The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26
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Wednesday evening from a two weeks
visit with friends at Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Alpha F. Orr of Sioux Falls
arrived Tuesday evening and Is
guest at the new home Of Col. T. G
Orr.
Before deciding the school question
for this fall read the statement Of the
Madison Normal School in another
column.
Miss Alta Furnish arrived last even
ing from Poplar Bluffs. Mo-, and is q
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
j. w. Catlett.
Mrs. Laura Johnson and daughter
Beatrice, who have been visiting rela
tives here, returned to their home a,
Elbon Tuesday evening.
+. F. Baldridge and family are nov
ing into the Manley Champlin resi-
dence this week, which Mr.. Baldridge
purchased a few weeks ago.
Many B%rookings people will be in,
terested to hear that a baby boy was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ben B. Lawshe
at Aberdeen Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. +. Dunbar of Pine
Ridge, Mimi, returned to their home
Monday after visiting in this city at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II. Fricke.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Kramer returned
last week from a three months visit
on the Pacific coast. They visited
with their o n Alvin, at Portland, Ore.
The Lutheran Sunday school held
their annual picnic yesterday at Lake
Campbell. A good sized crowd was
present and enjoyed a pleasant after
noon.
! Mrs. ]. B. Hastings and daughter,
Alice, returned Friday from a two
weeks visit with friends in MinneapO-
lis, Virginia, and other points in Min.
nesota.
West Babcock Of Sioux Falls, well
known over the state as the agent for
the Mutual Benefit company, arrived
Tuesday night for a weeks stay in
this city with Horace NJ. Aver.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Harold of Clin-
ton, H., arrived Wednesday evening
for a visit of about a week or ten
days at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Fry. Mrs. Harold is Mrs. Fry's sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lindeman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lindeman of Red
wood Falls, Mimi, who have been Wis
iting at the c. II. Fricke and VIM.
Schaphorst homes, returned home last
week.
Mrs. F. T. Baker and daughter,
Francis, left Wednesday morning for
La~uderdale, Fla, where Miss Baker
will teach during the coming school
year. Her mother will remain with
her and spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Bang and family
returned Wednesday afternoon from
an S00-mile auto trip through Mime
sofa up to Erskine in Polk county in
the northern part of Minnesota where
they visited a short time. They left
Bookings last Thursday and made
the entire trip without mishap. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Bang the happie5t
family" had the time of their lives.
S. f. Loeb of Calumet, Mich, ar
rived in Brookings the first of the
week to look after his farming inter
ests. He states that his crops here
near Carthage, this state. He says
they had more water down there this
year than in Brookings county. Of
course that don't seem hardly possible
to US here where we have had so much
to contend with this season.
The Misses Elsie and Evelyn Bart
lett left Wednesday morning for New
York City. Miss Evelyn has accepted
a position as secretary in one of the
Offices at the Church Mission House
and Miss Elsie will take up study for
dramatic reading, for which she has
unusual talent, and at the same time
probably do some secretarial work.
Both young ladies will be missed by
their friends in Brookings who wish
for them the best of good fortune and
success in Americas greatest metropo-
lis.
The hog sales of pure bred Poland
Chinas at the Maher Brothers farms
this week were we'll attended and
brought successful returns. At Tom
Makers sale Monday afternoon 40
head averaged $201.25 each. The top
notch SOW brought $500. At Ned
Makers sale the top notch yearlinG
BOAR brought $3.50, according to Col.
S. j. Rudolph, who was n of the
a%uctioneers at the sale. These are Il
few striking examples of what may
be accomplished by careful breeding
and well chosen publicity. The Maher
Brothers have gained for themselyes
an enviable position among the best
known pure bred live stock growers
in the northwest.
VI. G. Carlisle and daughter, Marian,
returned last week from the Pacific
coast where they have been VISITING
since the Shriner's convention n
June. While in Portland they visited
Mrs. F. j. Carlisle, Miss Hattie Young,