Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1928 — Page 3

Ibluffton man BADLY BURNED; I Muff > <>n. April 24—Oris Mnatemon ( M7 South Williams street, this )|v employe or the county highL,V department, nearly lost his life; MoiKlav afternoon about 3 o’clock ‘ |„> loncheil a hitch tension wire. He was hmlly burned about tho t [, ialll l The middle fitiKers on ehch U hah'l were burned off. The accident j h occurred south of Liberty Center. | 1 l l„, wire was on the around or, u hstiKiiMC low, according to reports. j M, Master.ton was brought to this . in iiy EUey (’ole of Liberty Center, j,n nm , was taken to the county hospital, a Attendants said that he was severely < jburned. "how united press .' HANDLES THE NEWS \ One of the outstanding developments ! 1 in journalism of recent years is the j J growth of the so-called "feature-story" : , which is difficult of definition but,, which is as important tc*a press assn j ci.itica or newspaper as the straight news story. ) Yen may lay down your newspaper i and retain nothing of what you have ! : read concerning mere or less Import-! ■ ant world-wide happenings; at the j t ! same time you may tecall vividly how! I a man lias just sat 3.1 days on a flag-! i j pole, what a nationally known come-1 dian said after visiting the; Senate, | ami the fact that a high school girl ' has made the baseball team. "Human interest? is a quality which some events have and which other ev-. eats have not. There ate no hard and : fast rales and the United Press cor-1 respondents are on the lookout con- 11 stantly for stories which will be good , ! "features". There seemingly is no limit to the ! fields of human activity that supply I “human interest" staiies. Bridge players in Portland, Me., read avidly a! i story front Portland, Oregon., about j a woman who held 13 hearts. Golfers ia every state persued the recent story I that a man had patented an Invention ; by which golf halls could not easily : be least. Traditionally, chidren and animals! make good subjects for “feattnes" ice-1 cause of the universal appeal, but the| activities of adults cannot he neglect-! ; ed. One reason the feature story is watched closely Is that at any time it may become a news Story of Vide inKONJOLA RELIEVED EVERY ACHE AND PAININ HIS BOBY Suffered With Stomach Trouble And Awful Dizzy Spells Before He Got New Medicine MR. C. F. PLEAK "Rnee taking Konjo'a I feel as if 1 never had a sick day in my life and • am glad to tell others about this remarkable medicine,” said Mr. (’. F. 1 leak, luoi North Carver St., Greensburg, ind. "All my troubles started with conciliation. My stomach was getting | In a bad condition all the time, and at last every meal 1 ate meant misery to me. Food would form a heavy j lump in the p!t of my stomach and I would belch up a hot, vile liquid that loft an unpleasant taste in my mouth lor hours. Gas pains would center in my chest and urouml my heart and sometimes I could get my breath. For several years I don't believe I went thru a day without feeling sick and rundown. The leasl exertion would he painful to me and I suffered awful dizzy spells tliat made me feel as tho 1 was going to faint. "Konjo'a helped me almost at once. I continued with this treatment until eve| 'y ache and pain left my body, lids medicine completely ended my stomach trouble and regulated my h’welH so that I am entirely free of fonstjpatlon. My health lias been improved one hundred percent and 1 strongly indorse this new remedy.” Koujola is sold in Decatur at Stiltn Hager t Falk drug stnr-' and by all tho best druggists In all towns throughout this section.

terost. Tho dog-race t;i Nome, Floyd I' Collins’ tragic experience, "Daddy" Browning's murltn! adventures, —these events anil thousands of others well I elite inhered filst were considered passing "fealllles." I, 1 - o— —- _ ' Crape Juice Salesman Makes A Fatal Mistake Peru, Iml. /pill 24 .IMS> Lowell Cox, Indinnaifolis, made a fnlal iri'»tnke when he walked Into the police station liorjj and spent lmost half an hour attempting to porstmde chief of Police Elliott Drown to give him tin order for u special brand of grape juice. Cox told Chief Brown that he hid »a lat go trade among chiefs of police, sheriff#, mayors and other city officials throughout the state. Brown jiermil ted Cox to extoll his wates at length in older to gain time and In which to recollect where he had heard the name Isiwell Cox before. I Finally, when C x had just about given up hope of making a sale, a warrant for his arrest was read to him. j A search of the molds while he was I making his high-pressure sales talk revealed that h'e was wanted In IndiaUupolls for concealing an automobile ] In* had purchased at Morgantonw; far i desertion of his wife and baby; and at Marshall. 111. on a bigamy charge. After deserting his family at-* Mor- | gmtown, it is alleged Cox went to 111- ! inois where he married a young girl according to P lice. The automobile I sought by a fiiniee company was in I Cox' possession when lie was arrested He was taken to Indianapolis to facp Dial. — >*—o Geneva House Catches Fire When Stove Explodes Geneva, Aptil 24 Special 1 — A small fire occur ed Monday at the Dan Grille residence when a gasoline stove exploded. A call was sent in for the fire department, but the Maze had j been extinguished by members of Uio ' Grille family and neighbors by the time the firemen arrived. The damage I was small. Honor Is America’s The Savannah, an American boat, made the first transatlantic voyage tinder steam, May 24 to June 20, 1810 The trip was from Savannah to Liver pool and required 2.” days

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■ NEWS FROM BERNE —by— Miss Helen Rurkhalter Ms. and Mrs. Walter Tester spent the week end at the homes of Mr. Taster's sister and brnthr, Mr. ami .Mrs. • Elmer Tester and Mr. and Mrs, I’.mrSwlialm at Fort Wayne, i. VV. Mary of Gallon, Ohio, and T. C. Wertz, of Klkhail, tailed on Bon. T. A. G jitseimlk here, Saturday. Mrs. Etta Nash, of Portland, arrived hoie Satimlay aflern on to spend the week-end at the home of her sister-in-law Mrs. John Nash, oast of Berne. Grover C. Baumgartner, Everhart and Ernest Egley, who are doing some construction woik at Gnl* Inn, Ohio, f r the B-G Construction Co, of Heine, spent Saturday and Sunday at their homes here. Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Lehman and family, of Fort Wayne, visited relatives and friends here, Friday evening. Walter H. Gllllom, candidate for county surveyor, and Edward E. lJechly, editor of the Berne Review, were business callers at Geneva, Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. (farl Baumgartner, rs I’Y.t Wayne, spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday at the home of the former’s mother, Mrs. Peter J. Itaitmgartnei here. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Yoder and daughter Edith Romaine. of Woodburn, were week-end visitors with friends and relatives here Or. and Mrs. Ernst Franz and daughter Miss Flora, motored to Bluffton. Ohio, Sunday morning to visit at the home of their daughter and sister, Prof, and Mrs. Willnir E.< Howe and iamily. They were accompanied by little Miss .Mary Alice Howe, who - pent the past few weeks at the home ft' her grandparents, the Fran*' here. Miss Flora remained there ta visit with college friends and attend to business matters. Lester Stueky, manager of the Highway Service Station, was a business caller at Decatur, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Welly, of Pandora, Ohio, visited with Mrs. Welty's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sprunger and family here, Sunday. Martin Gllllom, of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday with his father, Simon Gllllom here. Miss Laura Lehman, if Fort Wayne Bible Training School, and Rev. Irvin Canon, of Elkhart, were visitors at

the home of Miss Lehman's mother, Mrs. Judith Lehman, SundayMr. apd Mrs. Fred Uohrer and daughters Margaret and Evangeline were visitors at Fort Wayne, Eildny evening. Mis. Sarah Wyss and daughter Miss Edit Vns business callers at Fort Wayne, Saturday. The Misses Maragret Kern and Kathryn Auruml, of Decatur, were visitors of Lores Michaud and other friends here, Monday forenoonAnnouncement has been made of the marriage of Cleo Hartman and Miss Clara lllbersteln, which t<»ik place April 7. Mr. Hartman is employed by the Berne Witness Co. The Misses Gladys Stauffer and Emma Gllllom were business callers at Fort Wayne, Monda'y. Harriet Jean in the name of the little girl that was horn to Mr., and Mrs. Harold Mosser. Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Bon Welker, son James and daughter Betty, of Van Wert, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. John Baumgartner, of Portland, visited their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi L. Baumgartner here, Sunday. Little Helen Baumgartner, who has been spending several days with her grandparents here returned to her home at Port-

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laud with her parents Sunday evening Mrs. Susan lllrsehy was n Sunday visitor at the home of her daughter, Leonard F. Lehman home at Fort Wayne. Mr and Mrs. Rufus Anjstntz mid sister, Miss I.eonu Amstutz, o{- Fort Wuyne, spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Verena Amstutz and family. Rev. and Mrs. Franklin ('hunt and Miss FI ra Egle, of For! Wayne, were Sunday guests at the home of the lat let's patents, Rev. and Mrs. Win Egle and daughter, Miss Helen. The Nussbuum Brothers quartet, consisting iff llenlmrdt, Wilbur, Victor and Milam Niisshaum, all of tills place motored to Union City, Indiana, .Monday noon to furnish music at a banmint given at the Methodist < hurch ol that city, Monday evening. Mr. ami Mrs. Howard Sprtinger, formerly of Berne, now of Monroe, are the ptound parents of a baby liny since Sunday April 22. Alva Klnuker ‘spent the week-end with friends at Huntington. Miss Gladys Schindler, who is leaching at Mulberry, Indiana, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schindler. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Lehman and family of Fort Wayne, were Sunday visitors

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Eating Wild Roots Dangerous, Warning Says Lafayette, Ind., April 24.-(INS) A warning that Illness und death may result from eating wild roots that roseiuldo parsnip or anise, but which are ilirricult to recognize, has hee.o broadcast by A. A Hansen of Purdue University Agricultural Experimental Station Four cases of this type of poisoning i have been already reported in the, state. Leaves of the poke weed may ■ le- eaten as greens after thorough . boding hut the roots muust he avoid • ed as they contain a violent poison, i Parents are advised to keep close watch on children eating any sweet ; roots they may find, as even a small I piece of llie pleasant flavored water In miocl;, a common weed in wet ■ places over tho entire- state, may cause violent deuth.