From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 6, 1915:

• “The following from the pen of J. A. Copple, publisher of the Eudora News, is kindly and is appreciated. ‘We do not introduce a new man to the public in presenting W. C. Simons who has purchased J. L. Brady’s interest in the Journal-World, for he has long since established for himself a place and a reputation in the newspaper field. We only take our hat off and say, you are welcome sir to the larger place to which you are entitled. Just a little more elbow-room, just a wider circle, for Mr. Simons to demonstrate his ideals, for he is a man as we have reason and opportunity to know, with ideals, and convictions, that will be presented to his readers from day to day. He is a tried newspaper man and will introduce no flapdoodle into his paper or politics. He is a man that believes in progress, but not so rapid as to endanger the life of the paper, the man or the party who is making it. Simons is a likable fellow and one who can and will talk to his opponent in a sane manner, without making him feel that he wants to gouge his eyes or scratch his face. The Journal-World is a credit to Lawrence and Douglas county and under the guiding genius of W. C. Simons will continue to be the leading publication at the greatest seat of learning west of the Mississippi.'”
• “‘Business is about as dull here as I have ever seen it,’ said William Hayter, the turnkey at the city jail this morning. ‘We have not had a case for a long time.’ There has not been a case in the police court for several days. The new docket, which was purchased for the beginning of the new year, has not been blotted.”
• “C. T. K. Prentice, the veteran policeman of Lawrence, was seriously injured this morning as he was leaving his home for the police station. It was at about six o’clock and was still dark. Mr. Prentice could not see where he was going and as he is not as sure of foot as he once was he fell and struck his head on the curbing. He was found a very few minutes after the fall by the conductor on the Indiana car line and was taken to his house. It was found that his wounds were not serious although painful…. Chief Fisher has instructed Mr. Prentice that it is not necessary for him to come to work so early, but as he has been on the force for a number of years, and as it is a habit with him, it is hard to break.”
• “With a little more clear weather it is possible that the foundation of the club house at the country club will be started the last of this week or the first of next. Mr. Constant the contractor said this morning that the ground was too wet at the present, but with a few days of good weather they could begin the work. All of the lumber for the house is on the ground now and is ready for use. The stone for the foundation is there and all that is lacking for the beginning of the work is fair weather. Everything will be pushed as fast as possible when the weather conditions improve for there has been plenty of time to get everything in readiness.”
• “The Douglas County Farmers’ Institute will hold a meeting January 9 in the rooms of the Merchants’ association of the Peoples State bank to discuss and complete the plans for the Boys’ Corn Growing contest. They will also make some arrangements for a girls’ contest in which they may show their agricultural skill. If the present plans of the contest carry out, each boy will cultivate his own acre of ground and try to produce the largest yield. What will be awarded the winner of the contest as a prize has not been decided, but it is the intention of the institute to make appropriate rewards to the winners of both the boys’ and girls’ contests.”
• “‘Olathe’ is the name of the eight-pound baby girl which the stork brought at noon yesterday to Mrs. Clarence Eidson, passenger on the Southbound Frisco. After stopping at Olathe the train went a mile south when it was obliged to back up to the station to prevent the arrival of the stork while the train was in motion. The station agent, G. H. Sloan, sent Mrs. Eidson and her 2-year-old daughter, Lela, to the Victoria hotel near the station and at the same time called Dr. P. L. Lathrop. The baby was born within five minutes after reaching the hotel. Mrs. Eidson, who lives in McCracken, Kan., where her husband runs a hotel, was en route to see her mother…. The baby was named ‘Olathe’ on account of the extraordinary conditions surrounding its birth.”