From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Aug. 17, 1911:

• “This is the day set apart by the Merchants Association of Lawrence, Kansas, as a day on which they are entertaining the farmers of Douglas county and their families at Lawrence’s beautiful pleasure resort, Woodland Park, with a monster picnic. And what a great day it is…. It is cooler than it has been for some time and the farmers are here in great numbers. There are perhaps more country people in Lawrence today than have ever been here on a single day in the history of the town. It was the one big day of the year. Down town business was suspended at noon. Mayor Bishop had issued a proclamation advising the closing of all stores, and members of the Merchants Association had agreed to close for the afternoon and go out to entertain their visitors. Newspapers were printed early and everything was done to make the day a grand success.”
• “The Humane Society has a committee that is looking for a new officer to take the place of John Ise who will give up the work this fall when he goes to Harvard to enter the school there.”
• “The invitation to the public to have books rebound during the ordinarily dull summer months brought forth such a hearty response that the Journal-World bindery has not had an idle moment all summer. Another large lot of books came in today, but there will be room for still more and anyone having books or magazines to be bound should arrange to have it done during the next few weeks, before the fall rush of work begins. The Journal-World has one of the most modern binderies in the state, and turns out all sorts of loose-leaf work, blank books and editions of prose or poetry, and also rebinds books, magazines or music.”