Adams County Sets Limit on Saloons in Decatur
Decatur will host five saloons under a new regulation flag by the county board Tuesday. A business group urged seven, but the board fixed one saloon per 1000 population, likely yielding 5 licenses. Next session will pick licensees. city council may set the license at 700 dollars plus 25 federal, advertising, and attorney costs.
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Decatur
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Business Men's League
Ehle
Imler
Decatur Democrat
Daily Witness to Print Evangelical Conference Edition
During the Evangelical conference in April a daily Witness edition will be issued. It will be free to regular subscribers with a five or six issue option for ten cents. Residents urged to clean alleys and yards as guests arrive. attendance expected to exceed ten years ago.
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Witness
Marion Vote Keeps Liquor Ban in City Referendum
Grant county commissioners ruled that a majority of legal votes opposed liquor sales after hearing evidence of illegal voting in Marion’s local option election. Thirteen applicants were reviewed and all rejected.
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Grant County
United States Army May Cross Border Demonstration
The article reports that President Taft ordered a border demonstration against Mexico. It notes US forces including fifteen warships moving toward the coast, with ball cartridges and no public explanation. Officials cite foreign pressures and the Monroe doctrine as drivers of potential intervention.
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Washington
Diaz
Mexico
United States
Taft
Germany
France
Blue Creek Ditch Hearing Set With Judge Sturgis
Attorneys report Judge Sturgis of Bluffton will hear the remonstrance against the Blue Creek ditch petition on the 28th. Hearing expected to take about a week and become a major case of the year. Petitioners are represented by Lutz D B Erwin Peterson Moran and D E Smith. remonstrators by Heller Sutton Heller.
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Sturgis
Bluffton
Big Blue Creek Ditch
Lutz
D. B. Erwin
Peterson & Moran
D. E. Smith
Heller, Sutton & Heller
Decatur Democrat
Photographer's Notice of Thanks and Transition
A note of gratitude from photographer Shalley thanks patrons for liberal support and pledges continued quality and good treatment under his successor. He assures patrons the successor will "make good" and signs with sincere regards.
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Shalley
Mrs Prudy and Pearl Visit Tucker Family in Decatur
Mrs. Sarah Prudy and her daughter Pearl from Decatur arrived yesterday to visit her brother William Tucker and his family.
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Sarah Prudy
Pearl
Decatur
Wm. Tucker
Indiana option vote split dry and wet in several counties
In Indianapolis yesterday the drys and wets divided honors as licensed saloons faced defeats in Shelby county and a mining district in Sullivan county voted for liquor. Additional elections were ordered in about seventy units for late March and April 1 and county limits on saloon licenses were set at varying population ratios under Proctor law.
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Indianapolis
Shelby County
Sullivan County
Farmers Institute resolutions urge quail protection and county farm
The Resolutions Committee urges classifying quails as song birds for perpetual protection. They thank state speakers Mr. Thomas and Mr. Huber and praise officers, workers, music, and meetings. They call Mercer county farmers to secure a county experiment farm and endorse the Ohio Experiment Station and Columbus Agricultural College. They support US Senate popular election and commend Ohio’s General Assembly for Sam J. Vining's speakership. A Mennonite church notice follows.
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Farmers’ Institute
Thomas
Huber
Chattanooga
Mercer County
Ohio Experiment Station
Agricultural College
Columbus
U. S
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Sam J. Vining
Blackcreek Township
Sugar Sold At Central Grocery For $1.25 A Sack
Granulated sugar is offered at Central Grocery priced at $1.25 per sack. The listing notes a straightforward sale with no additional quantities or conditions provided.
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Central Grocery
Local News Briefs Highlight Visits and Events
Eli Luginbill remains on the sick list as Mrs. James Sullivan visits her parents Mr and Mrs Sackett who came from Van Buren. Miss Pauline Schlatter returns to Ft Wayne after nursing Mrs Harvey Rice. The Mennonite Male Choir with Kathryn Egly plans a March 19 concert. Real estate sale延期 postponed to April 8 due to publishing error. Rev Ewald of Peru dies of typhoid. he was known to local readers and wrote to Evangelical papers.
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James Sullivan
van Buren
Fred Neiderhouser
C. P. Maas
E. C. Ewald
Peru
Ewald
County Diplom Examination Dates Announced
Lawrence Opliger County Superintendent announces exam sites in Berne Geneva and Decatur with dates in March April and May 1911 1912 and requires reading on the nine classics plus passes in English grammar physiology arithmetic U S history geography spelling penmanship music or agriculture and a general average of 80 percent with no less than 70 in any subject Candidates must complete eight years of work and teachers will advance only those with thorough effort and bi monthly state exams.
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Berne
Geneva
Decatur
United States
County Board of Education
State Department
Lawrence Opliger
Debate on life insurance at Monroe Township school
Tomorrow evening a public debate at Schoolhouse No 8 Monroe Township one mile northeast of Berne will discuss life insurance. Proponents Liechty and Liechty argue against it while Soldner and Girod defend it. The event begins at 7 oclock and is expected to draw a crowded audience.
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Monroe Township
Berne
Jacob J. Liechty
Menno S. Liechty
Wildas Soldner
Paul Girod
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Adams County
Marion
United States Army
Blue Creek Remonstrance
J. W. Kliewer
Eli Luginbill
Monroe
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