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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1900
Page
1
In Winona, Mr Severns becomes day man at the depot with Roy Stebly on night duty. Hill Wilson Jr arrives from Topeka to aid in harvest while Elihu Stout visits Rooks county. Town empties for farming, shops, and supplies as farmers push grain in Wheatland township.
Hundreds of Ellis County women join in harvest work to aid farmers amid a wheat glut. Idlewild club members, dressed in work attire, take up header boxes and table duties earning two dollars a day. The piece notes strong female enterprise and local pride in progressive farming communities.
The notice lists July 4th travel rates: 14 rate to all points within 2 miles. For Topeka and east, buy to Junction City and purchase a ticket for sale as stated. Travel is valid for a good going Tuesday and return Thursday, the 5th.
The National Democratic Convention meets in Kansas City next Wednesday for a three day session. Tickets for the Convention hall cost 25 dollars for all days. Railroad round trips are one fare, valid Monday and Tuesday return.
Mrs Carrie Robbins Dixon visits. Yost's offers rain in price on implements. Ed Wood cut and threshed on Wednesday. Census taker Horace Higgins finished in Lookout and Wheatland townships. Miss Bell Sutton leaves for Salina to study then return to teach. DeWin's Witch Hazel Salve advertised for eczema and skin ailments. Episcopal services planned in Victoria and Hays with church events and a library social in Court House Park. Fusion nomination George H Bailey for State Senator in Jewell and Mitchell counties. DeWitt Litle Early Risers praised for liver health. Census completion urged, county population history referenced from 1890.
A chaotic harvest season unfolds as farmers seek hands at two dollars a day with board, while town boomers and public officials clash over labor and development. Judges, commissioners, and Republican voices are cited amid protests, travel, and local disputes about schools and land.
Fragmented text records Father Senotreal Velix de Escalanty noting Utah’s climate as delicious and balmy on the shores of a Great Salt Lake area. The entry mentions a voyage to Lake City and references a landing on the third day of September 1776 with remarks on the climate and landscape.
Miss Sasie Shaffer observes harvest at Lafe Stout's while Fisher Mulrey and Cif Jourdan assist, as Arthur Wiliie's Sinet and Sampane dams gain attention. Farley’s reports Ed Wood renting ware to Bell-Philip farm east of town. Demand for harvest labor draws carpenters and other workers away to save grain.
The Times Herald reports a wheat failure across Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota, labeling it the worst level B calamity. Early estimates show a projected loss of missing bushels far below prior forecasts, with national prices rising as millers and workers face higher costs for flour and essentials.
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