The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-16

The Fad Monday, "inside the Lines
Not a war picture but a picture of the
war.
b. \. Miller was in the city MONDAY
looking after business matters. He
is now engaged in rebuilding a well
drilling machine for Minnesota par
ties.
Reports from Washington on Satur-
day say that the South Dakota Ma
tional Guard units will be detached
from The army of occupation in Ger
many and sent home.
In renewing her subscription to the
Register, Mrs. Jas. II. Shepard writes
from Allentown, Pa, that they are
having a fine warm winter so far and
are thoroughly enjoying it.
The Redfeld Journal says that Mrs.
d. d. Bairey and children returned to
their home at Bookings on Monday
evening after a visit Of several days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. N.
Mcdonald, and family.
Page ads are being used in weekly
and daily papers by business men
calling attention to Loyalty to Your
Home Town" 1t wouldn't be a bad
thing for Brookings. Buy in Brook
ings" should be the slogan.
A city park memorial to the soldier
boys is being agitated at W~atertown.
Suitable tablets and monuments would
be erected in this park and the place
beautified with trees and shrubs, and
would probably be named Memorial
Park"
Don't know whether you noticed it
or not but the combined assets of the
three banks in Bookings, as shown by
week, was $5,202, TAO 20, or nearly five
and a quarter million dollars. There
is no other city in the state, big or
little, that can make the same show
ing.
The WATERFOWL Herald says that
Lieutenant Lysle Spencer, who has
been stationed at FIT. O~glethorpe, Ga,
for some weeks past, received his dis
charge last week, and arrived home
Christmas day. He has taken up his
pactice of dentistry in that city, which
he left in charge of his partner, DR..
Ullom, while he was absent.
The Register is glad to know that
Brother Horton OF the Volga Tribune
is again able to be on the job and
this is what he says: 1.-THE editor of
the Tribune was at his office Monday
for the first time in a month, and while
we may not be of very much use
around the shop for some time, we
are mighty glad to get back and again
do a little work at least"
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Davis departed
the last of the week for Excelsior
Springs, Mo, wnere they will spend
a few weeks and then go on to the
Pacific coast. We did lot learn Of
their future plans, but as they have
disposed of their interests in Brook
where. The Register in common with
the many friends they have made here
will wish them well wherever that may
be.
WatertOwn Herald-Ted Akin, the
genial insurance nan Of BrOokings,
was in the city several days the past
week. Ted has been writing insur-
ance for the Northwestern Mutual of
Milwaukee, Wis, since Noah let the
animals out of the ark, and readily
finds a market for his wares because
he admits that his insurance is good
Yes, it a just twenty years ago
yesterday Danuary 1st) that | wrote
my first policy for the company IN
Watertown, and | just thought | would
come up and write another IN the
same day-just because,-well, just
because it is twenty years ago that
wrote the first one" said Ted, in *
planning his presence in the city.
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