From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for June 19, 1916:

• “Carl Helwig, the twelve-year-old son of A. A. Helwig, 931 Maine street, was accidentally shot in the thigh last night by his brother, Earl. The bullet penetrated into the abdomen and was removed after some difficulty by Dr. John C. Rudolph. The injury is very serious, and grave doubts are entertained for the little fellow’s recovery. The older brother, Earl, who is fourteen, says that he found the revolver about two weeks ago…. Fearing that his mother would take the pistol away from him, Earl hid it and did not let her know he had found it. Mrs. Helwig had returned only yesterday from Kansas City, where she had been visiting for some time. She was in the kitchen preparing supper at the time of the accident. The three Helwig children, Carl, Earl, and the little girl, Ruth, were playing in the yard when the revolver went off. Carl and Ruth were sitting on a ladder, and Earl was preparing to show them the revolver he had found. When he pulled the pistol from his coat pocket, it went off, and the bullet struck Carl. The boy fell forward off the ladder, crying and screaming that he had been shot…. ‘The boy is doing poorly,’ said Dr. Rudolph this morning, ‘and it is very doubtful if he will recover. I succeeded in cutting out the bullet, but the injury is so serious that I am afraid it will do very little good.’ The injured lad was employed as a deliver boy at the Beal Brothers meat market, 900 1/2 Massachusetts.”
• “Definite terms on which the Home telephone company will consider a merger with the Bell system will be outlined by officials of the company in the second conference on the telephone situation tonight at the rooms of the city commissioners. Little could be learned this afternoon of what terms would be offered, nor what officials would be present to represent the Home people. ‘The consolidation would undoubtedly result in higher telephone rates for Lawrence,’ said Chas. P. Starkweather, chairman of the merchants association committee in charge of the conference, this afternoon. ‘The greater service that could be offered would be worth more.”
• “The fire department lungmotor saved the life of a new born child at the home of C. C. Perkins, Mississippi street, yesterday afternoon. The baby is very delicate, however, and Dr. John S. Rudolph, who has charge of the case, expresses the fear that it may not survive…. ‘Much credit for saving the baby is due Fire Chief W. F. Reinisch and his assistant, Ralph Lawrence,’ said Doctor Rudolph this morning. ‘They arrived with the lungmotor two minutes after the call was put in. Had it not been for that we could not have saved the child.'”
• “Breaking the Sabbath in order to fish seems to be a lucky procedure for Frank Miller, who landed a 52-pound catfish at the river yesterday afternoon, while a huge crowd of interested spectators looked on. Miller landed the fish on a cheap, light line…. It took Miller more than fifteen minutes to land his catch. Fish of such proportions are usually caught with nets, and Miller’s feat is decidedly out of the ordinary.”
• “The Mexican government in Yucatan this morning issued a proclamation ordering Americans out of Mexico, declaring a state of war, according to passengers on the steamer Niles from Progresso…. All national guardsmen in Kansas were ordered to report to their commanders immediately according to advices received from Adjutant General C. I. Martin, who is at Fort Leavenworth…. Members of Company H are assembling at the armory this afternoon, in preparation for expected order to move to Fort Riley tonight or early tomorrow. A train bearing the officers of the K. N. G., who assembled yesterday for a week of instruction, left Leavenworth at three o’clock. Upon the arrival of the officers in Lawrence, specific orders will be given the local companies to proceed to Fort Riley.”