From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 9, 1913:

• “The New York American says: ‘In looking over a bundle of papers the other day which came to him among the effects of an uncle in Kansas, Justice of the Peace Joseph A. Headley of Milltown, N.J., came across what appears to be the original draft of the famous Lecompton constitution of Kansas, a document for which the authorities of that state have been looking for half a century. Judge Headley has written to the secretary of state of Kansas telling him of the find. The Lecompton constitution was the first law of Kansas which provided for slavery. It was recognized by President Buchanan, but afterward supplanted with a new instrument that forbade slavery within the state.'”
• “Theodore Roosevelt passed through Lawrence last night over the Santa Fe on his way to New Mexico and Arizona, but so quietly did he slip through that there was no crowd to meet him and even those who were at the station did not know that he was here. The ex-president left at 10:40 and went on to Topeka, where he stopped for six minutes, between 11:22 and 11:28…. Colonel Roosevelt is accompanied on his trip by his sons, Archie and Quentin. The party will spend two months in hunting and studying the habits of the Hopi Indians in the Painted Desert…. Throughout his trip so far, Roosevelt has steadily declined to speak for publication. In Kansas City last night, he spent ten minutes between trains. Speaking briefly from the car steps to the crowd assembled at the station Roosevelt said: ‘I find myself in a dilemma as I do not want to talk politics and it is difficult for me to talk at all without discussing politics. However, I will say this much: The principles for which I stand must prevail. They mean justice to every man, woman and child, and I must fight for them.'”
• “Little Edward Wilson, who lives at 1740 Massachusetts street, met with a bad accident this morning when he fell on the porch and cut a gash in his head. Dr. Chambers dressed the wound and the little fellow is resting easy now.”