Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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I' it-. 4- Comstock, Elizabeth, . Comstock, Jennie, Deuel, Josephine, Duncan, Elsie, Eastman, Margaret, . Fallows, Sarah H., . Franchois, Henrietta Mary. French, Frances Wentworth, Grassie, Effie Dunreith, Grinith, Sara Jane, . Hall, Margaret R., Henney, Christine, Hicks, Grace, . . I-Iill, Adella Catharine, Ingalls, Henrietta E., Jobes, Anna Biddle, Jones, Nellie Lander, Ladd, Grace E., Lombard, Maud Eola, Loveland, Mary Hoyt, Lyon, Florence M., . McConnel, Jessie, . Miller, Fannie B., . M usgrove, Carolyn Gertrude, Near, Grace, . . Northrop, I-Ielen, . Pease, Jennie Estella, . Pettee, Julia L., . Pierson, Harriet Wheeler, Prentice, Helen, . Richmond, Anna, Shaw, Agnes W., . Spence, Adele Purnell, Stubbs, Helen Gertrude, ' Usher, Jessie H., . Walter, Mary Elizabeth, Watkins, Ella Mills, Yeomans, Edith M., 4' Died July 24, 1895. Ballston Ballston . Millbrook . Northfield, . Albany, . Southbridge . Binghamton 9 N. Y N. Y N. Y Mass N. Y Mass N. Y South Chesterville, Me . Ashland, Wis Penn Yan, N. Y Catskill, N. Y Hiawatha, Kan Wyoming, Pa Phelps, N. Y . Abington, Conn . Menomonie, Wis . Peoria, Ill . Northiield, Vt West Randolph, Vt Newark Valley, N. Y Amsterdam, N. Y . . Beaver, Pa New Britain, Conn Pittsheld, Mass South Hadley, Mass Tunkhannock, Pa Thompsonville. Conn . Lakeville, Conn . Florida, N. Y Mystic, Conn Armstrong, Io Portland, Pa. Snow Hill, lVld Foxcroft, Me . Plainville, Conn Whitney's Point, N. Y . Beaver, Pa Danville, Ill

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