The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-04-19
Let US make our city shine!

Sunkist oranges by the peck at Con
nelly's grocery, Saturday.
T. c. Akin went to Watertown thiI
morning on business matters.
Wanted to Rent-A house will
three bedrooms. Write Bank O
Aurora.
S. B. Kelley returned Friday from
Minneapolis where he had been OF
business.
Mrs. A. Mears went to Bancroft Sat
urday for a day or two, returning the
first of the week.
Real bargains in ladies' shoes al
$1.98, $2.78 and $3.48. Gillespie 4
Rogers, Footftters.
F.. c. Austin went to Sioux Falls
Monday on legal business for the Cul
hane Adjustment Co.
Will Minter, of Moreland, Kansas
has been visiting old friends in this
vicinity for some days.
A. NJ. Void went to Hendricks Wed
nesday to look after some construction
work for his company.
A son was born Saturday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Kurghals who reside south
of here in Moody county.
The Ladies Aid Of the Baptist church
will meet with Mrs. Elmer SexaueI
next Thursday afternoon.
Miss Marian Berriman has arrived
from Gary and is now employed as
clerk in Chas. Samples store.
Sheriff and Mrs. Miner and daugh'
tiers spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Ed. Fleming in Argo township.
F. H. Whitmore, of Minneota, MINI.
is here looking for rooms with a view
to moving his family to Bookings.
Miss Marie Rasmussen and friend
Miss johnson, spent Sunday with the
formers parents at Lake Preston.
The state Board of Pharmacy is hold
ing an examination here this week and
about 30 applicants are taking the
examination.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Chichester, OF
Huron, are happy over the arrival of
a daughter at their home there Satur.
day, April 14th.
Howard Simpson, superintendent OF
the Deaf and Dumb school at Sioux
Falls, was in the city on business for a
couple of days this week.
Friday afternoon preliminary de-
bates were held in the literary So
cieties and debating teams selected
for the inter-society debates.
Flandreau will celebrate the Fourth
this year with a genuine old fashioned
celebration. Horse races, ball games,
and other sports. Watch for further
particulars.
Geo. Donaldson, of Tracy, Mimi,
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. S. Selix. He is father of Mrs.
Selix. MI. Donaldson was much pleas
ed with the city.
Mrs. w. A. Mast and Mrs. j. H.. Hub
bard went to White Wednesday to at
tend the district gathering Of the Pres
byterian Women's Missionary Society
which is being held there today.
The seniors at high school have Sc
lected 1.-The Admirable Crichton" for
their class play. This is a copy wright
play in manuscript form and promises
to be one Of the best plays ever given
by the high school.
J. d. Grover gave a theatre party to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Mckee, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Farrankop and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred MINER Monday evening, and after
the party he entertained his guests
with a luncheon at the Miner home.
Listen! Will the parties who have III
their possession a five dollar bill be-
longing to Mary Geyer, a bicycle be
longing to Homer Geyer and a pair of
roller skates belonging to Frank Geyer
kindly return same and place on front
porch. Thanks.
Chas. Martinson has sold his inter
est in the Bookings Produce Co. to
Mr.. Weaver who recently came into
the concern. Mr.. Martinson's health
since the railroad accident has not
been good and he is retiring to see if
he can regain 1t.
Word was received by Chas. Sample
last week that bis daughter, Mrs. Wal
ter Glidden, at Beresford, had been
thrown from a wagon and her ankle
badly hurt. An auto frightened the
team which ran and threw Mr.. and
Mrs. Glidden out. Mr.. Glidden escaped
without injury.
A Ford auto vas stolen from John
Oyaum, a grain dealer at Colman,
Tuesday night and was traced in the
mud to the river south of here. At that
point the track was lost, and Mr.
Oyaum came on into the city and en-