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...Technicalities are not for the majestic corridors of his soul. Harvard was made for the Vagabond to do as he liked with, not the Vagabond for Harvard. If you gentlemen do not tread lightly likely as not he will pack up, and blaze a trail across the mountains to Beloit...
...Beloit, Wis., Janet and Janice Norem, two-year-old twins, licked off sugar sprinkled on flypaper to attract flies, were taken to a hospital to have their stomachs washed...
Born: at Ticonic, Iowa, May 10. 1877. Start ; life: newsboy in Sioux City, Iowa. Career: While selling papers he attended Sioux City public and high schools, went to Beloit College, Wis. (1899). In 1901 he moved to Yankton, S. Dak., became and remained small-town banker. In 1902 he married Harriet R. Reustle, whom he met at Beloit (children: William Henry Jr., Dorothy). Moderately wealthy, he turned to politics, got into the Legislature in 1911. He became State senator (1913-17), lieutenant-governor (1917-21), governor...
Continuing their Commencements last week, U. S. colleges awarded honorary degrees to, among many others, these: Beloit College...
...Beloit, Wis., heirs of the late Mrs. Erne Gunderson found her large home packed with 50 house dresses, 30 pairs of shoes, unhung pictures, linen, scarfs, table and kitchenware, all unused. Explanation: Mrs. Gunderson, long poor and suddenly come into money, bought everything for which all her life she had wished to shop...