From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for June 16, 1914:

• “Police Chief Fisher is sporting a new uniform today. Resplendent with brass buttons it adds an air of dignity to the head of the police department, and will strike terror to all evildoers who are caught in the fangs of the law. All that is needed to make the picture complete is the new automobile which the commissioners are considering purchasing for the police department.”
• “What about the clerks this summer? Will they be given half holidays? Will it be all on one day or will it be strung along? These are questions that are being asked. So far no answer has been made. The half holiday plan for all stores to close would be best of course, but it may be that some merchants still object to this. Last year the club women took this subject up, but were unable to get an agreement for an entire half holiday closing. However, most of the merchants gave their clerks a half day off during the months of July and August and it proved a good plan…. It is a safe proposition that no town in the state has more loyal clerks than the Lawrence stores…. There is very little complaint of bad treatment on the part of the clerks. There are always a lot of unreasonable customers but the clerks have learned patience, and it is all in the day’s work. But what of a half holiday for Lawrence this summer? It is fair and it is coming to the faithful clerks. Why cannot we have it? Let us get busy on this.”
• “At the meeting of the board of education last night there was a general discussion of the building proposition. A committee from the Fifth and Sixth wards was present to express their desire that the school building in North Lawrence be placed on the ground owned by J. W. Lawson, located on Elm and Kansas streets…. It seems that Mr. Lawson’s property is the ideal property for a school building it being high and far enough from the railroads so that the noise will not interfere in the school room.”
• “‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ is now in the Douglas county jail, in the hands of Sheriff Cummings. The cause of this seizure was the claim of alleged rights of R. W. Lampher of Topeka to the Excelsior production of this moving picture in the state of Kansas. The manufacturers, however, seem it is said, to consider they could also dispose of the same film to others than the ‘state rights’ owner. The Kansas City Feature Film company sent this film to the University Theater to be shown two days and Mr. Lappher of Topeka hearing of this immediately had the film attached. The film was appraised this morning at $400. The appraiser said that it was in very bad condition. The University Theater put up bond this afternoon and got ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ from the county jail so the show will go on tonight without further delay.”
• “More rain fell last night. Not a great deal, but enough to keep the farmers out of the wheat for another day. The rain came down so gently that many did not know that it had rained till they got up this morning and saw the water standing on the ground…. Every day that the farmers are kept out of the fields means added danger to the wheat. So far there has been no great damage done, but unless they are allowed to get the binders into the fields soon the wheat will fall and it will be impossible to cut it…. The rains have been general over Eastern Kansas. The river is higher today than it has been this year. It is up several feet and a great deal of drift wood is going down. The water is muddy and shows that there has been heavy rains up stream.”
• “The exhibit of the work done in the different department in Haskell Institute will be arranged today and will be left all week for the inspection of those who are interested in the work done there.”