From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 11, 1916:

• “Many times within the past week the city commissioners have observed that the sidewalk on the Kaw River bridge is frequently so crowded with people watching the bridge work that it is almost impossible for the regular traffic to get past. To remedy this condition and to prevent the possible overloading of the sidewalk, the commissioners this morning passed a resolution instructing the city police to keep the people on the sidewalk moving. The police had this authority before the resolution was passed, but the commission deemed it a good way to let people know that in future the blocking of the sidewalk by sightseers would not permitted. The resolution adopted today is as follows: ‘Whereas, the sidewalk on the west side of the bridge over the Kansas river is being overloaded by people congregating thereon to watch the construction of the new bridge; and Whereas, it is liable to cause an accident thereon, now therefore be it Resolved, that the police department be and hereby is instructed to keep people from congregating on said sidewalk or loitering thereon.'”
• “Lawrence, despite all New Year’s resolutions, felt itself slipping today. When Mr. Wholetown, after a hasty breakfast, started off for the day’s work he found his progress strangely accelerated in directions in which he had no intention of going. Not being equipped by nature with a sandbox he had to reach his destination by a devious route, walking part of the time as if he had just used both feet on an April Fool hat which concealed a brick, and the rest of the time apparently attempting a combination of a hornpipe and backward somersault. Every little eminence had the sleekness of the glass hill of the fairy story and even the apparently level places developed disconcerting slants and angles. The coating of sleet which covered the town while Mr. Wholetown slept last night made this a lively day for him…. It was a day of harvest for the blacksmiths. No horse that was not sharp shod could get along on the streets and several animals received slight injuries through falls on the street. In the early morning processions started for the blacksmith shops and at times there would be a score of horses waiting their turn for the blacksmith to put them on a sure footing…. Street traffic was reduced to the minimum, although motor cars with chained wheels didn’t do so badly…. Along Massachusetts street conditions became a little better this afternoon, after the owners of business places had caused sawdust, sand and ashes to be deposited on the sidewalks to enable pedestrians to go about their business with some degree of assurance.”
• “The Pi Phi sorority house has a mystery. An oriental rug valued at $70 was taken from the house some time yesterday. It was missed between 6 and 7 o’clock last night, but at that time Mrs. Fritchie, the matron, thought the rug had been rolled up to clear the floor for dancing. Later on it could not be found. It is likely that a reward will be offered for its return.”
• “The school at Pleasant Grove, district No. 38, which has been closed since the Christmas holidays on account of the scarlet fever scare in that neighborhood, opened yesterday. The scarlet fever is confined to one family in the neighborhood and the patients are improving rapidly. The board consider that there is no danger to the school children from this source.”