From the Lawrence Daily World for Nov. 16, 1910:

• “When roll was called at headquarters this morning the department found itself shy a policeman. Officer Lawson Lewis had not reported off duty at midnight, he had not been home, and no one had seen him since early in the evening. When all these facts developed, consternation reigned in police circles. Had Lewis been kidnapped? Had he been murdered and his body thrown in the Kaw? Had he been tied up by frolicking high school students celebrating their Saturday victory? All these and a dozen more plausible explanations were offered to account for his disappearance…. About noon a hack driver was found who had seen Lewis at the Santa Fe station about 8:30, and whom the officer told he was going to Kansas City. No explanation has been made of the officer’s going off duty without leave.”
• “Thanksgiving will bring no gladness to the hearts of the poor in Lawrence this year. None of the various charitable organizations are planning to give dinners, or to send needful supplies of groceries to those too poor to buy little extras for the Thanksgiving meal.”
• “In a few days the Manhattan, Kansas, slaughter houses will be notified that they can no longer dump their waste material into the river. This material must be either buried or burned. This announcement was made by Dr. J. C. Montgomery, health officer, who has been making an inspection of the city with A. E. Ice, state food inspector. This will necessitate the tearing out of the chutes that extend from the houses to the river, which have been used in carrying away this material.”