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 May 27, 1916:"A new Buick motor car belonging to J. E. Newhouse was stolen from in front of Turner hall last night between 9 and 10 o'clock. The alarm was given immediately to the police. All day today the officers have searched for the car, and ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 26, 1916:"Waking in her room in her father's home at 828 Louisiana street at 3:30 o'clock this morning, Miss Fern Emmons, a freshman at the University, saw a strange man kneeling beside her bed. 'Keep still, Puss, don't move,' the man whispered. The ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 25, 1916:"Most of the activity of Baldwin between the Baker commencement and the Fourth of July will be devoted to preparing for the big celebration on July 4, which will review many of the historical incidents which center about the community in ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 24, 1916:"The city commissioners today accepted a parcel of land opening Indiana street from University Place to the south border of the campus. S. W. Gowans was the donor. The land given is sufficient to open a forty-foot street, and it is given on ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 23, 1916:"Mrs. Martin Gulley struck Mrs. Elva Arnold with an umbrella this morning as the latter was standing, her child in her arms, in the hall outside the police court room at the city hall. The blow cut a gash in Mrs. Arnold's forehead which ...
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 22, 1916:"Roll of Honor: English sparrow; Lincoln sparrow; Chicken sparrow; Chickadee; Warbler; Robin; Blackbird. Fix up a cosy corner in your heart, elm tree owner, for the birds named in the list above, and for a number of others; for they are ...