enabled the Red Sox to beat the drowns, 7 to 5. Helped by Babe Ruth's fourth homer md a single from the swat king's bat. ( he Yanks knocked off the White Sox, I to 2. Sensational playing by Bluege, ookie third baseman, enabled the Senators to make it three straight >ver Cleveland with a 6 to 1 win. , New York—The Polka Dot, six moor yacht champion, successfully de- ( ended her title yesterday at Bayside >y beating the British challenger Enleavor, in the first of a series of races 'or the international model yacht racng championship. New' York—National A. A. U. tracq md field championships are to be held n Newark, N. J., on Stp. 8, 9 and 11, iccording to F. W. Rubion, secretary if tho union. Chicago—Babe Ruth says he has liven up hope of making a new home un record this year but is sure he will ;et more clouts than any other slug-! ;er. “It may take twenty or forty to! teat 'em but I’ll beat ’em” he said. Oklahoma City—Gus Fished has reigned managership of the Oklahoma! 'ify club of the Western league. Pres-: dent Holland has taken charge of the i ribe until a successor can be secured, i’isher explained his action by saying ie thought a more experienced mana;er might make a better success. e_ -ROG EYES TO PLAY SCHUMM OHIO, SUNDAY The Frog Eye baseball team of near his city will cross bats Sunday afterloon in a return game with the Ichumni, Ohio, team the game to be ■ailed at 2:30 o’clock and to be play’d on the Frog Eyes diamond. Both earns are evenly matched and a good [ fame is predicted. The Schumm team ms a record of playing six games this season and not losing a single one while the Frog eyes are close on their trail. ROTARY GAME WITH BLUFFTON POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK The Decatur-Bluffton Rotary base ball game scheduled for today has , been postponed until next Friday, i Juno 16th. The local Rotarians will | practice tonight and hope to be in trim l for the big game next week. John 1 Carmody is acting as manager of the | team and W. A. Klepper as manager.: It is understood that Bluffton has al semi-professional team this year, taking in several good ball players into] the club and are winning a majority of I the games. Recently the Bluffton; club defeated the Indianapolis Rotary] club. MISTAKE REGARDING TENNIS PLAYING ON CENTRAL SCHOOL GROUNDS ON SUNDAYS In the statement made in ye.ster , day's issue of the Democrat regard-: ing children playing tennis on the Cen ; tral School grounds it was requested i that children refrain from playing on ] the grounds on Sunday afternoons and after 6 o’clock on Sunday evenings. It should have been Sunday forenoons and after C o’clock on Sunday evenings. Mr. Wort liman, city school superintendent kinllly requests that the young people refrain from play- . ing on those hours. , , —»- GIRL STOLE SILK HOSE TO WEAR ON HER PAIR OF WOODEN LEGS Chicago, June. 9. —Miss Vera Lamb, 17,'possessor of two wooden.legs, was held by Juvenile court authorities on! charge of the theft of a pair cf silk I stockings. She blamed her plight on her hits- j band whom she said left her when he j discovered her physical defect. Both of the girl's limbs were frozen 1 when she was a girl, making amputa-i tion necessary. - I

+ + + + <■ + + + ■>■>♦ + + + + + * AMERICAN HISTORY♦! + DAY BY DAY + + By T. P. Green 4- + , * June 9. 4- + + + The American Army at Cam- + + bridge, Massachuetts, numbered 44- 7,641 on June 9, 1775. * 4- The author of "Home. Sweet ♦ 4 Home," John Howard Payne, + 4’ born on Juno 9, 1791. ■fr + — + <• A United States Sanitary Com- 44- mission was apointed by the Sec- + + rotary of War on June 9, 1861. * + - ♦ •b Confederates routed the Feder- + 4' als in Shenandoah Valley on June 4- 1 4' 9, 1862. + 4' — ♦ 4« Weaver and Chambers were 44- nominated by tho Greenback Na- ♦! 4- tfonnl Convention on June 9, 1880. 44- — 44- Ford’s Theatre, Washington, + 4* then used by tho government, col- 44’ lapsed and killed 21 people on 44* June e, 1883. ♦ 4*4* + + + *4>4>4>4*4>**4> + TURKS WANT TO SEE U. S. BASEBALL GAMES Constantinople, .lune 9. —Baseball teams from American destroyers of tho Black Sea fleet have been invited! to stage a series of championship | games this summer at Trebizond. A ! pennant for the winning team will be I given by Turkish business men. The invitation to the American sailors was sent to Admiral Mark Bristol. IT. S., high commissioner at Constantinople. It was in the name of General Haxim Bey. military commandant of Trebizond, and Prof. Morieu Bey, superintendent of the local schools The municipal authorities plan the erection of an uptodate baseball diamond close to the harbor, so that any sailors compelled to remain on board | the destroyers may view the game I from the decks of their ships.” “We are very anxious to encourage : American ships to spend as much time |as possible in Trebizond,” Says Prof. I Monieu Bey in a letter accompanying th? invitation. “We arc going to take every advantage of their presence to encourage American athletics in our schools. All the grandstand seats at tlie baseball games will be reserved for school children, who we hopa will learn the American game and the American athletic spirit." — • DECATUR SPECIALS GO TO CONVOY NEXT SUNDAY The Decatur Specials base ball team ' will journey to Convoy next Sunday I afternoon where they will battle with ‘the fast Convoy Independents. The locals have a hard game ahead of them but have been hitting t licit' stride in the last few games and are confident of another victory. A number of fans will accompany them on the trip.

New Rugs and Carpets --all the newest designs We have just received a large assortment of Rugs in all the very newest designs, and at a big reduction in prices. 9x12 All Wool Tapestry (FOQ ftft d*OE Aft Rugs• to epXitJ»W 9x12 Fine AH Wool QQ9 £ft (10 B Seamless Velvet Rugs tPO£e<JvJ to <DOO»W i A “ ■ $35, $37.50 $39.00 11-3x12 Extra Quality Seam-(j»QK ftft CQ7 less Tapestry Rugs all wool tpOOeWto <1)0 I •JU tWO B r 11-3x12 Velvet Rugs <49 F I Seamless, all wool <I)4^.OU HUI 11-3x12 Extra Heavy All Wool <KQ ftO -taa%a[ Axminster, highest quality »PIJJiVv ~ItW Wool Axminster Rugs •!-’ • eJ»W 9x12 Best Grade Wool Fibre S i G SO •/ 1 lot 27x51 Fine Heavy Axminster Rugs. d» A P*A 1 Exlra (iualit > M.oV l'*ne assortment Curtain Nets in all grade ~ Priced at, per yard, 30,35,45,50,75, $ 1 .„ d $1.50 I We Advise Early Selection While Stocks Are Complete. Niblick & Company

THE FACE IN THE MIRROR Your face, does it wear tho contented expression of good health, or are the features drawn and pallid? In the I latter case, your story is read by all who see you, uml what woman of spirit ■ wants to be pitied for her physical i condition? There is a'way to get the nervous, tired lines out of your face' and the slump out of your body. The! use of that standard remedy, Lydia! K. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, will strengthen the nerves and tone up ■ the system to resist that excessive I fatigue. A PASTRY SALE. | Tho ladies of the Christian church ] will have a pastry sale tomorrow, >bei ginning at 10 o’clock, at Green's meat market.

“Gold! Gold!” BACK in the ’4o’s it took months for the thrilling news of California’s gold strike to cross the continent. Today, a few hours after so important a discovery, the entire story would be known to newspaper readers throughout the country. In the early days, news spread by word of mouth. Today, the telegraph and telephone speed the message into the newspaper office, it is rushed into type, the paper is printed and shortly the news becomes public property There are two kinds of news in the paper. One consists of the affairs of other people; their sayings, doings and what they’re going to do; things that have happened, may happen and didn’t happen. The other kind of news is about your affairs. That’s the part you’ll find in the advertisements. There’s a lot of valuable news there about things you want or will want; things that have to do with your own personal comfort, convenience and every-day efficiency. Every advertisement carries a personal message to some one. Many advertisements cany messages of vital interest or value to you. That’s why you can’t afford to miss the advertisements. Read them. The advertisements are decidedly valuable to you.

CHICAGO & ERIE RAILROAD IMPORTANT CHANGES IN PASSENGUf TtAIN SCHEDULBS • Effective Sutday.’June' 11th, th« changes in title wili be made. Train No. 4 will leave Decatur 3:20 p. m. instead of 2:55 p. m. Arrive New York 3:82 p. m. Train No. 8 will leave Decatur at 3:22 a. m. instead of 3:20 a. m. Arrive New York 7:07 a. m. Train No. 3 will leave Decatur al 12:64 p. m. inatead ot 12:57 p. m. Arrive Cbbago 5:20 p. in. Train No. 7 will leave Decatur at 1:48 a. m. Arrive at Chicago 7:05 u. m. No change. Train No. 226 will leave Decatur at 8:54 a. m. local to Marion, O. No change. Train No. 227 will leave Dacatur at 8:15 p. m. instead of 8:13 p. in. local to Huntington, Ind. For further information call, G. E. TEEMS, Ticket Agent.