From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 9, 1916:

• “It is indicative of conditions in North Lawrence today, that a man who has a number of vacant lots on Locust street has withdrawn them from market at present, wishing to hold them for the advance in price that he feels sure is going to come. All over North Lawrence there is a wide-awake spirit which seems to say that at last the North side is coming into its own and is going to hold its own with the other parts of the city in improvements, industry and homes. The building of the new bridge, the finest in the state of Kansas, which will undoubtedly be followed with the paving of Second or Bridge street to the Union Pacific depot, has had much to do in awakening confidence in North Lawrence, and the advent of the interurban seems certain to make every available acre in demand to supply the call for fresh vegetables in Kansas City. Locust street is to be paved with brick from Second to a block beyond Dickers store and this will give North Lawrence a lot of favorable advertising not only from those who patronize the interurban, but also from the people of the south side, who will add the beauties of a ride in North Lawrence to their automobile hours, and then there is the handsome new Lincoln school, equal to any in the city…. No residents of the city have shown greater fortitude in disaster or greater energy in meeting the battles of life than North Lawrence, but for years it has seemed that the portion of the town north of the river has not received its share of attention. Now things are going to be different…. The purchase of the water plant by the city, which will be brought about next Tuesday by the votes of the people, will also mean a great deal to North Lawrence as it will give adequate fire protection, something that has not been given since the flood of 1903 destroyed the pipe line which formerly came directly across the river from the water works…. With better water pressure and clean pipes, with no dead ends, will also come lower insurance rates, which will mean a saving to everyone.”
• “A meeting will be held at Bonner Springs tonight to discuss the permanent highway from Topeka to Kansas City which was advocated recently at a meeting at the Merchants and Farmers association at Lawrence…. The object of the meeting tonight is to get Bonner Springs lined up in favor of the proposed permanent highway. Word from Tonganoxie indicates that the neighborhood has gone into the road business in earnest. More than half the dwellers along the road from Tonganoxie to Lawrence have signed up as favoring a permanent road between the towns, and the same action has been taken regarding the road from Tonganoxie to the Wyandotte county line.”
• “A band of Mexican bandits numbering from 800 to 1,000 supposedly under the personal command of Francisco Villa, raided United States territory early today. They attacked Columbus [New Mexico], killed American civilians and set fire to several buildings. For two hours fighting continued in the streets…. Nine civilians and seven U. S. troopers were the known dead early in the day.”