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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
6
Doughnuts that stay moist are made by adding a little potato to the dough. The recipe claims KC Baking Powder keeps doughnuts light and fresh for days and describes a large batch mixing method with C as a double-acting powder.
A traditional doughnut method describes lifting flour salt and baking powder three times then beating eggs with a rotary beater and adding sugar and mashed potato, then adding milk and flour, forming a soft dough, cutting rounds, pinching a hole, and frying in fat not hot enough to brown. The doughnuts rise, sink, and must be turned during cooking to stay moist for days.
The Dublin progress reports the copper wire for the Wei ser light and power plant is fully completed and connected from Dublin to Hico. The big plant at Hico will soon supply current while the Dublin powerhouse remains in service as a backup. Wires will extend from Hico to Walnut Springs and to Hamilton, enabling farmers along the line to obtain lighting and power.
An ad extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as best for coughs and colds. It states the product is pleasant to take contains no opium or narcotics and always cures. Available for sale through all dealers.
A new American Adding Machine exhibit offers a seven key desk model with a ten day trial and prepaid charges. The device is marketed as rapid, full size, infallible and suitable for offices stores and homes, designed to replace central equipment and require no skilled operator. Send the coupon to receive a demonstration unit.
The Bonham public rest room in the Court building at Court Square Park offers free use daily 8 am to 5 pm under a matron. It provides dressing and toilet articles, rocking chairs, a sick room bed, writing tables, a baby cradle, ice water, a telephone, magazines, and free writing materials. About 750 visitors monthly. financed by the Commissioners’ Court and Board of Trade with gifts from townspeople. no tips accepted.
A trade closed last week transfers Majestic Moving Picture Show from B. Cardwell to H. L. Ardis and Arthur Moore. They will move the theater to the Slider building on the West side of the Square, formerly the pool hall, with improvements including a raised floor and opera chairs.
In De Leon Free Press notes a single day chicken payout of 1325.25 dollars across two banks, shipping roughly fourteen to fifteen thousand pounds of chickens. It mentions prior shipments totaling about fifty four thousand pounds in ten days at nine cents per pound. The paper also reports Prof. J Speed Carroll’s second operation in Temple, bank directors reelected at First National Bank, D M Strong moving to open a variety store, and chicken prices paid by W W Nance at nine and a quarter cents per pound.
Comanche druggist M. W. Carroll holds the local agency for Adler-i-ka, a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture touted to cure appendicitis. The ad claims the remedy’s quick action and immediate relief of sour stomach gas and constipation after one dose.
An old advertisement touts Porter’s Antiseptic as preventing and treating blood poisoning. It markets nostrils and topical use as a strong remedy, listing prices 25¢ to $1.00.
The notice lists two farms for sale. One is 147 acres located 2 1/2 miles north of Gustine with 60 acres in cultivation and the rest grass and timber, plus 40 acres more usable land and a two room new home, good well and wind mill. The second farm is 68 acres located 614 miles south of Co Manche with 40 acres in cultivation and two thirds extra valley land, a 4 room house, a good orchard and well water. Both are described as suitable for a fine home.
164 acres 6 miles north of Comanche 110 acres in good cultivation two improvements two wells a 12 ft wind mill tank and more. Described as one of the best farms in Comanche county. Seller offers very favorable prices and terms. Read as a classified ad with payment options and partial trade.
A Texas woman from Frankston credits 23 years of chronic catarrh and persistent coughing to Peruna. She states after five bottles she was cured and bowls and stomach issues resolved. She notes a tablet form and a free Peruna Almanac for 1914 is available from druggists.
The Central Texas pecan crop totaled about 2 500 000 pounds this year and paid growers around 200 000 dollars, forming nearly nine solid carloads. By December 1 the crop was almost entirely gathered, with picking slowed by late frosts and prices averaging just over 6 cents per pound, some fancy varieties at 20 to 25 cents. the prize tree near Bal linger yielded nearly 300 dollars.
A Comanche citizen, P. Helmick of a candy and confectionery store, testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved years of kidney pain backache and dizzy spells. He recalls relief after a few doses and urges others to use the same remedy. Price 50 cents at dealers. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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