The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-18
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I. U. Holiday of Woonsocket, was
here the first of the week visiting rela-
tives.
A ten-pound daughter was born to-
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Messner OF Tren-
ton, last Thursday.
Mrs. H. C. Johnson returned home
Monday evening from a visit OF a
week at Luverne, MINI.
Emil Victor, who murdered the
Christie family near Rudolph, was
hanged at Aberdeen early Tuesday
morning.
]. NJ. Rexford of Aurora. has be q
critically i'll at the hospital for sew
eral days and yesterday was reported
about the same.
The condition Of Mrs. JOS. Puhr of
Alton township, who vas brought to
the hospital last week for treatment,
is still very grave and fears are en-
tertained for her recovery.
B. w. Lanphier returned home the
last OF the week from a trip to Kan
sas City, Omaha and points In Iowa
in the interest of the advertising de-
partment of the Minnesota and Da-
kota Farmer.
Editor Will Bell arrived from st.
James, Mimi, Friday evening and has
been spending the week visiting his
mother and old friends. Tuesday
morning he went over to White for
a couple of days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Chamberlain of
Dodge Center, Mimi, and Mrs. VIM.
ellis of Ashland, Oregon, parents and
sister Of Mrs. N. F. Coleman, arrived
here the last of the week and are
visiting at the Coleman home.
Elmer Anderson expects to leave
the first week in December for his
old home in Indiana to visit the scenes
of his youth. AS he has not been
back there in twenty-eight years he
is planning on a very enjoyable visit.
Harry Few will go to Minneapolis
tomorrow to- take in the big football
game between Minnesota and Michi-
gan. Harry is a former student of the
University of Minnesota and always
tolxnc in ono Of tho tIniunrcify 'c hiO
games.
Clerk of Courts Hanson has issued
the following permits to wed the past
week: Domnick Klees and Clara
Thurnhofer, Elkton; Ole Skoden, Lam
berton, Mimi, and Clara Anderson,
Storden, Mimi; Louis E. Buckholtz
and Hattie NJ. fairfield, Ward; John
A. Modde, Sioux Falls, and Bertha c.
Hong, Sinai.
At a meeting of Brookings Chapter
o. E. S. held Tuesday evening the
following officers were elected fer the
ensuing year: Mrs. Minnie Crosier,
w. NJ; Charles Poole, Patron; Krete
Kendall, A.. NJ; Mrs. Nellie White,
secretary; Mrs. j. F. Erwin, treasurer;
Shirley Stearns, cond.; Mrs. w. H.
Leighty, Psst. cond.
This week George Cole sold his farm
just east of the city for 800 an acre.
the purchaser being a gentleman by
the name of Allen from southern Iowa.
This is almost a record price, but as
the farm is a fine one and inside Of
the city limits 1t is we'll worth every
cent paid for it. Mr.. Allen expects
to move up in the spring.
The Spedden & Paige show will be
in Brookings on December 20. This
company is headed by Mr.. and Mrs. S.
s. Spedden, former residents of Brook
ings and as this will be their first ap-
pearance here they will be given a
warm welcome. This company has
been playing through the state and has
received the best of press notices.
Charley Brown, who is in charge
of the construction work for the Iowa
Bridge company in the southern part
of the state. arrived from Tyndall
Tuesday night and will spend about
a week visiting friends. He has five
bridges yet to complete, but was com
PEELED to lay off his crew temporarily
on account of the heavy snow, which
he says is nearly a foot on the level
in that section.
The State college football team will
play the last game on it's schedule
here on Thanksgiving day, their op-
~ponents being the Huron college team
This should insure a cord fast game
as Huron has improved greatly over
their early season form and are now
strong enough to give any team n The
state a hard rub. Brookings was de