The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-11-23

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Mrs. Fred Wornson went to Water
town Monday evening to visit relatives
for a few days.
Howard Beaver, the state secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A, is visiting State
College this week.
The Fall of a Nation" wonderful
photo-spectacle, at the Pleasant Hour
tomorrow (Friday.)
liver Severson died at the county
farm Monday and the remains were
inferred here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Kremer spent
several days the past week visiting rel
atives and friends in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Guy Smith entertained her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hoffman, of
Edgerton, Mimi, a few days the past
week.
Bert Barnes delivered a bunch of
corr from his Moody county farm
Tuesday which netted him 50 cents
per bushel.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F&gerstrom and Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace f. Purdy autoed over
to White and spent Sunday with
friends there.
The train from Watertown Tuesday
morning came in with snow on it
which would indicate there was a light
coll ,P cyDy M tho limo thot nnnrninp
J.. A. Farrankop had to kill the fine
black horse he has been driving on his
ice wagon. The horse got a nail in
its hoof last Saturday and blood
poison set in.
Miss Esther Peirce who is a teacher
in the WATERFOWL high school came
down Tuesday to see her grandfather,
r. S. Alexander, who is very i'll at
the Peirce home.
r. S. Alexander was stricken with
paralysis last Saturday and has been
in a serious condition since. He is 50
years old and is hardly expected to
recover from the shock.
Next Thursday, November so, is
Thanksgiving, set aside by the presi
dent and governor as a day for special
thanks to the Almighty for favors and
blessings of the past yrar.
Mrs. A. b. Allison returned Tuesday
morning from Eau Claire, Wis, where
she spent a couple Of weeks with her
brother who has been very i'll, When
she left he was getting better.
Mrs. Sasse and daughter Treva, Miss
Vida Belk, Don Reyes, Joe feathers.
John McGrath, Anton Olson and Len
Schepp were down from Henry Satur-
day and took in the foot ball game.
The cement work on the basement Of
the new Jarvis hardware store has
been finished and the brick work will
be pushed rapidly. Mr.. Jarvis hopes
to have the building finished in time
to move before spring.
next week for Denver, Colo, to visit
her son Owen for a few weeks after
which she will go to Pasadena, Calf,
to spend the winter with her sister and
a cousin who reside there.
Art Alton tried to jump a crack in
the ice on Lake Campbell with his
auto Sunday afternoon, but the car
fell through into the water. He had a
serious time getting the car out and
finally succeeded next day.
A. NJ. Void went to Clear Lake Fri
day to look after work on the new
court house which he is building for
Deuel. county. The basement is about
finished, and if the weather holds good
brick laying will be pushed on the
walls.
Mrs. S. c. Cornell left Saturday for
st. Paul to spend five or six weeks
visiting her son, Ed. Cornell, and fam
lily. She may also go to Mudbaden TO
take the mud baths for rheumatism
from which she has been a sufferer
for a year or two.
A student judging team from State
College, consisting of Messrs. Watson,
Hill, Skinner, Winright and Mills,
will participate in the judging at the
great stock show in Chicago Deem
Der 2 to 9. Prof. Thompson will leave
with the team the first of next week.
They will stop enroute at the universe
ties Of Minnesota and Wisconsin.