The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-07-30

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Watch for the New Orleans Min
srrels' parade Saturday, August 1.
The Great Clearance Sale at The
Toggery closes Saturday, August 1st.
Mrs. Hamilton of Chicago, is visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs. w. l..
Purdy.
at The Fad Saturday-Matinee and
evening.
Mrs. Anna Lawshe of St. Paul, has
been the guest of Brookings friends the
past week.
Greatest colored Minstrel Show I'M
der IVA will be here Saturday,
August /.
The Refrigerator Cars Captive
Two reel Railroad Story at The Fad,
Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Austin visited
relatives and friends at Bruce the first
of the week.
\ heavy rain set in last night and is
still going this morning and it will be
a bis benefit to the country.
\. j.. Young returned home Thurs
day from his trip in Wisconsin, and
left Mrs. Young there for a longer
visit.
Mrs. Thos. Ross, a former resident
of this county, is visiting friends here
this week. She is now living at Boise,
Idaho.
The party who has my young hum
ing dog tied up will save serious
trouble and prosecution by returning
him. r. II. Anderson.
r. II. Anderson returned home Satur-
day evening from Shields, n. D., where
his expert services were in demand to
fix up a balky steam engine.
DR.. and Mrs. Fee and two children
arrived Thursday night from Fort Col
Inns. Colo, for a visit with the Cald-
we'll, Wilson and Sloan families.
We have 10 boxes of Neidich Process
Standard Carbon Paper, to close out
at $3.50 per box, at the Register office.
Always sells regularly at $500.
Lester Hubbard, who is breaking on
the Huron-Tracy division, has been
here this week to visit home folks and
attend the wedding of his brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Gingrick of La
Porte City, Iowa, were guests at the
home of Henry Weise a few days the
last of the week, returning home Sat
urday morning. Mr.. Gingrick is a
banker at La Porte City.
NJ. X. Fowler, private secretary to
Col. Luce. was here from Minneapolis
the last of the week. He was accom-
panied by Engineer Day of the Luce
Line, who went on to Madison to sur
vey the line from that city to Brook
ings.
With the prospect of having Main
and Williams streets torn up for from
[ four to six weeks awaiting the arrival
of new pipe there is a strong protest
going up from the business men along
these streets. 1t does look as though
our business men should have some
. consideration in the matter and by a
t little foresight such a condition could
be avoided.
| O. T. Bogstie, who lives near the
Brictson factory, presented the fire
d. boys with ten dollars, as an evidence
g.. of his appreciation for the efficient
5 work of the department in combining
: the fire to the Brictson building. The
t boys do their work willingly and with
. out pay and they are pleased when
they receive such evidences of appre,
citation as this.
Claude Davis, the drayman, tells us
that he is OF the warpath. While
driving home from the lake Sunday
evening a. local auto driver, who evi,
IDENTIFY was trying to be smart, drove
so close to the Davis rig that the rear
end of the auto struck one of Mr..
| Davis horses, nearly knocking it down.
Inc aHdlr happened near GeO. EDeF-
lein's, where there is a wide road and
there was absolutely no need of coming
!, so close. MI. Davis says that he is go
ing to find out what can be done to
i. punish reckless driving of this kind.
The Wilson,, Caldwell and Sloan fam
: lilies expected to have a family reunion
here this week, but received word yes
terday that their sister had met with
t an accident on the way. She and her
: husband had started from their Iowa
home for Bookings by auto and when
about thirty miles on the way the auto
went into the ditch. The lady received
a broken arm and both her and her
husband were considerably bruised
{ but fortunately the injuries are not ser
, ious in either case. The relatives here
, have not received word as to whether
; they will continue the journey to
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