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| Eells Business College, Waukon |
also known as Waukon Business
College & Waukon Normal School

| Eells Business College class - 1891 The Eells Business College Edith Beebe, the contributor's grandmother, was 16 years old when she attended. She is in the front row, 4th from the left. -contributed by Jan Miller from her personal collection |
Newspaper articles about the college:
Postville Review, July 21, 1888
Supt. MITCHELL has selected the following named parties as
instructors at the coming session of the Normal Institute:
C.P. Colgrove, of Waukon, conductor and instructor in U.S.
history, civil government, rhetoric, physiology, geography and
general work.
J.F. Smith, instructor in arithmetic, algebra and physiology.
Rev. D.N. Mason, of Waukon, instructor in elementry acience,
didacties and general work.
F.M. Shipey, of Lansing, instructor in reading, language and
grammar.
Alice C. McCarty, of Waukon, instructor in practice teaching,
primary work, drawing, geography and penmanship.
J.P. Conway, of Lansing, secretary.
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Waukon Democrat, 1891
The WAUKON BUSINESS COLLEGE, Prof Lenthel Eells, proprietor, is
fast coming to the front and taking rank among the best
institutions of like character in Iowa. The college is now nicely
located in commodious quarters in the Beeman Block and the
attendance for the present term is even much larger than was
anticipated. The Normal Department has been well patronized .
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Waukon Democrat, October 20,
1891
We the undersigned students of the WAUKON BUSINESS COLLEGE hereby
express ourselves as fully satisfied with instruction in both the
Normal and Business departments and we can cheerfully recommend
it to those desiring instruction in either department.
John Casey, P. McCauley, J.S. Hogan, Mary E. Berry, M. Regan,
Edith Van Horn, Ella McEarlane, Edith Beebe, A.J. Ettle, Katie
Quinn, M. McCaughlin, Lizzie Desmond, Mina Van Horn, Katie S.
Guider, Hannah Nelson, Hannah McDermott, and others.
It is very possible that
some of the students who signed the 1891 advertisement are also
in the photo.
Can you identify any of the other students?
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