Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1929 — Page 5

f Adams County, Way Back When--- ■ Before 1890 I A “Story" Made Up Os a Group Os Stories About Pioneer Life And Events Which, Collectively, Go To Make I Up The Interesting History Os The County. j I By French Quinn.

Monroe ■p it:lit at the beginning of things in Adams county the town of what was to be Monroe got e. k eye. 'The northeast quarter of four in township twenty-six K rlll of range fourteen east came s.s being the renter of the county any self respecting center could to be and Samuel I* Rugg. who Adams county, earnestly to make that spot the county and erect his court house there the jail also, but after due ex ■oration decided that it couldn’t he unless they builded those build on a flat boat and so he waded way back northward and selected as his second choice. ■ \\ay Back When” most of the land there was certainly low and ■ large farm there and on it a large of bull frogs.. Now, some Kw or other John Everhart, Jr., got of some of that ground and he ambitious along in the year '47 a boat and surveyed out a town platted it into lots, put the rec-■r-l •<' same with Sam Rugg. recorder. ■l» must have consented to the deal ■nd Monroe, Adams county, came in being. So back in 1871 we find Kendricks and a man by the of Kingsberry with rival genstores and Jimmy Stuits the jus- ■,.. of peace. Well, the town grew. the waters divided and the dry appeared and energetic folks ■grained all the land and the result all these years is a beautiful town and farming land all around ■t that by common consent is acclaim-

I The National 5 & 10c Stores Co. I Specials Friday and Saturday I Where everything is new and where merchandise has been gathered from all parts of I the country for your inspection and purchase. We invite you to our new store. It’s ■ a pleasure to greet you and to be of service to you. Shopping Basket Kitchen Pails Garbage Cans Just arrived, lar~e ship- sanitarv large merit of Willow Shopping ° I =.«.■„ .p..,., price, k.Rhen pad, ,u colors. g a | vanize d cans I 49c 59c 69c SI.OO ' SI.OO | HATS Hdi i .i>hio»<d Undergarments „ HOSE I 10 dozen ladies and misses f or ] a( |j cs< m j sses and nats, assorted styles and Ladies and Misses full children, in voiles, and colors, one of real values. fashoined hose, in all crepes latest shades, pair ~ st.oo SI.OO RED BOY Inner Tubes for your automobile SI.OO II Come early! Guaranteed. Each ; _ DRESSES Go)f Knickers C,othes Baskcts 0 ,„o „. w dresses. New shipment of mens’ and boys knickers, low clothes baskets, ladies, misses and chil- sizes 7 to 17, real bargains on sa ] e at Iren’s dresses, at , palr SI.OO 59c and 89c $ 1.00 Candy Department — Give our CANDY Department a trial. Fresh, wholesome candy arriving daily. 2 barrels of Candy Bars Fine Chocolates I A Special Salted Peanhts all 5c bars /t pound AW 15c ,b 3 for loc S Candy ..:...lsc All Brands CHEWING GUM 3 packages 10c The sweetest and largest display of candy in the city. - ll■■ I—III II immi bimi. .

ed the best tn the county. 1 (To be continued) i * NEWS FROM PREBLE * i Mrs Earl Wood and son Harold, of Detroit, Michigan, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Cable and fa- ’ mily returned to thier home Sunday evening Edna and Harvey Smith accompanied Mgs. Wood home. ' The Beulah Chapel Ladies Aid met at the Beulah Church Wednesday. ' Bcineta Hoffman. Margaret Straub. • Cleo Werling and Rachel Liemenstall. I and Jessie Schlickman and Edward I IJemenstall motored to Corunna, Sunday and visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert I Sherlock I Mrs. John Kirscner and daughters I I,urine. Erma and Mrs. Jane Shackley > and son Darrell Eugene motored to I Fort Wayne. WednesdayMiss Theo Bauer and Walter Frauhi , ger motored to Sturgis. Michigan Sun- ■ day where they visited the latter's sister. Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Cable and family had as their guests. Sunday, Mr J and Mrs. Peter Helmrich, Mr. and Mrs.. Welsy Hanover Mr. and Mrs Bill Acker, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Smith and family, Mrs. Earl Wood and son Harold. Miss Anna Helmrich and Mr. Otto Helmriih. The afternoon rtvas spent in playing games and music. ■ Later, Watermellon was served to the guests by the hostess, Mrs- Leßov 1 Cable. Mr. Heller of Portland, spent Wednesday visiting his son Orval Heller Rev. and Mrs. Otto Linnimier and family, of Illinois, spent last Friday

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visiting the former’s mother, Mrs. Katherine Llnuimier. David Dilling and Casper Dilling were business callers in Decatur Wednesday. LINN GROVE NEWS Ed Btberstein and Rudolph H Fenker, bf Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ed Neuenschwander, of Vera Cruz, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neusbaum. Miss Lucile Beeler, who has been visiting relatives in Fort Wayne, returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Llddy and family of Fort Wayne, Miss Louise Pon tins and sister Dorothy, of Wabash, I spent Sunday with Mr .and Mrs Fred ) Llddy. , Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Tadd, of Fort 1 Wayne, Miss Helen Bentz. Stanley, ■ of Texas, and Mr and Mrs. Howard Hoffman and family visited Mrs Nan Hoffman Sunday. Miss Lois Bene Shepherd, of Bluff- , ton, is spending the week with her glandmother. Mis. Mary Shepherd. Miss Helen Studler, of Fort Wayne, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shades Studler. Mrs W. O. McGuigan, of Fort Wayne visited her father, A M. Lanning, Sunday. Vote More Money For Wells County Infirmary I Bluffton, July 11 —(UP) —The county council late Tuesday appropriated an additional 11.000 for construction . work on the new county detention home, a brick building that will replace the old detention home. This will make the contract price for the general contract for the building $19,600. the previously accepted 4>id of the Clark Construction company of Pendleton, having been $18,600. The contractors informed county officers they would be leady to move their equipment here next week, to have work put under way on the new home. o Colors Most Easily Seen Experiments indicate that such colors as red and orange are most clearly visible nt a great distance.

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