From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Aug. 2, 1915:

• “Owing to the thoughtfulness of the city commissioners Lawrence fat couples need no longer fear to spoon on the park benches, not on the new ones at least, for they are made of cast iron and were selected by Mayor W. J. Francisco especially for their strength and durability. Ten in all were ordered from a local hardware firm and placed in the parks of the city. ‘They will hold up to a real full grown pair,’ said the mayor this morning, ‘and I believe that they are a valuable addition to the parks. We have needed something of this kind for some time, and the iron benches will be permanent.’ The benches cost the city nearly seventy dollars.”
• “A few years ago it was a familiar sight at the Y. M. C. A. to see the business men of the town and other old citizens playing checkers in the parlors, but now the younger generation of boys have taken to the game and every afternoon sees several boys engaging in a game while other boys stand around the tables and tell them how to play and what places to move. However, the Y. M. C. A. would like to have the older men play and it is thought possible that if sufficient enthusiasm is aroused a room would probably be set aside which they can use.”
• “Wednesday evening will be celebrated the completion of the Country Club house with a reception flanked by a beautiful musical program and a dance. All members of the club and their invited guests will attend. Attention is especially called to the arrangement for having all guests — members of the club and their guests by invitation — met at the end of the Indiana street car line by taxis…. During the early evening a concert will be rendered by the finest orchestra in Kansas City, and afterward everybody will dance who cares to. Light refreshments will be served.”
• “Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bailey, Mr. Scott Bailey and Mrs. J. W. Bailey left yesterday for Springdale, Arkansas, where J. W. Bailey owns a peach farm. They will camp out along the way and will make the trip by easy stages. The party will spend several weeks motoring in the Ozarks.”