The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-25
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house January 3lst.
Set Friday, February 16, down as
a date Oh which you may enjoy your
self at the opera house, for the S. d.
5. {. Military Band gives a concert.
DR.. ]. n. Rodeheaver returned home
Saturday morning from Mitchell,
where he delivered an address at
the state corn show.
Miss Mary Tough of the college
faculty, returned home Friday fcom
Mitchell, where she was in charge of
the domestic science school al the
corn show.
A full and complete line of valen-
tines of all descriptions. 1t will pay
you TO come in and look them over
while the stock is complete. Ash
baugh's Pharmacy.
julius Clevan went to Elkton Mon
day, where he is conducting a special
sale of a stock of goods for the
Walters Mercantile company Of
Bruce.
Mrs. Chas. Keith returned home
Tuesday morning from Watertown,
where for the past three weeks she
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Rowe, and recovering from her brok-
en- arm, which is getting along nicely.
Mrs. Rowe accompanied her home.
Prof. N. e. Hansen left Saturday
evening for Eureka, where he deliv
cred a lecture before a farmers in
%stitute. This lecture was given in
German, the language of most of the
farmers in hat vicinity. DIR. A. n.
Hume also spoke at this meeting, go
ing there direct from the Mitchell
corn show.
The eighth annual conference of the
National Child Labor committee will
open at Louisville, Ky, today. The
session will be devoted almost en-
tirely to the consideration of the re-
lation of education to child labor, and
a number Of prominent personages
are on the program.
o. j. Oyen, who secured the con-
tract for decorating the new court
house, arrived from La Crosse yes
terday with a force of men and has
started in On the work. It is eX-
pected that the decorating on the first
floor will be completed in about two
weeks, when the county officers will
move in.
j. w. Warren, this week, received
news of a brother whom he has not
seen for nineteen years and who was
supposed by Mr.. Warren to be dead.
Word came to Mr.. Warren through a
neice in Illinois that his brother had
arrived there, and Mr.. Warren has
written him to come to Bookings and
get acquainted with his relatives.
Miss Palma Ensberg departed Mon
day for Brookings where she remains
for a time with her sister, Mrs. A. j.
Dokken. Mr.. and Mrs. Dokken have
moved to Brookings having sold the
store at Bristol, being discouraged on
account of the failure of the crop in
that locality. What business Mr..
Dokken will engage in at Bookings
we have not learned.-Toronto
Herald.
immigration Commissioner Deets
while in Brookings Friday informed
us that the state would receive this
week the silver cup, which was won
by South Dakota at the st. Paul land
show, for the grand sweepstake prize
for corn. The prize was taken on
ten ears which were taken from the
Mitchell corn palace to the ST. Paul
exhibit.
The report OF DR.. c N. Hoyt, sec
rotary of the state board Of health on
contagious diseases for December
llON IuC SLldllCDI hullDCl VI CdocE
classed as contagious, than for any
month during the past year. In rs
counties none such cases were re
ported. Day county reported 20 cases
of typhoid fever for the month, Out
of which number there were four
deaths.
Palmer & Narum, the painters
have rented the building two doors
west OF the Register office and viii
open a psint-shop there about the
first of February. They will do paint
ing decorating and paper-hanging
sign painting and carriage and auto
painting. These two gentlemen have
the reputation of being first-class
workmen in their line, and undoubted
ly will have a good patronage in their
new place Of business.
Some time ago We mentioned the
now ~autnmOhila tire that Ed Shult2