From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 8, 1911:

• “The Jonah so far as profits have been concerned in the Lawrence street railway system is the loop. This line from which the most beautiful view in the city may be seen, is poorly patronized and some of the cars will have to be taken off.”
• “Wednesday is the last day of school! That is for this week, for no sessions of the Lawrence schools will be held any more this week. Thursday and Friday are given over to the teachers of the city schools, so that they may attend the meeting in Topeka of the Kansas State Teachers’ Association.”
• “J. D. Rickman, superintendent of printing at the Kansas State Agricultural College, was in Lawrence this morning and spoke to the students of the journalism department at the university. Mr. Rickman pointed out to the students the value of knowing the back office if they are going to do newspaper work.”
• “Six men employed in a zinc mine at Oronogo, 10 miles northeast of Joplin, Missouri, were entombed for five hours yesterday by a cave-in which blocked the shaft and cut off all means of escape. Water rising in the mine was within a few feet of them when reached…. In the office of the mining company near the shaft, Miss Bessie Spults, a bookkeeper, attempted to communicate with the other mining plants in the vicinity, but the drop of the hopper had broken wires connecting the office telephone and she ran a distance of more than one mile to report the affair. Within a short time a rescuing force of 300 had assembled at the mine. Teams were selected from them to work in relays of ten minutes each in removing the debris from the mine…. A prayer service was held when [the six men] were removed from the mine.”