Old Home Town – 100 years ago

From the Lawrence Daily World for Sept. 27, 1906: “The eligibility committee is meeting to establish the validity of university football players to compete and it appears several strong candidates for this year’s KU team are in doubtful standing due to their academic status. : Efforts are being made to make sure local theaters have adequate fire warning and protection systems after the devastating Iroquois theater fire that claimed so many lives in Chicago. : Three new cases of diphtheria were quarantined today but the danger of further spreading of the disease seems about abated. There have been four deaths and 31 people remain in quarantine. : A new type of ‘hike’ will take place tomorrow when 10 local YMCA boys ride their bicycles to Ottawa. Each boy will be examined by a doctor to see if he is physically able to do the ‘hike.'”