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Ads from 1911, the Ellis, Kansas Review-Headlight.

Ellis High School Alumni Day

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May Seventeenth -- Alumni Day.

Alumni Day for the Ellis High school has been set for May 17th. If you are a graduate of Ellis High school celebrate with us and become a boy or a girl again for a short half day.

At 1 o'clock we will meet at the old school, sing a few songs and get together once again. At 2 we go to the ball ground where we will try to show the present High school boys that the boys of yesterday can play ball better, run better and jump better than they can. Girls, be there to root and help us win.

In the evening we meet at the Opera house for an evening of enjoyment. Besides other specialties, the "Class of 1909" will present a farce, entitled "A Midsummer Madness." The Alumni orchestra will render "The Tune the Old Cat Died On" and other time-worn selections. Initiation of graduates will take place and there will be dancing.

Last of all there will be a banquet at the Ellis House. We expect this to be the most enjoyable event of the day and know every one will be there to do his part. There will be toasts and responses from the classes.

Please let the secretary, Miss Verna Martin, know whether you intend to come. If not possible to come send some word as we wish to make this meeting as representative of all classes as possible.

The Ellis High School Alumni association was formed last May for the purpose of bringing the gradu[ates back together.]

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, May 5, 1911, page 1.

The Glee Club Sings a Number

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Methodist Church Notes

The Revival services at the Methodist church increase in interest each night and much spiritual progress has been made. On Sunday night the pastor talked on "The Influence and Responsibility of Leadership." On Monday night the subject was "The Thirteenth chapter of Corinthians, the Sanctification Chapter of the Bible." This was a unique presentation of an expository sermon on that beautiful chapter.

On Tuesday night the Y.M.C.A. philanthropist, Mr. Arthur Pearson, of Topeka, gave a lay sermon, the subject of which was "Bible Study, Prayer and Personal Touch."

On Wednesday night the pastor held a special service for the Sunday School Board, giving an illustration of the Bible and its usefulness, by drawing a tree representing the Old and New Testaments.

Thursday night was used as "Official Board Night," and the pastor spoke of the Board as the Reflectors of a church or the pastor's eyes through which he sees things, and the church's torch by which they get light on how, what, and how much to give and do for the church.

Friday night is especially for the Young People, and the Epworth League. At the service there will be special music. The Glee Club sings a number, the Choir has charge of that contingent known as the "Epworth League Choir," who will also sing for the first time in public. Each member of the League is to wear a white carnation, and it will be something worth while.

On Sunday morning the pastor will preach on "The Dignity of a Son of God in Ellis," at night from this subject "The Things that Find us Out."

The services will be held every night next week except Saturday night, and every afternoon. There will be special singing every night and the choir will have charge. Every Christian man and woman in Ellis is invited to attend and help in this campaign.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, January 1911.

Shall We Know Our Friends in Heaven?

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Congregational Church
The communion service last Sunday was well attended and two valuable accessions were received by covenant and fellowship. Good congregations both morning and evening listened attentively to the able sermons of Dr. J. Sidney Gould. The pastor led the Christian Endeavor meeting, which was unusually interesting.

Next Sunday the pastor will preach the last of his series of sermons on "The Soul." Morning subject, "Shall we Know our Friends in Heaven?" Evening, "What Shall be the end of the Finally Impenitent?" Chas Prentice will lead the Endeavor meeting and a lively time is expected. The usual good music by the choir is promised

The general public is most cordially invited. -- W. L. Martin, pastor.

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Found - Drawn work pillow slip. Owner can have same by calling at this office and paying for this notice.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, January 1911.

Mrs. Wilson Hurt

On Wednesday, as Mrs. D. J. Wilson and daughter, Miss Nora, were coming to town their horse became frightened at a pile of rubbish piled beside the road and ran away, throwing them both out of the buggy, breaking Mrs. Wilson's shoulder and otherwise bruising her considerably. Miss Wilson was caught in the top of the buggy and was dragged quite a distance, but beside being bruised was not injured. People should be more careful about dumping rubbish along the roads as this makes several accidents which can be traced to horses being scared at something which was dumped beside the road. Mrs. Wilson is getting along as well as could be expected, and her friends hope to see her about again soon.

--1911, The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas.

Comment: I can think of lots of reasons not to dump rubbish along the road. But because it would frighten horses, I never would've guessed.

A Classic Note

"Archimedes," read the pupil, "leaped from his bath, shouting, 'Eureka! Eureka!'"
"One moment, James," the teacher says. "What is the meaning of 'Eureka!'"
"'Eureka' means 'I have found it.'"
"Very well. What had Archimedes found?"
James hesitates a moment, then ventures hopefully:
"The soap, mum." -- Christian Intelligencer.
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Better Days
He (with a little sign) -- This is the third winter hat you have had this year.
She -- Well, but dearest, summer will soon be here now.
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Even Her Mother
Her Mother -- I feel, Mr. Owens, that I can trust my daughter to you.
Owens -- You can indeed, madam; everybody trusts me.
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It is a good thing to know where you are going, and what you are going there for.
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If you are acquainted with happiness introduce him to your neighbor. -- E. Brooks.
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Heroism is endurance for one moment more. -- W.T. Grenfell.
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The only proof against disappointment is to expect the unexpected.
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Antique Advertisements:
Please don't write in or send quarters!

If a dose of Hamlins Wizard Oil taken at night will prevent your having a bad cold in the morning, isn't it a good idea to have it ready to take the moment you feel the cold coming?

Do You Use Eye Salve?
Apply only from Aseptic Tubes to Prevent Infection. Murine Eye Salve In Tubes -- New Size 25c. Murine Eye Liquid 25c-50c. Eye Books in each Pkg.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.

Farms for rent or sale on crop payments. J. Mulhall, Sioux City, Iowa.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911.

Review-Headlight

Swat the fly!
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If all dreams came true, people would soon quit eating mince pie.
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The modern man who takes up his bed and walks is the mattress salesman.
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Holland produces 142,000 pounds of butter a year. Enough to butter both sides of her bread.
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If the drinking cup is to go, some economist of pocket space might combine a straw with a fountain pen.
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"Imbecile insanity" is the newest. We may yet hear of "insane lunacy" if the experts run out of adjectives.
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Shoe manufacturers announce that the feet of American women are growing larger. The ungallant wretches!
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The story persists that the monorail system of transportation is to go to Alaska and grow up with the country.
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The Chicago youth who eloped with a girl and seven trunks would make a huge success in the express business.
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The Oklahoma woman who has 13 sons, all under 5 years of age, is not suffering from the lack of something to do.
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There seems to be a remarkable international unanimity of opinion about the harem skirt. It has been mobbed in Brazil.
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Some of New York's fashionable women are carrying canes. Must be inconvenient when they are pushing baby buggies.
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Further evidence that China is about to wake up. A Chicago mail order house has shipped 10,000 alarm clocks to Peking.
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A $30,000,000 bread trust is being organized in New York, and we presume that its motto will be: "Half a loaf is better than one."
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Some of these decrepit old baseball veterans who have attained the advanced age of 33 or 34 years might land a job selling tickets.
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--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911, No. 31

Comment: Checking around, I notice this column, which above is shortened because it is from a clipping, is the same precise column as in another newspaper. Why, I can't explain exactly, unless it was syndicated. But there's no notice of that. In The Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Points, Wisconsin, May 6, 1911, the same exact column appears. The really weird thing is the formatting is virtually the same on the whole column, like twins, to the newspaper name above and double lines. One little difference, a typo one way or the other, is the Kansas issue says the Oklahoma woman has 13 sons all under 5 years of age, and the Wisconsin paper says "under 6 years."

Not Just What He Meant.

She (at the masquerade) -- Do you think my costume becoming?
He (with enthusiasm) -- Yes, indeed; but you would be lovely in any disguise.

Well Known.
Blobbs -- Is Harduppe pretty well known in your town?
Slobbs -- I should say he is. He's so well known he can't even borrow an umbrella. -- Philadelphia Record.

You are not responsible for the disposition you were born with, but you are responsible for the one you die with. -- Babcock.

ADVERTISEMENT:

WHO IS TO BLAME
Women as well as men are made miserable by kidney and bladder trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the great kidney remedy promptly relieves. At druggists in fifty cent and dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet telling all about it.
Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N.Y.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911, No. 30.

Not Annoyed, Of Course

Capt. Butt Was Merely Giving to His Friend a Few Philosophical Reflections.

Capt. Archibald W. Butt, the president's military aide, was called out of bed at nine o'clock one morning to answer a telephone call.

"Archie," said his friend on the other end of the wire, "I called you up to tell you that I shall not be able to keep the appointment I made with you for eleven o'clock today."

"I'm sorry," said Butt, his tone a trifle chilly.

"Yes; it's too bad," agreed the other.

There ensued an ominous pause.

"You know," remarked Butt sententiously, "telephoning seems to be a habit, a bad habit, in Washington. People are beginning to issue their invitations by telephone. They 'phone on the slightest provocation. They don't seem to know when not to telephone. They even get you out of bed to talk to you on the telephone."

"I'm afraid I annoyed you, and you're bawling me out," said the friend.

"Oh, no!" contradicted Butt in a louder tone. "My remarks are merely a few philosophical reflections induced by the early hour of the morning." -- The Sunday Magazine.

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911, No. 30.

Review-Headlight

W.H. SNYDER, Publisher.
ELLIS,...........KANSAS.
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And here comes the four-slit skirt.
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The trouser skirt is the only one that needs police protection.
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The price of lobster has gone up, but this no excuse for being one.
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It wouldn't seem fair to tax bachelors and let the young widowers escape.
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The "bungalow" hat is the latest for women. Can it be bought on the installment plan?
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It was Queen Elizabeth who said a lie is an intellectual method of meeting a difficulty.
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The population of India is 315,000,000, an increase of 20,500,000 since 1901. No race suicide there.
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Absolute independence consists, says one writer, in eating onions and not giving a-darn who knows it.
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"Convicts are not the worst men" says a Chicago preacher. Still, there are a lot of good men out of prison.
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Sandow, the strong man, is trying to build King George up to his own standard as against coronation week.
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A Chicago minister says that some marriages are planned by Satan, and we thought they were all made in heaven.
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The harem skirt is being taken seriously in Rome. One father has committed suicide because his daughters wore them.
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Prof. Perrier, a French astronomer, tells us emphatically that there is no life on Venus or Mars. When astronomers disagree, etc.
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An aeroplane carried thirteen men in a flight in France the other day, but the average citizen still prefers to cling to mother earth.
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A new aviator whose name is Mars has dawned on the world. For once a birdman has been found who has a name that fits his calling.
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Wherever it has appeared the harem skirt seems to have caused a riot. It is going to be hard on the timid to be fashionable this spring.
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A Boston clergyman says women have lost the art of blushing, and this may be why some are wearing the hobble and some the harem skirt.
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Pride goeth before a fall. When an automobile tries to knock a freight train off the track the pedestrian is tempted to chortle within his sleeve.
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We move that the New Yorker who is running an agency to dispose of titled foreigners to American heiresses be thrown into jail for peddling gold bricks.
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A church about to disband in New York has a membership worth about $750,000,000. The task of getting that treasure laid up in heaven seems to be a difficult one.
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A Philadelphia public man thinks the harem skirt will uplift the race. -- [cut off]

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911, Issue No. 30.

Ads and Notes*

* My headline. Original spellings on all the following items:

Desirable office rooms, see Ross & Waldo.

See Stehley & Keagy for Farm Loans.

Men's and Ladies' underware at Racket Store.

Paper hanging and house painting. See D.L. Irwin, Ellis.

Can they come back? The E.H.S. says, No! May 17th.

A good folding bed for sale, cheap. Enquire of Mrs. Hussey.

Furnished rooms for housekeeping. Enquire of R.R. Murden.

See Stehley & Keagy for anything in Fire or Life Insurance.

We have some good bird dog pups for sale. -- J.W. Hamilton, Ellis.

If your little chicks are not doing well feed them Salt Lode. For sale by J.G. Perigo.

Several went down from here Wednesday evening to attend the circus at Hays. They saw the elephant all right.

Found -- Saw and hammer. Owner can have same by applying at this office and paying for this notice.

Feed Salt Lode to your thriftless run down pigs and calves, and see them thrive. For sale by J.G. Perigo.

Mrs. E.C. Waldo and Mrs. C.C. Stone are down at Wichita this week attending a meeting of the Eastern Star.

There will be an adjourned menting of the Sons of Veterans next Wednesday evening. All members are requested to be present.

Try feeding Salt Lode to your stock. It is inexpensive and you will be more than surprised with the results. Sold by J.G. Perigo.

A bunch of kids came up from Hays last Saturday morning and hung one on the Ellis kids in a game of base ball to the tune of 12 to 15.

There will be 4000 feet of motion pictures at the Crystal Theatre tomorrow (Saturday) night. Go. It will only cost you 15 cents. Children 10 cent.

F.E. Marker closed a deal this week whereby he became the owner of the Frank Cahoon property in the east part of town. This will make the Markers a nice home.

Go to the Racket Store for men's and ladies' underware.

Union suits for men and ladies at the Racket Store.

For Rent -- Five room house. Enquire of S.J. Holman.

Don't forget the Track Meet and Ball Game, May 17th.

We have some good bird dog pups for sale. -- J.W. Hamilton, Ellis.

The Ellis High School vs E.H.S., Alumni. May 17th. Admission 25.

Lost -- Gold necklace with little gold heart locket. Finder return to Mrs. C.D. Blyke.

Mrs. Anderson of Salina came out last week and spent a few days visiting with her daughter, Mrs. H.E. Richards, and family.

"Polly of the Circus" by Miss Rubie A. Simon at the Opera house Wednesday evening, was one of the best readings we have had in Ellis for many a day. There was only a small audience present, but all enjoyed the reading.

Campbell Bros. circus was at Hays Wednesday and Wakeeney yesterday. The advance man told us that they were just playing a few towns on this trip (were skipping the best towns, Salina, Ellis, Hutchinson, etc.) and would be back some time this fall--

Rev. Hatch, a returned missionary will deliver a lecture Sunday afternoon at the M.E. church.

Miss Myrtle Richardson of Ellsworth crme up last Friday evening and spent Sunday with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. Richardson.

Harve Penny, owner, and Hy Addison, manager, of the Hays Telephone Co., spent yesterday in Ellis conferring with the committee from the Commercial Club in an effort to get the difficulties between the Ellis and Hays companies patched up so that connections between the two cities could be made again.

Just to show the people of the city what kind of horses the farmers are raising and shipping out of the country, C.N. Manker gave a parade of the car which Bert Fisher purchased this week. They were about as nice a bunch of horses as you would be able to find any place and the farmers received good money for them.

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, May 12, 1911

S.P. Club

The S.P. Club met at the home of Genevieve Aldrich last Friday, and prepared for an evening of enjoyment, for as one of the girls safely remarked, "We always have a good time at Biddy's" (a pet name for the motherly Genevieve). They spent some time in electing officers, as follows: President, Mahree Hamilton; Secretary, Eunice Ramsey; Treasurer, Anna Shields; Press correspondent, Edna de Lee.

The business concluded all settled--

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911

Met His Match

Alkali Ika -- They have just taken Roaring Bill to the hospital.
Pistol Pete -- What happened to him?
Alkali Ike -- He tried to break up a suffragist meeting. -- Judge.
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Chew and smoke untaxed tobacco, cheap and undoped. Meriwether & Edwards, Clarksville, Tenn.
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A man is seldom arrested for striking an attitude.

Comment: The tobacco ad in the middle is in smaller type.

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911

A Freak of Lightning

Six people at Hoisington had a miraculous escape from death during a heavy rainstorm. Clem Humphrey and little daughter, his son, Mr. Mil__ and sister, of Illinois and Mississippi, and Dot and Fannie Lowrey, of Great Bend, were driving from Hoisington to the Humphrey farm and were caught in the storm. Just as they turned in at the gate at the Humphrey place at Hoisington, a bolt of lightning struck the team, killing both horses. None of the party in the ri_ were injured in the least, though the --

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911

Coukty Institute Notes

The assistant state superintendent spent last Thursday inspecting the work of the Ellis County Institute. He expressed himself as well pleased with the work of Prof. Martin as conductor and Prof. Christiansen as instructor and as delighted with the large number of enthusiastic teachers attending.

Miss Grace Larison spent from Friday till Sunday evening with Miss Pearl Moore of Smoky Hill.

What is a grand jury? This is the question that is not quite clear to most of the members of the civics class. Of course the wise ones know but the lesser lights do not.

Miss Sutton gave us an interesting talk on reading in primary grades Monday at chapel.

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911

Neck Dislocated

Tuesday, while working at the new Catholic church, Michael Treca fell from a ladder and suffered a dislocation of the vertebrae in the neck. Dr. Blake was called and has been treating the patient and informs us that the patient is getting along as well as could be expected. There is every chance for the man to get well and live for a number of years.

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911

No Trespessing

All parties are hereby warned against tresspressing on my property west of Ellis. -- H. Scheske.

Comment: I left the two different spellings of 'trespassing' as in the original clipping.

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911

Friday, April 14

The latest rule is that a man's necktie should match the gown of the woman with whom he walks or drives. Nat Goodwin would have to carry a suit case of ties with him day and night. -- K.S.A.C. Industrialist.
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Men squander money in different ways. Dr. D.K. Pearson, the philanthropist, gave away his final $300,000 a few days ago. Frank Munsey, magazine magnate, is to establish a string of newspapers. -- K.S.A.C. Industrialist.
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Strange, isn't it, that women who shiver and look horrified at the mention of some actresses puff up like pouter pigeons and smile as if they'd found a nickel when you tell them they resemble the said beautiful actress. -- K.S.A.C. Industrialist.
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After my wife had scolded me for making so many mistakes and after meekly asking her, "But didn't you ever make a mistake?" she gave me a look that I shall never forget and remarked, "I made a sad mistake -- once." There remained a dead silence for a half hour and I imagined I could hear the wedding bells of long ago -- and I understood. -- Bill Huff.
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A query from the Hiawatha World:

A farmer finds a one-dollar bill, and appropriates it, by right of discovery, to himself. He goes to town and pays it to a newspaper man on what he owed him; the newspaper man hands it over to a merchant to settle his account; the merchant pays his meat bill with it; and the butcher pays it back to the original finder to finish paying for a calf he had bought, after which the farmer takes it to the bank and discovers it to be counterfeit, and on the ensuing Sunday puts it into the missionary collection. Query: Are all these debts canceled by the spurious one dollar?
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Advertise your own state. Don't run column after column about other states' advantages. Not that you love Canada or Colorado less, but you love Kansas more. -- K.S.A.C. Industrialist.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, April 14, 1911

The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911

I've gotten some miscellaneous clippings from a Kansas newspaper, The Ellis Review-Headlight of Ellis, Kansas. Not everything is dated, but the date I've seen is 1911. So I assume they're all that vintage unless I come across something different.

I'm going to be posting some of these clippings, articles, whatever there is, for a while.

The paper was published every Friday at that time, and the publisher's name was W.H. Snyder.

How I format these things goes something like this, word for word except obvious misspellings, which I correct unless I think it's a particular spelling for the period, an ethnic spelling, or there's some other particular situation. For initials, like W.H. Snyder, I drop the space between them whereas they're usually spaced in old newspapers. I put an extra space between paragraphs, as I can't figure out how to indent HTML, plus it looks better on the screen. And the capitalization of headlines isn't precisely what is on a clipping.

One last thing, some clippings don't have headlines but a blog needs a headline, so I'll put something.