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100 years ago: YMCA swimming program catches on
By Sarah St. John
June 8, 2013
“Some of the boys were rather timid at first and refused to get their feet wet.”
40 years ago: No art works damaged in KU museum fire
By Sarah St. John
June 8, 2013
Four fire trucks had answered the alarm.
25 years ago: No evidence of graves found at planned roadway site
By Sarah St. John
June 8, 2013
The city was planning to build East Hills Drive, an internal street in the industrial park, in about a month.
100 years ago: Many KU students sad to leave Lawrence
By Sarah St. John
June 7, 2013
“These are ‘Good-bye’ days in Lawrence.”
40 years ago: Local woman proclaims appreciation of young people
By Sarah St. John
June 7, 2013
“On television they say college kids are on dope. But these kids aren’t.”
25 years ago: Two-hour meters proposed for Mass Street
By Sarah St. John
June 7, 2013
At a cost of $16 per meter, the replacement project would cost about $5,000.
100 years ago: Deputy county assessor takes his own life
By Sarah St. John
June 6, 2013
“Mental derangement is believed to have caused the man’s action.”
40 years ago: County deeds office scanning old records
By Sarah St. John
June 6, 2013
Some of the records went back to the 1800s.
25 years ago: State experiences weekend increase of runaways
By Sarah St. John
June 6, 2013
More than 100 youths throughout Kansas were reported as missing.
100 years ago: Canoeing accident claims life of KU football star
By Sarah St. John
June 5, 2013
“The news of the tragedy saddened the entire student body of the University.”
40 years ago: Boys’ Club to open after fundraising drive
By Sarah St. John
June 5, 2013
The club was to be located on the third floor above the Duckwall store at 10th and Mass.
25 years ago: ‘Because without beer, things do not seem to go as well’: First legal brewery in a century to open downtown
By Sarah St. John
June 5, 2013
The building was once an interurban depot and then a bus station.
100 years ago: Locusts re-emerge after 17 years underground
By Sarah St. John
June 4, 2013
“The eggs which bore the countless billions of the brood that is appearing now were laid in the summer of 1896.”
40 years ago: At 50th reunion, Vinland alums recall skirt scandal of 1923
By Sarah St. John
June 4, 2013
The girls of the class of ‘23 had started a petition for shorter skirts — with a hem ending at the knee.
25 years ago: Marina parking lot to be paved
By Sarah St. John
June 4, 2013
A project to construct a paved parking lot at the Clinton Lake Marina was scheduled to start later this month.

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