Birth of J M Greenwood in Missouri education history
This week marks the birth anniversary of James M Greenwood born November 15 1837 in Sangamon County Illinois a noted educator who shaped Missouri and Midwest public schooling. The article traces his self taught rise to Kansas City superintendent 1874 and his reforms in teacher selection institute modern buildings and laboratory work and notes his death in 1914 and posthumous honors for him and William Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Greenwood
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaer
James Michelborough Greenwood
Middle West
William Terrey Harris
St. Louis
James M. Greenwood
Kansas City
Sangamon County
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
James Greenwood
Lincoln
Greenwood
Methodist Seminary
Canton
United States
Europe
Kirksville
Adair County
Lima
West
John R. Kirk
State University
Kansas City Public Library
Linn 7th At Royal Lloyd Richmond Calf Wins 7th
Linn 7th at the American Royal Livestock Show with Lloyd Richmond of Laclede showing a Hereford calf that placed seventh among hundreds of 4 H entries. The calf, bred and started on feed by L H Edens and son near Purdin, also took third in its Hereford class at St Joseph and earned $39 in prize money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Richmond
Laclede
Linn County
Lloyd
L. H. Edens and Son
Purdin
St. Joseph
Missouri Urges Rapid Soil Survey Across State
M F Miller of Missouri College of Agriculture presses quick soil surveys to map all soils county by county. He cites demand from federal and state agencies and notes current partial completions in the corn belt. The drive ties to Census card campaigns and the Baby census effort led by the Missouri Congress of Parents and Teachers and veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
M. F. Miller
Department of Soils
Missouri College of Agriculture
United States
Missouri County
College of Agriculture
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Missouri Baby Registration Drives Record Cards Returned
More than 22 000 birth registration cards have arrived at the State Board of Health in Jefferson City for the Register Your Baby campaign. Parents are sending cards from Missouri and Washington to ensure babies are counted. An intensive statewide drive urges all parents with children under one year to complete and mail the cards promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Missouri “Register
Missouri Congress of Parents and Teachers
Missouri Veterans of Foreign Wars
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Missouri State Board of Health
Missouri Relief and Reconstruction Commission
State Board of Health
Jefferson City
Missouri
Washington
Halville Social Roundup Reflects Nearby Visits and Events
Mr. and Mrs Cecil Crooks of Kansas City visited the Will Young home. Many neighbors hosted and visited across the weekend including the Goochs, Bartows, Campbells, and W J Gooch Jr. The Ladies Aid met with 40 members. Attendees joined the American Legion banquet in Trenton and mourned the funeral of Mrs Herman Cooper at Mt Olive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Crooks
Kansas City
Will Young
O. E. Rottmann
J. R. Wood
Mamie Bartow
T. M. Norvell
Jerry Gooch
Victor Gooch
Tommie Bartow
Dean ,Morris
W. J. Gooch
H. V. Campbell
Richard Todd
Anna Young
Zelma Crooks
Bessie Schrock
Marie Warren
W. E
Benny Rhodes
Browning
Yvonne
Marcelle
American Legion
Trenton
Herman Cooper
Mt. Olive
Patch of Fall Wheat Grows Upright. Calves Thrive Nearby
H. E. Creason notes a tall fall wheat patch reaching over thirty inches and reports never seeing rank or wheat in the fall. He gathered a bunch and carried it to the house. Creason adds his calves are thriving in another wheat patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Creason
Hog Feed Plan Raised In Linneus Hog War
Jeff Molloy of Purdin asks Linneus County Agent if he can kill five 120 pound shoats under his corn hog contract and feed them to the other five to avoid the processing tax. The agent says it is lawful but hog meat makes poor feed and Molloy might quit hog farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Frank Priebe
Linneus, Mo
Jeff Molloy
Purdin
Linneus
Starlight class meets at Eva Moore home elects officers
Morris Chapel Sunday school Starlight class held its second fall meeting at Eva Moore’s home on Friday November 9. New officers chosen for the year include Noel Baskett president Eva Moore vice president Mary Helen Kimbrough secretary and Dorothy Creason reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starlight
Morris Chapel Sunday School
Eva Moore
Young Peoples
Elizabeth Ward
Noel Baskett
Maxine Gooch
Mary Helen Kimbrough
Dorothy Creason
Martha Creason
William Baskett
Ruth Wood
Garnelle Falconer
Dorothy Griffeth
Eugene
Noel
Ruth
Bobby Wood
Mary
Frances
Joe
Bob Smith
Martha
Nolan
Margaret
Harold Palmer
Lowell Gibson
Hazel
Lois
Cecil Buckner
Russell Smith
Tom . Kimbrough
Elnora
Arthur Griffeth
Ola Creason
Bennie
Freddie
Verlan Lambert
Lewis Wood
Helen Falconer
Evelyn Goins
B.C. Moore
Herman Moore
Joy Moore
Lavina
Eva
Timely Topics Reflect On Noted Figures And New Ideas
A series of brief observations on renowned figures and scientific facts. It notes Ana tole France as a celebrated French novelist with a small brain weight of 1017 grams, lists Zeigfeld’s selections of top women including Billie Burke, recalls Linnaeus and his banned writings, and mentions a Kansas City Post proposal on lower math for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anatole France
Florenz Zeigfeld
Grace Moore
Elissa Landi
Greta Garbo
Joan Crawford
Jean Harlow
Marion Davies
Sally Eilers
Gladys Glad
Evelyn Laye
Billie Burke
Community Plans Holiday Programs by Local Churches
Community groups from M E Church South E Church and Mr Holman met at R A Glaze home to plan holiday programs. Thanksgiving service November 28 at the Methodist Church with school and community joint effort, followed by Christmas and New Year programs with committees named for stage tree decoration street decorating and finance. Rev Luton will deliver the sermon and Rev Simmons handles the Christmas and New Year services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
M. E. Church
South
E. Church
Holman
R. A. Glaze
Methodist Church
Ada Bolling
Lorne Whaley
Rosalie Schrock
Floy Peterson
Luton
Adrai Glaze
Roy Calhoun
Alvin Pipes van Arnold
Mr. Wicker
Fay Peterson
Herman Adams
Herbert Bailey
Adrian Glaze
Ben Peterson
Nellie Seaman
Mrs Wicker
Hardy Calhoun
W. H Dickinson
Norris Phillips
Willie Bond
Chester Bagley
C. W. Gooch
W. H. Dickinson
Letha Bailey
Margaret Smith
Genevieve Prather
Eunice Dickinson
For Sale Purebred Large Black Angus Bull
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Two New Women's Extension Clubs Form in County
Miss Bertha Banning of the Farm Bureau Office organized two new women’s extension clubs this week. One group met at Mrs. Edgar Morris’s home near Shafter, another at Mrs. Eugene Caughton’s home near Linneus. The county now hosts 32 clubs and reports show active community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Banning
Farm Bureau
Edgar Morris
Shafter
Eugene Caughton
Linneus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Horace Mdnn
Booker T. Washington
Eliot
Harvard
Linn
Royal
Haleville
Starlight Party
Pathfinder
Threedler
Betram
den, N. J
Charles Bubeck
Bubec
Linnaeus
Kansas City Post
Womens
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