Old home town – 100 years ago today
From the Lawrence Daily World for July 20, 1906: The first building, the medical pavilion, of the Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital group in Rosedale, aligned with Kansas University, was opened yesterday. Twenty-four beds were installed and six nurses and a superintendent were placed in charge. : Ottawa reportedly had plans for a recreation area that may some day make it another Coney Island, with a gigantic swimming pool and accompanying amenities. : Almost every large city in America is fighting the ice trust, which continues to raise prices for their needed commodity, particularly during the hot summer months when ice is so vital to so many.”

