Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1903 — Page 3

John St*ntoburn* r made a bush ness trip to Bluffton last evening. Mi- Anna Mentzer will be the, gueist of friends at Bluffton over Sund.v. Hfr-. I.evi Hawk left this morning for a week's visit with relatives at Montpelier. ■. Jfis- 1 dadys Holmes, after visiting iqßtis city, returned to her home at Bern* today. J(is- Grace Tippey went to Marion last [evening, where she is visiting with friends. Mes> nnes Will ami Harry Cordua and Alf Graham are visiting with Mrs. at Monroe. John Peterson went to Fort Wayne last night, where he will transact some inlprtant business. Amelia Shraenke went to Bltifft i: this morning for an extend ed visit with relatives. ’.iCha: es Merrvman. Frank t imer and Fred Parr were among the Bluff ton Visitors here last evening. . ’Mr- Hll' - n Dailey and son. tieraid. came liver from Bluffton last evening. Mrs! Dailey returned today. . Mr- Ross stone who has been vijWin-' m this *'ity with relatves E retw il to her home i*t Muncie to da* ■tasses Emma Terveer ami Mae Holt I ise were visiting yesterday with M ss Bernadina Violand at Fort wKne Mr Bate Wise returned to her boon at I nion City, today, after visit ing in this city with John Cothe and family. Berne council passed the Other evening on s >nd reading the fran •kise t'oi the S'. electric light plant. Mr Frank C wlev.md daughter cam* in from Columbia Citv this aft fTDO* u. where they have been visiting with relatives. Hm'ry Darnel, of Chicago, formerly owner of the Decatur Journal, was here last evening visiting his sister. Mrs. C. C. Schafer. Mi-- Tillie I'ru. iite. of I t. Wayne, ntur il to her home last evening, after visiting in this city with Mr. and Mrs. John Harmon. Key Holmes, of Portland jis here fookii . after business interests. Mrs. Hdm- who accompanied him. went on through to Winona Lake. • The rain which we are hoping for just missed us yesterday. It fell east of here in torrents and people around Van Wert are rejoicing. A Ma-sachusetts past, .r Ini' ir.'l reSignee liecause the church wouldn't raise his salary above twelve dollars aweeio which help some in explain ing why there are so many more bank clerks than theological students nPerhaps the busiest people in this city now are the coal earner' There is an almost continual procession of WUgon load' of coal being carried to the different factories, 'tores, and private residences. This is the first year that coal has been used here extensively, but ear loads of this fuel may be seen at any time path* side track of the various railroad'

“WloftjiWßteWfKj™” tyW"*' SrOS.& CpttipPtf. >9OO. ‘ ( ________________ I— ' — ' — ■ ' tThe Day of Judgment For a suit of Clothes is the first day a man puts them on and meets bis friends. Critical eyes will examine the cut, the fit and the fabric. Our Suits have passed muster they are perfect in every detail, and the best dressers pronounce them so. «./ p|.i f+a+c on men’s heads to make them look bandW C I UT 11 OI o somer. Come and let us try our skill on you. We have just received a complete line of all the latest shajies. styles and colors, at prices that will please you. P Shirts we defy competition. Come I 01 001 I kJOIIIjU and see them. It costs nothing to look. See them in the window. TRUNKS AND SUIT CASES at prices so reasonable that you cannot afford to be without them. ACKER, ELZEY & VANCE Two Doors North I’ostoffice. East of Court House

Chas. Sether made Bluffton today on his business trip west. A child of C. A. Smith is quite sick today with bronchitis. Mrs. Ellen Dailey and son of Bluffton are viisting relatives in the city. Richard Short, living on Marsha] J street is quite sick with heart trouble. J. <’. Augsherger of French township, was looking after business here today. Mrs Sells of near Monroe visited in this city today with L. Graham and family. Miss Gertrude Rugg went to Fort Wayne this morning for a viist with friends. M iss Inez Coverdale returned this noon from an extended visit with friends at Bluffton. Mrs. Chas. D. Murray left this morning for a short visit with rela-1 fives at Hillsdale, 0. Mrs. M. S. Venus, went to Craigville this morning to visit several days with relatives. Noah Weber who has been here buying and selling horses returned this morning to Fort Wayne. E. M. Davis, traveling freight agent for the Clover Leaf, was a business visitor here this morning. Miss Lilie Nidlinger went to Fort Wayne this morning where she will visit for several days with friends and relatives. Mrs. J. P. Cole of Warren who has been visiting here with Frank Dibble and family went to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. W. H. Nachtrieb and sister! E. B. Cook of Brilliant, ()., left j this morning for an extended visit ■ at Columbia City and Winona Luke. Mrs. M. E. Ware and Mrs. Fry-1 back, of Warren, left for Battle | Creek, Michigan, last evening after visiting in this city n short time with F. A. Dibble and family. The excursion train to Toledo this j morning carried twelve well filled ( coaches. Seventy tickets were sold from here, Jand the Methodist ladies who will doubtless realize a i neat sum. Frank McConnel, a traveling representative of the Milwaukee Harvesting Machine Company left for i Auburn last evening. From there : he will make a trip through southern Michigan. The Daily Democrat’s special ser I vice kept the public well posted on the yacht race. Bulletins were jxisted every few minutes and a comparison with later reports guar antees their accuracy. Misses Clara and Marie Boknecht. I Agnes Rademacher, Marie Tonnelier, Bertha Knapp, Florence Sprun ger and Edith Relfe went to Fort Wayne last night where they will be the guest of Miss Rolfe. . J Dick Dalton the well known Erie section boss has resigned his position and on October 1 will go into ■ th* 1 Erie train service. He will be- . gin work on the road as brakeman ’ and expects to work himself up to 1 a conductorship. Dick has many * friends since his stay in this city I who feel confident of his success.

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

Mrs. P. J. Kinney. Charles and Celia are visiting friends in Toledo ■ this week. Miss Mattie Kelly went to Hoag- > 1 land this morning for a weeks visit with relatives. D. H. Hunsicker and E. A. Mann were among the business visitors at Fort Wayne today. Mrs. A. W. Peterson, went to! [ Fort Wayne this morning where she j will attend the millinery openings.] Miss Nellie Snellen went to Fort I Wayne this morning where she | will visit with friends for several! ! days. Mrs. M. Beam was among the pasj sengers to Fort Wayne this morning. She will visit there for sev- : oral days. Mrs. E. A. Allen returned this ] ■ morning from Winona Lake where she has been enjoying a two weeks outing. Mrs. Page Blackburn went to I Fort Wayne this morning to attend ! the funeral of the infant child of Alvan Raines. Mrs. Alvena Bohnke and Mrs. J. A. Peoples of near this city, left for ! Fort Wayne last evening to attend I the funeral of Fred Manlier, a rela- ; tive of theirs. I The August Section of the Ladies i Aid Society will hold a regular ! ! meeting Friday afternoon at the ■home of Mrs. Hiram Gregg on | Fifth street. All are cordially in- | vited to attend. , Anyone wishing Stoddard lectures can get them at the Park j Hotel. The agents are absent but ! your order will receive the same treatment as it would were the agents themselves taking the order. Dr. Keller is making some noticeI able improvements to his Fourth street residence, which when completed will add materially to the appearance and comfort of that al-, ( ready cozy home. Harry O. Grove of Geneva, reprei senting the Great Northern Indiana i fair, of Decatur, was in the city ' \ Tuesday, enroute to Greenville looking after the interests of the fair.— 1 Portland Commercial-Review.

John Coats is attending a reunion of Company E, 99th Ohio, which ! meets near Delphos. This is the company John was with when he saved the union, and the survivors will no doubt enjoy a day in re- ’ viewing the history of that event. One of the most fashionable physicians of Paris has even gone so far as to write a few warning lines in ! the Echo de Paris. ‘‘Love your dogs," he says, “but do not kiss them. I recently treated several ladies who had contracted skin diseases of a serious nature by kissing I dogs.” The funeral of Fred Manlier, a teamster who died Monday is held at Fort Wayne today. He was i well known here and had a number !of relatives in this county. Among i those who went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend his funeral were Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bohnke, Mr. anil Mrs. Fred Bohnke, Mr. and Mrs. E. Wilder, and Mr. and Mrs. John ’ Peoples. Chris Boknecht and his automobile bumped into the entrance building at Steele’s park yesterday afternoon. The machine was the only thing that suffered unless it was Chris’s feelings. Just as he was turning into the park the machine hit a stone and the guiding handle was jerked from his hand. The auto then hit the building and the front axle was quit* 1 badly bent. The state board of tax review will not change the assessments of Wells county property for the reason that it was assessed property by the local board of review. John C Wingate, a member of the board, visited the board of review when !it was in session here and informed the members that Wells county land I had been assessed at about the right figure and would not have to be changed. Farm land is rated at 12.3 an acre and land improvements |3O an acre.—Bluffton News. The Aeolian and Columbian < Hubs will give an “Old Time Dance" at the Columbian club rooms next I Friday evening. This kind * f dance which has lately been inaugurated by the two clubs has proved very popular and a very large crowd no doubt will be in attend- ! ance. Music will be furnished by ! the Rag Time Orchestra of the Ae-1 olian Club and for that reason is as-1 sured to lie first class. Admission ! twenty five cents. Refreshments I will lie on hands during the even- i i >ng. The Iron Age has made a careful estimate of the earningsof the Indiana interurlian lines and places the amounts for the year ending June 30 at ♦',000,000. The operat- ■ ing expenses figured at 14,000,000,1 leaving 13,000,000 net earnings for the thirty four lines that are includ- 1 ,ed in the ealculatoin. The Iron Age also thinks that the interurbans have add***! greatly to the valuation !of property, and that to the inter- ■ urlians is largely due the |lO 000,000 increase in.the assessment of In | diana property this year. The management of the Grand J opera house at Indianapolis has an nounced its intention of advertising in ]<apers of nearby towns and thus accommodate jaitrons from these places. Visitors can so arrange their trips ts to include a favorite play. Merely as a suggestion we call Manager Bosse’s attention to this, and venture to inform him that Bluffton is reported to lie a I thriving little village sixteen miles | west on the Clover Leaf. But there, we forgot, Bluffton is to have a new opera house; yet anyhow, we I would suggest’till then, ’till theh.

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