The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
Local and Personal
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DR.. B. II. Sayre, local veterinarian
DRUGGIST
J. +. Brooke, Local and News Editor. Phone Ii

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Dance at Volga, Friday night.
If it is electrical-we have it. Hey
mer Electric Shop.
School Shoe Sale now going on at
Gillespie & Rogers.
Word received from Mrs. Thomas
Alton is that she is steadily improy-
ing.
The Civic League will hold its reg
ular meeting at the Library on Fri
day afternoon.
w. J. Wilson of the animal health
laboratory at the college, went to
Huron last evening to look after their
exhibit for the latter part of the week.
Homer Mathieson, who has been at
tached to the city police force, has
quit the Job and gone into the coun-
try to work on the Cecil Skinner
farm.
Mrs. Isabella House went to Airing
ton last evening, where she will be
joined by two of her sisters, one from
Chicago and one from Beresford, in
a visit with the Nash family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Dreamer and
children, who have been visiting at
the home of Horace Fishback, father
Of Mrs. Creamer, departed for their
home in Brooklyn Tuesday morning.
Four Brookings men are mentioned
in dispatches as gazetted to the 350th
Infantry. Ray Fridley is first lieuten-
ant Of Company B and A. c. Bracket
and Roy A. Nord are second lieuten-
ants in Company X. These are at
Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Weaver Karr, of Ireton, Iowa, and
Mrs. Jennie Karr Dougan, of Winter
set, Iowa, brother and sister of Mrs.
w. A. Caldwell, have been visiting in
the city the past week. Mr.. Karr re-
turned home and Mrs. Dougan will re-
main for a longer visit at the Cald-
well home.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Commercial Club will be held to-
morrow evening. There will be adj
dresses by former presidents. Also
the club will consider the matter of
the farewell demonstration for the
soldiers going to join the National
Army. A full attendance is desired.
Usual buffet lunch will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wickre, of Lang
ford, accompanied by their two chill
dren, arrived by auto on Sunday for
a visit at the home of Z. A. Ander-
son. Mrs. Wickre vas formerly
Gladys Anderson and has a host of
friends in the city, where she was
born and went to school. They will
stay until next week to make a little
longer visit, with parents and friends,
E. G.. Sanderson is exhibiting some
fine specimens Of the Waneta plum
which is the name given by DR.. Han
sen to the variety of plum he has
been experimenting with for a mum
Der of years. 1t is a cross between
the Japanese apricot and the cherry
plum. It certainly makes a fine ar
ticle of fruit, large in size and of fine
flavor. Mr.. Sanderson has certainly
met with great success in it's growth
Howard Sherwin arrived Sunday
evening for a visit at the home of his
parents, MI. and Mrs. Frank Sherwin
Howard is engaged in the general con
tracing business as an engineer IL
New York City, and Is at present II
charge of the building of an elevated
road, and parts of the subway system
of the city. He reports Mrs. Sher
win, and the three children, as beins
we'll and happy in their eastern home
His wife was Miss Sara Davies, {
daughter of a former pastor of tn,
Presbyterian church in this city
Towards business is in New Yorl
proper, but he tells us that they live
in the popular suburb known al
Brooklyn. Howard Sherwin is jus
another instance of the Brookings DO,
who has made good. We are prou(