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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 20, 1990:The owner of a Lawrence mobile home park this week rescinded a ban on park residents receiving pizza deliveries. Thomas J. Horner Jr., whose company owned Brookwood Mobile Home Community, 1908 E. 19th, lifted the order that had barred ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 20, 1975:Two men, accused of robbing the Bank of Perry, were taken into custody at a roadblock seven miles northeast of Lawrence on U.S. 24-40 today. Evan L. Williams and Raymond Staufenberg were arrested after shotgun blasts from Highway Patrol ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 20, 1915:"MANY ARTICLES DISAPPEAR STRANGELY – No Trace of Thief Who Comes Daily Can Be Found By Students – Thief Enters Residence At 821 Mass. Every Day and Evades Detection Easily. – With umbrellas, laundry, handbags and other personal ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 19, 1990:Hardly a parking space was available in downtown Lawrence early this morning as shoppers rose with the sun to catch some bargains at the annual sidewalk sale. Before 7:30 a.m., tables and racks overflowing with merchandise lined the ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 19, 1975:The quality of air in Lawrence was not perfect, but its imperfections consisted mostly of dust rather than dangerous chemicals, according to State Health Department officials and Kansas University researchers. The particulate level had ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 19, 1915:"In a $300 blaze of unknown origin a barn belonging to A. E. Robinson at 928 Tennessee street was completely destroyed at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night. If the burns of a valuable horse belonging to Chester Robinson prove fatal the loss ...