Newspaper Clippings Regarding Dr. Elmer Coulston

1934

Battle Creek, MI
USA

Paper

Document

English

Item 1: “Dr. Coulston is Dead in Orient” -- 21 ½ column inches. Name of newspaper incomplete, possible the Battle Creek Enquirer and Evening News. May 29, 1934. Item 2: “The Late Dr. Elmer F. Coulston. Impressive Funeral at Kalgan. Tributes of Affection and Esteem.” – Newspaper clipping from the Peiping [China] paper. Page 8, June 2, 1934. 19 ¾ column inches; 6 ¼ in. wide. Concluded on p.12: “The Late Dr. Elmer F. Coulston.” (Concluded from Page 8) – Page 12, 5 3/5 column inches. “Biographical note” – possibly part of the above described article begins: “Dr. Elmer Floyd Coulston, eldest son of C. and Mable Coulston…” – Newspaper clipping. 9 ½ column inches. Item 3: “Grateful Chinese Erect Memorial to Local Man” – Newspaper clipping from a Battle Creek, Michigan, newspaper. Article begins on page 1 and concludes on page 8. Total of 13 ½ column inches. Item 4: “Missions Call Many Into Strange Climes”; “Monument Erected by Grateful Chinese As a Memorial to Dr. Elmer Coulston Who Gave His Life in Medical Service.”; “Widow Returns to China” – The Battle Creek Enquirer, Sunday, November 29, 1936, pg. 1 (full page) – the newspaper dedicated the entire front page of the paper to individuals who had or currently were serving in medical and pastoral missions in various countries. A picture of the monument erected in Coulston’s honor is included, plus a short paragraph about Coulston’s wife Leatha returning to China to teach in the Shanghai Sanitarium.

Missionaries
Medical Missions

Coulston, Elmer Floyd 1905-1934
Brooks, Leatha Wenke 1905-1997

North China Sanitarium and Hospital
North China Union Mission

Elmer F. Coulston Collection

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