Leander Clark College Concludes 57th Commencement
The fifty seventh annual commencement at Leander Clark College closed on Thursday, June 12, marking a record year for graduates and a sad note with Dr. Franklin E. Brooke resigning as president. Dr. Marlon R. Drury of Philomath college was elected president, and Rev. R. E B. Graves received an honorary Doctor of Divinity. Seventeen liberal arts graduates and fifteen science graduates were awarded degrees. A campaign to raise the endowment to 500000 was outlined, with 40000 already pledged in five yearly installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Clark College
Franklin E. Brooke
Marlon R. Drury
Philomath College
Philomath, Ore
Leander College
Toledo
College of Liberal Arts
C. J. Kephart
Dayton
Elton Wayne Beck
Elmer L. Emerson
Laura Frances Hill
Gilberto L. Hicks
J. Earl Kneeland
Nana Menoyer
Irma Kepler
Nina E. Morton
Spencer C. Nelson
Ulysses
Piper
King Grace Salzman
Clara #. Speake
J. F. Uhlenhoop
Olive L. Uhlenhoop
Robert F. Ward
Roy L. Repp
Mary Hutchinson
R. E B. Graves
First United Brethren Church of
Waterloo
Mathetician Finds Food Answer Through Grape Nuts
An Ohio teacher of mathematics describes how switching to Grape-Nuts lunch improved his energy and mental sharpness. He notes heavy earlier meals caused brain fog. after adopting the cereal his afternoon work became brighter and more productive. His wife reports relief from stomach issues and fewer headaches as she consumes Grape-Nuts, with the brand claiming lasting benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Fine program for banquet at Chautauqua institute
Announcement by P. E. Ritz secretary of the Chautauqua and Bibles Institute that plans are nearly complete for the annual Chautauqua banquet to be held June 23 at 6 30 p m in the First Baptist church parlors. Over 250 invitations issued. Mrs C C Cadwallader to chair the event and Dr J H Rolling to toastmaster. The program includes music Welcome to the 1813 Chautauqua by J S Tuthill response by Dr A J Northrup and readings by Miss Marion Cooley plus speeches and impromptu remarks on topics such as The W C T U and the Chautauqua Spirit Booster Spirit and Three Cents and the Classics by Dr E W Lanham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Ritz
Chautauqua and Bibles Institute
Chautauqua
First Baptist Church
C. C. Cadwallader
Phen Gias
J . H. Rolling
Toastminster
J. 8. Tuthil
A. J. Northrup
L. M. Small
W. Kline
Marion Cooley
Chautauqua Spirit
Paul Davis
E. W. Lanham
Miss Wood Comes Home From West
Miss Myrtle Wood returns to Idaho from Nezperce where she served as principal of the schools and taught in western districts. She describes Nezperce country as wild with deep gulches and canyons, rolling wheat lands and ranchers who work three months yearly yet profit handsomely. She plans to spend the summer with her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nezperce
Ida
Myrtle Wood
Mary E. Wood
South Street
Ife
Miss Wood
West Schools
Wood
Waterloo Doctor Leads Infant Mortality Campaign in Iowa
Dr G H Sumner, a Waterloo physician, has been reappointed secretary of the Iowa state board of health for a fifth term and promotes the Save the Babies initiative. He advocates pure milk stations and infant mortality reduction, with lectures in Minneapolis at Grace Presbyterian Church and the First Norwegian Danish M E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Appointments
State Board of Health
Waterloo
Summner
Iowa
Sumner
Minneapolis
Grace Presbyterian Church
M. E
April Fool Joke Turns to Stern Reality Divorce Case
Eileen L. Miller obtained a divorce from William Ray Miller after he vanished as a prank. Judge Franklin C. Platt awarded custody of their daughter Arlene, $20 monthly alimony, with $10 for Mrs Miller’s support and $10 for the daughter, plus $30 in attorney fees. They wed January 14 1908 at Grand Haven Michigan and lived apart since March 31 1913 after alleged choking and insults by the husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileie L. Miller
Franklin C. Platt
Grand Haven
Mich
Friday the 13th 1918 marks executions day
A note marks Friday the 13th, 1918 as a day of executions at penitentiaries and remarks on the luck of the date.
Equine search and stray horse incident in Waterloo
John Collins a farmer three miles southwest of the city arrived in Waterloo today seeking a horse that escaped from its pasture last night. An officer was summoned to Rhea Street to humanely shoot an old horse that had fallen and could not rise after being abandoned. The details of the fallen animal were not fully clear in surviving text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collins
Waterloo
Rheatstreet
Atenat Elnan Parte Daw
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Clean and Wittick Market
West 4Th Street
Oak Ridge
Bologna
Drury
Brooke
Leander Clark
Rev. Graves
Bormer
Idaho
DR. G. Fl. Umner
Ject
G. H. Sumner
April
W. R. Miller
William Ray Miller
Eponge
People’s
West Fourth Street
Regal
Glide Auto Company
Regal Motor Car CO
Detroit
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