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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1927
Page
6
In Cesare Borgia era Urbin the famed sorcerer Messer Corvinus faces a bold scheme by Madonna Blanca to drug Lorenzo Castrocaro with a golden elixir. The plan hinges on a moonlit rite and a deadly poison, as Corvinus guards his magical riches and a sinister black visitor materializes.
Corvinus Trismegistus the mage is confronted by Cesare Borgia in his lair. The duke requests the legendary life elixir said to revive the dead and pressures the mage with a deadly powder test. Corvinus, fearing death and exposure, agrees to swallow the potion as Cesare mocks and exits, leaving a cliffhanger.
The Iowa State College release shows June income above feed costs fell to 11,716 dollars from 22,650 in May as egg yields declined from 17.2 to 14.6 eggs per hen. Poultry producers face high grain prices but potential profit with careful culling and removal of non producers. The report documents top earnings by Guy Brady Sac City and other prominent flocks, plus best egg yields by Mrs. Clyde W. Cooper Boone and Elmer C. Darling Denison.
Minneapolis Journal notes complaints about germs on old currency and compares the appearance to vitamins on a twenty dollar bill. The item frames the issue with a moral aside referencing Shakespeare’s line about kindness.
In Iowa county groups the cost accounts show corn as the main pork cost. When corn was $1 a bushel in 1925 farmers fed 50 pounds less per hundred pounds of pork than in 1926 with corn at 60 cents. Average profit across 21 farms was 97 cents per bushel of corn fed, with wide variation among farmers.
Practical guidance from a Farmers' Bulletin excerpt covering fruit and vegetable canning at home and simple kitchen uses for sour cream. It also includes money budgeting advice, iced tea instructions, ant control methods with arsenate of soda, and sponge traps for ants.
C. R. Cowan plans a single crop of alfalfa on 65 acres between Cedar Falls and Waterloo. He seeded 10 acres in spring 1926 with oats after applying limestone. A neighbor will buy the hay for 15 dollars a ton and store it in the field. J L Boatman of Iowa State College predicted 1.5 tons per acre, aided by Grimm seed and 150 pounds acid phosphate.
Wisconsin leads with 76 proved bulls, Michigan 35, and Iowa 14. Iowa daughters of these bulls average 73 pounds more butterfat and 1,653 pounds more milk than their dams. Proved sires must be at least five years old, with early service risking loss of usable daughters.
A compilation of quick quips from 19th century papers. Jokes range from speeding cops to a groom’s hundred kisses to a student quoting a car repair price. A grocer’s price talk contrasts with a tram conductor’s boast and ends with bricklayer statues misread as statues.
Des Moines hosts a major feeder cattle exhibit at the National Livestock Show tied to the 1927 Town State Fair opening August 24. The display showcases feeder types, finished grades with profit comparisons, beef quality cuts, and new government markings for prime, best, and good. Farm boys from Arcadia Wisconsin attended a four week course on arithmetic English farm shops feeds and feeding with physical training.
Des Moines announces a threefold entertainment at the 1927 Town State Fair with whippet dog racing horse racing and auto racing. Whippet racing runs six days seven races daily with entries from top kennels. five days of horse racing offer purses over 20000 including a Saturday running day. two auto race programs are planned for opening and closing Fridays with entries from leading dirt track drivers. The event aims to boost attendance at the new 12 000 seat amphitheater as part of a broad midwestern exposition slate.
Monticello Iowa school board met August 1 1927 at 7 30 p m with Stimson presiding. Bills totaling in the list were approved for payment including utilities lumber hardware and janitorial supplies plus library and printing costs. Resignation of Annette McMillan accepted and Rose L Wilcox elected music supervisor at 150 per month.
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