Local notes from Hays area and region
Local notes report factory and home improvements, new births, marriages, travels, and social visits. Mrs Beilman welcomed a baby girl. Charles Jackson and Mary Scheck wed in St Joseph’s church. wheat prices rise. and the Kansas City Clearing House certificates circulate through Hays with a deadline for conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jackson
Kansas City
Mies Mary Scheck
Yocemento
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Freak Collector Ike Smalley and His Glass Eye Ventures
Archer Way recalls Ike Smalley a freak collector who lost an eye in a fight and later built a life around glass eyes. Ike bought, customized, and traded dozens of eyes from makers in New Jersey, New York, Paris, and Geneva, creating a traveling miniature gallery that fascinated observers and drew attention to his ever-changing eye collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archer Way
San Francisco
Ike Smalley
Ike
Amzl
Cripple Crek
Ikewlee
Barzilla Tinton
New Jersey
Barzilla
Alaska
Amzi
Amul
Tim
Gee
Prac |Ising
Chatham Square
Malden
Jane
Newark
Boston
Fall River
Paris
Geneva
Expensive Coffins Inspire Viennese Coffin Makers
Zinc coffins dominate Vienna today though copper varieties fetch the highest price with coats reaching up to 3500 dollars. A newly fashioned bronze and copper coffin for a Russian archduke alone reportedly cost over 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Public notice of sale and new business plans in Hays
After selling his drug store to A H King, the former owner thanks friends for seven years of support and announces plans to open a stationary and book store nearby. He commends King Harry as a thorough druggist and invites locals to patronize the new venture and future offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. King
King
Hays
Harry
Ellis County
First National Bank
Local notes highlight sick residents and community events
Earnestine Fields remains ill with a bad cold while Kanapolis Journal notes Mrs. A P McGuire sickness and a Spokane address request from Lawrence A Taylor. Public dance at Yocemen s by John Stanley. Red Cross Pharmacy displays toy balloons. Local ads from Citizens Bank J A Blender H H Winters Continental Creamery. Justus Missing travels east to study electric light and ice plant. Hays City may need an ice plant. ice could be costly. Henry Herman, Gorham youth, shot by brother John but recovering. Mrs John Staab Jr dies after stumbling on wagon. daughter of John Schueler and daughter‑in‑law of Raymond Staab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence A. Taylor
Spokane
Washington
Red Cross
Justus Missing
Hays City
Hays
Henry Herman
Gorham
John
John Staab, Jr
John Schueler
Raymond Staab
Catharine
Stick Pin Lost on Street or G. A. R. Hall
A gold stick pin in a lover's knot design is missing since Wednesday evening. Lost on the street or at the G. A. R. Hall. A liberal reward will be paid for its return to Mrs. WM. Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. P. Gussman
Nick
LaDell- Fox
WM. Montgomery
Uncalled Letter For Mike Mills Bantam Kansas
A dated September 1907 letter addressed to Mike Mills Bantam Kansas has been returned by the dead letter office and remains uncalled for at this office. James McIntosh postmaster Bantam Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Mills
Bantam
Kansas
Jas. McIntosh
P. M. Bantam
Prejudice and the Meter Man in a Gas Bill Saga
A reader narrates tense encounters with gas meter readers and dubious bills. The tale contrasts customer suspicion with meter testing, revealing misreadings, device skepticism, and attempts to beat meters. It notes households accusing meters, later settling when tests show faults or stubbornly accepting higher charges from noncompliant users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Correst
Blulr
Tuun
Cohlort
The Little Country Paper From His Home
A rustic poem celebrates the local newspaper as a comforting daily companion that eases a man’s mood, tracks social circles, crops, and local goings on, and contrasts it with bigger papers and popular fiction. The verse cherishes familiar names and hometown life through a simple, affectionate voice.
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Ben Franklin
Denver Post
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Mias Boyce
Juniata St
Henry Schwaller
Quality Hill
W. J. Wood
Topeka
Lawrence McClusky
Plainville
L. F. Scott
Phil
Loutzenhiser
John Beilman
Pleasant Hill Township
Mabel Boyd
Bertha
Ethel Pratt
Hill City
Pratt
M. M. Bannister
M. E. Church
Stanton
Clark
State Normal and Experiment Station
Colby
Jan.idth
Harvey Penney
C. W. Miller
John Seitz
Free Press
Katherine
Katie
M. J. Bell
Gerhardt Unrein
Ignatius Saunders
Wm. Harrison
J. W. Goodall
Chas. Baumer
J. C. Farley
Frank King
Red Cross Pharmacy
Mrs. Marshall
B.D. Yost
L. F. Hiss
Wm. Levick
Safe Stout
Kansas City Clearing House
Uncle Sam
Clearing House
J. H. Spratt
Earnestine Fields
H. C. Freese
Yocemen' S
John Stanley
Kanapolis
A. P. McGuire
Citizens’ Bank
J. A. Blender
H. H. Winters
The
Continental Creamery
District Court
Malissa
Grerce
Dexter
David RathBone
Prejudice and the
Meter Man
Omar
Wif
Eas Mag
Hiatt
OLD Home Paper
Guitar
Cc. A. Harkness
H. H. King
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