From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for June 25, 1911:

• “GET BUSY. — For more than two weeks the officers of this town have been ostensibly hunting a certain man who was suspected of being responsible for robberies that have been committed. Why is this man not found? It is squarely up to the police. There is no use in fooling around in this matter. The man is seen every night almost and the police ought to be hunting him. This is something that ought to be taken up by the mayor. If the police are not capable of coping with the situation that is terrorizing the west part of town there ought to be drastic action taken. The residents of West Lawrence are entitled to better protection than they have been receiving. It is time to have the man found.”
• “There was a fine promise of rain last night but it failed to materialize. The clouds hung heavy during the early evening but they gradually faded away and by bedtime the sky was clear. The drought has become serious. It has reached the point where it is not a matter of mirth, but a matter of deep concern. The rain does not come. This morning there were still clouds but no rain. The corn is not suffering but everything else is. The oat crop is being cut very short and the grass is hardly fit for hay.”