From the Lawrence Daily World for Dec. 29, 1906: “The shady methods of the big mail order houses are being exposed more and more and the evidence is they are palming off the cheapest kinds of goods on gullible customers who then have no recourse if the products are bad or faulty. Buyers, beware! Buy locally from people you can trust. : About 165 graduates, students former students and faculty members of Kansas University attended the annual university banquet yesterday at the First Methodist Church in Topeka. The crowd exceeded expectations and many considered it ‘a gala affair.’ . . . The cold weather is giving gas users cause to rejoice, because of the comfort and the lower bills.”