From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 8, 1915:

• “JUST A FLEETING GLIMPSE – Did You See the Liberty Bell, or Merely Think You Saw It? – A Large Crowd Assembled at the Union Pacific Depot Twice. – Lawrence got up early this morning and hiked to the Union Pacific station to see the Liberty bell pass through the city on its way to Topeka, and was rewarded by a glimpse of the historic relic as the special train whirled by at 8:15 o’clock. The crowd began gathering as early as 7:30 o’clock, and by 8:15 over a thousand people had gathered, it is estimated, to see the train…. The crowd waited patiently until time for the train, and then a whistle in the distance heralded the coming of the bell and everybody crowded close to the track to make the most of the short opportunity to see the relic. At exactly 8:15 o’clock the train of four coaches went through and its speed was fast enough that many of the people say that they are not sure whether they really saw the bell or not…. A large crowd, estimated to be close to four hundred people, assembled at the depot at 10:30 o’clock to witness the Liberty Bell on its return trip to Kansas City after having been exhibited in Topeka for an hour and a half. As the train pulled into the station the people cheered and it stopped for a few minutes while representatives of the business men of Philadelphia distributed a short booklet of the history of the bell. [Philadelphia] Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg appeared on the platform before the crowd, but did not make a speech. In fact the people did not know it was he until the train pulled out of the station.”
• “If all the buildings on the campus of the University of Kansas were in one large building, that building would cover approximately ten acres. This does not include the floor space in the Oread Training School which is under construction, nor the main section of the Administration building, the foundation of which is finished. If all the rooms in all the buildings on Mount Oread were one big room, that room would contain 6,252,596 cubic feet of air space, more than one person could breathe in nine years. If all the windows in all the rooms in all the buildings were one big window, that window would require a pane of glass more than an acre in extent.”
• “N. C. Lyon, proprietor of the Sanitary Cafe, his wife and two sisters, left today for an automobile tour to Oklahoma They expect to make the trip of about 250 miles in less than three days of actual travel and will stop at Newton for a visit with Mr. Lyon’s brother who is employed by the Santa Fe Railway at that place.”
• “Mayor Francisco and Commissioners Cleland and Holyfield went to Kansas City today to look at street sweepers. The city is contemplating a new system of cleaning the streets and the heads are looking around for the best method, it is said.”