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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
3
Published weekly by Mrs H B Greenley local editor and Fayette County Iowa reporter. The Clermont post office lists the paper as second class mail with state and association memberships noted.
The Clermont school lists students with perfect attendance for the year and six week period across grades. Recipients include Alice Frederick, Clarence Amundson, Patricia Anderson, Harold Gilbert, Ina Moen, Louis Schrader, Louis Gilmer t, and others across grades one to eight. Some students have maintained perfect attendance all year.
A play will be presented at the opera house this Saturday night as part of the fresh program. Attend the show and plan your evening around the performance. Advertising price noted at 82 cents.
L H Sanford announces candidacy for Fayette County County Attorney nomination in the June 1984 Republican primaries from Oelwein. W P Lauer seeks renomination to the county board of supervisors for a 1986 term pending Republican primary choice. G P Leverton runs for state representative in Fayette County in the Republican primary.
The candidate announces intent to seek renomination for County Auditor, subject to Republican voters' decision at the peniteried June 4, 1934.
Louis H. Hauth of Hawkeye declares candidacy for the Democratic nomination for State Representative from Fayette County subject to Democratic voters will at the June primary. He solicits vote and support from the electorate.
Geo L Scott of Windsor Two announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative in Fayette County at the June primary. He asks voters for support and votes.
Pieces from Fayette county detail a Republican primary fate on June 4 for Seventy-first district candidates I J Baldwin of Oelwein and Mrs Gussie Welch of Cedar Rapids. Social visits include Thos Colliton’s daughter Mia and relatives. Wadena farmer Wm Peters returns home due to illness. families Jay White and F K White travel to Waterloo. S D Hungerford earns fifth term as Mitchell schools superintendent with a salary raise.
The piece outlines tuberculosis origins as germs, spread within families, and the need for tuberculin tests and X rays to detect early disease. It cites large cost figures for treatment and veteran compensation, and notes Christmas seals funding a prevention campaign.
Local notes record visits and gatherings around Brainard including Mrs. Herman Boyer and Mrs. Glen Boyer at the D. H. Craft home, families visiting in West Union and Oak Grove, and Sunday attendance at Brainard Church events. Pupils Phyllis Dibble and Eunice Gress are noted, along with a bridge party at the Cottrell home and a two act play My Awful Aunt staged by district No. 7.
Slocum chaired a gathering of city leaders and drug company reps from Ottumwa and other counties in northeastern Iowa. George Schmidt of Elkader led a six county coalition announced for a next meeting in West Union. A banquet at the hotel followed the talks.
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