Birth of John Hiram Lathrop, first Missouri U president
This week in Missouri history notes John Hiram Lathrop born January 22 1799 in Sherburne New York and later became Missouri University’s first executive head. His presidency began in 1840 after early work at Hamilton Yale and Hamilton College, guiding the fledgling university through Civil War turmoil and growth until his death in 1866.
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Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
University of Missouri
John H. Lathrop
State University
Mississippi
John Hiram Lathrop
Sherburne
New York
Western Institution
Hamilton College
Yale
Maynard
Lathrop
Harvard
Columbia
Columbia College
St. Louis Medical College
African Colonization Society
New University of Wisconsin
Madison
University of Indiana
United States
Major Rollins
Poultry Feed Care Key to Profits Says Frank Priebe
A farm letter from Frank Priebe urges poultry raisers to start with good chicks and proper balanced feed. Clarence Norris near Frankfort Indiana reports 160 Leghorn hens laid 3522 eggs in December yielding 47.09 dollars profit after 20.53 dollars feed cost. Priebe notes commercial balancers help rapid growth and stresses consistent feeding year round.
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Clarence Norris
Frankfort
Ind
Frank Priebe
Corn Hog Contracts Raise Many Reading Questions in Sullivan County
Readers seek guidance as 1935 contracts loom. Officials confirm land used for any crop must be included, and offer blunt rules on base acres, hogs, pasture, and compliance. A note on TVA policy and 1935 corn requirements follows, with implications for acreage and prices.
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Sullivan
Baugher
State Board of Review
Regards To Her Friends at 188 W 14th Place Chicago Heights Ill
Mrs Dora Alexander sends a two dollar subscription payment and warm New Year greetings to Mr Joe Nickell and Browning friends, thanking them for keeping the paper coming and extending best wishes for prosperity to all.
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Chicago Heights
Ill
Joe Nickell
Browning
Dora Alexander
Small Stores Face Decline Yet Persist Through Adaptation
Observers warned small merchants would be absorbed by national chains as department stores rose. Since 1895 predictions proved exaggerated as mail order firms and chains increased. Those thriving kept pace with times, embracing new methods and persistent, adequate advertising to compete.
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Springfield Republica
Farmers Livestock Conference At Milan Court Room
A livestock conference in Milan covered sheep feeding legumes for protein and minerals, winter pasture, worm drenches, and profitable ram use. Afternoon topics included horses and beef cattle with crept feeding and disease control. demonstrations planned by Robt. Marshall, Maggart, and Floyd Johnson. A state short course for horse and mule breeders was announced for January 31–February 1 at Columbia with leading experts from four states.
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Circuit Court
Milan
T. A. Ewing
Animal Husbandry Department
The
College of Agriculture
Rob T. Marshall
H. F. Maggart
Floyd Johnson
Sam Yos
W. R. Allen
Mr. Ewing
Sullivan County
Columbia
Agen Baugher
Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri Horse and Mule Breeders Association
W. F. Guard
Ohio State University
C. H. Covault
Iowa State College
Grant Good
Ogden
Iowa
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse and Mule Association of America
L. M. Monsees
Smithton
Ed Frazier
Drexel
John Wallace
Liberty
University of Missouri and
F. A. Middlebush
F. B. Mumford
E. A. Trowbridge
S B. Shirky
F. F. MacKenzie
A. W. Uren
Paul L. Piercy
Subscription payment note from California to Missouri Leader Record
A January 14 1935 note from Tulare California enclosing five dollars to apply for a subscription to the Leader Record. The letter thanks the recipient for past favors and is addressed to Browning Missouri.
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California
Tulare
Calif
Joe Nickell
Browning
Missouri
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TVA
United States News
Tennessee Valley Public Power Program
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Kansas
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