From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 7, 1912:

• “On Monday the State Editorial Association meets in Lawrence. Our people are glad to see them and will do what they can to make the visit pleasant. But there is work to do. The hotels cannot accommodate these people. The Eldridge house may take care of 50, the University now declares it can only take care of 50. This leaves a lot of people who must be taken care of by the citizens. Lawrence has many people who will be glad to take visitors, but they have not spoken up…. This meeting is an important one and we want the editors to go away feeling kindly towards Lawrence. This is a great convention city and we have never failed to take care of the crowds that have come. We will not fail this time, but it is important that we know the situation and know that the editors will be taken care of. It is time to get busy.”
• “It is no violation of the state prohibitory law for a man to keep an exceptionally large supply of liquor in his home so long as he doesn’t sell it, according to a decision of the Kansas Supreme court today. The case was that of E. Penquite of Sedgwick county, who appealed after the lower court had sentenced him.”
• “The last rites for the battleship Maine, a service that cost the United States government $900,000, and the burial of sixty-five sailors found in the sunken hulk is being portrayed in motion pictures in Kansas City. The Woodlin theater, 3227 Troost avenue, will exhibit the pictures for the last time tonight. All soldiers and sailors attending the show in uniform will be admitted free.”