From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 25, 1915:

• “Fire which originated from an unknown cause last night at 12:20 o’clock destroyed part of the furnishings of the Grand motion picture theater. The fire had a good start before the alarm was turned in and had spread over the entire front of the theater by the time the fire department reached the scene. The door at the east end of the theater was opened first and immediately the fire was driven the full length of the theater scorching the seats. All of the wood part of the seats was destroyed either by fire or water. The piano which was in the front of the room was burned so badly that it will be impossible to have it repaired. The scenery in the front of the building was also destroyed. The damage was estimated at about $1,100.”
• “The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lake View association will be held in the club house on Saturday afternoon. The election of officers for the coming year and the general business of the organization will be taken up. The local members of the association will hold a meeting in Hugh Means’ law office on Friday afternoon to make preliminary plans for the meeting. The club has become popular already and almost every day parties go to the lake to spend the day. The lake was stocked with fish three years ago and the fish are large enough now to make fishing good in the lake. The club starts out this spring in better shape than they have ever been before…. Lake View has for the past few years been one of the favorite resorts for the people of Lawrence who wanted to go out of town to rest a day from business and enjoy nature.”
• “In speaking of the inspection of Company H which was held here last week, Captain Sweeney, the inspecting officer, said that it was without doubt the best company in the regiment. Company H has held that distinction for the past five years but Captain Sweeney went even stronger than that. He said that Company H was the best company in the state, which includes two regiments. But the statement which he made that sounds best to the boys of Company H is that the inspection here was the best that he had ever held in his experience and he has been in the business for some time. This is a very fine compliment for the boys and is a reward for the hard work they have put in in learning the action and duties of a soldier and how to do them well. It is a great compliment to the commanding officers who have drilled these men to such efficiency and good conduct.”
• “John Mez, who is here in the interests of international peace, spoke yesterday afternoon at a special convocation in Fraser chapel on ‘The War That Will End War.’ He pointed out the disastrous results the present struggle is bound to have even after peace has been established…. ‘War never got any nation any place,’ declared Mr. Mez…. ‘I believe that there never was a good war, nor was there ever a bad peace, and I am confident that the present war in Europe will be the last war in the history of the world, as public sentiment will be aroused too thoroughly against such uncivilized and barbarous methods of settling disputes, as to forever prevent any future great outbreaks, such as the world is witnessing at present.'”