Old Home Town – 100 years ago

From the Lawrence Daily World for June 15, 1907: “We have to chuckle at some eastern doctor who says ‘kiss all you want to but gargle after every fifth kiss.’ The real problem is not the gargling but keeping count on the kisses, it seems. : McCook Field, that famous old university gridiron where so many have starred, is in a state of disgrace because so many keg parties and drinking gatherings are being held there and the users are leaving the grounds in disarray. Authorities would do well to look into this before the next university term begins so that students will not fall into the bad behavior. : A smooth young man wrote a number of bad checks on a local store here yesterday and so far has managed to avoid arrest. He would buy something and then write the check for a larger amount, get the change and disappear. He probably is now working the same scheme in another town.”