The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-04
Personal and Local

bricks and Astoria
Mrs. Frank Sherwin has been con
fined TO her home the past week with
a painful, If not serious, infection OF
the right hand.
The ladies aid society OF the Chris
tan church will serve supper in the
basement Of the church Thursday, Au-
gust II. Price 10 cents.
Mrs. G.. Stolte OF Gilmore. Mimi,
who spent a few days at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Tinker, returned
home Saturday morning.
Hans Jerde and Max Meharg went
out 10 Eureka Monday evening to
begin the construction OF a granary on
the state experimental farm.
Captain f. r. Chrisman left Sun
day night for Sparta, Wis, to act as
umpire in the maneuvers of the reg
ulars and militia during August.
Mrs. Ralph Thompson. who has been
very seriously i'll for the past ten
days, is reported TO be out of danger
and on the high road TO recovery.
This morning We were informed that
Hugh Casley, who had his collar bone
broken in a runaway accident last
week, was very low and not expected
to live.
Tuesday evening John Motter of Es-
feline, entered the BroOkings hispital
suffering from blood poisoning iii one
OF his arm No serious results are an
ticipated.
Attorney ThOs. McNamee and Frank
Crane of Pierre, were in the city last
evening, on their way home from Wa
tertown, where they had been on land
business.
Mrs. Patterson returned Sunday ev-
ming from visits with friends at Water
town and Clark. She left this morn
ing for Chicago to buy her fall stock
of millinery.
Miss Edna BiXler returned Monday
morning from Hitchcock, after two
weeks spent under the parental roof.
She is the stenographer at the Bank
of Brookings.
Prof. Ralph l.. Patty and wife re-
turned Tuesday evening from a visit
Of several weeks in Iowa, visiting at
the home of Mrs. Patty's parents at
Ames and with his folks at Redfeld.
George A. Starring writes the Reg
lister from Redfield: your ad in the
want column did the business for me.
Kindly cut out the ad and send YOU
bill Try our want columns and get
results.
John p. Johnson will sever his con-
nection with SINNERS department
store September 1, and accept a posi-
ton at the Columbia Clothing store.
He has been with Mr.. Skinner for sew
en- years.
John L. Murphy is away on his an
nual vacation. He went to Minnea-
polls Friday night for a ten days Wis
1t at the home OF his brother. The
Register office seems lonesome with
out him.
Louis Fjerstad and wife left last
night for Ivanhoe, MINI. Mr.. Fjerstad
bought a four hundred and fifteen acre
farm north Of Lake Hendricks this
week and they went down to inspect
the property.
Yesterday Mrs. Summer of Webster,
arrived to look at some of the vacant
houses in the city, with a view to re-
moving to this city to educate the
family. If they like it here they may
buy a home.
Mrs. s. II. McCarl gave a party
yesterday afternoon, complimentary
to Miss Dorothy Inscho of Wenatchee,
Wash, who has been visiting here
for the past two months. There were
t~wenty-four present.
c. Fl. Abbott and wife Of De Smet,
motored down Tuesday morning and
were joined here by their son, Guy.
for a trip to Worthington, Mimi.
where relatives will be visited until
the end of the week.
G. w. Austin of Bruce. motored
down yesterday afternoon for a short
visit with his daughter, Mrs. R. A.
Larson, and to attend to one or two
business matters. He was accom-
panied by his youngest daughter.
Guy Abbott went up to De Smet
Saturday evening to visit with his
folks until Sunday night. He received
la message in the morning that an
uncle from Kansas had arrived and
Thought it a good time to go home.
Mrs. E. B. Davis, in charge of the
millinery and cloak departments at
Skinner's department store, went to
Minneapolis Saturday morning. ex-
pecting also to go to Chicago nm n