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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1928
Page
3
A local promotional notice offers one year subscriptions to the Echo Empire and the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald for five dollars. It urges readers to save a dollar by subscribing through the paper and mentions a combined offer with the Chicago Tribune for fifty cents. Prompt service on all newspaper and magazine orders.
Beamer's Tire Shop in West Union Iowa advertises a new air and water auto washer for fast, clean car washing plus top building and repairing services. The shop also trims glass, grounds, tires, boots and over shoes, vulcanizes tires, and repairs radiators. An old subscription tag reading 1928 is mentioned.
The Clermont Iowa publication notes include publisher R P Strauch and local editor Ruth Sharshoug. It records post office entry as second class mass matter on Thursday Search 29, 1928. Dr Harvey Sharshoug spent time with relatives in Decorah on the way home.
The Monona Leader notes Ben Gulsvig of Luana won first in the batter scoring contest held Wednesday March 14. Entries and scores include Gulsvig Luana 93 1-2, Anderson Waterville 93 1-4, Hessel Garnaville 98, Hangartner Clermont 92 1-2, Kolsrud Nordness 92 1-2, Jordahl Monona 92 1-2, DeClanner McGregor 91 1-2. Charles Goodwin Guilford and Dorothy Chapin Springfield Mass won first and second in the national essay contest for Bureau Farmer. Iola Pierce Audubon Iowa and Loren Hobeck Green Forest Ark were third and fourth.
Isaacs and Cohen walk four miles on a very cold day without speaking. Cohen impatienly asks for words while Isaacs replies to freeze your own hands. The terse exchange captures the mood of the long cold trek.
Miss Charlotte Sass of McGregor and Herman Appel were married in McGregor. The notice notes the recent wedding and mentions a local ad for new window curtains from Lofs tuen.
Officials urge care to prevent grave injury and power outages from kite use near electrical lines. Metal framed kites are singled out. some cities ban them within city limits. Companies promote safe handling and recommend a nonconductive open string for flying.
A column urges keeping currency local by using dollars in community business and services, warning that mail order or distant bills travel 1000 to 2000 miles and rarely return to the home town, effectively taking money out of local circulation. It emphasizes supporting local commerce.
An economist is portrayed as someone who saves money by trimming expenses. The piece mocks the idea that hardship is easy to endure. It also suggests that choosing to be a good loser prevents losses, implying a paradox of mindset in financial behavior.
Read all advertisements as the debate centers on long skirts and their length. The line hints people prefer modest attire and view longer hems as a virtue. The fragment suggests acceptance of conservative fashion as a social standard.
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