From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 12, 1916:

• “Douglas county is the home of many old pioneers of Kansas, a number of them coming here before the days of the Civil war. A large number of these old settlers have settled around Baldwin. They came here before the days of Baker University when the town of Baldwin consisted of a few straggling houses, and a stopping place on the Old Santa Fe trail. One of these early comers was Arthur Wellington Webster, who will tomorrow celebrate his one hundred and first birthday anniversary…. During these early days there was no Kansas City and Lawrence was only a small town. Palmyra marked the place where Baldwin now stands. This was a busy little town on the old trail, of about seventy people. Here the [wagon] trains on the Santa Fe trail would stop for repairs as they made their way from Mexico to Westport carrying skins and wool…. Mr. Webster was a blacksmith by trade and concluded this would be a good place to build a shop. He located here and has lived here ever since…. He was here when Quantrill made his raid on Lawrence, he saw the corner stone of Baker University laid, and the Santa Fe railroad come to town. While he has lived here there have been three towns born, Medea, Palmyra, and Baldwin. Of these towns only Baldwin remains…. The health of Mr. Webster is very good, considering his age. He is not able to hear well, and his sight is getting poor. He spends most of his time in reading his Bible which is printed in extra large type. During the last few days he has been looking forward to his birthday with a good deal of interest. The citizens of Baldwin are planning to give him a birthday present of $101 for his birthday tomorrow.”
• “When work commences on the new two-story concrete ice and refrigeration plant of the Griffin Ice company within the next few weeks, eighteen tons of cork will be freighted to Lawrence from Pennsylvania. The cork will be used between the walls of the rooms for insulation. The plant will be erected at the west end of the present ice plant.”
• “In an effort to get some pigeons for pets, Edgar McClung fell from a haymow yesterday breaking his arm and dislocating his shoulder. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford McClung. The accident was a painful one. The boy is about 9 years old.”
• “The picture of Lincoln which is to be hung in the new Lincoln school has arrived in Lawrence and was placed on exhibition in the show window of the Dick Brothers store today…. It will be presented to the school by the Watkins National bank.”