The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
DR.. Meade is at home nursing an
a afflicted foot

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Why order Monuments elsewhere
when we have first class works here at
home.
Miss Helen Pestana went Tuesday
to Ellis to help in the care of the
sick
Harry L. Pestana returned Wed
nesday evening from weeks bust
ness trip to Kansas City.
Mr.. 7. F-Kerns, bookkeeper at the
Normal had so far recovered that his
daughter, Mrs. ,Maude Sill returned
Thursday to her home at Leaven-
worth.
Mr.. Frank H. Kerns of Atchison,
who came the earlier part of last
week to help care for his father left
Sunday morning for his home at
Atchison. His father, Mr.. T. F. Kerns
accompanied him.
To put stop to crowds meeting and
the consequent spreading of influenza
In Hays, Agent Noble ordered that the
distribution Of the evening paper at
the depot be discontinued. The Times
is now being delivered on the street
near the Hays Opera house. Line up
President Lewis returned Wednes-
day evening from Topeka, and reports
the statewide closing order closes
this Saturday, and the question of
opening the schools and public places
rests with local boards of health, some
locations being nearly free of the dis
ease. Here in Ellis county the emeE-
gency hospitals have been closed and
the epidemic seems to be abated except
as to few scattering families.
We regret to announce the death of
Mrs. John Gatewood this week, at her
home on the North Smoky valley. She is
the daughter of John Gilbert, and came
here with the family many years ago,
and married John Gatewood. She had
handsome home in the southwest part
of the county, her husband having
died several years ago. The funeral
will be from the Methodist church in
Hays, this Friday at IL o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Williams re-
turned the first of the week from
Denver. Mr.. Williams had been call
ed to the Pacific coast by an accident
which happened to his mother while
enroute from Seattle to Southern
California. She was in a railroad
wreck and suffered an injury to her
back which may be somewhat per-
manent. Mrs. Williams met him in
Denver and visited there-a few days
All persons having knitted articles
for the Red Cross finished or unfnish-
ed please send them without fail with
unused yarn to the basement of the
Public Library, Saturday, October
26th, between 3 and p. m. See that
your name is upon the bundle. 1t is
expected that yarn for new quota
Will soon be received. The quota ask
ed for is 100 sweaters and 80 pair of
socks to be completed by December
1st. Watch for announcement when
yarn is received. We wish to send
in all knitted articles now at hand.
The influenza epidemic situation in
Kansas City has been terrible, and the
more so as there was a shortage
of nurses. The Kansas City Times of
Wednesday has this about one of the
Hays nurses, daughter Of Harry Pes
tsna: ''Mrs. Harry Mather, in charge
of the Red Cross nursing section, said
last night that Red Cross units in sur
rounding towns were volunteering their
service for work here and that proba-
bly, that many Of them would be called
upon. Miss Helen Pestana, head NUS
ing aid at the emergency Red Cross
hospital in Hays, Kansas, where the
epidemic has just been stamped out,
wired the Star last night volunteering
her services. Mrs. Mather probably
will call her today"
Mrs. De Santos Of East Juniata
street, this city, has given another son
to the cause of her government. Some
time ago one Of her boys who had en-
listed with the Canadian troops early in
the war was reported killed in action.
Last week her youngest son, Ferdi-
nand, who had enlisted from Trego
county, and was sent to camp Travis,
Texas, died from pneumonia and his
bedy was brought to his old home in
Collyer where it was buried this week
with military hoRoFs. The guard sent
from camp, was assisted by the State
Guards acted as pail bearers and escort.
Another son came up from Camp Fun
sten TO attend the funeral. Ferdinand
was 26 years old, q single man, and had
always lived in Trege and Cove eoun-
ties. His father, q soldier of the six
ties, died several years ago.
Leona NJ. Jantzen says If she Is
elected to the efiee of Register of
Deeds she viii give the duties OF the
Office the same care she did while depu-
ty. Ellis county has never elected q
lady to a county Office. The people
now have the best opportunity they
Will ever have to dc SO. A lady who
having had several years experience
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