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June 29, 1926
The Alaska Daily Empire
Juneau, Alaska
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17-year-old Frankie Lux, a champion corn grower from Shelbyville, Indiana, presents a prize ear of corn to President Coolidge during an Indiana delegation's White House visit. He discusses scientific farming with a new Farmall tractor, emphasizing efficiency and business-like approaches.
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Boy Corn Wizard Presents Prize Ear to President
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EDUCATIONAL— "Secrets of the Bee"
"ON THIN ICE" By Darryl Francis Zanuck Adapted from "The Dear Pretender" WITH TOM MOORE THEODORE VON ELTZ EDITH ROBERTS WILFRED NORTH WILLIAM RUSSELL TEXAS KID A MASTER MYSTERY PICTURE
20TH CENTURY COMEDY "Itching for Revenge" 10-25-40-Loges 50 cents
Thursday—THE FILM SENSATION! FRANKIE'S FARMALL In ACTION
"Mr. President, let me present... Last year Frankie, whose brother, Oral McCormick... this Maurice is also a regular winner... The new machine... was close up in the ivy-bushd was taken in charge...
With LON CHANEY as cameras flashed and clicked. For The young corn wizard paused vigld contest on five acrce. So corn - growing ch...
"HE WHO GETS SLAPPED"
Mr. President, let me present this The young corn wizard paused as cameras flashed and clicked. For a moment he stammered, confused: then both he and the President smiled and fell into easy conversation.
"What did Silent Cal say?" the other boys around Shelbyville, Ind. are asking Frankie Lux.
"It's indiscreet to quote the president," is the only reply of the boy corn wizard.
Frankie Lux, who is but 17, has been winning corn-growing cups for several years. He has been all-American junior champion. His father, Peter J. Lux, is known as Corn King for his many victories.
Last year Frankie, whose brother Maurice is also a regular winner, won yield contest on five acres. So was close up in the 100-bushel or when the Indiana delegation recently visited the White House, President Coolidge was genuinely pleased to meet the lad, to receive the prize ear, and to listen to some of the philosophy of the coming generation of American farmers.
The Lux farm near Shelbyville, which has figured so long in the corn show headlines, is run on a sound scientific basis with no lost motion. Frankie says only the latest and best equipment can produce the biggest and best corn crops. They have been tractor farmers in recent years. This spring the old type tractor was traded in for a new Farmall at the Local McCormick-Deering branch. The new machine, easily mastered, was taken in charge by the young corn-growing champion, who double-disked and cultipacked 28 acres the first day. Then after equipping with the two-row cultivator attachments, he handled the corn cultivations without use of horses.
All of his father's prize corn fields and his own five-acre plot are being handled by this tractor power at a big saving of time and labor, which, the young corn wizard says, is the secret of profitable farming."
"I told President Coolidge," said Frankie, "that we had put corn growing on a business basis, just as he is putting government on a business basis."
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EDUCATIONAL— "Secrets of the Bee"
"ON THIN ICE" By Darryl Francis Zanuck Adapted from "The Dear Pretender" WITH TOM MOORE THEODORE VON ELTZ EDITH ROBERTS WILFRED NORTH WILLIAM RUSSELL TEXAS KID A MASTER MYSTERY PICTURE
20TH CENTURY COMEDY "Itching for Revenge" 10-25-40-Loges 50 cents
Thursday—THE FILM SENSATION! FRANKIE'S FARMALL In ACTION
"Mr. President, let me present... Last year Frankie, whose brother, Oral McCormick... this Maurice is also a regular winner... The new machine... was close up in the ivy-bushd was taken in charge...
With LON CHANEY as cameras flashed and clicked. For The young corn wizard paused vigld contest on five acrce. So corn - growing ch...
"HE WHO GETS SLAPPED"
Mr. President, let me present this The young corn wizard paused as cameras flashed and clicked. For a moment he stammered, confused: then both he and the President smiled and fell into easy conversation.
"What did Silent Cal say?" the other boys around Shelbyville, Ind. are asking Frankie Lux.
"It's indiscreet to quote the president," is the only reply of the boy corn wizard.
Frankie Lux, who is but 17, has been winning corn-growing cups for several years. He has been all-American junior champion. His father, Peter J. Lux, is known as Corn King for his many victories.
Last year Frankie, whose brother Maurice is also a regular winner, won yield contest on five acres. So was close up in the 100-bushel or when the Indiana delegation recently visited the White House, President Coolidge was genuinely pleased to meet the lad, to receive the prize ear, and to listen to some of the philosophy of the coming generation of American farmers.
The Lux farm near Shelbyville, which has figured so long in the corn show headlines, is run on a sound scientific basis with no lost motion. Frankie says only the latest and best equipment can produce the biggest and best corn crops. They have been tractor farmers in recent years. This spring the old type tractor was traded in for a new Farmall at the Local McCormick-Deering branch. The new machine, easily mastered, was taken in charge by the young corn-growing champion, who double-disked and cultipacked 28 acres the first day. Then after equipping with the two-row cultivator attachments, he handled the corn cultivations without use of horses.
All of his father's prize corn fields and his own five-acre plot are being handled by this tractor power at a big saving of time and labor, which, the young corn wizard says, is the secret of profitable farming."
"I told President Coolidge," said Frankie, "that we had put corn growing on a business basis, just as he is putting government on a business basis."
What sub-type of article is it?
Prodigy
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Family
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Corn Wizard
Frankie Lux
President Coolidge
Prize Ear
Corn Yield Contest
Farmall Tractor
Scientific Farming
What entities or persons were involved?
Frankie Lux
President Coolidge
Peter J. Lux
Maurice Lux
Where did it happen?
Shelbyville, Ind.; White House
Story Details
Key Persons
Frankie Lux
President Coolidge
Peter J. Lux
Maurice Lux
Location
Shelbyville, Ind.; White House
Event Date
Recently
Story Details
17-year-old Frankie Lux, all-American junior corn champion, presents a prize ear from his 100-bushel yield contest to President Coolidge during an Indiana delegation visit. He discusses efficient, scientific farming using a new Farmall tractor on the family farm, likening it to business principles.