The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-11-26

or TWO on business.
Ladies' suits, coats, dresses and
and skirts at a great sacrifice at Ellis.
Hall Co. Department Store.
Annual meeting of Brookings Lodge
No. "a, A. F. & A. NJ, Tuesday, De.
cember 1st. All members are request
ed to be present.
The Past Grand Association will
meet at the home of Mrs. Rudolph
next Tuesday afternoon, December
l, at three O'Clock.
The Register has another new de-
partment this week, Heard on the
Street" which we believe our readers
will find interesting.
Miss Helen Schouweiler come up
Tuesday evening from Mankato, where
she is attending school, and went from
here to her home at White to spend
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Glidden are enter
tanning today Mr.. Glidden's nephew,
Berle Story of Marshall, Mimi, and his
brother-in-law, j. B. Devine and daugh-
ter of Faux county.
The last number of the Twin City
Commercial Bulletin has a nice write
up of the Ellis-Hall Department Store
of this city, together with two fine in
terror views of the store.
Mrs. John Lawson went up to Lake
Preston Tuesday evening in response
to a message that her brother was
dead. Mr.. Lawson went up yesterday
morning to attend the funeral.
Holiday goods purchased now will
be laid away until such time as you
wish them. This will enable you to
make your selections while the stock
is full. Ellis-Hall Co. Department
Stire.
Arthur Mathews arrived home this
week for an indefinite stay. He has
been working in a copper smelter at
Great Falls, Montana, but all of the
big shelters in that city were closed
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We are in receipt of a letter from
Ed. Wilson asking to have his Regis
ter SEN to Pasadena, Cal, where the
family moved a few weeks ago. Mr..
Wilson says: 1--WE have bought a
house and like the country, but want
to heal from Brookings county"
No froan hoe hnnn fntnd IF Tho
horse thieves who got away with the
three horses here a couple of weeks
ago. 1t seems strange that in a
thickly settled country no trace what
ever can be found of them and it is
presumed that they have c~onfederates
who are hiding them until it is safe
for them to get out of this section.
We are in receipt of an appeal from
the Salvation Army for help for the
Red Cross and other relief work in
Europe. Bandages, pads and linen
generally are greatly needed. The de-
mand is so enormous that an ''old
linen" campaign has been inaugurated.
Brookings ladies who can assist should
send their old linen to the Army head
quarters at 632 Boston Block, Mime
apolis.
An examination for the position of
freman-laborer will be held at Brook
ings post Office, December II. The ex-
animation is for the purpose of estab-
fishing a register of elegibles for above
named position. Salary $4,000 per
annum. Applicants will not have to
undergo al educational test, but will
be rated as to their experience and
physical ability. Blanks and instruc-
tons can be had by calling at post
office.
Miss Ethel Squirting, who is taking
the course at the Kirksville, Mo,
Nurses School, arrived home Tuesday
evening. She is just recovering from
an attack of typhoid fever, and will
remain at home for several weeks.
We are in receipt of an
ment from the South Dakota Anti
Saloon league that they will go before
the next legislature with an initiative
petition asking for a vote upon state
wide prohibition at the election of
1916.
A. J. Lockhart, of Clear Lake, was
in the city the latter part of the week.
He was on his return from Minneap-
oils where, he said, he took dinner
with Hon. John E. Diamond. Both
are old timers in South Dakota and
we imagine how well they enjoyed
the visit together.
We are in receipt of a letter from
F. II. West asking to change the ad-
dress of his paper from Minneapolis
to Corning, Cal, as they are lost with
out the Register. Mr.. and Mrs. West
moved to California a few weeks ago
and report that they are well pleased
with the change. Mr.. West promises
us a long letter descriptive of the
country later IN.
In the Aberdeen News we notice