From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 7, 1912:

• “The temperature today [12 1/2 degrees below zero] marks the coldest January day since 1894 when the mercury fell to 14 degrees below zero. Those who were anxious about the gas slept little last night for fear that the fires would go down and the pipes freeze…. The present weather is perhaps hardest on the carrier boys for they have to be out, no matter how bad the storm is. Last evening a number of the Journal-World carriers were invited by kind-hearted persons to come in and get warm, but for the most part, they were hungry, and eager to reach home.”
• “There are two Congregational churches in the city. Pilgrim church on the north side has for years held a high place in the thought of the community. Since the [1903] flood the way has been rather hard and it has seemed best to merge it with Plymouth church. Both churches have voted to proceed with the reorganization…. Plymouth church was organized October 22, 1854, shortly after the town was founded. Pilgrim church began its services in 1865. Its building erected in 1866 was the first church edifice on the north side of the river. All its records were lost at the time of the flood.”