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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
7
The Christmas fancy goods display on the main floor showcases unusual gifts for personal comfort and home ornamentation. Featuring toilet sets, hair receivers, photo albums, chocolate sets, coat hangers, pomade jars, work baskets, collar and cuff sets, smokers’ sets, leather novelties and more at budget-friendly prices to help shoppers save money.
Miss Brandenburger of Jefferson Avenue rose to fame by baking a five pound fruit cake for President Taft and his family last Christmas. The Chicago scene notes the president’s praise and predicts continued requests from housewives seeking similar honors.
Mrs Turt shares a secret recipe claiming colonial housewives used fresh fruit and ample liquor, not inferior butter or cheap pecans. She criticizes economizing with flour and poor ingredients, urging use of the very best items. Pale delicate woven and The Old Standard Grave's Tale Chill Tonle are mentioned as malaria remedies. Mrs Dunnedy at 436 Delgado St cannot answer inquiries.
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