The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-04

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sale Saturday, May 9th, at Connolly &
Blacks Grocery Store. Sale opens at
10 a. M.
Mrs. NJ. L. Redmond, of Minneapolis,
arrived Wednesday morning and is a
guest at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs,
Frank Neil.
Ernest Wills arrived Tuesday morn
ing for a visit with his mother, Mrs.
c. a. Wills. Mr.. Wills is assistant
foreman of the automobile electric
lighting and starting equipment de-
partment Of the Westinghouse Electric
company, at Pittsburg, Pa, and on ac-
count of a strike in the shops at Pitts
burg he is taking advantage of the OPP
p~ortunity to visit Brookirgs.
1t is reported that +. d. Smith. a
seed Corn dealer who operated FRI IN
Sioux Falls during the winter, and de-
frauded a large number of people in
this state has been arrested in Mime
SOFA. This man advertised seed corn
in the various newspapers in the state
and as a result obtained considerable
money for seed corn which he never
shipped to his customers. In sending
out his advertising copy he was rather
generous in Offering any bank in Sioux
Falls as reference. The Register got
stung along with a number of others.
1t is reported he was successfully
carrying on his game in Minnesota
when arrested.
Prof. J. w. Browning, superintend-
ent of Brookings city schools, has re-
ceived a letter from South Dakota
State Department of Public InstruC-
ton asking him to accept an appoint
ment on the commission of the North
Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary schools. This commission
is composed of one man from the state
department of instruction, professor of
secondary education Of the State Uni
NNlpIlg at u lIllIllOu anu Ollc HISl
school man. The association covers
the states west Of the Allegheny noun.
tains. Prof. Browning is an untiring
worker for the schools of Bookings
and as a result of his work the schools
have been put on such a high plane as
to attract national attention and recog-
milton.
In keeping with the spirit of Appre-
citation Week the Register will, in as
far as possible, publish a special edi-
ton on May Is. During this week
every newspaper in the state will pub
lish special articles dealing with the
resources and conditions of the state
with the idea in view Of attracting
more settlers to South Dakota. This
will afford an excellent opportunity for
banks, real estate firms and other
booster agencies Of ~Brookings to do
special advertising on our city and
county resources. Reservations should
be made early for space. Extra copies
of the Register will be available for in
terested parties who wish to send
them to friends and prospective set
tiers in other parts of the country.
Each resident of Brookings has in
mind friends who would be interested
in locating in this section. Send them
a copy of the Register.
A very pleasing recital was given
Monday evening at the college by Miss
Arts Turner, pianist, assisted by Miss !
Henrietta Smith, violinist. Miss Tur-
ner's portion Of the program was char
acterized by clean cut as well as bril-
liant technic and a well balanced sense
Of musical Interpretation. Miss Smith
has developed wonderfully in tone and
technic during the last year, notwtth-
standing the large demands made upon
displayed her powers of tone
production to advantage and the Drdla
Souvenir was rendered with brilliancy
and skill. The piano r~ecitals this sea
son have been unusually brilliant and
prove the steady advance in the work
of the department. Announcement of
the recital Of next Monday evening by
Mrs. Clara Johnson is made elsewhere
and the last recital of the series Will
be given the following Monday even
May IS, by Mr.. Homer Hamilton,
violinist, who will be assisted by Miss
Laura Ferguson, soprano.
The Deaconess Aid Society met
with Mrs. L. G. Borst Tuesday of this
week, with nineteen in attendance.
The ladies brought May Baskets" fill
ed with fruit AMI d~elicacies for the
h~ospital--a donation which is much
appreciated, as our pantry shelves"
were bare-at least of home canned
goods. On hearing the report of the
condition Of some of the rooms at the
hospital and the need of repair the
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