From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 10, 1914:

• “Do you want a baby? You can get one mighty easy. Want to do a good service when you are getting it? Then take a Belgian orphan. Lawrence will be asked to find homes for 100 orphaned Belgian babies. The war over there is terrible and has wiped out homes. It has left wrecks on every hand. It has also left babies crying on the streets…. Listen you can hear them cry. Did it hurt you? Why not take Belgian babies? The Belgians are the thriftiest and pluckiest people on earth. Their like has never been seen before. But a lot of babies are left in a starving condition. These babies will be shipped all over the world. One hundred will in all probability be allotted to Lawrence. Will we open our hearts and homes to these little orphans? Get busy you good people, get busy and quit talking about your kindness. Show it.”
• “Complaints have come to the Commissioners that people are very careless about throwing glass in the streets and alleys which proves disastrous to automobile tires and horses’ feet. The commissioners are investigating places that are an especial nuisance and everything possible to prevent such nuisance.”
• “Although there is not one known case of diphtheria in Lawrence, the school board is not taking any chances. Any child with sore throat, bleary eyes, or that is languid and appears ill, will be sent home by the teachers until a doctor can examine them. Diphtheria is so prevalent in Kansas City and Topeka that it is felt that this is the only way in which an epidemic can be warded off in Lawrence. The parents are asked to assist the board by keeping their children at home if there appear to be anything wrong with them.”
• “Cannot you almost feel the heartbreak that will come to those sad lonely mothers, when the cold Belgian dawn reveals an empty cupboard, while the children cry for bread. Three ounces of flour! Kansas established a record this year in the wheat crop, yet seven million are dying of starvation. Can we let the light of hope die out of baby eyes, when we in our prosperity can help to feed them? This is what will form the most potent protest for peace when this world war has ended. The workers of the world will not allow governments to again cause such slaughter of the innocents in a war without cause or right. But the call now is for aid – for a single mouthful of bread apiece, to sustain life in seven million innocent mothers and children.”
• “While the painters were burning the old paint from the house of Tom Harley preparatory to repainting it, some of the old paint caught fire and burned between the boards. It was unnoticed until Mrs. Harley smelled smoke. The garden hose was pressed into service and with the removal of a few boards from the house a destructive fire was avoided.”