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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1947
Page
1
Elgin Iowa publication details appear with postal entry information and archival notes. The item records second class mail status dated September 1, 1891, at Elgin Fayette County Iowa under the 1852 act.
Rates for foreign and local display per inch, readers per line, and classified per word with advance payment. Cards of Thanks and Resolutions of Respect offered under regular rates. obituaries and poetry charged at standard advertising rates. Sphere admission and church notices included in listings.
A collage of quotes and quips on women, men, and manners from a past era. It riffs on money, jokes, etiquette, and farm life with tone and figures that evoke old newspapers and social humor.
Town council met in regular session at the town hall with mayor and all councilmen present. After approving the minutes, various bills from funds were audited and allowed including salaries for January and multiple service and supply charges. Adjournment followed with Clerk R. E. Kohler recording funds disbursed and totals.
Nancy Pepper surveys teen radio idols called disc jockeys and the craze over their fan mail, banter, and on air stunts. She notes outfits shifting to cardigan comebacks and decorated dickey collars as new fashion ideas for the era.
Latest figures from the post office department show 10 076 weekly publications in the United States, of which 9 841 are general newspapers. There are 1 588 daily newspapers of all kinds in the United States.
A five-man legion bowling team posted identical three game averages of 134 for each member in one bowling night, setting a notable though informal mark. Other Iowa items mention Frank Vera of Altona finding a dead pole cat under his truck hood, and various local incidents and community notes from across the state.
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