The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25

Wilfred Wann is home from Indi-
ana.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Rupp, living near Munjor, Fri
day.
Pete Felten returned Friday of
last week from a two weeks vacation
IN Colorado. Pete says he had swell
time.
Doctors Haas, Hemm and Trained
Nurse, Miss Wasinger, made a pro-
fessional visit to ColIyer, the first of
the week.
Richard Easter a former residenc
of. this county but now residing in
Colorado, was in Hays, this week,
visiting with old friends
Mrs. DR.. Herman went over to Ellis
Monday, for few days visit with
friends and relatives. The doctor be-
coming lenesame went over Thursday
for short visit.
Jake BrulI-and his daughters, Ag-
mes and Mary, left the first of the
week for Estes Park, Colo, where
Jake has purchased a summer home
They will spend most of their summer
outing there.
1t is rumored that Tony Jacobs will
soon commence the erection of a
brick building on the site lately oc-
cupied by the candy kitchen, which is
to be occupied by Geo. Starr as a
bakery and restaurant.
A "a Wiesner & Son are making
arrangements to move their grocery
stock lf1fn tho
by the Hays City Drug Store They
have cut a door through into the main
part of their building and other
changes and improvements are being
made.
J. T. Morrison, the jeweler has a
complete line of high grade jewelry,
watches, cut glass, silverware, sterl-
ing silver tableware, hand painted
china and optical goods. See him be-
tore buying, his prices are right for
high grade goods.
The Hays City Drug Store is now
occupying their new location, corner
Second and Chestnut Street, in the
Steiner building. Besides other i'm
proyements they have added an ele-
giant new soda fountain with all the
necessary parephenalia.
In a few days workmen will begin
20 tear down the G. A R. Hall, to
make room for the new City Hall, and
on Tuesday, Markell, the photogra PHI
er, took some final views of the old
building and some of the veteran SOL
dlers who happened there to be filed
away for future reference
The semi-annual division of the
State School Interest fund has been
made this month, and an increase to
hfty-one cents a child of school age,
and Ellis County, Kansas, gets 81
439, eighty-four cents for its 4748
school children between the ages of
five and twenty-one.
Albert Burtscher, who is in the
medical department of Uncle Sans
New Army at Fort Riley, is now
known as Sargent Burtscher. His
sweetheart here received a letter
from him Wednesday. However, we
promised not to say anything about
it and we won't. So therel
On Monday evening in Topeka,
Miss Lenore, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Judge Monroe, was married to
1t. Cliff Strattan newspaper man,
who has just been commissioned at
Fort Riley Camp. They have been en-
gagged some time but decided to be
married before he left for the war.
King Bros. the North Main Street
druggists are tearing down the build
ing lately occupied by the Fisher
Meat Market, on North Chestnut
Street and will cause to be built a
modern business house in which to
mouse their drug store. Harry says it
viii be the finest and most up-to-date
drug store in the city when complet-
Monday morning P. Caspar Harvey
brought to this Office three pods of a
newvanetyof green beans, that meas
urea collectively over ten feet, to be
accurate 1915 feet. Those were some
beans for length. Harvey said they
We're good to eat, but we question the
statement. They looked too much like
a vegetable tapeworm to suit the
average bean eater.