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Dated Oddball Adverts and Local Notices in 1903 Paper
A crowded page lists shop sales and holiday offers from Capper & Shaffer and Berg with unusual product lines, a church event at Mochurch, dances at Elgin Opera House, and various local anecdotes. It notes a consolidation plan for Clinton Lyons post offices and a small swindle report in Council Bluffs, plus oblique reflections on poverty and a Columbian Exposition dividend. It mentions Miss Jessie Peabody becoming a U S colonel staff member, hunting mishap, and farm life praise alongside numerous advertisements and social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Benson
Ann
Turkey River
Oscar
Post Office Department
Washington
Clinton
Lyons
O. N. Ingram
Avery Gun
City of Chicago
Fiehd
Columbian Museum
Field
Coldmbian
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