From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 11, 1915:

• “Within five minutes walk from Mount Oread with its teeming life is a quiet and beautiful city of the dead in which sleep those who passed away during the early days of Lawrence. Originally a stony knoll overlooking the Wakarusa it has now become a spot of great beauty, shaded by trees planted by loving hands many years ago. Here sleep early settlers, men who fell in the border warfare as martyrs to freedom, and beside them sleep little babes, who if they had lived would now be old men and women, for this quiet and forgotten cemetery was used sixty years ago. Here, too, rest a large number of soldiers from Wisconsin regiments, probably little more than boys when they marched away from their home in the sixties and for a half century they have been resting with their faces turned toward the azure blue of a Kansas sky. The story of epidemics which swept away the little ones is told by the large number of little slabs bearing almost the same date. Perhaps it was scarlet fever, or diphtheria, before the modern anti-toxins of today were known, but whatever it was it robbed the poor homes of the early settlers of Lawrence of their dearest treasures…. It was a long way to the old settler, perhaps two miles from Massachusetts street and it was up then almost inaccessible hills, but those who were living followed the bodies of their dead and planted trees which have now grown to large proportions…. As nearly as can be learned this old cemetery, which has been known as Oread, was opened in 1854 or 55 within a year after the town of Lawrence was founded. It was used for more than twenty-five years until Oak Hill offered a larger and more convenient spot and was then abandoned. Some removed their dead to the new cemetery, but most of the sleepers remained and in time the cemetery became a jungle of briars and brush. This was the case when a few years ago N. A. Gwin was asked to turn his goats into the cemetery in order that they might clear it up and they did a good job, for today the little spot looks almost as well kept so far as weeds and undergrowth are concerned as Oak Hill.”
• “Students were given free opportunity this morning to express their opinions and criticisms of affairs as conducted at the University. ‘Student Day’ was the occasion and the criticisms ranged from the tendencies of faculty members to use sarcasm in the classroom to the evil effects of allowing the University to be thrown into politics.”
• “The funeral of Mrs. Kate Brown Rohrer was conducted from the family home half a mile southwest of No. 6 school house yesterday afternoon…. Mrs. Rohrer’s death took place Saturday at about 6 in the evening. Simultaneous with her death occurred that of an infant – the first born to Mrs. Rohrer and her husband, William Rohrer. Mrs. Rohrer was 31 years old…. She was much beloved and respected.”
• “The Civics class of the High school was at the court house this morning taking in the sights and becoming acquainted with the official work of the county. The class as the present time is studying the local government and they want to get the information first hand for their study of government.”
• “Clark B. Firestone, formerly editor of the New York World under Joseph Pulitzer, gave a lecture before students of the University department of journalism yesterday afternoon, in which he said the two main requisites of editorial writing were courage and truth. Mr. Firestone is a cousin of F. C. Firestone of this city.”
• “Possibly one of the largest and most elaborate parades that has been held in Lawrence for a number of years was held this morning when the Knights Templar of the Masonic order paraded on Massachusetts street accompanied by three bands in dress uniform. All of the Knights were in their official uniform and they made a very pretty sight as they marched the full length of Massachusetts street.”