The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-26
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A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. b.
NJ. Pittinger Tuesday morning.
Everything in the drug line still
going at wholesale prices at Abbotts.
st. Paul's Guild will meet with Miss
Alma Water Thursday, February ?.
Gaylor Hanson left yesterday morn
Ing for a visit with relatives at But
terield, MINI.
Mss Very, pastor of the Christian
church, is assisting at a series of meet
ings at Arlington.
Frank Yocum, who is teaching in
the Lake Benton schools, visited
friends here over Sunday.
Mrs. p. ID. McGrath of Elkton, Wis
tied a few days last week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Smith.
+. c. Olson, II. f. Haroldson and
Ray Fridley expect to leave Saturday
morning for Chicago to attend the big
auto show.
@. f. Burman left Saturday morn
ing for Wayerly, Ia, to join his wife
who went down last week. They
will visit there for a few days.
Rev. j. NJ. Pengelly will preach his
last sermons in Brookings Sunday
morning and evening. On Monday the
family will leave for their ley home
at TOulon, III.
During the absence of o. e. Burman,
the express driver, w. j.. Cronk, the
eXpressman at the depot, is doing
double duty, delivering as we'll as look
ing after the work at the office
E. Clark, who moved to Unity, Ore,
last year in writing to the Register
says: 1--WE have had a fine winter
here and the coolest weather we have
had was 10 above zero This country
is on the boom"
A number of the eighth grade pu-
pills in Miss Biersdorf's room at school
had a sleigh ride last Friday night.
After the ride they were entertained
at the home of Miss Edith Poole. They
spent a most enjoyable evening.
3. w. Lanphier, who is holding down
a claim near Moreau, in Perkins
county, arrived the last of the week,
being called here by the illness of his
SON. He states that the weather has
been unusually mild in the western
half of the state, with very little snow.
An Ohio newspaper office was shot
into with buckshot by the local grocer
because of his ad, which should have
read: "A fresh stock of dairy butter
daily The printer used an n" in
stead of a Cd in the word dairy"
The printer takes more chances than
any other man on earth.
There has been very little change
in the situation between the mail
clerks and the government during the
past week. A number of the men on
this division have been laid off, but
the senators and congressman from
the northwestern states have been af-
ter the postofice department and it is
Likely that they viii be re-instated and
that more clerks will be put on to help
them.
Brookings is securing some good
advertising these days as a result OF
being the home of the Brictson Manu-
featuring company. AT present the
company is running a page ad in the
Munsey, McClure's, Everybody's and
the Saturday Evening Post, as we'll as
in all of the automobile jol rnals. A
feature of the company's ad is a pic
tuer of Mr.. Brictson pointing out the
good features Of the tread.
The next number of the lecture
course is Col. Seeds who appears here
February 2. The Churubuscoe (Ind. }
Truth says The closing lecture of
the course was given Thursday even
ing at the NJ. E. church by r. S. Seeds.
To say that the large audience pres
ent was delighted does not nearly ex,
press it. If Mr.. Seeds could be Sc
cured for a return date he would pack
any audience room in the town. He
certainly made good with our people
in this lecture, The Mistakes of Life
Exposed Come again Bob"
From the Tyler Journal we get the
following interesting item concerning
former Brookings boy, who will be re,
membered by the older residents.
lotto Mannerud was in Tyler a few
days this week visiting his brother
Nels, prior TO his departure for Nor
way and Sweden, where he goes to rep
resent as manager and salesman, Sher
win, Williams & Company, dealers in
paints, oils and varnishes. Mr.. Man
nerud leaves New York the 2Sth Of
this month for London, Eng, where
he will stay three weeks before going
on to Christiania, Norway, where he
will take up his headquarters for the
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