The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-30

Isle, Grocer.
Lee Comstock came in the last o
the week TO visit over Chr stmas will
his family.
Mrs. T. l.. Chappell departed las
night for a couple of weeks visit a
Galena, H., and at points in Wiscon
sin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Allison O.
ST. Paul, arrived Tuesday morning fol
a visit at the home of his brother, VIM
Allison.
Miss May and Matt and John Muir
ply went TO Minneapolis Friday tC
visit over Christmas at the home o.
their brother.
Mrs. ID. l.. Erwin and daughter ar
rived last evening from Scottsburg
Indiana, to join Mr.. Erwin, who is fore
man of the Register.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Mccoy of Pierre
have been here the past week for a
visit over the holidays with his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. V. l.. Mccoy.
The best is none too good when il
comes to prescriptions or sick room
wants. Ask about it at the Metropol-
itan Pharmacy. Successors to Lion
Drug Store.-J. E. Hambly, manager,
]. NJ. Smythe went to st. Paul Fri.
day night to- spend Christmas with his
wife. The train going up was about
five hours late and Mr.. Smythe narrow
ly escaped missing his Christmas din
ner.
Coach Whittemore of Vermillion,
picked an all star state football team
and failed to place a single Brookings
mar thereon. We are not disappoint-
ed, as we could hardly expect recogni-
ton at Whittemore's hands.
Mrs. G. NJ. Aldrich arrived home on
Tuesday night from her trip TO the
Pacific coast, where she has been WIS.,
iting relatives since last spring. For
the past month she has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Madden at Bis
marck, n. d.
Ray Fridley departed Monday morn
ing for Minneapolis, where he joined
a special train of Buick automobile
agents in an excursion to the COM
pany's factory at Flint, Mi h. He will
also visit the Chalmers-Detroit factory
at Detroit and numerous other points
of interest.
Mrs. l.. NJ. buckingham writes us
from Las Vegas, New Mexico saying
that she has no intention of making
that place her home and says that as
long as she has one acre of lard in
South Dakota it will be her place of
She states hat she may go
to Los Angeles before returning home.
Editor r. F. Kerr, of the Minnesota
and South Dakota Farmer at Brook
ings. is a Hoosier born and bred and
he occasionally raises the Hoosier flag.
He had some samples of Indiana prize
winning corr on exhibition at his office
last week, just to show what the good
old state is doing in agriculture.
indiana may have some prize-winning
corn, but she has no Professor Kerr,
far as we know.-Big Stone Head
light.
NJ. G. Carlisle was on Tuesday morn
train on his way home to- Brook
ings from a trip to Texas. Mart said
never suffered more from cold in
the north than he did while in Texas.
The weather has been extremely cold
md those who are not used to freez-
ing weather have felt it keenly. That
4 man should have frozen to death in
Texas is almost unbelie-
able, but such was the case within the
Smet News.
The Spedden and Paige company APP
Deared at the opera house last ever
ng, presenting "Du Barry" to a large
audience. This was the first appear
here of Mr.. and Mrs. Spedden
md they delighted their Brookings
with their clever acting. Mrs.
Spedden is a finished actress, one of
he best that has ever appeared be-
ore a Brookings audience, and drew
much applause for her fine work. The
supporting company was very good,
md the play was nicely staged.