The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
SUNFLOWER PETALS
Plucked By the Golden Bell Spectator.

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The Spectator has not noticed this
week the flight of the Russians, the
twenty Kansas counties without pau
pers, the 240 names of Emporia citizens
mentioned by Bill Allen White in one
issue of his paper the Bryan Kiss, the
Rooseveltan indiscretions of speech.
nor have we mentioned the change In
the weather.
Between wienie roasts, wood chop
ping and fishing, President Lewis and
Professor Wooster had a vacation. -
They admit it.
{ This story is taken from Harper
Magazine for September. We did not
write it. We have ordered our coal too.
7 Teacher. Johnny, if coal is selling
at Sc ton and you give your dealer
/ S24 how many tons viii he bring you?''
ga little over three TONS" returned
Johnny promptly.
why that isn't right corrected
the teacher
mo, Nam, know it amt. said
Johnny, ''but they all do it.
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In one mail last week there were fif-
teen sacks of Montgomery Ward cata-
logs. Each catalog costs about S1.65
to deliver to the customer. That one
mail brought $500 worth of advertising
to Hays in one day. These sacks have
been coming to Hays for three weeks.
Pretty fair advertising bill for our
town. If the merchants had spent one
half that sum in advertising, neither
Sears-Roebuck or Montgomery-Ward
would have thought of spending that
much in Hays. It's our own fault.
oooo
Great Bend received 100 Sears-Roe-
buck catalogs last week. Protection
got 480. 1t is estimated that Emporia
received the least incorporation to its
population of any town in the state.
Congratulations Emporia.
oooo
Herbert Caveness. editor of the Cha
mute Tribune, and one of the brightest
men in Kansas said in his paper last
Friday:
''In considering the town prosperity
problem it is well to always bear this
fact in mind. The average town is not
hurt as much by the farmer trade with
mail order houses as it is by the town
trade with mail order houses, and the
trading out of town by wealthy owners
of business buildings and even the
merchants themselves.
Johnny johnson, the popular dispen-
sor at Kings got off a new one Thurs
day. He said that an Atchison travel
ing salesman asked him to mix up Jack
Johnson, Harry Thaw and Billy Sunday
with his order. And Johnny says he
took him chocolate nut Sundae.
Senator photographed Bill Thomp-
son announces that he has nothing
against Kansas City, Kansas, by NOV
ing from Western Kansas. This is the
first real benefit Western Kansas has
received from his activities.
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The Post of the burg, Protection, re-
corded the birth of six babies there last
week and headed the story, ''The Stork
Special
The Scott Republican: ga few of
the fellows in Scott want the county
commissioners to buy land to put in an
irrigation plant to catch suckers with. -
To irrigate the swamps of Scott county.
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The Dorrancc Star: ''Why in the
name of kingdnom come, fix up the Col
den Belt Road only and for the rich
tourists to whizz by in their six cylln-
der cars and then leave all the other
roads in bad condition
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Every jokesnith in the county has
written an item about Harry Thaw
proving his sanity by seeking divorce
from Evelyn. The Spectator wants to
bet new hat that he is now crazy
about some other woman
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Europe has sent lately the sum total
of STE, 200, 900 in gold to the United
States. But none of this sum has as
yet been applied on the grocery bill of
the working man. 1t has bought some
summer furs, new touring cars, grand
opera tickets, and orchids.
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The zero in songs has been reached
when the encore to 81 Did Not Raise
My Boy to be a Soldier" is entitled,
al Did Not Raise Ny Girl to be
Mother
1t seems rather brave of the friends
of Judge Ruppenthal to mention him
for governor behind his back when he
is out at the Exposition. When the
Judge gets back to Kansas, look out.
COCO
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