Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1925 — Page 3

BOATS ROLLS . made with / REAL FRUIT (150 CONSTIPATION hebble garage AND P. L. MACKLIN BARN ARE BURNED (CONTINVRD FROM PAGE ONE) impossible to salvage anything uhe. One automobile, ;.n Overland roadster, was lost in the barn together with some valiinnle surveying instruments. Harness, a pony carriage, and other stored goods were included in the Macklin loss. Sparks from the fire wore blown for several blocks and it is the belief of many that had ther e not been a heavy snow on other buildings, the fire would have spread to several places. A large crowd of persons, hearing the fire alarm, braved the cold and snow and stood through the shivverlng weather until about 4:::t> o’clock this morning, when the tire was under control. Thirteen Cars In Garage. Thirteen automobiles, eight belonging to P. B Hebble. wer e destroyed in the garage fire. A Studebaker tour ing car, owned by Charles Hickman, was burned and others destroyed were owned by Charles .Ward (Chevrolet touring); Daniel Stepler (two Ford touring cars) and a Buick, whose i owner is unknown. Mr. Hebble lost two Chevrolet cars and six Fords, none of which were new machines The loss in automobiles is thought to b e about $2,700. Mr. Ward was the only owner to have his car insured

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Wp " eo.Hdetely destroyed Z ' Roods pmf.hasM from th nn "" ' Hurl dyers. () f V«hled ilbou , J2()0o ■■ du.ed to ashe..- | n lhp Nf| , . ’ rorage m.'m Just Moved Into Build,ng The proprietors of the Pllra ’ e> Mr ! und Mr. Hickman, had moved their equipment from the old ri.ovro- 1 ’ Pt , '’ ull,li " R ° n Third street last ' Satur,la y- und had only been open in! their new establishment a few drtv Mr. Hebble conducted th,, tales ami i I atoraga department* and Mr Hick ’ mn managed the repair department. Mr. Hebble's loss will be the largest 1 • it is thought. None of his ears were insured and his accessories and fix t,IrPS wprp insured for only SI,OOO The building was covered by a $4 000 • insurance contract. Mr. Macklin car- ' • ried a small amount of insurance on 1 his building. The tire recalls to many Decatur 1 people many other destructive blazes •'in this city during the month of De--1 comber. Former December fires in elude the Schafer Hardware company, 1 the Big Store, 'toe Burt House, the ■ Van ('amp Mills and several others. Cause Is Unknown. '> The cause of the fire this morning 1 is disputed. Some persons are of the opinion that the explosion of the alcohol tank was the originating cause, while others believe that there was some other primary cause. Mr. Hebble stated that he did not believe alcohol could explode from combustion. He is of the opinion that defective wiring come place in the' building was the primary cause of the fire and that probably some hot wire fell on the alcohol barrel causing the explosion. , The Citizen's Telephone company 1 suffered a loss of SIOO by the fire. A cable owned by that company was burned off. Herman Ehinger. managed. stated this morning that cable- I

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X nrrlv 7! hPr " ,o,lny ,nd ,hp i 'Alton- - , , ' f ‘ l,alr, ‘ ll by ,onlK1 "' ’“h photics WU’T ;»nt out Os commhwion. I '.Wits were turned off while the '"light the blaze, but they 1 '•re turne dback on alter the fire', was under control. It was necessary i •io throw a eonstaijl s'ream c.f water . on nearby property to keep the tire I from spreading. The Macklin and . I I oeple houses on First street were ■lightly scorched by the intense heat from the fire WEILER STORE AT PORTLAND ISDESTROYED HovrixiEtY rnooi PAflB ONE» attorney,' who is well known in Decatur, suffered minor burns- Mr. Hartford lived in a suite of office rooms on the third floor of the building. Ho was rescued by firemen a short time before the walls of the building collapsed. Practically every physician and 1 iwyer in Portland had offices in saved from the building was one doethe Weiler building The only thing tor's account book and a few surgical instruments. The libraries of all attorneys having offices in the building were burned. The building was located on one of the principal corners in the business I section of Portland. It covered onefourth of a block. Morris Weiler was proprietor of the store at Portland. The company owns stores in other, cities, also. Several main wires of the electric light a nd power company and the telephone company were burned in two by the fire and as a result, about half of the city is without light, power and telephone service today. The publish- | era of the Portland Sun and the Port- | land Republican made arrangements with the Daily Democrat this morning whereby today's editions of those two newspapers will be printed on the Daily Democrat press.

Presbyterian Head To Tour The South St. Louis, Dec. 22—Dr Charles R. Erdtnan, Princeton, N. .1., Moderator of the General Assembly. Presbyterian church, will spend two weeks during January* visiting synods hi the South, it was announced hero by Duudl, y M. Clagett, district Boer* lary of the program and field activities. Dr Erdman will meet with Synodical committees and make addresses on his trip, the itinerary of which follows: January 10, Lexington and Danville, Ky.; January 11, Ixtuisvllle; January 12, Nashville; January 13, Knoxville; January 14, Corinth, Miss, and Memphis, Tenn.; January 15, Clarksville, Ark ; January 17, Tulsa and Muskogee. Okla'.; January 18, Waxahachie and Dallas, Texas; January 111, Fort Worth; January 2(1, Oklahoma City; January 21, Wichita, Kans.; January 22, Kansas City; Jan. 2::, St. Joseph, Mo. and Jan. 24, Kansas City. — o—— ■ s—s —s—Want Ads Earn—s—s—s I MYSTERIOUS While vitamins are unseen, mysterious factors, medical science proves that they are necessary to assure health Scott’s Emulsion for over fifty years has been effectually serving humanneed, with these elements now called vitamins. Scott’s Emulsion builds health and strength. JAu Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. 25-24

a?warawiwaam s »» w I rotect Your * j Valuables At | 1 Christmas Time | iy- | A THIEF I ■I r-* g ffi er s mere carelessness, as shown In '! . l , h< s ,*" re of a k,n « s ,:,nso "’- JO ' hn) ' ! ' s l (, uving windows open or by the ’'MHUuI owners of the loot j J Jfi absence ol burglar alarms, nniy be howled lop the pawnbroker's life, j! Srfl lic sign that tells Jimmie the Prow- forgetting it was their own fault. • i !fi er m'-r A " < . 1 Burglary Insurance they didn't have, 1 > B ? r . >'on nn<l padS id I hough it would have guaranteed g . His Nibs you’re looking the oilier lhem against such financial loss. way. In either case the knowledge There isn't a safe or a burglar alarm Isl Inal no one is on the watch gives made that can give von this service. him the drop on your three carat » ... I£ liP sohlaire. »ou carry lire insurance and if rl “J your neighbor doesn’t, you think g j j|- You can’t guess whether or not he’s first cousin to a lunatic. Yet 31 your place looks easy to a burglar. then' are four burglaries Io every You see the spots you’ve protected. ** re « ond the losses through burg- !■ 31 but you don’t see the loopholes. hiry are nearly double those caused The fellow behind the he<lge sees ,) . v ,in ‘- uj 33 Why not protect your property The vault of a New York pawn- :in Aetna Burglary Policy? We LC 31 broker was used bv many persons as can't guarantee Io keep the burglar a place of safe deposit for their " ul - I* ll * we "*h guarantee to make gp u: valuables, because the broker’s shop t good your loss if he gels in. This riu |UE was protected by the most complete : ! i policy even covers thefts by servnf- «’Uid intricate system of burglarj |L'nts, and permits your residence Io *n 33 alarms which it was thought pos-lif|h»‘ unoccupied during four months sible to devise. ' IL ■>* the year. Il is issued by The DE 31 c i • i Casually and Surely Com- ® - ome bright young men loumt|£Ml ’any. and lias the strongest possible l_ Hie one weak spot that existed ii wH inancial hacking. !u ir» Burglary Insurance has also a distinct value in the protection of heirlooms 9R S 3 lycepsakes. whether their intrinsic value is great or small, for it is a well arD established tact that the percentage ol loot recovered is far higher where DR Burglary Insurance is carried than wh 're there is no such protection. In other words, the man who is AETNA-IZED has complete protection. Q* * THE SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. I SR LOCAL AGENTS I * aaiMßaMßgaHKg«»,»*■ jirnfrs" * - M ? Il a vz; — n I m More IWV-'I More ® Shopping H W Shopping Days RS ° ayS t Until I I 111 il Until jjr J® || ‘ja C hrist mas ■ ( hristmas ® it W « W BI I 1 . ’ I | The way to make him happy I is to give him something useful I "—— ■ ” I I A SUIT or OVERCOAT is a good example, every man g would appreciate them. A BATH ROBE in silk or wool everyman would like to own one. A SHIRT he can ™ dress up in, of English broadcloth or madias. A lich M SILK or WOOL MUFFLER always makes a hit. These g are just a few of the many good things you’ll find here. g I I | Holthouse-Schulte & Co I