The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-04-15

Jay Pickett has moved into the
Kochenderfer house on Eleventh ve-
nue..
John Gullick was down from Water
town visiting relatives a day or two
this week.
Mrs. P. H. Connolly Of Elkton, visit
ed a few days last week at the homes
of her sons.
Robert Henry and DR.. Seaman yer
over from Volga on business between
trains Tuesday.
E. H. Sexauer left Tuesday morning
for points west to look after the firms
elevator interests.
The Hauff Dry Goods store has a
fine new awning, of a color dear to
the heart of an Irishman.
Mrs. NJ. E. Bacon returned Tuesday
morning from a few days visit with
her daughter at C~astlewood.
The Deaconess Aid Society will have
a home bake sale at Connolly Bros
store Saturday, April II. Secretary.
Read the BLACK Box" in the Regis
ter then go and see it at the Fad
April 22d. It's going to be a hum
mer.
Lee Comstock came in from Aber-
deem last evening and will spend sew
eral days at home looking after his
farm.
B. d. Lowell, who spent several days
here last week taking treatment at
the hospital, returned home to Elkton,
Saturday morning.
E. c. Olson accompanied the bunch
of Shriners home from Sioux Falls yes
terday and will go from here to other
points looking after his store interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pervis and chill
dren of Omaha, were guests the past
week at the home of her mother, Mrs.
James Nolan, leaving yesterday for
home.
C. B. Ahern residing in Moody
county, just over the line, was a
Brookings visitor on Saturday. Mr..
Ahern filed on the land, on which he
now lives, in 1878.
Profs. N. E. Hansen, J. w. Wilson,
E. D. Stivers and M. G. Carlisle, E. l..
Squirting returned last evening from
the big spring Ceremonial of Shrine
dom at Sioux Falls.
Prof. J. w. Wilson's colt ran away
one day this week and the way the pro-
fessor did a marathon after him made
some of his neighbors believe he was
training for the long distance events.
w. H. Hawley, a former resident of
Brookings and at one time sheriff of
the county, was in the city Tuesday
greeting old friends. He is now locat-
ed at Hayti, the new county seat Of
Hamlin county.
Thos. Bang has not as yet found a
satisfactory house to rent and may be
compelled to build in seif-defense. Mr..
Bang bought a lot on Medary venue
last week, but did not intend to build
until next year.
Mrs. J. l.. Jarvis was taken suddenly
ill with an attack of appendicitis on
Thursday and was removed to the
Deaconess hospital for an operation.
This was successful and she is report
ed to be slowly improving.
Mrs. Francis Soden, one of the old
residents of the east part of the coun-
ty, passed away at her home at Bush
nell on Wednesday of last week and
the funeral was held on Saturday, the
remains being laid at rest in the GENE
terry here.
Philo Hall has presented the high
school library with an eight volume set
of Kinds Digest of Parliamentary
Usage, and j. r. Brooke has given the
library a set of the Principles of Cook
ing. Both of these gifts are much ap-
preciated by the school.
G. F. Knappen, who is chairman of
the committee in charge Of the work
of securing a fund of 100000 for Da-
kota Wesleyan University, tells us
that $4,000 is already subscribed and
that the committee is very hopeful of
securing the balance by April 80, the
day set for the close of the campaign.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Erb returned
home Tuesday evening from Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, where they were called
weeks ago by an accident to
Mrs. Erb's sister, who was terribly
and fingered seventeen days
before death brought relief from her
Mr.. Erb tells us that the
farmers in that section were all
through with their seeding.
A man in Sioux Falls stole a sum
of money from a grocery store the
other day and when arrested he ad-
miffod tho crimo opd rof,ruod tho