The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-09
Local and Personal

"Pete" for shoe repairing at the
Wide Awake Shoe Shop, opposite City

"Pete" for shoe repairing at the
Wide Awake Shoe Shop, opposite City
Hall.
The ouiji board predicts a great loss
in turkeys and chickens between now
and January LIST.
The Misses Florence and Francis
West of Bruce, visited with friends IN
this city last Saturday.
Victor and Brunswick machines and
records, the one Xmas gift that all
enjoy. The Photograph Shop.
Ivan l.. Cobel, cashier of the First
National bank, left Tuesday on a short
business trip to Minneapolis, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Ribstein of Bruce,
were Sunday guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Rufer in this city.
James c. Ball and Lila Thompson
of this city, were married on Satur-
day, December 4, by Judge Byron
Moore.
Mrs. Frank Simmons and Mrs. Joe
Sample and children, expect to leave
today for Long Beach, Cal, where they
will spend the winter.
Wallace E. Purdy and family have
moved into their new home on Ninth
street. They now have one of the
fine homes of the city.
Miss Claudia Hambly and Harry
Evans, both of Spiritwood, N. d., were
united in marriage last Saturday at
the Methodist parsonage by the Rev.
R. c. Keagy.
Now is the time to keep your money
at home. The business men need it.
The banks can make good use of it
and it will help the present money
situation a whole lot. Try it.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Schaphorst left
Tuesday morning for Mott, N. D.,
where they will visit their daughter,
Mrs. II. NJ. Cornell, a few days and
will then go to Los Angeles, Cal, to
spend the winter.
Miss Bertha Trasta was in Brook
ings Monday the guest of Mrs. j.
Sampson. Miss Trasta has been Wis
iting her parents near Arlington and
from here returned to Omaha where
she is s~tenographer for the Brictson
Mfg. Co.
Miss Virginia Rea was the guest of
honor at a late dinner party, given
last Friday night following the con-
cert, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. A. Skinner by Miss Margaret Skin
ner and Mrs. Leila Coe. Mr.. and Mrs.
e. H. Sexauer and E. c. Nolan were
guests.
Don't spend your money out of town
if you want to help yourself, the town
and your county. Now is the time to
spend it at home if you never did in
your life. 1t keeps the dollar in circula-
ton, it keeps it right here where we
all need it. Be optimistic and III a
very short time the present situation
will be over and forgotten. Try it.
What is nicer than a picture of your
home town when remembering alb
sent friends? Twenty-four pages of
fine views with cover in colors, repre-
senting the very best in topographic
art. Only 20 cents each, including
mailing envelope, at the Register of
fee. Call and see it. We have had
! several orders from outside, but where
we deliver by mail postage must be
included.
We hear someone saying, ITS all
very we'll for that Register man to
sing his booster songs, but he don't
know what he is talking about; he
don't know what we are up against
We don't, Ell? Well, we were here
twenty-five and thirty years ago and
then some, and we have seen a whole
lot worse times than these. You ask
any of our old settlers who were here
a quarter of a century ago and they
will spin you a yarn that will make
the hair raise on your head. Present
conditions here in Brookings county
as compared to twenty-five and thirty
years ago is just like calling every
little storm we have a Dakota biz
gard" and they don't eve know what
a blizzard" means.