Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1923 — Page 5

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M „ Emma Everett. ha. been with Mr. i‘ nil Mrbl E - * • Lm r east of tlie d,y> W ° Bt JJJiw to «•«»«> aeveral day. with her Mr.. J ' *’ Alb, lShl ’ ° f I>H> ' , )h(0 . returned to their home after aeveral day- with the for Xrs brother, H. Albright and l''lt Shoeuuiker. of Indian‘ollSi ’ l# visiting friends here. H k. Jennings, of Wabash, was a , ilu . s!! caller here today. Willis Leigh and .('. H. Ayres, of Portland, tailed on business friends here today. j j Murphy, of Toledo. Ohio, atto business interests here l °? ay 11. Scott of South Bend was today calling on bulsuess friends. ' \\ . H. Brokaw, was here on business today from Wapakoneta, Ohio. Among the business visitors here today were W. K. Hosford, of South Bend; S. F. Bryson, H. B. Kemper, of Indianapolis: Sain Amberg, of Chicago; E. J. Weidner, D. F. Druley, of Richmond; Lloyd Luellan. of Huntington; C. Besnier, of St. Louis; Fred Lewis. Hartford City; E. Hess, of Warsaw; E. A. Berger, of Detroit. —o - — COUNTY road extended Van Wert County To Malje Decatur Road Continuous To Paulding Co. Van Wert. Mar. 27—By a change made Saturday afternoon, county commissioner, have completed a continuous highway from the Decatur road to the Paulding county line for which they look after the maintenanee. A mile and-a-half strip of the Liberty-Vnipn • townsiufci road, in Pleasant township, extending from the Decatur road to the Lincoln Highway was taken over by the commissioners for maintenance. This makes a continuous county highway from the Decatur road north across the county, other strips of that road having been taken over previously. At the same time, the John Brown I’leasaut township road, two-and-ahalf lyiles long, from the tile factory road, or Leoson avenue road, south- to then township line, for souic time under the supervision of the county, was turned back Jp the township for maintenance. Also a half-mile strip of the Greenville road, from the Van Wert corporation line, south to the township line was returned to the township for maintenance. o— ■ Representative Vestal IB at Washington (United Press Service) ''ashington, March 27.—1 Special to Daily Democrat) —Representative total, Indiana, suffering from sinus trouble, a nasal infection, may not undergo an operation, it was said at !lis office today Vestal arrived here tuday after a huried trip from Panama, Where he attended the naval maneuvers. 'estal has undergone two opera'ions and it will be determined today "bother another is necessary. -— WANT ADS EARN—I—I—| J-t- WA NT ads EARN—s—>

if W 1 fTUMSN DHAJUK BETTER BOOK-KEEPING i | I'lie Income Tax has made belter records necessary for both , Hie farmer and lor ihe business man. Without good records of money paid out, it is not always I possible to lake advantage of allowable deductions. Handling nil your Iwisiness through Ihe bank by means of a checking account compels a record of every transaction. Are you using a checking account as au aid to belter bookkeeping? id* > etfx Surplus \

HAVE PLAN FOR SETTLING DEBT Conference Between Hugo Stines and U. S. Leaders Bring Results (United Press Service) Rome, Mar. 27.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Conferences between financial and industrial leaders of the United States and Hugo Stinnes. German money master, are said authoritatively today to have resulted in a plan for negotiation, of reparations difficulties. Ethnics, who discussed the question witii Judge Elbert H. Gary, also reached important points of agreement with Willis H. Booth of the Guaranty Trust company, president of the International Chamber of Com nierce. These tentative agreements may be submitted for agenda for subsequent meetnigs of the international chamber, and while they bear little official significance are looked upon as being favor able to business interests here. In German circles it is said that Stinnes is entirely satisfied with the results of his Rome mission which he' made unexpectedly in an effort to gain a close-up view of American opinion. — «—. Celina Suffered Big Fire Loss Sunday Night Celina, Ohio, March 27—Fire on South Main street Sunday night destroyed four frame buildings and left a chaos of ruin and blackened timbers. on the west side where the street rounds and curves into West Logan. The buildings destroyed included; Otis Coffitt's paint shop. Wm. Coate’s meat market. German Aid building and grocery. Two-story tenement house with attic. Eleven automobles burned in tlxCoffitt paint shop. The fire started in the Otis Cos fitt paint shop. It was about 10:15 when first sighted and thfe center and rear of the building were blazing fiercely. AU hope of saving or confining the flames to this building had to be abandoned. The fire was sighted by Maehimans. Ed Peake, also from his home in the southwest part ot town, saw a lurid glare light up the sky and from several sources alarms were hurried in. Nightwatchmen were in other parts of the town and failed to see the flames until the cofflt paint shop was one great, blaz ing bonfire, lightly up all the town with the huge tongues of flame that went leaping skyward. The loss is estimated at $20,000. — • CHICAGO MAHKET CLOSE Wheat: May $1.19%; July $1.15%; Sept. $1.14%. Com: May 74%c; July 76%c; Sept. 77%c. Oats: May 45c; July 44%c; Sept. 42%c. s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1923

-HERE IN DECATUR” Our sales of Original Vinol ate growing bigger and bigger. There's a reason, too. Many people right here in our home city have been helped by Original Vinol. Every day this splendid medicine is making new friends, who by its help are growing better and better because I hey had the faith to try Original Vinol. We guarantee it because we believe in it —and we are right here to make good on our guarantee—your money back if it doesn’t help you. R. J. Moore, Noroton Heights, Conn., says: “After taking Original Vinol I regained my normal weight and never felt better in my life.” Mrs. L. R. Robinson, Petersburg, 111., writes: “Original Vinol has restored my strength. I think it is a wonderful medicine.” Mrs. G. A. Johnson, Sullivan, Ohio, says: “My doctor recommended Original Vinol for my rundown condition and it helped me right away.” ORIGINAL VINOL WILL HELP YOU The price is still SI.OO ALWAYS INSIST ON ORIGINAL VINOL Sold and (uarantecd exclusively by Smith, Yager & Falk Decatur DO YOU REMEMBER WAY BACK WHENI J The old court house stood where Mrs. Dr. Christy lives and the jail stood just back of it? The county treasurer's office stood on the southeast corner of the public square and the jail on the southwest corner? Jimmy Flynn claimed to pay more taxes than any man in Adams county? A thousand people went to the fair grounds to see a lynching? The last deer was killed in Adams county J Alber's woolen mill stood w here •he Holthouse garage is? If you remember any old events of interest drop iu and tell us or send in a few lines for this column. NOTICE: There will bi; an important meeting of the music section of the Woman’s club in the assembly room of the Old Adams County Bank Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. o • OTIS SKINNER AT THE MAJESTIC FRIDAY NIGHT An announcement of unusual interest is of the appearance of the distinguished star, Otis Skinner at Majestic, Fort Wayne, on Friday night, March 30. Mr. Skinner frill be seen on this occasion in the role of Tony Camaradonio,” by Booth Tarkington. The star has found in Tony, the warmhearted, lovable ’ organ grinder, a character that has endeared him to the theater-going public perhaps more than any other part in which he has been seen in his long and notable career. “Mister Antonio” is a comedy brim-full of merriment, with heart-toiicfiing moments of pathos and containing the quaintest and most charming of love stories. o Mishawaka —J. Q. Swanger. 91. has first tax duplicate he paid on his farm iu 1852. It was 86 cents. Tn 1922 tax on the same 120 acres was S2OO. OUCH!BACKACHE! RUB LUMBAGO OR STIFFNESS AWAY St. Jacob's Oil stops any pain, so when your back is sure and lame, or lumbago, siatica. or rheumatism has you stiffened up. don't suffer! Get a small trial bottle of old. honest St. Jacob's Oil at any drug store, pour a little in your hand, and rub it right, on yjmr ilehing buck:'and by the tipie you count fifty the soreness and lameness is gone. Don't stay crippled! This soothing, penetrating oil needs to he used only once. It takes the pain right out ami ends the misery. It is magical, yet absolutely harmless, and doesn't burn the skin. Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatica. backache or rheumatism so promptly. It never disappoints! I

“GONE A. W. O. L.” -Jr Jmh Miss Gertrude Nunn Detroit. Minn., girl who, after bebig crowned beauty queen of Hamline university, St. Paul, has been suspended from the school. It was charged she went A. W. (). L. to visit friends and did not return to the dorndtory by the hour fixed by the women's self-gov-ernment committee’s curfew law.

E. B. Shoemaker of Daleville, was a business visitor here yesterday.

A MALLORY HAT . Will Give You That CMW Finished Touch for Easter -/IBt Whynot get the best hat service leg/. \\ for your money? / \- \\ s ' "S' % ver years of successful hat Y »y. /' y// f )xV manufacturing is the reputation \ / './%/ /ry /\ Mallory—Nothing but the best would ' 1 withstand the critics for that length of / x R See the biggest and best selection of \ \| hats now. All the wanted shades and ' shapes now on display a t r __ . , Other Good Hats at $2 and up K J A REALLY WONDERFUL SELECTION OF New Shades r> Q All the Spring of Softings V' JT Colors and Combinations S' • ‘ ' —= New Spring and Summer , I SHIRTS We Have lust Received our new and complete line of- - Shirts—Silk, Silk Stripes, Fancy Madias and ‘ Percales in all the color combinations, and plain white. Your Easter outfit will not be complete without one of these—See our selection. Allen A • TIES Hosiery See the best line of Easter Tics in town. Silks—Silk and Wool—Knits Made of the very finest textures to insure the maximum wear. ?Xil/* I All Colors—Plain and Clocked MVJV to tp 1 .MU

Mr. and Mrs. John Sjiahr Seriously 111 Mr. and Mrs. John Spahr, who reside in the north part of the city, are very seriously ill. Mr. Spahr, who is a veteran ot the Civil War, is suffering with kidney , trouble, and' Mrs. Spahr has pneumonia. ■ — ' - o-— —— ■ K. Clark, of Louisville. Kentucky, was here today on business. Sparkle! -purify the blood I Dr.KING'S PILLS -Jos constipation BARBERS I Melchi & Young former south end barbers are now located; iu the Anker Cigar Store.

Spring & Easter Styles in Ladies’ and Men’s FOOTWEAR Stunning indeed are the Men's Bostonian and new creations in Ladies' Beacon shoes and oxi'oolwear. Straps, com- fords. Latest lasts, corhinations, pumps, ox- reel styles, best of liliifords. In fact, anything terials. Dress up for the particular Lady or Easter. Your footwear Miss may choose. is here. BUY FOR ( ASH and BUY FOR LESS People's Cash Shoe Store