The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20
Mrs. DcNoon and daughter Cora
are home from Wichita.

| MIS- OS4NOOn anu QduSuLeI OOId
are home from Wichita.
Remember, three cents letter post
age on your letters after November
1st.
Mrs. A. D. Goetchius has been i'll
the most of the week, and confined
to her bed.
Mrs. C. A. Shively left for Kansas
City, the first of the week, for a sew
eral days visit.
Claude Bice is studying osteopathy
in Kansas City. His little daughter
Helen, is here with her grandparents.
Mrs. A S. Hale leaves for Topeka,
tomorrow morning to spend a week
visiting her daughter, Mrs. James
McAdams.
Mrs. Isaac Zeigler and Mrs Mau-
rice Zeigler and little daughter, spent
part of the week visiting relatives
at Dorrance.
Mrs. 81. II. Howie was operated on
at the hospital in this city last Sun
day for appendicitis. The operation
was entirely successful.
DR.. Vermillion attended tri-
county medical association at Oakley
| last week and read a paper on "Acute
inflammation of the Middle Ear"
Our housewives are busy picking
these days since the frost made it
necessary to harvest the green toma-
toes and peppers, and the appetizing
odors of picalilli are in the air.
Mrs. Spencer and daughter from
Waldo, have moved to Hays, for the
Normal school year, and are at home
IN the house on Wilson Avenue, re-
Gently occupied by T. NJ. Wood
Mr.. and Mrs W. A. Smith and Rev.
E. y. Rogers are attending the Kan
sas Baptist convention at Kansas
City, this week. They are also de-
termined if possible to bring the 1918
convention to Hays, next year.
Misses Anna Keller and Annie Hop
kins entertained the members of the
Sunday School Teachers Training
classes at the homes of the former
composed largely of Normal students.
Every week some new young man
volunteers for service and now it is
John Weber, only son of Mrs. Katie
Weber, who has made the trip to Fort
Logan and is now at Fort Riley nurs-
ing two sore arms, result of vaccina-
ton.
Mrs. Hedgepath, who has been
patient sufferer from rheumatism and
other Affections for many years,
passed away on Tuesday at the hospi-
tai The community extends its SYM
pathy to Miss Edna, the daughter,
who has been the patient and loving
caretaker of her invalid mother
through all these hard years.
The W. E. M. S., of the Ellsworth
District M. E. Church will have its
annual convention in Hays, October
% and 24th-beginning with a ses-
sion on Tuesday evening-and having
three sessions on Wednesday, Eight
auxlllares are represented in this
meeting: Some good programs have
been prepared, and all are invited.
A thousand dollars worth of the
best sole leather was recently pur-
chased by n. P. Gassman. This will
protect his customers from the rapid
Iy increasing price of shoe repairing
for several years. He has also con-
tracted with an expert shoe repairer
firm the east who will assist him in
his work. A calling and delivery sys-
tenn will then be installed
The Salina Journal announces the
coming marriage on October oath, of
Miss Myrtle Wyatt of Salina, to
young man named Pope of the State
OF Washington, where he is connected
with one of the Northwestern Lum-
Der Company, camps as Civil Engin-
eer. Miss Wyatt formerly lived at
Grainfeld, and for a while, was
student IN the Hays High School, and
since those days a resident of Salina,
and teacher in the city schools there
What is supposed to be a stolen
car was left at the roadside four
miles east of Hays near the Noah
Mutton homestead. The car had been
there about ten days before any par
tlcular attention was paid to it. It |
was thought to be a neighbor's car
but as no one seemed to claim it, the |
NultonS came to town and informed |
the sheriff of the find, who told them |
to take it home and advertise it, |
which is as follows:
Found-On Section four |
miles cast OF Hays an Overland tour |
ing car Model SO. Owner can have |
same by proving property and navino /
for advertisement and care. For fur |
ther information see Chas. Mutton.
County Treasurer Fred N. Dreiling,
returned the first of the week from /
his trip to the Atlantic coast. He |
--@0S NLSASC0 ~. AOAlS, WHCES ne
manned 2 day and a half, his next
stop was Washington, D. c., where
he remained two days. Viewed the |
White House, the treasury depart
ment, and other interesting and to
him new scenes. From there he
went to New York City, saw the
Elephant" Street and walked !
down Broadway. He also seen at
distance, "The Fatherland' the
German ship that was in
termed at New York, which has since
been taken over by this government
and will be used to subdue the Kaiser
While in Washington, Fred wanted
to visit the War department but was
turned down by the war officials
The members of Mrs. Collyer's
Sunday School class, composed large
ly of young mothers of the church,
gave a unique Halloween social in
the Methodist church basement on
Thursday evening. The stunts were
mostly all new and were interesting
and ludricous- The witch who stirred /
the potion" IN big black pot hung
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