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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
7
Wayland society section lists visits and gatherings. Gwendolyn Basinger vacationing with Freeman area relatives. Mrs Keith celebrated 72nd birthday and Mother's Day with family. Numerous local families hosted dinners and parties, plus illness and travel updates.
Rail timetable notices list eastbound and westbound trains with numbers, destinations, and times. The compilation includes Golden State Limited and Southwest Limited services, Local Pass trains, and freight services with daily or restricted schedules across multiple stations.
Sunday visits find Mrs. Ed Stuckey hosting guests while Miss Katie Graber remains ill with flu and complications at Rev. Graber home. Births are announced for Arthur Ellsworth Meyers on May 4 in Lycan Colorado and Ruth Marie Rich on May 10 near Crawfordsville. Another newborn daughter born May 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Freyenberger.
May 14 report from West Chester J D Dayton describes oats and corn in good condition with most planting done, predicts rain will come, notes cash land deals among Elmer Cherry Harve Humston Lincoln Bartholow Homer Darbyshire and son Charles, and mentions Rev Gray sermon on Mother's Day and a Washington visit by Robert Riordan his wife and son.
Howard Skinner sold fifty pair of minks to a Pennsylvania firm with delivery set for November first. A minor town row ended with a couple of fights. Rev Gray delivered the Baccalaureate sermon to the class of 1928 at the United Presbyterian church. Miss Wilma Dunbar, a nurse, is visiting her parents for a few days.
The Needlework Club with seventeen members met at Mrs. George Struble’s home on Wednesday afternoon. Officers elected include Mrs. R Knight as president and Miss Telen Shradel as secretary and treasurer. The Riverside PTA held a well attended meeting at Riverside High School with officers installed for the upcoming year.
Irene Vondrasek reports a busy Sunday as numerous families visited friends and relatives including the Motleys, Karel family, Petsels, Havel family, Krons, Vondraseks, Sojkas, Soukups and Malichkys. Activities included callers at home and a build project by Carl Kos.
A Pacific coast movement urged Senator David Reed of Pennsylvania to place Hoover's name in nomination at the Kansas City convention. The push aims to back Secretary of Commerce Hoover early in the nominating process as reported by Representative Johnson on his return from a westward trip.
Col. Morton C. Mumma, long head of the University of Iowa military science and tactics department, retires after 32 years of service and will become manager of the Des Moines branch of Sears, Roebuck and Company.
A humorous Atchison Globe quip depicts a dog that holds a point stance as if hunting, but points a stuffed owl. The item ends with a wry comparison to people who display fine gestures without substance.
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