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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
5
Methodist church preaches morning and night with second and every fifth Sunday. Sunday school begins at 10:00 a m weekly. Baptist church holds services on the first Sundays with Sunday school at 10:00 am and Y P A every Sunday night. Prayer meeting occurs each Wednesday night.
Local notes from Sterling to Lawton and Fort Cobb record visits, sales, and moving around on Wednesday and Tuesday. Farmers ship hogs to Oklahoma City, while a carload of Indiana silos arrives for area buyers. Public notices urge Fourth of July prep and weed cutting in Elgin.
Garden beets for canning pur poses for sale at $1.00 per bush el. W. G. Sorrel, route two, six mile south of Elgin. Citizens urged to back the Fourth of July celebration. Report on Dr Frederick Cook's Lawton talk includes attendees Dr Gamble and wife and others. Editorial notes praise Cook Davies Vindication and roasting ears foods.
Miss Ruth King considers a move to Texas as ants in the area are harvested for harvest. Sunday school at Mistletoe grows toward eighty attendees. A.B. Sperling tests the idea that compact Sunday school groups pull together, sharing fried chicken after services. Bro. Humphries delivered a forceful sermon on salvation to a good audience.
Charles M. Martin, a Paylor University student and literary tour rep for Southwestern Publishing, journeys through the country from Waco Texas. He aims to fund his education with this honest occupation while praising printers art and old master quotes.
District No 18 notes cutting outs by Geo Coffin and local business by H Hasenbeck in Apache. Social visits include Anna and Christia vmesen and Mrs G C Crawford hosting relatives. A Kreth home dance draws praise while harvest and crops occupy farmers. Elgin Fourth of July plans boost local spirits as Sunday school attendance is modest. v Roberts to preach next Sunday at 3 PM. all neighbors urged to attend.
Advertises poultry buy request from Ribelin Stone and Walker offering hens at 12e each and 1 to 2 Iba, with price fluctuations and flexible terms.
Publishers' report of the bank's condition in Oklahoma presents liabilities and totals. The statement is sworn to by H. P. Wettengel, president, asserting accuracy to the best of knowledge and belief.
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