The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-16

A big crowd of students with the col.
lege band were down to the depot Fri
day evening to welcome the Carleton
football team.
Leonard Allison, a member of Garlic
ton football team, was a guest at the
home Of his uncle, A. b. Allison, while
the team a in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Ostroot of
Astoria, came over the first Of the
week for a few days visit at the home
of her sister, Mrs. o. o. Graves.
Mrs. E. c. Olson and Lyle came up
from Sioux Falls Sunday night to
spend a few days at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Williams.
Mr.. Olson anne up Tuesday morning.
John Wornson went up to Water.
town Monday evening, where he has
made arrangements to open a photo
graph gallery. Mr.. Wornson is an ex-
perienced photographer and should do
we'll at WATERFOWL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Poulson and Miss
Gladys Poulson of ~Castlewood, came
down Sunday and spent the day at the
home of Mrs. Poulson's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. E.. Bacon. Mrs. Bacon ac-
companied them home for a weeks
visit.
NJ. l.. Erickson, manager of the dry
goods department at the Skinner &
yesterday noon. He was decorating
the ledge above n of the counters
and in stepping down he slipped, strik-
ing his chin against the counter. The
jaw was not broken, but it was severe
ly bruised and a deep cash was cut in
the flesh under the chin.
Many beneficial effects are being de-
rived from the medical examination Of
public school children at Aberdeen,
prior to their admittance to school this
year. The reports of the examining
physicians show 600 case of enlarged
~tonsils, 779 cases Of bad teeth, eighty
six children had adenoids, one child
a defective palate, nine children defec-
tive spines, two cases of lung trouble
were reported, twenty-nine cases of
heart trouble were found, one child had
enlarged cervical glands, three were
anemic, two had ~pediculosis vermia,
seven had asthma and five had skin
diseases.
The worlds championship baseball
series last week attracted quite a
little attention from local fans and
bulletins We're received each day. The
Philadelphia team Of the American
league easily defeated the New York
Giants of the National league, winning
four out of five games. The Cleve-
land team of the American league
triupmhed over Pittsburg of the Ma
tional league and al Chicago the Amer
lean league team also walloped its
National rival, SO the National league
followers get little satisfaction out Of
the week, Gregg, formerly pitcher on
the State College team, won two
games for Cleveland in it's series with
P%ittsburg.
A Sears-Roebuck catalogue appeared
at u Office last week. 1t came like
Poe's raven-uninvited and unsolicited.
The only thing it brought was food for
thought. In 1912 the Sears-Roebuck
corporation earned $1,000, 900 making a
surplus of $4,000, 900 at the end of that
year. The profit vas made by under
paid girls, whose sole means of livli-
hood Is the revenue derived from posi-
tons paying little better than starva.
ton wages, and when complaint Is
made they are advised to employ their
evening hours. Over the length and
breadth of this wonderful land of the
free and home of the brave, live men
support such an institution. Lieut.,
Gov. O'Hara chairman of the white
slave investigating committee, said
that in Chicago, and in other Illinois
cities, girls work ten hours a day and
work hard for a pittance Of $3.50 a
week. Think 1t over, you people who
believe that next to the Bible the
Sears-Roebuck catalogue comes first
on the list OF books for the home-Ex.