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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
4
Notice informs that a subscription may expire in six months or one year and notes an X mark on the margin to indicate expiration. It cautions the reader to renew to avoid lapse and mentions the cross at the opposite margin as the signal.
A call for civic unity urges Elgin residents to abandon negativity and work together for a prosperous, virtuous town. The message praises moral effort, discipline, and men of action as keys to lifting the community toward greater achievement and shared pride.
Elgin selects J. C. Coffin as Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for Oklahoma. Coffin, born February 23, 1843, on French Mountain near Lake George New York, enlisted in 1864 and served with the 176th New York Infantry through key actions including Harper's Ferry Fisher's Hill Cedar Creek with Sheridan.
The obituary traces a long military and civilian career from Hotioria to Savannah, then to Nebraska and Oklahoma. It notes service under Schofield, discharge in 1808 due to age and infirmity, marriage in Maquoket, and fathering seven children with several early deaths. He held command roles in the army and home port duties, later joining the Tawter Tort in Oklahoma and serving as Senior View Commander of the Oklahoma Department.
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