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Local notes and events sweep Elgin county town
A mix of town news, sales pitches, political notes, and social happenings fills the page. Reports cover Capper & Shaffer’s goods, Finke’s Drug Store offerings, a carload of Interiol for vaults, a railroad wreck sale, Fayette prohibition tickets, a Creston mayoral incident, and various civic debates over sidewalks and licenses. Community life includes funerals, elections, a dance at Elgin Opera House, a birth, a newspaper man's remark, and local commerce chatter.
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Masignis Ab Finke
Waibal & Goering
Finke
Capper
Pie Miller& Nitter
Umn
Dean & Dean
Steele & Hidinger
Interiol
Clermont
Clark- McKinley
Dyersville
Oelwein
Berg
Fayette
B. Finney
J. G. Smith
Oslwin
J. I. Paine
Payette
Lehman
E. L. Boucher
Calwain
McComb
Leman
Martha Sherlock
Sullivan
Creston
Ting Station
West Union
Carpenter
Hotel Davey
Elgin Opera House