From the Lawrence Daily World for March 24, 1908: Ephraim Vancil, Buddy Parker, Jack McGee and Will Spencer, four prisoners at the county jail, all accused of penitentiary offenses, figured in a failed attempt at jail-break Saturday evening. They used a button-hook and piece of wire to pick locks.: The days of noisy and dirty street fairs are over in Lawrence and it will take some special project to get approval from the city council, which ruled against the ordinary types of fairs.”