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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1934
Page
8
A compact notice detailing the expenditures of the Works Progress Administration in Fayette County from November 22, 1933 to April 1, 1934. The note highlights totals and categories of disbursements under the CWA program, reflecting wartime relief funding measures in the region.
Local notes list visits and gatherings across Cheery Valley households. Names include Butikofer, Friederich, Christen, Meyer, Leuchtenmacher, Blockhus, and others. Fragments note Sunday dinners, Saturday visits, and midweek calls among neighbors including Rosa Barske and Ida Meyer.
William Humphry and Mollie Neal were quietly married at the bride’s son’s home with Rev Chas L Dark officiating. The couple will live on the Humphry farm southwest of town. The item lists numerous social visits, family greetings, and community events across Illyria and nearby towns, including funerals, births, and gatherings at multiple homes.
The document details a Creamery Association formed to collect and manufacture butter from patrons cream under a mutual cooperative plan. It outlines capital stock of five thousand dollars at two dollars per share, property rights, borrowing powers, and officer authorization for conveyances. It notes stock issuance only after payment in full and mentions issuance for non-cash items.
The document outlines a twenty year corporate term from May 1 1984, with a six member board of directors three year terms and annual officer elections. It details stock rights from existing holders, special stockholder meetings, voting rights, and director vacancy rules, plus amending procedures and notarization in Fayette County Iowa.
Edgar A Traeger of West Union announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county attorney. A former country school teacher and clerk of courts, he is a practicing attorney with H P Hancock law office. He emphasizes community welfare and church work, claiming strong local support and fitness for the office.
Candidates for county or township offices must file the required nomination papers and affidavits in the County Auditor's office by Thursday May 3 to appear on the June 4 primary ballot. The notice cites Section 147 of the 1931 code and emphasizes official filing deadlines.
The fragment presents a quotation attributed to Archbishop Manning highlighting themes of will and character as central to personal and clerical identity.
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