From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 12, 1914:

• “In a sultry mid-August atmosphere, Lawrence sweltered at three o’clock yesterday afternoon. A south wind that had blown as high as thirty-six miles an hour had caused the hottest night on record for this early in the year. Then had followed the wilting morning and early afternoon. At 3 o’clock the wind shifted to the northwest. The temperature fell from 85 to 71 in half an hour. At 7 o’clock the mercury stood at 52, a drop of thirty-three degrees in four hours. The sudden change was due to the effect of a high wind in the northwest. Yesterday morning it was snowing in Wyoming and South Dakota, and in northwest Kansas the temperature was 48…. The abnormally warm, sultry conditions of yesterday before the wind shifted were exactly the kind that cause tornadoes according to the officials at the weather bureau.”
• “The Red Line road has been located through Lawrence. That is the culmination of the efforts being made by local citizens for some time. The Red Line is a segment of the Midland Transcontinental route. The poles will therefore bear the markings of both associations. The Midland people have an 18 inch band of orange and black. The Red Line people have a 12 inch red band. The markings will be so prominent that it will be practically impossible for anyone to make a mistake…. The Red Line road will run from Kansas City to Denver and from Kansas City to Topeka it will run entirely on the south side of the river. It will pass through DeSoto, Eudora, Lawrence, Stull, Watson and on to Topeka. This is a good route. The county commissioners have agreed to put the road through the county in first class condition and keep it so. This is the only expense there will be in addition to the marking.”
• “Mrs. J. D. Kennard, president of the W. C. T. U., Mrs. L. A. Corbin, representing the Civic Study club, and Miss Helen Eacker appeared before the city commission this morning and petitioned them for a police woman for Lawrence. Miss Cassie Quinlin is the woman they want appointed. She has had considerable experience in similar work and would make an admirable woman for the place. The presence of the university and the great numbers of young people in our midst was the basis of the appeal for a police woman. She should co-operate with the dean of women of the university in helping to look after the young ladies of the community…. In response to the talks of the women Mayor Francisco replied that their request request would be given every consideration and that he personally favored a police woman.”
• “Superintendent C. R. Hawley was in Vinland yesterday to attend a meeting of the patrons of school districts 3, 39, 49. They had met to vote whether or not they would have a high school at Vinland. The proposition was put to a vote of the people and it was voted that there would be no high school in Vinland.”