The day book. [volume], February 25, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 23

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place and purchase a bar of soap, for
1 instance, for Z cents instead of 5.
She can buy her coffee at i9 .cents
a pound instead of at 35, a saving of
almost, half. And she-can get a can
of syrup', which' would" cost her 12
cents anywhere else; at. nye. cents.-
The little daughter of a poor wo
man wno goes into tms-, store- ror
tuouierst groceries, wiu ue auie iu
cany home a pound 61 bacon, which
cdst her 17 cents' instead df 30, and a
pound of tea for 24 cents instead
of 60. - ?
The municipal grocery store has
only been open a fevr days, but peo
ple are coming to make purchases at
it from every part of the city.
In several instances woirien who
did not feel they could afford to. pay
carfare, because of their small supply
of casl, walked many miles in a
storm to get their market baskets
filled with the necessities of life at
about half, the price it would -have
been in any ordinary grocer's.
The municipal grocery store does
not promise to sell any special brands,-
but it does promise to sell good, clean,
wholesome food. , v
Already members, ofj the :Refail Pro
tective Grocers' Association have
made an investigation of the store,
and it -is understood that this organi
zation is planning a city-wide-fight
against the municipal ownership, of
grocery stores.
The following is a list of prices
given by Manager Cleary, the muni
cipal grocer in Chicago:
Corner City
Grocery Grocery
Soap, bar .05 .03
Beans, lb. .......... . .07 .03
Rice.lbv .06 . .03
Bacon, lb, 30. ,17
Canned goods 10 .06
Boiled oats, lb. ., .03y2 .02
Coffee, lb? 35 .19
Tea, lb 60 .2 .
Canned syrup ....... v. .J.2 JJ9
Lard, 3-lb. can 50 . .35
Sugar, lb 05 . .04
Flour, 25-lb. sack ..... ,65 .52
FIRST WOMAN TO PAY ALIMONY
TO HUBBY
Pefmei
Lima,. JO-Wealthy Mrs. George
'Deinier, former wife of an oil opera
tor arid contractor here, is. the first
woman in the world to pay alimony.
Her husband alleged that she was
too intimate with a telegrapher whom
she had employed as a business
agent. After he made the assertion
she sued him for divorce. Deimer filed
a counter-suit for alimony., The court
gave him the divorce and the ali
mony, in the sum of $3,000, also.
The divorced wife is to pay it by
next January. She has-been given
custody of their two. children.
yes.'Wdeed-.
Even the. woman wlio has faith, in
prayer generally looks under the bed
before she goes to sleep. Philadelr
phia Record