The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28


Harry Felten and wife were in Plain
vile, Tuesday.
Attorney c. NJ. Holmquist was Il
Ellis, Monday.
Geo. Reidel has recently purchased an
Overland automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Thomas have re-
turned from Kansas City.
A son was born to MIR. and Mrs.
Frank McLain, Jr., last Sunday.
DIR. Haas went to Eudora, Kansas,
Sunday, to attend the funeral of a rela-
tive.
H. J. Penney and wife ate Thanks
giving dinner with friends in Kansas
City.
Fred Haffameier took his wife to
Kansas City for medical treatment,
Sunday.
Mr.. D. C. Kingsley was a pleasant
caller at the Free Press office, Tuesday
afternoon.
Geo. Swires was taken to K. c., the
first of the week, to be operated on for
appendicitis.
Mabel Edwards and sister, Florence,
are here from Lacrosse, this week, Wis
iting friends.
C. W. Miller was over at Lacrosse,
Saturday, in the interest of the Fort
Hays Normal Short Course.
C. w. Reeder and family and AzeI
Cochran and family dined with c, G.
Cochran and family at Plainville, Sun
day.
The Daughters of Isabella dance at
the Essex hall, Thursday night, was a
success financially. The ladies cleared
$50. 90.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Palmburg arrived
Tuesday evening from Plymouth, Mass,
on visit to their daughter, Mrs. Henry
Winters.
James Ross near Hyacinth, and Mike
Rome of Herzog, have recently purchas-
ed each Briscoe automobile of Schlyer
& Arnhold
Prof. Shively, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Gladhart and C. NJ Wann attended the
Missouri-Kansas football game at K. U.
last Saturday.
President Lewis left for Salina, Tues
day morning to deliver lecture before
the State Bankers Association which
met in that city, Tuesday.
Schlyer & Arnhold say that they have
sold, the past week, three car loads of
the BEST Yet Flour made at juno
ton City mills, to the farmers in this
vicinity.
John R. Chittenden and wife, and son,
Bert, and wife went to Manhattan to
spend Thanksgiving Day with friends,
returning Friday. The trip was made
in Johns Studebaker car.
C. W. Miller and President Lewis
were at Victoria and Herzog, Monday
IN the interest of the Normal Short
Course. 1t is reported that c. w. Mil
Ter made German speech.
Ed Waldo of Ellis, and Ed Blendel
had a head on automobile collision, Mon.
day morning, west of town. Mrs. J. l.
Tillotson, who was passenger in the
Blender car, was severely but not ser.
iously injured. Besides being otherwise
bruised, she sustained three inch scalI
wound, which necessitated the services
of surgeon.
President Lewis and John R. Chitten
den made a booster trip for the Norma
Short Course, this week. They visited
most of the towns in Ellis county anC
neighboring counties. They were wei
received and met with encouragement
at every point. They had an especially
enthusiastic meeting at Herzog and Vic
tOria. Several speeches were made
Father Leo, Prof. Lewis, Johu R. Chit
tenden and C. W. Miller, Sr., were
among the speakers.
Flour is the most needed article Of
food by the starving people of Belgium
Every dollar contributed in Kansas vii
be used to buy that staple. All foul
will be shipped direct to New York
Arriving in London the -four will be re
ceived by the American Ambassador
Commission, trans-shipped to smaller
vessels, carried to Rotterdam and theme,
taken by rail to Brussels, where it viii
be received and distributed by BranC
Whitlock, American Minister to Bel
GUM. This arrangement is by permits
sion of the British, Dutch and German
governments, and the American Am
bassador, Mr.. Page, has obtained /:
written guarantee that the supplies
thus sent will be protected and not sub
ject to confscation.
THE CHRISTMAS THOUGHT
Ideas on Christmas giving are rapid!
changing among the sensible Those