Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1927 — Page 3

[society g| club calender ■K THURSDAY 111 ..I.— '" I'rnHic Chunh ■ * ib.nif and Foreign h-Mr< ('■ ' I'ugan, 2:30 ]>. in. I Miller. 2:30 p. ■ f - v. Mission. liy sori'ffy —< hurcli. f Zion Lutheran ■ iW-*' 1 "" 1 ' oust*, ll> »» R . y >.-uian Hall 1:30 p in. M fforka nd\Vint’i:n'Sof F. B. c’aureh M )|r a3 d Mrs. ClareiieP Drake. Hedies' AM |,f Mt TalMr " ■ Vr < Hired Daniels al! day. ■ ‘clvary Ai “ SoC ‘ ety ” H Church 1. PM. o ( IM H . • Missionary Sonny B o'M E. Church - Mrs. O. L. Vance. B Bridge Club Mr- V R- Holthouse 7:30 p. m. M De' l3 Dolph'..n Library, 7 p in. B Everready Class of M. E. Sunday B School -Mr=. John Nelson. 7:30 p.m. Friday B 9 Ben Hur Ini’.:.lion Hall. 7:30 p.m. Saturda. M Red Men Dance. 7:45 I’. M. M Mrs. Teems' Section c.f Christim M ladies' Aid. Hake Sale at Lielitle’s H Meat Market, 9 a. in. Ml u. B. Ladies Aid Society Cafeteria ■ Supper—Church, 5 to 7. Ml Cafeteria .-upper—B. church, 5 M to 7 p. m. B Cookie ami <1 uirhnut sale—by ChrisM tian Ladies Aid Schmitt meat inaikt t. ■ Sunday ■ Adams Co. Holiness Asso. 2'30 p. ■ m—Missionary Church. Berne, Ind. ■ Monday ■ Delta Theta Tan — Miss Mildred ■ Keller. 7:30 p. ni. E Research Club—Mrs. Ed Moses. ■ Wednesday ■ Bona Fide club —Mrs. Ray Languell ■ Historical chib—Mis. C. Lang- ■ ston. B Shakespeare Club. Mrs. Dan Sprang Mrs Toom's Section of the Christian church Ladies’ Aid Society will bold a bake sale in Lichtle’s Meat Market Saturday morning at nine o’clock. The liberal patronage of the pubic is solicited. The Delta Theta Tan sorority will hold a business meeting at the homo of Miss Mildred Keller Monday evenink at 7:30 o’clock, All members are urged to attend. A very fine recital, “Ligthnin’ ’’ will he.wesen»»d at .ho Washington school house Friday, March 4,' *‘D be given by Taylor University people, under the auspices of; the Washington Methodist church. A Issi ge attendance is desired. The Psi lota Xi sorority, Bluffton chapter, will present a musical and lecture in the New Community building al Rl u ff ton, Wednesday, March 16, at 8:15 o’clock Florence S. Starr, for-! merly of this city, Christein Humphrey I "’“'ralto, Jess Klopfenstein, baritone, ", For( Wayne; Catherine Sauer. I “tfton, win appear on the musical' Progarm and Prof J. Raymond Schutz, I ° • orth Manchester, will lecture on s ts for ( itizenship in Democracy". „ ral orchestra selections, under the ' rectlon of Wendell Smith, of BluffTiri. Will alS ° lea pa,t of ,hp PTOSTam. 1 tts tor the entertainment may be p A aS, <l , , from * ,le ’ocal chapter of a* ro a X '' Adults tickets are selling h o " ? Cents anti ach< ’° l children will “ e admitted for 25c. D. M. Hensley entertained the club t” .° f the Afternoon Bridge of her T' a> afternoon at the home Bride <aughter ’ Mrs - H- F. Ehinger. noin a ? S P ‘ ayed durin * thp cours i 2 Whicll a delicious threeZ ?* n “ er Was serve d. in the Patty in Fort^v' 8 enj ° J ’ ed “ lUeatre "Rose v ayne ’ Wllere the y BaW T h arle in the Shrine auditorO i' v 6 Party incl ‘>ded Mesdames h am NriiieT Ty,ldaH ’ L ’ A ’ Gra ‘ George Flo ’ , Hdney ’ C ’ A ' Dugan ' Mr, » lan,lers ’ Mi «» Carlisle and s. Hensley. n T ; e Bpna F »e Club met with Mrs. Card, erry Wednesday afternoon, were J' playe( * an d high scores Mrs i° n l y M rs - Fred Blosser and fresh.?" 1086 Y ° der ’ Delightful redi?? J"'' SPrvn " ”' p J ng wili°i the games ' The next meet««i’« wi a t Wednesday afternoon. torlcal* Cbm ßll " 6 meetin & of the ni -f ternonn ' Was lleld Wednesday afnoon hi /’ Th paper for the af terH«olu r UBB1 ° n Was "Furniture of the fay M‘° nary Peri °f” and was ready' y Mra- Pauline Butler. Sub-topics I

wore given by Mrs. John Schug, Mrs. Sam Shamp and .Mrs. Fred Handier. Mrs. Beery was assisted by Mrs. l<eigh Bowen Is serving delicious refreshments. The next meeting Will be held with Mrs. (.'. Langston and Mrs. Sehug will have the paper. Mrs Charity Hooper was hostess to th • Shakespeare Clip' yesterday afte noon. Mrs. Helen itlossom read tin unusually interesting paper on "Ancient Religions," Mrs. Dan Sprang wits be hostess at the next meeting and will have the paper on "Physical Art." - o LOCALS Mr. and Mis. J. N. Fristce and Mr. an 1 Mrs. T. .1. Dur’.dn attended the funeral of J. 11. Orndroff. at New Haven, at New Corydon, yesterday. Mr and Mrs. J. N. Fristoe visited with friends at Huntington, Wednesday. ■ Well, I guess we’re goin’ t’ have another spell o’ cold weather fer I seen an umbrella mender goin’ south this mornin’,’’ said Uncle Ez Bash, t’day. it begins t’ look like honesty ’ll have t’ pay more if it expects C cope with th’ interests. —Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. Mrs. E izabeth Morrison has gone to Bradenton, Florida, to spend several weeks.

Rev. and Mrs. Matthew Worthman, of Poland, Indiana are spending the week with relatives west of the city. Ira Bodie who has been in the Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis re- | covering from an operation for the removal of a cataract from his eye. is slowly improving. A bunch of young men who gather at; the Eats restaurant each evening are having a big discussion just now as to whether a ten pound fish added to a tub of water would increase the i weight. Its about 50-50, half of them insisting a live fish will increase the [weight and as many arguing that it 'won’t. To prove that it will Mr. Clevenger foitnd a live fish this morning and was busy hunting up his opponents to convince them. Over three hundred million barrels of gasoline were consumed in this ’country last year which was a 'wenty per cent gain over the previous year. H. R. Moltz has returned from Indanapolis where he attended the state convention of butter and egg men. D. M. Henslet is at Fort Wayne for an examination of his physical condition. The Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Stewart cf Williamsburg, Indiana, arrived in Dc- | catur today for a visit with Rev. Stewi art's brother W. W. Stewart. Rev Stewart is pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Williamsburg. He and his wife are on their way to Fort Wayne. French Quinn, of this city, will speak on the "Ei'inbeiio ;.c. .. ... meeting of Warsaw Rotarians, at that | city, tomorrow night. Several local Rotarians are expected to accompany Mr. Quinn to Warsaw. The meeting in that city will be ladies night and local Jlotarians’ wives are also invited to attend the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Uhl and children, Phil and Betty, have returned ' 4 ' their home in Toledo, Ohio, after I a visit here with Mrs. Uhl's mother, , Mrs. B. J. Terveer and family. | Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hilpert. of Bobo, have returned from Clarksburg. Virginia, where they were called to at'end the funeral of Mrs. Hilpert’s grandmother. C. J. Voglewede visited his wife yesterday afternoon, at the St. Jos- ' eph hospital, in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Voglewede is slowly recovering from a major operation which she underwent severed days ago. R. C. Stolph, of Preble township, was a business visitor here this afternoon. S. J. Bowers, of west of the city, looked after business interests here this afternoon. C. J. Voglewede made a business trip to Shelbyville in the interest of the National Five and Ten Cent, stores. —o No Rheumatic Sufferer Can Afford to Miss This Pains, Aches. Swellings, Stillness and Other Miseries Quickly Disappear Guaranteed By Holthouse Drug Co. and AH Good Druggists Every druggist in this county is authorized to say to eveiy rheumatic sufferer that if a full pint bottle of Allenrhu, does not show the way to stop the agony, reduce swollen joints and do away with rheumatic pains aches and twinges, he will gladly return your money without comment. AUenhru has been tried and tested for years, and really marvelous results have been accomplished often in the most severe cases where the suffering and agony was intense and piteous and where the sufferer in many cases was almost helpless. The Holthouse Drug Co., and all good druggists have been authorized to guarantee it as above in every ( instance.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1927.

COAST GUARD ' CADETS WANTED I t e Examination For Appointment Os Cadets Is Announced For June 20-25 An exceptional opportunity is offered young men of the right caliber to ccinplete their education at government expense and to become commissioned officers in the United Slates Coast Guard, one of the military services of the United States, which includes service afloat ami ashore. The age limits for appointment of cadets are 18 to 22 years. An applicant who has passed bls twenty-sec-ond birthday is ineligible for appointment. Cadets are trained and educated at the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., and each summer are taken, on an extended practice cruise. Cadets receive the same pay and al lowances as midshipmen in the navy ($785 per annum ar.d one ration per day, 80 cents). Upon graduation, after threo years at tho academy, a cadet is eligible to bo commissioned an ensign. Commissioned officers in the coast guard rank with officers in the army, navy and marine corps, and receive corresponding pay and allowances, grade for grade. Educational examination for cadets precedes the physical and takes two -days. Applicants for cadetships of I the required moral character who present satisfactory certificates that they have completed the equivalent of a four year high school course and have received fourteen credits in subjects prescribed by coast, guard headquarters are required to take a written examination in mathematics, (algebra and geometry), history and English. A high school graduate thould be able to pass the examination. The examination is strictly competitive and is open to all young men who possess the qualifications with respect to age, education and character. Examinations will bo held June 20 to 25, 1927, at such places throughout the United States where it is found practicable to have the examining boards and the number of candidates warrant. | The successful candidates who are I tendered appointments will be order,ed to report to the superintendent of the coast guard academy on or i about September 1, 1927. They will ; be allowed five cents per mile to cpver travel expenses from the place of appointment to the academy. Uplon arrival at the academy a cadet 'will be required to deposit the sum of S2OO to be applied to the purchase of ucces.-«r. y aniforms and equipment. Pay a; allowances received are adequate to cover all expenses while lat the academy. For further particulars write to the Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard,' Washington, D. C.

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Northern Troops Plan Drive Against Cantonese Shanghai, March 3.-—(United Press) - The Cantonese armies at SungKlang skirmished with northern troops t ><lay as Shang Chung-Chang completed preparations for an offensive a-, gainst the southerners. 1 (’hang, tired of waiting for a Canti.nese attack, planned an attempt to recapture, territory relinquished by ti oops of Marshal Sun, whom he replaced, the United Pres was informed. Chang’s army in the Shanghai vicinity Is large enough tn crush the <■; ntonese forces in a purely military engagement, but politics rather than a mien controls the situation now, It was reported by British sources. Jap Marines Sail Toklo, March. 3.—(United Press) — Tw Japanese ctuisers with 500 marines aboard weie ordered to Shanghai today. The Navy department si.id its action did not indicate that the Shanghai situation had become w :rse, but merely was a precautionary measure. Mexico’s Reply To U. S. Note Is Received Washington, Mar. 3—(United Press Mexico's reply to the United States’ in te of Feb. 28 was received by the department today. Department officials declined to comment on the contents of the American note or the Mexican reply. It is understood, howiever, that | ♦ lie correspnodence does not relate d'rectly to the disputed land and oil Jaws. There is no evidence here of an immediate break in displomatic relations or lifting of the American embargo on arms shipments to Mexico. — o — Cnoir Tonight. The choir of the Presbyterian church will meet tonight promptly at 7 o'clock, at the church. All members of the choir are urged to attend the meeting. o Russ Bleaching Bluo delights the laundress, makes clothes whiter than snow. All grocers. TT o Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pays A Croupy Cough? Take care of it! A croupy cough soon weakens any child. For 54 years, Mothers have relied on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It removes choking phlegm and stops the cough. As k your druggist. Mothers—write for free booklet on “Care of the Sick.’’ Chamberlain Medicine Co., 606 Park, Des Moines, Contains no alcohol K o’- narcotics

CONGRESS TODAY ißy United Pre > Senate: Continues in filibustering lon Interstate commerce committee Considers radio «<>mini ion noniln ations. House: Considers miscellaneous bills (mil conference reports. Indianapolis Man Injured Evansville, Ind., March 3. —(United Press) —B. C. Van Hook, Indianapolis, official of the Premier Aefining company, who was seriously injured in an automobile aucidenl near the.e Tuesday, was steadily improving at a local hospital today. At first though fatally Injured, he now appears t i have a goad chance for recovery, according to attending physicians. o — Britain Not Opposed London, March 3. —(UUnited Press) —Great Britain, the United Press was authoritatively informed today, has infoi mally intimated to the United States that she was not opposed to the American proposal to elevate guns aboard the Battleships Oklahoma and Nevada. Mrs. Edward Thompson, returned to her home in Toledo, Ohio, yesterday afternoon, after a several days visit here with Miss Genevieve Berling and other friends. Mrs. Minnie Holthouse visited her sister, Mrs. C. J. Voglewede at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort. Wayne this afternoon. Are You “Toxic?” It Ii Well,Then, to Learn the Importance of Good Elimination. FUNCTIONAL inactivity of the kidneys permits a retention of waste poisons in the blood. Symptoms of this toxic condition are a dull, languid feeling, drowsy headaches and, sometimes, toxic backache and dizziness. That the kidneys are not functioning as they should is often shown by scanty or burning passage of secretions. Many readers have learned the value of Doan's Pills, stimulant diuretic to the kidneys, in this condition. Users everywhere endorse Doan's. Ask your neighbor! DOAN’S P!^ LS

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