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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1907
Page
2
Hays City Free Press under H. C. Freese appears as editor and publisher. The note confirms the paper's local operation and leadership in Hays City.
A satirical piece questions a supposed reformer’s “order” urging men to eat and live on all fours. It mocks claims of cures and health benefits while noting practical hurdles like clothing and social norms. The column doubts the scheme’s legitimacy and highlights the humor in a fad that may not endure.
The piece argues for starting the year on May 1, noting no real New Year feeling between December 31 and January 1. It contrasts this with spring’s social shifts and cites Frenchman Paul Doumer praising American openness and America’s congressional library as exceptionally well organized.
An exchange notes that inner calm and kindly cheerfulness, not diet or fitness alone, forge beauty. It urges women to cultivate good nature, gaiety, and trust in themselves, promising loveliness and happiness as fruits of a serene disposition.
Denver hosts a public lands convention June 18 19 20 with no politics. Governor Buchtel says the aim is a liberal policy for forestry and grazing lands to encourage western development and population, aligning with Roosevelt administration reforms. The American National Stockgrowers Association will participate and back grazing and forestry policies.
An ancient 1692 document ordering Captain Campbell of Glen Lyon to slay rebels near Glencoe sold for 7000 after starting at 250. The sale ended as bidders pressed for the historic decree's passage and the price climbed sharply.
The body of Mrs Ida Sexton McKinley rests beside President McKinley in Westlawn cemetery receiving vault Canton. Funeral services at the Market street home drew notable officials including President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks as city commerce halted. Railroads and shippers in Chicago near a dispute over liability while Washington prepares to trim naval officer ranks under the promotion act. Canton residents discuss preserving the McKinley home. Paris gold imports and Japanese cruisers in England headline finance and foreign affairs with labor unrest in San Francisco.
A Friday night meeting in Milwaukee with about 150 supporters adopted a resolution declaring Senator La Follette the strongest most logical presidential candidate. The group called for immediate campaign work across her states to secure the nomination.
May 1907 reports in Shawnee County liquor purchases and state actions. Cadet appointments to West Point, Carl Ballinger and Edward Holsington named. judges mandate liquor shipments across state lines upheld. Weather notes call May the coldest in forty years with frosts. Public notices detail raises for asylums staff and staff bonuses, plus liquor case dispositions. Local stories include sales, prison terms, farm talks on alfalfa, and civic incidents across Kansas.
J W Browning recalls diabetes and kidney failure years earlier and how Dean's Kidney Pills restored his health. He notes diabetes, kidney disorder, nocturnal urination, weight loss, backache, rheumatism, and dizziness improved for over a year. Buffalo based Foster Milburn Co. advertises 0 cents per bottle.
A collage of light anecdotes and gags from periodicals, including a tale of a western man tempted by a New York widow with a hair token, a mother and son mispronounced names, Nye the comedian’s driving date misadventure, a con man’s belated trick, a jail tale of memory and duplicity, a German variant on a dying husband joke, and a child friendly promo for Postum Coffee substitute.
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