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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
4
Elgin Oklahoma notices advertise weekly issues with advertising rates and public listings. The fragment references Farmers' Champion and local business details, dated December 13, 1912, under 1879 act provisions.
The Champion notes the poultry show as the week’s biggest event and promises more poultry news unless notable personal events occur. It hints at covering marriages births and other happenings only if they occur, otherwise the focus remains poultry.
A former Elain resident laments that progress requires a right kind of community interest not for self alone but for the other fellow. The note urges collective effort to advance the town for the good of all.
Figaro smoked meat is advertised as wholesome and delicious with a bold guarantee by Eo Stone. An odd claim asserts one jog of Figers cures 400 pounds of meat for $1.00. The text is garbled and difficult to parse, but centers on a meat curing product and an endorsement.
Dr Parsons and wife of route 2 welcomed a boy born Monday afternoon. Mrs GK Morgan of route 2 shows Barred Rocks and attends a Lawton poultry show this week. Carrier A W Jones in his department left at 9 15 am and returns by 1 15 pm. Dr J F Gamble buys the old RB J Clark farm on the route from G W Walker now occupied by L Boylvn and rents it to Will Coat for the year. J B Zimmer moves from route 3 and James Ha family occupy the vacated place.
Mrs Sullivan held a public sale of the family home on the Horstman farm last Saturday afternoon following her husband’s death the previous week. James Sawyers acted as auctioneer while a bystander noted the auctioneer’s recovery and improving condition.
Local items show Albert Taylor returning to Marlow and farm loan ads by M Hinds. Lawton visitors include A W Dockam and C F Brandon with poultry show activity, J M RR Donart at the show, and several calls on business. Oklahoma City and Shawnee connections noted in schools, conventions, and house construction.
An advertisement touts calf food claiming it saves cream and fattens calves. It guarantees money back if results are not met, asserting improved milk yield and calf fattening upon use.
An apt description from a critic captures the premiere of a new come opera by Du beigh. The reviewer notes the critic’s struggle to cover his pawn with the Fight hand as the show unfolds in a lively, sarcastic tone.
Rev Hickman reports meeting a man in Oklahoma City last week who saw Rev Meeker the day before. The injured clergyman was found strong and at work on the premises but later moved from Elgin to the Methodist hospital at Guthrie with slim prospects of recovery.
A fragmented listing of county officers and offices including District Judge County Judge County Clerk Treasurer Sheriff Assessor Surveyor and Marshal. It notes regular monthly meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday nights and lists several names and positions with scattered spellings and faulty OCR.
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