From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Aug. 14, 1915:

• “The fun at Potter Lake yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock came very near being transmuted into tragedy when a young lady, 18 or 19 years old, name supposed to be unknown, gave a frightened scream and went down in fifteen feet of water. She had been diving, swimming, and gamboling in the water until she was well nigh tired out. In fact, it is because she was entirely tired out before she realized it…. She merely found herself at a certain juncture unable to swim out while she was in the deepest part of the water. As stated, she gave a frightened outcry when she realized she could not swim out. The distress signal was at once recognized by Miss Jessie Martindale, who has the distinction of being the best swimmer in Lawrence, besides being perfectly and efficiently self-possessed at all times. She reached the spot where the other young lady went down and went after her by diving. She found her without difficulty, and then the real trouble began. Actual drowning had not set in, though the anonymous young lady thought it had, and immediately reached for a strangle hold on her rescuer. She succeeded enough to get her around the neck, but in spite of that Miss Martindale swam out with her. By the time the shore was reached the young lady whose name could not be ascertained had shipped considerable water, and for a time things looked serious for her. Miss Martindale was equal to the emergency, and with others gave the young lady a good rolling after the most approved life-saving formula. She unloaded several quarts of water from her stomach, and a little from her lungs, and after a while was in condition to be taken home. Miss Martindale, while an expert swimmer and all-’round athlete, is but 15 years old. The lady she rescued yesterday is several years older, athletic, and a good swimmer, but much smaller.”
• “William Schaake, who lives east of town, has the champion hard luck wheat story. Mr. Schaake just finished threshing 130 acres of wheat which brought him only 200 bushels. He has other wheat, however, which will make a much better yield.”
• “Don Morrison returned last night from Hoxie, Kansas, where he has been running a binder for the past month. The wheat in this section is making a fairly good yield, he says, but the rains of a week ago hindered the harvest a great deal and the uncut grain can only be cut with the aid of headers, which are extensively used in this part of Kansas, in the place of binders.”