Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1925 — Page 3

■iiHHnETTERS i II misdirected; IKtal Os 227 Letters Mailed |K{ ere Last Year Never ft I {{ t a<h“d Destination KBlppr-vni.'.i.iy everv two and oneKjW? , ia ,.. letter mailed nt. the local mils to reach its .destina E X tl , cause of improper or insuffi t address by the writer, accord figures compiled by Harry E ■ '■tziM'" l ' !'»'•«• postmaster East .„tal of 227 letters went, to the |V, office from Decatur, Mt 1 said. I I Kin. av.rage in this city is slightly |gaL,.„ than in other towns the same KHe but it is entirely too high, Mr. 1 IlKzinger said, and the present |[ »I>tter Mailing" campaign should I Wing forcibly to the minds of the' Kwoi'C' piilirP, y ,no n ' any ,p,tp rs I E t))p United States never reach consignees. ■ Kiatt Hrs show that misdirected |^K prs and those not having any ad SSI .on them are the cause of iutd.cn hearts, divorces and a ul amount of other legal and do-1 trouble that arises each year I doran. "Von at least know your address. Put it in the upper left Bjd corner.” is 'being heralded ough the country this week and , being made to slowly I -Si; out the dead letter department. I {Thousands of dollars are lost in ( e mail each year and thousands of ( ecks. drafts and money orders I ivpr reach their destination, causing t buble and inconveniences, accord Ing to publications sent to various H istmasters throughout the country. | Local postal officials are making' extended effort to lead the conn I y this year with the fewest number M ' letters sent to the dead letter o lice and have asked the close co--0 deration of all citizens of Decatur a id Adams county. o ■ Ls-S—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

Rheumatism

[Leaves You Forever James H. Allen, Who I Drove Out Rheumatic I’oisI ons After Being Crippled for ■ years. ■ Mr. James H. Allen, of 26 Forbes K.. Rochester, N. Y._ suffered for with rheumatism. Many times terrible disease left him helpless ijn unable to work. ■ lie finally decided, after years of study, that no one can be from rheumatism until the accilmulated impurities, commonly called uric acid deposits, were dissolved the joints and muscles and expel!JKtl from the body. ■ With this idea in mind he consulted ■jfcysicians, made experiments and compounded a prescription that and completely banished every and symptom of rheumatism his system. ■He freely gave his discovery, wnieh called Allenrhu, to others, who took with what might be called mar-

Here’s Another Treat For You. Get Ready For It. BHIHI ft A P ftft I Illi ft ft JlLl |AI| I Hill UM V FORD TOURING CAR GIVEN AWAY’— I The next Gift Dav in Decatur is less than a month away. These special days are becoming more and mo. e noniilar and they mean much to you. To make this July 3rd distribution of special interest we have changec the awards Keep the award and the date in mind. Come in and visit the Decatur Merchants for your wants. They assure you of quality merchandise, courteous treatment and a selection of merchandise equal to an? < the iarger cities. DO YOUR TRADING IN DECATUR. DECATUR OFFERS MORE

“Sunshine Girl” Paroled I Hom Industrial Home I Fond Du Lac, Wls ; Jl)ne P ™’>-Dorothy Anderson |”hine girl.- gmlM a3 she woke today.: not within the confines O s the statj industrial home for women Bt Tax where she K . rv< .., months, hut a free woman. She rp ceived her parole late yesterday True to his promise, made when they were sentenced and when he 'Was released from the state reformstory at Green Bay in April, Edward J. Splinted with whom Misr. Anderson disappeared in August, 1920 was al the gate Os tile industrial horn- to meet. her. | They came here immediately and .went to the courthouce with an official of the institution and obtained a special marriage license. | The two disappeared in 1920 after the Sailsted cottage near Lake Nebagr.mon had burned and the remains 'of a man. believed to have been Sailsted. wire found in the ruins. Sailsted was insured in several companies. Some immediately sett! ed with the widow, while other companies, contending the remains found were not those of Sailsted. refused to settle and the matter was carried i to the courts. I These companies conducted a thori ough search throughout the entire country in their efforts to locate Sailsted. Finally the two were captured at Napa? Cal., and returned to Super for for trial. Here they admitted having fired the cottage after disinterring the NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS Your gas bills are due (he first of the month. If you do not receive your bill by the first of April please call No. 75 and a bill will be mailed to you. Don’t forget to bring your bill with you or enclose if you remit by mail. No discount after the 10th. NORTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC CO. 1 -8-10

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velous success. After years of mgI ing he decided to let sufferers every- ! where know about his discovery t through the newspapers. r “The blessed relief this marvelous 1 prescription quickly gives has made for it thousands of friends.” says t Holthouse Drug Co., who has been apt pointed agent in your city. It is Mr. - Alien's own discovery.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1925.

body of a G McPhee from a nearby cemetery and placing it in the cottagH. They declared they wanted to leave the impression Sailsted had burned to death, so his wife and child ■Hen would collect the insurance ■and they would be free to roam over the country unmolested. GETS FROM MOOSE HOME — Mrs. (’leo Ward, Widow Os Laic Harvey Ward, Gets SSO Per Month ‘ Mrs. (‘leo Ward, widow of the late | Harvey Ward, who was accidently killed several months ago has been . notified that she has been placed up- • on the list of those entitled to a . monthly allowance of fifty dollars through the extension department of I Mooseheart, Under a recent plan adopted. widows of members of tlie Modse . lodge who prefer to do s<> may remain I at home and raise their children t;n---1 der the provisions of the order wjth I I a monthly allowance, instead of going 1 to the home at Mooseheart, and Mrs. Ward decided to do this. This is an “ example of the splendid work being

/ X ~ lUn I I / I j k df# I \ MrW > I 9 r 3 I I ;■* Shirts ■ I White Wilson Oxfords | | at a new low price | I ' $ 2- I Two-fifty seems mighty little for such H quality, it is. They’re worth lots more a than we’re asking. K Al! have pre-shrunk collar n { attached or stare Mess neck- H bund, with reversible cuffs fl I feeple & Peterson I I _.

done over the country by the Loval Order of Moose, Which maintains the I children's home and college at Moose- ! heart, Illinois and the Florida home I for men and women, besides the ex ! tension work. o ! Circus Bill Posters Spend Day In This City A troupe of bill posters and other 1 advertising men arrived In Decatur I this morning and spent the day post'lug ‘the flaming twenty-four sheet*, I hammering programing the stir1 rounding counn-y for a radius of , thirty-five miles for the Gentry Bros.James Patterson circus, which will | exhibit here on Thursday, June 18. ■ This should be a great day in this city, as there is nothing that will draw the rural population to town quicker than "Circus Day.” The Gentry Rrothers-Jamec Patterson circus is one of the old-time "big tops ” and has always lived up to advance advertising. Their clean, moral policy during their thirty-seven years, has earned them the title, "Cl anest Circus In America " — o JUNE CLEARANCE SALE— Rodite--1 eil Prices on all summer millinery. Ladies Hats. SI.OO to $3.51). Children Hats, SI.OO to $2.00. I also have a tine line of ladies felt hats. Mrs. Maude Merriman. 222 S. 4th street Decatur Phone, 902. 132-3 t.

■ - N Charles B. Lawler Once Appeared In This ? State Charles B. Lawler, who in 1894 wrote "Tire Sidewalks of New York," the popular song used in connection wdth Gov. Al Smith’s candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination last year, when the New York governor’s supporters sang it dav ami night In the long winded convention in Madison Square Garden. Is dead In New York, of heart ailment. Lawler ' appeared in a vaudeville bill offered ' al the Northern Indiana Railway Com pany's vaudeville theater, west of I Ixtnlap a town neijr Goshen. in Ihoti. E. H. Williamson, of near Goshen, who , is secretary and manager of the North I ern Indiana Fair, to he held here i September 15 to 18, was manager ot the vaudeville program given ut Dun-4 . lap at that time Lawler had been on

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tho stage for 50 years. He was a ua , five of Dublin, Ireland .and was 73 years old At the lime of his death he was destitute. Mrs. Dale (’rittenberger Dies Following Operation Indianapolis, June 4. —Mrs, Effie A. ! Crittcnberger, 58. wife of Dale J. Urltienberger, publisher of the Addarson Bulletin and former auditor of st He, died In the Methodist hospital 1 here hde Wednesday following an operation more than a week ago. i* Mrs. ('rittenberger was born Augu-t 111, 1866. 1 Funeral services will be held a! the ('rittenberger residence at 2.30 ' o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. ( T. W. Grafton, of the Third Chris--4 tian* church. Indianapolis, officiating, i She is survived by her husband.

one daughter. Miss Juliet V. Crittenberger, of Anderson, and three sons. Major Willis D Crltteuberger, of Fort vLeaven worth, Kan.; George Dale Crlttenberger, city editor ot the Bui Detin, and John Crlttenberger, of Pittsburgh.

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