Old Home Town – 100 years ago

From the Lawrence Daily World for Sept. 30, 1906: The Ministerial Association of Lawrence has arranged for a series of lectures on the general subject of ‘Science and Religion” to be given by the popular chautauqua lecturer Newton N. Riddell. : The Lawrence Business College has some outstanding night classes for those who must work during the day and want to improve their educational status. : City schools are now to be closed for a week for fear of the diphtheria problem. The total number of cases here is now 48 and most of the victims remain quarantined.”