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Lovejoy Martyr Acknowledged In Colby College Convocation
The article recalls Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Colby College alumnus, killed defending his press in Alton Illinois in 1837. It notes his abolitionist views, mob violence, and his burial, with references to a monument in Alton and a bust at the University of Illinois Hall of Fame. It adds a long Republic County district 88 school history timeline and a list of teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College
Waterville
Elijah Parish
Lovejoy
James Holton
Boston Transcript
Colby
Waterville College
Alton
Illinois
New England
St. Louis
The
Observer
Stand
Citiens
Eroicf
Es Friends
University— of Illinois—Hall
Wendell Phillips
Kansas City Star
Co Robinson
J. H. Hugos
Laura Cameron
Robinson
Gust. Wohlford
Gustaf Nystrom, Snr
F. G. Hellgren
Gust Aberg
Ds-M. -Richardson
Republic County
Jon
Minnie Loftus
Eva’ Shaw
Katie Mallon
J. G. Glasgow
Nellie Wilkie
J. P. Heaton
Charley Christie
N. M. Nelson
A. B. Kimball
J. M. Richardson
We-Ly
Kirk
F .L. C. Hall
John E. Fraser
Estella Booze
Eric Larson
Iva’ . Johnson
Ester Isaacson
Mae. Swiercinsky
Katherine Fletcher
Clara Melby
Sadie Robison
Pauline Nylund
Edith Woods
Helen
Loofbourrow
Margaret
Nelson
Audrey ‘Tedrow
Edna
Robison