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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-13
BIRDS EYE VIEW OF BROOKINGs

No Saloons
Two Bands
Three Hotels
Four Dentist
Ten Churches
Six Physicians
Candy Kitchen
Good Creamery
Steam Laundry
One Ice Dealer
Two Osteopaths
One State Bank
S25,000 City Hail
Chinese Laundry
Five Restaurants
Three Drug Stores
Three Tailor Shops
Two Chiropractors
Four General stores
Two Livery Stables
Growing Every Day
Two Meat Markets
Seven Auto Garages
Four Lumber Yards
Two Cigar Factories
Four Weekly Papers
Fine Lake Near City
Two National Banks
Exclusive Shoe Store
Five Grain Elevators
$l25 900 Court House
Four Jewelry Stores
Three Barber Shops
Two Furniture Stores
Two Hardware Stores
Tire Vulcanizing Plant
Electric Supply House
Three Machine Shops
Two Department Stores
Four Blacksmith Shops
Carnegie Public Library
City OF Beautiful Homes
Two Exclusive C G-oceries
Two Shoe Repair Shops
Best Schools in the State
Good Water Near Surface
Marble and Granite Works
Dakota Deaconess Hospital
Five Auto Livery Stations
one Gents Furnishing Store
Three Photograph Galleries
$4,000 Government Building
Two Cement Block Factories
State Circuit Court held here
$40 900 Brick School Building
Two Moving Picture Theatres
$1,000 High School Building
Two Eaclusive Clothing Stores
Culhane Adjustment Company
1,106 Students in State College
Who'll asale Photo Supply House
Forty five Hundred Inhabitants
Educational Center OF the State
Three Exclusive Millinery Stores
County Seat OF Brookings County
United States Experiment Station
Five Rural Free Delivery Routes
High School on the Accredited List
over $500, 900 Invested in Education
Free Delivery Service OF City Mail
Three Plumbing and Heating Firms
finest Church Buildings in the State
Nineteen miles of cement sidewalks
Best Bakery In Eastern South Dakota
Frank Sherwin's Alfalfa Drill Factory
New Stock Pavilion at State College
$3.50. 900 Invested in Beautiful Churches
New 100000 Armory at State College
willard Storage Battery Service Station
Finest County Fair Grounds In the State
First-Class Opera House and Auditorium
One Thousand Students in Grade Schools
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-13

Seven Brick Business Blocks Erected tn
1914.
New s125.O0o Girls Dormitory at State
College
One Exclusive Dry Goods and Ladies Fur
nishing Store.
Good Volunteer Fire Deparement with
Electric Apparatus
south Dakota State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts.
Brookings Produce Co., Cash Market for
All Farm Products.
Two Billiard Halls and Bowling Alley a.
Places OF Amusement
Brictson Manufacturing Company, makers
of the Brictson Tire Tread
New 5000 900 Administration Building at
South Dakota State College
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land In
the state, Where Crops are Sure and Boun-
tful
Municipality Owned Telephone. Electric
Light. Heating and Water Works Plants.
Strong Commercial Club with 200 Mem
bers in Good Standing. Fine Club Rooms.
Brookings is Located on the Main Line of
the c. & n. w. Ry. from Chicago to Pierre,
the Capital OF the State. Also Headquarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-13

over one hundred New Dwellings Built
During past three years Besides MANY
business blocks and ether substantial Inn
provements.
Beautiful trees line the streets and the
City presents fine appearance. matted as
II Is in the midst OF a fine growth of shade
and ornamental trees Her citizens are will
ing and ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10
AChancefor
HomeSewers

In advance of the recent increase
In the prices OF Sewing Ma
chimes. due TO a scarcity Of ma
ter5als and wage dem ands OF
labor. we obtained lot Of High
Grade Sewing Machines, includ-
ing some Floor Samples and
Slightly Used Machines. These
will go on sale tomorrow at
prices far too important to ignore
and will offer. among other
makes, a number OF
Famous Domestic Sew
ing Machines of Usual
$50 Value at $4,000
HemsdtehinK. per yard. 80. Zoe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10
MILDLY Serges

Note that we will offer these
S6-inch Wool MILDLY Serges in
all the leading shades for Fall
at a price that has been con-
sidered a summer" quotation.
lara $50 .$1.5O
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10

Heavy Upholstery Tapestries in Orient
measure SO inches wide, per yard. ;.
Beautiful Wool and Cotton Upholstery
tries in subdued rich dull colors, SO
wide, truly exclusive, are offered {
yard
FILET CURTAINS of 1O-point weave, in
Ivory, with Block Border effect and
Cluny edges, 21s yards long:
Per Pair, $3.50
FILET CURTAINS that are exceptionally
fine, with handmade lace edging, 30
yards long, in this sale:
Per Pair, $500
ENGLISH NET CURTAINS in White and
Ecru with real Cluny Insertion and Edg-
ing, full yards long:
Per Pair, $3.50
MARQUISETTE CURTAINS, in white
only, with real Cluny Edging and In
sertion interviewer with handmade
French embroidery-214 yards long:
Per Pair, $3.50
IMPORTED beautiful Brussels Nets, in
White only, shown in 21s and S-yard
lengths-in this sale at, pair:
$500 to $500
ANTIQUE CURTAINS, featuring new
shipment from France; handmade and
yards long-in this sale, pair:
$4,000 to $500
CRETONNES that come yard wide, in
fast color Floral, Bird and Conventional
patterns, very special:
Per Yard, SOC
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10

The Superior" Longcloth is in
1O-yard pieces and measures SO
inches wide. 1t features the popu-
lar Chamois Finish and is ready
for the needle. Per bolt.-...
The Princess Nainsook is of Stand
ard quality, measures yard wide
and comes in 10-yard bolts, espe-
cially adapted to fine lingerie. On
sale Monday, per bolt.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10

CREIONNES that are very heavy and
yard wide, are presented in every de-
sirable new fast color pattern:
Per Yard, 75c
LINENIzED CRETONNES showing
Pheasant Designs in Rose and Blue, all
yard wide, very exceptional at:
Per Yard, $1.25
IMPORTED CRETONNES in those color
tones and patterns to which the i'm
ported weaves are partial, yard:
SIPS to $500
REPPS AND TAFF'ETA CRETONNES
that show wonderful array Of patterns.
floral effects and Conventional designs,
yard wide, at:
Per Yard, Csc
IMPORTED Scotch Madras and fine
Grenadines that will launder so we'll,
come in soft natural colors
Per Yard, SOC
SIH-POINT Filet Nets, in White and
Cream, are yard wide, in a large as
sortment of good patterns:
Per Yard, Csc
FOURTEEN-POINT F'ilet Nets. in dis
tinctive block designs, shown in white,
measuring 40 inches wide:
Per Yard, $1.35
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10

These 4S-inch French Serges
offer one Of the very finest
weaves for Suits and Dresses
and will be found in the popu-
lar Midnight Shade of Blue and
Black 1926
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25
Missouri Coal Law

Missouri's immense and almost
coal Deposits, still
totaline 83,855,O00O00 tons, which
at the average rate of consumption
for the last ten years, 4,066, ,063 tons
annually, will last 20625 more
years, received official and there
fore highly substantial recognition
from the Fiftieth General Assembly
recently adjourned. through clause
in one of the general appropriation
bills that in the purchase of fuel
during the biennial. period 1919
1920, quality and considered.
preference shall be given to coal
mined in Missouri" announces ad-
vance information from the 1919
Red Book of the Missouri Bureau
of Labor Statistics. compiled by A.
7. Edmonston.
The section was drafted particu-
larly to apply to the State sanatari-
ums at Fulton, ST. Joseph. Nevada.
Pennington. Marshall and Mt. Ver-
non. The Soldiers home at Hie-
ginsville. and St James; The Fulton
School for the Deaf; the St. Louis
School for the Blind; the State In
dustrial homes for girls at Chilli
cothe and Upton; the Missouri re-
formatory at Boonville. and the
Missouri State penitentiary at JEFF
ferson City. but, also, indirectly, it
applies to the coal used for heating
and electric power at the State
Capitol building. State University
at Columbia, Rolla School of Mines.
the normal schools at Warrensburg,
Cape Girardeau, Springfield. Kinks
vile and Maryville, and the Lin
coin Institute at Jefferson City,
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25

At the Southern Baptist Conven
tion in Atlanta, Georgia, in May,
with more than 5000 Baptists as
sem5led, it was unanimously decid
ed to raise rs million dollars, for
missions, 10 home and foreign lands;
for their more than 130 educational
institutions; for their many orphan
ages and hospitals; for their aged
ministers; and for the National
Memorial Church. dedicated to Roger
Williams and Religious Liberty, to
be built in Washington A Cam.
paign Commission was appointed,
with DR. George W. Truett, pastor
First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas,
as Chairman, and one member from
each of the Southern States. At q
meeting in Atlanta, Georgia early
in June, the Commission met and
made out plans for raising the rs
million dollars. DR. L. R Scar.
borough, president of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Fl
Worth, Texas, was elected General
Director. and his headquarters es
tablished at Nashville, Tennessee
Five of the Commissioners were ap
pointed as Campaign Directors, to
whom the details of organization
were committed. Mr.. j. H. Ander
son, of Knoxville. Tennessee, a
wealthy merchant, was made Chair
man
These Campaign Directors have
elected the following leaders to CO.
operate with General Director Scar
borough in the Campaign: B. C. Hen
ing, of North Carolina, Assistant
General Director; T. B. Ray. of Vir.
ginia, Survey Director: H. c. Moore
of Tennessee, Publicity Director
Mrs. W j. Neel, W. M U. Organizer
A General Organizer is vet to be
selected.
At a meeting composed of nearly
200 representatives, from every phase
of the denominations life and work
10 Nashville, Tennessee. July 2nc
aud 3rd. a complete program anc
organization for the campaign were
effected Each of the Southern
States will be organized, with thu
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25
Preserve Eggs Now

BY preserving eggs when plenti-
ful and at the lowest price of the
year. which is now. to be used
when prices are higher. is household
economy. Many persons in Mis-
souri, did this last year and saved
nearly twenty-five cents a dozen.
the difference between the summer
and winter egg prices.
There is no great secret in the
method of preserving eggs success
fully. Good fresh eggs. preferably
infertile. can be immersed in a So
luton of waterglass until wanted
for use. and if they have been kept
10 a cool place will be found suita-
BILE for all cooking purposes. They
can be served in some of the same
ways as strictly fresh eggs.
The lime method of preserving
is nearly as satisfactory. Unslaked
lime is dissolved in water. When
the solution is clear the eggs are
put in.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25
BaptiStS to Raise IS Millions

State Secretary of Missions as the
General Director for that state He
will be aided by a General Organizer
and a Publicity Man, and all Ad
vsorv Campaign Committee, made
up of the three persons above named.
the Campaign Commissioner from
that state, the editor of the Baptist
paper, the Secretary and Vice Presi.
dent of the Women's Work, and the
Chairman of the Laymen's organiZa.
ton. II will be the duty of these
State Organizers to organize the
sub. divisions in each state, called
Associations or Districts. Each of
these Associations or Districts will
have an Organizer and a Publicity
Director, and these will organize the
churches, with a General Director,
preferably the pastor; and an Or
ganizer, some select layman; and
an Organizer representing the Wom-
ems Work All these organizations
are to be aided by volunteer work.
ers, from among men and women
The name of the campaign is
Baptist rs Million Campaign" The
time for the big drive will be No.
vember 30th to December 7th. This
will be called Victory Week." at
which time cash and pledges pay.
able in S years are to be raised to
the amount of more than rs million
dollars. All the general organiza-
ions,-The Foreign Mission Board
at Richmond, Virginia, the Home
Mission Board at Atlanta, Georgia
the Educational Board at Birming.
ham, Alabama, the Old Ministers
Relief Board. at Dallas, Texas, the
Laymen's Board, at Knoxville, Ten
nessee. the Woman's Missionary
Union Board. at Baltimore, Mary
land, and all the state organizations
are throwing themselves full length
and full strength into the campaign
Three million Baptists are to 90 II
and put it over. 1t is to be tn,
greatest and most meanineful move
ment ever inaugurated by Southern
Baptists Its issues to the cause O
Christ are incalculable. This none.
will help every phase of religious
life represented by Baptists through
out the whole world. 1t is expect
ed that every Baptist Church. NOR,
than Is thousand of them. and ever,
Baptist member. more than 8 mil
lion. will put themselves in grea
fashion into this movement.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25

Payments by the War Risk Bureau
to soldiers and their dependents
amounted to $30832.726 in June,
962,S22 checks being mailed. Pay
ments this year have amounted to
more than $25O0OO.OOO.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25
McAlliSter Loses

The attorney general of Mis-
souri,, Frank W. McAllister, has
been defeated in the first round of
his court fight on behalf of sprin &
duck shooters of the state to have
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act de.
clared unconstitutional. Judge
Arba S. Van Valkenbureh of the
federal court handed down an
opinion declaring the law consti-
tutional and refusing the applica- =
ton of the attorney general to have
Ray P. Holland. United States
game warden and his deputies re-
strained from enforcing the law
against sportsmen.
The attorney general announced
when he filed suit several months
ago that he intended to carry the
case to the United States Supreme
Court. if defeated in the lower
courts. He maintained the law is
an infringement on the states po-
lice powers and is in violation of
the federal constitution,
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25
Tame as a Dry Town

fore July 1. and during the arid era
since.
Arrests for drunkenness now are
only one twelfth as great as those
recorded before war time prohibi-
ton became effective. The city's
north end" which formerly abound
ed with derelicts, either steering
unsteady courses through the
streets and by-ways. or had found
cred altogether, especially on Sat-
urday night, is now becoming a
we'll ordered community. The old
haunts dispensing only a weak i'm
itation of beer and only in excep-
tional cases hard liquor" seems al
most ghost like in their darkened
desolation.
Frantic burglar alarms. which
formerly reached the desk ser.
geant's ear at the rate of about
half dozen a night, have been re-
duced to two last week. One of
these was the result of a super
thirsty individual attempting to rob
the cache of provident wet"
Twelfth street, Kansas City's mar
row but peacock.like white way"
in the old days, seldom went to bed
at all; the new day merging into
the old; only change of cast was
necessary to keep the play going.
Midnight now finds most of the
light shining, but little else. The
few people who are met are those
returning from the city's amuse-
ment and outing parks and most
everyone has the air of a person
seeking the home place.
Free for-all street fighting and
wife beating seems to have gone
out of vogue, when liquor made its
forced exit. Chief of police Scott
A. Cooley believes that petty crime
will be reduced nearly half.
The effect of prohibition on the
city's, great industrial plants is par
ticularly noticeable. Payday
sprees-which usually ran extra in
nines of two or three days-necessi-
tated special arrangements in the
big packing plants. According to
]. A. MCLEAN, superintendent of
the Armour & Co. plant, great num-
bers of the men regularly failed to
show up for work on Mondays. By
Tuesdays lesser number was ab-
sent and Wednesday most of the
men were again on the job. This
process was repeated weekly; the
men being paid Saturday night.
The first week of the dry regime
found practically a full force on
hand Monday morning Other
packing house heads reported simi'
lar conditions.
Even the taxicab business seems
to be undergoing a decided change
The former midnight cruises carry.
ing home happy but incapacitated
fares. have been reduced to a mere
fraction, whereas during the day
light and early evening has bright
ened up considerably. But thu
motor cars are spinning out along
the city's boulevards and through
the park, instead of honking thei
way through drab and crowded
thoroughfares and waiting in from
of noisy cabarets.
| The bootlegger has made himsel
manifest. as is his wont to do in dry
communities. but the persons
reached inaihis manner are compar
atively small. according to tn
police.
Illicit whiskey sells for SO a quar-
it is said, while the better brand
bring as high as $40
When the farmers wife went Il
H. o.o.~n =: fnto -. ..:l ITO
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25

We have large line of tires and
and tubes. all standard makes and
guaranteed. Monroe Auto Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25
Trade With Germany

The blockade against German
ports having been formally lifted, it
is now the duty of the Allied coun-
tries to see to it that our late enemy
gets a square deal in the markets
OF the world.
During the height of the war any
number of organizations were form
ed to fight German trade after peace
Members pledged themselves not to
deal with the Prussians for 10 or 20
years; longshoresmen and sailors
agreed not to handle German ship
ping, and other plans for sitting
Teutonic trade were discussed. 'r
Little of that sentiment now ex-
lists, but not a vestige should be al
lowed to remain
America and the Allies have put
an enormous indemnity upon. Ger
many. and if she is to pay it she
must be allowed every honorable
means for earning money. Beyond
the restraints placed upon the coun.
try by the peace terms, no obstacles
should be placed in her way in
manufacturing and trading.
The world also wants to see demo
cratic Germany succeed. A pros,
porous Prussia will mean the end
of Bolshevism or a Hohenzollern
restoration. 1t will mean a first
class, nonmilitary industrious nation
of 100000 people in the family
of nations. doing its bit to supply
the needs of the world.
Civilization cannot afford to
nourish hatred indefinitely Ad.
vanced man is too interdependenl
for that We need German potash
and German chemicals just as much
as Germany needs American wheat
and British textiles.
Imperial Germany committed a
crime against humanity, and Imperi
al Germany is being justly punished
for it. Democratic Germany, how
ever, is entitled to a chance to re-
deem itself, aud the best way Il
give her that chance is to give her
a place of equality in the trade
world. A nation that is kept busy
is a nation advancing.-Republic
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25

Go to Miss Belle Johnson for
high-grade enlafeements.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25

When the farmers wife went ito
the store" in 1913 she paid 178 per
cent more for sheeting than she did
in 1914, l76 per cent for brooms,
257 per cent for calico, 121 per cent
for dinner plates, $50 per cent for
dishpans, 49 per cent for fruit jars,
90 per cent for kitchen chairs. n
per cent for lamps. 2i0 per cent for
muslin, 108 per cent for stoves, and
SO per cent more for wooden wash
tubs
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25

The arrival of a soldier from Fort
Porter. N Y. at the State Hospital
at Fulton last week, made a total
of twenty insane service men who
have been sent to the institution for
treatment in the last two or three
months, The soldiers received at
the hospital are not shell shock pa
tients but men who have gone in
sane. The shell shock patients are
sent to special hospitals for nerve
treatment.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-07-25

What will be done with all the
swinging doors and the ground glass
partitions and the rest of the camou
fiage which a curious civilization
had erected in order to keep the
public from seeing a man drinking
at BARI Surely no such protec.
ton will be necessary from now on
for a man in the harmless and
pathetic act of downing bottle of
near beer. Still. something useful
may be done with the ground glass
partitions. Why not-the sugges-
,ion is not wholly selfish-put the
ground glass partitions up in front
ofpawn shops? There will be found
customers who really would appre
ciate some such kindness.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16

Day winning ~ sccre * II ~ VI :sIheG|
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
S||TEL IS MATCHED
NTH OMAAlN WHO ]
Defeated PLEsT|NA
Charlie Peters, Great Nebraska
Heavyweight, Signed by Nick
Collins for Next Athletic
Club Show on Nov. "a.

" The Greek soldier champion and the
Balkan lion both having lost in
straight falls to AID Santel and I.ondos,
the Greek headliner, having failed to
respond to Santers challenge, the light
heavyweight champion is now match
ed to meet one Charles Peters OF Oma
ha. This graphing contest will take
place, Promoter Nick Collins an
nounces, at the Pinney theatre, on
Monday night, Nov. "a.
Who is Charlie Peters? Is he the
right calibre to meet Santel and de-
inand price for doing so? Well, he's
the wrestling sheriff from some Platte
river county in Nebraska who has
been showing Chicago how the, scis-
sors is applied in the West. But he's
more than that. He ranks with zbys-
xixo, Ed Lewis, Pesek, Stecher, ct al.
Not only that, but he has a win
over Plestina He didn't do thing
but take two straight falls from the
man who claims superiority over Cad
dock, Stecher and the big round world
Took 'em in less than an hour. And
considering that the biggest boys in
the game are rather reluctant to get
on the mat with the big Slav, Charlie
would seem to be entitled to some re-
spect
Santel, it may be remembered
wrestled three straight hours in San
Francisco with Plestina, without a
fall. And nobody else has pinned
Plestina's shoulders to the mat since
Peters did 1t. Guess that match here
Nov. "a ought to be good, yes?
1t really is no snap to secure the
right kind of talent to oppose Santel
these days. Light heavyweight cham
pion of the world, he has to go into
the heavyweight division to find his
Al. IL t. IL . l,a hos nf bn
heavy men. He has told Promoter
Collins to get any of them-Stecher,
Peters, Londos, Lewis, Zbysczko, Cut
Ter, Rodgers, Draak, Demetral-and
Peters is the first who had an open
date next week.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
CALDWELL HIGH IS
W|N|VERAT hA|NPA
Straight Football Puts Over
Two Touchdowns-Nam
Receivers Spirit and Scores
at Finish.

Nampa. Nov. 15.-By straight, con-
sistent. old time 'iline plunging, Cald-
well high defeated the local high this
afternoon, IA to 7.rQhe visitors led all
the way, scoring1 iny w. second and
third quarters, butsiny the has, quarter
the Nampans pulled themselves to-
.gether and with a series of perfect
forward passes, carried the ball to-
ward the enemy goal, pushing It over
as the last whistle blew
Caldwelps back field was a bit the
heavier, but the long end Of the score
vas earned by superior playing. Sew
eral hundred rooters came with the
team from the county seat, and the
crowd was the largest that ever saw a
game here
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
ONO State BARELY
NOSES OUT DADGERs
Northwestern Conference Lead
Is Slender-nlinois Appears
to Have Bulge in Deciding
Game Next Week.
BY L. r. BLANCHARD,

(United Press Staff Correspondent
chicago, Nov. 15.-Ohio state proved
To-Day there Is still one good wadding
Ior tne last shot of the 1919 football
campaign. The Ohio-Illinois game
rext Saturday will be no dud.
Ohio still leads the conference but
her victory over Wisconsin at Madi-
son today was in no sense a triumph
bare 3 to score was the best she
could muster over the Badgers. This
let down on Ohio's part, together with
illinois, fine display against Michigan
is clear indication that there stiIl
- fine fray in sight before the sched-
ule is cleared