The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-09-16
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The Golden Belt Fair Association
is looking for the largest crowd next
week, September 21, %, %, and "a,
that ever attended a like exhibition
in Ellis county, and viii look to the
people of the city to help care for the
visitors. This viii be the best fair
ever held in Ellis county, and the peo-
pie of the county are not going to
miss this opportunity of seeing the
wonderful display of live stock, agri-
cultural and domestic exhibits, so the
Association will look forward, next
week, TO an episode in the affairs of
Ellis county long to be remembered.
The most unusual collection of vel
vet hats in trimmed and tailored eff
fects on sale at Miss Deane's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Stock and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Reed attended the
circus at Russell, last Thrsday, and
visited at the c. A. Bodmer home
Mp. Gassman returned home Wed
nesday morning, from an outing trip
to Colorado.
Mr.. VIM. o. Blackmun returned
home last Thursday night, after sew
eral days visit with relatives in Den
yer and Greeley, Colorado.
Now is the time to buy a new hat
e. L. L.. l.
J. M. Denning now has his store on
North Main street open for business.
It has been closed the past week on
account of sickness and the inability
to obtain competent help.
Frank Bissing is building founda-
ton, this week, for an addition to his
residence on West Normal Avenue.
The city marshal arrested two kids,
Monday, for scrapping on the streets,
and one night this week there was an
attempt to hold up two men on South
Main street, but another man coming
out of a store at the psychological
moment" rather interfered with the
highwayman and he passed it off as a
joke. No arrests were made. Of
course the Free Press would not be
so unkind as to say that the Marshal
failed to do his duty in the last men
toned incident.
Our entire stock of Ladies', Misses
and Childref's Hats at prices far be-
low their regular values. This week
and ''Fair" week at Miss Deane's.
If you can't see them next week,
it's your own fault, because they will
be down at the Fair grounds and you
should be there also. Remember the
date, September 21, %, % and "a.
Population Of the world is about
1922, 100000. Average age at death
is S3 years. 57,972,727 die annually.
908,516 die weekly Nearly go die
every two seconds. Sixty persons
have died while you were reading this.
The most unusual collection of vel
vet hats in trimmed and tailored eff
fects on sale at Miss Deane's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Pierce left in
their car, Wednesday afternoon, for
the east. They expect to stop in Man
haitian, to the State Fair at Topeka,
and also to Lawrence, where they will
visit a few days with their daughter,
Mrs. w. w. Sullivan. From Law
renee they will go to Aurora, Illinois,
for short stay, after which they will
go to Florida to spend the winter.
They have rented their residence here.
Peter Storm of Ellis, filed COM
plant charging Ed Bray with petty
larceny. Bray is working with a
threshing gang south of Ellis. The
complainant further charges Herbert
Swires with carrying concealed weap-
ons contrary to law. Their trials
have been set for Saturday, at 10 A.
NJ
The northeast division of the Ladies
of the NJ. E. Aid Society will hold a
food sale at Grass Store, Saturday,
September 19, beginning at 1 o'clock.
John Hollinder and wife are here
this week, from Bazine, Kansas, visit
ing with Mr. Ernest Modlin and fam
lily.
Judge ]. C. Ruppenthal passed
through Hays, Wednesday.
District court. will convene next
Monday.
Wonder if Postmaster Dreiling has
heard from Maine-already yet?
It is understood that man cannot
be arrested for vagrancy if he has
money in his pockets to pay his way.
Carl J. Stecklein has purchased
lots east of the wholesale house and
will soon begin the erection of grain
elevator.
Robt- L. Hall is building a five-room
bungalow on lots between his resi-
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