The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-03-31
Personal and Local

=. y. olson spent yesterday NJ the
Model store at WATERFOWL.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Austin came
down from Bruce last evening.
Miss Mamie Grove went to Badger
today to visit her brother, DR.. Grove,
Berton f. Lee was here the first OF
the week visiting at the home Of his
father-in.law, C. A. Johnson.
Thos. N. Johnson returned home
consulted DR.. Hill regarding a nasal
trouble.
Miss Mann arrived from Sutherland,
Iowa the first of the week for a couple
Of weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Jane PrOwse.
Fred Moore, who has been visiting
here some time at the home of his
sister, Mrs. j. f. Parker, left Thurs
day for his home in Iowa.
On Friday and Saturday of this
week | will give fifteen, twenty and
twenty-five per cent discount on every
hat Is stock. Helen Johnson.
Philo Hall returned home Tuesday
morning from a business trip to Mime
apolis and left last evening for Pierre
to argue a case before the supreme
court.
T. c. Akin returned last evening
from WATERFOWL, where he spent three
or four days on business. He reports
that Watertown expects to- have this
season the fastest ball team the state
has even seen.
At the last meeting of the NJ. B. A.
a class of thirty new members were
taken in, after which a short program
was given and refreshments served.
Deputy George Burt of Watertown, and
State Manager w. E. Stegner of Sioux
Falls, were present.
Ou5 fine March weather was broken
Tuesday by a slight rain, which was
followed yesterday by snow, sleet and
more rain. Already a large amount of
seed is in the ground and many
gardens are planted, and the moisture
will be a good thing unless there should
be a hard freeze.
Brookings friends have received an
nouncements of the marriage of Geo.
r. Westcott and Miss Estella Mus.
grave, which occurred at the home of
the bride in Illinois. Mr.. Westcott is
we'll known here, being a son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. r. Westcott, and Miss
Musgrave was formerly teacher of elo-
cution at the college. They will make
their home in st. Louis, where Mr..
Westcott is an electrical engineer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlo Fischer gave a
very enjoyable recital at the college
chapel ON Saturday evening. Although
the entertainment had not been ex
tensively advertised there was a good
attendance and it is safe to say that
there would have been a packed house
had it been more generally known. Mr.
Fischer a many warm admirers here
gained by his appearance with the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, ant
he gained many new ones on this &C
casion.
Abbotts drugstore opened for bust
ness on Saturday and a big crowd o
people visited the store during the day
The many improvements to both tn,
interior and exterior of the store max,
it one of the incest d%rugstores in thi
section and as this stand has Away,
enjoyed a good business Mr.. Abbot
opens under most suspicious circum
stances. At one o'clock on openini
day every child who came to the stor
was given a sack of candy and jus
about the entire younger generation O
the city was there.
Albert A. Johnson, a former wei
known college student and athlete, i
now president Of an agricultural schoo
at La Crosse, Wis, and Is meeting wit
marked success in his work, and hi
school IL attracting attention from a
over the country. The La Crosse Trit
une Of March 21st says: "That tn
La Crosse county agricultural schoc
is one OF the finest institutions Z
the kind in the United States. is b,
coming known throughout the countr,
This morning Hon. D. J. Crosby q
Washington, d. c., o famous specialize
on agricultural education, visited tn
school, because Of the statement mad
by Professor Hatch Of the state univel
stty. to the effect that the La Cross
county school had the largest enrol