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 9, 1915:"If you find your letters unsealed and your packages watersoaked, blame it on the weather. All mail that came into Lawrence from the east and had passed through the storm district around St. Louis, is in bad condition, owing to the terrible ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 9, 1990:Interviews with five local architectural firms were to begin in mid-July as progress continued toward renovation of the Union Pacific depot in North Lawrence. The Depot Management Board, which was overseeing fundraising for renovation of ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 8, 1915:"JUST A FLEETING GLIMPSE – Did You See the Liberty Bell, or Merely Think You Saw It? – A Large Crowd Assembled at the Union Pacific Depot Twice. – Lawrence got up early this morning and hiked to the Union Pacific station to see the ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 8, 1990:Douglas County commissioners were planning to hold a budget work session to consider preliminary funding levels for outside agencies and programs that received county funds. The funding levels were to be included in the overall recommended ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 7, 1915:"Mr. Citizen, says Commissioner of Finance Holyfield, if you haven't paid your road tax, sometimes called poll tax, you had better get busy, or I'll have to set the officers on your trail. The road tax is $3 for every man over 21 years old ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 7, 1990:Although they were already in place, Lawrence city commissioner this week said it was time for the commission to "consciously" decide whether the city should allow signs on public rights of way directing people to the Lawrence Riverfront ...