The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-03-03

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First class Blacksmithing and Wood
work done at the old Peter Hallen
Blacksmith Shop. 2w
Mrs. A. B. Hanson went over to
Aurora for a visit with relatives on
Tuesday morning.
The Trouble Proof Automobile THE
Overland" A child or woman can run
It. S. H. McCarl, Agent. 2w
Mrs. Thos. McCarty of Elkton, was
here several days this week visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Hurney.
We received the monthly weather
report for February too late for pub
LEGATION this week, and it will appear
next week.
There will be a special meeting of
the Order of Eastern Star Friday
evening, March 4. All members are
urged to attend.
A. J%asperson and son, j. C.. Jasper
son and S. Peterson departed Tues
day morning for southern Alberta,
Canada, where the two latter will take
up land.
Miss Myrtle Gullick departed Sun
day for Rockford, ILL.,, where she will
enter a nurses training school. Mrs.
Nels Gullick gave a tea in her honor
Saturday evening.
This week the Register publishes
the first installment of "Truxton
King" a very popular story Of the
day and we trust our readers will read
and enjoy it during the coming few
weeks.
A. b. Allison returned home the lat
ter part of the week from Durand,
Wis, where he had been for several
weeks with Mrs. Allison and has
again taken active charge Of his land
and real estate business.
We are sorry to learn that Editor
Horton of the Volga Tribune has i'll
ness in his family this week and we
trust the sick ones will have a speedy
recovery. Their illness has put Mr..
Horton behind in his work somewhat
and the Register has been helping him
out with some of his composition.
Rt. Rev. Frederick Foote Johnson,
Episcopal bishop of South Dakota, will
make a pastoral visit to the church
here next Monday. There will be a
business meeting of the congregation
of the church at two o'clock in the
afternoon, and in the evening there
will be evening prayer and a sermon
by the bishop.
The basket bali game between
Company c and Company B Of Sioux
Falls, scheduled for Saturday night,
had to be postponed as the locals
were unable to secure the college ar
mory, the only available place in the
city. 1t is expected that the Sioux
Falls team will he brought here for
a game a week from the coming Sat.
urday.
The train was over eight hours late
the worst we ever saw it from that
direction. The snow storm west of
here was responsible for the delay.
The Sunday evening passenger from
the last was on time this week, that
is it was only about fifteen minutes
lac, and this is the best the railroad
has done for us in several weeks.
Prof. Kerr showed us some pictures
yesterday taken in the spring of 1897,
the year Of the worst floods the city
has ever had. One shows the court
house entirely surrounded by water
and another gives a view east from
the Register office, Williams street
showing as one sheet of water. These
pictures were taken about the goth OF
March and others show a big snow
storm about April 1.
Col. T. G. Orr returned home Tues
day night from a trip over the state
in the interests of the candidacy of
his old friend and comrade, Captain
N. H. Kingman of SeIby, who is a
candidate for commander of the state
G. A. r. Col. Orr said that he made
the most favorable progress and he
is confident that his candidate will be
honored. Captain Kingman is well
known to the old soldiers of the state
and has a most excellent war record.
He entered the army as a private in
1861, being promoted several times
for %gallantry in action and was a cap
tain when he came out OF the army
in 1866.
]. R. Allen of Blanchard, Iowa, J.
W. Dunlap of Battle Creek, Iowa and
Porter brothers of Colo, Iowa, are
the new settlers who have ar.