The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
A daughter of Conrad Kruger was
here from Russell, Monday.

here from Russell, Monday.
Five car loads of threshing outfit"
were unloaded here, this week.
Dave Sites of junction City, came in
from the west, Monday morning.
Father Edmund was in Hays, We'd
nesday. He is located at Emmeram.
John Sack unloaded a new Avery
threshing machine here, Wednesday.
Robert Behan and wife came down
from Buffalo Park, Monday morning
John Herbert, Dave Kennedy and Joe
Kutina were down from Ellis, Tuesday.
VIM. Schrenkler of Walker, was the
guest of the Madden family, the first of
the week.
Arthur Rose, the painter, returned,
Monday, from Chicago and other east
ern points
Miss Alice Craig visited in Wa
Keeney, this week. with her friend,
Miss Iona Kraus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harpster of Holidays
burg, Pennsylvania, are here visiting
the Crissman family.
Miller Bros. sold a lot on Normal
Avenue, this week, to J. F. Costner.
That means another new residence for
Hays.
Miss Alice Sears of Cheyenne Wells,
Colorado, has been here visiting her
sister, Mrs. Geo. Miles, the past two
weeks.
NJ. Gassman and two oldest chill
dren, Archie and Harriet, went to
Salina, Monday, to celebrate the
Fourth.
DR.. Haas was called to Pfeifer, Sun
day, to sew up mans head as a result
of too much "jollifcation'' on July 4th
Sunday.
Chas. H. Hagan of Holton, and c. M
Holmquist, were out on the Smoky Hill
river near the Frank Meserve place,
this week.
Fred Solomon is rebuilding his house
recently demolished by a cyclone
George Drake is the master carpenter
and contractor.
Jacob Houser, of Nebraska, is here
looking after the harvesting of his
wheat crop on the old Carter homestead
on the Smoky Hill river.
The rain, Saturday afternoon, made
the roads so impossible that a number
of families from the country had to re
main in town over night.
The Hays ball team went to Ellis, las
Monday, and got licked at the rat'
of about or to 1, and all because the
Ellis boys played the best ball.
Mrs. D. A. Fultz and daughters
Gertrude and Ruth, and son, Dan, arr
| here from Sedalia, Missouri, visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. McLain
She will remain in Hays for two months
An automobile load of people from
Atchison arrived here, Tuesday abou
noon, and dined at the Windsor hotel
They were driving a Sc, 900 touring ca
and were headed for the Panama-Pacifi
Exposition.
Mr.. D. E. Atwell and wife of Colo
rado, arrived here, Monday, in an auto
mobile enroute for Topeka. On &C
count of the bad roads, they shippe'
their car from this point and made tn
rest of their journey by rail.
John McGlone, a former resident o
Hays, but now of Norman, Oklahoma
visited old-time friends here, Monday
He had been out in Thomas count.
where he owns large tract of whea
land. Says he has 500 acres of whea
out there which is looking fine.
A man named Hull, of Ellis, VIII
should not have been, but was III tn
motorcycle race in that town, last Mon
day, was thrown violently from his ma
chine and nearly killed. He took
head on dive into mother earth, which
of course, rendered him unconscious
and injured his brain.
DIR. John F. Harmon, president of tn
Kansas Wesleyan University, wi
preach at the Methodist church, mex
Sunday morning. He is considered on
of the most brilliant divines west of tn
Mississippi. He has great messag
for modern day people. All are cordia
ly invited to this service. Remembe
Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
One evening last week, the girls E
the Bissing rooming house, gave part
in honor of Joe Bissing's birthday
However, the girls did not succeed
finding out how old Joe was-as he
like most young ladies, rather sh
about giving the date of his birth. U
to the age Of Is you always know tt
age of most young Women-after thu
interesting date, the record becomes
blank.
Last Sunday evening, while J. RI
dolph, a young harvest hand from n
braska, was coming up the railros
yards, he accidentally tnpped and fe
astride low switch, the edge of Il
switch disk tearing him in a rude maj
ner. He was taken to DIR. Snyder
office where his wounds were dresse
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