The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

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Typewriter ribbons for Oliver, Rem
mington and Underwood machines at
the Register Office.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs. S. A. Evans Thursday
afternoon, March 10.
l.. Fjerestad, who is to have an
auction sale on the 2Sth, will move to
Brookings with his family.
The more a man knows about Auto
mobile Construction, the easier it is
to sell him a Chalmers Detroit.
A large delegation of local insur.
gents expected TO go to Huron today
to attend the state conference Of that
faction.
Just one big night at the opera
house with Hilliard and Amber Wight
to entertain you. Remember the date,
March /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. MAR of North.
Vile, have been here the past week
visiting at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dull.
The morning train from the east
did not reach here until five o'clock
in the afternoon on Tuesday. All of
the trains were several hours late.
+. c. Olson spent Friday ~ the
Model store at Watertown, md Mon
day evening departed for Rapid City
to spend a day or two at the store
there.
o. NJ. Born of Perkins county, state
organizer for the A. o. U. w, has been
spending the past week here in the
interests of the order. He expects to
organize a large class here.
w. II. Harvey. who suffered a stroke
of paralysis last week, is still in a
very serious condition, although he
has been resting easier the last couple
of days. His condition last night vas
reported about the same.
c. w. Davis has been appointed as
one of the government mail weighers
and is on the run between Tracy and
Pierre. The government weighs the
mail for about a hundred days and
on this basis makes its contracts with
the railroads for carrying the mail.
Mrs. G. II. Bullen will leave next
week for Portland Oregon to join Mr..
Bullen, who has been out there sew
eral months. Mr.. Bullen is interested
in a glazed tile and sewer pipe COM
pany, a branch Of the company owned
by his father and c. F. Allen at Taco
ma.
The Company c basket ball team
will meet the Company B team of
Sioux Falls at the college armory next
Saturday evening. This will be che
of the best games of the season and
a good crowd should turn out to N
courage the boys. The home team
has a number OF old college players in
its rams and should be able To put up
a fast e ne.
Conductor Cooley of the Northwest
ern conductors met with an accident
last Saturday morning which nearly
resulted seriously for him. In board
ing the train at Aberdeen he missed the
handrails of the coach, slipped and fell
caught hold of TIE under rods and
was enabled to keep his balance so
that he was not dragged over the
ties. The emergency brakes were ap-
piled by one of the crew who witness
sed the accident. Mr.. Cooley stated
that it was the closest escape he
ever experienced, and he owes his
life to the GOODNESS and presence Of
mind.
Mr.. billiard Wight, aside from being
a successful manager, is an actor of
fire discrimination, genial humor and
precise technique. Unlike many OF the
new school actors, he has a plentiful
supply Of reserve force and can be
alike strong and dramatic or light and
humorous. The co-star, Miss Amber
Wight, is a dainty, jolly, wholesome
bit of humanity that effuGes good
American humor, fresh from the soil,
and instils into the heart of the toiler
for that universal and highly essen
tial ingredient, known IS daily bread,
d spark Of the life is worth living"
germ. Like her associate Miss Wight
can also deal out a few thrills when
the occasion demands.
Mitchell-The Milwaukee road has
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