Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 December 1908 — Page 4

g FURS FURS I I FURS WANTED! I At Extreme High Prices | We are here to do business and want to do = Hl business direct with the trappers.^ If you have a E 3 bunch of furs, don't sell until you read my prices. B 3 E g Muskrats, 18c to 27c Skunk, No. 1 $1.50 to $1.60 = Mink (small) .. $2.00 “ No. 2 SI.OO = 3 " (medium).. 3.00 “ No. 3 50c = (large) $4 to $5 “ No. 4 30c f S On Good Bunches of Furs I Will Pay Your Car Fare EE I W. B. APPLE I Opposite State Bank WALKERTON. INDIANA B 1 'MnnnnnnnnM^

£l)e JndtpenHent. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY INDEPENDENT BLOCK, WALKERTON, INDIANA. W. A, Exwmy, - Editor and Publisher. ADVANCE. TBLBPHONE NO. 28. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1908. Veal calves bought at highest market prices. If you have any to sell let me know at once. W. D. McDaniel. See Russell’s O omedy company at the opera house Saturday evening, December 5. A company of good artists. Mrs. J. F. Jolly of South Bend was called here Saturday by the death of Charles Lampson, remaining here until Wednesday. December has put a few kinks in the we (.her already, the thermometer registering eight degrees above zero Wednesday morning. Go to the show at Hudelmyer’s opera house Saturday evening, December 5. Fun for everybody. Prices 20 and 30 cents. Reserved seats 10 cents extra. It is said that a special local train (freight) was run over the G. R. &I. road out of Ft. Wayne Thursday to distribute beer to the “dry” towns along the line adjacent to the road. It required seventeen cases to supply Pierceton alone.—Nappanee News. Fred P Clark has decided to rem ain Jn Walkerton indefln ely and will occunv the^Suth^om of his present lo««®|eral merchan- |

be used for affiCT purposes. James Murdock, at one time warden of the Northern prison at Michigan City, and a financier and interurban railway man of note, died at his home in Lafayette a few days ago. He was a successful business man who bore a high reputation for integrity and generosity. He was heid in high esteem throughout the state.

> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxz FRED P. CLARK 1 5 Q W HAV E decided to remain in Q O E Walkerton indefinitely and will Q C continue business at the old lo- rS O cation, opposite the Independent Q Q block. I will occupy the south room Q with a good stock of A x Dry Goods, Groceries, X o Ladies’ Shoes and J > Chinaware & Q New and seasonable goods in stock. Q X Prices Low a.s Usual X I « I FRED P. CLARK I : xx wooooooooooooooocxxxxk

$85,000 JEWELRY STOCK TO BE SOLD An enormous stock. Two floors —Michigan to Washington Street—just full of new Jewelry, Silverware, Leather G as, atuary, Lamps, Arts and Crafts, Stoner Hand-painted China and European Novellies. A visif to our store will explain why vou should spend vara' Cd money he a Set of six Solid Silver Gorham Tea Spoons, $2.98: in a case. Elgin, Waltham. South Bend L - etches . - ear < uses. $12.50. 2000 patterns of Solid Gold Rings much less than regular prices. Diamond Set, Signet. P Hurry Before The Rush CALVIN K. CLAUER IOS South Muiugs^Street^ j N dianA |

Methodist Church Fair. The Ladies’ Aid of the church will hold their fifth annual fair December 9, 10 and 11 in the basement of the church. There will be on sale fancy goods, handkerchiefs, aprons and children’s ready made clothing. On Wednesday evening the young peo pie of the church will serve refreshments on the European plan, as follows: Blue Points Pickles and Wafers Chicken Rolls Pickles and Coffee Cocoa and Angel Food Cake New York Belle and Maple Fingers Pineapple Sunday Ice Cream Cones Home Made Candy The orchestra will be in attendance and furnish music during the evening. Thursday there will be served a six o’clock dinner. Menu Boiled Ham Chicken Patties Mashed Potatoes, Gravy Cabbage Salad Lettuce Celery Pickles Rolls Jelly Pineapple Tapioca with Whipped Cream Cake Tea Coffee On Friday dinner will be served at 12 o’clock and luncheon at 6 o'clock, Mbnu for Dinner Chicken and Noodles Sweet Potatoes Mashed Potatoes, Gravy Slaw Celery Pickles Jelly Bread Butter Cherry Pie Mince Pie Cheese Tea Coffee Menu for Luncheon Potato Cakes with Chicken Balls Baked Beans Pickled Patte de Cochon Brown Br^ad _ __ । Pickles j e u y '

£^^^||p^orted Cake - Coffee - Price for dinners 25 cents; luncheon ; 15 cents. All that have made articles for the fair are requested to bring them to the church Wednesday morning. Sid Ewing, barber, one door west of Hotel Starr. Revolving chairs, compressed air and other modern conveniences and appliances used in the barber’s art.

' l INEWS letters! ° Items of Interest From Our Able ° o Corps of Correspondents. o O o COUNTY LINE. — Wesley Dare and family have moved on to the Fuller farm recently vacated by Obe Mitchell. Tillman Snyder and wife entertained Saturday and Sunday recently, Mr. and Mrs. Jim McCormick and daughter Marie of Hamlet, and Mr. and Mrs Obe Mitchell and eon Dwight. D. R. Kellogg, wife and daughter, spent Sunday with the former’s brother, Albin Kellogg, and family near North Liberty. Mrs. S. F. Ross who has been visiting with Mrs. Maggert at Walkerton re- : turned nome Tuesday. Miss Lola Koontz, who hae been the : last six weeks with her aunt at Niles, Mich., returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Davis and daughters Ruth and Myrtle spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Snyder. The Dingman home has been turned into quite a hospital. Mr. Dingman. , who has been working in Wabash, returned home one day last week with a lame back. Mrs. Dingman has been quite sick the past week and their little daughter Ruby has been very sick for : more than a week. TEEGARDEN. A pie social will be given in Lotz's hall Friday evening, December 4, for the benefit of the school. Every lady in- ’ vited and every lady bring a pie. Mies Myrtle LaFlore, who hae been working in South Bend during the past five weeks, spent Thanksgiving and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. LaFlore. Walter Lehman and wife, J. S. Davis, wife and daughter, Homer Kline, wife and daughter of Alida, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Rothenberger at Suman. Jesse Lemert spent Sunday with his family. t Messrs. Lee and Plank of Bourbon have put in a fine line of hardware in the C. M. Lotz building. The firm has had many years of experience in the business and no doubt will do well here. We welcome them to our village Clevenger Fulmer left Wednesday for a few days’ visit with his parents in Garrett. BARBER. Mrs. Ella Gardner and eon were visiting in Knox over Thanksgiving. Edward Smith of South Chicago waa ‘ in this vicinity on business

Mrs. Frank Head was calling on friends in Walkerton Saturday. Bill J ones who resided on the widow Banks’ farm has moved away. QJ. L. Cochran disposed of his fine bay horse last week. The teachers in this vicinity and suri rounding country attended the teachers’ association at Plymouth last week. The Barber Sunday school is planning for Christmas exercises. Jack Albright was here last week prospecting for a farm. J. L. Cochran and Lew Schmeltz were i in Plymouth on business one day last week. Harry Beard of South Bend visited A. H. Barber and family Thanksgiving. Charley Brown has moved his family to Teegarden. Wesley Thomas has moved hie family onto the farm vacated by Mr. Brown. Fred Morrie and wife were in Plymouth on businese last week. Grandmother Hocker is keeping house for Mrs. Wright during her ab- ; eence. George Sprague and wife spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. John Schmeltz of the Island. Delbert Divine was in Three Rivirs, Mich., last week. i Mrs. Wm. Waiterhouse was cal! ng on friends in Walkerton last Friday. Mrs. Curtis Ramsby returned fr< m South Bend after a week’s visit. Next Sunday closes the contest in the i Sunday school. — Kodol for Dyspepsia, Indigestion I weak stomach, sour stomach, gas on the ! stomach, etc , is a combination of the । natural digestive juices found in a healthy stomach with neceseary vegetable acids, and is the only thing known I today that will completely digest all kinds of food under any condition. It ■ is guaranteed to give prompt relief from any form of stomach trouble. Take Kodol and be convinced. It will cure your dyspepsia. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store. “I suffered habitually from constipation. Doan’s Regulete relieved and strengthened the bowels, so that they have been regular ever since.”—A. E. Davie, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex.

। — Jesse Coppock. Relief Corps in- * spected. Last Friday evening a joint meeting of i the Walkerton Grand Army Post and ' Woman’s Relief Corps was called for the 1 purpose of inspection. Mrs. Dr. Boram of South Bend, inspecting officer, was sorely disappointed at finding the attendance so small, but in a beautifully । worded, encouraging and optimistic speech sought to ( instil new 7 life into this I patriotic work. She begged the “faithful few” not to falter in their efforts to continue the work of these two organizations, and suggested that the Corps secure the assistance of their pastors in ^arousing the public interest, also that an effort be made to secure new members, remembering that all loyal women and girls who have attained the age of 16 are eligible. After various plane for the betterment of ,tho orders were discussed, a fine lunch was ^irved. Mrs. Boram was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. N. Langton, of Harvey, 111. The visit of these two ladies will long be remembered as a pleasant episode in Relief Corps w^.k, and we all hope the next inspection may be conducted by this same efficient officer. A. H. ADDITION! LOCAL NEWS. Harry WilliJns was in Chicago on business Tueec®. Mrs. H. M. s£ith visited over Sunday with her brotWY, W. M. Dare, of South Bend. The infant phild of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolff died Sunday and the burial services were held Monday. Myron Smith visited with friends in South Bend and attended the teachers' association last Saturday. B. E. Williams left on Tuesday for Ada, Oklahoma, to remain about two weeks looking after his property there. Mr. and Mr*. W’.J. Kimber of South Bend spent Thanksgiving with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Brady. , Mr. and Mrs. Dell Lampson of Mishawaka were called here by the death of the former's brother, Charles Lampson See Russell's company of accomplished 1 comedians at the opera house next Saturday evening. Fine show. Guari anteed. The teachers of the town and township were at South Bend Friday and I Saturday attending the teachers' association. . Sam Blocksom has moved his shoe ) shop into the room one door north of his former location which has been specially fitted up for his business. S. E. Koontz has returned from Fowler where he has hie new clothing store running in good shape. He expects to return to Fer next week. , T. J. Wo 1 at Foe, Ind., from SaturdM

M«. Magg zdapman, to dispose of her stock oi ehandise at that place Two boyt For: Wayne lost their lives last SatOday by the caving in of a dug-out, the*Lccident being similar to the heart-rendmg affair which occurred here Sunday. Blanche G roehans. Grace Nichols, Florence McAllister, Gertrude Bram aman, Charley Hardy and Ray Cripe attended the teachers’ institute at South Bend last week. Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into phenmonia over night are quickly cured by Foley’s Honey and Tar, as it soothes inflamed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the system. Sold by Rid Cross Drug Store. D. E. A. Harden, eye specialist, will be al 1 Reiss & Co.’s store Wednesday, December 9- Eyes tested free. ] A family reuiß^ was held at the home of Mr. and MrsM J. Nicoles on Thanksgiving day, au«aoee present from out of town were a^ollowe: Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Nicoles, Omaha, Neb, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Nicoles, Duluth, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. James Parks and child, East Chicago, II!, Mrs. B. A. Byers and three sons, Garrett; Mrs. A. North and eon and daughter, Plymouth, Mr. ar d Mrs. W. A. Tank, South Bend. Santa Cleus Arrangements have been made with Saeta Claus to ajrive at the Methodist church fair at 7:cp Wednesday evening. Santa will receii^ letters from the children. This will Je a good time for the children to tell Santa what they want for Christmas. Marked kor Death. “Three years aa I was marked for death. A grave j^rd cough was tearing my lungs to piecae. Doctors failed to help me, and hq J hao fled, when my husband got Dr. gig’s New Discovery," says Mrs. A. C.i Williams, of Bac, Ky “The first dose 1 \Bpd me and improvement kept on ’ vt ßl I had gained 58 pounds in wetg in Wtnd my health was fully restored.” This medicine holds the world’s healing record for coughs and colds and lung|and throat diseases. It prevents pneulionia. Sold under guarantee at Red! Cross Drug Store. 50c and SI.OO. Tria] bottle free.

yj 3~0 | FOUR COUNTIES | ° News of St. Joseph, LaPorte, it. ■ o Marshall Counties Hoik J D , o? P The St. Joseph County B ir A-sou ation has unanimously endorsed Hon. i Benjamin F. Shively for United > ..Hee senator. F. A. Miller, of the South Bend Tribune, will be the next republican ca didate for mayor of South Bend, according to the South Bend News It is claimed by his friends that he is the strongest candidate the republic i: s es South Bend can nominate. One hundred clergymen of the Nori hwest Indiana Methodist Episcov'd e >n ference, in session at LaPorte Joy d resolutions pledging support to 11 I measures for retaining the cour:y ption law upon the statute books of t‘ e state and to the Anti Sab its tight to drive saloons out of the state. The dental offices of Drs. T. J. Walsh F. L. Axtel and Clyde W. Griffith, all I located in the Jefferson building in I South Bend, were entered and r h ■ f about 8200 worth of gold Thur ' ’ . night of last week. Dr. Walsh’s loss' was the heaviest, the thieves stealing 1 about 875 worth of material from his office. As far as has been made known in South Bend the “yeggmen” who secured nearly 819,000 in stamps from the postoffice recently are still at large. Officers are still working on the case in Chicago. Offers of reward for the capture and conviction of the men have been made by the government. South Bend police and other officials sent out 500 postal cards to as many sheriffs, notifying them of the robbery and of the reward. — I Russell’s Comedy company at Hudelmyer’s opera house Saturday evening, Dec. 5. Popular prices. Free band concert before the sho.v by the Walkerton Military Band. Roller skating after the big show.

Non-Resident Notice. STATE OF INDIANA) st. Joseph county. j a®: lu the St. Joseph Circuit Court, November Term, IbOs. J. Willi-- Cotton amt ] Luvina Moak vs. I Foreclosure William s . wyer of Joseph M. Woolf Kea: Estate Mortgage Jacob H Woolf and | Ella Woolf • BE IT KNOWN, That the above-named [ plaint tts have tiled in the office of the Clerk of said Court their complain: s u--t -aid <iefeudauts m the above cause, t ner with a proper affidavit that said defendant. JoM-ph M. Woolf. Jacob H. Wooit. and El a Wo >lf ■ are not residents of the State ol Im!:,, a:.-. = Said defendants an- hereby : e :>al that • I said cause will stand for trial on the 12th Day of January, 1909, the same being the "iOth day of the next ' term of sa d court commenced at taeciry of ) South Bend, on the third M-m lay in November. 1908, on which day said d< : uoauts *re required to appear to said action. Frank P. Christoph, Clerk. _ Wil It« a. Broi l- k.ACv to, p , • - .

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