Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1909 — Page 6

Facts for Weak Women I Nine-tenths of ell the sickness of women is duo to aomo derangement or die- , lease of the organs distinctly feminine. Such sickness can bo cured—ia cured I. ovM-rderbr • ■■>“* .*• 5 Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription It Makes Weak Women Strong, Sick Women Welk . It acts directly on the organ affected and bat the name time a general restore* tire tonic for the whole ayatem. It ourea female complaint right in the privacy Jes home. It makes unnecessary the disagreeable questioning, examinations and i flood treatment so universally insisted upon by doctor*, and eo abhorrent to 1 'every modest woman. I. y We shall not particularize here as to the symptoms of i ' those peculiar affections incident to women, but those , I wanting full information as to their symptoms and I {means of positive cure are referred to the People’s Com- : mon Sense Medical Adviser—looß pages, newly revised and up-to-date Edition, sent free on receipt of 21 one- WW 1 eent stamps to cover cost of mailing only; or, in cloth | binding for 31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y.

While the question of municipal ownership is being discussed to some extent here and elsewhere, along comes Portland, who have accepted the proposition of the Ames Supply Company of New York City, for the equipment of a municipal light and power plant for the city of Portland, and the same is to be completed by the first of the coming year. The city will construct the building and make the foundations for the boilers, and then the New York company will supply the equipment for the sum of $12,105. Portlands has never indulged tn municipal ownership, having always been supplied with light and power by the F. Bimel company, and their contract with this company does not expire until next June. This has always been a bone of contention among the citizens there, the service never being entirely satisfactory, although the prices'paid has been strong enough to suit any one. For this reason the project and change to municipal ownership will be watched with much interest —o At a recent meeting of the Sam Henry post G. A. R. a resolution was presented and adopted to the effect that funds be solicited for the purpose of buying appropriate markers for the graves of every departed soldier, consequently a committee consisting of Robert Patterson and A. J. Teeple was appointed to do the soliciting. ! They have begun duties and thus far have met with good success among the pedple. The markers to be purchased, a representation of which the committee have in their possession, will indeed be beautiful. The markers are neatly constructed and at the sujpmit thereof an American flag will tower as the crowning feature, evidencing the patriotism of the departed noble men who defended the greatest cause ever championed by a right thinking people. The cause is a worthy one, and will no doubt find ardent support among the people of the city. ' 1 O . ,» *" ~ LIFE 10G000 YEAfll AGO. Scientists have found in a cave in Switzerland bohes of men, who lived 109.000 years ago, when life was id

IVU.Vuv Tvwlt nuvu ujv *** constant danger from wild beasts. Today the danger, as shown by A. W. Brown of Alexander, Me., Is largely from deadly disease. "If it had not been for Dr. King’s New Discovery, which cured me, I could not have Mved,” he .writes, “suffering as I did from a severe lung trouble and stubborn cough." To cure Sore Lungs, obstinate Coughs, and prevent Pneumonia, its the best medicine on earth. 50c and SI.OO. Guaranteed by all druggists. Trial bottle free. o - - James Beery and Guy Dorwin left Friday for an extended trip in the west and they will visit many historical places while gone. They left on the noon Erie train and will go direct to Mott, North Dakota, where they will remain for a short time as the guests of Robert Beery, who is auditor of Hettinger county. After making a pleasant visit there they will proceed to Spokane, Washington, to visit Miss Mayme Dorwin and other former Decatur people. From there they will go to Seattle, Washington, to witness the big exposition, for several days going from there to Portland, These gentlemen will In all probability remain in the west for several months at least and perhaps permanently, as they have a number of good business propositions ip view. The trip they will make make pill be an extensive one, and one well worth their time and money. —— —o— — - • A. good year’s salary picked up in an hour’s hunt was the reward of Jgcob Thobe,' of Dayton. It lg the shape of a handsome mussel pears weighing forty .g«|M. 'as lavas'4, '&&&» ‘ Iwlthmit imperfections' add with a most 1 beautiful lustre. The value placed on ft is $1,400. Thobe refused SSOO from a Dayton jeweler. Delay in commencing treatment for W cou * have beeff Wed quickly by Foley’s Remedy *4? ft*- worn out tie•uea and strengthens these organs. ■—-Jianw Tirus' IM

I T. L. McCullough, for a little more > than a year agent at the Clover Leaf ; station, and who during his stay in I Decatur has made a host of friends, ' Thursday telegraphed his reeignas tion to headquarters, the same to be- [ come effective as soon as his successor is appointed and reports for duty. ’ The resignation follows a flattering offer received by Mr. McCullough from the Sante Fee company, which he has { accepted, and in all probability he will be assigned to a station in New ' Mexico, where a new branch has been 'constructed recently by the company. ' The stations along the new branch i { are constructed of cement block with , four living rooms above, these to be occupied by the agent and the small- , est salary paid there ,is eighty-five , dollars per month, including house j { rent and fuel. The McCulloughs will ■; leave early next week for Chicago, : where they will ascertain, at what , point they will locate. Mr. McCul- j : lough lias enjoyed merited progress ( since being engaged in the railroad . j business. Beginning as bill clerk in Illinois, he proved a valuable man, . 'and improving his every opportunity , he soon learned telegraphy and was , given a position as operator. He ten- ’ dered his resignation as agent at Warren, Indiana, some time ago and Im- , mediately subsequent thereto he re- j , ceived communications from the .dlf- , ferent departments of the road in j {which he was imployed to remain in • {the Clover Leaf’s employ and in . , i which he was promised an immediate {I promotion. True to their word they ( gave him the agency here, and he has looked after the interests of thecom- { pany well. The first month he was ’ here Mr. McCullough increased the ( freight business eleven hundred dollars, and a steady increase has been . noted since. Decatur people will regret to hear of the intended depart- { ure of Mr. and Mrs, McCullough. Their ' activity in. church and social circles [ will be sadly missed by their every , acquaintance. All will wish tor them a happy and prosperous future in their new place of abode. It is not as yet known who will succeed lir. McCullough, but it is thought that some f Clover Leaf employee near Decatur 1 Will be selected. i —. o -- - >

W. W. Briggs of Geneva, was in the city Friday xm business. He reports Geneva as exceptionally lively at present, the building of the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction line being the cause of most of the activity. A large force of men are already engaged and more will be added as the work progresses. Bears & Brown, th© contractors, propose to complete the contract within the time specified in the contract, and as they are hustlers in this line of work, there is no one who even thinks that they will fall, unless the weather should interfere and make it impossible. The contract for the line from Linn Grove to Bluffton has been awarded to Bluffton parties and it is thought that this part of the grade will also come under the wire finished so that the Iron and the rolling stock may be added and the line placed in operation yet this year. Those in charge of the enterprise are a hustling lot and they waste but little time in accomplishing anything they undertake. It is the hope of the® Geneva people to have this line completed, and it also Is the belief that Geneva will gain much by this addition to the business Interests of the town. It will tapke things lively this year at least, during the time of construction, and It will open up many new business features that will redound to the business good of Geneva. . , — Q < The handsome Gast'home onMereet avenue has been Hold'io Hehry IwlH and Mr. Gast and family will leave for Washington. One brother entering with a frac-' tured arm and the other Just leaving office, where he had been gfveh attention for a dog bite, unusual incident at Huntington hpsday. The brothers were Snd Charley Aldrich. The former had been bitten by a dog while carrying papers and the ; latter had tumbled from a bicycle. Neither knew of the other’s injury until they ihei at the doctor’s door.

Friday afternoon Peterson & Moran filed with the clerk of the ,circuit court a complaint tor divorce, th. parties named in the Complaint being Edna V. Huff vs. Frank D. Huff. The prominence of the patties named in the complaint makes the suit take on a somewhat sensational turn, the defendant being the principal of the Berne schools, which place he has held for the last two years, and having been selected for the coming year. The complaint states that they were married in Marshall county January 31, 1903, and that two children have blessed this union, they being Harold M. Huff, aged three years, and Genevieve M. Hutt, aged two years. The defendant is accused of having a violent temper, with abuse of her and the children .and with pot permitting her or the children- to visit with her parents and other relatives, who reside In Marshall county. According to the complaint the two were school teachers before their marriage, and that both made money that was later invested In a property at Atifcos, and which was later sold and the money appropriated by the defendant There are many (serious charges made against the defendant nearly all of them reverting to the violent temper and abuse pf the plaintiff by the defendant A divorce is asked, together with alimony in the sum of one thousand dollars, and ten dollars a week for the maintenance of the plaintiff and her children. She. also asks for the care and the custody of the two children.

Friday afternoon Esq. Smith, repreentlng Byron Hendrick*, presented the necessary blanks for a marriage license for Byron Hendricks to Almyra Walls. The license was refused on the ground that Byron was Indebted to the county of Adams in a certain sum for court costs in a suit against his former wife. Clerk Haefilng plainly stated that the slate would have to be cleaned before he would accede to the request for a marriage license. ——o —- ' Real estate transfers: Henry Hite et al to E. B. Lenhart et al, 80 acres in Washington township, $7,000; Orville C. Fink to Bank of Geneva, tract in Wabash township, $1,200; James H. Sullivan to Orville F. Fink, tract in Wabash township, S2OO. t County Superintendent Opliger has been notified officially that there Witt be go change in the geography to be used in the schools of this county, the Frye being used the same as In past years. The Frye Is used In all the higher grades over the state, and in the lower grades this is optional with the superintendent and the board and in Adams county they have decided that no change will be made. — ■ ■■■■"',. —o — ' The affidavit filed in the court of Justice Huser at Fort Wayne, charging Robert B. Gregory with obtaining mopey under false pretenses, has been dismissed at the request of A. M. Youngmaker, the prosecuting-wlt- : ness. It. seems that Gregory owned three-fourths pf a cottage and lot at Clear Lake. The remaining quarter was .owned by a man at Muncie who died some time ago, and before Bob had bought the property. Recently the {administrator of the deceased man’s estate sold his interest and this man went to Youngmarker, to Whom Bob had sold the property and demanded one hundred dollars for his interest. Youngmarker then filed the affidavit against Gregory, but the latter as soon as he heard of the other party having an interest, put up the price demanded and Youngmarker then refused' to further prosecute the case. Mr. Gregory did not know of the other interest in the property and will have recourse on the persons from whom he bought the lot Ills many friends here will be glad to know that he. so easily cleared himself, and were confident he would be able to do so. ■ ——-—— ——o— — —- The ticket that drew the parlor suite at Yager Bros. & Reinking was number 3031, A deed tor a .tract of land consisting of 120 acres, lying three miles north of Nappanee was placed on record the other day, although It had been issued in 1844 and was signed by President Tyler. The land was entered by Joshua Yoder at the government office at Winamac, Ind., in 1838, but the deed was not issued until sta mr*'inter. ", Harley Btalter, seven years old and SM of Mn. Tuan Stalter, of Elkhart, was accidentally shot tn the right leg by Grant Thomas, 19. an Elkhart lad, who bettering a 32-caUbre revolver he hold to be empty, bulled the trigged plSyfUUy in an effort to scare Walter, Rev. Hellhake of Sheldon, priest at the Catholic church in this city, Id seriously ill at his home suffering from heart trouble and phetfmofilal His condition is dangerous and physicians TOMI called from Fort Wayne. Until his recovery therewlll be no services at the church here.— Bluffton Banner.

It Is just ten tears since the Mennonlte church of Berne entertained the conference at tills place. Next month will mark another such event, and the local church is preparing to give the many delegates and visitors who ato expected, a royal reception. At the bhslness meeting held for this purpose last Monday the four preachers: Revs. J. W. Kliewer, $. F. Sprunger, Joel Lehman and I. A. Sommer, and the three deacons: Fred Sprunger, C. A. Neuenschwander and C. W. Baumgartner were chosen as delegates tp speak for this church at conference during its deliberations. Two committees were also appointed, one to look after the lodging of the guests and the other to provide for meals at the church. The committed on lodging is composed of the following members: Mrs. D. C. Neuensch wander, the. Misses Judith Llechty and Rosa Lehman, and - D. C. Sprunger, Noah Luginbill and EH Luginbill Those who will look after the meals are J. F. Lehman. Menno Burkhalter, Robert Sprunger and the Mesdames J. F. Sprunger, A. A. Sprunger and Philip Sprunger. The new church was also a part of the program of Monday’s meeting. A plan has now been accepted, namely that of Architect Meyer, of Fdrt Wayne, and a finance committee has been appointed which Is to see that the necessary fund is .raised and which is also to attend to the disbursements of the building fund. The committee consists of I. A. Sommer, J. F. Lehman, Samuel Soldner, Burkhead Lehman, C. C. Neuenschwander and Levi Moser. The church will cost In the neighborhood of >50,000.-Berne Witness.

The contract was awarded today for, the balance of the grade for the Bluffton,. Geneva & Celina Traction company’s line Between this city and Geneva, and the successful contractors who landed the job are David Myers and Jacob Klopfenstein, the North Main street harness dealers who do contracting as a side line. They were awarded the contract for the west half of the grade, including a total of bei tween nine and ten miles and running from the corner of Washington and Liberty streets, this city, on east, Including all the work in this city excepting that on the paved street Mr. Myers said this afternon that he and his partner want to get to work on the contract next Tuesday, and as soon as they can get the work under way will employ thirty teams w#h drivers, besides extra men. Their con,tract calls for the completion of the grade by October 15th. The contract for the east nine miles, running into Geneva was’ awarded to Bears & Brown, and they are now at work on the grade.—Bluffton News. —o —’ The Huntington Herald says: While definite plans of the directors of the Erie railroad have not been announced' regarding ’ the physical Improvements Os the line and possible developments along certain lines to better the operating end. It is generally understood that extensive work will be done on the road, beginlng early next spring. Under the master hand ot EL H. Harriman, the finances of the Erie have improved wonderfully and the management is now reported to be in position to consider improvements to equipment and line in general, to increase still further the earning capacity of the road. Local Erie officials have no information at hand as to the extent of the Improvement policies considered, but a line is given on the prospect* in an interview from C. A. Allen, veteran superintendent of the N. Y. P. & O. divisions at Marion, Ohio, Mr., Allen said Wednesday: “The Erie is heavily in debt, but there is hope ahead ,and the earnings have been so rapid that It has been decided not to issue the $30,000,000 in bonds as was decided. The company plans to double track the entire system, to reduce grades, and to bring the road to the best possible condition.'’ Only necessary work Is being done on the Chicago & Erie divisions at this season. However, hundreds of loads of ballast are being spread on the roadbed between Marion, Ohio, and Hammond. No Im-' provementa to bridges or buildings are'now under construction and as yet nope have been ordered 1 . Statements by Superintendent Allen revive hopes for a complete double track systMn. - Only a month until the big annual fair, ant that month will roll around before you realisbit Get readgnaw; with your exhibits find don’t forget to send for your friends. Tell them all aboutlt Tor that’s the way to make It a hdwllng succeed MM. Amsa Crist, Os Hied application* for a claim in the Couer d’Alene region wltlf her son, jofih.'Whet western agent ' Being * soldier’s widow die Is on the same footing at a soldier In the lagd drawings, and wIU prSUbly fee W bti? lady fretf to taW* ’ chance an the Idaho settlement.ißlumoo N.n, ; I"' ;■. J’-

appointment today by naming Mr. L. L.. Baumgartner as the city engineer to succeed C, Vogt, resigned. It is arranged that the appointee shall wprk but one day a week, Monday being agreed on for all city work. With the work of the city arranged so that the engineer had nothing to do but the work of such an official, it is figured out that one day a week will give him sufficient time, and In thisWway the cost to the city will be slight Mr. Baumgartner has all the qualifications for the place, having completed last year a four years’ term as surveyor of Adams county. He will well look after the affairs of the city in this capacity, and the mayor and council are to be congratulated on giving the pW such service at so little cost At a meeting of the council of August 17, they hear-objections to the assessment roll on the Weikel sidewalk, the same having been completed, and Is ready for final acceptance. The twenty thousand dollars refunding bonds will also be offered for sale at that time. The new street commissioner will assume charge of his office on next Monday, and he is now outlining his work, and will devote his time to making Decatur’s streets better than they have ever been in the history of the city. Harry Cooken is one of the most energetic men In the city, and what he does he does well. The streets and crossings will all get theirs from Decatur’s new street commissioner.

FOR NEW HEALTH OFFICERS Indianapolis, July 29.—Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health. left for northern Michigan tonight for two weeks. During his vacation he will prepare the questions' to be submitted by the state board to applicants as appointees as cityt county and town health officers, according to an act of the recent general assembly. The act provides that, beginning January 1, no person shall be appointed health officer who shall not have had decent experience as such officer, or who shall not have been certified as eligible by the state board of health, the eligibility to be determined by examination. The examination will be held at the state house, Sept 30. An effort is being made to interest embalmers In the smaller towns, to take >0 examination. In such babes'lt is frequently difficult to find a physician who is willing to serve In the, capacity of health officer. According to Dr. Hurty, embalmers are well trained by their preparation for their own work, for the duties of health officers. They are always business men, are ap--quainted with the details of keeping records, and usually have time to give to general health work. The law provides that when an appointing board cannot find a physician who b witting to serve, the appolntihent go to a layman, provided he be experienced or certified. The examination questions will concern hygiene, and sapltation. , . ... O i ' D. W. Beery went to Fort Wayne this morning to look after-business interests. '' .' ' j Lew Corbin ,the veteran painter and sign Worker, has completed the job of placing a bunch of attractive looking display advertisements on the curtain background at the Star air-' dome. They are built in Corbs old style, and add to the appearance of the curtain. ' i The other day I took my young nephew to the harper for the first time. I hated to see the soft little curb cut off, but his mother decided they taust go. As the barber tied the towel under his baby chln he remarked, “How do you wans your hair cut, young man?” “Wis a little round hole in the top, like my faver’s.”—The Delineator. The strong box that was carried' away by the three bandits who looted 5 the Wakarusa postofflce on the morning of June 26, has just been found tn an oats, field on a farm .a mile southwest of the town. The box was discovered when a reaper struck it. The doors had been broken off and ths contents—about $250 worth of stamps —stolen. . 1 r A couple of young men who are working h scheme tpat usually yields them considerable nhange in eafih, town are headed htls way. They secure Ole names of persons in the suburbs knd theh out bogus tele-' grams, which they deliver and cotteM one - Thqy ,are said to be head I this Rgy. so to be careful about paying for tele-, grams until thef know th*y are bODS A'i’ Curtis Campbell, formerfy on the road for the Schafer Hardware comnveu Uns aicernoon weui w uw home of his father for a short visit.

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Miss Helen Niblick entertained a few friends at a thimble gathering in honor of Mrs. Burton Niblick, whowill leave with her husband for St. Louis. With their sewing the afternoon was spent in a very pleasant social way. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Niblick will go to St Louis soon, remaining ‘several weeks With Mrs. Niblick’s relatives, going from there to Chicago, where the latter will take & . . course in banking. They have a large number of friends in the city who will greatly regret to see them leave the city. Among the events given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Niblick who leave soon for St. Louis, was a dinner party given by Miss Hattie Studabaker Friday night Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jojm Niblick, Mrs. Champer, Mr. ti * and Mrs. Button Niblick and Miss Helen Niblick. Mrs. Arthur Suttles, entertained at a dinner party Thursday evening in their honor. Harry Ray, residing five miles south of Decatur, was the guest of honor, at a, well pepetrated surprise party given Friday night and the jolly party of merrymakers enjoyed tt great time. Various games,furnished the principal amusement of the evening and a delicious luncheon was ' served as a fitting climax to an evening of real pleasure.ln the party were * Glenn, and Hazel Weimer, Ira and Ethel Jones, Benjamin and Minnie Teeple, Grace, Florence and Helen ■ Johnson, Stewart B. Ayres, David B Myers, Fannie Smith, Nona Mcßarnes, B Martha Noll, Caddie Baker, Viola and B Stella Roop, William Johnson, Charles Broadbeck and Iva Gilpin. fl Miss Bertha Brown, of west Adame B street, who will leave soon for Mel- B rose, 0., wa sgiven a surprise Friday 9 evening. Miss Brown has made many B friends since living in Decatur having B become very well known and they I will regret to see her leave. She I pleasantly entertained the company B during the evening and at a late bout H served a three-course luncheon. I Those present were the Misses Eila 9 Eddington, Velma Porter, Vernla S Smith, Alma Cooken, Laura Blazer, ■ Allie Burrel. ■ ■ h NIGHT RIDER’S I Axmistf I your bed to rob you of rest Not B with Dr.Klng’s New Life Pills. They | never distress or Inconvenience, but ■I always cleanse the system, curing ■ Colds, Headache, Constipation, Ma- || laria, 25c, at all druggists. K i I 1 I ■< ■/ ■! MISS ORVIB GOT PARLOR SUIT ■ Miss Minnie P. Orvls, was the hap- ■ py recipient of the handsome sev- B| enty-five dollar parlor suit given away E Saturday afternoon by Yager Bros. & Reinking, the furniture dealers. Six Bj thousand tickets were distributed. The judges were Henry Lankenau and S. W| b! Fordyce (and little FHora I Michaud did the selecting. The num- m ber was 3,031 and was no sooner an- ■ nounced than Miss Orvis exclaimed Bj that she had the ticket. She held I twenty-three tickets and was B| hapyy at her good fortune. The par- BR lor suit was a handsome gift and one that would grace the best room B any home in the land. B o- 19 A Cure For Gapes. ■ Mr. Frank P. Clay, Paris, Ky., says;, B •‘Last year I raised hundreds oT ■. chickens free from gapes by giving B them Bourbon Poultry Cure tn their ■ drinking water. I also find this rem- Bs : edy to be a sure cure for cholera and limberneck. Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. BB! —o —- Miss Mary R. Steele went to Fort I Wayne to fislt her brother. ||| A handsome new demonstrating car has been completed by the Coppock ■ Motor company and wfll be sent to ■- Fort Wayne within a few days to,be used by the company’s Sales departmeat in that city, where there is a B great field for the truck business, and ■ where the Coppock expects to do a I big business within the next few Bmonths The car is a beauty and B,

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