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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
3
Mehmed Ali Bey, the Turkish ambassador to Washington, is mentioned in dispatches. The note references his role and activities in diplomatic circles.
GeGeSeces: Hugh Fitzpatrick joins the U S Army and goes to the Philippines. Colby land office official John Thomas drops by on business. A O U W member John Troth is selling at Kansas. Masonic meeting brings Jas Behan from Wilson. Frank Schoendaller completes a new residence west of Hays. Schools welcome students back. cadets from Salina scheduled for basketball. University students return to Lawrence. no holidays until summer. George Zeigler visits Oakley with relatives for leap year ball. I M Yost and E D Yost families from Hays visit. Yosts join in Kansas City reunion. Nellie Reeder resumes studies at Wellesley. Misses Gassman guests of brother M P Gassman. Regulars note rough roads improving. Various locals travel for study, business, and holidays. New Year events planned in Hays.
Watkins Furbish declares he will be a philosopher and stay optimistic despite annoyances. He steps on a tack, contemplates restraint and virtue, then finds humor and poetry in misfortune, resolves to keep calm, and slips into another shoe, only to repeat the pain with a second tack.
A remarkable burglar proof safe is installed in a Newburg Island bank. The safe is lowered at night into a metal lined sub vault and secured by steel lace with a triple time lock. It cannot be opened until the correct released time, offering strong protection against break in through a 30 by 10 by 10 foot masonry vault even with dynamite risks.
The advertisement promotes a large selection of watches clocks and jewelry including the Swasticca Good Luck Pin at Henry Tholen & Son in Victoria. It notes repairs by J B Gall gall and free eye tests by a graduate optician with glasses fitted at low prices.
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