Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1922 — Page 5

I Low Shoes and I Wool Hose That will be the smart thing in footwear this fall. Wool hose are warm—low shoes are comfortable: makes a combination that is practical as well as stylish. Our oxfords this fall cover a very wide range in style and quality, some of them in black, others in brown, all carrying the new toes, and rubber heels. Come in and let us demonstrate to you that we have just the oxford that you want. I Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller — ■! WIIII.IIIUJ.iI

• ABOUT TOWN ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Attorney Milo Freightner, of Hunt * ington, was in Decatur this morning, participating in the arguments on a demurrer in the case of the Majestic Company against August Krickeberg. The Rotarians will hold their regular weekly meeting at the club rooms on Thursday evening. The usual interesting program will be given. The election returns from over the county, state and nation will be received at this office on election night, Tuesday, November 7th. Dr. Morgan of Dixon, Ohio greeted] his many friends here today. He says he was just trying out his new car. Dr. McKean ot Linn Grove was a professional caller here this morning. Charles Dailey and Virgin Simmins of Bluffton motored here this morning and accompanied Walter Myers to that city where he will speak this evening. Mr. Myers recently returned from a business trip to the Phillipines, China and Japan. T. J. Durkin and J. Heller madv a business trip to Bluffton yesterday afternoon. Joe Long, Charles Brown. Kennith Shoemaker and a number of others from Geneva attended the Myers speech here last evening. John J. Mayer of Monroe was calling on friends here last evening. Several from here are planning to attend the Indjana-Notre Dame foot ball game, the home coming, at South Bend on Saturday, November 4th. The democrats will start their country speaking campaign this evening with meetings in several townships. This will continue until election with talks in each township. Mr. Reppert, the horse, man has returned from a visit with his son in Michigan. Mrs. C. P. Cook, who has been visiting at the J. H. Bremerkamp home for the past several weeks left • this morning for Elkhart where she will spend several days and will then return to her home in Chicago. Mrs. Wm. Evering, Mrs. : P. G. Mueller and daughters, Estella and Mary and Mr. Elmore Sherman, of Louisville, Ky., motored through to this city and are visiting with Mrs. B. J. Terveer and daughter, Mayme. One of the most handsome bears in captivity in New York weighs t 880 pounds. 1

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CAMPAIGN ISSUES ABLY DISCUSSED BY MR. MYERS (Continued from page one) we can send the incorrigible, feeble minded or other unfortunate children except to the county jail or county infirmary. We have money for extra police, game wardens, bee inspectors and we are now building a reformatory at a cost ot millions, but we can’t take care ot the poor unfortunate children. It's time to think of some of these things seriously. MARY SCHMITT EXPIRED TOnAY Young Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dynois Schmitt Victim of Tuberculosis Mary Gertrude Schmitt, fifteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dynoif Schmitt of Mercer Avenue died at an early hour jthis morning after several months illness with tuberculosis. Miss Schmitt suffered from a lung infection last May and it later developed into tuberculosis. Prior tc taking sick she was a pupil in the St. Joseph Catholic school, but was forced to give up studies when her sickness came upon her. During the last few months she suffered much and grew gradually worse day by day. The deceased was born in this city on May 18, 1907. The funeral will be held on Friday morning at nine oclock at the St. Mary’s Catholic church with interment in the St. Joseph Cemetery. ■ w NAUGHTY BOOTLEGGER Wabash. Ind., Oct. 25—Twelve local business men “donated” several hundred dollars to the cause of a rain water salesman. Each victim was approached by the man who posed as a bootlegger and each gave him an order for five gallons at the rate of $35 a gallon after tasting the sample which ho had in his pocket. When the kegs arrived however, they were found to contain only rain water. The “bootlegger” has disappeared. :—• Gross Point, 111. —Bankrupt by the advent of Volsteadism, Gross Point has advertised its city hail for sale.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1922

CONFUSING TERMS IN EVERYDAY ENGLISH i AFFECT-EFFECT Affect (pronounced a-fekt, a-fecl) with the accent on the last syllable) means to have an effect upon, act upon, lay hold upon, Impress, change, to drawn toward, to assume, to put on. Example: Business wus seriously affected by the strike. Effect (pronouncod e-fekt, e-sect) as a verb, means to cause, to bring to pass, to accomplish, to achieve, to bring about. Distinguished from the verb “affect”, by remembering that the verb “affect” means to influence while "effect" means “to accomplish.” The term “effect" means "result.” Example: The drug had a fatal effect. As a verb—She effected a reconciliation. — • Was a Good Judge of Liquor ; "Since a young man I had a liking for liquor and was considered a pretty good judge of it at one time, but constant drinking gave me stomach trouble which Became chronic. My stomach would have been a valuable | addition to a gas factory. Doctors . did not seem to relieve me. One day my druggist got me to try Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, and I at now as 5 good as new.” It is a simple, harm h ss preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation p which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, inchidn ing appendicitis. One dose will con- *• vince or money refunded. a For sale by Holthouse Drug comg pany and druggists everywhere. e Annual Birthday i Celebration Held it On Monday evening, October 23, a very pleasant evening was spent at the Dan Weidler home east of the city, when Mrs. Weidler and daughter, Mrs. Goldner, entertained a few f of their many friends. The occasion was in honor of Mr. Weidler's and Mrs. E. W. Jackson’s fifty-seventh birthdays. Their birthdays fall on • October 23, and they are of the same • age. These occasions have been held annually for the past six years, or since these ■ two families became neighbors. Each family entertaining i each alternate year. f This year, the little one year old t babe, Ermal Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Shifferly, was included in ~ the celebration. a A most sumptuous evening dinner was served at 7 o’clock, which included all the good things found in the country larder, to which all did . simple justice. The large white birthday cake graced the center of the 1 table, and was decorated with the figures of the number of years, Mr. Weidler and Mrs. Jackson have spent in life. Many useful and beautiful presents were given the guests of honor. The evening was 1 epent in a social way and the depar--1 tore brought many kind thanks for • the pleasant evening and many good wishes for many more happy birthdays together. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. - Weidler, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson; Mr. ! I and Mrs. Otis Shifferly, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Goldner, Mrs. Sarah Cowan, Doris, Eldrid and Ermal Dale Shiffer- > ly; Artie, Glen and Fay Jackson. I • INDIANA BRIEFS 1 New Castle—Mrs. Mary Edwards, ' matron ot the Epileptic village here, I has grown four turnips which aver ] age five pounds each. IJ ick well—Walter Hargis’ hand was] ' severed from his wrist when a stove pipe he was putting up, fell and cut him. Frankfort—Ten boys were compel led to pay John Carson, farmer, a dol- j lar for an ear of corn taken from his field to be used in hollowe’en pranks. | Evansville —William Dickerson and; his son Russell, were charged with I stealing coal from a coal car after the father’s six cylinder automobile was found parked near the scene. Bourbon —S. J. Bendure has attended every Bourbon fair, the oldest fair in Northern Indiana, for the last forty years. Evansville —That his wife was too rougii and at one time shot him in the chest was charged in a divorce suit filed by Simon Elder. ELKS MEETING Regular meeting of Elks lodge tonight. Important business. Ail members requested to be present. D. M. Hensley, Exalted Ruler. o “These Rats Wouldn’t Eat My Best Grain,” Says Fred Lamb. “It's hard to keep rats out of a feed store. Tried for years. A neighboring store sold me some RAT-SNAP. It worked wonders. Gathered up dead rats every morning. Bought more RAT-SNAP. Haven’t a rat now. They wouldn’t eat my best grain when I threw RAT-SNAP around.”. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Holthouse Drug Co • Lee Hdw. Co.. Schater Hdw'. Co.. Callow & Kohne, W. W. Parks, Will-' ( shire, Ohio. I

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Coal is plentiful In Skowhegan, Maine. This town established a mu- i nicipal fuel yard several years ago, and at the end of each season a sur- ! plus of from 500 to 1,000 tons of coal ] is purchased, to guard against strikes or other emergencies. Consequently, ] there is plenty of coal to supply the] needs cf every householder.

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V SPORT NEWS — j CLEVELAND, O.—Tris Speaker will lead the Cleveland Indians again in the 1923 pennant race, the club officials announced. He has signed a new one-year contract and he plans to play ] center field again. •NEW YORK—Benny Ixionard/the world’s lightweight champion, will be ready to meet Charley White or any other challengers in December or Jan-] uary, according to his manager, Billy Gibson. NEW YORK—Willie Jackson, prominent lightweight, has severed his relations with "Doc” Bagley, his man-| ager, and has signed with Sammy Goldman. Bagley got Jackson his first: fight eight years ago for $6.00 and brought him up so that he earned I $250,000 in the last three years. NEW HAVEN, Conn.—With 79,000 tickets sold, the Yale Bowl is sure to be packed for Saturday's game betwween Yale and the Army. The crowd will equal the largest that has ever seen Harvard or Princeton play here. PASADENA, Cal.—Penn State will be invited to represent the east in the annual east-west game here on New Year’s day, according to present plans of the Tournament of Roses committee. California probably will play for the west. i CHICAGO—Checks for $18,548 each were sent from Commissioner Landis' office to the St. Louis Browns and the Cincinnati Reds as the second team's share of the world's series money. The Browns drew approximately $662 each and the Reds $713. —a New York—Augustus Thomas, playwright, turned on a cold water faucet last night to get the first ingredient for a highball. The water was hot. | Investigation. Fire in the basement. —o ] Where There’s a Baby on Farm Keep Rat-Snap Rats are on most farms. Once they get inside the house —look out. Rats kill infants —biting them in not tin- | usual. Nursing bottles attract rats. I Break a cake of RAT-SNAP and throw lit around. It will surely rid you of I rats and mice. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold ] and guaranteed by Holthouse Drug Co., Lee Hdw. Co., Schafer Hdw. Co., I Callow & Kohne, W. W. Parks, WillI shire. Ohio.

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