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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1915
Page
1
Vaughn Home Company operates as a dealer in hardware implements furniture coffins and caskets offering a range of household and funeral items. The listing highlights diverse inventories and sales focus across multiple product lines.
The Mt Scott column reports farmers nearing harvest despite rain hurting wheat, a strong Sunday school turnout with new members and visiting families, and multiple neighborhood visits. It notes residents moving into the valley to help Sunday school, and lists local movements, visitors, and family trips including Wade, Shockley, Robina, and Hefner households.
Saturday evening at the school auditorium Arthur Bristow the blind musician poet and composer will give an address interspersed with music. The theme titled What The World Seems To One Who Never Saw will benefit the school library. Admission is invited for attendees and friends.
A new time table went into effect on Sunday morning December 5 improving schedules. Train No 10 eastbound now departs at 8 45 and No 411 westbound at 12 06 with two trains unchanged. Pouches at the post office will be locked 20 minutes before each departure except the night westbound train.
Reuben Kreiter of Lawton Theveboe attended the show with an exhibit of the Mottled Anconas. Despite his youth, he is a keen poultry enthusiast and uses home mate trap nests, built from orange boxes with a low band on each hen to distinguish workers from drones. Champion ads pay best.
Bright clean barn boards offered for new barns. Described as smooth dry and paint ready. Boards available in any length to fit needs.
There will be preaching at the Methodist church next Sunday morning and evening by the pastor. One week from next Sunday December 18 the first quarterly meeting will be held in the Elgin church at 3 30 p m with morning and evening services and District Superintendent Collins delivering a sermon.
A festive note lists many possible presents from the Old Relintle shop including shoes hats suspenders and dresses. The writer suggests a tailored suit as an especially worthy gift and emphasizes there are hundreds of items to choose from for Christmas.
Three narrow escapes occurred this Saturday from fits but each was stopped before serious damage. The episode underscores two points: carry insurance and be very careful with fire.
In Elgin the new federal building drew praise as a credit to the town. J P King praised the construction while G W Wade of Mt Scott observed sidewalks and a passerby who joked he belonged in Elgin after a mistaken view toward Lawton.
A lady missionary will speak at the Methodist church next Sunday morning replacing the pastor as previously announced. The event is led by the pastor and will occur Thursday evening as a preparatory note.
A local notice promotes subscribing to the Fanmen Cnuaurion for full news coverage. The brief invites readers to join for access to all stories and updates from the publication.
Elgin High School defeated Apache High School in Temple Hall by 23 to 12, despite Apache promising to “wipe the earth.” The Elgin team surged ahead early, scoring 20 to 12 in the first half and adding three more quick baskets in four minutes of the second half before Apache left the floor. J. W. Wilshite refereed, praised for fairness. Elgin players Hagle Cline Kitsmiller Dotson Putney led scoring with 11, 9, and 3 respectively.
C G Coffin bought the old saloon across from the Temple building and this week tore it down. He moved the lumber to his shop quarter south west to build a new structure. The building had disappeared from that street this fall leaving only one empty unit formerly a blacksmith shop.
R. C Choens overhauled and remodeled his residence east of the Temple building. The storefront was torn, a residence front erected with a porch, and the rear part rebuilt with a shingle roof. C. M. Wolcott built new cement sidewalks around his north town residence.
A pie supper and literary program will be held at Beaver School house four miles southeast of Elgin on Saturday evening to benefit the local school. Proceeds go to support education and community activities.
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