From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 20, 1914:

• “People of this vicinity have been anxious to give clothes for shipment to Belgium but there has been considerable trouble in shipping anything but food and the clothes that are collected are being held. The Belgian Relief committee of Lawrence are in receipt of a large bundle of clothes that they are unable to send to the foreign country and they asked the Social Service League if they could use them. The League was very glad to get the use of these clothes as they said they had a place for every piece and they further ask that anyone who has clothes to send to the Belgians, bring them to the Social Service Hall or let them know and they will see that they reach the right place. They have demand for more clothes than they have and anything that can be given will be gladly appreciated.”
• “A number of the students have stayed in Lawrence for the holidays and expect to spend most of their time in the laboratories in getting up extra hours in their courses. Most of the laboratories will be open at least part of the time during the holidays and the students will make the best of their opportunities.”
• “‘I write this thinking it would be a good scheme to have a corner in your paper so that those that would like to have their say, no matter what it is about, why, give them a chance and when that space is open then they can unearth their troubles if they have any…. I think it would be a good thing that if the ones do not get too personal and if they do, why, shut them off.’… The above letter was anonymous but it contains enough merit to be published. The Journal-World has always opened its columns to the public. It does not want to be imposed upon and in the past it has been. It has been flooded with long and uninteresting articles. This paper is always glad to publish timely articles short and to the point.”
• “Mgr. A. M. Venne of the Haskell Indian Football team yesterday closed a contract for another game of football with Notre Dame University on October 9 at South Bend, Indiana. This will be good news to the football fans of the Missouri valley who are glad to get a comparison between the home teams and those farther east…. Haskell held the Notre Dame eleven to a 21 to 7 score last fall in a memorable struggle. The Indiana team were loud in their praise of Captain Stover and his men especially as their score was such an earned one, and the scheduling of another game is proof that the good sportsmanship and fine playing of the Indians are appreciated by the Notre Dame team.”
• “Anyone who wishes to see what effect filtering has on the appearance of the swimming pool in the Y. M. C. A. is invited by secretary Boltz to call and inspect them. The pool has been cleaned out and the bottom can be seen in the deepest part of the pool. The water is kept at a temperature of 75 degrees which makes it possible to use the pool in all kinds of weather. This is the first year recently that the pool has been open for use in the winter months. The water passes through the filter about twice a week.”
• “The city did some very good work in moving the snow away from the curbing on Massachusetts Street this morning. This was done so that when the snow begins to melt the water will have a chance to run off.”
• “W. L. Anderson has moved into the building at 907 Massachusetts Street. Mr. Anderson makes the famous Anderson Malt Bread and his business has grown to such an extent that he was unable to handle it in his old location. His new place is not only large, but is a model of cleanliness and sanitation.”
• “No clue has yet been found that would give any trace of the robber who blew up the post office safe at Vinland Thursday night. The county officials are working on the case and hope to get results but it seems that all chances are against them as the robber escaped without being seen. The more the case is investigated the more the officers are convinced that the burglar was a professional.”