Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1906 — Page 5

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Curley Radamaeher’s usual happy countenance beams brighter than ever today, as he announces with much pride the arrival of a girl baby at his home. A box social, the proceeds of which will be used for the benefit, of the school, will be held at the Raudenbush , school house, 3 miles .south of this . #ty on Saturday October 13. Everybody cordially invited. , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coverdale, and two .daughters, Martha and June, .went to Decatur today, where they will attend a family; reunion at the home of his mother, Mrs. Eliza Coverdale tomorrow. —Bluffton News. Postmaster Frysinger reports unclaimed letters for Frank Davis, Mrs. N. B. Baker, Miss Elsie Byers, Joe B. Davis, Harvey Ford, Miller Hodges, D. E. Hawk, James Mingan, J. H. Hollopeter, H., L. Manriington and H. D. Baltzell. This will be a banner week for the literary clubs of Indiana, their seventh annual convention will be helc at Winona Lake, beginning tomorrow and lasting three days. Mesdames John Niblick, W. H. Nachtrieb and J. W. Tyndall will represent .Decatur a; this meeting. Mrs. Melza Burns of Marion, is so determined to secure a divorce from John Buras that she had filed two suits with that end in view. After filing suit ip superior court through Attorney Elias Bundy, Mrs. Burns filed a second, suit in the same county • through Attorney Ernest Ferree. Dr. W. 'JR: Fowler is expected home wit!£ih thd"next two weeks by his friends in this city. Dr. A. L. SpringJ Stead was talked with yesterday and he Expressed it a.s his opinion , that the doctor ’was on his way Across the | Atlantic ocean at thd present!;time, ! though he had no definite knowledge r tfe to his plans or Whereabouts.-- ? Bluffton Sinner. ,W. G.. Hoffer, editor of the Will- - shire Herald, and chairman of the Van Wert County Democratic Central -Committee, was in Delphos, Wednesday, accompanied by Dr. W. C. Roller Democratic candidate for coroner of Van Wert county. There is every in- ' dieation that Dr. Roller will prove a strong candidate. The Republicans •’’ are quarreling among themselves, and Dr. Roller will get a large number of votes from that party.—Delphos Ccurant. ' n;: . ' ■ Never in the history of the lodge, in district meetings or other great fraternity gatherings of the Knights of Pythias, has there been in the northern part of Indiana such an opportunity for the members of the order to hear a great man speak, as at the . sessiens Friday when the greatest leader of the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias was with the local lodge people and gave them address on the-she work of the lodge.—-Hunt-ington News-Democrat. ? ' .... _ _ ;' CORES SIGK-HEADACHE ] I Tablets and pbwders advertised ' ) las cures for sick-headache are gen- , . erally harmful and they do not cure • but only dfeaden the pain by putting i < the nerves to sleep for a short time f i 1 through the use of morphine or F . I 1 cocaine'. - • Lane’s Family 5 Medicine f 1 the tonic-laxative, cures sick-head- F < ache, not merely stops it for an F ( * hour or two. It removes the cause' F I • of headache and keeps it away. • I 1 Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c. F

The services installing the Rev. William H. Schrock as pastor of Christ’s Lutheran church took place yesterday in the presence of a large congregation.—Ft. Wayrie JournalGazette. The* two new residences of John S. Falk and Albert Butler on North Second street are fast nearing completion, and will _be commodious and handsome additions to that end of >, progressive Decatur. , Three marriags licenses were issued ■Saturday, to Emanuel Miller and 1 Sylvia Brentlinger, Charles A. Wolfe - and Verna Nonis, Alvin E. Barr and Ida E. Simon, William Brandyberry and Clara E. Booth. t Miss Emily Wyatt returned to her . home at Decatur today. Miss Wyatt ' is the. author of a number of very beautiful and popular - musical numbers, both vocal and instrumental. — Ft. Wayne Sentinel . Congressman Cromer and Postmast- . er Spievy drove down into Jackson township last night where the former was to deliver a speech, but ow’ing . to the nasty weather there were only four or five people at the school house ; and the meeting had to be postponed. —Bluffton News. The two, and one-half cent fare on the Erie has been adopted r hnd wil , go intp effect Nov. 1. The decision of . the Central Passenge’ - Assocation was made in the matter sooner than hac been expected. A letter from the. New York press agent for the Erie road explaining the. move has been receiver by local agents. The yearly meeting of the Friends church was- held last week at Richmond, Ind. This meeting comprise an attendance from, all the churches of Eastern Indiana* and Western Ohito.. The attendance was large and theiu* terest was great. $40,000 was'raisec in one’day for educational purposes. A yeaHy'appropriation of SB,OOO was made for benevolence. 1 . Many neV changes and improver, ments are going to made a reality by the Clover Leaf railroad company in the near future. These changes and improvements are in the nature of more through trains ,the type of the Commercial Traveler, changes in the time table, although no* radical, and improvements all along, .the line in every department and when these are completed this corporation will give all competitors a run for their money. Attorneys were talking today about the expiration of Judge Vaughn’s term, which question was brought up yesterday, and it was the general opinion that the term expired on the date of his commission, November 17, and that he would hold only until that date unless his successor failed to qualify; when he -would hold until his successor did qualify. Under this opinion Judge Vaughn will hold his last day of court here Saturday, but has one more term at Hartford City. —Bluffton News. . — Q_ DANGER FROM. THE PLAGUE. There’s grave danger from the plague of Coughs and Colds that are so prevalent, unless you take Dr. king’s New Discovery for Consump;ion, Coughs and Colds.' Mrs. Geo. Valls, of Forest City, Me., writes: t’s a God send to people living in climates where coughs and colds prevail. I find it quickly ends them. It prevents Pneumonia, cures LaGrippe, gives wonderful relief in Asthma and lay Fever, and makes weak lungs strong enough to ward of Consumpion, Coughs amd Colds. 50e and 1 01.00. Guaranteed by- Blackburn I ' ’harmacy. Trial bottle-free.

George Brewster and his force of carpenters from Berne, arg.busily engaged at present in building a new house for Sheriff Albert Butler on North Second street. The house is to be modern and will be a beatity tyhen completed. The interurban people are pushing their work on the line and will soon have the saame in readiness for the trolley wire. The outlook for cars running by November first are very favorable. The line within the city limits is almost completed. The new addition to the Central school building fes fast nearing completion and it will not be long any more until the buildings is ready for occupancy. The addition means a whole lot to the Central building as the room is needed. It will also add to the appearance of the building. The Adams County Medical society will meet at the office of Dr. J. M. Miller on Friday evening, October 12, at eight o’clock, sharp. A paper on “Diptheria” will be read and other business of importance will be transacted. All members should be present. Dr. Marie Holloway, Secretary. , The Standard Oil company has advanced the price of deordorified stove gasoline one cent per gallon. This grade of gasoline is now quoted at fifteen cents per gallon. Varnish markers and naptha are also advanced one cent per galoln, making the wholesale price fourteen cents • per gallon. The funeral of Mrs. Emerine, the 5 aged lady who died Friday night, was J held today at two o’clock at tse United Brethren church, Rev. Luke officiating. A large crowd was present to • pay their last tribute of respect to the 1 deceased. Interment was made in the ■ Decatur cemetery. The floral offering 1 was lieau.iiul and profuse. “The Girl From Kansas,” who showed at the Van Cleve theatre I Friday night, is up against a strehk 1 of hard luck and witnessed some diffi- - culty in getting out of the city Satur--1 day morning. She is also a long way P from home and it may be some time before she gets back to the Sunflower r state. —Hartford /City Gazette. t During the past several weeks, f Tom Railing has received severa - letters, from Joe Gardman, manager ‘ of the Dallas (Texas) team, asking him if he expected to return south _ next spring. Tom has fully made .up j his mind to go back to Texas and wil r leave early next March. The local , team will thus be deprived of his services next season. 3 According to the reports brought in . by farmers ■ and citizens driving through the country, this year’s crop x of hiekoy nuts will be very slim. One man remarked yesterday that in his drives through the country the day before he' had" seen any number of hickory nut trees and he didn’t believe averaged two dozen nut season has not opened as yet, but this week twill probably see the small boy with the custqlpary sack thrown across his shoulder hiking for the tall > and uncut. The walnfit trees indicate a fair crop but not as heavy as years before. ’ A story has jusfr leaks I out at the - expense of a Decatur lady. She trad heard nothing but “Buffalo” from her children when soda fountains were ’ mentioned, wing down town re- ’ cmitly, decided to tiy one lierselfl She repeated the narne over and over, . but paused on her way to the ice < -cream, parlor to address a friend. Entering the parlor later, she completely clufalbfottiided the clerk by calling for an “elephant.” -After some little time, it was found'she wished a“buf- ’ and. greatly relieved, she said she 4 > knew it was some kind of .an animal. ’ ’ The appellate court has held that the state tax board has no power to increase the valuation of the improvements on real estate in a county, nor to; increase the assessment of property in a city, town or township, when the other property of the same kind in a county is ftot revalued. It was decided that an order of the board in 1893 for an increase of’so per cent in the valuation of improvements on lands in Fountain county, and 5 per cent increase in the value of improvements in the cities of Attica and Covington was void, and the collection of the increased taxes was enjoined. The court says that the .state board can deal with property only by counties and only by general classes as real property or personal property. . Free Millinery Secrets "IkYILADY who wants her fall and AvA winter hats to be stylish should write for Our new Catalogue, illustrating latest fashions in head wear. Our prices are lowest and fashions latest. We sell to the largest wholesale houses in the United States. Every hat is made in bur own factory and sold at factory prices. We are the \argest exclusive Millinery Mail Order House in the country. Catalogue free. I CINCINNATI MILLINERY CO. 234 Maia Street. Cincinnati, 0.

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GAS SUPPLY IS TO BE GOOD i ■ J I Postoffice Inspector Burr in Consulta- 1 tion With Attorney McDonnell Geneva, Ind., Oct. 10. —Sam Smith, 1 who for sometime cast has been the proprietor of the City Meat Market, has disposed of his business here and from now on George Calkins will be one of the Geneva business men, he having taken charge of the market Tuesday. During Mr. Smith’s stay here he has enjoyed a splendid business, but for various reasons he decided that he would go to farming again and will go, with his family, back to their former home near Pleasant Mills. The new proprietor, Mr. Calkins, is well known here and will no doubt do a fine business. In speaking of the gas outlook for the coming winter, Mr. A. G. Briggs, local manager for the Wabash Valley Gas company, stated that the supply CrjnßuJvWefl z}(ki..gJUSruuuruu 888 would no doubt be as good as it was last winter, providing that the coming winter weather would be no more serious than that of last year. If we should have a hard winter, it >XT>uld be wise to depend on a side line of fuel and not altogether on thegas. Tne pressure was a little low today, but as the pumps have not been started yet, nothing else could have been expected. Postofflce Inspector A. R. Bun’ of Fort Wayne, was here Tuesday afternoon in consultation with Attorney J. Alvin O’Donnell. Mr. Bun- and Attorney O’Donnell were in the latter’s private office for some little time, but all efforts to interview the lawyer were in vain and not a word would he say for publication. When asked whether or not there would be later developments, he said that such a statement, if made, would be taken by the readers of the article for what they thought it was worth. From his evasive and non-committal answers, it would seem that their is something doing and that that something will be a great surprise to someone. 0 5 1 UNION OF CLUBS SESSION Begins at Wmona—Many Delegates are present Winona Lake, Ind., Oct* 9.—The Indiana Union of Literary clubs began -■ *■«’ ... , . its seventeenth annual. convention here tonight and '>ilL' continue' its sessions through Thursday. The contention was held in the chapel of the ijnn, and the union will . make its headquarters. at this hotel. Delegates and other women who are prominent in the dub .life of the sth to began arriving today and represfehta"tives from central and .southerif rjiidiana came this evening on the Winona Flyer of the Big Four from dianapolis. The union 'has for its la Thia Towa. Children who are delicate, feverishand cross will get immediate relief from Mather Gray’s Sweet Powders for act on the liver, making a sickly Child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25 cents.

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