The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
Pbilo Hall left Monday evening for

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ness between trains Friday evening.
Miss Winifred Crouch spoke at Gary
Sunday in the interests of the hospital.
If you enjoy an evening Of laughter,
be at the opera house Thursday, May
22nd.
Miss Hazel Lcnocker of Dexter, Iowa
was the guest of Miss Leila Linn last
week. y
ton visiting friends the first Of the
week.
The Brookings Orchestra furnished
music for a dance at Tyler Saturday
night.
The VIM. Paul family are expected
home Saturday from their California
visit.
What did you say? oh, yes. Bull
garian ties at Skinner & Ellis Depart
ment Store.
Mrs. c. A. Davis went over to Bush
nell Friday morning for a few days
visit with her parents.
Misses Ada and Ruth Erwin depart
ed Thursday evening for a visit with
relatives at Toledo, Iowa.
Miss Lulu McNeiH of Sioux Falls,
has been a guest at the home of Mrs.
J. s. Smith the past week.
VIM. Henry returned home to Flan-
dreau yesterday morning after spend
ing a week here on business.
Mrs. o. o. Graves and children re-
turned home Friday morning from a
few days visit at Watertown.
Bert Lee came up from Mankato
Thursday evening and spent a few
days at the c. A. Johnson home.
Mrs. Frank Bush of Arlington, came
down Friday morning and visited owe
Sunday at the home of Mrs. House.
C. o. Quail and A. J.. Katz autoed
over to Howard Sunday to look after
affairs at the Columbia store at that
place.
C~hristensen's orchestra furnished
music for the knights of Columbus
festivities at Elkton Sunday, and Miss
Lila Alton sang.
The state board of regents ar
rived Tuesday night and yesterday
morning and are holding a business
session at the State College.
If you are looking for shadow, all
over laces, and trimming you will find
a new and complete assortment at he
Skinner & Ellis Department Store.
J. G.. Miles has rented one of his
houses in east Brookings to a gentle
man named Lee who moved here with
his family from Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A front entrance is being put in to
the plumbing shop of Rio Miner in the
basement of the Press building. Mr..
Miner is also fixing up a neat office in
the front part.
Mrs. w. w. Pierce returned to her
home at Black River Falls, Wis, on
Friday morning, after spending several
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Arneson.
Manager Quail of the Columbia, tells
us that their annual anniversary sale
on Saturday was a very successful one
and that a large number of people
visited the store during the day.
The North Western has granted a
fare and one-third to Hot Springs for
the annual state fire tournament, to be
held in June; and the fare will be
$3.50 for the round trip from Brook
ings.
The railroad company has put on an
extra car on its trains this week, to
run during the summer, for the handl-
ing of the large amount of milk and
cream that will be shipped the next
few months.
Mr.. and Mrs. E H. Williams return
ed home Monday evening from Delray,
Florida, where they spent the winter.
Mr.. Williams, whose health was poor
when he left Brookings last fall, is now
feeling very much better.
c. A. Johnson & Son this week sold
two more Bucks to Brookings people
and one to a party at Clark. Geo. p.
Sexauer and G. A. Mathews were the
local purchasers and they selected the
big 40-horse power machines.
Mrs. Sadie Fowler of Tacoma, Wash.
and her daughter, Mrs. Earl Howard
of Huron, came down from the latter
place Tuesday morning for a visit of a
few days at the c. A. Skinner home.
Mrs. Fowler is a cousin Of Mrs. Skin
ner.
Four Brookings people go to Rapid
City next week to attend the meetings
of the I. o. O. +. and Rebekah grand
lodges. Mrs. c. o. Quail will represent
! the Rebekahs, w. r. Vinegar the En-
: campment and o. w. Slocum the sub
ordinate lodge. c. A. Palmer will go
out to attend the l. o. o. F. Secretarys'
Association.
We are In receipt of an announce
ment of the Decoration Day services at
Watertown, with a cordial invitation
to the people of the city to attend, and
we note that Judge Sherwood of Clark,
will be the speaker of the day. The
people of Brooking would be only too
glad to help Waterfowl observe the
day we're it not for the fact that We
will have splendid services of our own
on that day.
Geo. P. SeXauer & Son purchased a
$4,000 bushel elevator at Lake Benton
last week and also the old mill build
ings there. The mill has been closed
. about a year, meeting the same fate as
other institutions of the kind in this
section, and the machinery will be
taken out and shipped to Canada,
where the competition of the big mills
is not so acute. Mr.. Sexauer traded in
, is automobile on the deal.
The committee appointed by the
Commercial Club to solicit funds for
, the publicity department of the col.
lege has been busy this week and re-
/ port that the business men have
) shown a fine spirit and have responded
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