From the Lawrence Journal-World for May 28, 1915:

• “Possibly the heaviest rainfall in any one month for several years has fallen so far this month. The weather department at the University made the announcement this morning that there has been 12.92 inches of rainfall. The largest rain was that which occurred yesterday afternoon when 2.80 inches of rain fell in about two and one-half hours…. The ground has been thoroughly soaked until it will hold no more water and all that falls now will have to find escape through the streams, giving greater rise to all of them…. About two hundred feet of the Union Pacific tracks between Lawrence and Leavenworth were overturned late yesterday afternoon by the torrent of water…. The line between Lawrence and Ottawa has also suspended operations…. The rain yesterday was the heaviest that most of the old settlers here have ever seen. Many say they never saw a harder rain when the water stood so high in the street. At the Poehler Mercantile Company the water was about four feet deep in the street and it was all that could be done to keep it from filling the basement of the building…. As an emergency resort several hundred pounds of flour in sacks was rushed to the outside of the building and an embankment made with it around each of the large basement windows…. The people of the north side are becoming anxious about the conditions and many are making preparations to move out of their homes at a moment’s notice. This, however, is considered unnecessary as yet by the weather forecaster. The weather forecaster at Kansas City says the weather conditions are still very unsettled and it is probable that more rain will fall, but unless it should be heavy the Kansas rivers will not assume a menacing aspect.”
• “While attempting to drive over the slippery pavement where the water had been deep at the corner of Ninth and Ohio streets an Overland car skidded and struck the curbing and a wheel was torn from the car. The car was going west when it started to skid and it turned completely around and the wheel struck the curbing. No one was injured in the accident.”
• “Old Liberty Bell, which is to start on the trip to the Pacific coast for the fair on July 5, will go through Lawrence at about 11 o’clock on July 8 and will probably go through on the Union Pacific. No arrangement has been made for a stop here. The bell will arrive in Topeka on the Rock Island Thursday morning July 8 and will be on display there until 10 o’clock…. Topeka, Kansas City, Atchison, and Leavenworth are the only towns in the state that have made arrangements for a stop. If the people of Lawrence are to see this relic of history it will be necessary for them to take the matter up with the officials at an early date. It seems that there is little reason why a short stop cannot be made here as the train carrying the bell will go through Lawrence.”
• “A new method of selling liquor was brought to a halt last night when J. C. McFay was arrested by the local police for taking orders in Lawrence for liquor. Mr. McFay had been busy all day working up the trade and he admitted to the officials that he had taken some orders and expected to take others. He was turned over to the county officials and will be tried in the district court…. This offense is the same as for selling liquor and the minimum penalty is a fine of $100 and thirty days in jail.”