From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 24, 1915:

• “A persistent report was on the street today that the offices of the American Cement Plaster company will shortly be moved to Chicago. No confirmation of the report was given at the offices of the plaster company, where it was said that further developments were awaited before any statement would be made. The American Cement Plaster company has always been regarded as a Lawrence institution. It was the loyalty of Lawrence men who were in it to their town that caused the offices to be established here in the first place. It is believed that if the decision has been reached to move the offices to Chicago, there are no local considerations involved, but merely the fact that a removal to a large city is considered imperative.”
• “The city officials have about worn out their patience giving notice to the drivers of automobiles that they must conform to the new light dimming ordinance, yet there are many cars on which the lights have not been dimmed at all. The city authorities are planning to take other steps soon if the ordinance is not complied with.”
• “A letter received this morning by the Journal-World sets at rest the question whether the Dr. Emory who committed suicide at Winfield recently was the man of that name who formerly lived at Lawrence. The Winfield suicide was not the former resident of Lawrence, who writes to the Journal-World as follows: ‘Dr. E. B. Emory took his life at his office in Winfield, on the night of October 12. He was born and brought up in Canada, and was not in any way related to my brother Eugene Emery or me. He was much my senior in years, and spelled his name differently…. Please tell my dear friends there, where I lived as a boy, that I am alive and happy. This is a beautiful world, and it certainly is going to be my pleasure to remain here contentedly until God in His own way and at His own time takes me to the home He has prepared.'”
• “Sheds in the rear of George McCleary’s home at 319 New York street burned this afternoon from unknown causes, though children and matches are suspected. The damage amounted to about $50. The department turned out, but could do little because of the flimsy nature of the structures.”
• “County Health Officer John C. Rudolph made a statement today in which he asked all parents in Lawrence to be particularly careful of the health of the children in order that diphtheria may be kept out of the city. The disease is reported by the state board of health to be prevalent over the state and the best efforts of state and county officers will be exerted to keep it at a minimum. Dr. Rudolph’s statement was made following an examination of the children in two of the city schools yesterday…. ‘About forty per cent of the pupils examined were suffering from enlarged tonsils,’ said Dr. Rudolph this morning. ‘This indicates a condition in which parents should use great care that nothing more serious may develop.'”
• “The 5-year-old son of H. W. Boltz, 510 West Sixth Street, while at play last evening dislocated an elbow. It was rather a complicated hurt. Dr. McConnell replaced the disarranged parts.”
• “The swings, the slide and the basketball court have been thoroughly overhauled and made safe and put in the best of condition at the New York School grounds. This is the place where some of the worst devilment was perpetrated during the summer months by vandals.”