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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
2
Memorial services will be held for those who died in World War and other battles. University plans services as stores close with some drugstores open in the morning. Graves will be decorated and a volley salute follows a formal observance led by local officials and National Guard units.
Kansas University plans memorial exercises in Robinson gymnasium to honor 116 students and faculty who died in World War I. Rev. Earl Blackman will deliver the address as a 200 voice chorus provides music. A veterans parade from the county courthouse to First Methodist church and a flower strewing at the Kansas River bridge will follow.
In Chicago on May 29 the Democratic National Committee outlined plans to fund the 1920 campaign through broad popular subscriptions, aiming for contributions from about 1.5 million people. Treasurer Wilbur W. Marsh compared old and new fundraising methods and discussed party finance, voter outreach, and women’s organizing efforts led by Mrs. George Bass.
Winnipeg workers enter week three of a sympathy strike as city employees seek municipal posts. Police members are prohibited from striking under threat of dismissal, while street car service is to resume soon with volunteers and promised protection for car crews.
A famous artist who forbade smoking returns to his studio after a break to find a student with a lighted elparetto. The artist playfully questions the act and asks what the student intends to draw with it, the student answering clouds.
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