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Elgin Merchants Advertise Wide In Local Paper
Capper Shaffer sells dry goods and fancy wares while Max Ratfaut’s Star Barber Shop promotes services. Local trades mention grain, flour, rye, cheese, and salt as Capper Shaffer expands stock, with notices of birthdays, dances, garden parties, and upcoming town events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finke
Crandall & Dosa
Capper & Shaffer
Weibel & Gehring
Java Ab
Kneil & Rubyar’ A
Miu
Carrie Nation
Lawrunos
Miller & Son
Clermont
C. O. Fothergill
C. Lehman
Gudderson
D. Lawrence
Albert Halverson
F. At. Staith
Kneil & Rubger'’s
Capper & Shaffer's