From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for June 21, 1915:

• “It was apparent to the farmers of Grant township early yesterday morning that something must be done to prevent the flood waters from nosing their way around the upper end of the dikes and flooding Grant township. The weak spot was on the Purvis farm and for some reason Mr. Purvis had not permitted the dike to be extended across his lands to a higher point to the north which could have completed the link…. There was a chance to hold the water by building a levee from the dike to the higher land near Jim Norris’ house, and he said ‘Get to it’ or words to that effect. The ground was planted to potatoes, but that made no difference when it came to saving his crops and those of his neighbors. The men began work and with feverish haste began plowing the ground and making a dike…. It was a race between the men and the river, with the chances always on the side of the latter. Again and again it seemed that the slender barrier made of alfalfa hay and wet soil must give way, but the men worked without taking time to rest themselves or their teams and absolutely without food from an early morning hour until about six o’clock. There was often not three inches of dike to hold back the water, but while some worked with plows and scrapers others filled sand bags and the victory was won…. The men stayed on the job all night and by topping their fill with sandbags and by watching the weak places were able to hold the waters back and to save hundreds of acres of the best farm land in the county with its growing crops of alfalfa, corn, wheat and gardens.”
• “The First Regiment Band concert in Central Park was appreciated to the utmost by a small audience. The rains had repeatedly postponed this concert, and the public was so skeptical about the weather that the attendance was slight. Those present listened to an excellent concert, and manifested their full appreciation by repeated encores.”
• “Sweating over the first day’s examination questions in Topeka today the graduates of the University of Kansas School of Law are on the final lap to the practice of law in the state. If they are able to pass the three days’ quiz they will be permitted to plead the ‘incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial’ in the courts of Kansas. Otherwise it will mean another attempt at the examination later.”
• “A party of entomologists from the University working under the direction of the entomological division of the state biological survey is in the southern part of Kansas making a survey of the insect life of the state…. The party is now in Johnson county and from there will go farther south.”
• “John Corp, the barber, put one of his hands out of commission with a hay-hook a few days ago. Dr. Bechtel dressed the wound.”