The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-10-25

Sl3.la. Cole Mercantile Co.
You can buy a new fall and winter
Suit for =. to about p less. Cole
Mercantile CO.
Annual chicken pie supper served
by the Baptist Ladies' Aid at &. A. r
hall Saturday. October eth.
If You want registered hogs of The
POLAND China variety attend the sale
at Fan ifounds, Brookings, NO. s.
A parent teachers meeting will be
held in The junior high school build.
ing Friday nov. 2nd. at 400 o'clock.
PHO HAN left the city Sunday
night ION Minneapolis to attend to
business N which his law firm is in.
terested.
Geo. j. Johnson was called TO Mil.
waukee last Thursday night by a tcle-
gram announcing the serious illness
of his mother.
so head Of registered Poland China
hogs VIII be sold at auction to the
hisheSt bidder at the Fair Grounds,
Brookings. Nov. Sth.
j. J. Alexander went to Pierre on
law matter, for his firm last week and
on Monday went through here on hi
way go Minneapolis to meet Mr.. Hall
in a business consultation with clients.
f. l.. Ellis left Tuesday mornin2
for Farley. Iowa, called there by the
death of a very dear friend of the fam
lily, He will visit with his family
over Sunday and return the first OF
the week.
MI NJ. b. Hendricks and her moth
er departed Friday for Eau Claire,
Wis. to remain during the winter.
They expected to stop at Mankato,
Mimi. for a brief visit with relatives
on their way to Wisconsin.
Tho Rev. w. p. Remington. of ST.
Paul. has been elected by the House
of Bishops of the Episcopal church,
as suffrage bishop for South Dakota.
He will be an assistant to Bishop
Burleson and probably reside in the
west part of the state.
The nigh school game at Watertown
last Saturday called quite a few
Brookings people to that town. F. $.
Miner, Carl Grossman and Alvin
Johnson all took friends there in their
cars. w. +. Purdy was accompanied
by Mrs. Purdy and Mrs. r. c. Rogers.
The Child Conservation League will
meet at the home of Mrs. G.. j. Fhttie
next Wednesday, October 31st, at 400
O'Clock. There will be music IN the
Victrola and a short program. Mem
bers are urged to bring their Red
Cross knitting or sewing. Each one
may invite a guest.
Mr.. r. l.. Patty, Mrs. Chas. Shea,
Mrs. Clyde Tidball, Mrs. l.. =. Won
ARK and Miss Jones of the college,
have beer selected as a county com
mittee to arrange for the presentation
of pledge cards to the women of the
county during Food Conservation
Week" which begins next Monday.
VIII Bohlke has just received "A car
load of Jonathan box apples which ne
has placed with the Bookings mer-
chants. He advises every family in
Brookings and vicinity TO buy now as
the price will soon be higher owing
to the short crop. Apples are sixty
cents a box higher in st. Paul today
than in Brookings.
We are informed that a number OF
seat paper and when it came dlscoV-
cred that il was the Press instead
of the Register and were much disap-
pointed. The Register has no agents
ont soliciting subscriptions and warns
the public to be on their guard against
instrumentation Of this character.
At the funeral Of Il. f. Nesscth in
Ncnominee. a week ago yesterday, the
entire faculty of stout institute, Of
which he was a graduate, attended
the services at the Lutheran church
I'M a body. The faculty also met the
body at the train on its arrival from
Brookings and escorted it TO the
house of his parents. This shows the
high regard in which he VAS held in
his home town.
The Calumet Baking Powder ON
uany of Chicago are s~taunch support
ers of the policy of literally reward
ing the efforts of their statesmen hach
year-for years they have given val
able prizes to statesmen securing the
greatest volume of business. inns
vear they will distribute more thafl
So 900 in Liberty bonds among lhe'f
nigh record statesmen This IS a splell-
did idea-a plan that is worthy OF the
heartiest commentator and n thai
hould be employed by other concerns
vho wish to contribute to the ma
toms fighting fund"
T~wenty-three alumni n FORMER