The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-05-08

Mrs Henry Meyer has been yer.
sick this week.
The Lutheran Aid Society will meet
next Thursday May 18th with Mrs. W.
S. Picken.
The Leiker implement building on
South Main street is being given a
coat of paint.
The Tennis CluD have begun their
! evening practice on their court near
the Philip residence.
Miss Sadie Bullock spent this week
visiting her sister. Mrs. Oscar Strahley,
who lives near Ellis.
The public sale of Thss. Carrick last
Saturday was success and the stock
brought good prices.
John Schlyer is having a cement
curbing laid on the Normal avenue side
of his machinery warehouse.
C. II. Wagner has commenced work
On his new residence en- East Broad
way near the Grinnell place.
A Bunker Hill merchsnt was here
Tuesday psshinE the saIv. of autos of
which he is the agent.
The Normal baseball club had their
pictures taken this week for the Com
No, the Jap ball players tuckered out
and did not come so another club was
substituted for to-day's game.
Mrs. Thomas Magrane Of Chicago is
here visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Haffamier and her other relatives.
The kids now enjoy themselves on
the streets these evenings as the ker-
feW does not blow till nine o'clock now.
Shiney from Rush Center was here
Tuesday in his little auto with travel
ing man frSn the Mo. Pacific Railway
It is told that the Milling Company
will put automatic fire protection shut
ters on all the windows of their mill.
Bear in mind that Joe DiIlon, at his
pump shop on Ceestnut street sells the
best garden hose made and at reassn-
tie prices.
The aag on the G. A. K. Hall was at
half mast the first part Of the week in
memory of John Nickles, a former
Commander.
Did you notice the lovely porch Mr..
Voss is putting to his Photo gallery,
fiuted columns, ETC. He is making his
gallery as attractive as his pictures
are.
The city council have passed an ordi-
nance requiring quite lot of sidewalks
to be laid this spring, filling MP all the
gaps left heretofore unpaved, giving us
a splendid system of pavements lined
with trees.
On Monday afternoOn Mrs. George
Griffith, Mrs. VIII MADDEN. Mrs. Ed
Rea and Mrs. J. II. Ward left by way
Of Lacrosse for the State Convention
OF Ladies' Federated Clubs being held
at Hutchinson this week, they being
delegates from this Saturday After
noon Club.
The song service at the Presbyterian
church Sunday night was we'll attended
and the congregation were well re-
paid for having attended, as the choir
rendered some splendid music. The
solos sung by Mr.. Wooster, the new
professor at the State Normal. and
Mrs ShiVely were much appreciated
The armless man show continued to
draw crowds all of Friday and Satur-
dar, even at fifteen and TWENTY-FIVE
cents and it is surprising what a man
can learn to do with his toes. He is
married man and has two children, one
daughter was the ticket seller and his
wife played the guitar. They went
from here to Ellis and then were going
TO Nebraska.
1t Is now told that the rev fast
train on this road will be put in SER
vice on Sunday, May 18th, at which
time the time table of all trains will
be changes That it is coming is seen
IN the new est Louis and California
Union Pacific Pullmans now attached
to the regular trains getting them |
'hmbered-up The trains will make |
few stops in Kansas except for engine
changes. not at Hays ard will go thru
here west about 6 a. m. and east about |
midnight.
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