From the Lawrence Daily World for April 9, 1908: “Doctors keep telling us the value of drinking a lot of water and yet many here are concerned about the quality of water from the local system. There is scum and bad taste and many are having problems with their service, which university scientists say is not all it should be. : Did the election slip by without your casting your votes? It appears that a shameful number of people failed to go to the polls.”