From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 11, 1914:

• “The Journal-World is in receipt of a letter from someone who signs herself, ‘A South Sider,’ in reference to the recent editorial in the Journal-World concerning the enforcement of the prohibitory law in Lawrence and the signed reply by the County Attorney. It is impossible for the paper to publish an article of this sort unless the writer is willing to attach his or her name. In fact it is cowardly for one to attempt to have an article published anonymously when it alleges irregularities in the conduct of an official. The Journal-World will open its columns for any signed articles where the writers are responsible and providing the articles are written in a proper manner.”
• “The county commissioners have divided Wakarusa Township into two voting precincts. Wakarusa is always one of the last precincts to get their votes counted owing to the large number of vote to be counted in the election. The polling places are both in the same building but there will be two sets of judges to count the votes. The Wakarusa polling place is on South Massachusetts.”
• “The first in a series of lectures by Prof. W. H. Twenhofel before the Geology Club of the University will be given tomorrow evening, on the ‘Geology of Baltic Russia.’ Other addresses to follow will be on ‘The Geology of Scandinavia’ on October 28 and on ‘The Geology of the British Isles’ on November 11.”
• “A number of the members of the Country Club went out to the course yesterday and practiced up a little. They say it is some ‘sporty’ course.”
• “Apples stewed in a copper kettle nearly brought death to two girls, students in the Emporia State Normal School. The girls are working their way through school and doing light housekeeping as a means of saving money. They decided to preserve a peck of apples which was brought to them. A copper kettle was borrowed and the apples were stewed. The cooked apples were bitter upon tasting, and the girls fortunately ate very little. Shortly after they were taken severely ill, and the doctor with difficulty saved their lives. Upon analysis, Dr. Mayberry of the Normal Chemistry Department, found a poisonous copper salt.”
• “Philadelphia — Voicing the sentiment that the only foundation for universal peace is love and not preparedness for war, William J. Bryan, secretary of state, and Oscar S. Straus, a former secretary of commerce and labor, were the principal speakers at a peace demonstration here last night. Mr. Bryan said that the world may have needed one more war to prove conclusively the ‘fallacy of the doctrine that preparedness for war can give assurance of peace.’ Mr. Straus made a vigorous defense of The Hague peace tribunal and declared that the war in Europa was in no way an indication that the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague is a failure.”