From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 7, 1910: “Ten cases of suspected typhoid fever and one death in a restricted district bordering the open sewer across West Lawrence, is the appalling penalty which residents in that section are paying for the unsanitary conditions which have been allowed to exist this summer…. A committee from the city council, the county health officer, and the city sanitary officer made a second inspection today of the district in which thirty wells were sealed late yesterday afternoon. A ravine runs down the alley between Indiana and Mississippi and this slough was found to be swarming with bacillus Eberth, the typhoid germ. A more suitable culture bed than this filth infested ravine could scarcely be found in the congested slaughter house district of a great city. In the district bounded by Henry, Berkeley, Mississippi, and Ohio streets are more than thirty wells used for domestic purposes. Many are within ten feet of this germ polluted ditch. One well which supplied water for a home in which there is a very serious case of typhoid is within five feet of the ditch. The officers were appalled at the condition and to avoid an epidemic of fever in this section, they ordered every well sealed…. Officers Raided a Bawdy House Last Night — A raid on a resort at 815 Vermont last night netted three prisoners. Two others that officers were unable to identify escaped through windows. Robt. Devan, proprietor of the resort, was granted a continuance. He is charged with maintaining a house of ill fame.”