The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-09
Local and Personal
j. +. Brooke. Local and News Editor. Phone Ii

F. L. Simmons went down to Sioux
Falls Tuesday.
Mrs. Warner Coleman returned
Tuesday evening from her trip to st.
Paul.
Mrs. Mary Hiltz. of Aurora, arrived
Saturday and is visiting at the f. T.
Baker home.
Miss Nerna Koenig, of Watertown,
arrived Sunday for a visit at the c. H.
Atkinson home.
Mrs. B. c. Christianson, of Volga,
spent part of Sunday with her friend,
Mrs. Oliver Austin.
Coming, August 23rd and cath, at
the Fad Theatre, Clara Kimball Young
in The Common Law"
Mrs. j. w. Brooks and son, of Tracy,
is visiting this week a few days with
her sisters, Mrs. C. +. Sorenson and
Mrs. Claude Ellis.
Rev. Paul Roberts went to Sioux
Falls Monday on business matters con
nected with the building of the new
Episcopal church. He returned yes
terday.
Miss Clarissa Norman and Miss Lee
more Anderson, of Window, MINI, who
have been visiting Miss Alvia Ander-
son. returned to their home Tuesday
morning, after a three weeks stay.
j. A. Keck and wife, left last even
ing for Deadwood, where they will
visit their son Sam and family. They
expect to be gone several weeks and
see something of our beautiful Black
Hills country.
Mrs. Phoebe Wright, and daughter
Grace, OF Plainview, Mimi, arrived
yesterday morning for a visit of sew
eral weeks at the G. F. Hepner home.
Mrs. Wright is a sister of Mrs. Hepner
and Mrs. Annie Allison.
John A. Olson and wife, accom-
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auto trip to Howard on Sunday and
visited his sister, Mrs. Frank Feller.
He says that all the crops there are
more matured than around here.
F. A. Baker, accompanied by his son
F. f. Baker and wife, autoed from Au-
rora, where they are visiting, and
spent Sunday with G. F. Thayer and
family. Mrs. Baker was formerly Miss
Mile Cline and went here to college.
Mrs. Thos. Serine, who has been
conducting a notion store in the H. G.
Williams block on Main street,
moved the stock to White this week
and has gone into business in that
town. The family will move there as
soon as a house car be secured.
Mrs. J. P. Ashbaugh left the latter
part Of the week with Mrs. Chard. who
has been visiting her brother, Mr..
Ashbaugh, for Lewisville. Mimi. to
visit for a time at the home OF the
latter lady. From there she will 60 to
visit her old home al Gilmore, MINI.
About a week ago n. G.. Williams
traded of his Main street store build
ing for the Bulen farm. south OF Au-
rora. Not being in favor OF renting an
office he at once bought the lot south
OF Poole's barber shop, belonging to
Mrs. M. E. Hall and as soon as possible
will put up a building.
A. A. Meeker has sold the farm east
Of town known as the Shepard farm.
The purchaser is f. H. Harming. Of
Cherokee, Iowa. The Peck half Sec
ton west of Elkton has also been dis
posed of this past week. II. G. Williams
handled both of these deals and says
that the land business is not entirely
dead.
Some person has been kind enough
to enter the old Baptist church, which
has been used this summer by the
Baptists for service, and taken there
from a flute belonging to Rev. Mr..
Milne, the pastor. Anyone who would
rob a church is bad enough, but to
rob a preacher is about as low a trick
as can be played. If the fellow who did
it reads this he should return it quietly
some dark night.