Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1924 — Page 2

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E. I). Adams made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. .1. H. Burroughs and Mrs. Hugh Hite spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting friends. Miss Mary ('allow, of Madam maker's School at Indianapolis, is spending the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Callow. Mins Fan Hile spent the day In. Ft. f Wayne. Mrs. Earnle McFarland has return ed to her home at South Whitley, at-; ter visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs., Fred lloeneslsen. Miss Genevieve Herling went to Ft. Wayne this morning. Dick Ehinger, Dick Tunneller and Charles Holthouse went to Ft. Wayne last evening where they saw the •'Gingham Girl at the Majestic Theatre. The Wertz.herger confectionery on Monroe street has been closed this week for necessary repairs. The store will be opened Saturday morning for business. M. A. Kenworthy, who has been an operator at the local office of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad company for a number of years and who was recently transfered to Fish- 1 ei . Michigan, has been ill at his home in this city for the past four weeks. Mr. Kenworthy started work at Fishers, hut was taken ill with the influenza and he returned to his home here J H Is improving and hopes to be able to resume his work within a few days. He will not move his family to Fishers until after school fa out here. Miss Marcella Hower, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E Hower, of this city, who is a student at Madam Linker's School at Indianapolis. 4s standing Hie week end with Miss Kathryn Dorwin at Greencastle. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bowman, of <• ’ i f the city, were visitors in the < tv today. bee Annen Is confined to home <-t West Monroe street, with a se-v-’re case of LaGrfppe. Mr. Van Buskirk, of Monroeville, vtis a business, visitor in the city today, M'-s Adelaide Tntt-llsch. of St. Jehu's, visited friends here this afternoon. Lowell Smith, of Ohio State I'niv r.-sty. at Columbus Ohio, is spend--1 ’g the week end here with hfs par: ents. Dr. arid Mrs. W. E. Smith? I B'n Kiu tzman, of Magley, was in*

72 Years Old But Still Actively On Job

Railroad Man Attributes flood Health And Strength To TANLAC. Seventy-two yearn of age, lint still | in possession of the priveless boon of good health and activity on the job with the Central Vermont Railroad, where he has worked for 40 years. Is the reutnrkable record of It. H. Moore, 24 Messenger St., Albans, Vt., who attributes hla present health and Strength to the use of TAXI.AC. "I have never in my life aeeg the; equal of TANL.Xfe," »ald Mr Moor. 1 recently. "After spending a lot ofi money on tiling h that proved worth- j

| <n®« aujw Il EGGS I • Eggs have three ways of making 1 j . I tank accounts grow. Some go to | 14 mirket with their shells on. I 18 hr.lch and grow into spring broilers Others grow into hens I whkh lay more eggs. Bi X luns are laying again and snvI ■ necoMnt.rarc due for their an- ? | nval Vpring rise. 3 Bank .Capital and Surplus *120,000.00 \

tiie city today looking after business | interests. I H. L. Conter. of Gary, is spending the week end with his sou, France, ' and other relatives here. ■ Hiss Dorothy Durkin, of Madam maker's School nt Indianapolis, is spending the week end with her mother, Mrs. Ruby Durkin. j M Alßon<vtin, tjx' little daughter o' Mr and Mrs. Artie Small, is named aJer their favorite Pullman car. It j.tUus tales so long t prove some'thing in court that ever'buddy knows. Abe Martin. Indianapolis News. Judge Jesse C. Sutton went to Bluffton today to hear the trial of ' Curl Cotton, who is charged with failure to provide. Judge Sutton was appointed special judge in the case. Mrs, Harvey Everett and son, of Fort Wayne are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Everett of south of the city. Harvey Everett, who is attending school at Dayton. Ohio, will spend Sun I ! day with parents here. I Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Whitright spent the day m Fort Wayne with relatives. Roy Gaunt made a business trip to Van Wert. Ohio, today. James A. Hendricks, of Monroe, was a business visitor in the city today. Miss Alta Teeple. of the Lincoln Life, at Fort Wayne, spent the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. , Teeple here. 1 Mrs. B. J. Ferguson and children. Ruthanna and Thomas, and Mrs. J. C. Welsch and daughter. Virginia, have returned to their homes at Van Buren 'after visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Baum- , gartner. ' The People’s Voice mocrat has a contribution from a j ireader who failed to sign hfa panic This paper invites readers j tribute articles for this column, but 1 will not publish articles not signed by writer. The writer’s name will ; not be published, if so requested. t-.n ! the name must be signed to th« con tribution for our inf ormation. Idea e sign your name.) o MARRIAGE LICENSE j Franklin Harold Fruechte. farmer. «Preble township. 23. to Ida Adellla Seller;y. Kirkland township. 20.

: le s for stomach trouble of the most obstinate kind, TANLAC mad ■ me feel like aa entirely different man. For l nearly tw-o years I had been gradualj ly getting worse, and my strength and i vitality had got *o low it was hard I for me to attend to my duties. Indiqeslon, constipation, and nervounneHS made life miserable before I found TANUXC, but now by health la mw ‘ ntal and I feel happy as I work./l shall always be grateful to TANLAC." ' I.A? IS FOR SALE BY ALL GOOD DRt’GGISTS—ACCEPT NO SI'BSIUI u: OVER 4u MILLION j BOTTLES SOLD. TAKE TANLAC VEGETABLE I PILLS. -S - -■

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921.

CLUB CALENDAR Friday Winona Campfire Girls—Miss Dora Schosenberg. Friday Afternoon Club —Mrs. D. B. - Erwin. k. Friday Night Club—Miss Rose Christen. Tri D -Miss Helen Meyer. Delta Theta Tan Card Party —K. of C. Hall. Delta Theta Tau Benefit Card Party—K. of C. Hall 8 o’clock. M. E. Church, Ladies Aid —Church: Parlor, 2:30. Saturday Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society,; Bake Sale—Central Grocery. Monday Woman's Club —George Washington Party—Library. Tuesday I Epworth League of M. E. church Leap Year Party—Rev. and Mrs. U. S. i A. Bridge. St. Mary’s Society Benefit Card Party and Dance- - K. of C. hall, 7:30. The third section of the St. Mary's Society will hold a benefit card party , and dance at the Knights of Coium- i bus Hall. Tuesday evenin. Feb. 28. Bridge. Five Hundred ami Rhum ' will be played and twelve useful prizes will be given to those scoring high, but the big attraction will lie a parcel post sale. Several hundred packages will be sold, some worth' many times the price asked for them j which is ten cents. The sale will I open as soon as the card games are over making It necessary to start the Icard games promptly at seven-thirty '•o'clock. There will also be other j amusements for the young and old.' i During the entire evening hot coffee ■ and sandwiches will be served. Good I music will be furnished for the dancing. The public fa cordially invited to attend. ★ The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian chjirch met yesterday at the home of Mrs. VanAlsburg. on Mar•shall street. Mrs. C. D. Teeple. Mrs. ( .1. L. Kocher and Mrs. James West-, veld were appointed as a nominating committee to nominate officers for ( next year. Other business matters were taken car/* of. The hostess served delightful refresh, menu. * I The Delta Theta Tau Sorority will . give a benefit ear party this evening! I at the Knights of Columbus hall at ' eight i'clock. Bridge. Five hundred and Rhum wil be played. Tickets are • selling fcr thirty-five-cents ami may be purchased from any member« of I the sorority. The liberal patron-1 I age of the public is solicited. ' i The Winona Campfire Girls will 1 meet at the home of Miss Dora I Schrosenberg on Mercer Avenue at ’ seven o'clock. Friday evening. Plans* • will Im- made for a coasting pnrtv. l I . which will be h. Id Saturday after-, j noon. Other business <>t importance: will be disposed of. All members > are especially urged to Iw present. , The Bridge- Club met fast evening with Mrs. Dick Both. Mrs.| Hubert Schmitt won the first ■prise. Other gu< sts besides the club members were Mrs, Theodors Uraliker snd Me Rose Tunneller. The ! hpstcMs served delectable refre.d I i menu. The next meeting will iw with Mrs. Hubert Schmitt. • The rallies Aid Society had a very .Interesting meeting at the home of i Mrs. Mlonie Dsr.b-ls on Sixth street, I yesterday afternoon. The society I was divided into two sections, rod and Hue. and will contest during the mouth of Msnh in a money maklns plan. The next meeting will fa- h,-|d With Mrs. 11. Merry on West Monroe street. Delicious refreshments wore served late in tli» afternoon. j The second oi a, series of social events to bo given by the Fife* Wil! be a <ard patty, which will be glvon*ut ! the Knights of (‘olnmbua hell. Monday evening. February 25 at eight o'clock' | This event will be for the Elks and members of their immediate families, only, and they are requested to pre•rat their card at the dot r. Tbs committee tn charge includes Mcsdamtts > Herman Ehinger. James Arnold. Mat Harris. Charles Niblick and V. M. I llendoy. After the card games n tnusl |<nl program wilt be given. Mrs. L* A. Holthonac is < hairman of the com ' mittoe In < barge. • The Civic Section of the Woman's ' Birthday Party following the business | Club will give a George Washington .meeting Monday evening nt the Li- | brary. A very unusual and Inturust-

Ing program will he given and all members of thy club are especially urged to attend. 0 — VAN WERT TEAM SWAMPED BY G.E. I — Local Basketball Team Piles Up 47 To 18 Score On Buckeyes Here The General Electric basketball team completely outclassed the Van I Wert Ohio. Red Triangles in a game ' played in the new high school gym- | nasium here last night, winning by a score of 47-18. x The game was sea-j I lured by t*e fast offensive of the loi cals and the basket-shooting of Kern and Garton. G. E. forwards, who cag ' ed ten and six field goals, respective-, I ly. The G. E. girls were less fortunate in their game with the Van Wert Blue Triangles, losing the game by a score of 10-5. The G. E. men took the lead soon 'after the start of their game ami i were never headed. Kern caged nine field goals, Garton three and Klein | knight two during the first half which ended in a score of 31-10. Gartou made three foul goals during the first bait. The Van Wert guards watched Kern closely in the second half and I held him to one field goal, but Gar--1 ton and Kleinknight each caged ’ three and Lindemann, substitute for Kleinknight. caged one. There were few foujy- called on either team and the game was well played. Boy Admits Murder Os Three Relatives Today St. Petersburg. Fla., Feb. 22 —Frank McDowell. 20 year ol’) slayer, was Hear i-ollanse today following conI t'i'ssion to the' murder of his parents and his two sisters tp atone fcr a '..’n" of his own. "I wish I could bcliev < In a lit” J after death.” McDowe’l declared as ,h-_> said he was ready tor the ••h-ctr'c 1 hair “but I can't reconcile my belief-; with that theory. I bellev - in a race of super-men w‘a • will run the earth soon and who I had hoped to lie the first.” o - Benefit Card Party At K. Os C. Hall Tuesday — A beneift card party and dance will Ibe given in the Knights of Columbus hall. Tuesday evening. February 26. by the third swtlon of the St. Mary's , Society of the St. Mary's Catholic church. Bridge. Five Hundred and I ilhnm will be piayisl and several 'prhes will be given tp those bolding l.igh scores. The card games will alait at 7:30 o'clock and later in thp • vetting there will lie a sal.- o* m.;ny • pg'-kages of valuable articles, and dancing Will be enjoy; d. The public | fa cordially invited. Locomotive Explodes Killing Two Os Crew Morocco, Ind.. Feb. 22- An invest!-

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ation of the explosion of a locomo- ' live on the Chicago ami Eastern Illinois railroad near here yesterday which cost two lives was started today by Silverton Breed, a government inspector. Frank Baker, A Hammond engineer and Jesse Moyer, of Danville, 111., fireman. were blown to pieces by the explosion. The engine had just been overhauled ti. few weeks ago. Odds Even Oh Smith And McAdoo In Wall St. j New York, Feb. yi—The odds arc even in Wall street on tin- chances of | former Secretary of the Treasury M • I Acloo and Governor Al Smith of New Yoik receiving the democratic presidential nomination. W. L. Darnell, betting commissioner. .reported that wagers offered ate 3tol on both the candidates. They also report that even money is being bet on Coolidge being re-elected to the presidency. / ADAMS COMES (Continued from Page One) ■ stocks. The substance of this report , has already been given President Coolidge. The investigating committee will be headpd by Senator Brookhcart, | progrossivo republican. PROBERS ISSUE (Continued from Page One) | - ! ins from his brief vacation in North ; Carolina and immedintcly went Into I ■conference with Chairman Lenroot I and other members of the cdmmftt-.-e. E. F. McLean, owner of the WashI ington Post, is under subpoena t< • tell more about the SIOO,OOO Fallgot ! from him and later returned. M< I.ca i I also be asked whether ho knew 'of a $1,000,000 'slush fund" reported I tri have been raised by oil interests I or use in Washington. 1 0 No need to have dandruff, itching scalp or falling hair Kekionga Scalp Tonic overcomes scalp troubles, stops i falling hair find promotes tin growth of soft fluffy hair Used as a tonic hj barbers. Sold by Callow & Kphne

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