From the Lawrence Journal-World for May 29, 1915:

• “C. S. Rarick, local river observer, states that since 10 o’clock this morning the river has fallen at this point more than three inches, with every prospect of the decline being continuous if not considerable…. The Journal-World will keep informed regarding the condition of the river at all times and will gladly give information to everyone who is interested…. If at any time, as the result of heavy and long continued rains in the west, there should be imminent danger of the river reaching the flood stage the Journal-World will call by phone many of the farmers of the Kaw bottoms so they can take livestock and other property to higher ground. It is not likely that there will be an occasion to give this sort of information at this time and it is merely mentioned in order that no one need suffer from unnecessary anxiety.”
• “‘Every well south of the river in Lawrence will probably be contaminated by the surface water of the recent rains,’ said Prof. C. C. Young of the water department of the University. ‘There is not a well that will be entirely free from the filth and contamination that is washing along the street by the torrent of water that has been falling.’… Dr. J. C. Rudolph, the City Health Officer, said today that the chances for Typhoid fever would be greatly increased on account of the recent rains and high water.”
• “The train from Ottawa to Lawrence made the first trip of the day yesterday afternoon. The track between the towns is very soft and the train had to make the trip very slowly. The train was a welcome sight for the Baldwin people who were stranded in Lawrence during the rain. Some of the members of the faculty who had examinations to give were very anxious about getting to Baldwin last night…. The railroad officials say that unless there are more heavy rains they will have no trouble with the track between Lawrence and Ottawa.”
• “After the road grader contest held in April in Grant township the township board bought a Russell grader, paying therefor $665 and has used it ever since whenever the weather allowed, which has not been all the time, by any means. The general result is that all the roads in that township with the exception of four miles have been graded, and the new grader has made an unqualified hit with everybody in the township…. In the language of Trustee A. A. Hicks, ‘It has graded all kinds of roads under all kind of conditions, and we are perfectly satisfied with it.'”
• “The swimming campaign will be conducted at the Y. M. C. A. again this season the same as it was last season. A large number of the Lawrence boys learned to swim during the campaign week and the lessons were very popular among the boys. There were about seventy-five who were in the regular class and about half of that number learned to swim in the three day lessons that were given…. Many of the boys are anxious for the time for the campaign to come so they will be able to learn more of the art of swimming.”
• “Despite the attitude of the city school board toward C. Blaine Venerable, the colored teacher, shown by hiring him to teach in the north side schools in the face of much opposition, those who do not want him to teach are still active, and filed most decided protests against his employment at the meeting of the school board held last night. The outcome of the rumpus will be watched with much interest.”
• “Last night was the Journal-World newsboys’ night at the Clifton-Kelley Shows, and they enjoyed themselves at the entertainment offered them. The boys were there in numbers, big and little, short ones, long ones and stout ones, and that they had a good time goes without saying.”