From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 10, 1914:

• “Last night at about 8 o’clock, when two young ladies were going home from a picture show, they were held up at the alley between Tennessee and Ohio streets on Seventh street. A masked man stepped out of the alley, drew a gun, and told the girls to go up the alley and not make a fuss. The girls did his bidding and as they went down the alley one of the girls dropped her watch. The masked man noticed that she dropped something and looked to see what it was. When he saw that it was her watch he gave it back to her and told her that he was not looking for anything but money. They told him that they did not have anything but twenty-five cents. Such being the case he bade the girls go on home and not to watch where he went or it would be the worse for them. The girls were only too glad to get free and hurried home, looking behind every minute to see if the holdup man was following them.”
• “There is undoubtedly a large amount of clothing of various kinds hanging in closets or stored in out of the way places in the homes of people of Lawrence and Douglas county now doing no one any good which might be used to excellent advantage by the Social Service League. It might not be generally understood that stockings practically without feet are made over by economical mothers so as to give considerable wear for their children. People who are poor, or who do not want something for nothing, frequently pay a small price for some of these contributed garments and the money so secured is used by the Social Service League in buying needed supplies for the poor.”
• “Last night while Mr. C. W. Smith who lives at 312 West Sixteenth Street was at a picture show a burglar forced the back window of his residence and ransacked the entire house. All of the roomers who are in the house happened to be gone and the burglar had everything to himself. He got everything in the house that he could carry that was of value. He got about $75 worth of valuables.”
• “Tuesday afternoon Harry Walters hired a team and buggy from the Baldwin livery stable owned by Perry Stover. Walters said he wanted the rig to drive to Pleasant Grove. When the team and buggy was not returned this morning Mr. Stover began to inquire concerning it. After telephoning the surrounding country an outfit corresponding to this one was seen near Princeton early this morning. Mr. Stover phoned the sheriff at Garnett and Lawrence and left Wednesday morning for Garnett and Chanute to try and locate the team.”
• “In spite of the sharp weather a good-sized crowd of farmers drove to Lawrence today to hear the Manhattan experts and their fellow agriculturists speak on the subject of scientific farming at the Farmer’s Institute that is being held today and tomorrow in the Merchant’s Association rooms. The program this morning had to do with feeding and caring for livestock…. The feature of the afternoon was an illustrated lecture given by Mr. Neale on Silo construction. Pictures were shown of silos in the different stages of construction. Correct and best methods of silo construction were contrasted with the incorrect.”
• “The children of the Fairview Sunday school have made a very liberal donation to the Belgian relief fund by giving up their money which they had saved up for Christmas to buy flour for the Belgians. This money was given through the superintendent of the Sunday school, John Bowman. The entire amount given to the fund is $10.30.”