The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-17

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more to Eugene Mullen than it does
to great many men who
boast of their patriotism and
wealth. May the God of humanity
and the God of battle rest his soul
in peace.
Remember the oath in the Annex
of the Brunswick Hotel
Mrs. Fred Miller is visiting her sis
ter at Abilene, who is quite i'll.
Mrs. Mary Kingsley of Ellis visited
in Hays, Wednesday of last week.
Soldier Bieker is home a few days
on vacation. Likes his new life.
Frank King had a car of cattle on
the Kansas City market this week.
Beautiful gifts will be found in
every booth at the Big Bazaar the
oath.
Gladys Miller who is teaching the
Star District visited home friends
over Sunday.
Rev. Gerrit Snyder of the Presby-
terian church this week visited
friends and Rev. Brown in Hill City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hollander and
son, Homer, of BaZine, visited with
the E. R. Modlin family Wednesday.
Mrs. A. B. Goetchius visited her
daughter, Esther, Friday and Satur-
day, who is teaching in the Stadter
District.
M. and Mrs. James Cunningham
| of Salina, visited several days Of last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Blender.
A c. J. (Curly) Jacobs is home
on an eight day furlough. He is in
the Navy and is attached to the U. S.
S. Vestsl.
Mr. and Mrs. TilIotson and daugh-
ter, Bessie, and Mrs. Thomas Munroe
motored to Plainville, Sunday, to visit
sick relative.
Soldier McKinsey of this city, has
been transferred from Fort Funston
to camping grounds In Arkansas for
training this winter.
D. F. Klemm, formerly a Normal
student, has beea visiting Hays
friends for several days. He is "a
soldier boy" now at Camp Funston.
Maurice Craig, one of our boys
with the colors, in removing from
Utah to Colorado recently, was
slightly hurt in a railroad wreck, but
is recovering.
Among the callers at the Free Press
office Tuesday, were Otis L. Benton,
of Osborne; Senator W. E. Wilson,
bank commissioner and his deputy,
T. E Benton. They were here to at
tend the bankers meeting.
Quite a number of the wives of
soldiers who have failed to send home
any of their wages, have this week
made application through the depart
ment for half pay and the $500 a
month extra the government pays.
Help the Hen Lay" Is manufaez
tured by DIR. Pruitt in Hays, Kansas.
Try pail and be convinced
Mr.. and Mrs. Bice and little grand
daughter spent a couple of days this
week with their daughter at Plain
vile. Miss Lulu Bice accompanied
them to do library work at Plainville
and Stockton.
Donald John" is the name of q
wee son who arrived at st. Anthony's
hospital on Thursday the 8th OF No
vember. He will take up his perma-
Rent residence at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs Ed Kraus, eight miles in
the country.
Wni. King a stock ranch farmer
the past thirty years in Trego County
with his mother and sister from Buff
falo, New York, have leased and will
occupy the Freese cottage on East
Normal Avenue this winter. Daddy
Frees is going back to the hotel for
his meals until he goes to California
for the winter. They belong to the
Baptist church and are moving here
for church privileges.
The Methodist Ladies Society
served a luncheon at noon to the
bankers, consisting of chicken pie,
mashed potatoes and gravy, cabbage
and piTuento salad, beet and tomato
pickles, apple and pumpkin pie, as
sorted fruits and coffee. One hun
dred and twenty men were seated at
one time. The ladies feel grateful to
Mr.. Morrison for lending them one
of his fine vietrolas to furnish music
during the meal.
We dropped into the Markell
Photographic studio on Wednesday
morning and found IN the enlarged
reception room at the front with
show cases on every side showing
samples of Mr.. Markets work-with
convenient and up-to-date operating
room in the rear, a studie that is
worthy Of a town the size of Hays.
Mr.. Markell has the happy gift of cor
rect and graceful posing, which is as
important as good finish In a por-
trait.
''I think 1 viii have to get nd of
that little brown dog Of our" said a
patriotic little woman the other
day. 1T will be hard, for We have
become so attached to him but he
! eats six slices of bread every day"
We are heartily In sympathy with
what food administrator Lewis SAYS
about pets being a luxuries these
days and should be done away with
But need we kill our pet dogs? What
was 1t we heard about the govern
ment calling for dogs to serve IN the
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