Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1904 — Page 5

I* 4 NowTr is i r p to \ ()i j E must admit that our purcTr- e cf w ■ I oik. Therefore wo quote yoxi the f ' °°^ S * S LARGE. We MUST and WILL dispose of them if PRICES will do the Is the stock is all new. No last eollowlll K L OW PRICES. We have the most complete line of HOLIDAY COODS in Decatur r — — ~ a>rs good 3 h ?e. This is a great opportunity to secure CHRISTMAS GIFTS at unusally low prices I - —F=R|o es tal_k- ...» To7B - P» u ‘- Bolls. Dolls Obalrs. ■ ■. t ,. v 8c 24 dressed dolls, former price 19c .. . ■ ~ :>c “ 19c now 10c All 25c kid body dolls 19c All 23c and 33c china dolls go at 19c All 38c chairs at 84c I ..62c 49c •* . 20 dressed dolls, which sold for 25c All 33c “ “ 23c All 10c and 15c china dolls goat 8c All $1.23 chairs at 89c I 790 “ 98c “ ”■■■■■ now 19 C All 38c “ “ 28c All 5c dollsgo at _ 4c All 81.48 chairs at 99c E-—— . ■’ dressed dolls, the kind we sold at All 49c “ “ 39c ____________________________ All Sl.39chairs at ■ p-n "Pins P* « ZT "rr j Cc ncw 4lc All 63c “ “ 49c irx n tt 1 All $1.73 chair 3at ... $1,28 ■ C ’ VJcUjQGS & Blocks ’ dreßS, ' d dolls form °dy i>4c now 44c All 73c “ “ .... 56c JJOII rIOSUIS. All $1.79 chairs at ...81,33 ■ pins 19c I • All 63c dressed dolls 48c All 83c “ “ 60c ’ All $1.98 chairs at $142 ■“ 39c .. gaines and blocks 8c “ 98c “ 77c All 98c .< .. 77c All 5c heads at 4c All $2.19 chairs at __ _51.79 79c “ 19c W. 23 “ 89c AH $123“ “ All 10c heads at 7 « All $2.63 chairs at .... $1.91 ■ — 33(5 “ 24c “« U 8 “ 99c All $148“ “ All 13c heads at 8c — — ™ fcnnlra “ 38c “ 15c rag dolls 10c All $1.73“ “ $1 lie A H 15c hetM * 9 ak lOc txOCartS. II 8 11. 2;>erag “ 19c 1 A1i52.48“ “ 81.71 ct T All 63ccarts at H He- , “ 10c wool “ Sc All 33c bends at 22c All 98c carts at _74e J 14c TA — — — All 38c heads at 24c All $1.23 carts at 99c E ■’« Drums. Toy Dishes. Tool Guests. — aS»ISSSS— till I, •»««>•***- * a , Pianos. ■-till *2 47c « 49c .. 25c 19c 49c “ 41c All 25c pianos :.__l9c — I : ’..‘69c “ 98e “ ± “ 48c & 54e toy dishes 39c 98e “ 83c All 74c pianos 62c A llloc horns ’ 8o _ ,c “ c ’- 1 -23 .... 99c All 98c pianos 79c All 25e horns 19c ■ just another case where "ECONOMY MEANS SAVING,” Remember THAT THESE GOODS ARE ALL NEW. Trouble is we ■ OMUCH m this line. VJe are still giving tickets on the Doll. You are entitled ta one, just ask for it You will find all goods ■in plain figures as usual No goods exchanged during this sale Prices on all Holiday goods have been reduced ItD IN LOW PRICES the ECONOMY

II T ME TABLES nft RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY ■ 25, 1904—Now ill Etfetl Sun ■ Daily Ex Sun Ex Sun Ex S otiix ■I ' • I,- Pfll ml ;■ *■>is •' 2:13 -55 >:• 3:40 “ 9:42 •' 34" slut per to Cincinnati. 1 u train -par a lorffl Trains arrive from south at 1 < > a in. ' ( ‘ a *h’ and : 7 P 111 •Kx Sundax. I Daily Daily to Ex Sun Gd Rapids J ** 2:20 " SSO 4.20 | City 1 jspm w tn sleeping car to Grand Rapids and Dity. 7:59 a. tn train parlor car t | and Mackinaw City 317 p m 1 lor car to Grand Rapids sleeping car v City. Trains arrive from north at : , 14 a. m. 1:16 p. ni. 7:51 pm. Age. C. L. Lockwood. G. p A ! Gr Rapids. Mich. K CLOVER LEAF. In effect June 26,1904 BAST. MM m«rci*lTr Mell, daily, exd Dey Kxprtee, daily. I BOSS-Local Freight. lu Ola 1 WEST 'ey Express. dailv ... . ..Silfian Mall, dally, eicept Sunday .li:10a ni Commercial Traveler, dally ..-Up tr. Local Freight 12 01 p n ■ NEW ERIE TIME TABLE. M EAST BOUND SI 10 . 9.40 p. m. ; m j 6:5* a. in. Mi WEST BOl'M) No, II a in, 1 ... 5:56 p ni. ] f Lake trie <x Western 9 Time card from Bluffton Ind. H SOUTHBOUND No. I—Dally excpt Sunday 7:lsam Daily evep, Sunday I »' It— Daily except Sunday ' 141 rune through to Indianapolis without i Ige, arriving 10:30 a in i. I-’ leaves Indianopoll) at TtOea m Runs ugh without change, arriving at Blufflon ■ am ,41 and 42 run via Muncie ,t Illg 4 route : Don't Look I s> y ) I T.fk V / Fristce’s Siaak? I'.us? Wintfw. (Somethin’ Doin i Christmas Eve- ... ....... Popkins nrt Wane lus t eveniug A U GHugo v went t > I slit ’ip ' ollathis morning to vi-it for a few kinl with irieml Minn'e Orvis went t > I" ■ iVt u<) la t even n' t > vis 1 i feil days with relatives. ■r. and Mrs. W. 11. Niblick I 1 lasi evening for Cno igo, whor the) will remain several days visit liMwith filends. M :: ■• Midge Smith returned Inst oveping from Cincinnati. Ohio, white she was atten ling the Con of Music. She will spend fhelliulidays with her parents. <

frank Cloud made a visit nt Kal- ’ ainazoo last evening. Sam Kuntz, of Berne, was a business caller here today. C. C. Schafer made a business trip to Fort Wayne last evening. D. B. Crabill made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Henry Peters made a business ■ trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Litnenstall, of Kendalville, is in our city a guest of her parents. Harvey Harruff returned last I evening froma business trip at i Monroe. Alex Beall, of Willshire, passed through our city today enroute to Gas City. Mrs. Henry Zwick returned to Williams last evening. She was shopping here. Rev. Brown arrived today from i Auburn preparatory to holiday services at the Christian church. Mrs. Lucinda Burrell is on the I sick list, and in a very serious con- I dition, suffering from dropsy. Mrs. El Moses and daughter,] I Gertrude, went to Fort Wayne last i evening to make a short visit with > I relatives. W H. Hess arrived today from i Columbia City and will assist in I holding revival services at the Union chapel church. | Found—A pocketbook containing I a small amount of money. Owner. [ may have same by calling at the Woston Store and properlv identi- ' fying the same. lss Gioseting arrived today from Fort Wayne, ami is the guest lof Miss Josephine Niblick. She' I will sing this evening before the: i Eaterpoan chin. ‘ O ( >-sie Beery returned la t ■evening from <’incinnati. where she was attending ths Conservatory of ■ Mnsio. rid will visit during the holidays with her parents. James McKean, of Bnweston, I Ohio iml Joy McKean, of Seattle, W i«hi‘ i, a" ■ in the city, the .rnpafij of Survovor McKean, John McK- in. D. D. Heller and other ' P t r Miller anil son went to Fort Ws> •■> this m ruing, where they «i'l vi-it with Mr. and Mrs. 5>..,.. mv Mill «r b •!' ire returning to their ho-nmit \drian. Mi h. While here th-V were the guests o' Nick Mil 1 <r, his brother. A medical meeting of the doctors] o : Geneve was held ’it Ur. Mattax s oftloe Friday evening for the pirpmo of organizing a protective : association against dead boats, ami . to make some revision in the tee hill. ’l’h< re will be another meet ing on Thursday, Hen. There present were, Doctors Mattax, Ford, Aspy, Brayton, Swarts and ColllM —Geneva Herald.

Frank Okligus made a business trip to Berne today. Joe Hooker, of Monroe, was a business cal lei here today. Earl B. Adams made a visit at Indianapolis this morning. Dick Townsend made a business trip to Fort Wayne last evening. Emil Franz, of Berne, was attending to legal business here today. Isaac Robison made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. El Ricearrived last evening from Berne and is a guest of his parents. Asa Engle and E. Mann made a business trip to Hoagland this morning. Mrs. Francis Gause went to Willshire today to make a short visit with friends. Miss Johnson returned last even ing from Geneva, where she was visiting her sister. Mrs. Gehring of Huntington, ar-! rived today, and is the guest of her sister. Miss Pear! Breiner. Mr. and Mrs. Mann Woods went | ] to Warsaw this morning to visit for a few days with Mrs. Hugh Woods. Mrs. Dick Townsend left this morning for Indianapolis, where she will visit for a week with friends. Mrs. M. J. Taylor and Mrs. A. B. Taylor, of Sohumm, Ohio, passed tiirough our city today enroute to ' Camden, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Hively arrived this morning from CincinInati uh ire thev were married yesterday, and are at h ime on First street. Very low rates via the Clover 1 i Leaf to Toledo and return. Tickets good 15 days and good 7 days, on 1 sale daily at extremely low rates. See nearest agent. G. W Pyle wires from Enrol a Springs. Arkansss, th it they to I rived having the finest kind of ■ ve it he- and that the dey on which the letter was written was a typi -al October day, .ns it would be heie. '—Genova Herald. The Looping the Loop ootnp iny arrivi <i today at 1:10 over the Erie railroad from Anderson making nnecti e s with the Clover Leaf nt BhifTton and being forced to go so <iiiesl-mil to e- r to this city, in | time to show. The c itnpany is a g iod one and will no doubt please , t ie ptib'tc in genera l .' Willie Winnes, who works nt the laundry, has written a tetter to Santa Claus, and handed it to us to ■ pit lish this morning, wl ieh is ns ] 01. Dear Santa Claus. 1 have been a very good boy this year and , would like a little ironing board, a | little tub and some Santa Claus soup. Don't forget where 1 live. Will ie Winnes.”

C. C. Stuckey, of Berne, was a business caller here today. Bud Brokaw made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. J. W. Bucks, of South Bend, was a business caller here today. John S. Bowers made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. James W. Place is attending to business at Fort Wayne today. Charles H. Ross made a business I trip to Fort Wayne last evening. Julius Houck returned last evening from a business trip rt Berne. Louis Yager arrived last evening from Toledo, Ohio, and is a guest of his sister. Rev. E. A. Allen went to Indian ' apolis today to make a short visit ! with his son. Mrs. Smitley returned to Berne today. She was a witness here in the Collins’ case. Miss Dolly August returned to I Willshire today White here she was a guest of her uncle. Mrs. J. H. Zaure returned to i Greentown today. While here she was visiting with relatives. Miss Gusta Cramer returned la-t 'evening from Cincinnati, wheie she was visiting with relatives. Mrs. Barney Wisemantle and ; children returned to Van Buren today. While here they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gass. Skating is now good on the river, and all nearby creeks and ponds, and the skaters are making good use of their time and enjoying the | sport. Editor Hofer, of the Van Wert ] Times, spent several pleasant hours in the city today, he being enroute to Chicago. Mr. Hofer rightly bears the disinction of being one of the most clever newspaper men of this whole section of newspaperdom. The steam heating pl int at the] resilience of Curley Rilanmcher was given a thorough test yest<r'il'iy, the weahei being z ro, with I one pound and a half of . torn the Irr -idoticn show I seventy eight ; degrees nt six o'clock. Mr. R ida , maohet is well please 1 with t o plant, which was put in by H) ' ■ i i P istnt inter Sharpe receive i a letter y< -‘erilay from Cale 1 ' I' ' asking him to assist in rai.-mg money for his defense against, the o'urge of the ninrrler of Governor ■ Goebel, of Kentucky. He has boon ' tried five times in circuit cuuri - and each time the court of appeals I has set aside the trial and now he i ]isto be tiled for the sixth time. I I He makes a strong iqip ial for funds. 1 declares his innonmvw ind charges ] conspiracy to convict him mi the part of oflloials and courts —Bluff ton Nows.

Dee Lewton made a business trip to Bluffton today. A. J. Smith is attending to timber business at Marion today. Mrs. Clara Harshman returned to Willshire today. While here she was a guest of friends. Dee DeVinney returned this morning from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was visiting his brother. Cal Milter is home from a two days’ business trip to Marion, Anderson and Alexandria. The K. of P. lodge will meet at their hall tonight, first degree work to be conferred. The members are requested to be present. F. M. Schirmeyer, who has been in Chicago, attending a three days' meeting of the Indianapolis tele- | phone companies, is expected home ; tonight. The holiday rush on all railroads ! I his just commenced, and all daily ■ trains are now crowded with people : going home to spend Christmas. The express traffic is also becoming I heavy. Miss Irene Schirmeyer arrived home this evening from Oxford, Ohio, college for her holiday vaoa- ] tion, whicn last for two weeks. ] 1 Her school work is congenial and I she is making great, progress in the course of study as laid down by this great institution of learning. Agent Tom Miller this morning received official notice for the first time that P. H. Honlahan had been appointed general superintendent of | the Clover Leaf, succeeding Robert I Williams, who resigned some time ago. Mrs. Honlahan will have ! charge of the transportation and : road departments.

Cold Weather Necessities Prices Remarkably Low For Frin eh flannel waists, big variety ! For ladies w; i is. m ■ cy <a p.ilh r: "LSU and values. | alohaiis and Se. ei ;.i, ' jmn. . 69c worth 75c. • 51.50 value ~$L93 25s For Indies'skirts in woolen Weltons F r infant's shoes h diT s le, pat and Kerseys, worth 53.50. ent tip, 10c value. Ladies’ Trimmed and Street Hats at Your Own Price THE SOUTH END BARGAIN STORE Next to Moser’s Gallery

IWE WILL SELL PIANOS, ORGANS ] and Shast Music! AT COST Until January Ist, 1905 W. E. SMITH & Company. Candy! Candy! Largest stock of Candy, Nuts, Oranges, Tree ! Oanaments and Christmas Trees in the city at RESTAURANT Special Rates for School Teachers and Church Committees. I I—— Call and See Our Line and Save Money.