The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-14
LOCAL NEWS

DIV. Jones, the Watertown druggist,
a in the city a part of Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Moore Of St. Paul, has
been here the past week visiting her
mother, Mrs. Stone.
Mrs. Athern came down from Airing
ton Tuesday morning for a visit With
her neice, Mrs. A. E. James.
Mrs. Griffin came down from Het-
land yesterday morning for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Philo Hall.
Weaver Karr came up from Ireton,
Iowa monday evening and visited a
couple OF days with his sister, Mrs.
Neil Stewart. He went up to Estelline
yesterday morning for a couple OF days
visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Wimsey, who
were both quite sick last week, are
very much better at present. Mrs.
Wimsey is able to be about the house,
and Mr.. Wimsey was down to the store
for a while Tuesday.
Subscriptions have been coming in
very fast Of late for the R%EGIRTER and
Minnesota Dakota Farmer, the result
of our liberal clubbing offer, Of the two
for the price of one. This offer is still
in force and if you have not enrolled
you had better drop in.
II. f. Lloyd made his first trip in
several weeks to the bank at Aurora
Thursday, and found everything rum
ming smoothly in charge OF Floyd
Austin. Mr.. Lloyd is taking no
chances of having smallpox germs
lurking about, and in addition to the
fumigating of the health Off GERS he
has re-painted and papered his house
upstairs and down. Mr.. Lloyd does
not consider it any joke to be in quar-
antine for three or four weeks, and is
glad to be out and in touch with his
neighbors again.
The prices of seats for the Bryan
lecture lecture on March 2 will be one
dollar. Season tickets to this number
and the other four attractions, the
Robert Clark company, Gillian, the
Dunbars and DR.. Driver, can be had
for S.. 100. f. f. NAHUM, lecture course
manager, who is at Sioux Falls attend
ing the state lecture course managers
meeting, writes us that he met a re-
preventative of the Slayton lyceum
bureau there, who assured him that
Mr.. Bryan would without question be
here to fill his date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Hoy, who live on
Thirteenth avenue, near the college,
celebrated their golden wedding ami
versary Tuesday. A six O'Clock
dinner was served, at which were
present a number of relatives and
friends. Three Of their children, Prof
H. H. Hoy Of this city, and Mrs.
Allison and Mrs. Samples OF Sphinx,
county assisted them in celebrating
the day. In the afternoon the ladies
of the Neighborhood Club called and
presented Mrs. Hoy with a gold pin.
and they were the recipients Of a
number Of other valuable presents .
Mr.. Hoy is 70 years Of age and Mrs.
Hoy is 81, and they both enjoy the
best Of health. They have made
Bookings their home the past two
years, coming here from Sphinx county.
A dispatch to the Minneapolis
Journal from WATERFOWL says that
the fans Of that city will again place a
base ball team in the field the coming
season. We sincerely hope for the
Watertown fans, that it will not be a
joke team like the WATERFOWL team OF
last year. The dispatch goes on to
say that the WATERFOWL people will
form a circuit of the teams OF eastern
South Dakota and Western Minnesota.
Games could be played all around the
circuit and outside teams could be
brought in to play the circuit teams.
The circuit idea savors a little too
much OF bush league base ball, and
the Watertown people will hardly
make . 60 OF it. The only way to
make base ball pay out in a small town
is to have a strong independent team
and keep them on the road two-thirds