The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-21
Mrs. notwithstanding at the Beleke

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Hays hospital.
Sam Croft was in from Smoky Hill
township, Tuesday.
Rev. Hale went to Oakley, on the
plug Wednesday noon.
Mary Catherine Bird is expected
home soon from her visit east.
Mrs. T. P. Logan of Denver, is in
Hays, visiting her many friends
Engraved initial and monogram
stationery at the Free Press Office.
Mrs. Geo. Starr is home from a
short visit to her sister in st. Louis
Workmen have completed the con-
crete floor in the G. w Reeder build
ing.
Engraved wedding invitations and
announcements at the Free Press Of
fee.
Mrs. C. H. Morgan and daughter.
Miss Prue, are home from Excelsior
Springs.
Miss Peoria Kalochey is here from
Ellsworth, visiting her aunt Mrs J.
S. Vermillion.
We have just received a new sup
ply of birth announcements, in the
very latest designs.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church viii
hold a food sale at Grass store on
Saturday, July 28th-
The Fort Hays Normal school will
present a Patriotic Pageant on the
campus this Friday evening.
Ellis county's quota for the select
ed drfat is 147-ffty-eight have en-
listed, leaving 80 to be selected.
The Misses Cerney, Ruth and Lila,
were pleasant callers at the Free
Press office, Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Prof. Haas and chill
dren arrived in Hays, Wednesday
evening on a short visit to friends.
Engraved visiting cards at the Free
Press office.
Read the ad in this issue on engrav-
ed and embossed social and business
stationery, cards, ETC., and come in
and look over our line. The Free
Press Office.
The old wooden awnings on North
Main Street have all been taken down
and new canvass awnings put up. 1t
is a great improvement in the looks
of the street.
A benefit concert of the F. H. N.
Auxiliary Chapter, American Red
Cross will be given in the Normal Au-
ditorium, July "a, at $50 p. M
Rev. and Mrs. Lantz of Bunkerhill,
accompanied by their mother, Mrs.
Munson, of Topeka, motored over to
Hays, on Saturday. to visit Miss Au-
ralee Munson, who is in school here.
E. A Brumitt and wife and niece,
Lila, left Thursday morning. They
from there they viii go to Milwaukee.
and Amigo, Mich, for thirty days
visit with relatives.
The W. C. T U. will meet with
Mrs. A. O.. Goetchius on Wednesday
afternoon, July 25, at two o'clock.
All members are requested to be pres
ent as important business is to come
before the meeting.
Pete johnson, Jr., was in from the
Johnson wheat ranch Wednesday.
Generally the Johnsons have hum
dreds of acres of wheat, and it took
several weeks to harvest it, but this
year Pete says, the harvest is short.
A very interesting lecture was Civ
en- at the "Strand" Friday evening,
July 49,, by Ella Hoxie- Her subject
was ga Voice from India" Miss Hox-
lie is a niece OF the late Mrs. W. s..
Picken.
Have you had the summer grip?
That's what they call the ailment that
seems to have many victims. The
symptoms are: sneezing, fever, head
ache, nausea and the body feels as
though it had been bruised all over,
followed after two days with weak
ness and lethargy.
''What fools we nortals be- 1t is
becoming quite a fad to go to the
hospital for most any ailment slight
or wise-especially among the
women folks. It's the fashion is the
only way the writer can account for
it. A great many people go to Ex-
celsior Springs, for the same reason.
Engraved and embossed business
stationery at the Free Press Office.
The concrete base has been laid
from the Brunswick hotel tothe rail-
road on Chestnut Street; from Chest
nut to Fort on South Main and from
Fort Street back to Chestnut on
NOrJn MAIN SCreeC. IL Is understood
| that the construction company will
commence laying the brick some time
next week.
The brick laying for the paving will
| be commenced on South Chestnut
Street, next Monday. Two colored
men-experts at the business
are now at Dodge City, will be the ar
fists who viii do the work. 1t is said
that they can put down one block a
day. The asphalt filling will follow
the brick layers.
! County Commissioner Herman J.
| Tholen, was up from Victoria, Mon
day, looking after his new business
building on South Chestnut Street.
He was a pleasant caller at the Free
Press Office. incidentally he gave US
an order for stationery. Herman al
ways wants the best, therefore his job
will be engraved In the latest style
of the ''Art Preservative.
Engraved business cards at the
Free Press Office
One of the most highly priced and
valuable donations to the Hays Pub
lie library, came in this week. It is