From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 2, 1914:

• “The polling places for the coming election places have been chosen and the ballots are being prepared for delivery today and will be delivered in the morning to the various precincts for the election tomorrow…. The ballots will be delivered from the county clerk’s office early tomorrow morning and the polls will open at seven o’clock and will remain open until six o’clock in the evening. The counting will begin immediately at the close of the polls and will probably take a little longer than the ordinary count on account of the change in the ballot. The returns of the election will be tabulated at the Journal-World office as fast as they can be secured and reports may be had by calling the office over either phone.”
• “The New York Herald is working to prepare a Christmas ship to sail to the belligerent nations of Europe with presents to the children there. They have asked that the people all over the United States contribute to this ship’s load and the people of Lawrence are today preparing a bale of presents that will be a part of the ship’s load that will help cheer the people in Europe this Christmas. This ship has been arranged for and will be protected by every nation. It will send the American and the Christian flags.”
• “For the first time since the flood in 1903 the lights in the old Union depot at Kansas City were turned out Saturday night at 12 o’clock and the place was deserted and a special train carried all of the employees to the new Union station where business was opened again in a very short time. The first train to leave the new Union station was a theatrical special to Joplin, Mo., over the Frisco line. The first ticket was purchased by F. W. Hockaday of Wichita…. Every train out of Kansas City yesterday was from two to five hours late. The trouble seemed to be with the interlocking system. There were several rumors circulated concerning the delay. One was that the power which was used to throw the switches in the yards had failed and others were that the man in charge of the station had grown nervous with his new duties even though he had managed the old yards for a number of years. It will probably take a little time for the man in the tower to get used to the new system and then it will go as smoothly as the old system has worked for a number of years.”
• “A Red Cross benefit concert will be held in the Bowersock theater on Friday, November 20, under the auspices of the High School Boys’ Bible class of the First Baptist church. The program embraces all the best musical talent of Lawrence…. Mr. Bowersock has donated the theater for the purpose, and all the artists secured to date have volunteered their services to aid the sufferers in Europe…. ‘Red Cross Day at the Movies’ will be Thursday, November 5, if the plans of the University Red Cross committee to have the mid-week date rule suspended for that evening are effective…. All the moving picture theaters in town have declared their willingness to participate in such a scheme to raise Red Cross funds.”