The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
Local and Personal

G.. w. Austin was in Bruce last week
looking after his interests at that
place.
j. E. King came over from Messing
ton Sunday and remained until Mon
day night attending to business mat
tiers.
Rev. r. A. Bruce returned to Brook
ings Monday morning after spending
two weeks in %Iroquois conducting an
evangelistic meeting.
Mrs. E. H. Patterson left Tuesday
morning for Chicago, Milwaukee,
Cedar Rapids and other eastern points
to purchase her spring millinery goods.
Rev. F. w. Stoll, the new pastor of
the NJ. E. church at Aurora, was a
visitor in B~rookings Monday. Mr.. Stoll
comes from Ohio and this is his first
charge in South Dakota.
The Franchise League will meet
with Mrs. j. p. Ashbaugh on Friday,
February 4, at 8 o'clock p. m. All in
terested in the success of the votes
for women" amendment are earnestly
requested to be present.
Frank Hussey, residing two miles
south of Bushnell, will dispose of his
live stock and farm machinery by pub
lie sale February 18th and will move
his family to Br%Ookings. Mr.. Hussey
is looking about for a suitable house
to rent.
Mrs. George Fowler returned We'd
nesday from a weeks trip to various
points in the state in connection with
the Yeomen lodge, being accompanied
by Mr.. Fowler and Mrs. w. d. Bryant
to Watertown. Mr.. Fowler was called
70 Sioux City Wednesday on account
of serious illness Of his father.
p. A. DeLange of Sioux Falls, state
agent for the Germania Life Insurance
company, of New York, spent Wednes-
day in Bookings with Arthur S. Nit
chell, who is district agent for the
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and Mitchell visited the Volga agents,
Messrs. a. II. Norwood and Chas. f..
Lee of the First National Bank.
DR.. A. w. Hyde returned from Den
yer, Colorado, Friday morning where
he was called on account of the serious
illness of Rev. A. J. Finch. formerly
pastor of the Baptist church of this
city. Rev. Finch ran a splinter under
his thumb nail but in removing it left
a small particle which caused an in
lection resulting in blood poisoning.
Rev. Finch is superintendent of the
Colorado Anti-Saloon League and has
been of great service to the league
since going to Colorado.
Thirteen loads of stock were shipped
from this section Saturday. H. O.
Fritzel shipped five cars of sheep, B.
A. Dyar and A. McCarty five loads Of
sheep, Thos. Mears two loads of hogs
and p. NJ. Callahan n load of cattle.
The sheep seem to have been the best
mOney-makers this season as the price
has advanced to an unusually high
point reaching $1,000 per hundred
pounds for lambs in Chicago one day
last week. The sheep feeders report
good gains in notwithstanding
County Independent.
The Yeoman lodge met Wednesday,
January 10, 1916, and the following
officers were installed: Forman, Mrs.
Bertha Lien; master of ceremonies,
Mrs. n. Larson; chaplin, Miss Alta
Palmer; master of accounts, Carl
Quail; correspondent, John Alton;
Lady Rebecca, Mrs. Betsy Fairness
Lady Rowena, Miss China Evenson (;
o%verseer, Ed. S~hanbarker. Several
friends of the members were invited to
witness the installation, after which
card playing, dancing and a general
good time was enjoyed by all. The
climax was reached when a fine lunch
was served about eleven o'clock by
Mrs. McGinnis.