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Elgin merchants advertise sales and events
The clipped notices publicize Bergs and Finkes drug store specials on coats spectacles and dry goods, Capper and Shaffer offerings, Capper Shaffer Davenport woolen mill agency, Elgin Opera House dances, local prices on salts bricks and clothing, and a January term at Upper Iowa University with readings and shop ads amid holiday promotional copy.
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Kono
Berg's
Finke's
Capper & Shafter
L. Thoma
Berg
Copper & Shutter'a
L. Thirthe
Upper Iowa
Capper & Shaffer's
Diug
Dante
Elgin Opera House
Ladies’ Home Journal
Carpenter Orchestra
Max Haffduf
Eles
Max
Ecuo
Olaf Bepkier
Elgin
Lowe
Hank
Cohiservel