mahoney, e. j.

unknown – unknown

Name variants: E. J. Mahoney
Record count: 90
Sources: life_events
Places seen: Bloomfield; Cape Girardeau; Charleston; Columbia; Denver; Denver, Colo.; Dexter; Dexter; Sikeston; Essex; Poplar Bluff
First event date: 1911-01-25
Last event date: 1942-05-07

Timeline — 90 events

1911-01-25 Allowed $240.00 for special road work on Huffstuttler bottom (Jan 3)
1911-02-22 Named petit juror, March 1911 term
1911-10-04 Raised forty-five bushels of wheat to the acre this year and expects fifty of corn from the same land; described as one of the most progressive of Missouri farmers
1911-10-04 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter was profiled (via the Sikeston Standard) as one of Missouri's most progressive farmers, having raised 45 bushels of wheat to the acre this year and expecting 50 of corn from the same land; he visited Thursday
1912-10-23 Best 10 ears white corn, 1st place, at the Farmers' Day celebration in Dexter
1912-10-23 Best 10 ears any variety, 1st place, at the Farmers' Day celebration in Dexter
1912-10-23 Won Best 10 ears white corn, 1st at the Dexter fair
1912-10-23 Won Best 10 ears any variety, 1st at the Dexter fair
1913-06-25 E. J. Mahoney was in town Saturday; item cut off at page bottom
1913-06-25 E. J. Mahoney was in town Saturday (item cut off at line break, gist clear)
1913-07-09 Reported a wheat yield of 5,700 bushels from 300 acres, with some farms getting better yields
1913-07-09 reported a wheat yield of 5,700 bushels from 300 acres; the editor notes some farms have better yields of wheat this year. (item cut mid-sentence in the shot)
1913-07-09 Reported wheat yield of 5,700 bushels from 300 acres
1913-08-06 Was in Sikeston last week
1913-08-06 Left this week for Denver, Colo., on a business trip
1913-08-06 E. J. Mahoney was in Sikeston last week
1913-08-06 E. J. Mahoney left this week for Denver, Colo., on a business trip
1913-08-06 E. J. Mahoney was in Sikeston last week
1913-08-06 E. J. Mahoney left this week for Denver, Colo., on a business trip
1913-08-06 E. J. Mahoney was in Sikeston last week
1913-12-17 E. J. Mahoney, the St. Charles White corn man from Dexter, was a Sikeston visitor Thursday; he brought over some of his celebrated seed corn
1913-12-17 The St. Charles White corn man from Dexter visited Sikeston Thursday, bringing some of his celebrated seed corn
1913-12-17 The St. Charles white corn man from Dexter; was a Sikeston visitor Thursday, bringing over some of his celebrated seed corn — Standard
1913-12-17 E. J. Mahoney, the St. Charles White corn man from Dexter, was a Sikeston visitor Thursday and brought over some of his celebrated seed corn
1913-12-17 St. Charles white corn man from Dexter visited Sikeston Thursday; brought over some of his celebrated seed corn
1914-01-21 Won the Stoddard County scholarship in the corn-yield contest with a yield of 82 bushels; spelling printed as Mahoney, distinct from the Mahony of the corn-show item, recorded as printed
1914-01-21 Listed among the different-county scholarship winners in the Southeast Missouri Normal Acre Yield Contest, held at Cape Girardeau Jan. 8-10 with 150+ entries ('E. J. Mahoney, Dexter'); surrounding list text fragmented. First prize $50.00 went to G. W. Tjadon, Gordonville (99 bu); second Eric Palmer, Emmerson (97.4 bu); third $15 Hon. W. D. Towe, Cuba (93 1/4 bu)
1914-01-21 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter won the Stoddard county scholarship with a corn yield of 82 bushels
1914-04-01 Called "Stoddard's Corn King"; ten ears of corn raised near Dexter took third prize at Dallas of all corn shown throughout the United States
1914-04-08 Elected representative from Richland township at the Stoddard County Poultry Association meeting
1914-04-08 E. J. Mahoney was elected representative from Richland township at the Stoddard County Poultry Association meeting last Saturday afternoon
1914-05-06 Enrolled in the Acre Yield Corn Contest conducted by the Agricultural Department of the State Normal School, Cape Girardeau; entries close June 1
1914-05-13 E. J. Mahoney, the champion corn man of Southeast Missouri, was here boosting Saturday
1914-05-13 E. J. Mahoney, the champion corn man of Southeast Missouri, was in Bloomfield boosting Saturday
1914-05-13 The champion corn man of Southeast Missouri was in town boosting Saturday
1914-06-03 Is pushing the acre yield contest
1914-06-03 E. J. Mahoney is pushing the acre yield contest
1914-06-03 E. J. Mahoney is pushing the acre yield contest
1914-07-01 E. J. Mahoney was in town last Thursday morning
1914-07-01 Was in town last Thursday morning (Essex Notes)
1914-07-01 E. J. Mahoney was in town last Thursday morning
1914-07-01 Was in town last Thursday morning
1914-07-22 E. J. Mahoney and family, Walter Burke, and J. W. Burke and family thank neighbors and friends for sympathy during the illness and death of Mrs. Ora M. Burke, and thank the ladies of the Eastetn Star lodge for the floral offerings
1914-10-21 E. J. Mahoney, W. G. Yeager, S. E. Newhouse, Cal Norman and others took the Stoddard display to Poplar Bluff Monday
1914-10-28 Stoddard County prize winner at the Poplar Bluff agricultural display: St. Charles Yellow Corn 1st, Rye 1st, Millett seed 1st, Blk. eye peas 1st, Johnson Co. white corn (1/3 bu) 3rd, Timothy 2nd, Onions 2nd; credited with securing and arranging the county exhibit; one further 2nd-place item cut off at shot top
1915-01-13 Brought the Douglass Silver Trophy home to Dexter from the State Corn Show; his corn also won the 'third-best-in-nation' prize at the National Corn Show, Dallas, Texas, last year; hailed as 'Southeast Missouri's Corn King.'
1915-01-20 Awarded the State Board of Agriculture trophy (silver loving cup) for the best ten ears of corn at the Missouri State Corn Show at Columbia; his corn also took the championship ten ears in white corn, the championship ten ears in yellow corn and the sweepstakes in yellow corn; variety Johnson County White and Reid's Yellow Dent; prizes amount to several hundred dollars
1915-01-20 Sold 5 bushels of seed corn to C. C. Miller, who was in town today
1915-01-20 With L. Robinson, attended the State Corn Show at Columbia last week
1915-01-22 E. J. Mahoney won the grand championship sweepstakes on meal at the State Corn Show in Columbia last week, and also took blue ribbons on white corn [date from clip_id]
1915-01-27 Of Dexter; won two grand champion prizes, two championship prizes, and two first prizes in the contests at Columbia during Farmer's Week at the University College of Agriculture
1915-02-17 Champion corn grower of Stoddard County, who came here from Indiana a few years ago; at the State Corn Show at Columbia won honors on 10 ears of white corn and 10 ears of yellow corn and took the highest scoring on 10 ears of Reids yellow dent, winning the championship for Missouri; at the Sikeston Corn and Poultry Show took first on 10 ears Reids yellow dent and on best single ears of Reids yellow dent and Johnson county white
1915-03-31 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter won the corn sample contest with 99 per cent germination in all tests, per a March 26, 1915 letter from J. M. Calloway of Grafton, Ill
1915-03-31 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter received word from J. N. Calloway that his sample of corn germinated 99 per cent in all tests; Calloway declared Mahoney still winner
1915-04-07 Described as the man who put Stoddard county on the map as one of the greatest corn growing counties in the state and one of the most practical and successful farmers in the county; was a business visitor here the first of the week
1915-05-28 Entered the Corn Acre Yield Contest conducted by the State Normal school at Cape Girardeau (entries close June 1); cash prizes range up to $50
1915-05-28 Entered the Corn Acre Yield Contest conducted by the State Normal school, Cape Girardeau, closing June 1 [date from clip_id]
1915-06-25 Won two gold medals on his corn exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco; the state exhibit had previously won 17 gold, 20 silver and 15 bronze medals
1915-07-09 E. J. Mahoney, 'Corn King' of Stoddard County, learned last week that his county corn won two gold medals at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, making him Corn King of the United States [date from clip_id]
1915-07-16 E. J. Mahoney of Stoddard county captured first prizes on both white and yellow corn at the Panama Pacific Exposition agricultural exhibits, winning the title of Corn King of the United States
1915-08-13 E. J. Mahoney, the Stoddard County corn king, tells the Sikeston Standard he has a 20-acre patch he is satisfied will make 150 bushels to the acre, the greatest yield he ever had
1915-08-13 E. J. Mahoney is listed as speaker 3, 'A Farmer,' at the Gratitude Meeting of the Dexter Methodist Church, Sunday, August 15, 8 p.m
1915-08-20 Spoke at the 'Gratitude Service,' paying his respects to the growth and need of the rural church and school
1915-09-03 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter named Southeast Missouri's champion corn grower with the State Board of Agriculture trophy; he has grown Washington, Indiana seed corn since 1905
1915-09-03 E. J. Mahoney lectured on Corn Culture at the Airdome in Bloomfield last Saturday night, accompanied by a large crowd from Dexter
1915-10-08 E. J. Mahoney, the Champion Corn raiser and all around good farmer of near Dexter, was here last week's end [date from clip_id]
1915-10-08 E. J. Mahoney the Champion Corn raiser and all around good farmer of Dexter was here lost week's end [date from clip_id]
1915-11-05 Won sweepstakes and first prizes at the Cape Girardeau corn show, taking first best 10 ears of Boone County White ($5.00); pictured with W. G. Yeager
1915-11-05 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter, recognized as one of Stoddard county's best corn men and gaining a national reputation as such, took several prizes at the Southeast Missouri Products Show, including a hundred dollars in cash for the best ten ears of corn shown at the exhibition [date from clip_id]
1915-11-12 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter, recognized as one of Stoddard county's best corn men, carried off the big prize at the Missouri State Fair and a hundred dollars in cash at the Panama Pacific Exposition for the best ten ears of corn shown
1915-11-12 The Statesman defended E. J. Mahoney of Dexter, called Southeast Missouri's most successful and progressive seed corn grower, against Cape Republican editor Harry Nester's charge that he merely hunts through his corn for show ears; judges at Cape, Columbia, the state shows, Dallas and San Francisco national shows all say Mahoney has better corn; Mahoney had pitched his tent in Stoddard county on real rich soil rather than Cape
1915-11-12 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter, described as Southeast Missouri's most successful and progressive seed corn grower, won the main corn prize and several others at the Cape Girardeau corn show
1916-02-11 Said the agriculture school was one of the most successful ever held in Stoddard County and that young farmers should learn all possible good from it
1916-02-11 Appointed a director of the Stoddard County Farmers Co-operative Association [date from clip_id]
1916-02-11 Offered prize-winning seed corn for sale ('The best by test'), in the want column [date from clip_id]
1916-02-18 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter, Mo., advertised a limited amount of prize-winning seed corn for planting
1916-02-25 Advertising 'the best by test' seed corn, prize-winning seed, for sale in Dexter. (Want Column)
1916-03-03 Seed corn for sale: 'SEED CORN-The best by test'; start right by planting pure high yielding seed; E. J. Mahoney, Dexter, Mo
1916-03-24 E. J. Mahoney of Dexter advertised prize-winning seed corn for sale, urging growers to plant pure high yielding seed [date from clip_id]
1916-04-07 Won the district in the 1916 Corn Acre Yield Contest with 121 bu., 45 lbs. yield; entries for the 1916 contest close April 10
1916-04-14 Seed corn for sale: a limited amount of prize winning seed corn, best by test; E. J. Mahoney, Dexter, Mo
1917-01-26 E. J. Mahoney, "Earth's leading chiropodist," of Stoddard county, was in Sikeston on business last week [date from clip_id]
1920-08-27 E. J. Mahoney elected Treasurer of the Stoddard County Advisory Board of the Salvation Army at the organization meeting held Monday night at the Chamber of Commerce, Dexter
1920-11-05 Planning meeting at the Farm Bureau office for the Pig and Corn show to be held in Bloomfield, November 10th; committee to arrange program, raise money, and place awards; Supt. Gray to confer with the Athletic Association of Bloomfield on athletic events
1920-12-03 Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney were in Charleston, Wednesday, to view the new concrete road construction; they were the guests of the Chamber of Commerce
1921-01-07 The "Corn Prince" of Dexter, Missouri: his seed corn won about $3,500 in cash prizes, ribbons and medals in ten years; farms an 800-acre tenant farm in the reclaimed alluvial "Swamp-east Missouri" valley; came to Missouri twelve years ago from southwestern Indiana and still rents; president of the county farm bureau and a leader in boys' and girls' club work; favors Boone County White corn (also tried Reid's Yellow Dent and St. Charles White); shipped seed corn 250 miles north and to Iowa, Illinois and Indiana in 1917
1921-01-28 Returned Saturday from Columbia, where they attended Farmers' Week held there all last week, with O. L. Bonam
1924-09-19 E. J. Mahoney came up from Greenville, Miss., Saturday, and returned Sunday with Mrs. Mahoney who had been visiting here for several days; he left a sample of his cotton, a limb off a stalk that had 225 bolls on it
1925-06-26 E. J. Mahoney arrived from Greenville, Mississippi, making 350 miles in one day
1942-05-07 Member of the Dexter Senior Class of 1942 (52 seniors; 51 expected to graduate)

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