From the Lawrence Daily World for Dec. 15, 1908: “A man accused of attempting to assault a local woman on Dec. 7 was given a year in jail, and his sentence was intended as an example. ‘There have been too many of these crimes in Lawrence recently and a warning is needed to the lawless element,’ the judge said upon imposing the sentence… The Kansas Natural Gas Co. and the Kansas City Pipe Line Co. are preparing to contest the collection of taxes on their properties in Kansas. They claim the property is over-assessed …”