The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-19
George w. Egan will speak at the

w. NJ. Cooke has teen down from
Watertown a couple of days this
week.
A swell line of new silks for waists,
dresses and suits at SINNERS depart
ment store.
The Pipestone Indians are playing
the college team at the college park
this afternoon.
Ward Waltz went to De Smet Mon
day evening, where he has a contract
10 install rural telephone lines.
Adolph Larson. tailor at the Column
bia. went to Montevideo, Mimi, the
last of the week to visit a few days.
Irving Mikkelson of ST. Paul. was
here a day or two the first of the
week visiting his father and brothers.
The Fridley Auto company this week
received a shipment of three Hudson
touring cars and a Chalmers baby
tonneau.
Read the ads in the Register. These
merchants are the mes who are build
ing up the town and are deserving OF
your patronage.
Mrs. Jane Prouse and daughter,
~Genevieve, departed the last of the
week for Moreau, where they expect
10 file on claims.
Mrs. Ristine arrived Tuesday even
Ing from Charlottesville. Indiana to
visit at the home of her daugh.
ter, Mrs. +. w. Olive.
DR.. F. f. Boyden was operated up
ON for appendicitis at the Rochester
hospital last week, and is now able
to be out attending to his practice.
Andrew Bortnem, who was operated
upon at the Rochester hospital last
week, arrived home this week and
states that he is greatly improved,
Miss May Murphy came down from
De Smet Saturday and visited over
Sunday at home. She was accompan-
led by Miss Clara Wolcott, assistant
principal of the De Smet schools.
A good many citizens have been out
comet gazing the past week. The
first Of the week the sky was too
cloudy to detect the visitor, but yes
terday and today a good view was
o|btainable.
Miss f ora Wilson. who spent a
week visiting at the home of her
brother, Prof J.. W. Wilson, departed
Monday morning Tor Ninton, Iowa.
where she had an engagement for "A
concert Tuesday evening.
The city is doing some great work
in crossing building these days. Sev-
eral new ones are being put in on VIII
liams and Fifth and Sixth streets and
Mayor Leighty tells us that the good
work will be kept up for some time.
Dick Fridley, manager Of the col
lege annual, returned Monday from
Des Moines, where he spent some time
looking after the printing of the an
nual. He tells us that it will be
ready for distribution about the 25th
Of the month.
Mr.. Maggie and children, who have
made their home here for the past
year, left the last Of the week for a
visit at points in the southern part
of the state and will go from there
to the Philippine Islands, where Mr..
Nagel has been teaching.
J. II. Biggar returned home the
last Of the wee from a several weeks
visit to his cd home IN Ontario. Can
ada. He states thar he had a most
enjoyable time. but would not care
to exchange his South Dakota resi-
dencc for "a home under King George.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Allen arrived
from Tacoma Tuesday morning and
will spend a couple Of weeks visiting
old friends here and looking after
business matters. Mr.. Allen is en-
gagged in the manufacture Of glazed
tile and sewer pipe in the western
city and has been prospecting. and
the family are well pleased with their
home in the west.
Alfred Nelson, who for a number
of years was engaged in the hardware
business at BrOokings and is quite
well known to Volga PEG, le, has pur
chased a third interest in the Mime
apolis Builders Hardware company,
one Of the large retail hardware store
in Minneapolis. and has taken the
position Of manager Of the same. For
the present Mr.. Nelson's family will
remain at Milbank but will probably
remove 10 Minneapolis in the fall
Volga Tribune.
The concert by Miss Flora Wilson
at the college chapel on Thursday
evening was one of the finest musical
vents OF the kind ever given in the
city. Miss Wilson has a voice of
ARE quality, and the large audience