From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 4, 1914:

• “Candidates for offices under the new form of government are closing up their campaigns with such activity as has been lacking previously and promise an eleventh hour finish that indicates the biggest vote ever in Lawrence at the polls on next Wednesday. With but two more days before the voting the candidates are bestirring themselves among their forces today, lining up their voters and pressing their claims for office…. During the last few days there has been considerable agitation in favor of abolishing of the practice of giving out cards at the polls and the use of autos and carriages in bringing the voters to the polls. Several of the candidates expressed themselves as opposed to these practices and favored making a change on next Tuesday, but all of the candidates could not get together and it seems now that the usual customs will prevail…. The candidates have left the greater part of their campaigning to the last few days and Monday probably will see the final wind-up of the work of six who were chosen at the primary. On Tuesday the voters will select the first commission for Lawrence.”
• “Seven families of Mexicans living in east Lawrence will have fresh vegetables for the table this season. These seven families today are making the gardens, planting the seeds which have been given them by the good people of Lawrence. The funds to pay for these seeds have all been raised and the seeds purchased and delivered to the people who needed them…. Soon the seeds will be planted and there will be seven happy families on the east side, happy watching their labors net them fresh vegetables for the dinner table.”
• “Invitations were sent today to 5,000 merchants of Kansas by D. C. Croissant, head of the department of extension at the University, announcing the first annual Merchants’ Week which will be held here May 5, 6, and 7. Professor Croissant expects a good crowd for the first undertaking of this kind in Kansas. Such gatherings have been held in Wisconsin and other states and have been entirely successful in giving the merchants new ideas in business, advertising, and store management. A number of prominent business men have been secured to give talks to the merchants.”
• “A horse left hitched last night at 1021 Vermont Street was taken and driven away and later tied to a telephone pole on South Tennessee Street. The horse was located here about 2 o’clock this morning. The horse belonged to a farm hand employed at the George Derby farm.”
• “The Senior class of the high school presented its play, ‘The Private Secretary,’ at the Bowersock last night. The custom of having each graduating class present a play originated years ago, and each class strives to give a better class play than the preceding classes. Without doubt the class of 1914 succeeded in presenting the best play that has been offered for some time by high school students…. There were few empty seats and the class netted a considerable sum of money which will be used to defray sundry expenses incident to leaving the alma mater.”
• “Something mysterious surrounds an alleged hold-up of last night, said to have been committed on south Tennessee street. A student by the name of Rexford L. Dively is said to have lost his watch in the scuffle but efforts of the police to obtain details have been fruitless. The police received a call last night about 11:25 stating that a hold-up had been committed on south Tennessee street. The call came from the home of Prof. P. F. Walker, Thirteenth and Ohio streets. The informant stated that the man who had done the highway act was still there and waiting for his victim to ‘bring more money.’ When the police arrived they found a number of students on the scene but these refused to talk further of the affair. The police suspect that the affair was merely a ‘student prank.'”
• “The Kansas University baseball team opened the season this afternoon at McCook with a game with a team from the Kansas City Athletic Club. The visiting team numbers several old K. U. players in its line-up…. The opening battle of the season attracted the fans McCookward this afternoon for a look at the men of 1914.”