From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 28, 1915:

• “Garcia Burriss … had occasion in Police court this morning to reflect on the high cost of yelling in Lawrence. If it’s going to cost $3.25 for every yelp, Mr. Burriss reflected, the joy of going kiyoodling down the main street of the city when everybody else is in bed will be materially lessened…. And he had to pay for yells that had grown cold, after all the loss of sleep that had been caused to people that heard them had been made up months ago. It was last winter that Burriss turned loose the noise that was in him one dark night on Massachusetts street. He had a friend with him and they both yelled. Burris was recognized by officers who didn’t catch him at the time, and he got out of town right off and stayed away until lately. Recently he was seen in town by an officer who remembered him as one of the volunteer vocalizers of the winter months. ‘Judge, I only yelled twice,’ said Burriss when he was told to stand up in Police court today. ‘I fine you $6.50,’ said the judge, thereby establishing a tariff on yells in the city limits, which will stand until some vocal free trader gets into power at the city hall.”
• “Much discussion and little business was the order at the weekly meeting of the city commissioners today. The discussion followed the discovery by the city fathers that there was not much business before them…. The commission still is debating the advisability of taking over the trust fund of the proposed mausoleum which private capital is to build adjoining Oak Hill cemetery. Commissioner Holyfield is in favor of having the city accept the trust, but Commissioner Cleland is inclined to think there would be difficulties which the city would encounter later on.”
• “Jay driving occupied some of the time of the city police court this morning. Conductor H. M. Fritz of the Union Pacific railroad was a jay driver of his freight train yesterday to such an extent that he blocked up a crossing in North Lawrence longer than the allotted time. For this he was fined $15.50 by the police judge which he paid. Another jay driver, the well known John Doe, got off somewhat easier. He didn’t block any crossings, but made the mistake of going on the wrong side of the street while an officer was looking. He enriched the city’s coffers to the extent of a big iron dollar.”
• “Michael Perry, a boy who lives at 1116 New Jersey street, was badly injured last night near the corner of Eleventh and New Hampshire streets when he was struck by a motor car. The boy was riding a bicycle and was on his way to deliver some milk when he encountered the motor car in a place where the street was partly blocked by repair materials. The boy fell underneath the car after the collision. The driver of the motor car managed to make a quick stop and the boy was quickly drawn from his dangerous position. It was found that no bones were broken but that he had suffered many severe bruises. His condition was somewhat improved this morning, it was said.”
• “Miss Hannah Quinby, who left Lawrence for Ohio last January, passed away on August 23rd, lacking but one week of being 74 years old…. Miss Quinby was a noble woman. She was a graduate of the National Normal at Lebanon, Ohio, and had a great regard for the value of an education. She began teaching school at sixteen years of age and was an active teacher for fifty years. During this time she educated at her own expense six nieces.”
• “The annual convention of the United Brethren church of the state of Kansas will begin in Lawrence tomorrow morning. Several hundred delegates and visitors are expected from all parts of the state…. The local congregation of the church has been busy for several weeks making arrangements for the big gathering. The sessions will be held in the new church which has just been completed at the corner of Seventeenth and Vermont streets.”