From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 28, 1912:

• “The annual Douglas County Fair for 1912 will be held on September 24 to 27 inclusive according to the date set at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fair Association yesterday afternoon. This will be the last week in September, the fair to last from Tuesday morning to Friday night. Otherwise no definite plans were made but at a second meeting to be held on May 22 further plans will be made which are to make the 1912 County Fair the best ever.”
• “Twenty-four miles of the Kansas-Colorado railroad in which a number of Lawrence men are interested have been completed, and an opening excursion is to be held in the near future. This extends from Pueblo to the Turkey Creek quarries.”
• [Advertisements ] “Don’t you think it would please your wife to have your home wired for Electric Lights now so she could use an Electric Iron and Fan during the hot weather? If you think this is a pretty good idea and would like to know more about it we would be glad to have our representative call anytime you desire to give you the exact costs. Lawrence Railway & Light Co.” … “Try this tonight! Chew Wrigley’s Spearmint on your way home. Cleanse your mouth — refresh it. It makes you as hungry as a bear — makes you want food, then helps digest it. If everyone everywhere would chew it before and after eating, what fine appetites — fine digestions — fine teeth — we’d all have. And the green country seems very near while you enjoy this refreshing mint leaf juice. Try it tonight!”