The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-02-24
Local and Personal
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Jap Rose soap free, Ask you

Jap Rose soap free. Ask you
dealer.
Special for Saturday. Mems fine
shirts. Coles basement.
p. c. Hammer, prominent Volga mer
chant, was a business visitor in this
city Monday.
Miss Rose Mullen hel
Millinery Opening on March 4 and 5
showing all the latest shades and
styles.
Did you buy any of our bakery goods
this week? Come in and look them
over Ideal Bakery.
Mrs. Patterson has just returned
from the eastern markets, Chicago and
Milwaukee and is now showing a few
early spring pattern hats.
Don't forget the concert by the
State College Symphony Orchestra al
the Auditorium, Friday evening, Febru
airy 25. Admission. so cents.
Mrs. Farmers Wife, let us do your
baking. When in town call at the
Ideal Bakery. When home phone ia
and the postman will deliver it TO you
G. Heller, who has been a guest in
the Henry Schmidt home in Sterling
township for a couple of weeks, re
turned to his home at Faulkton on
Tuesday.
Mrs. A. J. Rush of st. Paul, MINI.
left for her home Sunday evening
after spending a few weeks in this
city visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. c
Connolly.
f. H. Keel, Oph., of Sioux Falls, viii
be in Brookings again at the hotel
Monday, March Z. Special attention
given to weak eyes, poor sight, in
famed eyes and eye lids, headache
and nervousness. Glasses correctly
fitted.
A baby boy was born Monday morn
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Weaver al
the Deaconess hospital ando survived
but a short time, dying Tuesday night
The many friends Of the family extend
sympathy and consolation in theil
sad loss.
The federal weather prophets who
predicted the worst week of the win.
ter for us this week will have to suf
fer the same disappointment that the
other prophet did who predicted a big
blizzard for us a couple Of weeks ago.
These weather prophets are a good
deal like the business seers who pre-.
dicted frightful hard times.
C. E. Palmer, who is grand master
left Sunday night for Willow Lakes
to attend a special meeting of the
lodge. From there he will start on a
visiting tour Of the lodges in the
southeastern part of the state, begin
ming with White River, near Murdo,
and winding up at Elk Point on March
IL.
John Sponsler, who attended the
clothiers' convention at Sioux Falls
last week says that the general opin,
ION of the convention was that bust
ness is perking up. All transactions
have taken on a better tone since Feb.
ruary ! and a return to normally in
buying and selling is anticipated by
early summer. Merchants from All
parts of the state agreed that a turn
in the tide is already taking place.
The Register is in receipt Of a pro
gram from II. II. Pickett of Pierre, OF
a concert of the Capital City band OF
which he is the director. The talents
of Hubble" Pickett as a musician are
we'll known in Brookings, and his
friends here congratulate him on the
success he has made with his band
The numbers on the program include
some of the most difficult of band Sc
lections AID indicate that Mr.. Pickett's
band is a high class musical organiza
ton.
A first prize of $500 and three ad
ditional prizes of $500 each will be
awarded to the four high school stu
dents of Bookings who submit the
best descriptions of the three prin
cipal characters OF Cooper's "The Las
Of the Mohicans," Uncas, Hawkeyt
and Magau. The prizes are offered by
P. G. Estee, proprietor of the Fac
theater, where a splendid perturbation
of Cooper's famous novel is bein:
shown. The contest closes Friday
afternoon. The winners will be an
nounced Tuesday, March /. Ever,
student who enters the contest will re
ceive a ticket for the newest Fair
banks release, "The Mark of Zorro,
which will be at the Fad in March.