The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-11


Popular sheet music. Ask for cat
alogue. Mitchell, the Jeweler.
Oscar Wetterberg was over from Ar
lington between trains Monday.
Vaudeville-Friday and Saturday
The Fad.
One Dollar prizes given Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays at The Fad.
Get the latest popular music-vocal
and instrumental. Popular prices, at
Mitchelrs Jewelry Store.
o. o. Graves departed Sunday night
for Chicago to spend the week buying
new goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. McVenes OF
Carthage. were the guests of Mrs. w.
j. Gentle Monday.
A nice little daughter arrived at the
home of Prof. and Mrs. Henry Shea
on Thursday morning.
The Z. F. U. lodge will hold their
regular meeting at the l. o. o. F. hall
Friday evening, February II. All
members are urged to be present.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. E. church
will serve a Cafeteria Dinner in the
recreation room of the church, Tues
day evening, February 16, from $3.50
o'clock until all are served.
Flour has been selling locally at
around two dollars this week, the high
est point it has ever reached in the
memory of most of us. The price OF
wheat has gone clear out of sight, on
account of the war, and it looks rs
though it would go higher.
Mrs. Matina Pease passed away at
the home of her son. nea the Junction,
Tuesday afternoon, aged seventy-nine
years. She came here from Nebraska
about a year ago to make her home
with her son. The funeral will De
held from the NJ. f. church this after
o
The formal opening of the new
public library will take place on Mon
day evening, February 18th, preceded
by an address by DR.. G. a. PettigreW,
at the First Presbyterian church at
s o'clock. After the address a public
reception will be held at the library
building where a silver Offering Will
be received which will be applied to
the purchase of new books. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend these
exercises.
Mrs. Chas. H. Clancy died suddenly
Friday at the home of Mrs. James
Nolan, where she and Mr.. Clancy had
been making their home, her death
being due to heart disease. The re-
mains were taken to Minneapolis for
burial, accompanied by Mr.. Clancy.
Mrs. Clancy was born in Prairie du
Chen, Wis, and was forty-three years
! old at the time of her death. She is
| survived by her husband. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clancy own some land in this county
and moved here to make their home
about four years ago.
The county commissioners of Ham
lin county spent Tuesday in h city
looking over our court house. The
voters of that county voted bonds to
the extent of 100000 last week for a
new court house, and the board are
visiting neighboring counties to get
some. ideas. They were well pleased
with the BroOkings county capitol, but
said they could not expect to build as
good a one with the funds at their
command. They went from here to
F%landreau to look over the new Moody
county court house.
Commencing next Wednesday at five
o'clock, the Rev. Paul Roberts, pastor
of the Episcopal church, will give an
illustrated missionary talk at the same
hour each Wednesday during Febru-
airy and March. Mr.. Roberts has a
fine projecting machine and the views
are all new and interesting. People
of all the churches and especially the
people who have no church connection
are cordially invited to attend these
talks. These illustrations will prac-
tically amount to a trip around the
world for those who attend.
The manager of the Windsor threa-
ire at Hampton, Iowa, has the follow
ing good words for the Lawrence Dem,
ing company, which opens a weeks
engagement at the Grand opera hopse
next Monday evening: THE Law
renee Deming company have just clos
ed a successful weeks engagement
here and gave universal satisfaction
Their plays and specialties are good.
The members of the company are fine
dressers-ladies and gentlemen. 1t is
remarkable the hold they got on u
patrons in so short a time. 1 can hon
estly recommend them as being above
the average repertoire show"
The Winterset, Iowa, Madisonian has
the following to say Of the attraction