From the Lawrence Daily World for May 7, 1910: Sunday is Mother’s Day and many special sermons on motherhood will be delivered at virtually all local churches. Ministers are asking that all children who are away from their homes send letters to their mothers to let them know again that “all that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my mother.” . . . More than 200 minors have been trapped in an Alabama accident and it is feared all of them may be dead. There was an explosion of mine gas and it appears rescue efforts will soon become recovery ventures. . . . Evidence is that there has been a terrible earthquake in Costa Rica and that there is massive damage and loss and a heavy loss of life. . . . Meanwhile, in Pittsburg, Kan., 400 strip miners have gone on strike for better pay and more safety conditions. . . . A surprise in university circles today is the resignation of noted professor Robert Kennedy Duncan, an expert in industrial chemistry. He will accept a prestigious appointment in his field at Pittsburgh Unviersity in Pennsylvania. He has been here since 1902 and has an international reputation for achievement.