The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16

| dt lHe HOSplldl L Tludy anu is recover
ing nicely.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Isaacson, north of the city.
| Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Henry went to
Minneapolis yesterday morning and
will visit over Sunday.
Beginning with Thursday, January
16, only one show each night at eight
o'clock, at the Scenic. 10 cents.
A basket social will be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ringenburg
south of Aurora tomorrow (Friday)
evening.
Dyar Haber, who was operated upon
at the hospital last week, is reported
as gaining rapidly, being able to sit
up yesterday.
Mrs. Jackson returned to her home
at st. Paul yesterday morning after
an extended visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Mcnamara.
j. l.. Jarvis was taken sick with the
grippe yesterday morning which pre-
vented his appearance at the store.
Mrs Jarvis was i'll earlier in the week
Mrs. W. w. p. Mcconnell went to HUI
ron last evening to join Mr.. Mcconnell
and to visit a day or two. Mr.. Nc
| &.
institute.
Mrs. Mary Hyde, of Webster, grand
chief Of honor of the Degree of Honor,
made an official visit to the local lodge
at the regular meeting Thursday eve
ming. There was routine work and in
itiation. The ladies served very nice
refreshments and a general good time
was enjoyed.
The value Of the Register want col
umns was demonstrated again last
week, when the watch which was
advertised as lost in the last issue
was brought to the Office Friday noon.
Carl Thayer being the finder. The
watch was lost by one of the lady
teachers al the college.
Rudolph Wunch, the well known
grain buyer of Elkton, died at his res
idence in that place Tuesday night.
The w. c. #. L. will hold a Parents
Meeting at the home of Mrs. S. G.
Maryland on Williams street, Tuesday
evening, January 21st. An interesting
program will be rendered and every
body is cordially invited.
Prof. E. X. Eyerly, for a number of
years head of the department Of En-
glish in the State college, and who re-
signed that position last spring to go
in to business with a brother in Mary
land, now has a fellowship at the Uni
original research work in sociology.
Mrs. Eyerly will join him there in a
short time.
The annual state convention of
Young Mems Christian Associations
meets February 29-March 1st in
Brookings. President Warren of Yank.
ton, President c. II. French of Huron,
President G. w. Nash of Aberdeen, Dr.
A. w. Trettein of the State University
the state committee, A. J. Elliott of
Chicago, J. c. Prall of Ames and w. NJ
Parsons of Minneapolis will be among
the two hundred delegates expected.
The board of directors of the Frater
nifty Company, at their meeting Sat
; urday evening adopted the South
; Dakota way of selecting a treasurer
by Tipping a coin. T.. c. Olson and c.
ID. Kendall were placed in nomination
> Neither gentleman wanted the job and
instead of proceeding to a ballot the
directors suggested that the two in.
terested parties flip a coin, with the
t result that the honor fell to Mr. Ken.
dali.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. +. Thayer drove
to Bushnell Tuesday evening to at
tend the joint installation of the A
O. L. w. and Degree Of Honor lodges
Mrs. Thayer acted as installing Office
OF the Degree of Honor officers and
Editor Pratt of the Elkton Record Of
. ficiated in like capacity for the A
O. L. w. A nice supper was served
by the ladies after the ceremonies
} and Mr. and Mrs. Thayer report a
most enjoyable time.
They are beginning to agitato the
question of a Carnegie public librarN
J at BroOtings We are glad TO hear II
because every city the size Of Brook
ings should have public library and
reading room and it is to be regretted
that such conveniences cannot be
maintained in the smaller towns
} The fact that Brookings has not ny"
} an institution of this kind has been
frequently commented upon b}
strangers, and We hope that the mat
ter will be taken up in earnest by nh,
residents and tax payers Of the counts