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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
1
Harvest continues with many workers and shifting fields near the Smoky. farms report shorter straw and mills expanding capacity for two months. Local events include a Yosts party, church notices, new ministers, marriage licenses, and a mining prospect pitch by Miss Hobbs.
A pocket book left in Hays last Saturday contained papers and is sought by the owner. A note asks return to Cole's Hardware or contact Arthur Welde in Kansas City. The Topeka agency sent only 350 harvest hands across the state, with Russell and Ellis counties using that allotment. Jim Burke arrived Friday morning and organized a new crew to expand harvest work.
Union Pacific offers round trip fares to Colorado summer spots with $15 return from Missouri River points. Rates run June 18–30 and July 10–Aug 31 with July 1–9 and Sept 1–10 at $15. Proportionate cuts from intermediate points. information available from Spratt, Agent. Also a note for DeWitt's Little Early Risers constipation pills by J C Farley.
Contests filed by Johannes alleging failure of replant and stand of trees in a timber culture claim. Notice to appear and offer evidence at 10 a m on Sept 1901 before the U S Land Office in Wakeenvy Kansas. Due diligence shows personal service impossible. publication directed. Published Oct 18 1900 and June 22 1901.
A testimonial from Pitts, Joap Tex, stating that after using one bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure meals no longer stay on the stomach for half an hour. The note mentions Kodol helps with fat troubles and digestion for breakfast foods. JC Farley.
Local notes report the county commissioners convening next Monday in their regular quarterly session. The piece lists various small town items including a McLeod wedding, field fires south of the Reservation, and local shop talk. It mentions revenue operations and a call to purchase a cherry seeder advertised in another column.
Thirty two hundred acre farm one mile from Court Laceal under a good wire fence. One hundred eighty five acres now in wheat and other crops.
Imitators praised Rocky Mountain Tea by Madison Medicine Co and 35 cents. Rev David A. Cramer and Rev Frank D. Allman wed in town, then left for Shaffer castle for a month. Pasture space offered for horses, with water and shade. Attorney Allen Cox handling Reservation homestead case. Interior Department to review papers. Local land rush and homesteads, rail and shale concerns. fire reports and agricultural notes among town items.
A controversial briefing cites assertion no real harm from reconsidering the Hays decision while critics urge the Interior Secretary to review affidavits showing claimants invested over 4000 dollars in homesteads and improvements. The Free Press argues a payment plan by the Reservations committee and Wakeeney Land Office would be more honorable and persuasive to citizens.
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