Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1928 — Page 3

• I jffIINATIO NBY IB AMERICA SEEN II IN TOY MAKING ®ll K H.. r| hirigtoii. )>"<'■ 8 -U.R) All Am 9 CT. n<iif wlll ~IP ’"y« u " K^B?,luring the Christmas season tm< K |K r ||„. salimml Geographic Sm-i.-ty M ttports- . * ~ ... . ■ JLhibits "I' ln > s by 0111 worl<l ■ fiU at ,l "‘ fair '-mowed K d amazing number of devices w,t ■ I Hot Ain. rhan influence. Hll „toy automobiles in Am <y l,.s, ami copies of vuriote mechanical devices feat med - ■& to.'" ,air ' Maliy fatniilar S|H n . tile comic Strips were recognized S ■Ani.Ticans attending the exhibit! ■ newest mechanical animal. ■ H«'t! ">!>te life-like than ever before." K B v ilm Geographic. "The mechani, al B Bn f" r example, retreats, eroiielms. ‘ M n springs forward, roaring. Th. B pridefully struts about extend 9 tat and closing his tail. Meehani'id MW|II | with an undulating m tion designing has become a firnht B Bl •‘" ll Dih-nl. including m. ■Hous sculptors, is engaged in this nt 'Hi'' ’"list novel of the new dolls (.[ B Mtiip synthetic' type. Various parts B Eedetimhahie ami may be sultsiii.il- . of a different lor shape 89. ' ■ l "" s ’ IPgRS ’ W ' RS are of bewiltering variety, iitelm! roundel.- outfits for morning wear. |BKe street, evening Wear, ami night ■ Jim h space at the toy fair was tai ■ a f w ith ornaments for Christmas K^E ps Many cf the ornaments ate tm made, but the familiar color* B Hillis ami tinsel designs are made B^K H most part in the kitchens <>t Ger farm houses. Tile handicraft. lik. S Hood-caiving. has been handed dowt ■ generation to generation, and t BHorkers are singularly expert. B ■•• Toys of some sou have been slue- n ■Ht the Leipzig fair throughout the Too ■ Hears of its existence. This year. sofust time, American t ys were BBBilnied." B o—- * Gat Gives Warning B I Ges Is made to sound Its own warn ■ Hng, should It escape from the mains, g BK an alarm device demonstrated by B Bb p Eastern Inventor. In a recent test, ■ "»r. <pen bag of Illuminating gas was S Held near the alarm, a boxlike coni' ■tflvsnc , and in a few seconds an ■ H*'-« :ric be “ connected to the box rang B Ethe warning. — Popular Mechanics ■ B Magazine. S Room for All ■ I Harvard astronomers, after six ■ ■years of careful "photometric'’ metis B Kiretaents have let a tuck out of the 9 9onirerse and repor 1 it to be a thouB Bmd times bigger than has been sup B Bposed. There Is room for all, ftpB(4 patently. and places to go to whenBBevei we are crowded or starved off B -— o - — | Toads Are Vai -able ■I I The United Stales government says B B that every toad Is worth $24. There- ■ B fore a wise gardener will protect the B S toads, according to Nature Magazii e. B Bloads are the night watchmen of the ■ B garden and are busy devouring cut- ■ R worms and beetles which hide during B | tlle day. Birds carry on the insect ■ B war during the day and toads by 8 B o S Wasting Forest Wealth B : From nature the people of the Unit ■ ■ *d States Inherited a wealth of B I natura * resources, says the Forestry S ■ Primer of the American tree associaB B ti°n. Many of these we have spent BB recklessly, because of the very Im S B triensity of them. They seemed he B I yond the possibility of exhaustion. B R The forests nre one of our natural B I reSuur( ' es that we have spent with a B I rce hand. B o— J The Tunnel in History ■ Tunnels cut through solid rock with S ■ the aid of simple hand tools were built ■ J by many of the ancient civilized na- ■ ■ tlons, Including the Egyptians, AssyS ■ rlans, Greeks, Azetcs, Peruvians and ■ g natives of India. The oldest known ■ B tunnels were used as the entrance to ■ K a royal tomb or for religious purposes. ■ I but by 500 B. C. the Greeks were using £ J tunnels for mining. B —o I Medieval Emblems H The coat of M'ms is a relic of medi S k tvai times of the armorial insignia B g which was embroidered on the cloth g I worn over the armor to render a ■ I btilglit conspicuous in battle. Herald B ' r y was developed during the Crusades, ■ ■ when it was necessary for a knight B I *° have some mark by which h° B I might be known. Later the emblems k I Were systematized and recorded. ■ Q S A Big Moment J Small Jackie was making bis first g ! tall on baby Louise, aged four weeks S I She did look very young and lay very ■ I B till as he gazed at her. After some ■ I moments he inquired with a look of 1 I aw e, "Js she born yet?"—From Chit B | dren, the Magazine for Parents. ■ o — I Immutable Law S We all foreknow that the sun will 1 I fa® and set, that all men born kJC* I I the world shall die again; that arer « I lt ' D^er the spring shall come; after S | the spring summer and harvest; yet fi | Is not our foreknowledge the cause s t an F of those?—Raleigh.

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Frayer Opens Seventieth Congress

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He may have been heavyweight champion of the world, bat , he’s Mr James J. Tttnney, husband of the former “Polly” Lau- I J der and a man of affairs and position in the social world 1 he! t above extract from Social Register, however, carries Genes | name below that of his $50,000,000 heiress wife, signifying, per- ( haps, that his elevation to society must be a matter of successive steps. A lot Gene and “Polly” care! 1 (International Newsreel)

MONROE NEWS Ralph and Howard Bluhm, of southwest of town, visited Ihe Monroe high school, Thursday afternoon. Menas Lehman and Miss Margueiite Lewellen motored to Berne, Thursday evening, where they attended the County Sunday school board meeting. Mrs' Forest Andrews and Mrs. Joseph Rich visited in Decatur, Tues(lhV Mr and Mrs. John F. Crist motored to Decatur, Thursday evening, and visited with their son and daughter-n-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Crist. Arvin “Bill" Crist has been confined Io hom e and his bed since Tuesday on account of an attack of the flu. Mr and Mrs. John F. Hocker and daughter. Mrs. R. J. Meyer and Mrs. Blanche Graham motored to Fort Wayne Wednesday, and shopped. Mr and Mrs. Rolla Longenberger, and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Longenberger motored to Fort Wayne, Wednesday where, they visited with relatives and shopped. , Mr. and Mrs. David Leisure and

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SzVH.’RDaI* DE&MBER 8,

< Miss Helen Bluhm were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Longenberger, < Sunday, for dinner. I The Lad’es’ Aid society of the Mon- J ' | roe Mefhod'st church met at the j 1 h ime of Mr. and Mrs. Janies A. Hen- ( dricks, Thursday afternoon. A very < . good attendance and meeting was re- J . ported. , Grover Sells, of Greenville, Ohio, is j visiting with his mother, Mrs. Harriet I Sells, and his brother and family, Mr. < . and Mrs. Harve Sells and daughter, J t hrystal. * I Mrs. W. S. Smith motored to Fort ‘ I Wayne, Wednesday, and visited and J . shopped. t - -o— j Historic Ring Displayed < A ring presented by Robert Burns J I to Mary Campbell, the Highland Mary \ of his poems, was recently displayed . |by Alexander Baird, the owner, of I Dunoon, Scotland. The ring, which is < now rather is of gold, and re- J . semhles a “k< <er," being carved on |( the inside. The Initials “M. C.” can < i be distinctly seen. Mary Campbell I was horn at Auclmmore, neur Du- ’ neon, I 4

opening of seventieth Congress. Program ol hills outlined shows trend to program of Presiden’-elecl I lerherl Hoover.

I I ff/W I t i /fr’sirSfe i § \L v 2m\ ** a | CLUB CLUB I i N ° w N ° w g I ° p E N ° p E N I i Our CtoSaas Qub | I . now open | f JOIN TODAY 1 5 3 and greet old Judge Santa Claus with a smile next Christmas ™ I . $ 5 Members of our Christmas Club need you will have just before next ( hrist- g § never fear Judge Santa’s decision. .. mas when all deposits have been R # it will always be in their favor. made. $ 6 ... r Below is a list showing what you de- We will add interest at the rate of |£ posit weekly and how much money 4'' if all deposits are made on time. njja THE 25 CENT CLUB PAYS IN FIFTY WEEKS $12.50 g fl* ‘ THE 50 CENT CLUB PAYS IN FIFTY WEEKS S2M)O ” W THE SI.OO CLUB PAYS IN FIFTY WEEKS $50.00 ® K THE $2.00 CLUB PAYS IN FIFTY WEEKS SIOO.OO ® W S' THE $5.00 CLUB PAYS IN FIFTY WEEKS $250.00 W THE SIO.OO CLUB PAYS IN FIFTY WEEKS $500.00 W • ■ . ’ xa ‘M Increasing and decreasing classes should you prefer them. I ” I Old Adams County Bank |

PURDUE PLANS A RADIO WEEK Lafayette, lnd„ Dec, R—Latest in I ftamatjon on timely agriculture topi's, nmslcul entertainin' nt and other imvol j ties will all be mixed in the comprehensive program that will be broad east over Radio Station WLS, t'hh a ; >. for live day.-t beginning December 17 under the sponsorship <f the Purduo Agricultural Ahtninl Association. "The Purdue Threshing King Program”, as It is called, made an Immense hit wl'h Ihe radio audience in the middle west last year, and with notable addition to the program this year it is expected to be more popular than ever. The "Purdue Threshing Ring", a real novelty hand in every ;ense. will appear at least twice on every day's program with its surprising music. The Purdue program will be on the air over WLS approximately two and one half hours each of the five days, from 11:45 o’clock in the morning to I:3b o'clock in the afternoon and from t>:4s--to 7:Ito oclock in the evening. | with the exception of the final nigh', I Fii.lay, December ”1, when the pro , gram will run to X o'clock. In addition to members of the Pur lue staff, a number of special speakers and entertainers have been set tired t.i add to the atlr.ielivene-'s of the daily broadcasts. The Threshing King will appear four times on the opening I day's program, along with an address! by Fay Caylor of Lafayette, president of the Purdue Agricultural Alum ni Association, <n “Why the Straw-, stackers Stack" and two talks by A! bert A. Hansen, weed specialist, t n "Chomlcal Watfare in Weed Iteslru. tion’ and "Winter Insurance for Velv.-’ ; Lawn's respectively. "Silver Lining . the Milk Pail" anil "Sane Sanitations ! are other topics that will be present“tl j the opening day along with n velties i The Purdue Threshing Ring will con ■ tinue its work as the program progres-1 ses through the week with talks on dallying, electricity on the farm, household pests, livestock, landscaping i the farm, anil other interesting and allied topics. Special entertainment will ! supplement each days program of ml-. dresses. Among the special speakers who v ill appear before the microphone cn the Purdue program are William Herschell of the Indianapolis News, th" Hoosier Poet, and Chic Jackson, of the Indianapolis Star, cartoonist-writer. I

both of whom are sched'tiled for Tlnirs-j day evening Harold Gray, a Purdue i giiuluute who created the comic "Orphan Annie", will appeal on the clos Illg program Friday evening, as well U* Harry G. Lerlle governor elect ol Indiana. ___—o — » George Ade, An Ardvtt Anti-Prohibitionist, Aids Atni-Saloon League Chicago, Dec s U.p; Geolge Ade, Hoosier humorist and ardent antiprohibitionist. Inadvertently lias contributed Io Hie Indiana Anti-Saloon League, lie told friends here today. Ade, In a telephone conversation, said In- was a member of The association against th" prohibition amendment, but haik contributed to aid ill the distribution of literature favoring Harry Leslie for governor of Indiana. "Some time later, 1 was surprised to learn the literature I helped pay for was sponsored by the Anti-Saloon League. I never knew it was going i - ..." -■ . —-.... ■ ■

I IMPORTANT INSURANCE DECISION Affedin" insurance carried by the Slate, (’ities and Counties. Imlaiuipolis, Ind., Dec. ti. (U.R) In an opinion given upon request of < larence Wysong, state insurance comnrissloiter. Attorney General Arthur L. Gillloin today made a ruling that will mean the loss of thousands “ of dollars of state money to certain automobile insurance companies. The opinion 'points out that atate departments are not permitted by law to insure with reciprocal companies where the insured would have to stand losses should the company fail. There i? a reason for the decision. Suttles Edwards Co. NIBLICK BLDG. DECATUR. IND.

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I to th" Antl-.Siiloon League," he said i with eniphaaiH. It wits reported that the amount was tl.ooii biiWd*- said II was only. SIOO and that friends had "added a cipher for a juke." — »o-- • ■■ * — » No Frgf Advice "Re careful If you're playing against ! ttiat new lawyer chap," warned the g,df club'a oldcit player. "1 asked Writ If I should use a utazhle or a niblick, and today I've hnd a bill for i g’J."—Border Cities Star, POCAHONTAS COAL De liver off car Monday and Tuesday at $7.75 per ton. Yard phone K6O. Kes. phone «Gt> Julius Haugk. ———