Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1912 — Page 5

11 ERjlFgMl'l *»» ■’ -• ■ A Fellow Following A Plow I Ira ...all day wants an easy shoe on his feet. fcj The Loose ground makes it hard walking and we’ve got the shoe that will give you comfort and not tire your feet. Barkers £■' Best made with Hand Stitched soles are sure ly the most comfortable made. Drop in and ' ' see them the next time you’re in town. No Hl trouble to show you, just ask us. $ e* ■ I Charlie Voglewede « THE SHOE SELLER 3 On The West Side Os The Street Jiej ■■Str. aaif3*.A.ZkNQS&rf

4F.ATiIER FWECASi ; 4 ■«. »c ♦'?•«' . Fair tonight or Thursday; warmer extreme north ror*':. tonight. Charles Phillips left last evening for Kendallville. Mrs. Reinking of Preble left last evening for Eort Wayne. Fred Hohman ' <>s nutnoered among the business callers at Winchester today. Mrs. R A. Davies spent yesterdayafternoon with Mrs. Zeigler at Mon- 1 mouth. Mrs. H. O. Sc v um transferred here I last evening enroute to Fort Wayne from Schumtn. A. J. Rigdon and daughter, Ida, of Milford Center, Ohio, arrived for a visit with Willfanp Singleton and fam-' ily. The next att.action at the Bosse opera house. Saturday. April 13th, will, be the newest corned v success, "Casey Jones." It is a .lean. up-to-date play in three acts, with clever people and extremely entertaining specialties.

I Quality Groceriesj " YOU Will Alwa - vs find * -' Us Busy BUT NEVER TOO BUSY To Give Your Especial Wants our Special ATTENTION WE VALUE YOUR TRADE Have you been thinking of seed potatoes. We have the genuine varieties at the right price. Earlv Rose SI.BO bu. Early Bliss $2.00 bu. Early Ohio $2.15 A complete stock of Garden and Flower seeds We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 18c Butter 18 to 24 | Ho Kr V- nd Hower. I J North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108. ton oiouoio iDfloiofloflofloflusiots I J. S. Bowers. Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. 1 i 9 O O a 5 o ■ s 3 The Bowers Realty Company has some excellent bargains in city property and Adams <county * * farms. The company would be pleased to have ta you call at its office and see its offerings, lhe com- q 5 pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on ■ 2 reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract Q q Company prepare your abstract of title. Twc y years experience, complete records. O fl » ■ 2 The Bowers Realty Go. ■ | French Quinn, Secty.®O OflOlOlOlOlOflOflflOflOfl 9flO®C flOflC

Surveyor Err 1 -’ *r.«de a business trip to Geneva today. Mrs. H. Gamp went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. W. A. KuebD" end C. A. Dugan left tcgiay for West Baden, where they will take a rest* for the next ten days. Mrs. Homer Krick returned last evening to Fort Wayne after visiting with her mother Mrs. D. Liby, at Preuie. You've heard the '.„ug. See the play, "Casey Jones," which comes to the Bosse opera Louse on Saturday, April 13th. Rev. D. O. ’’ ise is expected home I today from 1-ayton, Ohio, where he attended the Evangelical conference i last week. Mrs. Charles Grtebel and daughter, Bessie, returned last evening to Fort Wayne after visiting with relatives at Willshire, Ohio. Mrs. J. B. Kiracofe went to Wren. Ohio, yesterday to visit with relatives. Shafer Peterson was a Fort Wayne business visitor yesterday. Mrs. B. A. Haefling went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon for a visit with relatives and friends. She may j return byway of Bluffton.

"Casey Jones" is coming to town. Will Colchin war a Ft. Wayne visitor today. William Glendenlng of Geneva was a business visitor here today Joe Colehln has returned to Fort Wayne after visiting at his home. Mrs. Laure Van Camp and daughter, ! Edwina, spent the day in Ft. Wayne, | Tltn Corbet ; . has had y. new awning placed in front of his place of business. Miss Bertha Dodune returned to Ft. Wayne after a vi* it with Julia Colchin and family. 1.. W. Coppeek left lust night for Grand Rapids, Mich., after visiting over Easter with his family. Clayson Carroll and Miss May Rad"maker attended the play at the Temple theatre, Ft. Wayne, last evening. “Casey Jones" is a deadly enemy of Mr. and Mrs Grouch. He will slip you the heartiest laugh of the sea son. A large number will go to Ft. Wasnc this evening to a'tend the Moose snow A special car v ill be run by the interurban at 6:30 o’clock. The John Diller family, which Tuesday lost their home by fire, were today moving into one of the John Block residences on Xuttman avenue. Mrs. George Burkett of this city, who was operated upon Monday at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, for gall stones and tumor, is reported as being better. Carpenters this morning fixed the Curley Radamacker awning, w’hich on last Saturday was badly bent when the strong wind blew it against the large plate glass window, completely demolishing sane Rev. E. A. Goodwin And daughter. Olive, left on the ten o’clock car for the Charles Bailey home, where they attended the Lacies' Aid society of the Vnicn Chapel church, which met their this afternoon. The Christian church has taken no action yet on the selection of a minister. There are two in view—the Rev. Myrick of Kansas, and Rev. Ernst Fitch of Arzola. and it is thought the mat’.r "111 be taken up soon. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Henry returned last evening from Atlanta, Ga., where they have been with their son, Enos Henry, who has been very ill with typhoid fever several weeks. He is able to sit up but is still in a bad con dition. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller returned l yesterday afternoon to Sherwood, O, after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Xoll, at Pleasant Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were married last Saturday at Defiance, Ohio, by the f}ev. X. E. Vitz. The assessors being engaged this spring in making the city canvass state that they are doing nicely and covering their territory in excellent shape. They have until May loth to complete their work and hand in their report, and from the present way the'r work is being done, will accomplish their task before the specified time. Mrs. John Colchin, of Xorth Fifth street, was down town today for the first time since ten months ago, when she was injured in Fort Wayne while riding in an automobile which collided with a street car. Mrs. Colchin has been able to be about the house for some time, but the two times she spent in church last week and her trip down town today, are the first longdistance walks she has taken. Charles Railing, formerly of this city, but now of Lima, Ohio, was in the city Tuesday for a short while on business and visiting with relatives. I Mr. Railing, since leaving here, has I been following his former trade of painting, and recently secured a contract from the Erie railroad for the painting of thirty-three bridges along their road. He was at Ossian, wherq he will have an overstructure to repaint and then go east throughout the 1 state of Ohio. Dr. Willard T. Graham, superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal hospital at Indianapolis for the last three years, has tendered his resignation to the board of directors and will depart the first week in May to take a similar position at the Methodist hospital at Des Moines, lowa. Dr. Graham says that hfs reason tor leaving the Indianapolis hospital is that the Des Moines hospital is a larger institution and offers him an increase in salary. Dr. Graham is a native of Lebanon, Ohio. Before going to Indianapolis he was superintendent of the Seney hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is forty-seven years old. Charlo? Warren Fairbanks, president of the board of directors at the Methodist hospital, said last evening that no successor to Dr. Graham had yet been chosen. _ .... -O- - ELKS’ INSTALLATION. The Elks will have the installation of its officers Friday evening of this week, and following the installation, there a banquet and smoker.

Boys Xtra Good Clothes for Any and All Occasions Every Xtra good suit has both the style for dress up wear and the durab- \ ility for hard every day use. Xa JbwJL You may worry when the boy goes fishing, he might fall in, But don’t fret 1 \ about him spoiling his clothes, they \ | A are made to stand more than the boy \ ’<4 / / *dl u himself. - Boys fancy knicker suits Bto 17 yrs. WT ~ flKl two and three button double breasted and norfolk models, in fancy gray, brown and blue cassinceres and serges r I the best values you have ever seen, / i , trousers lined throughout. / \ W Xtragood Suits priced $5. to $lO. / / H Regular Boys Suits priced $1.50 to $4. 1 We’d like to show you these clothes HolthoUse, Schulte Or Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys. »

FARMS FOP SALE. Northeastern M’cLisan land in Alpena, Montmorency, Presque, Oscoda counties. I have a number of farms and have two bargains. 80 acres, with 7 > acres cleared, and the balance pasture; 2 acres of apple, pear, plum and cherry trees, nearly all bearing; sand loam and clay loam, with a heavy clay subsoil. A good drilled well; fences nearly all wire, 4 miles to railroad station and a small town. H mile to school, *4 mile to church. This place lies on a good hard road, house .1x34. wing 16x27, in good condition, 7 rooms; barn 40x70, with cement fleers; another barn 26x60, chicken and tool sheds and other outbuildings; ?',500. 100 acres. 60 arres cleared, balance j pasture land, with about 20 acres o' , small timber, ash. elm. oak and bass-, wood. I-ast yea: corn on this place went 60 bu. to the acre; potatoes, 220; hay. 2 tons to the acre. There are fifty bearing apple, plum, and cherry trees: soil, clay and clay ’oam, with clay subsoil, good well. icO rods wire fencing, 9 miles from Alpena, ’f- mile to school. 2% miles to German church, CathdTtc and Methodist church nearby, 8-room house, cellar, barn 30x40, horse barn and cow barn Price. $2,800. I have a few city properties to sell at a bargain, and farms from 20 to Try this test in a “Wear-Ever” Aluminum Cooking Utensil /TV r?» /kW-3-' FWk fol Ptace a cake of chocolate in a “Wear-Ever” ! saucepan without grating, without adding water melt over a low fire, with* ut stirring. Chocolate will not ham. BECAUSE Aluminum hea'fc quicker and retains heat longer than other materials of which cooking utensils are made. You can save at least fise minutes cooking each meal —90 hours ofl your fuel bill for the year! “ WEAR• EVER” Aluminum Cooking Utensils save food too, and expense for replacing utensils worn out or burnt out. They are practically everlasting. “WEAR-EVER” ware cannot rust, is unaffected by fire, is strong, light to handle and most durable. With aluminum there is no danger of poisonous compounds forming with acid fruits or foods. Replace utensils that Wear Out, with utensils that “Wear-Ever” Let u* supply you with WEAR-EVER the one-quart saucepan advertised in the /m” z Hkfy women’s publications 4-~ a~~t i I —r and show you other I AL JU ■vQ utensils bearing the \ "Wear-Ever” tradero*rk - TBADEMARI. JOHN BROCK

1611 acres in Adams County. Come in ’ and let me tell you about them. D. F. LEOXARD, Office over Vance, Hite & Macklin’s Clothing store. Office ’phone, 667: residence, 336. GIRLS PLAY IN FT. WAYNE Will Meet Smart Girlg in Basket Ball 1 Friday Evening. The high school girls’ basket bail i team will go to Fort Wayne Friday ; evening to play the girls of the Sinai t ; high school. WANTED —I am in a position to give a bby 10 to 15 years old work on a I farm. Must not vse tobacco. —J. C. ; Darkless. ’PuO*'e I. No 1. 86t3

Good Properly For Sale Located on north fifth St. A good home and chance to make some money. Phone C. D. KUNKLE

z v 7 c ■ rtm -S'- "-- i < NIBLi 7 3c CO. .. 1 Many Frills and Trimmhig on Dresses t<<" 17 -y This is a season of lace, :U ,fr■ us and flounces nr dresses. However, with the straight lines, -till re- ?( rained in the foundations, this additional trimming ! \ & '<' doeS not destroy the s^cn<^cr silhouette. * ■ ' T How Bischof has used them Fichus, come draped over just one shoulder giving the fjshionI bjyriS ./'’Ul a ‘-l c one-side trim:r.cil effects and others gracefully draped over 1 'W-’-A'.T'i 'TAi-r'/ both shoulder.', forming the entire trimming for the waist, are ' '£o"'i characteristic of many fancy Bischof dresses. ; Tucked flounces edged in Vai lace, form the trimming for the < ■ I I skirts of lace and net drcases and other sheer materials, while the » '' VmF* , ! ; | 1C- fichus and flounces on voile and marquisette dresses are embroidered V'' ImW *' <•. l.j ia beautiful Grecian effects. I •! ; .j I'' S ‘ 1 * ”^’ e 11 e f n ' n 8 c has been carried forward into the Spring Ip” ;•£ .j }, season, and a fringe made of fine twisted cord is used quite liberally « on linen, pique and other Summer fabric dresses. A All Bischof has studied for years these little touches on dresses WA t * lat attract wornen an< l he spends great efforts in applying them. ' ■' SqL Jk ,lc haS ac< l u ‘ re d the ability to pick out the prvitie t features of the elaborate Parisian styles and to adopt them to the more tasteful linW «WBF requirements of the American woman. // I ■'■ The exquisite dress shown here is of embroidered net, I trimmed in filet insertion and Vai lace. The sleeves, fichu and { I iue outlined with narrow bl.u k vt |\ t rit Im»ii. '> [qvtty \'<ai l.lb'e l:o. b- r.ow <• 1 . x . : i - ;,,rc, are —linen dn. \flfh eyelet embroidered u.r -t and tum< - embroidered nets, batiste dresses trimmetl in lace—pique, trimmed in striped lawns, and combinations of pique and — all-over embroidery.

r =1 SNAPPY Shoe Styles for Particular People Quality is just as good as styles are handsome. We can fit the foot of nine out of ten particular women who want the best and most stylish foot wear to be had. PEOPLES & GERKE New Location In Meibers Block First Door South of Schmitt Meat Market. » -