The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-02-17

Phone 174-We deliver. Thursday
special, raised doughnuts.
Special lot of sheet music, 10 anc
20 cents, at the Photograph shop.
Mrs. Geo. Brown is at Sioux Falls
caring for her mother who is very i'll
MIR. and Mrs. George Baker of Au
rora, were in Bookings Saturday, hav
ing dental work done.
The Misses Agnes Reppe and Thresa
Davenport OF Bruce, spent the week
end visiting in this city,
Mrs. A Mears entertained the Huron
debating team to a luncheon while
they were in the city last week.
See new release Of Brunswick rec.
ords in this issue; they're all good
ones Hear them at the Phonograph
Shop.
c. b. Ahern returned home from
Flandreau Friday where he had been
visiting for several days among friends
and old acquaintance.
Miss Lois Huska and Frank Glen
Of Aurora, were united in marriage
at the Methodist parsonage last Fri
day by the Rev. c. Keagy.
Guy LeFevre, who is farming near
Worthwhile, is in Brookings this week
visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. +. S. LeFevre.
Geo. W. Cobel left Tuesday for
Rochester, Mimi, and from there will
go to Minneapolis to visit his son,
Ivan Cobel, who is under treatment
at a hospital there.
Mrs. W. II. Murphy and daughter,
Miss May Murphy, returned Tuesday
evening from Minneapolis, Mimi,
where they spent about ten days Wis
iting with relatives.
The basketball game between the
Flandreau Indians and Aggies at State
college scheduled for Wednesday night
Of this week was postponed until next
week. The game is to be played at
Flandreau.
Clerk of Courts Herman S.. Johnson
issued marriage licenses to the fol-
lowing named couples since last Thurs
day: Henry Den Otter and Martha
Wander Wall of Volga; Eugene Derose
and Mary Steufen of Elkton.
Many Brookings county people will
be grieved to learn that Mrs. Nikolena
Ust, a well known pioneer woman Of
the county, is very low at the home
of her son, Peter Ust, who resides on
the old Ust homestead
Rev. B. A. Benson, G. o. Trygstad
and E. S. Hanson went to Sioux Falls
Tuesday as delegates from the brother
hood of the Lutheran church of this
city to attend the annual convention
of the state brotherhood in session
there this week.
Mrs. John Alton left last Thursday
for Redfield to visit with her dauch-
ter, Mrs. A. F. Vergote, who was in
that city helping in a home talent
show. Mrs. Vergote played a leading
successful. On Sunday evening Mrs.
Alton and Mrs. Vergote returned to
this city.
Miss Edith Pierson who has charge
of the practice cottage at State col
lege, returned today from Minneapo-
lis where she went to attend a home
economic gathering. While attend
ing this meeting and visiting at home,
Miss Persons father died of heart
disease. Her many friends here IN
Brookings will sympathize with her
in her loss.
An evening Of social enjoyment was
had at the r. Miner home on Monday
evening with Wayne Speed of Brook
Ign, N. Y, and Walter tasty Of Phila-
delphia, as the guests of honor. The
evening was spent in dancing and
other amusements. Other out of town
guests were Thomas Kroft, Sioux
Falls; Arthur Douglas, IroQuois; Jo-
Of Aberdeen.
The %IroQuois Chief makes the fol-
lowing comment: ~"Bradstreet, the
authority on business conditions, says
that "a per cent Of the failures of last
year were firms that did not advertise.
Well, it wasn't anybody's fault but
their own. The newspapers were will
ing to provide the vehicle to success
and if they failed to take advantage of
the opportunity offered We fail to see
where they have any claim for SYM
pathy."
The Commercial club>held their reg
ular meeting at the club room in the
city hall last Friday evening at which
the city lighting and heating plant
was the subject Of much discussion.
President A.. F. Grimm appointed a
committee to cooperate with the con-
sulting engineer which the city will
hire in making a survey of the plant.
The club is also looking forward to
providing a municipal playground for
the children mex summer.
The shifting of the power and light
wires was completed this week by the
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