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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
5
Preaching morning and night on the second and every Sunday of the month. Sunday school every Sunday at 10:00 a m. Youth program on first Sundays. Y P A meets every Sunday night. Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Local notes report on sales and miscelaneous items. Families travel and visit across towns in the area while a death in Oklahoma brings news of a relative’s passing and burial plans. The piece notes a soil soaking rain and urges farmers to prepare for a bumper crop.
Elgin business leaders held a Wednesday night meeting deciding to stage a substantial Fourth of July celebration in the city. They plan to cover finances, program, speakers, amusements, arrangements and advertising with vigor to ensure a successful event.
An upcoming state event promises the biggest and most entertaining deviation of the region. A speaker will be featured and the program will include a variety of amusements from morning to night. Organizers urge readers to watch next week’s paper for the full program and prepare to have the time of their lives.
District No 18 reports include sickness of Mrs A E Conard and brief visits by Miss Reber Morrow. Bronskils help harvest with Coffin. Mrs W W Bronskill returns from Lawton. Putney called to El Reno for his father's death. Hasenbeck and Eads families visit home folks from Lawton. Hindman from Fairview visits. Many attend Flag Day in Elgin and praise its speakers urging congressional service.
A historical note recounts a Saturday breakdown by Claud Bentley causing oat reaping delays. It mentions a possible sale of Drig’s auto and the burden of liquidating debts. The piece also reports a large Sunday school crowd and rising enthusiasm, with a late night musical interlude by Mr Hooper on the Elgin return.
In a county column the community warms to a Christmas message as Bro Humphries delivers the monthly sermon amid tales of harvest, rain, and agricultural advice. People gather at ten a.m. for the talk then praise the progress under Woodrow’s leadership as a newborn baby named Walter Blumenshine becomes the town’s newest “dad” amid family and farm life notes.
Notice of a single red heifer with a mottled face and a hip brand strayed onto a farm located southeast 1 4 of section 36 town 4 north range 11 west around June 6. Owner urged to appear and remove the animal and pay charges.
Cardet Themis thanks friends for service during the death and burial of our beloved husband, father, son and brother Carrie Kirklin and Family. R. F. KimKien.
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