Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-09-15
PRAISES ABILENE FLOUR.
Leading Health Journal Commsnds
CITY Mills Product.

NJ. A. Thomas, a member OF the
papers staff. 1t is high compli.
ment to the product Of the City Mills
and shows that its excellence is wide.
ly recognized:
WHY IMPURE FLOURs ARE COsTLIEsr.
1.-The housekeeper who uses cheap
flour should ask herself whenever
she feels inclined to pat herself on
the back for her economical methods),
whether the account balances or not.
In other words, why not strike trial
balance between what medicine has
cost and what flour has cost, within,
say, theprevious six monthsP Which
has the debit, and which the credit,
side OF the account Has the house.
keepers persistent use of cheap -four
decreased either the doctors bills, or
the amount paid the druggist In
brief, has poor flour effected saving
or has has it not9 |, for one, will
bear witness that in the course of over
twenty-five years experience as a
medical practitioner have never
known poor -four to pay in the long
rum The other day | asked a house.
keeper, whose family had been at
tending for some months previous,
whether she had been using high
grade flour or not. 4 ask you this,
| said to her, because you told me
you had never been obliged to call in
the doctor so often, and that all your
family seemed to be out Of sorts.
Well, it was as | suspected; she said
she had thought she might safely
economize on household supplies. So
she began with flour, and had been
buying cheaper grades for the past
past three months. Here ia an OBJ.
iect lesson which speaks for ITSELF"
The physician whose words are
quoted here uttered them in recent
conversation with q member Of our
editorial staff. We print them for
the benefit Of our readers. They
offer one more proof Of the usefulness
Of our unceasing investigation Of the
flour question, and of the value Of our
warning against all except the
best grades. When these are found
and named by by a hygienist, the
rest of the responsibility lies upon
the housekeeper. Samples of an
eminently superior flour have lately
been examined in our test kitchen fol-
the purpose of the present publica.
ton, which is designed to supply an.
other useful hint to housewives. This
is the flour of the Abilene Mill a. Ele.
vator company of Abilene, Kansas.
Secured from dealers unconnected
with the manufacturers, and having
undergone chemical analysis by our
experts, samples of this -four have
yielded uniformly excellent results.
They contained very large amount
OF heterogeneous constituents, gluten
being especially present, and compar-
ing in quantity most favorably with
the ascertained percentage Of starch.
Thus the flour of the Abilene Mill &
Elevator company is both highly
nntritve and easily digested flour.
And, as we have said, its quality is
uniformly high grade. We further
more ascertained that it will produce
bread which has the indispensable
qualifications of being light, sweet
and perfectly white. This was the
result obtained from our own bak.
ings.
The chief hygienic advantages Of
using only a pure -four such as that
of the Abilene Mill & Elevator COM
pany, are that the stomach will be
aided in maintaining normally
healthy tone, and the danger of sour
lamentations be lessened, while mus
cular power and nervous force will be
augmented. If interior grades be en-
ployed, then in inverse ratio the
whole system will suffer. No sound
reason exists for the wiliul use Of in.
ferior flour. We have here indicated
a brand entitled to our own unre-
served endorsement and the patron.
age Of the housekceper. We have
nothing to do with the pecuniary in
terests Of the flour Of the Abilene Mill
a Elevator cOmnany hut command