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Elgin pieces and notices mix of ads and local notes
Capper and Shaffer offer suits and carpet goods while Elgin merchants supply flour and salt. Local updates include Mrs. Bengon ill at home, John Sutter moving to Main Street, and BR Stoehr family’s new Pleasant Street residence. A Breezy Time promotion and school report feature alongside rural mail route changes and a bank statement from Citizens State Bank of Elgin.
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Capper & Shaffer's
Smit
Elgin
John Bengon
John Sutter
Main Street
John
BR. J. Stoehr
Pleasant Street
Stoehr
Finke’s
Capper & Shaffer
Mus
Citas
Becker
E. A.C
Carter & Shaffer
L. Thoma
A. RB. Rowland
Kniel & Rubger
Elgin Opera