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Local ads and notices mix in Elgin shopper chatter
A fragmented column lists store deals at Capper & Shaffer and Finke’s Drug Store, hat displays at Hulstenson & Groth, and a Dearborn Comedy Co performance at the opera house. Also noted are school basket socials at Brackin and Conner schools, a Philippine islands exhibit, and upcoming Elgin opera house dates March 16 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finke's
J Smith's
Capnar & Shaffer
Berg
Gordon
Holstenson & Groth
New York
Opera House
the Dearborn Comedy Co
Capper & Shaffer
Sidney Rubyor
Kniel & Rubyor
Davenport Woolen Mills Co
John Patterson
W. Nicklaus
Dearborn Comedy Company
A. A. Rader
Filsvaldt
Christiana
Norway
F. F. Botton
State University of Iowa
Philippine Islands
Deaiborn
Mankato
Minn
Daily News
Elgin Opera House
Miles Jaquette
Elva Lehman
Dakota
Opera
Harry L. Beck
Gyeone