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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1923
Page
7
The Elgin Echo lists publication cadence as weekly with weekly ads in local columns. Subscription prices run two dollars per year or one dollar for six months, with display and local ads continuing until canceled in the post office preserved entry.
A 1928 Fayette County page notes Elgin Millinery Shop new fall bats. Local notices cover social updates, a chautauqua success raising about 130 dollars, park visitation and improvements at Backbone Park, a funeral in Mind North Dakota, crime sentences in Cresco, and commentary on rubber politics led by Harvey Firestone and the Rubber Association of America.
Reports from Cedar Falls say bobbed hair hurts teaching job prospects. The Bureau of Recommendations notes applicants with bobbed hair face handicaps, with some districts refusing hire despite qualifications. Some women hide the style to avoid rejection, while others face sudden second interviews. Also a brief note mentions about 4,000 base moved in the Turkey river at Clermont Wednesday.
Sunday visits break in Fayette County include Frances Skarshoug in Fayette and Will Reinhart party near Cresco. Kroger and Spahr families take trips, painters update Meat Market. a church class picnic at Lyons. numerous travels, visits, and a county league dispute linked to Sumner and Fredericksburg.
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