From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 9, 1915:

• “The city commissioners are figuring today on plans for an informal welcome of the interurban line when the rails now being laid toward Lawrence are first pushed across the city boundaries. It is expected that this will happen about Saturday. The tracklayers are at work only about a mile from the city limits today and are making such progress that by Saturday the iron train should lead right into town. The nature of the welcome the city officials will give is as yet undecided. They didn’t know this morning whether to take a band to the east city limits and serenade the workmen as they came across the line, whether the mayor should insist on driving the first spike inside the city limits, or whether it would be enough for the commissioners to ride over in the municipal Ford and give some appreciative honks with the Ford horn. But the opinion that the city officials ought in some way to recognize the fact that an interurban had reached town seemed to find general favor…. Present indications are that the Heim company’s plans to have interurban service between Lawrence and Kansas City before the first of the year will be realized. The work of putting up the trolley wire follows closely the laying of the track and with the establishment of the terminal power station the road will be in practical readiness for use.”
• “Postmaster C. C. Seewir and the employes of the Lawrence post office are ready for the holiday rush at the post office and will do everything in their power to keep the mail moving as rapidly as it is received. To prevent delay in delivery of Christmas packages they must have the assistance of the people of Lawrence, Mr. Seewir said this morning. The best way to help is by mailing packages early with the request that they be not opened until Christmas…. Written inscriptions such as ‘Merry Christmas,’ ‘Happy New Year,’ ‘With Best Wishes,’ and numbers, names of letters for purpose of description are permissible additions to parcel post mail. Books may bear simple dedicatory inscriptions not of a personal nature. Other written additions subject parcels to letter postage.”
• “A Christmas vesper service will be held next Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, as it will be the last Sunday before the Christmas vacation on which the student body of the University can be present at such a service. A musical program has been arranged for the afternoon service. The people of the town as well as the students of the University are invited to be present.”
• “Carpenters are at work improving the condition of the walks which approach the north end of the Kansas river bridge. The walks have been in bad state for some time and unless improved would soon have become dangerous.”