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Elgin area hears varied town news and sales notes
The Elgin community features Capper & Shaffer promotions on carpet warp and kerosene sales, plus notices of weddings, funerals, and local meetings. Reports mention Miss Kate Bauman’s slow recovery, Miss Hannah Hanson’s marriage, a charity fete, and election-day calm, with ads for local services and papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Lewis, & Son
Elgin
Ladies
Rosa Schneider
Elian Benson
Anna Bengon
Board of
Pleasant Valley Township Trustees
Bila
Deep Blue Sea
Charley
Rocky Mountain
Stoeh
Crawford
Winita
Hotel Dewey
Thor, Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Hannah Hanson
Will Lentz
Thos
Hanson