Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1916 — SELLS AN EGG FOR $1,000 [ARTICLE]

SELLS AN EGG FOR $1,000

Mrs. Gilfort Sends One, Laid by Fabled Roc, to Denver Museum. Orange, N. J.—Thrifty housewives who'blame their grocers for demanding 60 cents a dozen for eggs may .congratulate themselves that they are not compelled to make their purchases from Mrs. Robert Gilfort Yesterday she disposed of her egg supply at the very satisfactory rate of >12,000 a dozen. The transaction was not as extensive as Mrs/GAfort’ may have desired, however, since it involved but one egg, that of the fabled roc, of Arabian Nights’ fame, and the purchaser was the Denver museum. Technically, it is the egg of tne Aepyornis, the fossil bird-of Madagascar, but three of which are to be found in this country. r--=-