The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-03
Local and Personal
Blocker & Blocker, Chiropractors.
J. r. Brooke. Local and News Editor. Phone LII

BECKER a. BECKER, ChlrOpraCtOrS.
Miss Lyla Hill left Friday morning
for MankatO, Mimi, to take a course
in the business college located there.
Fresh cut flowers Tuesday and Sat
urday. Special attention to weddings
and funerals. At the Brookings
Greenhouse, w. H. Beals, proprietor.
/ Miss Elsie Bartlett has given up her
position with the B%rookings Produce
Co., and has entered the employ of the
county as deputy register of deeds,
starting to work Monday morning.
Carl Peterson, a draft man Of Elk
ton, has been indicted by the local
board as a clerk in the board office.
The extra work of this new draft has
necessitated the calling of more help.
Apples-Will Bohlke has just re-
ceived a car load of Washington Box
Apples from his brothers orchard
which he has placed with the Brook
ings merchants. Buy your apples now
and buy the Bohlke Brand.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. n. Saum and Mr..
and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Saum's parents,
returned Monday evening from their
auto trip to Woodland, Iowa, coming
back by way of Sioux City. They had
a fine trip and enjoyed their visit
away from home.
The Register is informed that H. S.
Bradweli was married at Minneapolis
on September Goth, to Letta Johnson.
Mr.. Bradwell is doing clerical work
for the government at Washington and
is quite well known in this vicinity.
The Register extends congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. J. Bibby returned
the last of the week from their auto
trip o Wisconsin, and visit with Mr..
Bibby's relatives. Mrs. Bibby is visit
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. Erwin, and Mr.. Bibby
went to Madison to take charge of the
big creamery that he has purchased.
NJ. G. Carlisle, who has been home
for a couple of weeks from his work
with the Farm Loan Bureau at Pierre,
has given up his office over the Bank
of Brookings. His work for the state
loan bureau will take all of his time
for the present, though it will not in
t~erfere with his making a good sena.
tor for Brookings county in the com
ing legislature.
Louis Nelson, former coach at the
high school, was in the city a short
time on Monday. He had been visit
ing at Clear Lake and was going back
to Oldham, where he is working with
a threshing crew. He has been in.
Quoted into the Hospital Corps, and
would have gone to Minneapolis fol
special training, but that on account
of the influenza the training has been
postponed for a few weeks.
The w. R. c. met September 21st
with a good attendance and was in
spected by Mrs. Rebecca Shea, state
inspector, who pronounced the work
of the chapter very good, and who
made an interesting talk. The ladies
of the chapter will serve dinner and
supper for the Presbyterian conven
ton on Friday and Saturday and viii
serve the regular dinner for the G.. A
R. Post on Saturday afternoon, and
hold the regular meeting in the even
ing.
The sale by Robert Cochran ant
son, held on their farm eleven miles
north of the city, last week was one
of the record breaking sales of the
year. 1t amounted to over $13 ,500.0(
and the prices realized we're fair Il
the buyer and the seller. An Angors
goat was put up at auction ant
brought the sum of $3.50 for the ben
eft of the Y. M. c. A. which wa:
turned over to the treasurer Of thu
county committee. A large crowd wa!
In attendance and the bidding wa.
good natured and lively.