The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-13

stave silos and concrete c~ulverts.
John Klenjen, of Bruce, was &
Brookings visitor the first of the week.
T. A. Shirley, residing south of
Volga, was a Brookings visitor Satur-
day.
ID. Bunday, of Hetland, came over
Wednesday morning for an extended
visit at the home of his son, A. e. Bun
day.
E. d. Morcum, of Sioux Falls, Demo
cratic candidate for governor, came up
Tuesday to attend the Democratic con-
vention.
S. G.. Wadsworth, of Sioux Falls, was
a business visitor, and also in attend
ance at the convention of county Dem.
o~crats, Tuesday.
John p. Bleeg, of Sioux Falls, the
genial Hudson motor car dealer, was
in the city Tuesday on business and to
attend the Democratic convention.
To the Business Men-We have a
good form of remittance blank in stock
at 65 cents per 200 sheets bound and
perforated. Come in and see it. Regis
ter Publishing Co.
H. o. He~rbrandson, of Watertown.
field agent bureau of crop estimates of
the U. S. department of agriculture.
was in the city Wednesday attending
to business and visiting friends.
A card from Redlands, Cal, says that
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Sanderson started
yesterday for Los Angeles. From there
they go to Seattle and Winnipeg on
their way home. They will also visit
at Red Wing on their return through
Minnesota.
The following letter received recent
ly by F. N. Saum, of this city, from a
school teacher in Iowa brings cut two
interesting points. The first indicates
n of the numerous difficulties under
which a rural school teacher labors,
and the second that Brookings grocers
are selling groceries at a figure to at
tract orders for many adjoining towns,
as well as out Of the state. The letter
says: -Four weeks ago l began board
ing myself In this school house rather
than close the school. | have an oil
stove and ONE cooking utensils. I
am six miles from the nearest town but
do my trading at -, seven miles dis
tant. Knowing the superior quality of
your line of groceries l thought per-
haps you would not object to sending
me an order by parcel post. l am
enclosing a blank check which you can
fill out for the proper amount"
Sioux Falls Press of April 7:-"Miss
Ida Odegaard, a nurse at the Sioux
Falls Lutheran hospital, died about S
o'clock last evening at the hospital Of
scarlet fever, after an illness extend
ing over a period of three weeks. Miss
Odegaard, who was % years of age,
came to the hospital nearly three years
ago from Brookings, and has been
StuuyluS " DtCOHlt a lTdlUeu nurse.
Her brother and sister who have been
in attendance upon her for the last few
days will accompany the body back to
Brookings this afternoon where inter-
ment will take place. Miss Florence
Peterson and Miss Abraham, both
nurses at the same institution are
~quarantined in their rooms at the hos
pital with the same contagious disease
and Miss Nellie Donnelly, a helper at
the hospital, is also sick at her home.
This makes four cases of scarlet fever
from among the employees Of the insti-
tuition. Several other cases In the city
have also been reported" The funeral
was held in the South Sterling church
Sunday morning. the remains were ac-
companied here by six nurses whom
served as pail bearers. interment being
In the Sterling cemetery.