The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-09
Local and Personal
JOHN L. MURPHY, City Editor

Mrs. A. B. Hanson went to Aurora
Tuesday morning for a visit of day
or two.
Mrs. f. +. Gaylord who has been
quite ill during the past week is re-
covering.
: Miss Cora Maryland returned to Red
field Saturday evening after a couple
Of weeks visit at home.
Otto Stensrud of the Villas drug store
force, went to Albert Lee, Mimi, Satur-
day night for a few days visit.
Beginning with Thursday, January
&c. only one show each night at eight
o'clock, at the Scenic. 10 cents.
Dr. A. W. Hyde reports new son
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. p. +. La
Fevre south of town, last Thursday.
City Engineer Thompson returned
the last of the week from Mankato,
where he spent the holidays with his
family
Mrs. II. +. Lloyd went to Aurora
| Tuesday afternoon to attend meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Bank of Aurora.
Special services at he Scenic tonight
and balance of week. Program chang
ed every night. Matinee Friday at
Ais, five cents to all.
Miss Aurora Leekley returned last
evening from a couple of weeks visit
with friends and relatives at Sioux
City and lie Mars, Iowa.
Wood Thompson went to Mitchell
, Tuesday evening to attend the annual
meeting of the South Dakota Indepen.
dent Telephone association.
Miss Lands, teacher in the Canton
schools, was the guest of her sister,
Miss Grace Lands of the city school
teaching force, one day the last of
the week.
The first basketball game of the sea-
son will be played at the college gym
nasium Saturday evening between the
college five and the Lake Preston high
school team.
W. r. Lee, representing the Henne-
pin Bridge Co, of Minneapolis was
in the city yesterday on business and
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Geo n,
Breed. He expects to come to South
Dakota to reside permanently in the
near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Skinner and
daughter, Miss Lila, went to lie Mars,
Iowa Monday morning to attend the
wedding of Mrs. SINNERS niece, Miss
Jennie Bechtel and Charles f. Heston,
which occurred yesterday. The many
friends of the young couple in this
city will extend congratulations.
f. ]. Hannegan, who is now pass
enger conductor for the c. & NV. Ry.
from Pierre to Rapid City, was in the
city the latter part of the week on his
return from holiday visit in Mich.
gan. On Saturday night the local Com.
mandery, KnightsTemplar, conferred
upon him the Red and Black Cross
degrees and Knights of Malta.
Congressman Philo Hall returned to
Washington, d. c., Saturday morning
to be in readiness for the opening of
congress on Monday, after spending
the holiday recess at home. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Hall and the
children, who will make their home
there until the adjournment of con-
gress.
The Press Office is about to install
a Simplex typesetting machine. This
is one of the first machines invented
for the purpose Of setting type, but
proved failure as an all around ma
chine, only being adapted to small Of
fees where only straight newspaper
composition is wanted, and not a lot
OF that. 1t uses actual type, doing no
casting as does the Linotype, which
Is In use at the Register Office, and
hence does not, like the Linotype, give
new type for evry issue.