The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-02-29
Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley and Flax
for Sale at the Brookinqs Roller Mills.

postmaster Adam ROy.l and VIE
were down from Arlington Thursday.
John Lovett went over 10 Aurora
Thursday morning to visit his brother.
A. f. Bun day was down from Bruce
between trains Saturday.
Delbert Binford was down from Ar
lington on business Saturday.
G. w. Austin, the Bruce banker, was
down to Brookings between trains
Thursday.
z. Prentice went to Sioux Falls
Friday morning to spend a day or two
on business.
Attorney F. w. Cuckow went to
Sioux Falls to spend a few days on
legal business.
Protect your valuable papers in a
Safety Deposit box at the First Ma
tional Bank. $1.00 per year.
]. p. Johnson went to Heron Lake
Mimi, Friday morning to visit a week
or ten days with his parents.
Miss Clara Nelson returned home
Thursday morning from a few days
visit with her sister at Arlington.
Miss Maude Kline returned home
Friday morning from a several days
visit with friends at Castlewood.
Miss Fielder, a teacher in the Lake
Benton schools, visited at the home
of Thos. Alton a day or two of the
last week.
Mrs. E. H. Patterson returned home
last evening from Chicago, where she
spent a couple of weeks selecting a
new spring stock for her millinery
department at SINNERS.
Geo. Maryland left for points east
Monday morning in the interests of
the Fridley Automobile company, who
are now doing a wholesale as we'll
as a retail business in auto supplies.
]. Ray Fridley spent a few days
last week at the Minneapolis auto
show. He reports that the Brictson
Manufacturing company's booth at
tracted more attention than any other
one feature of the show.
Mrs. McGarry returned home Thurs
day morning from a weeks visit with
her daughter at Volga.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Hill returned home Thurs
day morning from a visit at the home
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Mrs. c. K. Barton returned to her
home at Minneapolis Thursday morn
ing after a visit at the home of her
sister, Mrs. F. II. Barton. She was
called here by the illness of her
mother, who is ninety-three years old.
Joe. w. Owen of Spokane, Wash,
is in the city visiting his cousin, DR..
A.. w. Hyde. Mr.. Owen is an old
newspaper man, but is now in the
land business, one of the partners of
his firm being Governor Hay of Wash
ington.
The pure food demonstration at
SINNERS department store Friday and
Saturday was perhaps the most sue
cessful one ever held in the city. Be-
tween eight hundred and a thousand
people were served with the pure food
d~elicacies during the two days.
f. H. Williams, who has been in
poor health for some time, was taken
to the Rochester hospital the last
of the week, where he is under the
personal care of DR.. Chas. Mayo. Word
from there this week is to the effect
that the famous urgeon has not de-
f%inately decided upon the cause of the
trouble.
j. II. Roberts returned home the
last Of the week from a couple of
weeks visit to the Pacific coast. He
says that business conditions in that
section are at a low ebb and that
thousands Of men are out of employ
ment in Seattle, Spokane and other
large cities.
II. Fl. Stoner, superintendent of
diliCiS Institutes LOT SOuLn Ddhold,
spent a couple of days here the last
of the week. He informed us that
an ususually successful series Of in
stitutes had been held this winter, and
he predicted a good institute for
Brookings next week. Mr.. Stoner has
his office and headquarters here, but
his family reside at Highmore.
Arthur Marvin, who recently opened
a plumbing shop in the basement OF
the Bradbury building, has been joined
by his father and the firm is now 8.
Marvin & Son. Mr.. Marvin has
been connected with the Skiff & Ray
plumbing shop for the past two or
three years and Is known as an ex-
pert workman. The new firm should
be a success.