Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1931 — Page 2

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, BUSINESS CARDS, AND NOTICES FOR SALE FOR SALE — Registered dlolstein cow, to be fresh November 15. Herman Bohnke, Route 3, Decatur 366-3« x FOR SALE —Camel's hair coat size 14. In good condition. Phone 1124 509 W. Adams street. 267-3 t FOR SALcz —1 sow with eight pigs. Call C on 845. 267-3tx FOR SALE—B trailers, 1151 South Line St. 268-2tx FOR SALE—Pedigreed setter pups. Must be sold right away. A. A. Tooke, 124 South Third street Decatur. Phone 563. 268-3tx FOR SALE Some building material suitable for garage, chicken or hog pens. Inquire of H. Daniels at this office. Itx FOR SALE —Used short davenport in A-l condition. Cheap for cash. Sprague Furniture Store. Phone 199. 265-3 t FOR RENT FOR RENT —Country home close 1 to town. William Colchin, Phone : No. 754 266-3tx J FOR RENT—3 room apartment, fur-' nished by light house keeping.| 424 Marshall street, phone 198 266-3 t j FOR RENT —2 light housekeeping rooms in modern home. On : first floor with private entrance. I 310 North Third street. Phone 511. ' 266-3 t — FOR RENT—S room all modern : house on South First street. Fur- ' nace and garage. Call Dyonis Sch-1 mitt 413 Mercer Ave. 268-3 t i FOR RENT —House, good location, i brick street, basement. 2-car gar-, age. Inquire 1127 W. Monroe St. i 268-ts WANTED WAN l’k*D TO BUY — Male Collie . pup. Must be of good breea Phone 790 or 791. 266-3tx WANTED — Work of any kind. I Clyde Steele. Phone 361. 268-3tx i and confine- ‘ meat cases. Charges reasonable. Phone 175. 269-3tx WE WANT Regs, auto tires, inner tubes, newspapers. magazines, mixed papers, scrap iron, scrap metals such as brass, copper, lead, zinc, auto radiators, batteries, etc. Also in the market far beef hides, calf skins, horse hides, grease, tallow, wool. Phone 442 MAIER HIDE & FL3 CC„ 710 W. Monroe St. Near G. R. I. railroad crossing. WANTED —Wood to buzz by tha hour. 1051 South Line street. ■ -• 268-2tx [ SALESMAN - WANTED MEN WANTED for Rawleigh City Routes of 800 Families in Deca-. tur. Bluffton, Fort Wayne. Reli- J able hustler can start earning 835 weekly and increase rapidly. Write immediately. Rawleigh Co.. Dept. IN-A-20-V. Freeport. 111. Itx NOW IFTHE~TIMF to tune up your motor for fall and winter driving. For first class guaranteed work at attractive prices see Kirk Smith, phone 129, Berne. Ind. 9-12 •set the Hauls- -trace «t Hems —— o NOTICE TO RIDDERS Improvement of The Mnnh-lpni Electric Plnut. tTty nt Decatur India na Notice is hereby g-iven that the Common Counel! m and !-r fuel City of FfecatU’*. Indiana, will re- ■ reive sealed bids for the improve- I ment of the Municipal Electric Plant of the City of Decatar, Inmana, until i o’clmk p. M Central Standard Time, Tuesday De ember Ist. 1931 I All bids must be in strict accordance with the plans and speclfh-a-tions prepare! bv THE EROFMLICH AND EMEKY ENGTNEERING ' COMPANY, consulting Electrical an i Mecham* ai Engineers which plans I and specifications are now on file i and may he at the office of the City (Merk. Decatur, Indiana. Each bid<ler will be required to submit two separate bids, one bid for the performance f all labor and one bid for the furnishing of all material Each bid must be accompanied bv a certified check on a solvent bank, payable to the City Treasurer of the City of Decatur. Indiana, in a sum. not less than ten (10%> per cent of the aggregate amount of the bid or proposal, as a guarantee that a contract will be entered into. Con- I tractor is to furnish a surety company's bond at his owf expense in the amount of one and one-half! times the contract price, said bond; to or appr .ed by toe Council. I Should said contractor fail to enter i into a contract after same has been 1 awarded to him. or fail to furnish a satisfactory surety bond, then the, mm of the certified check shall be forefeitrd to the City Treasurer as. liquidated damages. Bidders blanks as prepared bv the: Engineers in charge and made a | part of the specifications to be used and i an be had at the Office of the Citv fl-rU deposit in uo i with said Clerk Permission will not be given for the withdrawal or modification of any proposals must be auomaied at filed. No alternate bids wtH be considered. AU proopsals must be submitted in accjrdanve with the provisions of >in Act of the General Assembly of the i State of Indiana. Chapter 2*2. page 6SO, Acts of 1929. General Form number 96-A designated as the experience and equipment que«tionaire 1 and cjptra'-tors financial statement, I to be used The Board reserves the right to re- I jert anv or all bids or to accept anv bid whjeb may appear to them to be in the best interest to the City of J DmHul* WTtneM mv hand and official seal : thia 12 day of November (£eaD i Alice Christen

MARKET REPORTS DAILY REPORT OF LOCAL ► AND FOREIGN MARKETS i BERNE MARKET i Corrected Nov. 12 No commission ami no yardage. : Hogs, 100-140 pounds 14.30 , 140-170 pounds >4.40 170-200 pounds $1.60 200-250 pounds $4.70 250-300 pounds $4.50 ' Roughs $3.75. Stags $2.25. Vealers $7.75. ! Spring Lambs $5.00 EAST BUFFALO LIVESTOCK East Buffalo. N. Y.. Nov. 12.—(U.R) —Livestock: Hogs: on sale, 1.700; generally! 10c under Wednesday's average; active at decline: bulk desirable. 140-230 lbs., $5.50: few decks plain-1 er offerings. $5.35. Cattle Receipts. 125; cows pre- ' dominating: steady at recent ad- ; vanes; cutter grades. $1.75-$2.75; i few medium heifers. $5.75. Calves: Receipts. IGO: vealers unchanged; bulk better lots. $9; lommon and medium. $6-87.50. I Sheep: Receipts, 900; lambs i steady; demand fair; good to [choice, $6.75; mixed offerings. : $6.35-86.50; medium kinds and weights above 95 lbs., $6; strong- , weight throwouts. $5. — FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK — Fort Wayne. Ind.. Nov. 12—(U.R) i —Livestock: Hogs. 10 cents lower. Hogs. 100-120 pounds $2.25 120-140 pounds 4.40 , 140-160 pounds 4.55 [ 166-200 pounds 4.70 , 200-250 pounds 4.80 250-300 pounds 4.90 1 300-350 pounds 4.80 Roughs, $4; Stags. $2.50. Calves —$8.00. Lambs —55.50. — CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Dec. Mar. May July; Wheat .61% .64% .65% ,66%| | Corn .43% .46% .48 .49 % i Oats .26% .29 .28% — LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Corrected Nov. 12 i No. 2. New Wheat ... 53c , | 30 lbs. White Oats 21c ' 28 lbs. White Oats 20c I Barley —3O c I Rye? 2 30c I Soy Beans 30c | i New No. 4 Yellow Corn .. 50c New No. 4 White Corn 43c LOCAL GROCERS EGG MARKET . Eggs, dozen 26c | o TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE < Can yLu answer seven of these test questions? Turn to page tour for the answers • « 1. What is the approximate area ; of the earth's surface? 2. What does the word Danske! mean? 3. What is the name of the Soviet Government trading organization in the United States? 4. Who is author of the book, "Generals Die in Bed?" 5. What is a female mnle called? 6. What in Sweden is known as “the Bratt systeaa?" 7. Who called the Filipinos “our I , little brown brothers?" | 8. Where is the city of Berne? 9. Do birds "hap" or "walk?” 16. Between what hours does the American flag fly over the White ; House at Washington? S. E. Black FUNE.tAL DfßtufOß .‘•irs. Black, Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly day or night. n fflcS 7bon» 506 Home phone (27 . Ambulance Service N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted HuURB: 8:3.) to 11:30—12:30 to 5:0. Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 For BETTER HEALTH See DR. 11. FROHNAPFEL Licensed i Chiropractor and Naturapath Radionic diagnosis*and treatment. Phone 314 104 So. 3rd SL Office Hours: 10-12, 1-5, 68 10 years in Decatur. LOBENSTEIN & DOAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS Calls answered promptly day or night. Ambulance Service. Office Phone 90. : Residence Phone. Decatar 1041 Residence Phone, Monroe 81 « A PNV 6-v-rrMngMT

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near heie. He took the nest measuring lu inches in diameter, to his home. It was placed on his fror. 1 porch. Shortly a terwa.d. Fulsher said.! two birds movsd into the readymade nest. The farmer described l the birds as larger than spar ots I with white wings around their

necks. They raierd a family of your ’ youngster,. Kid McCoy Quits Pen Firemen ! San Quentin Prison. Calif.—<U.R) Kid McCoy veteran prize tighter, otherwise Norman Selhy. left a vacancy in the "official" staff of the prison when he left to work at! a prison road camp. He was the I

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chief of the San Quentin fire department, and casting around for a successor. Warden J. B. Holohan took no chances on another man leaving the "force." He picked Matt Schmidt, serving life for' murder, as his successor. Auto Assembly Speeded Detroit. —4U.R) —As an example of |

speed in auto production, C. B. Stiller, of the Oakland Motor Car Co., told the Society of Automotive Engineers how automobile frames were shipped from Milwaukee on a Thursday afternoon, arrives! in | Pontiac, Mich., Friday morning and i were assembled into automobiles. | which were shipped back to Mil-

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