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Festive bargains and local notices in December edition
A jumble of ads and notices includes gift items from Capper Shaffer and Berg Company, cheap baby cabs, and a ready to serve wheat and barley food. A murder case near Volga City prompts a detective inquiry while Bertha Quatter’s tough path to independence is recounted alongside price cuts at Finke’s and Capper Shaffer’s departments. A donkey cites advertising in a neighborly jab at local papers.
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Phike
Finke
Doan & Joan's
Capper& Shaffer
Berg
Capper & Shafer
Ifoehr
Justin Herwig
Volga City
C. Lehman
Itix
Priva
C. L. Fystburtitus
Biller & Miller
Dean & Down
Theeat
Stoeher
Jaweler
Migs
Bertha Quatter
August Cliege
Conrail Bluffs
Iowa
Bertha