The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-01

Mrs. Shea returned home Sunday
evening from her visit at Blunt.
\. WeXler has purchased w. B.
Poole's house in south Brookings.
Ed. Woodwork was at Jasper, MINI.
on business the latter part of the week.
E. B. Wiley left Monday evening for
Watertown and Sioux Falls for a few
days business trip.
w. NJ. Cheever left Tuesday morn
ing for Sioux Falls to remain a day or
two on legal business.
A fine healthy son arrived on Sun
day to gladden. the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. A. Bitterness.
Mrs. R. l.. Slagle returned home
Monday evening from her visit f a
week at Minneapolis.
The Senior class of the college are
~rehearsing Clyde Fitche's "The Climb
ers," which will be presented as the
class play in June.
G. L. Gibbons Of Shaler, Iowa, ar
rived Saturday evening to look after
his farm in this county and to visit his
sister, Mrs. M. S. Thay"r.
VIM. Shaphorst has the foundation
~eXcavated for a handsome new home,
which he will build on his lots just
west of his present residence on West
Williams street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Miner returned
home last week from their winters
visit in the south, and report that they
had a very pleasant trip, but are glad
to get back to Bookings.
The regular meeting of Pleasant
View grange, north of the city, will be
held tomorrow evening. There will be
a large class of candidates initiated,
followed by a program and the serving
of refreshments.
Lewis johnson was over from the
West Side between trains Tuesday.
Mr.. Johnson does not get over to
Brookings as often as he formerly did,
when a member of the county board,
but his visits, though infrequent, are
always enjoyed by his friends here.
F. NJ. Ellis went to Ellsworth, Mimi,
Tuesday morning to get his auto,
which he had to leave there last week
on account CT the heavy roads, and he
returned home yesterday. His family
arrived here the last of the week and
have taken rooms for the present, but
Mr.. Ellis expects to buy or build a
home.
There are no shows booked for the
Brookings opera house, but it is expect
ed that one or two more attractions
will appear here before the close of
the season. H. l.. Walker, manager of
the Walker circuit, is now in Chicago,
and it is expected that he and S. S.
Speddon will organize a musical COM
edy to play through this section.
There is an unusual demand his
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experiment station. One reason for
this demand is the general awakening
along agricultural lines. The activity
of the farmers institutes and the var
ious farming associations also tends to
increase the demands for information
concerning soils, crops, and farm ami
mails which feed upon the crops. Many
people are also watching the daily re-
ports from Washington to note if any,
thing is done there which will affect
the industries of the farm.
Ocean Genevieve, the four year old
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Bruce,
passed away Saturday evening after a
two weeks illness, death being due to
IN attack of measles followed by pneu-
monia. The funeral was held from the
NJ. E. church on Monday afternoon at
two-thirty and was conducted by Rev.
o. E.: Boyce of Watertown, district
superintendent, who preached a very
comforting sermon. He was assisted
by Revs. Hoffman, Won Tobel and Gard
ner. The service was largely attend
ed, and the floral pieces were many and
beautiful. The little girl was the third
child of the family and was born at
Brighton, Iowa, November 81, 1908.
The pail bearers were six little girls,
as follows: Mayme and Minnie
Thayer, May Swift, Leah Vinegar,
Faith Chidester, Hazel Miner. The
Register joins in the general express
sion of sympathy that has been extend
ed to the bereaved family.