From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 30, 1914:

• “Yesterday was girls’ day at Potter Lake and after six o’clock they came in good earnest and for a short time there was a good crowd there. In the afternoon the lake was not in use at all for the girls did not come out until after six o’clock. The matter of the lake not being used in the afternoon will be done away with, as nearly all of the boys that swim go in the afternoon and are ready to go home by six o’clock…. There were about 25 girls at the lake last night who enjoyed the swimming as much as any of the small boys who swim there, and if there are enough girls come to the lake on the two evenings that have been set aside for them it is very probable that they will be given an additional day…. The spring board has been installed at the lake and is one of the principal attractions there, it is busy all of the time the crowd is there and there is a great clamor each for his turn on the board. The proposition of building a diving platform was considered but it was decided that the water was too shallow and there was too much danger of some of the patrons being injured by striking the bottom while diving.”
• “A very spirited meeting of the South Side Improvement Club took place last night in the South Lawrence Woodmen Hall over Holloway’s grocery. There was a large attendance. The meeting was called to investigate the conditions surrounding the difficulties of the Board of Education in hiring an architect for the new school buildings of Lawrence.”
• “The Farmers Union will hold their annual picnic at Brown’s Grove on Thursday, August 6. There has been a program arranged by the committee and they have planned to have something that everyone will enjoy. The genuine old picnic dinner will be much in evidence at noon during the intermission of the program. Ball games and horse shoe pitching contests will be played after the program.”
• “Dr. J. G. Lee of Eudora had the misfortune to break his arm yesterday while cranking the car. He was preparing to go to Linwood when the accident happened.”
• “It has not been long since the farmers disapproved the introduction of the gasoline wagons. They believed it scared their horses, killed their chickens and did general damage. But the gasoline wagons have won out. Farmers now drive them in place of horses. It is not uncommon for this writer to see farmers coming to town after supper from distances that used to make the trip spoil the day. In the country now you smell gasoline as much as you smell new mown hay. It is noticeable that the rural automobilist is a great offender against the rules of speed. He is very apt to have the speed mania…. The farmer are proud of their machines. Verily there has been a change.”