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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
2
A Ness County News piece lampoons church attendance tips and a made up word for a small fire, arguing dignity comes from the person not the occupation. It notes some folks uplift even menial tasks while others degrade honorable work.
A Nebraska farmers conscience drives him to despair after voting death in a murder trial. Nightly tormented by questions about usurping divine power he writes a farewell letter and ends his life, overwhelmed by the burden of the moral verdict.
A reader’s collage of comic snippets and local digs fills a Baltimore style page. Jokes about prices, groceries, editors, and oddball rumors mix with quips on weddings, fruits, and a whales of small-town life. The piece lampoons editors, prohibition, and rural quirks with a breezy, period voice.
W B Ham of Stockton Kansas declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for congressman in the Sixth District and plans to outline positions district wide before August 4. John Troth announces candidacy for Republican nomination for Register of Deeds in the upcoming primary on August 4 seeking voters’ support.
Wants and sale offers list several items including suits cleaned at Hays Laundry and Dolly Varden chocolates at Harkness. Rand to buy horses mares and mules on April 25. Small cases for sale by Harry Freese. Custom made shoes advertised with samples and fair prices. Old papers for sale. Seed and printing services promoted. Farm and real estate notices include Ohio farm for trade for Ellis county farm, cottages and land for sale near Victoria Kansas, pasture and cattle herding offered by Peter Horr.
A customer left a National Cream separator for sale cheap on easy terms at Continental Station in Hays. See Harry Freese, 23-tf Operator. Rand Coming next Saturday April 24, C M Rand the Kansas City horse buyer will be here to buy horses mares and mules. He will buy them in good flesh despite small blemishes. Remember the date.
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