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Headlines and news stories from Elgin's newspapers, 100 years ago today, brought to you by the Elgin (IL) History Museum.

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Headlines and news from Elgin, IL, the week of April 27-May 1, 1926.

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Headlines and news from Elgin, IL, the week of April 27-May 1, 1926.