From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 24, 1914:

• “‘To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the City of Lawrence; Gentlemen: We, the undersigned, citizens of Lawrence, without any enmity or ill-feeling toward the owners of the pool and billiard halls of this city, respectfully request your favorable consideration of the anti-pool-hall ordinance recently introduced and now pending before you. We are convinced that no good thing ever originated in or came out of a pool hall; that their influence is pernicious and inimical to the moral and social uplifting of our boys; that as a business proposition the pool and billiard hall is a detriment to our city and to the state University.’ A copy of the above petition, calling for the abolition of all pool and billiard halls and bowling alleys in the city will be circulated in each of the city churches for signatures tomorrow morning. Others will be given an opportunity to sign later in the week, probably at a mass meeting, and the petitions with the names affixed will be presented to the city council at its meeting February 2…. ‘Point out to me one single thing for the betterment of young manhood that the pool hall does and I will oppose their destruction,’ said a prominent professional man today. ‘The influences of the pool hall seem to me to be all for evil. I fail to be able to see a single bit of good that comes from their existence. Economically and morally the pool halls are a detriment to the welfare of the city as far as I can see. If Lawrence abolishes the pool halls it will be the biggest advertisement and the most favorable that the city has ever had.’
• “Almost a thousand postal cards, each notifying someone that his personal tax, amounting to two dollars and umpteen cents, has not been paid have been sent out from the office of the County Treasurer this week. A large per cent of those delinquent in personal taxes are residents of the city. Those who receive the postal cards will have thirty days in which to pay their personal taxes plus five per cent penalty. In case they are not paid then they will go into the sheriff’s hands for collection. He will charge fifty cents plus one and a half per cent for each collection. In case he fails to collect he will levy on property of the delinquent and sell it at auction.”
• “Governor George H. Hodges today announced positively that he would seek the nomination for another term as governor. This announcement refutes rumors that he would seek the nomination for senate. Governor Hodges as a Democratic senatorial possibility has been the rumor for some time. For a time it seemed practically certain that he would not be a gubernatorial candidate, but instead would seek a place in Washington.”