From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for June 27, 1916:

• “After arousing considerable interest among property owners, plumbers, electricians, gas men, and real estate agents, the building ordinance received its finishing touches at the hand of the city commission today and finally passed. The ordinance, as it went through, consists of seventy-seven sections. The office of building inspector is created, and it is made his duty to look carefully after the details of new structures. It is said that in some particulars the ordinance will raise the standard of work done in Lawrence, and consequently some expenses of building, but it is felt by the commission that, after it goes into effect, the new provisions will be found satisfactory. The inspector is to find defects in new buildings and to report them to the owners. Fines of $5 to $100 are to be assessed on those who neglect the requirements of the inspector. He is to draw a salary of $50 a month…. Before this morning, the commission had gone over in detail the sections of the ordinance as far as number 46. Today they discussed the rest of them.”
• “After a trip over the route proposed for the concrete road north and east of town to join with the proposed concrete road out of Tonganoxie, E. Otis Perkins is convinced that it is highly important that Lawrence and Douglas county shall take up the matter of permanent road building. ‘The people of Leavenworth county are pushing this matter,’ he said. ‘Tonganoxie has a mile of concrete road right through the center of town and arrangements have been completed for a line twelve miles east to connect with Leavenworth…. The sentiment for a road from Tonganoxie to the Douglas county line is strong…. Other things being equal, people will trade where the best roads lead, and it is important that Lawrence shall see that the good roads are coming this way as well as going in the direction of other towns.'”
• “Harold Harrell, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Harrell, 1221 New York street, was severely burned this morning when his clothes caught fire while he was lighting some gasoline he had spilled on the floor. He ran outdoors and the neighbors and his mother put the fire out, but not until he had been badly burned on the back. Dr. Rudolph was called and attended to the burns. Harold is resting this afternoon, and his burns are not thought serious.”
• “Ralph Rader, the University student who was kicked in the face by a mule some time ago, continues to improve. The broken bones have now been set and he is well on his way toward recovery.”
• “A meeting of the committee in charge of the work of organizing relief to be used for the families of the Guardsmen who went to the front was held late yesterday afternoon…. Anyone knowing of a Guardsman’s family needing assistance should notify the chairman and the matter will be cared for immediately.”
• “The possibility of starting a local tennis tournament is interesting a number of Lawrence boys. Nothing definite has been done, but if anyone starts the ball rolling, it is thought that there will be no lack of players to fill a series of contests. Two years ago some of the younger enthusiasts began a tournament and carried it through to a successful outcome.”