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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
1
Readers are invited to enter a bake contest on Saturday before 2 pm at Misa Keiler's office. Entries include white and brown bread, angel and dark cakes, cookies and candies with minimum weights and quantities. Each entrant receives a number, entries judged, and the luncheon that evening. Present students alumni and faculty are eligible.
Normal defeated Pfeiffer 42 to 0 as Pfeiffer failed to score while Normal produced a strong nine inning game. Clark Burnham led the locals with dominant play and Pfeiffer’s club appeared outmatched throughout the afternoon. The article also notes a later 8th victory over McPherson College in tennis with Kell and Freese winning 6 2 6 2 6 3, and St John’s Military Academy visiting for two games.
Official announcement shows the Atlantic fleet leaving San Francisco on July 7 for a Manila arrival on November 7. The 16,218 mile cruise stops at Honolulu Auckland Sydney Melbourne Albany Philippines Yokohama Amoy and Manila, then heads home via the Suez Canal and Mediterranean to reach home in February.
The list shows Aura E. Bice Claude F. Bice Clayton G. Bice Gertrude Iona Bice Lalu M. Bice Henry J. Brown Ellen Bramitt Sophia Dickinson Roy C. Darey Louis Christiansen W. T. S. Compton Ora B. Farber Benj. F. Crocker Edith Freeland Alfred Havemann Edward D. Jantzen Emma Kraus Henry McVey James McVey Nellie McVey Frank S. Mott Henry E. Pearce Mabel Rowlison Laura E. Runyon Mary A. Ryan Ida Belle Solomon Ward W. Sullivan Amy Swires Murray Wallace Olive Westbrook are listed as graduates of Kansas State Normal, with some two-year and some three-year programs, and commencement set for June 1 at ten oam in the Normal Auditorium.
Notice orders all property owners within Hays to clean alleys of manure trash ashes and rubbish by May 10 1908 and remove swine. Compliance aids sanitation and reduces trouble for noncompliers. Issued by County Health Officer J A Catupat and City Marshall Charles Rupp.
S W Wood announces he will be in Hays around June 1 to arrange contracts for cement sidewalks and other cement work.
Edward Cain a popular telegraph operator in Hays married Adah Goff of Kirkwood Missouri last Monday evening in a ceremony performed by Rev. S B Hagerman. Cain has worked for Union Pacific here for years and is highly regarded. Miss Goff recently completed a term as teacher at Gorham and studied at the Normal. Only a few friends were informed of the nuptials. The Free Press offers congratulations to the newlyweds.
State Dairy Commissioner D M Wilson led the first arrest for violating the law in Cloud county by charging Edward Brown with manipulating the cream testing to favor a patron by ten percent. Wilson witnessed the test and Brown reportedly insulted him. The case centers on unfair testing practices to even profits between patrons.
Hail insurance notice references standard company coverage details. Mentions E. D. Janteen and Frank Mote as contacts or agents. Read as a short notice about hail risk protection and service accessibility.
Sunday School at 10:00 a m Morning Service at 1 00 p m BY P U at 7 00 p m Evening Service Prayer meeting and choir practice Wednesday at 8 o'clock.
A. N. Smith is pastor at the Methodist Church. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. Junior League at 3:00 p.m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.m. Evening preaching at 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.
The notice lists an 11:00 p m morning service a 7:00 p m Christian Endeavor service and a Wednesday 8:00 p m prayer meeting the public is invited to attend all services.
Lutheran Church invites participation in public worship at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor and a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday mid week prayer meeting led by Pastor C. F. Wiest. You are cordially invited to all.
The Saturday Afternoon Club of Hays will meet with Mrs C A Shively on Saturday May 9 The program includes Auld Lang Syne Ian McLaren reading of minutes book talk and miscellaneous business Mrs George Philip presiding and leading the session
Tourists may now reach the edge of Yellowstone Park via a new scenic line. The Union Pacific offers very low round trip rates and connections. For information contact A W Noeus, Agent.
Engraved visiting cards and steel die embossing offered. Typewriter paper for sale at twenty five cents per one hundred sheets. Mr and Mrs Shirley of California visit this week with Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Reidel. Mrs Shirley formerly Miss Alice Bartow of Pleasant Hill township. Leonard Wolfe arrives Sunday to spend summer here helping his father. He recently traveled from Los Angeles after visiting fleet and brother Richard. An ad suggests Fass Parse as a good investment seasonally.
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