Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1912 — Page 5

The Yung Fello .... who wants distinctive footwear comes to this store because he can get shoes like the Hi-Lo, not as a shoe nor as low as an oxford, or the Kentucky Flat with the receding toe and broad low heel. These shoes in black or tan at $4.00 Charlie Voglewede THE SHOE SELLER On The West Side Os The Street

' WEATHER FOMCAM 1 » oeu*o«o*o«oa Unsettled tonight and Thursday; slightly cooler In north and east portions tonight. Miss Mayme Deininger spent the day in Fort Wayne. W. C. Christy of Pleasant Mills went to Warsaw this morning for a visit. ' Mr. and Mrs. Charles Voglewede and daughter, Helen, were Ft. Wayne visitors today. Dr. Grandstaff returned to his home at Preble after a short stay in the city on business. Wilson Steele returned this morning to his work at Fort Wayne after a visit here with relatives. W. G. Fluegal of Warsaw and Miss Ida Fluegal of Goshen returned home this afternoon after a visit with Mr. ?nd Mrs. Israel Bender. E A. Fields of Saratoga, Ind., daeler in hardwood lumber, was here yesterday on business with SmHh & Bell, and made"an especial call at the sugar plant. Mr. Fields Is also owner of lumber fields in Randolph county.

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Miss Eva Acker was a Ft. Wayne visitor today. ilUs Bessiw May went to Hoagland for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Dayton “flarkley. Rev. Karl Thompson left this morning for where he will visit four days with his parents. Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly made a business trip to St. Johns this morning where he posted some legal notices. Miss Philomena Colchin went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon to visit with her uncle, Herman Bueter and family. Rev. Schmidt who assisted Sunday in the dedication exercises of the Emanuel Lutheran church, of which he was once pastor, left yesterday for his home at Buffalo, N. Y. The baby girl born two weeks ago to Mr. and Mrs. John Bleeke of Union township, which had been weakly | since birth and at the point of death t is growing stronger and it is believed i now, will live. I Mrs. Celia Fox returned yesterday afternoon to Ft. Wayne after a visit with the J. S. McCrory family. She stopped off here enroute from Ohio City where she visited with the Chas. ' McCrory family.

Phil Macklin was a Ft. Wayne business visitor today. Mrs. Henry Stevens is visiting with relatives east of the city. 8. E. Brown made a business trip to Fcrt Wayne this afternoon. Miss Stella Seabold of Bluffton is the guest of Miss Bernice Andrews. Mrs. J. C. Sutton of Preble township was a business visitor here yesterday. Wai Wemhoff was numbered among the business callers at Berne this morning. Ola Gaskill and Bess Fisher will •pend the week-end with friends in Celina, Ohio. Murray Sutton returned to the farm In Preble township after a visit with his boy friends in this city. The Misses Pauline and Emma Heckman returned to St. John's after a visit with Miss Jean Lutz. .Mrs. Elizabeth Neusbaum of Linn i Grove, who visited here with her i daughter. Mrs. Henry Gentis, has reI turned home. Mrs. Charles Hart and Miss Myrtle Simmers of Monroeville are here the guests of their brother, George Simmers and family. A. Sovine, the popular young man of Henpeck, was here Tuesday calling on bachelor friends and attending to business matters. Orval Harruff made a business trip to Berne this morning to look after some surveying which he has been attending to for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Vance left this afternoon by automobile for Parker City where they were called by the death of their cousin Frank Porter. D. B. Erwin, J. C. Moran, F. V. Mills, C. C. Ernst and W. J. Bosse were among those w-ho attended the senatorial convention at Ft. Wayne today Mrs. Fred Bentz visited at Decatur with her mother, Mrs. Marcus Jahn and reports her as almost recovered from her recent operation.—Portland Sun. Miss Della Sellemeyer is at Indianapolis visiting with friends. She also made a short stay at Richmond, visiting with friends while changng cais at the latter place. John Stark, proprietor of the Rex theater, who was forced to return to his home at Celina. Ohio, owing to an attack of illness, is still quite bad, and his improvement very slow.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Busche. the well known residents of Route 3, and especially Mr. Busche, are greatly rejoicing over the fourth baby boy which arrived on Sunday last. Ed seems well pleased over the coming of the youngster and says he will soon have plenty of help. Interurban car, due here at 9:45 Tuesday evening was delayed nearly an hour on its return to Fort Wayne. In passing the “Y” at the station corner, the rear truck failed to follow the front one. and started on the I switch leading to Court street. The I freight car had to be secured from rhe power house and by means of a I cable brought the car to its desired position. It then started on its jeturn trip about 10:45. No daitiage was done. Father Knapke, who visited here for the past few days with his brother, Ben Knapke, left this morning for Portland, thence to his home at St. ' Henry's, Ohio, for a short stay prei vious to his going to Carthagenia. 0., his headquarters. Since his comple- ’ tion of his regular course of studies prescribed by the order of the Precious Blood fathers, of which he is a men- ; ber, he was selected by the faculty of I the school to take a higher course ■ and was sent to the university of ID. C.. for a two years’ course. He will ■ remain at Carthagenia until fall, the I opening of the new term. His shot! ' visit here was well enjoyed by him, ■ and he hopes to return in the near I future for a longer stay with his ; brother. —— , ■ , '—O' '■ ■ """ WILL ARRIVE FROM KANSAS. Miss Helen Evans will arrive Thursday afternoon over the Clover Leaf from Kansas, where she has been attending the Kansas State Agricultural college, at Manhattan, during the past winter, where she took a domestic science course. She will be accompanied by her grandmother. Mrs. T. E. McLaughlin, of Wichita, who will visit here with her daughter, Mrs. John Evans, of Root township. Miss Irene Evans, a student at Winona Lake, will also be at home for a short visit. Miss Helen is yet undecided whether she will return to Manhattan for a further course this winter. NOTICE, BEET GROWERS! A striped beetle is known to be working in various beet fields and complaints have come to the officials of the cofnpany for relief. They wish to give this information, that whereever the beetle is known to be in the field, it should be cultivated, and then rolled, and this will put a stop to the work of the insect, which will not allow anything to live or get in their damaging work.

WATCH FOR DOGS Several Persons Have Been Bitten by Loose Running Dogs on North Fifth. MADE BLOOD FLOW From Hand of Casper Lang —lmmediate Steps Should be Taken. A dog-biting scare is becoming a general thing in the north part of the city, and especially so on North Fifth street, where four persons are known to have been bitten by a looserunning dog the past two days. The canine seems to be a stranger to all, and is a large gray, hound, spotted, wearing a collar, 'it, with several other dogs, has been lying around on premises near the corner of Fifth and Marshall, and when parties, mostly men folks, chance to pass by, jumps and snaps at them. This morning Casper Lang, while passing with an armful of bundles, was attacked by the animal grabbing and severely biting him on the knuckles, causing the blood to flow freely and it was necessary for him to have the wound given medical attention at once. Coat Cook, another resident of this street, was attacked by the animal, but 't failed to produce any bite when It caught him by the trousers leg. Several other dogs have been killed recently and the city officials should see that an end is put to this work at once before serious trouble is done to others. Neighbors have great fear in allowing children to play about and some action should be taken at once. Two persons were bitten Tuesday, but the injuries not being of a serious nature, nothing was said by them and they went their way. Others have been greatly frightened and the animal is said to have shown signs of approaching madness and promt action should be taken. John Rex, the stock buyer, was also bitten by a dog this morning, at the Henry Hesler farm, where he had gone to look at stock. The dog was cross and flew- at Mr. Rex, biting him near the right ankle, making a wound an inch and a half long. The bite was a bad one, going through the trousers and tearing the lower part of the trousers’ leg nearly off. Mr. Rex came to this city and Dr. Coverdale treated the wound, cauterizing it. ■•■ — o DEGENERACY OUR WATERLOO. Dr. Alexander MacNicholl, forme: surgeon of the New York Red Cross hospital, and the man sent abroad to investigate the subjects of alcoholism and narcotics, in a recent ad dress before the American Medical society, said within fifty years the population of the United States has increased 330 per cent, while the insane and feeble-minded have increased 950 per cent, practically all of which increase is due to the use o alcohol in one form or another and to narcotics. He said further: During the past five years the birth rate in the United States has fallen off thirty-three and one-third per cent. This means the loss of !,- i 000,000 babies a year. Let this degeneracy continue at the same rate for 100 years and there will not be a na-tive-born child five years old in the United States.

A degeneracy so appalling, he declares, will surely destroy this republic. One in every three of school children is mentally deficient, and three out of five are afflicted with some functional or organic disease. So, he says, the great burden of drink is not borne by the drinker, but by the drinker’s children. He shows how this happens—how it poisons the very springs of life. In one institution for the treatment of physical defectives, he says, every patient is the child of drinking parents. This is the appalling revelation of science and statistics. We talk about medical inspection of schools; we had better extend it to homes and confront parents and appeal to them in the name of their children to quit their bad habits and live temperate lives. - • ■ ABOUT THE SAME. Mr. Wagner, the beet sugar man, who was quite painfully injured on Monday when he was struck by an interurban car and thrown against a telephone pole, receiving several broken ribs and a badly bruised shoulder, was not quite so well Tuesday evening, being somewhat restless. Later during the day he appeared brighter and is holding bis own, and it is believed that within a few days he will begin to regain his strength and rest more easily. The many friends of Mr. Wagner are always anxious to learn of his condition.

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A SAD ENDING Was Visit of Mrs. Sylvester Staub Who Came to Attend Wedding. Mrs. Sylvester Staub and children Helen and Bernard, of Bascom. Ohio, who came to attend the SteigmeyerMiller wedding Tuesday, had their visit brought to a sad close today when they received a telegram that Mr. Staub, who had been slightly ill, was worse and asking them to come at once or soon. They left on the 1 o’clock car for their home, fearing much, yet hoping that all would be! well. When they left, Mr. Staub was j slightly ill, with what was thought to be the mumps, but as his condition was not bad, and he urged them to come, they did so. Since they left, however, his illness has taken an un- ’ expected turn, and just how serious ' was not stated in the telegram. —o- — GOOD HOUSE FOR RENT. A seven-room apartment in one of the double houses on Third street, just opposite court house, electric lights, gas, good bath room, etc. inquire of A. D. Suttler, at Old Adams County bank. 122 d ♦ \ r. « ’ “EVERYBODY’S ?' : DOING IT NOW” Doing what? Borrowing mon- ♦ * ey of the FORT WAYNE LOAN ♦ CO., because it’s cheaper than ♦ i borrowing money elsewhere. < * SI.OO a week will repay a loan 4 * of SIO.OO to $35.00. 4 | • ALL OTHER SUMS IN PRO- 4 | * PORTION. ♦ ♦ We loan money on Furniture, 4 * Pianos, Horses, Wagons, Fix- 4 * tures, etc., without removal. We * ■ 4 offer unequaled rates, best j 4 terms, quickest service and ab- ♦ solute privacy. 4 i ♦ If you need money, fill out ♦ I e and mail us this olank and our « > agent will call oi» you. Nam* .. Address; St. and No * Amount Wanted ♦ j* Our agent ir .a Decatur every 4 * Tuesday. ♦ ♦ Reliable Private 4 > H. W»wi Lssn company I ♦ Established 1896. Room 2. Sec- # ♦ ond Floor, 706 Usiho-.n Street # ♦ Home 'Phone, 833 # Fort Wayne. Ind ♦ 444444444 • ♦

SPECIAL SALE Ladies Combination Suits, Corset cover and Skirts Corset cover and Drawers Combined $ .75c Value 50c 1.00 “ 75c 1.50 ‘‘ 1.15 2.50 “ 1.87 These garments are beautifuly trimmed with Lace and Come in and see them. FULLENKAMPS

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