School Time Shoe Sale Brings Savings for Families
The Old Reliable announces a September shoe sale with reduced prices for all ages. Visit in September to shoe the whole family and take advantage of bargains designed to please customers.
08 Sep 1915
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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
1
The Old Reliable announces a September shoe sale with reduced prices for all ages. Visit in September to shoe the whole family and take advantage of bargains designed to please customers.
The state health commissioner offers free treatment for people bitten by rabid dogs or cats after reporting cases to health authorities. In July through August this year the state treated 14 bite victims including 5 in Pauls Valley where 17 people were bitten by a rabid cat. Disease exposure requires prompt action or death from hydrophobia may result if treatment is delayed beyond four days.
The Elgin cemetery board schedules a 1 p.m. Friday meeting on September 7 to organize cleanup and improvements. Relatives of buried individuals are urged to attend to assist with marking and securing graves as operations begin at the cemetery entrance.
Hobart area battered by heavy hail and wind. Georg Walker on a ranch southwest of Hobart lost his rent crop on 820 acres to a hailstorm. A local paper notes a torn down structure and partially destroyed crops on Walker's field.
The state provides free education for every blind child to attend, seeking parents with a blind child to contact O W Stewart inquiring about enrollment. Details aim to inform interested readers about the program and how to obtain information.
Annie Whaley, 28, of Fletcher, Oklahoma, died after her clothes caught fire while oiling a stove Thursday afternoon. She was born in LaBelle Missouri and moved to Oklahoma seven years ago with her family. Funeral services were held at Fletcher church and cemetery with her parents and siblings in attendance.
Local church life and community updates. Pastor Chitenar Tyena to preach tonight. C. D. Varmer visiting with in-laws. Charley Wright visiting near Laverty. Mandy Billie Masser on the sick list. Ray Shockley and Wadkion noted with family visits. Roy Shocktoy improving. Cantley Marner fishing and visiting relatives. multiple names read as residents and visitors across Mt. i and surrounding areas.
The town board met Monday evening and approved a few bills while discussing welfare issues. W. W. Brinehill resigned from the fourth ward after moving to the second ward, and S. M. Davis was appointed to fill the vacancy. C. F. Beandon then resigned from the second ward, with W. W. Branskill appointed to fill that vacancy.
Charles V Mosher of the Mt Seatt neighborhood died at home Friday after a brief illness believed to be kidney trouble. Funeral services were held Saturday. interment followed at Mt Seatt cemetery. He was born September 28, 1904, in Shawnee Oklahoma, aged 36. Survived by wife Maggine Cranon de Deo, five sisters, and his father and mother. He joined Mt Seatt Baptist Church four years ago.
Stony Point and nearby Elgin district residents make calls and trips this week. Mrs Thomas Elliott returns home after a frail period. Ada Keith and Anna Elliott visit Elgin. Miss Stella Harney teaches. several trips to Lawton Mt Park and Geary are noted.
A cordial invitation to all to attend a revival meeting at Elgin. Led by BAL Peyton and WD Peyton, with Peyton a singer of fifteen years, the event welcomes participation from all regardless of church affiliation. If you love Josue and lost souls, attend.
The Comanche county Sunday school convention will be held Monday and Tuesday September 20 and 21 at the Baptist church in Lawton. W A Keown of Chi Cairn, a speaker at the World Sunday School Convention in Zurich, Switzerland, will speak among others. The program promises fine music.
The Badger Lumber Co. has cleared and dismantled the old shed on the north side yard and now prepares to build a new shed. It will feature a cement floor full length and a first story divided into ten bins for coal sand and other materials. The upper space will store lumber.
Keonemur sold his meat market to Plavius Danley who recently moved from Lawton and will take possession immediately. Danley plans to expand the business with a high counter and ready short orders, carrying fresh and cured meats. Read his ad in this issue.
The Elgin Hotel, formerly owned by J. M. Crawford, was sold at sheriff’s sale in Lawton on Monday morning. P. T. Lark, attorney for the first mortgage holder, bid the top price and secured the property, then resold it to Crawford, who becomes owner and will continue to operate the hotel.
A Davidson resident raised TiS bushels of wheat on acres selling 6040.72 and storing 1186 bushels. Another man had 7164 bushels on 290 acres selling 3255 and storing 084. The Davidson town board provides a watering trough for farmers. In Temple 182 care of apples shipped and about 100 more car loads stored. A Roosevelt arrest attempt ends with gun seized and suspect fleeing. A. J. Stevens sues Frisca railroad for 680 damages over cattle delayed to Oklahoma City. three cattle died. Ridings, 57, dies of carbuncle effects. 7500 writing tablets weigh 3300 pounds. Cholera appears near Tipton. A Cement wedding ends with groom ducked for not treating a town boy. An 83-year-old Hobart man and a 0-year-old Chicago woman marry and move to Hobart. A Snyder wedding in 1915 sees a divorce suit filed in Hobart for adultery.
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