From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 18, 1911:

• “A $30,000 factory employing at first twenty-five men and increasing its payroll to 250 within a year is the possibility which the Imperial Heater Co. offers Lawrence. The Merchants Association has placed the seal of approval upon the proposition of the Imperial concern and it is expected that a committee from the Commercial club will admit its practicability as soon as the rigid tests being conducted this afternoon are concluded. The heater being exhibited to those interested at Graeber’s is simple in construction and raised cold water to 140 degrees this morning in an increditably short time. The burner is specially constructed under a new patent and burns 80 per cent air.”
• “A report from Tonganoxie this afternoon brings the information that the Faultless Condensed Milk Co. has closed its plant and is virtually facing bankruptcy. Its indebtedness is so great and its financial burdens so tangled that it is believed a receivership will result.”
• “Lawrence is the greatest offender in Douglas county in the matter of delinquent personal tax. Marian township and Willow Springs have each one delinquent. In Lawrence alone 209 delinquents are reported.”