From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for June 28, 1911:

• “DROUGHT IS BROKEN. The drought and heat were broken this morning by showers which were general throughout the corn belt. Hot winds and blistering heat have threatened the corn crop but up to this time [it has] suffered little damage.”
• “No little uneasiness is being felt by friends of Herman Brocker over the latter’s mysterious absence from the city. Mr. Brocker has not been seen or heard from here since last Saturday night when he told one of his employees that he was going away but would be back Monday night…. His disappearance seems complete thus far but there seems to be a general feeling that he will turn up all right and with a good excuse for his absence. Still there is very much of a mystery connected with his leaving. It seems that his family knows nothing whatever of his whereabouts as he did not even tell them that he was going away…. The Brocker tin shop at 834 Massachusetts street remained closed all day Monday and Tuesday.”
• “Howard Blackmar and Solon Emery, both of Lawrence, have gone to Montana, where they will assist in the development of a large apple orchard over there and expect to have the best kind of vacation.”