From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 9, 1914:

• “Miss Helen N. Eacker of this city has been drafted as a candidate for state auditor on the progressive ticket. She has responded to the draft and will be a candidate before the coming primaries. Miss Eacker did not want to run but when Henry Allen appealed to her she agreed to make the race. ‘I have never been more embarrassed in my life,’ she said, ‘but it seems to be my duty and the progressive party is near my heart.'”
• “A good sized meeting was held at Black Jack last night for the purpose of talking school consolidation. Supt. Ross was present and made a strong argument. He brought out many points in favor of consolidation. There is a well defined movement to consolidate the Spring Creek, Vespertine, Adeline, Prospect and Black Jack districts. This would put a large high school at Black Jack and make it one of the strong educational points in the state.”
• “Prof. E. C. Ross, who for four years has been a teacher in the Lawrence High school, left at noon today for San Francisco where he will sail on Thursday for the Philippine Islands to teach in the schools there. Prof. Ross secured his appointment under the civil service, and will be in the Islands two years before he will get a leave to return to the states. Mr. Ross has made many friends during his stay in Lawrence who regret to see him leave.”
• “Dr. R. E. Barnes presented the boys of the fire department with a box of cigars for their prompt answer for the alarm turned in from his home. The boys wish to thank the doctor, and think his heart is in the right place.”
• “The wheat is so rank that the bugs can hardly do it any damage. The weather has been favorable to good growth and the wheat has made great strides upward the last month. So far this has been the most favorable season this country has had in a quarter of a century. It will take a lot of disaster to hurt the wheat this spring. It ought to be harvested in about a month from now.”
• “Wear a carnation tomorrow in honor of mother. A red one if she is living, a white one if she is not. This is the universal custom and has become a national observance…. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. It will be observed in the Lawrence churches and Sabbath Schools. If you are not in the habit of going to church look over the announcements in this evening’s paper, pick out the church of your choice and find what their program is tomorrow and then attend for mother’s sake.”