The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-15
Local and Personal
J. Y. Brooke, Local and News Editor, Phone Ii

a. /. Davis returned Wednesday
morning from his business visit to
Minneapolis.
Or. L. W. Forsee went to st. Paul
Sunday morning on a brief business
visit, returning Wednesday morning.
w. L. Mahl. banker of Huron, was
a visitor in the city for a short time
last Friday attending to some land
business.
Miss Mary f. Harvey of Derry, Pa,
arrived last evening and will visit for
some time at the home of her cousin,
A. L, Davis.
c. A. Anderson, of the |. X. L. gro
Gerry, returned this morning from Lake
Campbell, where he has been taking
a weeks vacation.
G. w. S%toddart, city auditor, is
slowly improving from his siege of
illness and is able to be out of bed,
but was not feeling quite so we'll on
yesterday.
Gus and Ned Ronning arrived yes
terday morning from Phillip, west of
the river, called here by the death
and funeral of their mother, Mrs.
John Roaming.
III. F. Haroldson, cashier of the
Farmers National Bank, was a visit
or TO the Twin Cities this past week.
He went up Sunday morning and re-
turned Wednesday.
Miss Elizabeth Halloween of Miller.
who has been attending summe
school and visiting at the home Of
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Harris, left for
her home Wednesday evening.
Misses Florence and Gladys John
son, of st. Paul, daughters of Theo.
Johnson, a former resident Of Brook
ings, arrived in the city Saturday
evening for a couple of weeks at the
home of their uncle, f. c. Dokken.
A. T. Larson of the college changed
his plans, from taking his family on a
pleasure trip, to spending his first va
cation in three years by helping out
in the fields shocking grain. Person
al pleasure is giving away to the needs
OF the common good this year.
The benefit of the Business Girls
Club at the band concert last Friday
evening Melted about s13 for the am
bulance fund. This worthy enter
prise is n that must interest all
citizens of Brookings and the Regis
ter urges them to respond generously
whenever the opportunity offers to
boost this cause.
The E. K. Sedan family did not get
moved to Flandreau as soon as ex-
pected, their goods not going until
yesterday by truck across country. IN
the afternoon Prof. G.. A. Starring au.
toed over, taking Mrs. Sedan and
daughters and his wife and son.. From
Mrs. Starring and son will
go on to Elk Point by train to visit
at the home OF her brother for a short
time.
Mrs. r. l.. Patty returned home
Monday from her visit to her old home
at Ames, Iowa. She was brought
back by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c.. b.. Jones. who with their son, Fred.
Will make a visit Of some little time
in Brookings before their return. MI.
Patty has four brothers In the war and
her ate visit was to pay a goodbye
visit to the last one of them who
joined the colors.
A letter from Mrs. A. C. Bracket
to her daughter in this city. says that
Lieut.. Bracket is in Brooklyn with
his regiment and that the entire di-
vision is expecting to sail soon for
France. Mrs. Bracket will remain in
the east and visit with relatives in
the vicinity Of New York City. Miss
Emma Bracket having finished the
s~tenographic course at the college, is
looking for a business opening to do
her part in helping win the war.
In the absence of Sheriff MINER at
Watertown on Tuesday. a warrant to
arrest Charles Bishop Of Bruce. and
bring him before the Insanity Board,
was placed in the hands of j. J. Con-
nelly of the Brookings police force.
Jim took his cousin. T., c. Connolly.
with him and they went to Bruce and
took Mr.. Bishop after a brief struggle.
The board considered the case last
evening and committed Bishop to the
hospital at Yankton and IN attendant