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Elgin area merchants promote sales and local news
The snippet recounts Elgin merchants Capper Shaffer and others advertising windows, various goods from dry goods to groceries, and seasonal sales. It notes a local dance, a fatal accident near Rosemount, and regional events including auctions, politics, fires, and public notices shaping the town’s late autumn bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan & Doan
Anes
Carpanter
Chigtmias
Elgin
Elgin O Carpin & Sharrers
Lafayette Overaoker
Decorus
Rosemount
Minn
W. C. McNeill & Son
Postville
Miller & Miller
Borosone
Capp Shaffer
Gapper
Freiburghaus
Thoraday
Capper & Shafter
Dayersport Woolen Mills Co
Northwestern Bank
Flint
Northwestern
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co. Haa
Arenmery
Ridhtor Green
Degorah
St. Lewis
Southeastern’ Iowa Press Association
Ivill
Tina Ay
V. Kysrnn
Pocahontan
Chiles City
Grand Jury
Strate Normal School
Cadar Falls
U. S. Aurora
Dubuque Deo 1
Patit Jurora
G. P. Scobey
BR. A. Kiel
Fayette
Elmer Grimes
West Union
Grand Jurora
Henry Lauer
Eldorado
J. W. Winston
J. IR. Pay
Oelwein
Arlington
FL M. Drake
Centerville
Gen. Drake
University of Des Moines
Albia and
Rushville
Jonn A. Drake
Chicago