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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
2
Harry Freese, owner and editor, runs the paper with business manager duties. The publication notes second class matter status at the Hays post and cites establishment in 1882 with a May 23 1908 reference.
A Nebraska Exchange item mocks voters and Kansas politics. It questions Chester I Longs Senate reelection and criticizes party blind spots while recounting a colorful South Dakota editor tale and urging subscribers in arrears to pay promptly.
A warning against false economy when buying low price goods. The writer argues cheap hardware, dishpans, clothing, and type are often inferior and fail early, leaving buyers “stung.” He cites a Texas foundry selling cheap type, exposing brittleness and false claims, urging quality materials and workmanship for lasting value.
A lively collage of humorous vignettes and quips about baseball season and springtime antics. The piece riffs on the pull of the game, editorial notes, and light verse about flies, gossip, and courting, featuring pithy lines and playful aphorisms from a bygone issue.
W B Ham of Stockton Kansas declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for congressman in the Sixth District. He cannot state his measures now but plans to outline them publicly across the district before August 4 next.
John Troth announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Register of Deeds in the upcoming primary on August 4. He asks for the voters of the County to support him and says he will merit their backing.
Dr. M. Jay Brown, eye and ear specialist from Salina, will be at the Brunswick Hotel on Monday June 15. Also notices include millinery closeout beginning May 18, sporting goods at Spratt's store, pasture for horses or cattle offered by George Forster, and cement work by S. W. Wood in Hays around June 1.
Customer left a National Cream separator at Continental Station in Hays for sale cheap. Guaranteed one of the best machines made. See HaRRY Freese, 23 tf Operator. Also offered, spring and summer clothes cleaning and pressing by Hays Laundry with delivery service. Phone 62 for prompt pickup.
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