From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 22, 1916:

• “The roller coaster at Woodland park was blown down by the high wind which prevailed shortly after midnight this morning, causing a loss of between $6,000 and $7,000 to the Lawrence Coaster company which owned it. About three-quarters of the structure was demolished, and the lumber was so splintered that it would not be used for rebuilding the coaster. There was no insurance, and except for a small salvage amount the loss is total…. Other structures at Woodland park suffered from the wind last night, but none of them seriously. The roof of the dancing pavilion was damaged considerably, and the roof of the theater building suffered slight damage. But the only considerable harm done was to the roller coaster.”
• “The wind of last night followed an excessively warm day. The maximum temperature registered was 90 degrees which equals the maximum of all but a few days last summer. It was within one degree of the warmest March 21 on record in Lawrence…. Lawrence housewives were subjected to great inconvenience yesterday and today by the amount of dust and grit that was blown into houses even when all windows and doors were kept closed.”
• “The unusual amount of illness during the winter months is causing many of the rural schools to hold later in the spring than usual this year. The work which was missed in the winter is now being made up by the pupils. Nearly twenty of the rural schools of Douglas county will close this week.”
• “After digging for a day in shale strata, bed rock was reached last night by the workmen in caisson for pier number four of the new river bridge. Concrete pouring in this pier ceased this morning and a large force of men were put at the work of completing the caisson for pier three which will be the next river pier constructed.”
• “The new clothing store will be open for business at 820 Massachusetts street Saturday, March 25th, and will be called the Ideal Clothing company, and the slogan will be ‘High grade merchandise for less money.’ The new proprietors are Sam Galitzky and Sam Taleshek, both of Topeka, who have been connected with the clothing business for several years and who come to Lawrence to locate permanently and to make this city their home.”
• “With spring fever weather coming on, numerous K. U. students who are candidates for master’s degrees or degrees in the engineering school where theses are required are facing the hardest work of the year, that of putting together the material which they have been gathering into presentable thesis form.”
• “English pennies and half pennies now circulate freely in France. They are generally accepted without objection particularly since the dearth of French copper coins made itself felt…. Post card vendors seek them out and save them for English customers, considering it an advantage to be able to offer a ‘Tommy’ the coin of his country in change.”