Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1903 — Page 3

3e OUR FftLL LINF. latest Styles ft ND ly’rytliing New Ki./dri Milliqcry Store ‘ ■ h ■fntch for the date of the hand sale. fs L. Giim returned this monito Williams, after attending to' ’ Sitwss matters in this city. ajayme Deininger will go to Fort s«y:ie this evening where she will Sbr.l the millinery opening. ->'s Rosin a and Ada Wittwer, rfc, rue, who have been visiting here, 1 Ant to Winona this morning. Ju and Mrs. Frank Sievers who JL-, been visiting Mrs. G. Stevenson ent to Fort Wayne this morning Phillips went to Springfield, last light, where he has accepted a ■i' 3n in one of the leading restauB" '■Ml -ises Lizzie Adams and Mary Hbijt'.er, after a pleasant visit here for gßerii deys, returned this morning t®’i.>rt Wayne. Effie Tagney, who has been the guest of friends and relatives here fir several days, returned this after jlru to Chicago. Quinn. R. B. Allison and R. M Allison have returned from a two &iks fishing trip. They report a (■cessful outing. O. Diehl and wife and Miss l&b’l McLaughlin who have been (ting here with .1. B. Christ reled this morning to Elkhurt. ev. J. C. White returned from qfcr'erly meeting < n the Monroe(jen' va circuit for Presiding Elder Bai el. suit on account in Esq, Wordei: court, which was to have been ■k last Monday, was postponed. Th- lefendant in the case made par th; payment, and in all probability it will be settled out of court. K ,— —-

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I ‘IMWKnjiW »te IwWfrJiM®" jgfofoinon £ros.& Cpmppit. 1900. The Day of Judgment For a suit of Clothes is the first day a man puts them on and meets his friends. Critical eyes will examine the cut, the fit and the fabric. 'J 1 T®H :1 iWh Our Suits have passed muster they are perfect in every detail, and Zyy '■; ’’ • f\X the l>est dressers prononnce them so. mw/fj WS ■ i»/ n pll a i-k-ift. on men's heads to make them look handttS/Jlti fja 11 W(> I 111 •»<J I somer. Come and let us try our skill on MH you. We have just received a complete line of all the latest shapes. //fit US 111 styles and colors, at prices that will please you. f/jV rrluJ/lJk I til C ry.j Rrnlorl Shirts we defy competition. Come « I Ol Ov| i kJUIIKvI and see them. It costs nothing to 1 look. See them in the window. I I P// TRUNKS AND SUIT CASES I WMIMm at prices so reasonable that you cannot afford to be without them. j \IH ACKER, ELZEY & VANCE ’ Two Doors North Postoffiee. East of Court House Hag *

Lome and buy our handkerchiefs. Ladies of the Presbyterian church. Oliver Johnson went to Russiaville, his morning, to visit with his mother. : Mrs. Mattie Wagner went to Elwood, this morning, for a visit with relatives. Mrs. J. Fred France, of Huntington is visiting today with Mrs. Heri man Conter, of this city. ' Paul Beardsley will go to Winona j Lake tomorrow, where he expects to j ■ enter a school of electrical engineer-| ing. Mrs. Ada Barnett, who has been ' : visiting here for several weeks, return- ' | ed this morning to her home at Madi-1 j son, 111. Charles Voglewede returned last ■ evening from a trip through the east, where he has been buying his fall line of shoes. B. J. Knapke and wife, Mrs. J. B. Meibers and daughter, visited at Celina and took in the Mercer county j : fair, yesterday. \\ illiatn Johnson, a teacher in Preble township, was awarded the suit case by Gus Rosenthal as being the most prominent teacher. The Boston store front was trimmed today, and it is certainly a beauty. The large windows give ample ’ j room for display and the goods with- | in are very tastefully arranged. Dan Niblick leaves for Cleveland,. New York and the east tomorrow, j He will buy the fall line of cloaks and ‘ dress goods, and look up the latest | styles in silk. He will be gone several weeks. W. H. Niblick and wife will leave for Toledo tomorrow , where they will join a party who are going to attend ; the Box-makers Association at Boston. They have chartered a special car at ; Toledo, and the party expects to j spend several weeks in the East. Carrie Nation and her hubby have "kissed and made up” and once I there is peace among the Nations. This might imply that "there are 1 I others" who might “go and do like- j wise” who have been engaged in I the "hateh-it” business. i E. Burt Lenhart is having bis residence property on the corner of Eleventh and Madison streets repainted. West Madison street is one of Decatur’s most improved and desirable residence streets. The properties are ! nearly all kept up in a neat and attractive style.

I No Fire! No Smoke! No Water! ] ■ BUT A. TFIEMEIVDOUH ■ I Slaughter Sacrifice Sale j ■ is the great attraction at our store DURING AUGUST. Prices will be cut in two, but the same j ■ GOOD QUALITY offered. Hurry! Come now! Don’t delay! ■ I WINNES SHOE STORE J

Miss Mary Close will leave for | Toledo to attend a millinery opening next week. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will hold a handkerchief sale in the near future. fs Misses Agnes and Bessie Schrock went to Upland, this morning, where they will visit Rev. G. H. Myers and family. Mrs. M. Rohr and daughter, Mamie, who have been visiting relaI lives here, returned to Van Wert this ■ morning. The services at the M. E. church tomorrow will be in charge of the Rev. H. H. Hocker, of Taylor Univer- ■ sity, Upland, Ind. Mrs. Will Archbold and children j returned from Fort Wayne this morning, where they have been visiting for the past few days. Sam Kelley, formerly of this city,; was in town last evening and this morning, being on hie way to Berne, where he will visit with his parents. After a pleasant visit in this city with friends and relatives, Miss May Fitzgerald returned last evening to her home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. A. Cottrell, who has been visiting in this city with her sisters. Mesdames A. Artman and Isaac Weaver, returned to her home in Briant today. Acker, Elzey A Vance have placet! | a new triple shelf case in their store. The case has a single' I plate glass top, and displays their ; fine line to good effect. About twenty-five teacheis, who have been attending the institute, went south on the G. R. A I. railroad this morning to their homes at Mon I roe, Berne, Geneva and Linn Grove. Up to date the Rosenthal's base ball club has a standing of .583. | Seven games have been won and five were given to their opponents. Os the total number of games, four were I played abroad and eight at home. Mrs. Jesse Williams entertained a number of her friends yesterday. Those present were. Mrs. John Smith and daughter, of Bluffton: Mrs. W. E. Butler and daughters, Mrs. J. B. Roop and son, Mrs. B. F. Butler and I; family.

John Moran and wife and James Haefling and wife will drive to Berne tomorrow for dinner. Mrs. William Gleyd and daughter, Mrs. Work, of Terre Haute, are visiting with A. J. Smith and family. Mesdames C. E. Neptune and Sylvester Spangler, of this city, and Ira Neptune, of Willshire, came in this afternoon from Larwell, Ind., where they have been taking treatment at a sanitarium. The south bound G. R. A I. train was over-crowded today and many people were obliged to stand up. An extra coach was put on at Ft. Wayne | but still there were not seats for all the passengers. The board of commissioners were j happy today over the report to them that three macadam roads were now ■; completed. They are the Decatur and Monroe. Pleasant Valley and Oak j Grove, and the west Jefferson roads. Mrs. J. C. Patterson and sons I Bruce and Fred went to Winchester today where they will attend the annual Irvin family reunion. I Miss Marie Patterson is at present at ( Winchester and Mr. Patterson will go tonight. The entrance examination of the High schcol was held today at the .Central school building under the direction of Professor <'. E. Hocker. : The six following applicants passed ' the examination. Misses Emma Huff man, Ethel Pillars, Irene Schirmeyer. Maude Russell and Cal Robison. Prof. Neet left last evening for VaiI paraiso. He told a Democrat reporter the institute here was one of the most pleasant he had ever attended, and in fifteen years of institute work I have never seen such excellent and accurate account as your paper has given, I wish to commend heartily the superintendent and your honest, faithful teachers.” It was rejiorted on the streets : this morning that Tom Railing the ' Decatur base ball player who has j been pitching with a Dallas team of the Texas League, had returned lust night but it was fa Ist*. Tom does I not finish the season work until the last of next week and he will not Ibe home Ix-fore that time. He will come directly however ami we ma}' ex]x‘ct him along about Septi. A dispatch from Washington which says that the Agricultural j Department estimates that damage to the apple crop amounting to 110,000,000 will be done this season by "bitter rot,” announces that I "the spore which does the damage has l>een discovered, but in order ; to eradicate it it will lie necessary in many cases to eradieutt th. orch i ards and the ground on which they grow.” Prof. Coz.ine of Northwestern Uni I versify, who has Ix-en attending institute left for Chicago this morning. He has been delighted with institute here and soexpressed him ' self but took time to whisper in the ears of a Democrat reporter a few ; sweet words of praise for our "tin-1 surpassed newspuja-r service." He ' | said this was the Ix-st institute he ■ | ever attended, and thought Indiana i institutes were fur ahead of < >hio. | Out in Kansas where they are frequently visited by heavy storms, the pajx'rs are telling all kinds of, storm stories. The following are i only a few of the many told daily: "One fi-llow unhitched from his I plow in the field and scooted. The 1 wind took that plow and turned it around and around in a widening i circle until the whole field was near | |y plowed up. Another was a knot 1 hole in the bin, and the wind suck(•d every cob in the place through I the knot hole leaving the corn neat ly shelled within.

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