From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 20, 1916:

• “Prisoners, convicted on various crimes, who were tried during the May term of court, were given sentences this morning by Judge Smart…. In considering the case of Lorin Star, Judge Smart expressed some decided ideas about the justice of the present gambling law. He said that were he to be sentenced to the penitentiary for rolling dice on a blanket in the basement of a building, just because he owned the dice, after reading from day to day in the papers how Mrs. So and So won a cut glass vase at a social gathering playing cards, he would emerge from that institution somewhat of an anarchist. Deplorable and indecent as it was for the man to be gambling, it was unfair punishment to send him to the penitentiary, Judge Smart said…. A motion for a new trial was overruled in the case of Noble Turner. The peculiar nature of the goods stolen in the case in which Turner was acquitted in the February term of court caused the jury to turn their faces from the evidence, Judge Smart thought. The evidence was a bundle of skunk hides. Turner was sent to the state reform school.”
• “‘Life and Its Ideal’ was the subject of the graduating address delivered this afternoon at Woodland Park by D. E. E. Stauffer before the eighty graduates from the Douglas County rural schools. Graduates and parents coming from all parts of Douglas County were present at the graduating exercises…. The graduating address was a plea for clean and wholesome living. The young people were urged not to stray away from the high ideals of childhood…. Dr. Stauffer told the children that it was up to them to live their own lives for themselves. No one else could solve all their problems for them. ‘Young people, your companion to the end of your days will be yourselves. One of your highest desires should be to have a pure and true person for your companion. If you tell a like in the morning, your companion is a liar for the day. If you steal you are living with a thief. If you have impure thoughts and do unclean things your closest companion is impure. Surely you prefer a companion whom you can respect and admire.'”
• “Troop No. 5 and Scoutmaster Geo. C. Todd left the Y. M. C. A. at 7:15 Friday evening, for an all-night hike about three miles northeast of here. Two scouts had gone earlier in the evening to prepare the camp. The watches were assigned and the boys enjoyed making their beds on the ground. After the night’s rest they ate a delicious breakfast and then went fishing and boat riding. Later they took a few tests and started home. They arrived here about 1:30 p.m. today, rather tired, but happy.”