From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 9, 1911:

• “The vacant lot farming on the part of the children was good this summer despite the unusual discouraging year. The children worked hard and some of them worried through the hardest time. The lot at the corner of Indiana and Warren streets was especially well cared for…. Mrs. Harriet E. Tanner writes the Journal-World especially commenting on the work done on that lot and says that Dolph Simons is entitled to the $1 cash prize offered to the child making the best showing. Dolph put a lot of time on his little garden and the results of his garden are most gratifying.”
• “‘I believe that the past summer has been one of the healthiest in the history of the city of Lawrence,’ said Dr. S. T. Gillispie, county health officer, this morning. There is not a case of small-pox, measles, chicken-pox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever now reported in the city. Three cases of typhoid fever are the only communicable diseases in the city at present. The city water here has been regularly examined and has been found to be in good condition almost all of the time. According to the last test made at the university water station it was found that the water was almost pure and that there was no contamination in it. Repeated tests made from water taken from wells about town show that this water is not fit for drinking purposes and is apt to cause disease, especially typhoid. ‘I do not believe that the well water is fit for use and I believe the wells of Lawrence should be condemned,’ said Dr. Gillispie.”