From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 8, 1914:

• “A large stream of the finest water that has ever been seen in Lawrence is flowing from the pumps of one of the wells at the waterworks today as the result of the pipe that was sunk to bedrock in the bottom of the well yesterday. ‘It seems that the supply will be inexhaustible,’ said J. H. Mitchell today, ‘judging from the results of tests that have been made in the neighborhood. This is what the water company has been looking for and they are rejoiced that the supply is so good and of such great quantities. It is probable that the company will make similar improvements on the other wells at the water plant so that there will be no question as to the quantity of good water at the plant and the Lawrence people will not have to worry about low pressure any longer.”
• “The Kansas Belgian Relief committee is in receipt of a dispatch from Belgium telling of the value of the American food. This dispatch shows how the American help is appreciated in Belgium: ‘For the past fortnight we have been living on American food and it saved us from starving…. When the poorer classes became aware that food from America actually was in Liege they were almost frantic with joy. Every American seen in Liege was hailed as a benefactor. Whenever an automobile carrying an American flag passes in the streets, the people take off their hats…. Seventeen thousand tons of wheat have been received in Liege and 35,000 people are being supplied with nearly half a pound each day…. We are mixing a considerable percentage of potato flour with the wheat and we can last another three or four days, by which time we are praying more American wheat will arrived…. In offering our heartfelt thanks to the American people we pray them to allow their generosity to continue. Without them we should have starved and without them we must starve.'”
• “The Mexicans in Lawrence object to having to pay for trimmings to a funeral. They say they cannot afford it. The practice of sending a body to an undertaker is expensive and they are asking that it be not done any more. They will see that their dead are buried but they will do the work themselves. In this way they can save considerable money and money is a scarce article with them these days.”
• “Herbert Grant, the champion roller skater of the southwest, who entertained the Lawrence people at the Auditorium a number of times last winter, was in town last night on his way to Baldwin where he is to give an exhibition. He says he will be in Lawrence this winter.”