From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 20, 1914:

• “The captain of the football team at Haskell arose last night at the conclusion of an enthusiastic anti-tobacco meeting and said he desired to sign the list of membership first. He said that the ten other members of the club desired to follow in order…. It was a great spirit and the Indian boys were mighty enthusiastic. The meeting was called for the large hall and it was filled, practically the entire membership of the school on the boys’ side being present…. After the speaking the boys were presented with two pledges, one to abstain from the use of tobacco because it was the right thing to do, the other to abstain because it was against the rules of the Institution to indulge in the use of tobacco. The first was submitted but the vote was so large that there was on occasion to put the other alternative. When the vote was put 329 Indians arose and voted to sign the pledge to abstain because it was right. The meeting showed a splendid spirit and everything indicated that the boys were in dead earnest.”
• “A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Perkins, Mrs. T. H. Auediger, the nurse and five children returned this morning from a three weeks’ trip in Colorado. The trip was made in the Perkins car and they visited Colorado Springs, Estes Park, Denver, Loveland, Moraine Park and other Colorado points. The car was driven 1500 miles and the trip was made without a puncture until the party arrived at Salina on the way back. Mr. Perkins drove all around over the mountains and over most every kind of roads and it was a very singular instance to go so far without any trouble with his car.”
• “Registrar Foster of the University predicts 2800 students in the school this fall, and would not be surprised if there were three thousand. He bases his estimate on the good crops of the season. Though there is a tendency for young men and women of the state to go east to school when there is a big crop a great many of them will come here and swell the enrollment totals. Real estate dealers of the city say that a great many parents are moving to Lawrence to send their children to the University. Many of the best houses are filled and the dealers are urged to furnish more.”
• “Prof. W. L. Burdick who recently returned from Europe had much to say concerning the disturbed conditions in the old country…. He returned on the steamship Baltic and made the trip under many difficulties and was glad to get most any accommodations as thousands of other Americans were glad to do. His return was necessarily made second class and many of the Americans even had to return by steerage. The vessel he returned on made the trip about 300 miles out of its course and there were no lights. Prof. Burdick vividly described the armies of the old country and complimented the quick way in which they were able to mobilize. He says that the compulsory service of foreign armies works wonderfully well when the armies are called upon for service.”
• “Saturday morning an order for a lot of special ruled note books was received with the request that they be shipped as quickly as possible. The paper was sent to the binder at once after the receipt of the order and the job ruled, folded and bound and was ready for shipment Saturday night. While the Journal-World does not court these rush orders, its perfect equipment and large force of employes enables it to turn work out quickly. The past summer has been the busiest in the job office and bindery that the Journal-World has ever had and instead of having to lay off hands additional help was hired.”