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 18, 1990:Lawrence city commissioners were hoping to meet soon with county commissioners to formulate a plan for construction of the south Lawrence trafficway and the eastern parkway. The two proposed highways were major components in a loop of ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 18, 1975:As the result of a compromise reached this week, tables, chairs, and vending machines from the Hawklet, the student snack bar in the basement of Summerfield Hall at Kansas University, were to be moved to a nearby wooden annex. The military ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 18, 1915:"Topeka. – It's harvest time, and harvest time means that Kansas has within its borders many thousands of strangers – men of all races and nationalities, birth and training who are helping the farmers reap the crop. It is estimated at ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 17, 1990:In response to a state fire marshal's order the previous week condemning Eudora High School, the Eudora school board voted this week to tear down the school and replace it temporarily with mobile classrooms. The board also authorized ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 17, 1975:The heavy use of graduate assistants as course instructors at Kansas University was defended this week by KU administrators. In a faculty workload study conducted in September, 1974, by the Kansas Board of Regents, it had been revealed ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 17, 1915:"When North Lawrence farmers and gardeners asked the City Commissioners to cut the dike near the Union Pacific trestle and let the water out of the low ground and into the river, they took it for granted that the big stream would keep on ...