From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 12, 1915:

• “Ground was broken this morning by John Constant at 1201 Oread avenue for the first real apartment house in Lawrence. The house will occupy a tract of ground with a frontage of 100 feet on Oread and over sixty feet on Twelfth and will have eight apartments, four on the first floor and four on the second. The house will be built upon lines recently worked out in the east and will be particularly desirable for families of two. In a space of 19×23 feet plans are worked out which give a living room, clothes closet, bath room, bed room, dining room and kitchenette. The kitchenette which is about 5×10 feet contains sink, stationary table, range refrigerator and kitchen cabinet…. Between the bath room and the kitchenette is a space which during the day is used as a dining room and at night, by removing the table and pressing a button, a wall cabinet drops and forms a bed with springs and mattress complete. The advantage of an apartment of this sort is that very little furniture is required. In fact with a few chairs, a library table, a book case and a few rugs you are ready for housekeeping.”
• “A tramp, thrown from a Union Pacific freight this morning, was on the streets of Lawrence today asking the price of a meal. He stated that the unemployed are leaving the large centers of population and beating their way to smaller cities in the hope of finding employment to tide them over the winter. The Union Pacific has been patronized heavily the last two weeks according to his statement.”
• “A twenty-nine pound coyote was killed near Tonganoxie by a party of hunters who were in search of a lynx supposed to inhabit that district. Ray Conrad living near Tonganoxie succeeded in killing the wolf near town Saturday. There is reported to be a large timber wolf southwest of Tonganoxie that travels northwest in the morning and returns over its trail in the evening. No one armed has yet been near enough to shoot this animal when he put in his appearance.”
• “Mayor Francisco and Fire Chief Reinisch were in Kansas City yesterday and while there went down to the Hale Manufacturing plant and looked over the new fire truck that has been purchased by the city. The truck is now in the process of construction. The body of the car is almost completed and it will go to the painters in a few days. The painting of the car will take longer than the construction of it. The manager of the company said that it would be ready for delivery on the first of March. The new truck will carry four hundred more feet of hose than the hose wagon that is now used.”
• “After the tremendous ‘hit’ made by one of the specialties sung by the University Glee club on its trip during the Christmas holidays, the words and music of the song have been published and will go one sale in Lawrence music stores tomorrow. The song, ‘Oh My Honey,’ was composed by one of the club members, C. L. Dietrich, who is a junior in the University fine arts school, studying under Prof. Carl Preyer.”
• “Some of the Lawrence merchants have decided that they will not open the dry goods stores until 8:30 each morning as there is very little trade before 9 o’clock in the morning. This will give their clerks a better chance to rest and they will be better able to do their work when they open. Innes, Weavers, Newmarks and The Fair will try this method for a while and if it proves successful they will keep it up longer.”