From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 17, 1915:

• “Last night when James Monroe, the night watchman for the merchants, was making his rounds he met a man in the alley between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets in the 800 block with two suit cases. It was very late at night and Mr. Monroe asked the man where he was going and what he was doing there at that time of night. The man answered him that he was going to the Santa Fe station and was taking the short cut. He said he had been staying at the Hiawatha. Mr. Monroe suspected that something was wrong and immediately went to the proprietor of the cafe and told him what he had seen. Upon investigation it was found that the man and his partner had left their rooms without paying their board bill. Mr. Monroe and the cafe proprietor intercepted the men at the station and they were turned over to the police…. They were held in the city jail this morning on a warrant which charged them with stealing a towel from the room. They decided this morning that it would be best to pay the board bill and they were released.”
• “The attention of the Journal-World has been called to a game of chance that is being played in a number of places in Lawrence at this time. The paper has the names of four of the places having these games and there may be more. The device is a simple little device which sits upon the counter and all the one who wishes to pay it has to do is to pay 10 cents for the fun of sticking a hole through a large red circle. When this is done he learns whether he has bought a cheap mailing card or a gold watch. The device contains 600 circles and it costs the young men of the town $60.00 to punch all of the holes. The merchandise given with each punching of a circle has so little value that it is apparently given in hope of evading the law prohibiting a game of chance. The grand prize is a gold watch, the value of which may be surmised…. Parents are complaining and it seems to be up to the city attorney to get busy.”
• “When the pupils of Central school cleared the building in a minute and ten seconds in a fire drill this morning all past records for quickness were surpassed. According to the law fire drills must be held at least once during the month. The speed that has been developed in the fire drills is the result of the fact that the usual order of dismissal is used in the drill.”
• “The directors of the Country Club held a meeting last night to take up business which has come up since the last meeting. The directors of the club expressed themselves as well pleased with the progress made in the construction of the new building. It is the hope of those having the work under their charge that the building and grounds will be completed by the first of June.”