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Cadmus was established in 1887. [4] Dover was the name of a former post office in the township. The office opened with the name Unionville on January 15, 1836, with James Phillips as the first postmaster. The office was closed April 22, 1842, and reopened with the name Dover on November 22, 1842. The office operated until November 29, 1867. [5] [4]
The World Livestock Auctioneer Championship is an annual competition of livestock auctioneers who practice the auction chant typical of rural areas in the United States and Canada. The competition is sponsored by the Livestock Marketing Association and was first held in 1963. [1] Brian Curless won the competition in 2017.
Dr. Robinson founded the Robinson Clinic on N. East St. in 1935 and was twice elected mayor, in 1931 and 1937. Lester "Tug" Wilson (1885–1969), who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1911 season, was born in St. Louis.
Radio commercials for the American Tobacco Company's brand, Lucky Strike cigarettes, featured tobacco auctioneer Lee Aubrey "Speed" Riggs's phrase "Sold, American!", which made its way into the 1940 film His Girl Friday. [1] [2] The auction chant was explored in the 1976 documentary How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck, by Werner Herzog.
Rose Terrace was a private home located at 12 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.Built in 1934 by Anna Dodge, widow of automobile pioneer Horace E. Dodge, it was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]
Construction began in 1909 and was completed in 1911, as the largest livestock exchange building in the world. [2] In 1957, a one-story addition was constructed on the south side for the Golden Ox restaurant which had opened in 1949.
Lenawee County (/ ˈ l ɛ n ə w eɪ / LEN-ə-way) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 99,423. [2] The county seat is Adrian. [3]
National City had its beginnings as a business investment by East-Coast venture capitalists in the early 1870s. [2] East St. Louis mayor John Bowman had envisioned a new stockyard operation in East. St. Louis that would rival the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago and make the stockyards in nearby St. Louis minor by comparison, and he approached a group of wealthy investors about establishing ...