The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-07-22
The Catholic ladies will hold a bake
solo az Coppp11y'c Saturday

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the Ellis-Hall Co. department store.
f. M. Ellis and family left in their
car yesterday for a ten days visit in
Iowa.
Mrs. F. E. Brown departed Tuesday
morning for a visit with relatives at
Paris, Ill.
Typewriter paper, 13 pound bond
SRx11, at the Register office for $1.00
per thousand sheets.
Mrs. w. E. Purdy - Mt to Water
town Saturday evening to join Mr..
Purdy, who was camping there.
Mrs. John Whitmus, who is suffer
ing from blood poisoning. is reported
to be in a very serious condition.
Mrs. S. l.. Martin of P~ipestone, was
a guest at the home of Prof. and Mrs.
G. A. Starring the last of the week.
Frank Knox, a former college stu
dent and athlete, was here this week
making arrangements to attend school
next year.
Mrs. Russell Jensen returned to
Watertown Tuesday evening, after a
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Gamble.
Mrs. w. d. Nelson of Pierre, was a
guest at the Geo. Jarman home the
first of the week on her way home
from the east.
Misses Mable and Grace Bacon left
Thursday night for Minneapolis, where
they will visit friends for a week or so.
The former will have her eyes treated
while there.
B. L. Wilson returned Tuesday from
Hayti, where he has been in charge of
the brick laying on the new bank
building for which the Void Construc-
ton company has the contract.
Come and learn all you can about
Mccall patterns. The Fashion Expert
representing the Mccall Co. will be
at the Bee Hive Store Saturday, July
"a, and will tell you everything about
them.
Thos. Parsons and wife drove owe
from White one day this week to visit
old friends. Prof. Parsons was a
former resident of B%rookings and stu
dent Of the State College, and is now
at the head of the botany department
of the University of Wyoming.
Prof. B. E. McProud departed Fri
day evening for Lincoln, Neb., where
he takes a position on the faculty of
Nebraska Wesleyan university. Mrs.
McProud left a couple of weeks ago
for Lincoln. The McProuds have
taken a prominent part in social and
church circles during their residence
in Brookings and q large number of
friends will regret their departure.
Geo. w. Cobel, the new cashier of
the First National, has rented the
Marvin house now under construction
in north Brookings and he has stored
his household goods for the present.
His family are now visiting at Demp-
ster. Mr.. Cobel has made a fine i'm,
preston with our people, as he is a
live business man and a good mixer
and he will make a valuable addition
to the business interests of the city.
Rev. Ruste was here Sunday and
Monday visiting his son, DR., Ruste,
the c~hiropractic, and the family Of
Geo. Rude. Rev. Ruste was one Of the
first ministers of the county, serving
as a pastor of the Medary Lutheran
church for several years, beginning in
1879. Brookings had no Lutheran
church at that time and the members
of that faith here attended the Medary
church. Rev. Ruste is now living in
McCook county.
Saturday night a severe hailstorm
went over the northern part of this
county, doing heavy damage. 1t start
ed hear the Sioux river and went east
ward, jumping from place to place in
an erratic manner and did it's worst
apparently east of White. The loss on
some fields is ten per cent and in
others it completely wiped out the
crops. The loss will be a heavy one,
but many of the farmers are protect
ed by insurance.
Geo. P. Sexauer & Son received the
following letter from n of their ele-
vator agents this week, which reads
like the "off again, on again, gone
again, %Finnegan" stuff. The letter
says: There was some party last
night who cut a hole in the south
door of the Office and could not get in
that way, then went to east window,
broke pane to get at stop, went into
office, broke into the desk, got nothing,
unlocked north office door and went
out"
Mrs. Clarissa Stedman celebrated
her Sind birthday at the home OF her