From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 27, 1915:

• “What kind of books are your boys reading, Lawrence fathers and mothers? The boy scouts organizations of Lawrence, aided by several other organizations, will endeavor to bring the subject of proper reading for boys to the front next week and keep it there long enough to have a general airing of the subject. A number of Lawrence ministers have promised to take up the subject of reading for boys in their services either tomorrow or next week. The city library will prepare an exhibit of the books in its possession which boys should read. Several of the bookstores will make a display of books that are approved by the national boy scouts organization. All this means that war is to be waged on the cheap modern thriller and that the fight will be made constructively — the effort will be made to keep the boys from reading the thriller by supplying them with more wholesome matter in place of it.”
• “Home made mufflers do not go on automobiles in Lawrence. This was the decision of the police court last night when Lee Swimmer appeared for violating the traffic ordinance. The muffler in question was one that had been made by workmen in Lawrence and was so arranged that it could not be closed while the driver was handling his car. The fine was suspended Monday providing the car was not taken out on the streets and that on Monday it should have a regular muffler.”
• “When the office of the Gwin elevator in North Lawrence was opened for business this morning it was found that the cash drawer had been pried open during the night and the contents, $1 in change, had been stolen. Entrance to the office had been made through a window…. A number of burned matches were found in front of the door of the safe in the office. Evidently the thief had inspected it and reached the conclusion that it would be useless for him to try to open it.”
• “One of his best black horses was stolen from Jess Worsup of near Eudora, between 8 and 10 o’clock last night. Sheriff Cummings received word of the theft at midnight and immediately started south where he thought he might be able to run on to the thief while Mr. Worsup, in his automobile, followed a trail to Lawrence…. It is known this morning that the thieves went toward Kansas City and Sheriff Cummings has telephoned information regarding the horse to the officers of all the nearby towns. The horse is fifteen hands high, weighs 1125 pounds and is known to horsemen as a roarer.”
• “One wheel of a buggy was broken yesterday afternoon at the corner of Thirteenth and Vermont streets when the car of Miss Katie Haire skidded in a pile of sand which had been dumped in the street and struck a buggy which was passing. No injuries resulted from the accident.”
• “One of the interesting features of the union Thanksgiving service at the First Baptist church Thursday forenoon was the recital of the President’s Thanksgiving proclamation by Francis Pembrun, a student at Haskell Institute. The boy had committed the proclamation to memory and declaimed it without an error.”
• “There was some activity by pickpockets on the special train which brought Kansas rooters home from Columbia Thursday night. One University student had his pocket picked of $10 and another was touched for $5 before the train reached Kansas City. Picking pockets was not the only activity of the thieves. One Lawrence physician woke up to find that his shoes had been taken while he slept. He had a hard time getting fitted out in Kansas City.”