From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 3, 1915:

• “Kansas City isn’t the only place where there are gentleman crooks, for the Police court in Lawrence brought one to light this morning in the person of William Dillon, a well dressed young gentleman who selected Lawrence as a place to make some easy money supplying the thirsty citizens yesterday. Willie is from St. Paul and in St. Paul it is considered absolutely legitimate to sell booze, so when he blew into Lawrence yesterday morning with only fifteen cents in his pockets, he decided to part with several bottles of Old Colonel that he had in his possession. William and his pal selected the bottoms in the vicinity of the Lawrence paper mill as the scene of operations and trade started off merrily. The thirsty ones flocked to the standards of Old Colonel…. Still very well dressed and debonair the culprit appeared before Judge Albach in Police court this morning and pleaded guilty to three counts. On the advice of City Attorney Harley he was convicted on one count and fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in the city jail. William’s fifteen cents won’t go far toward paying his debt to the city and he will be given an opportunity to work for the public at one dollar a day until he has earned the hundred. He says that this is his first visit to Lawrence and that if he ever gets away he believes that it will be his last.”
• “The big top is up, the band is playing and who wouldn’t know that today is circus day in Lawrence? At Woodland park, ballyhoo men are vying with one another to see who can attract the most dimes from the pockets of the thrifty citizens, little children are holding on to the hands of their mothers in open-eyed wonder as they look with all their eyes at the pictures of the man-eating tigers, the huge snakes, the cigarette fiend and all the other wonderful things painted upon the canvas in front of the side shows…. One of the pleasant features was the impromptu address given by Colonel W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, who spent some of his boyhood years in and near Lawrence.”
• “With only a few letter men back Lawrence High school will have to develop nearly an entire new team. The prospects for a good season are very fine but the outlook at the beginning of the season is not so bright. The material for a winning team is present but it will take several weeks to develop a winning aggregation from a bunch of green men and it may be a few weeks before they get into that class. To remedy this condition several of the men are going out next week from 5 o’clock until dark and practice on McCook field.”