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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

doing away with the use Of galvanized
iron work. They require no backing
OF bricks. When the hollow block is
laid the wall is complete inside and
out, carrying floors, joists, beams and
roofs. Plaster can be laid directly on
the walls IL so desired.
The sanitary conditions are super
ior to those of any solid wall, as the
outside resists the rain and drys quick
ly, while a solid wall often remains
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

As has been announced in these col
umns Messrs. l. S. Binford and o.
johnson have esta ablished a plant IN
this city and are at present making
building blocks from concrete, using
Harmon S. Palmers patent concrete
machine, and already have on hand a
large quantity of the blocks ready for
use as soon as the building season
opens. In order that the reader may
know the history Of the invention and
how the blocks are made the REGISTER
quotes from an article taken from the
Philadelphia Press:
1t appears that Mr.. III. S. Palmer,
for the last twenty years, has been ac-
lively engaged in building ard con-
tracting exclusively in cement con-
struction and was one of the first in
this country to see the possibilities
and merits of Portland cement when
properly handled inn buildings. Its
phenomenal growth in this country
within the last twenty years can
hardly be estimated and to the civil
engineers seems the architectural foun-
dation of a country whose improve
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
Must Meet Demands.

1t is high time Brookings assumed
city airs and did business after city
fashion, We have outgrown our kits
and must therefore cut the cloth
after new pattern. The fire depart
ment needs looking after especially.
A hose cart with hose should be pur-
chased for every ward and be properly
housed at some central point within
the different wards. A system OF fire
alarms should be established for the
different wards so that fire can be
located by the fire'alarm. The engine
ApS1needsr repairing or the apparatus
mavaGe found in the basement some
time when it is most needed These
matters and several others should be
looked after without delay.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
HOLLOW CONCRETE BUILDING BLOCKS
THEIR USE IN CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS

damp all winter. The hollow space
affords facilities FOR inserting gas aud
water pipes, electric wires, speaking
tubes, ventilators, etc,
This is the cheapest system Of con-
structlon In the erection Of buildings
known in the world today, and for
strength and durability it surpasses
any other system in existence, while
its sanitary qualities bring this to a
level with that OF the telephone, elec-
tricity and electric light.
This system has been tested and
tried under all sorts of conditions and
circumstances, and in each and every
case it has been found that it has more
than justified even the largest claims
that have been made on its behalf
That it is one of the greatest inven-
tions OF the age is incontestable; that
it will be the means of transmitting
to future ages the name of its Illus
trious originator is selfevident. To
use the magnificent phrase of DR..
Johnson, it is a system (which en-
bodies the potentialities of wealth be-
yond the dream Of avarice."
The accompanying engravings only
partially show the value of the build
ing blocks in the construction of
dwellings, business blocks and the
like. The reader who is interested
should cali at the factory on Main
street and see the actual photographs
of foundations, dwellings and business
houses which have been constructed
entirely of these blocks.
Mr.. Johnson has recently returned
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
IN THE CHURCHES.
Interesting News Pertaining to
Church Work Announce
mentS, Etc.

Christian Science, subject next
Sunday: Soul.
The w. c. II. will meet at the
home OF Mrs. Grove Thursday, Febru-
airy 18th at o'clock.
The Guild of st. Pau's church will
meet with Mrs. Luton at the Rec
tory, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 18th.
All are cordially invited.
The Ladies Aid society OF the NJ. f.
church will give "broken heart"
social at the church Wednesday even
ing Feb. IL. Everybody cordially
invited.
Next Sabbath evening Mr.. Jennings
will preach on the theme, "The Fate
of Dlsloyalty or Why Some Chris
tians(?) will Find the Door of Heaven
ELernally Closed TO Them.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
Blocks Manufactured in Brookings ALI
Ready for Building Purposes.
MESsRs. BINFORD AND JOHNSON GO IN TO SUP
PLY A LONG FELT WANT.

Palmer's Hollow Concrete Building
Blocks and walls for buildings in
combination with his machine for
producing the same, which are
adapted TO practical use. The public
has been very quick to grasp the stu
alton and acknowledge the great
possibilities. and when the last two
years the business has grown in more
than tenfold ratio.
Briefly stated, the advantages
claimed for concrete blocks are:-
Saving in cost OF construction. .
" Buildings constructed of these
blocks are handsomer than those built
of brick
Buildings built of these blocks are
fire and frost proof.
Insurance is less than for any other
style of building. They are warm in
winter, cool in summer.
They are free from rats, mice and
other vermine.
The walls, being lighter than solid
walls, require less foundation.
The time required for laying these
blocks is one-third less than the time
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

the very best materials in making the
blocks and there is no reason, this be-
ing the case, why the blocks should
not be the very best material for all
building purposes. The REGISTER
will from time TO time illustrate the
work OF the firm in these colpmns and
fully believes that manufacturing of
the blocks will prove boon TO the
builder as well as proving paying
proposition TO the enterprlsing gentle
men who have started in the business.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

MOVtu duu seCOnued UhaJ Jhe Guy
purchase one Canopy drinking foun-
tain No. GA, and two combination
fountains No. 42O, all bronze, manu-,
featured by J. W. Fiske Iron Works,
New York for the sum OF $3.50, b
cars New York.
All voting aye on roll call.
No further business TO come before
the council it was moved and carried
that council adjourn.
j. V. WALKER,
Clerk.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

hollow blocks are only small part OF
the merits which actually exist in this
improved method of construction.
There are many who are familiar with
the introduction Of the steel square
supersceding the old "Scriberule," +" and
which to the present time has held
undisputed sway in everything per-
tanning to building construction, but
this new method does to certain eX-
tent supersede the steel squares by
the use Of machines constructed on
scientific principles, which mold these
blocks not only hollow, but In geome-
trical sizes and designs, which adapt
them to the most intricate plans Of
the architect or builder without cut
ting and fitting, as in all other meth
ods; in other words, these machines
produce blocks adapted to such va
riety OF constructions that cutting
and fitting are unnecessary, with the
still further merit, that once started
right it is impossible to go wrong, and
building is greatly simplified, as we'll
as cheapened. For this purpose the
machines are accurately adjusted
scientifically before leaving the fact
ory.
The state of the art has advanced
step by step In using concrete in build
ing until from the first crude and
cum bersome way Of moldiDg between
phnks, and then building with solid
blocks. Mr.. Palmer can now secure in
one simple operation the combined
, effect of durability and beauty,
economy, sanitary and many other
desirable features, which are indis-
pensable to perfect dwellings, and
which cannot be overlooked when at.
tention is called to the walls of hollow
blocks, the vertical flues OF which pro-
duces the best ventilation and nom
conductors of heat and cold, retaining
the rain and moisture, which make
walls damp and musty in the outer
shell, which is shortly dried as thesun
appears, aided by the vertical flues,
in connection with the germ-proof
qualities of the cement, producing
the most perfect and sanitary dwelling
that has yet been devised.
The above facts are all made possi-
BILE by the triumphant adyant OF Mr..
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
Better Than Gold.

II was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and nervous
debility writes +, j. Green, OF Lam
caster, N, II. mo remedy helped me
until began using Electric Bitters,
which did more good than all the
medicines / ever used. They have
also kept my wife in excellent health
for years. She says Electric Bitters
are just splendid for female troubles;
that they are a grand tonic and
invigorator for weak, run down
women. No other medicine can take
its place In our family" Try them.
Only soc. Satisfaction guaranteed by
A. l.. Binford.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
Resolutions of Coincidence.

Whereas the hand OF death has re-
moved from among US the husband Of
our worthy sister, Mrs. 1. N. Lawshe,
be IL
RESOLVED, That we the members
of Brookings Lodge, No. 8, d. of H.,
extend TO Mrs. Lawshe and family our
heartfelt sympathy 10 this their sad
bereavement and gently remind them
that we are never left alone in the
hour of trouble. Be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of these
resolutions be presented to the family
and also spread upon the records Of
the order.
Co, MRS. @. r. DOUGHTY,
MRS. Ii. E. LLOYD.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

from Springfield, ILL.,, where he went
on purpose to see the buildings and
to make a thorough investigation OF
every detail in order to fully under
stand the merits of the blocks and
he reports that he was surprised at the
real beauty as well as the substantial
features connected with the buildings
already built and occupied. In all
his interviews with the owners of such
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

required for laying blocks, and the
mortar required is far less.
Buildings constructed Of these
blocks become more substantial with
age, whereas buildings constructed
with any other material diminish in
strength.
The most elaborate designs of the
architect can be nodded into the
blocks, thus in number of cases
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
Council Proceedings.
Council Chamber, Feb. 2, 1870;

SouhCll Shduo0i' Npb' - 'VN"'
City council met in regular session,
Aldermen Keremer, Johnson, Nichol-
son, Davidson and Caldwell, present.
Absent, Hawley, Neil and Mathews.
Moved aud carried that w. A. Cald-
well act as mayor.
Minutes last regular meeting read
and approved.
The following bills were read and
on motion were allowed and warrants
ordered drawn for same. All voting
ave on roll call:
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05
Get to Work.

Get to Work.
IL is high time the city council and
the school board took steps to find
out what kind Of central heating
plant they wish to put in this city.
1t will be necessary to let the contract
early and get the work done In season
for next winter. Don't delay any
longer. This is not alone the opinion
of the REGISTER but also that OF
many Of the taxpayers.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1903-02-05

structures he heard nothing but ex-
pressions OF satisfaction and he re-
turned to Brookings feeling, that he
could in every way recommend the
blocks for the purposes for which they
are intended. In this country where
building material OF all kinds is expen-
sive the utility and economical fea-
lures as well as the beauty will attract
the attention of those who contem-
plate erecting buildings.
Messrs. Binford g. johnson will use
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-26
A NEW REMEDY,

The old friends of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy will be pleased to know
that the manufacturers OF that prepara-
ton have gotten out new remedy called
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets, and that it is meeting with much
success in the treatment of constipation
biliousness, sick headache, impaired di
gestion and like disorders. These Tab
lets are easier to take and more pleasant
in effect than pills, then they not only
move the bowels, but improve the ap-
petite and correct any disorders of the
stomach and liver. Fo: sale by Richard
Gibsons, druggist.
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heals Inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness. 1t is a perfect
tonic and nervine, t.anquilizing the
nerves, promoting the appetite and in
ducing refreshing sleep.
rWhen first wrote you had been to three
different doctors and two of them said would
never get better without going TO the hospital
for an operation, - writes Mrs. Selma Erickson,
of 4o5 Rice Street. st. Paul. MINI. "Was not
able to do anything. II I would get up and walk
to the kitchen and back ] would have to lie in
bed for day or sometimes two days Now
have used six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and six of the Golden Medical Discov-
ery' and TIE result is just wonderful. was so
nervous had to have some one by my side all
the time even in day time, and could hardly
eat anything. l took treatment from doctor
twice week, and every time would 60 there
felt so sick, but since quit all the doctors and
began taking your medicines / gained right
along. I weighed Ia5 pounds, when began
taking your medicines lin AugusO and now
/ am up to my usual weight Io5. / am as well
aud feel as good as ever"
FREE. DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send II one-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for cloth
bound volume. Address DR.. R.V. Fierce,
Buffalo N "
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ANARCHIST CONvENTIoN.-Ihe New
York Evening Telegram yesterday
printed story to the effect that anarch-
lists from all over the world are about to
meet in secret convention at Paris to
devise plans that may radically affect the
crowned heads of Europe. All prepara-
tions for the convention were carefully
guarded, but the plans became known
through the boastful talk of a youthful
delegate to the convention from New
York. This man, an Italian, known as
"Angelo" and Rudolph" gave up his
place on Saturday, declaring that he had
been selected as one of five delegates from
the United States to the convention.
The Evening Telegram says; "Far
reaching anarchistic plans are to be
discussed and perfected at this world s
convention, it is said, and it is even
whispered that, ere an adjournment is
taken, a meeting of anarchys inmost
cabal will have been held and lots will
have been drawn assigning men to deeds
the full accomplishment of which may
shape the destinies of the reigning houses
of Europe" The man was arrested yes
terday by the police. He said his right
name is Frank Hertzel, and while
denying thas he was one of the men
selected to go to the Paris convention,
said he knew four men who were going.
He refused to give their names.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-26

LADY GoRD1N SHOCKS LONDON. -
London is amazed and shocked by the
matrimonial revelations of Lady Gran
vile Gordon, in case which she
brought before the courts in order to OBJ
tain the custody of her child. The reve-
lations are such that even before the case
is settled a notification has appeared in
the Official Gazette that her presentation
at the royal court is cancelled. This means
that she may not appear at any drawing
room or other social function given by
the Queen. 1t is regarded in the fash
ionable world as social ostracism. Lady
Granville Gordon was formerly married
to her present husbands cousin, Enc
Gordon, who divorced her and obtained
an order for the custody of the only
child, little daughter. Sheimmediately
married Lord Granville Gordon, but re-
fused to surrender the child to her
former husband; and when an attempt
was made to enforce the order OF the
court she reopened the case by putting
an extraordinary story before the Judge.
She swore that there was an arrange
ment that she should have the child de-
spite the previous decision of the court,
because the child was really Lord Gran
yille's, whose improper relations with her
before and after her marriage with Eric
Gordon were assented to by the latter,
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AIexanoria Gazette.

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MURDERED HIS WIFE.

The greatest excitement prevails in
Hamilton, Ohio, over the confession Of
Alfred Knapp that he murdered his
wife Wanna on December % last and
then disposed of her body by boxing it
UP in big wooden box and throwing
it into the Miami river, near Hamilton.
Knapp was arrested at Indianapolis
Tuesday night in company with a
woman, formerly named Annie May
Gamble, to whom he had been married
on February 8. He was taken back to
Hamilton and lodged in Jail, and after
repeated denials of the charge against
him broke down and confessed. Knapp
said that ne had choked his wife to
death while she lay in bed and that he
does not know why he did it, AS soon
as the confession became public mob
formed in the vicinity ofthe police station
and was with difficulty dispersed Sub
sequently he was removed to the county
Jail and placed under a special guard.
A mob surrounded the Jail and threaten
ed violence, and there is still talk OF
lynching, but the officers believe that
they will be able to prevent it. Knapp
has been married four times. His first
wife died mysteriously in Indianapolis
eleven years ago. His second wife was
found dead in the canal in Cincinnati
eight years ago with suspicious bruises
about her head and body. The third
wife is the one he confesses having killed.
Knapp is an indianapolis man. He is
forty-one years of age. Knapp has
police record and has served many years
in the penitentiary. He was sent to the
Michigan City penitentiary in October;
1899, for ten years for assaulting Alice
Hall, a young girl. He was released in
June, 1902 He has also served terms
in Joliet, H.; Jacksonville, and in
Columbus, Ohio, for various crimes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-26

MUST USE UNION CoAL.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor; the president OF
the Chicago Federation of Labor, and
the president of twenty coal teamsters
union, called on Mayor Harrison, OF
Chicago, yesterday, and demanded that
the municipality use none but union
mined coal. The demand was in the
nature of an ultimatum and was accom-
panied by threat of refusal to haul coal
for the city unless it was complied with,
A telegram from John Mitchell was
presented requesting the refusal CT con-
tracts by the city for Maryland and West
Virginia coal with the exception OF
Kanawha Valley coal. President Samuel
Gompers acted as spokesman for the
delegation. The mayor promised to sub
nit to the committee copies of the bids
received that they might designate which
is union and which non-union mined
coal.
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STUDENT KILLED BY TEACHER
Reuben B. Pitts, principal OF the In
man High School, located about fifteen
miles from Spartanburg, s. c., is in
Jail charged with killing Ed. Foster
one of his pupils, about seventeen years
old. Pitts is young man, a graduate
of Furman University, and a son of a
well-known Baptist minister of South
Carolina. He took charge Of the In
man School six months ago, and has
had difficulty in controlling some of the
larger mountaineers who have been at
tending the school. The trouble cul-
minated yesterday when Foster and
three other large boys were ordered to
remain after school was dismissed.
The students side of the case has not
yet been told, as Pitts brought the first
information concerning the shooting to
Spartanburg. He says that five young
men had been disobedient and insub-
ordinate, particularly Foster, and after
dismissing all except the four ring
leaders be announced to them that he
would whip Foster. Leaving three
bows in class room he took
Foster into his private-office, locked
the door, produced hickory and at
tempted to apply it, but Foster refused
to be whipped and jerked the rod from
the grasp of the teacher. At the same
moment the three young men left in
the class room burst open the door and
rushed at Principal Pitts. To defend
himself from an expected assault Pitts
says he drew a pistol from his pocket
and leveled it at the young men. Fos-
ter was within a few feet of him and he
struck the pistol with his hand, knock
ing it down. Pitts had his finger on the
trigger, ard the blow discharged the
weapon, the bullet going clear through
the students stomach, inhicting NOR
tai wound. The teacher summoned a
physician and then surrendered to Con-
stable Frank A. Metcalf, and they drove
across the country to Spartanburg.
Pitts's reason for carrying pistol is that
being physically unable to cope with the
larger boys, and they being rebellious,
he needed weapon for his protection.
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Nashville. Ind.

Messrs. Ely Bros.:-I have been great
sufferer from catarrh and hay fever and tried
many things, but found no permanent relief
until / found it in Ely's Cream Balm about
eight years ago, and we have been fast
friends ever since, (Rev.) r. NJ. Bentley.
Messrs. Ely Bros.:-Find enclosed 80
cents. for which please send me your Cream
Balm. | find your remedy the quickest and
most permanent cure for cold in the head,
catarrh, etc. Yours truly, Dell NJ. Potter,
Gen. Mgr. Arizona Gold Mining Co.
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she declares. The judge heard the end
of the testimony yesterday, including
indignant denials by Eric Gordon. Lord
Granville is brother of the Marquis OF
Huntly and brother-in-law of Earl
Lonsdale.
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Dew;tt,s Witch Hazel saIve,

The only positive cure for blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, cuts, burns,
eczema and all abrasions of the skin. De-
Wits is the only Witch Hazel Salve that is
made from the pure, ,unadulterated witch hazel
all others are counterfeits. DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salye is made to cure-counterfeits are
made TO sell. L. s. Leadbeater & Sons.
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MEDICINAL.
a Nervous Woman

Will often feel compelled to stop the
clock whose ticking seems unbearable to
her. In such nervous condition the
woman needs building up of the entire
system. 1t is useless to attempt the cure