From the Lawrence Journal-World for May 19, 1915:

• “Mrs. S. P. Byrd returned to Lawrence from Lamar, Colorado, Monday afternoon. The Byrds had shipped their furniture to Colorado with the intention of making their home there, but when Mrs. Byrd saw the country she said it was impossible to make a home in such a country as that and immediately began preparation to return. Everything is wrong with the place said Mrs. Boyd. Spring plowing has just begun there. Very few people have gardens and the wind storm which was raging there on the day they landed was enough to turn anyone. Their car of goods will reach Lawrence and it is probable that it will never leave again. Mr. Byrd has been running a grocery store in North Lawrence. It is probable that he will start up in business again.”
• “Yesterday a flood of water from the city service broke into the basement of L. L. Phillips’ business house at 814 Massachusetts, causing a loss of wall paper, dry colors and other materials and stocks aggregating two or three hundred dollars. The exact loss cannot be told until the salvage is thoroughly dried out. The colors are a total loss where submerged, while wall paper is practically always a loss after being wet. The drainage of the basement being perfect the water all ran off in a short time. There is a difference of opinion about what caused the flood, but it is known to have been city water.”
• “Perhaps the best answer to the report that the Hessian fly is ‘killing’ the wheat is the fact that the railroads are rushing hundreds of threshing machines to Kansas, Oklahoma and elsewhere in the southwest to take care of the crop which will be ready to harvest next month. The heaviest single shipment of threshing outfits reported for the southwest has just left Chicago, loaded on a special train of fifty cars. The train will arrive in Lawrence Friday, May 21, 10:30 a.m., and stay 30 minutes to enable the farms and others to see it. The train will stand near the Santa Fe passenger station.”
• “On account of the continued rain the good roads day which was set for tomorrow will have to be postponed until the weather is better. Some of the officers suggested that it be set for next week, but others suggested that there would not be as good an attendance as if it was put off until week after next. One of the big state lodge meeting will be in session here next week and many of the men will be occupied with the entertainment of the delegates. There will be another meeting of the association and another day will be set for working the roads.”
• “A sketch of the new bridge as planned at the present time has been sent to the county commissioners by the consulting engineers, and it looks good on paper. The proposed bridge will be built in nine spans having a total length of 1,007 feet. It will be built 40 feet wide with the street car track in the middle of the bridge. The south end of the bridge will be set 40 feet west of the present location of the south end and the north end of the bridge will be placed so that the present fill can be used for the approach.”
• “W. T. Stout at 1329 Kentucky is having a front porch added to his home, a new and higher roof, and several coats of paint.”
• “Kansas City. – Six motor car thefts Monday and Monday night broke all records for one day in Kansas City. All of them were taken from street corners.”
• “Parsons, Kan. – From one of the worst mosquito infested cities in Kansas, Parsons has come to be freer of these pests probably than any other municipality. The authorities say it is due to the many miles of oiled streets in the city. Last year 114 blocks of pavement of different kinds were oiled. R. T. Wells, city engineer, has announced that 140 blocks are to be oiled this year, the work starting at once. People who live along the oiled streets say they never are troubled by mosquitoes.”