The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-02-08

William ]. Butler and Lizzie L,
LAWN of Elkton, took out a license to
wed this week.
The city council at its Monday ev'
ening meeting granted a plumbers
license to A. f. Marvin.
If You Want to Buy, Sell, Rent, Lo-
cate or Get Information, Write or Call
at the Office of the Bookings Register.
Mrs. Malcolm 4ldrich returned to
her home at Minneapolis Tuesday
morning, after spending ten days Wis
iting B~rookings relatives and friends.
Mrs. J. B. Rasmussen came up from
Verdi, Mimi, Friday evening, called
here by illness in the family Of her
daughter, Mrs. c. j. Nelson. She was
called home again Monday by the i'll
ness of her husband.
Rev. A. f. Won Tobel went to Parker
yesterday to attend the S~ynodical
Mems brotherhood convention. He
will deliver an address before the on
vention.
A large eastern concern, which ad-
vertises extensively in the weekly
papers, writes this office that the
Register is the best and cleanest look
ing paper that comes to their desk.
Roy Soule arrived from Artesian the
last of the week for a visit of a month
at home. He is working in the drug
store at Artesian for Mac Hayter, the
well known former college student
and athlete.
Prof. and Mrs. Ender, Fred Stolten-
burg and T. B. Kelly returned home
the first of the week from st. Paul,
whene they took in the week of grand
opera.
DR.. A. A. Brigham delivered an ad-
dress on poultry at the farmers in
stitute at Aberdeen Thursday. The
Aberdeen News a y Il It it was one
of the best and most practical talks
Of the institute.
Father Shean went to Elkton Mon
day morning, called there by the Sc
rous illness of Monsignor Sheahan,
who suffered a partial stroke Of pa
ralysis and whose condition was Sc
rious for a time.
Commissioner Jarvis was unable to
attend the meeting of the county
board yesterday, being confined to his
home by an attack OF quinsy.
G. A. Skinner left this morning for
Chicago to be gone a couple of weeks,
during which he will visit his daught-
er, Miss Leila, and select new goods
for the department store.
Hans Tote, one of the pioneer resi-
dents of the county, passed away at
his home northwest of town Tuesday
night. He husked corr during the day
Tuesday and on arriving at the house
he was seized with a chill and lived
but a short time.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Frank Thompson, who is now located
at Twin Falls, Idaho, in which he
says: Everything fine in sunny south
ern Idaho. We have had a little snow,
which has almost disappeared, other
wise the winter has been fine"
DR.. A. w. Hyde returned yesterday
morning from Rochester, where he
accompanied Mrs. T. c. Connolly to
the hospital. Mrs. Connolly was opera
ted upon Tuesday and DR.. Hyde re-
ported that she recovered nicely from
the operation.
Last Friday afternoon was ladies'
day at the commercial club and a
crowd of nearly two hundred wives
and friends of the members gathered.
The ladies had a glorious time, so
they tell us, but they wouldn't say
what they did for amusement. The
success Of the first ladies' day assures
that the feature will be a permanent
one.
A letter from Mrs. Evelyn H. Pond
informs the Register that she is now
back in Spokane, after her eastern
visit. She says that she is glad to
be back to a warmer climate, after
her trip to South Dakota. She was
visiting her daughter, Mrs. NJ. r. Hop
kins at Aberdeen during the cold
weather in January, which she says
was the coolest she ever experienced
during her long residence in South
Dakota.
We are in receipt of the monthly
weather report for January from the
Huron bureau. This shows that the
month was the coolest January since
1888, and the second coolest January
since the bureau was established in
1882. The first fifteen days Of the
month, the "cold SPELL" was probably
the coolest two weeks in the history