The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-30
Local and Personal

The big shoe sale is still on at GILES.
pie & Rogers.
R. M. Solberg was at Aurora on bust.
ness yesterday.
Mrs. w. J.. Gentle visited at Water
town the first of the week.
The new style" Oliver typewriter
ribbon at the Register office.
Ansco cameras and all kinds of
photo supplies at Kendall's.
The college seniors will present
"The Amazons" as their class play.
The Sioux river is reported to have
risen six inches since the heavy rains
of the past week.
c. o. Quail has started building
operations for his fine new home in
northwest Brookings.
R. E. Anderson, who is on the road
for an auto accessory company, visited
over Sunday at home.
G. A. Mathews and family arrived
home this week from a pleasant win
ter's ~sojourn in Florida.
Hans Fjerstad of Sioux Falls, was
here this week visiting at the home of
his sister, Mrs. R. B. Forsee.
DR.. Foster started building opera
tions last week on east Williams
street and will put up a nice home.
Come in, get a bargain from our sale
tables, and take a look at the latest
styles. Gillespie & Rogers, footfitters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sanders are ex-
pected home in a few days from Del
ray, Florida, where they have spent
the winter.
Harry M. Hedge arrived from Chica-
go Saturday evening for a visit at the
home of his brother, Dean Hedge, of
the college.
Have you the new Oliver machine?
If you have, new metal spool and
ribbon can be found at the Register
office. We sell 'em.
S. j. Wood was down from Pierre
the latter part of the week and spent
a day or two on business and visiting
relatives and friends.
This week s.. H. McCarl sold a REQ
car to Cashier Flittie of the Bank Of
Brookings, and a Case car to Roy
Bulls, north of the city.
There is no occasion for worry over
the two or three cases Of scarlet fever
in the city. The patients are doing
nicely, and there is no prospect what
ever of the disease spreading.
j. w. Warren is moving his machine
shop into the new building which was
erected some time ago. The new quar-
tiers are much larger and lighter than
the old place, and considerable new
machinery has been added.
DR.. A. A. Harris has had his house
moved to the rear end of the lot this
week and will erect a splendid home
on the site vacated. 1t is expected
that the new residence will cost be-
tween seven and eight thousand dol
lars.
There has been some talk of ar.
ranging for special telegraph service
of wal news and have it placed on a
bulletin board at some convenient
point, and if trouble with Mexico con-
tinues it is probable that this will be
done.
The Baptist parsonage was sold this
week to M. S. Thayer, who will move
it to a lot east of Arthur Atoms on
Third street. Mr.. Thayer will occupy
it with his family as soon as it has
been repaired and modernized. The
Baptists will build a nice new par
sonage, to cost about $500.
Prof. Harry M. Hedge arrived from
Chicago Saturday evening and is
spending the week at the home Of his
brother, Dean Hedge of the State Col.
lege. Prof. Hedge is an instructor in
the Northwestern medical school. On
Tuesday evening he gave an interest
ing address to the college men at the
auditorium.