The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12
Sam Leasure is home from Okla

''BoOch' Gross IS i'll from an attack
of Quincy.
Grandpa Stocks conditions re-
ut the same.
Fred Haffamier has returned from
a business trip to Chicago.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bun
ker, Monday, January End, a son.
Gus Klug is again in Galesburg,
Ill, looking after paving brick.
Choice alfalfa hay for sale at the
Normal Inquire of E. B. Matthew.
$50 buys a Second Hand Ford in
running order. Inquire at the Free
Press office.
John Mcknight came over from
| Camp Funston, to spend Sunday with
many Hays friends.
Conrad Krueger, Fred Miller and
W. W. Bemis made a business trip to
Cove County, last week.
There was a dance at Essex Hall
| Monday night, which was enjoyed by
the young people of Hays.
Carl Leiker, this week, received
word from his son, Isadore, that he
had arrived safely m France.
Miss Elsie Macintosh went to Kan
sas City, Monday night, to purchase
millinery for the spring opening.
Miss Leona Smith, who was called
to Hastings, Nebr., on account of the
death Of her father, returned Sunday.
Mrs. Tillotson is able to be about
again after having been laid up
from the result of fall week ago.
Choice alfalfa hay for sale at the
Normal. Inquire of E. B. Matthew.
Miss Lena Brown, who teaches ir
the Ellsworth schools has been here
all the week helping to care for her
| father.
Miss Edna Hedgepath has gone for
an extended visit to her grandmother
at Sparta, Mo. This grandmother is
1O8 years old.
John Brown, who has been very i'll
for over a week from heart trouble
IS slowly improving, and we trust he
viii soon be as well as ever
1t is understood that Charles
Chuck Robinson has been dis
charged from the army for disability
and viii soon return to Hays.
Miss Jessie Dobson, teacher of the
second grade in the public school was
called to her home at Sharon Springs.
| last Thursday night, by the death of
her father.
Mrs. E. NJ. McClain returned Mon
day noon, from a two weeks visit at
| Abilene. She also visited friends at
! Marshall, Washington County, during
her absence.
Miss Rena Faubion, for three years
teacher of Domestic Art in the Nor
| In the State Agricultural College at
an Increase in salary.
Mrs. Oscar Strailey was brought to
the hospital from the country the lat
ter part of last week, suffering from
appendicitis She was operated upon,
and is making a good recovery.
Miss Daisy Bush who had been Wis
| iting her brother in Ellis, this week,
stopped off Wednesday for a short
visit with her friend, Mrs Kate Mil
Ter. She left Thursday for her home
Fred Dreiling has traded for a
stock of goods in Kansas City. He is
there now packing the goods prepara-
tory to moving them to Ellis County
| It is understood he will open a store
ut Walker.
The Methodist Ladies Society are
making up a large assortment of
| things for their Easter sale. Chill
dren's dresses, house dresses and
aprons of all kinds will be special
ties. If you want the ladies to do
some sewing for you, give them your
order without delay.
Buy your electric lamps from Cost
ner at G. w Meyers Store. J.12-p3t
Mr.. Campbell and family have
moved from the Robson cottage to
the Bunker Apartments. Miss Row
lison will again let her cot
tage and then return to Nebraska, in
a week or so.
The W. F. NJ. S. of the Methodist
church met with Mrs. B. F. Replogle
on Wednesday afternoon. The lesson
was an unusually interesting one
| and the hostess served a luncheon al
its close to all present.
Make a note of this fact The
morning of Friday, January IL, 1918,
the thermometer registered twenty
| degrees below zero. Only the "oldest
inhabitants" ever remember weather
so cold as this in Western Kansas.
All are cordially invited to attend
the twenty-five cent supper at the NJ.
| E. church parlors on next Wednes-
day afternoon at 4:30 and continuing
until all are served unles the CROWD
oe so large that the food gives out.
About six inches of snow fell dur.
ing Wednesday night and Thursday
morning. 1t is what the farmers OF
Ellis County have been petitionine
the weather clerk to send US fol-
some time. 1t will mean many dol
lars at harvest time.
G. J. HetzeI of Pekin, H., is erect
ing the new pipe organ in the Lu
theran church this week. 1t will pro.
badly be dedicated the first Sunday
IN February. Mr.. Hetzel came here
from Charleston S. c., where he
erected $1,000 organ in one of the
Lutheran churches there
The W C. T. U. people are agitat
ing silver medal contest for boy!
and girls from twelve TO fiftee1
years Anyone interested call up the
secretary, $40, and she will find Z
chance for all who wish to enter, OF
telephone Miss Mabel Landon. Con
testants must have training, but cal
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