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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1928

Page

7

Ainsworth Community Notes Near End of Week

Mrs E W Spessard and correspondent relay visits from Des Moines to local residents. A boy wounded by glass required six stitches and walked home. Ice cream social postponed due to rain and set for next Saturday. Frank Matthews of Kansas City visiting Ms. Rowan and Miss Hoffsteatter. Matthews once ran a Matthews Music Co. in town. Nash cousins from Waterloo visited Effie McCreedy. Trotter siblings of Does Movies visited family after Chicago and Burlington trip. Edna Tobin returned from Dunlap. Norma Reaney assisting high school orchestra. Mrs J P McKenzie, turning 97, still active and memory of Mason & Hamlin organ. Wayne Cline seriously ill from foot wound. George McConahey family from Spokane to visit in August.

M. EF. Ladies Aid Frank Matthews Kansas City Robert Rowan Margaret Hoffsteatter Matthews Washington Matthews Agency Mason & Hamlin Matthews Music Co Chas. Nash Bert Nash Waterloo Effie McCreedy Jack Trotter Does Movies W. T. Trotter Chicago Burlington Edna Tobin H. H. van Horn Dunlap Iowa A. E. Sands J. W. Parrow Win Goble Milburn Spessard Daniel Riley John Sullivan T. J. Pascher Bentley Thompson Crawfordsville Norma Reaney Wayne Cline Daniel Cline West of Town Washington Road

Local Visitors Reported Visiting in Haskins Area

Mrs John Godlove Haskins notes July 25 visits including Benn with daughter Milburn Spessard in Ainsworth. Guests from Sigourney and Jamestown arrive for weekend visits. Evergreen Youne family to Oxford. others travel to Muscatine and Washington for family contacts.

Classified Ad Fragments Reach Broad Daily Audience

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Vice President Sworn In Before President

The statement notes that the vice president is always sworn into office prior to the president, outlining the traditional sequence of oath ceremonies during U S inaugurations. It reflects constitutional practice and the order of succession.

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