07 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1921
Page
1
The new school at Stony Point will be completed this week. Ree. W. Fingerat will preach there next Sunday night, Sunday morning, and night.
Roll of Honor lists names and credits for authorization and renewals in wartime accounts. It records residents and veterans such as Crawford Blain, John K Miller, Freeman Klein Rob, Halmde Cyrillen, and others across multiple states. The item notes rents and updates for various individuals in Elgin Chicago Oklahoma City and other locales.
Fragmentary report notes a man from Sterling was robbed of his watch along a road last Wednesday and money missing. Details are unclear in the OCR text.
Saw the game Friday afternoon as the Black Box baseball team from Chicago beat Lawton 12 to 6 at Lawton. Players Leo Petty C Mew Bickley K V Eden and K Wolcott appeared for the visitors with varied performances noted.
Unclear text discusses Elgin cotton trading with likely no premiums or credit for the first period. The fragment hints at expectations of weak prices and limited lending affecting growers.
Lawton Chamber of Commerce offers cash prizes for best agricultural entries at the fair. Exhibits must include at least two standard crops such as corn cotton wheat or kale varieties and can cover poultry dairy products and other farm goods with varied prize amounts for each phase.
Five men ambushed travelers near a bridge at Winsubi, cutting a telephone line and forcing a victim to walk a half mile. They looted cash totaling 845 dollars and a gold ring before fleeing. Lawton police traced suspects, with one report noting Norret carried the money.
A letter from Walle Wettegel, mailed in Montreal, says the lyceum season will open in October with a circuit through Pennsylvania. Jean Gane will undertake more work in Chicago around September 26, with coaching in Wyone ssee and Northeast Hibour. Wet Pitgpatiek, traveling with the circuit, calls Pennsylvania the cream of the lyceum territory and notes a young performer will headline the entire evening.
A safe at the Elgin depot was blown open on Tuesday but contained no contents. A band car had been moved from the tool house and was later found derailed or displaced near the tracks, with no clear indication of suspects or motive.
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