From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 7, 1915:

• “War and romance will be mingled in the departure of Dr. A. L. Van Meter, a graduate of the University of Kansas in 1909, for the western battle front in Europe. He will become a surgeon in the British service and he will take with him his bride, who is now Miss Elva McFarland of Parsons. They will be married in Boston. The two will sail for France November 16, and there Dr. Van Meter will be assigned to one of the British hospitals at the front in the western theatre of war. The wedding was not to have taken place for some time, but this week Dr. Van Meter received his commission from the British government and he immediately telegraphed to his fiancée here whether or not she wished to accompany him to the war zone. Her answer was ‘yes.'”
• “The old Hugh Cameron place, above town on the river, consisting of eighty acres, which the General took from the government in 1854, paying therefor $1.25 an acre, has been purchased by the Kahle brothers, August, Henry, William and Herman, and added to their already extensive holdings in that immediate vicinity. They pay $7,500 for the eighty acres. The Kahles bought the place of Mrs. George E. Smith, into whose possession it went shortly after the death of Gen. Hugh Cameron. The property being heired by Noah Cameron, the brother and only direct heir of Hugh Cameron.”
• “Mistaking a tablet of bichloride of mercury for a headache tablet, Miss Ruth Gibson, a freshman in the college at the University, from Arrington, Kansas, is critically ill at the University Hospital, 1300 Louisiana street, from having swallowed the poison. Miss Gibson, who rooms at 1244 Ohio street, complained of a headache Saturday evening and her friends were awakened early Sunday morning to find her seriously ill…. Antidotes were at once administered and it is probable that the young woman will recover.”
• “A gang of shovelers has begun excavating upon the south side of the new river for the abutments for the new Kaw river bridge…. A. L. Hedrick, the resident engineer, has received notice that the derrick and hoisting engine have been shipped and are now enroute to Lawrence. Not knowing from what point they come, he has no definite idea when they will arrive, but is prepared to take care of them whenever they put in an appearance. The splendid weather and the receding river encourage the builders very much.”
• “Ruby Jones, who was fined in police court a few days ago for street walking, was in court again today on the same charge. She was fined $7.50…. John Doe, a University student, cut corners with his motorcycle and was arrested as a jay driver. He convinced the court that he was working his way through school, and was dismissed with a warning. Tony Bartlett was accused of being plain drunk. He denied the charge and the trial will be held late this afternoon when the night officers, who made the arrest, can be at court.”
• “The practice of carrying money in different pockets enabled J. C. Mullins, of 1125 Rhode Island street, to continue his journey after his pocket had been picked on a Kansas City street car Saturday afternoon. Mr. Mullins lost his wallet and $11. He boarded a car at Eighth and Washington streets on his way to the Union station. A white man about 35 years old brushed against him and when he arrived at the station his wallet and its contents had disappeared. Mr. Mullins had another picket which had not been touched, however, and after reporting the robbery to the police continued his journey to Lawrence.”