The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-09-10

= pIS0n was over from SiOu
FANS a day or two this week.
Or kngelson was over TO Volga on
professional business Tuesday.
a daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
I. Christopherson on Saturday.
r = Carr OF Webster, has taken a
position IN the Bookings Pharmacy.
Mrs. Peter Short returned Monday
night from Z ten days visit at Pierson,
Iowa.
j. + thlig of Denver, Colo, is the
new fountain expert at the Brookings
Candv Kitchen.
Miss Halle Hyde departed yester.
day morning for Moscow, Idaho. to re-
sumo her duties as instructor in the
state university.
Mr and Mrs. c. o. Quail left Mon
day night for the Twin Cities to spend
four or five days.
spent most of last week at the home of
his sister, Mrs. V. L. Mccoy.
Russel Phelps came up from Sioux
City Sunday for a weeks visit at the
home Of his aunt, Mrs. A. j. Kendall.
Miss Kate Slightam departed Tues
day morning for Monroe, Wis, where
she will teach domestic science in the
high school.
G. F. Hepner and family returned
home Saturday from their extended
visit to Minnesota points by auto.
They made about 1900 miles on the
trip.
THE Time. the Place and the Girl"
at the opera house Saturday night is a
real high class musical comedy that
has broken more records than any sim
liar show.
August Friedel, who lives ten or
twelve miles north of the city, was
very seriously injured in a runaway on
Wednesday Of last week, but is slowly
recovering.
Geo. Daum, a former resident of
Bookings, has been visiting relatives
and friends here and in the western
part of the county this week. He is
now located at Chicago.
Dad Mix, the Brookings horse, won
second money in the $4,000 stake race
at the Minnesota state fair on Tues
day. This is quite an achievement, as
he was in pretty fast company, the
time being 2:07A.
Rev. Bruce and family have moved
into the new NJ. E. parsonage, al
though it is not quite completed. The
work on the addition to the church is
nearing completion and will be ready
for use in a couple of weeks.
The high school football squad under
the command of Coach Dillon started
work on Monday evening. Mr.. Dillon
tells us that he will have a light team,
but hopes that it will be fast enough to
overcome the shortage of weight.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Cheever and Mrs.
Homer ReXford returned home Satur-
day morning from their several weeks
outing at Isle Royal. Mr.. Cheever re-
ports that he had some good fishing,
although the lake trout did not run
as large as in former years.
The Time, the Place and the Girl"
will be presented at the opera house
next Saturday evening. This is a
large and excellent company, with a
real beauty chorus, and the music is
the largest collection of lovely melo-
dies ever heard in one show.
c. A. Johnson & Sons garage on
north Main street is practically COM
pleted except for some inside work.
The garage is n of the largest and
finest in the state, with an abundance
of light, and will make the Buick a fine
home. A large electric spelling sign
was put up this week.
H. J. Webster, the aviator who made
he flights at the fair last week, in
formed us that Bookings vas the
prettiest looking city ne had ever seer
from a birds eye view and he has
been up over a good many. The wide
straight streets and abundance of
trees made the town look, he said, just
Ike a big green checker board.
John Bailey passed away at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Garnett
Hedge, on Saturday, after an illness
extending over ten days. Mr.. Bailey
came here 20 visit his daughter and
was in good health, but was stricken
o after his arrival, his death being
due to cancer. He was siXty-eight
years old, and was one of the promin-
ent contractors of Des Moines. and had
built many of the larger buildings in
hat city. The remains We're taken to
Des Moines for burial Sunday, and
were accompanied by Dean and Mrs.
ledge.