In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read the obituary for 28-year-old Iva McDonald, who died six days after giving birth to a daughter on Christmas morning 1907.
Philomath College in 1873 felt proud about offering men and women an equal opportunity at receiving a postsecondary education. That news along with items on a mill for sale in 1898, brick building construction in 1923, Guernsey cattle in 1948 and floodplain construction limits in 1973 in this week’s From the Past.
Improvements to the highway between Philomath and Corvallis were completed in 1923. That news along with items on the college in 1873 and 1898, a Gellatly family birth in 1923, the post office in 1948 and the school budget in 1973 in this week’s From the Past.
More than a couple of cows per residence rankled some Philomath residents in 1898. That news along with items on a marriage in 1873, T.J. Conner’s death in 1898, stolen items in 1923, semi-pro baseball in 1948 and the Frolic junior queen in 1973 in this week’s From the Past.