From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 3, 1910: “There were only three prisoners at the city jail, for being drunk on New Year’s Eve, so the doors were thrown open so they could leave. No charges or fines, a new year gift. . . . The Hodgins family near Pleasant Grove lost everything in a fire. Neighbors are trying to raise funds to help the couple and their seven homeless children. … The Kaw River again is full of ice and the power plant is at a standstill because of the lack of river flow.”