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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
5
METHODIST preaching morning and night second and every fifth Sunday of the month. Sunday school every Sunday at 10 00 a m. BAPTIST first and third Sundays of the month with Sunday school at 10 00 a m. Y P A every Sunday night. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night.
Local items list household goods for sale including a folding bed a couch and a five passenger automobile available by inquiry at this office. The news notes include travels of J E Williams and John Short through Elgin to Lawton and Mrs J Weber visiting relatives in Glaston Ohio. Lena Crawford reports fifty five students in her department as Ida Blake travels to Lake Mendota Wisconsin for the summer. County Assessor Harry Roberts visits Elgin en route to Sterling. The Baptist church plans repainting to enhance town appearance. Mrs Mable Read and family visit editorial staff from Lawton return home. Sheriff Vic Sparlin captures a horse thief near Elgin delivering him to Sheriff Nix after theft from Apache. Beata is said to have led officers to the saddle’s sale and suspect’s hideout. W B Kirklin, two miles north, dies from hemorrhage of the lungs after a severe coughing spell. Funeral at 1:30 pm officiated by Rev Humphries with burial in Elgin cemetery.
Commander Coffin of the G A R Department of Ohlohona issues General Orders No 1 praising Flag Day to be observed after Memorial Day. The note marks the 4th, the anniversary adoption by Congress of a national flag celebration.
A local celebration near the groom's farm honors Old Glory with a 7 40 p m start. The program features band music, choirs, speeches by J S Soule and A B Sperling, and patriotic readings on the flag's meaning and democracy.
Missives from Mistletoe report visits in Elgin and Marlow, a heavy rain disrupted Sunday school, and a local picnic at Mistletoe with ice cream and grateful crowds. The Mistletoe team beat Mountain View 16 to 9, while remarks note civic life and humorous verses by Shorty.
District No 18 reports Miss Annie Dalsass visiting Miss Dana Putney while Sim Putney of Oklahoma City stays home for harvest. Rain arrives, lifting spirits. Miss Ganda Walling visits sister-in-law Mrs H V Walling. Roy Gibson from Yukon and Chas Compton visit Apache. No Sunday school due to weather. Miss Nina Young and George Kreth wed at Lawton. Afterward serenade at the bride’s aunt and uncle’s home with cow bells and cigars. Kreth is a young farmer, bride charming.
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