The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18
Local and Personal

Monday nlBnt from MduiSoh'
Leslie Gooch went ove to volga
Monday evening and remained be-
tween trains.
Mrs. A. J. Dokken went up to Water
town Tuesday evening to spend a few
days with friends.
Mrs. Neil Labbitt of Sioux City, is
here to spend the holidays with her
mother, Mrs. Boyd.
Mrs. f. A. Evans left yesterday
morning for a visit with relatives at
Walnut Grove, MINI.
Mrs. c. B. Herreman returned home
Tuesday evening from a couple of
weeks visit at GAINESVILLE, MINI.
Miss Digre, formerly a nurse in this
city, was here a day or two this week,
returning to Hendricks yesterday
morning.
Prof. Jas. II. Shepard has been quite
i'll for a number of days but we are
pleased to know that he Is better at
this writing.
Prof. NJ. C. Bates departed yester-
day morning for Springfield. ILL.,, to
join Mrs. Bates and visit over the holi-
days with relatives.
Arthur Marvin went down to Elk
ton yesterday morning to complete a
plumbing job, and he was accom-
panied by Mrs. Marvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. McElmurry re-
turned home Thursday from Elrod,
where they spent a few days visiting
Mr.. McElmurry's brother.
The Xmas number of the White
Leader last week was a hummer and
indicates that the new proprietor, Mr..
Smith, is onto his job.
John Whitmus, who has been oper-
ating a linotype at Olwein, Iowa, ar
rived the first of the week to spend
the holidays with his parents.
Prof. J. w. Wilson went up to Cres-
bard Tuesday evening to purchase a
bunch of colts to be used in some feed
ing experiments at the college farm.
Mrs. Judson Mills of Lake Preston, a
former teacher in the city schools,
spent a couple Of days the latter part
of the week at the home of Mayor
Johnson.
Miss Emma Johnson, the nurse at
the Deaconess hospital, who was so
very i'll for several weeks, was taken
to st. Paul the latter part of the week
for treatment.
Fred Killing returned home from
Chicago Tuesday evening, where he
marketed sheep. w. A. Caldwell and J.
A. Keck who were there on a similar
errand, returned home Saturday even
ing.
DR.. Seaman, president of Dakota
Wesleyan University of Mitchell, and
Rev. Jenkins, financial agent for the
institution, were in the city Friday
consulting with G.. F. Knappen, who is
a member of the board of trustees.
MI. and Mrs. w. H. Murphy receiv-
ed a message yesterday from Mime
apolis that their grandson was not ex
pected to live. Mrs. Murphy, Miss
May Murphy and John Murphy went
up last night, and Mr.. Murphy goes
today.
Fifteen cars of sheep shipped to
Chicago last week was a pretty good
shipment at one time from the little
town of Bruce, but E. A. Grape will
have a larger shipment If the market
is favorable, in a short ti~me.-Bruce
Herald.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Ben Schaphorst in which he says that
ne, Roy Nord, Bland Catlett and Cecil
Skinner, the Brookings delegation at
the University Of Michigan, will be
home to spend the holidays the first
of the week.
Our local plumbing firms are busy
in nearby towns this week. 8. Marvin
& Son and Rio Miner have heating
plants to put in and other plumbing
work at Elkton, and the Brookings
Construction Company has a good
sized job at Gear Lake.
Jess Workman delivered a load of
at the Barg elevator a few
days ago that weighed out 221
bushels and II pounds. II any of our
readers have ever sold Q load Of oats
that weighed any more than this we
would like to know about it.-White
Leader.
Coach and Mrs. II. w. Ewing enter
tanned the college football team at
dinner on Thursday evening. followed
by q social time. The boys got to-
during the evening and elected
Bernard r. Sheehan Of Aberdeen the
star quarterback, as captain Of the
1914 team.
Brookings Lodge No. "a A. r. & A.
M. installed the following oficers
Tuesday evening: W. NJ, n. Il
Stearns: q. w. B. A. Dunbar: J. w,
G. T. King; treasurer, L ]. Kendall;
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