From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 4, 1916:

• “Commissioner Cleland made the suggestion at the meeting of the city commission today that the city should care for the families of men who are confined in the city jail, and outlined a plan by which it could be done. Mr. Cleland proposed that the city furnish to the families of prisoners supplies equal to the value of their work on the rock pile, in cases where the family is in need of help when the husband is in jail. No payment is to be made in money, but the supplies are to be taken direct to the families. No action was taken upon Mr. Cleland’s suggestion…. Mr. Cleland also brought up the question of the amount to be allowed on fines for the work done by prisoners on the city rock pile. When the work was first started it was decided to credit the prisoners $1 for each yard of cracked stone. Mr. Holyfield pointed out that men who break rock for the city and county on a commercial basis get paid 80 cents a yard for it. He said it was rather a favor to a man to allow him to go to jail under these conditions. His suggestion that prisoners be allowed only 80 cents a yard was adopted.”
• “While much time was spent by the Board of Education during their regular meeting last night in the Manual Building in the discussion of the much talked of change of hours for the grade schools, no action was taken…. The change suggested by Superintendent Smith was to let the noon hour remain as it now is, but to close the regular work of the day at 3 o’clock, having the teacher keep all children who have not done good work until 4. This would give the children, according to Superintendent Smith, an added incentive to do good work in the schools.”
• “An agent for a projecting machine came before the [school] board to show them the benefit of this invention for teaching such subjects as geography, history and other subjects.”
• “Through the clemency of the Santa Fe railroad, Zach Green was allowed to plead guilty to the charge of petit larceny this afternoon before Justice John W. Clark. Green was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment in the county jail and fined $100 and costs. W. L. Douglas, special agent for the Santa Fe, handled the case and allowed Green, who was caught in the act of removing coal from a car in the Santa Fe yards, to enter a plea of guilty of petit larceny. Mr. Douglas states that the Santa Fe will be firm in prosecuting other violations of this nature. It is the road’s intentions to stop the carrying away of coal from the railroad yards.”
• “The basket dinner which will be served in the C. P. A. Hall at Midland by the members of the Grant Township C. P. A., will be at noon…. The members are all expected to bring well-filled baskets along with them. The excellence of the dinners served by the Grant township organization is well known, and the town members of the C. P. A. are planning to be present.”
• “Eagle Childers, age 19, a student at Haskell Institute, died yesterday morning at the Institute. Death was caused by blood-poisoning resulting from a gun shot wound which Childers received while hunting at Christmas time. Short services were held yesterday…. The body was taken to Coweta, Okla., for interment.”