From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 11, 1914:

• “‘Whereas, it is the desire of all that the streets, alleys and yards of all citizens of Lawrence be cleaned and placed in a sanitary condition in order to more effectively avoid contagious diseases, and make our City not only beautiful but clean, and Whereas, the Women’s Federation of Clubs is now and has been for a long time prior hereto, actively cooperating with the City in order to attain this end, Now therefore, I, E. U. Bond, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, in pursuance of the authority in me vested, hereby proclaim April 16th as Clean Up Day for Lawrence, and now respectfully request that all of the business men and citizens of Lawrence lend their active assistance in this matter, and further respectfully request that all persons rake their yards and have the debris hauled away prior to April 16th, so that by April 16th the City of Lawrence will be practically clean.’ Mayor E. U. Bond in the above proclamation issues the annual call to the city to brush and look nice. Lawrence has had these cleanups for many years and they have proven to be of great value. The town needs a going-over every once in a while and by declaring a certain date the entire town works together.”
• “A political day at the Douglas County Fair is to be a new feature this fall. The Fair Directors have decided that while exhibiting the prizes of the farm and the garden and the orchards, it might be well to offer a few specimens of the crop of politicians. This is a political year and the directors of the fair believe that part of the fair time might be well devoted to the political figures…. It is the hope of the fair directors to secure some of the leading politicians of the state and perhaps even some national speakers to address the fair crowds on this one day to be designated as ‘Political Day.'”
• “Plans for a big combined athletic carnival and play festival at Woodland park on May 29, under the auspices of the city schools and the Playgrounds association, are being made. The school authorities and the members of the Playgrounds association have decided to co-operate and make this one of the biggest affairs of this nature ever attempted in Lawrence.”
• “If the police of Lawrence could locate one H. L. Cummings they would feel that they had found the man who burglarized the home of A. Monroe on Thursday night. Yesterday evening a pair of trousers with the name H. L. Cummings stamped on the label was found in a yard a block away. This label indicated further that the trousers were made in Oakland, Calif. It is evident that the robber changed his old trousers for the pair he stole from Mr. Monroe. But as long as the officers can’t locate H. L. Cummings this clue is of little value.”
• “Frost is predicted for tonight in this section of the country. The official weather observer is of the opinion that this section will be dealt another blow by Jack Frost this evening. This report causes further alarm for the safety of the fruit crop which seems to have escaped damage thus far. It seems that the frosts of last week did not injure the local fruit crop according to the reports of the local growers.”