From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 24, 1911:

• “Cloudy weather is intellectual weather in Lawrence. There’s a reason. When the sun is shining enticingly, milady takes her pen in hand and sends out invitations to a dinner bridge, or trips down town shopping, or takes the car out and goes calling. When the sun sulks and it is dismal outdoors and gloomy within, she sends one of the children to the library after the latest atrocity in the crop of frivolous, frothy novels. If you doubt it, look at the librarian’s report of books taken from the treasure-filled shelves.”
• “The inhabitants of the old county jail who are marooned there under a quarantine flag got lots of exercise this morning, shivering with fear. One of their number had a high fever and exhibited other symptoms of small pox. About the usual number of days had elapsed in which the disease usually manifests itself. County Health Officer Gillispie was notified and found the prisoner suffering from the grippe and no sign of smallpox.”