The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-06-06
Villas, The Druggist
Local and Personal
JOHN L. MURPHY. City Edit

Croquet sets at Kendall's drug store.
Mrs. Jesse Stevens, OF Castlewood,
spent Tuesday here the guest Of Mrs.
9, F. Aldrich.
Prot. +. X. Eyerly went to Wagner
Tuesday evening for a brief business
"lslt, intending to return this evening.
Mrs. w. B. Steere, of Sioux Falls, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
j, Ilsdale, and sister, Mrs. {. T.. Pool.
Mrs. Addie Swartz came down from
hedEeld yesterday morning for a few
days visit at the home Of NJ. +. VIM
sey.
Hugh Mckoshem, who is associated
with Olson Bros. in the store at Water
town, was here Tuesday the guest Of
+, c. Olson.
M. and Mrs. w. X. Stowe and Mr..
and Mrs. J. &. Allison went to Huron
Tuesday evening to attend the G.. A..
K. encampment and meeting of the
w. Il. c..
Mayor Mathews has appointed n. F..
Coleman as street commissioner to
succeed j. W. Sponsler, who resigned
some time ago. Mr.. Coleman should
make the city a good official.
Fred Curtis who was operated on at
the hospital a couple of weeks ago, has
so far recovered as to be able to come
down town. He expects to be able to
60 to work within a couple OF weeks.
Members of the Festival chorus are
asked to assist with the music for the
baCcalaureate service neXt Sunday
morning at the NJ. +. church. Re-
hearsal at s O'Clock Saturday evening.
Ellsworth MCCarl arrived here from
Boulder, Col, Saturday night and will
remain about a month. Mrs. McCarl
has been here at the home of her
mother, Mrs. ID. II. Campbell, for sew
eral weeks past.
Mrs. Sussex entertained about TWEEN
ty young ladies at five O'Clock tea at
her home on Monday afternoon. She
served a progressive supper OF five
courses, and entertained the girls in a
way that only Mrs. Sussex can.
Misses Ruby Stacey and Olive
Olander gave a very fine recital at the
NJ. +. church on Monday evening.
Miss Olander is a reader Of more than
usual ability, and Miss Stacey's talent
a. a vocalist is well known to Brook
ings people.
The new championship cup Of the
state athletic association is at Beatty's
jewelry store to have inscribed on it
the name Of the South Dakota State
College, winners Of the meet this year.
The cup is a beauty, standing about
twelve inches high and is silver, lined
with gold.
Misses Marguerite and Winifred Cat
lett gave a fine five O'Clock tea in
honor Of Misses Louise Stokes, Ber-
nice and Ruth Case OF W~atertown, on
Saturday afternoon. A large crowd OF
young ladies were present and a very
enjoyable time was had by all. After
tea Misses Welch and Lee played a
piano duet, and Miss Lila Alton sang
a solo. Miss Bernice Case sang two
solos, accompanied by her sister.
Nellie Kendall and Lillian Breed gave
Rotations.
Mrs. f. y. Laird is mourning the
loss of the tulips from the flower bed
in her yard. Sunday night some van
dial got in his work, with the result
that the beauty of the bed is almost
entirely destroyed. Mrs. Laird has
put considerable labor and money into
her flower beds, with the result that it
not only beauties her W home but
the entire neighborhood, and it is too
bad we have people among us who will
wantonly destroy that which adds to
the attractiveness OF the city.
Decoration Day was tittingly OBJ
served in this city last Thursday. The
stores we're closed, business was sus-
pended and there was an absence OF
sports. The weather was not the best,
but nevertheless there was a good
crowd at both the services. In the
morning a procession was formed at
the q. A. X. hall and marched to the
cemetery, where the graves OF the sol
der dead were decorated. In the after
noon a service was held at the opera
house, at which Quincy Lee Morrow
was the speaker.