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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
7
The Cookery Page prize goes to Miss Anna Mae Kursell for her date pudding recipe. Readers are invited to send recipes for next week’s Cookery Page as other ladies will be interested in contributions.
A collection of vintage home recipes from Dallas area cooks including Anna Maye Kursell Eva Franks and Mrs Margaret KE Owen. Recipes feature cakes pies and custards with ingredients like dates walnuts lard sweet potatoes and potato pies, plus a chocolate sauce and Creole peas.
Frank Gordon reports that Paris awaits a verdict from the French Academy of Science on whether low shoes cause larger ankles. The piece suggests bootmakers push high shoes to boost sales while fashion clings to dainty footwear, fearing a medical finding that could shift demand and spark a trade war.
A. J. Murphy aged 55 died in a Waco hospital after living 35 years without arms or feet. Frost bite during a Manitoba blizzard at age 20 led to amputations. He survived thirty five years with no limbs before passing.
John Tarleton Agricultural College announces the 1923 senior honors with first honors to Mary Davidge Buck of Bluff Dale and second honors to Ethel McCleskey of Lingleville. Honorable mention included Leslie Moore of Comanche among others such as Carlton Stanley of Joshua and Logan Porter of Savoy.
An old newspaper classified note from Comanche Produce Co invites customers to bring in old roosters and mentions scents by the pound as the pricing detail.
Brownwood horseman Tom Evans, known for polo ponies, ships a batch to New York by express to attend and manage their sale. He notes the ponies are well trained and among the best yet sent, with prices ranging from 500 to 1000 dollars. Most ponies are Brown County raised.
Comanche Produce Co advertises a buy rate of eight cents per pound for old roosters. The notice urges farmers and poultry sellers to bring their birds to the yard for settlement.
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