Middletown transcript., 1910-10-29
WALTER S. LETHERBURY
His Business Success A NOta-
Bile Rance Demonstration

Mr.. Walter 8. LetheFbuFy 10 pulling
off some novel stunts at his store, aud 81
| houseksepsEs should go and take cup o
coffss with him in q Tree spread for oil
comers in and see Mr.. 8. @. Alexander. q
polite gentleman that came down from
the piusy mountains OF North Carolina,
60 demonstrate to the ladies and gentle
men Of Middletown the admirable quail.
lies Of ''Ths Majestic Range made by
ths Msiestic Manufacturing Company Of
Sc. Louis, Mo-, and representing the
supsEb fruition Of over 80 years Of stove
making. A number Of advantages are
claimed for this range.
les. That it is great fuel saver.
I'd. That it is completely air tight, and
that consequently in the moist air Gull.
nary results can be gotten that are not
possible 10 the ordinary dried air range or
stove. Because the air being kept moist
lower temperature can be utilized for
baking-ons indeed, that will absolutely
never burn the bread or cake If left IN.
attended in il for one.half hour-it may
blaeken on the outside bat il will not
burn dry within.
Sd. That it is more durable than other
ranges being good for at least one lifetime
il not tWos rustiDg after long usage but a
tFiAe, this valuable feature being quality
of the malIeable iron of which it is made.
IN proof Of this fact, Mr.. Alexander ex.
hibited samples Of the steel used in tie
common range construction, and of this
charcoal iron which bad been immersed
in sulphuric acid-the steel was almost
ssten up where the iron was scarcely ct
all attacked.
Mr.. Alexander gave some 60 ladies and
others . demonstration of the unusual
results that follows baking in this air.
tight range. He baked four layer cake,
l6x1Sincbes, In the oven, and then placing
it upon the floor Of the store set on top OF
it . 2xl2 inch plank, II feet long; and
then after loading some 1900 weight OF
female lOveliness upon the plank, see.
sawed on the poor cake for about two
minutes, thereby reducing its corpulency
to . one inch founder thinness. After
resting five minutes on she counter, this |
compressed yeast" of 9 cake had mar.
velIous resurrection, for IL actually ''rize
up" to its former size none she worse for l
being 80 ''sOt on" by that three.quartsr |
ton weight Of MiddletoWu housekeepers.
Talk about your cakswalksI Why the
audience in this case danced q Jig ON |
the cake itself, and still il came up smil.
ing.
Then this range being made Of MALE.
able iron is for sll common usage ahso.
lutely indestructibls. Mr.. Alexander
banged q 10 pound iron weight down
upon its top till every plate bounced again
And no damage done.
Then with all bis might and main"
pounded loud tattoo with big mallet
on one Of the lids-but it did no injury.
Next he stood (l6O lbs. on the opened
oven lid, and on little front lid, and no
III resulted; 500 pounds have been put
On that same oven door lid.
Ills shipped uncrated over the railroads
and the coppany is very careful not TO
drop it-iti weighs 500 pounds-for It
might damage the freight car, and in any
collision the car would suffer most.
Mr.. Letherbury informs The TRAN.
SCRIPT scribe that he is doing fine bust.
ness in his line. He sells stoves of all
hardware and tiuwars, wooden
FOODS, refFigeFatorS, oil stoves, and house.
furnishings of all sorts. He also does tin
roofing repairs heaters etc., and finally 10
he town headquarters for the latest and
best things in the graphophons way, selling
ihe Columbia machine and Ice music.
Don't fail to call on Saturday and talk
With Mr. Alexander who remains until
The last horn blows late on Saturday.
And don't forget, that with every range
lold this week $3.50 worth Of double
weight lava ware goes TO she lucky pur-
only this week.