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

• “A woman dressed entirely in black has the people of the nine and ten hundred block on New Jersey street and the surrounding district well scared up. For the past few nights she has been going from place to place looking n at windows and going about houses generally…. The people of the east part of town are very anxious about her for they do not understand just what she is doing. She apparently does not want any company for she will not stop and talk with anyone but goes about from place to place.”
• “Complaint came to the police yesterday afternoon that a small boy was shooting at the birds with a .22 rifle. One of the spent bullets went through a window in a nearby house. The people complained to the police and they immediately took the matter in charge. The boys are shooting at birds in the city limits and they do not realize that they are breaking two laws. One is a city ordinance which prohibits shooting a rifle in the city limits and the other is the state law which protects the birds from the boys’ rifles.”
• “Mr. Weir expects to build a small store just east of Haskell on the road leading to the county farm where during the summer he will sell pop and refreshments. He expects to run a store similar to that conducted by M. Carty on the road leading southwest from Lawrence.”
• “Once again Kansas has taken the lead in the adoption of progressive measures and is to help other states to adopt similar measures. The municipal reference bureau, conducted by the University, received an inquiry this morning from Lansing, Michigan, asking for literature on the Kansas absent voting law. This law which was enacted in Kansas in 1911 permits voters who are likely to be away from their homes for a considerable length of time or at regular periods, as is the case with traveling men for instance, to send their votes home by mail in the event that they are not at their homes at the time of elections. As early as 1901, railroad men were granted this privilege, but in 1911 Kansas was one of the first states to extend it to everyone. University students have found the law particularly convenient, as they can vote in their home elections while attending school. The passing of a similar law in Michigan will be considered by the legislature of that state during this session. The question is also pending in many other states of the union.”
• “The excavation for the new gymnasium at Haskell has been nearly completed. The dirt taken out has been used to grade the athletic field. Those who have not been to Haskell for a few months have no idea how much work has been done in paving streets and in otherwise beautifying the grounds.”