From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 26, 1915:

• “Dandelions have long been a pest to the keeper of the bluegrass lawn, and every one who has anything to do with the keeping of the lawn will give his testimony in that way. There is but one way to get rid of the pest according to the best authorities and that is for every one that has care of a bluegrass lawn to get down and dig them up. The dandelions have just begun to go to seed and they will be twice as bad as they are at the present time if something is not done immediately to stop their advance. Many people are trying to exterminate them from their yards, but their efforts will be in vain unless the help of their neighbor is secured and the people work as one in exterminating the undesirable weed from the yard. The dandelion is not only unsightly in the yards, but they crowd out the grass which is so well cared for and worked with…. Some of the people of Lawrence have been working faithfully for several years in the attempt to exterminate the invader, but on account of their slothful neighbor they have the work all to do over again the next year in order to keep their lawn in the very best condition…. Co-operation is the one method of making the town more beautiful and getting rid of the little yellow weed that is always the first out in the spring and the last to go in the fall.”
• “Several people have been complaining to the police of prowlers about their houses. This is especially prevalent in the west part of town. One party made it known yesterday morning that some one had been about their house Saturday night and their tracks were very plain in the soft dirt about the house. The prowlers were chased away before an attempt was made to enter the house. Mrs. Ice at 1125 Mississippi reported this morning that her house had been entered last night and that a good coat had been taken and an old one left in its place. Nothing else was missing from the house. There is no clue to the offender.”
• “Engineer Hedrick is in Lawrence today with preliminary plans of the bridge to be built over the Kansas river. These plans that have been prepared are made from the soundings that were made at the river several weeks ago when the engineer, with his assistants, took the depth of the rock at the location of the present bridge and also of the rock at Rhode Island street. The plans he has prepared will be submitted to the county commissioners in their meeting this afternoon and if they are approved they will be sent to the war department for their approval as it is necessary to have the approval of that department on all bridges over navigable streams and the Kansas river is considered navigable.”
• “Fire yesterday at about noon in the residence of A. L. Mason, 719 Alabama street, did about $300 damage before the fire department could get it extinguished. The fire originated in a closet from a defective flue. The smoke was so bad that it was a very hard fire to fight. The fire alarm was turned in this morning at about five o’clock from the Crites restaurant in the Varsity theater building in the 1000 block. The cause of the fire is unknown. It did about $300 damage.”