From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 9, 1915:

• “The snow which lies in great abundance on the streets of Lawrence has reached that stage through the action of occasional rays of sun where the pedestrian has a feeling of anticipation in the back of his head when passing a group of small boys. A number of boys on the way to and from school have taken to forming in small gangs and making a target of passersby. High crown hats and derbies are shown marked partiality but a number of women have been extremely annoyed by this pastime of the boys.”
• “At least to some of the inmates of the county jail life is not such a dreary proposition. At almost any time in the afternoon strains of melody, alleged to be music, can be heard issuing from the interior of the rock walls. Sheriff Cummings places the charge of instigating the same at the door of Scoop Ferguson. ‘Prof.’ Ferguson is equally proficient on the mandolin, violin and guitar. With these instruments he regales his involuntary audience.”
• “The University mid-week date rule has been suspended tonight to allow students to attend the Zoellner concert on the hill tonight, which is one of a series given under the concert course, or to attend the ‘movies’ to help pay off the remaining $120 student council debt from the defunct student union. The receipts from the Varsity theater tonight will be turned over to the University men’s council to apply to this debt.”
• “O. T. Cassel has returned from New Mexico after an absence of several years, and will re-enter the employ of the Union Pacific track department, if he as well pleased at his return after a few weeks as he is now. The dear old Kaw Valley looks good to him, he says.”
• “J. Q. Parker of Lawrence has returned from near Baldwin where he has been engaged in buying and shipping walnut logs which are used principally in the making of gun-stocks. Mr. Parker was forced to quit work temporarily on account of the roads. He says the farmers in that district must use four horses to get to town for supplies…. Chas. Moss spent Sunday in Baldwin and reports the roads in that district as the worst that he has ever known them to be. He states that it is nearly impossible for teams to travel…. C. C. Stewart, attorney at law, who was formerly in the employ of the United State government in scientific research work in various parts of the world, states that the roads of Douglas county at the present time are worse than the jungle roads of Bolivia. He says that many times drier footing could be found by following the creek beds with the pack animals than taking the trails.”
• “R. C. Johnson, living about ten miles south of Lawrence, brought 10 wolf scalps to Lawrence yesterday and collected bounty on them at the office of Herman Brocker, county clerk. These are the first scalps brought to this office for several months. The wolves were killed on Mr. Johnson’s farm and appear to be much larger than the ordinary coyotes.”