Local writer Sarah St. John pulls from the Journal-World archives to compile reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence decades ago.
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 22, 1990:The Douglas County Commission this week re-emphasized its support for a public vote on a bond issue to help finance the proposed south Lawrence trafficway and scheduled a meeting with the Lawrence City Commission to discuss the project. ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 22, 1975:Lawrence drivers were needing to learn some new habits as a fifth lane on 23rd Street neared completion. The new lane, running down the middle of the street, was marked for left turns only. "That means drivers heading east and west will be ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 22, 1915:"Wedded life no longer has charms for Phronia Hill and she decided to break the bonds of matrimony which have held her to Charles Hill and has filed suit in the District Court for a divorce and custody of the couple's three small children, ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 21, 1990:Heavy infestations of walnut caterpillars were devouring the foliage on walnut, pecan, and hickory trees in Douglas County and much of northeast Kansas. Karen Booker, horticulture assistant with the Douglas County Extension Service, said ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 21, 1975:A refugee family from Vietnam was on its way to Lawrence. Vinh Duc Chieu and eight other members of his family were expected to arrive tonight on a flight from Camp Pendleton in California. The family was to stay temporarily at the home of ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 21, 1915:"Unpaid automobile taxes in Douglas county are causing the state authorities great concern and unless the car owners get busy soon there may be some startling developments. Yesterday Secretary of State Tom Botkin wrote to Otis Perkins, ...