From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 17, 1916:

• “Officially the clean-up of Lawrence started today, and between now until Saturday night the citizens of the town should see to it that their premises are placed in regular summertime order. This means that the trash which has accumulated since the last clean-up should be hauled to the city dump or otherwise disposed of. The clean-up will be a private affair this year in the respect that it will be up to every property owner to provide for hauling away the rubbish from his place. Last year the city provided transportation and labor in moving the trash and for several weeks the street force was busy at the job. This year there are no funds available for that purpose. But the clean-up is to be a genuine clean-up, none the less, Mayor Francisco said this morning. The city ordinances are adequate to enforce it, and these ordinances will be used against people of the town who show an inclination not to join in the clean-up movement…. To the credit of a great many Lawrence people it should be said that they have not waited for the date of the official spring clean-up. Many premises have been in apple pie order for a number of weeks in fact, ever since the winter broke sufficiently to make any outdoor work possible.”
• “The singing of Gounod’s ‘Redemption’ by the Lawrence Choral Union attracted to Robinson gymnasium last night one of the largest crowds ever gathered there. Some of the late comers had to be turned away because not enough room to seat them remained in the large auditorium. The singing of the oratorio by a chorus of 100 voices splendidly trained by Prof. Arthur Nevin of the school of fine arts was one of the big musical events of the year. The careful preparation of the chorus by many weeks of practice resulted in a service last night that will be long remembered by those who attended.”
• “A large and opulent police court session netted the city nearly $100 in small fines, with the returns not yet all in. There were eighteen defendants in court, most of whom pleaded guilty. The largest haul was made from a crap game on the river bank north of town which was raided by the officers yesterday afternoon. There were eight young men either reengaged in the game or standing looking on at the time the police arrived and all were taken in charge. All pleaded guilty to a charge of gambling in police court this morning and were fined $10 each. Every man in the crowd was a first offender.”
• “Not every Ford car can be safely regarded as a peace ship, as two young men learned in south park last night. Two other young men who were driving with their girls in a particular Ford forgot all about the teachings of the great Detroit pacifist when voices from the sidewalk called out jeeringly something about the ‘one-eyed Ford’ as they drove past with only one light burning. The driver of the Ford stopped, he and his companion dismounted, and in the encounter which followed, one of the young men on the sidewalk stopped a heavy punch with his chin. He haled the two young men of the Ford into police court this morning. There they were fined $1 each by the police judge, who appeared to believe there were extenuating circumstances in violating the pacifist precepts of the maker of the car.”