16 Jan 1919
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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
1
The piece urges business leaders to prepare for peacetime reconstruction and increased trade after war restrictions end. It emphasizes establishing strong banking connections, highlighting Citizens State Bank as a ready partner to finance future needs and help create jobs for returning veterans.
Four million Army and Navy personnel hold government life insurance totaling about thirty seven billion dollars. Preserve benefits by maintaining current coverage. you can convert to standard policy later without medical exam. Government will issue ordinary life, twenty payment life, endowment at 62, and other forms at government rates through the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Carry protection into civilian life and stay insured.
Anthony Deane returns from the east while Miss Leon Smith visits WaKeeney and local dances take place at Essex Hall. Fort Hays Normal hosts a mixer and dances, with many town residents ill with influenza recovering. Military moves include Jay and Estel’s discharge and Captain Delaney awaiting transfer. A city improvement plan proposes feed lots and hitching racks west of Juniors and Fort Streets, plus a shelter and water amenities. Obituaries, railroad notes, and a post office clerks exam announced for February 8, 1919.
Government Insurance urged for soldiers and sailors with five year premium plan and conversion rights, offered at government rates. Tariff law discussion notes unchanged postwar policy and its impact, plus a local Red Cross notice advising members to stay insured. Anecdotes include cats dying from flu in Concordia and Gassman’s Shoe Hospital transforming into a factory on old shoes with services and sales offered at low prices.
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