From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 19, 1915:

• “The new gymnasium at Haskell is going to be one of the big buildings of the school, being 146×70 in size and with walls 35 feet high. Work on the footings was begun yesterday by J. E. Edwards of 1428 Pa. street, and his contract calls for the building to be complete by Sept . 15th. Native stone, cottonwood stone and cement will be used in making the walls. Edwards is one of the young contractors of the city who has come to the front in the past six years. He came to Lawrence to superintend the construction of the Bowersock warehouse and has been able to keep busy ever since. He has lately built for himself an attractive six room house at 1428 Pa. street, which has the distinction of being the only house in the city whose walls are faced from the ground up with cobble stones. The cobble stones were hauled in from near Clinton and the expense of getting the stone was even greater than to have bought brick, but it has made an attractive home and that was what he wanted.”
• “The rumor has been abroad in town that the City of Bonner Springs was going to purchase one of the teams and the entire outfit of fire fighting apparatus from Lawrence. The city officials say that there has been no transaction in the matter but it has merely been suggested. It has been announced that there would be a team of horses and one of the hose wagons sold in case the motor apparatus was installed. The motor apparatus is now in place and one of the teams had been taken off duty. Some business transaction may take place between the two towns.”
• “While many people dislike the way the weather man is serving out continued snow and chilly weather the fruit growers in this locality do not seem to be able to take part in the disapproval. They say that the continued cold weather will prevent the sap from rising in the peach trees and consequently will save the buds from appearing too early and running the risk of becoming frost bitten in the later cold spells as has often been the case in the past years.”
• “George Green, a blacksmith from Kansas City, expects to open a shop in North Lawrence some time during the coming summer, provided his health will permit. He is troubled with asthma and if medical treatment does not allay it soon will go to New Mexico for a change of climate.”
• “June 25th, 1855, seven persons gathered in Lawrence and organized the First Baptist Church. June 25, 1915, will be the sixtieth anniversary of this small beginning and arrangements are underway for a proper observance of the event.”
• “Topeka. – The senate passed today the bill to create a new department at the University of Kansas. The bill provides for the organization of an information bureau under the department of journalism, and appropriate $5,000 to carry on the work. The bureau is to gather information for advertisers, commercial clubs, and any other material which may be useful in boosting Kansas in other states. After the bureau gathers the information the newspapers, commercial organizations and booster clubs are to contribute another $5,000 to get the information scattered over the country where it will do the most good.”