From the Lawrence Daily World for June 19, 1908: “Floodwaters from the Missouri River are moving into the St. Louis area and there are serious dangers of flooding there, with many miles of levees in danger of collapse. : The remains of C.S. Roberts of Lecompton have been found in a pile of driftwood along the Delaware River. He owned and operated the telephone company there and fell from a boat the height of the flooding while trying to make repairs in wiring. Short funeral services were held in Perry : “