The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07
Local and Personal
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Free silYerware. Cards with every
PURCHASE, at the Economy Grocery.
II Will Gsomaber, a former photogra
pher and resident Of Brookings, was
"a visitor in the city on Tuesday.
UMrs0J. w. Wilson returned home
this morning from a visit OF severa
days Jin the Twin Cities.
wWatchg the. Register for the great
story }1of7stThe Magnificent Amber
sons" BY; Booth Harrington. VIII,
start soOpyy
The Register has put in a supply Of
the ! and 2 inch tape for the machines
recently sold to merchants by the Star
Gummed Products Co.
c., H. Atkinson went to WATERFOWL
Tuesday morning to look after paw
the c.. H. Atkinson Paving Co.
Mrs. C. ID. Wright and daughter
Grace, who have been visiting at the
G.. F. Hepner home, returned to their
home at %Plainview, Mimi, last Thurs
day.
The hauling team belonging to j
s. Wordcn made a runaway trip on
Tuesday morning and smashed up the
auto OF Charles Yule, before they were
caught.
John Hamre, who was in BrOokings
to attend the funeral of his step
mother, Mrs. Julia Hamre, returned
to his home at Des Moines, Ia,
Wednesday morning.
Miss Martha Lambe and her broth
err, Carl, left Tuesday morning for
Pierre and the Black Hills, to spend
a couple of weeks in a vacation TAX.
ing in the Switzerland o. South Ia
kota.
Mrs. IHea Madden is back in the
First National Bank after having had
q vacation of a couple of weeks. She
had a fine time while away and dur
ing her absence her place was kindly
taken by Mrs. r. B. Breed.
An examination for the position of
~clerk-carrier will be held August 23rd
at the Brookings postofice. Persons
desiring to take this examination with
d view OF obtaining a steady position,
should call at ~postofice for application
blanks.
H. G. Hauff returned Monday morn.
ing from the east, where he visited
New York and other large cities, buy
ing merchandise for the Hauff Dry
Goods Co. He promises that the best
showlngs of his trip will be offered
to the Rrookings public as soon Is
received.
Miss Ophelia Johnson is visiting
at the home of her brother, I. B. John
SON. county agent leader of the ex
tension department at State College
Miss johnson has been engaged as q
reconstruction aid at Fort Smelling
and viii remain about q north rest
ing from the work which she wa,
doing there.
Prof. H. C. SEVERN, accompanied BY
B. Peterson Is ar assistant. went Il
Capa west OF the Missouri river Il
make some Investigations into the
grasshopper plague. They are in
formed that some OF the insects have
appeared there and will conduct ex
tperimental work where they are Il
be found.
The passenger train from the cas-
on Tuesday morning did not arriv,
until eight o'clock. The delay wa,
'toccaeioned by the breaking Of a jour
mai Just after the train pulled GU
of Elkton and only the slow rate O
speed kept them from having a seri
GUS accident. A freight engine lyin,
at Elkton brought the train to Brook
ings, bat all passengers going ives
who desired to connect for the soutl
or other lines missed their connec
tiops~.
JIG. Sample. who is farming out II
Perkins, county, south of Lennon
wasFa visitor in the city at the hom'
of his. parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
fsstnpie.S during the past week. H,
was returning from taking a coupl,
OF cars of cattle to the Sioux Cit,
market and says that the ~countr,
around him. while some dry, is doinl
well and that time will make 1t a
good 2 country as any. He Is yer,
lstropgly in favor OF mixed farming
and says that his cattle are the BIZ
thing In making both ends Of the bust
ness meet He left Tuesday for hi
bone and looks for = very fair return
on cE9pe In that part Of the stat
! after the harvest.