Free press., 1907-08-03
LOCAL NEWS.

Sam Kelly, grocer of Ellis, was II
the city Monday.
C. M. Holmquist was in Salina or
business Thursday.
Peter Frank went to Kansas City tc
work last Friday night.
Mrs. Fred Hoff left Monday night
for her home at Monett, Mo.
Photo Postals of the Hays Flood at
Harkness' Drug Store, cts. each.
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Geo. Spencer and John Brown are
experimenting the tin work at Yoce-
mento.
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Henry Devore of the East Saline
section has started his rounds with his
threshing machine.
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]. R. Stanton, state architect, was
in the city last Saturday to attend the
meeting of the State Normal Regents.
Mr.. Parker, student at the Western
State Normal returned to his home at
Lincoln Center Thursday morning.
Harvesting is all done in Ellis County
now, and many loafers are hanging
around town waiting for some thing to
turn up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cowan and son are
out in Colorado on visit and vacation.
Mr.. Gill is in charge of the produce
exchange.
The advertised Uatch was sold
Monday morning before 10 o'clock. It
pays to put those little notices in the
FREE PRESS.
Mrs. Anna Miller, German women
living on the Saline, took out her final
naturalization papers this week,
through Harry Freese.
Harry Jeffries of this city who has
been employed in the depot at Oakley
has recently been promoted to a better
position at Sterling, Colo.
This Office needs some good clean
rags for wiping presses and needs them
badly. Three cents a pound is what
they are worth to US. Bring 'em in.
The Topeka State Journal was elect
ed this week as the official state paper
to fill the unexpired term caused by
the suspension of the Topeka Daily
Herald.
If you can keep a drunkard sober
long enough he can give you a better
temperance lecture than any man who
has never tasted the stuff.-Mack
Gretchen.
The Misses Maude and Louella King.
who it was announced last week would |
go to Tennessee soon, have altered |
their plans and will remain at their
home on the Saline.
Jennie Carmichael, Alice and Bessie
Mendenhall, Alice G. Ryan and Luella |
King were the Ellis county teachers
who received certificates in the Ex-
animation at Stockton.
Mr.. Frank Kelly was in town on
Wednesday. Frank is a good fellow |
and is doing the best he can at present /
for quinck recovery from the injuries
he received at Ellis few months ago. |
Herbert Schultz left Thursday morn
ing for Chicago where he has accepted
position as clerk in the office of the
Illinois Central Railroad He will
also spend some time in study at a
Chicago Polytechnic school,
Madden's Elevator is undergoing
some renovating and remodeling.
preparatory to handling large volume
of wheat this Fall The contract for
making the repairs and installing the
new machinery is let to Sam White of
Wichita and the carpenter work is in
charge of Mr.. Irwin of the same place.
Hugh Braly is first-assistant.
Millard Kirkman took his wife and
children to st. Joseph, Mo. where they
will visit relatives for a short time.
He left Friday night returning Mon
day evening. Millard tells us that hisI
brothers Harry and Richard, formerly
of HavS and GRO dino Zoe of A. os&,x LII