Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1911 — COFFEE A CENT A CUP [ARTICLE]

COFFEE A CENT A CUP

V pound of coffee. jMe average retail price of .coffee Is 40 cents for a good zil brands may sell for 30 cents, but ..iprice. IDays of Cheap Coffee Gone. “Authorities declare that the day of the 17 cent coffee has gone by forever, nor will cheap grocery stores ever be able to drive bargains again with doubtful sorts, judging by the present outlook. ‘The blend of Mocha and Java sells for 50 cents. Coffee is now pressing closely on the price of tea and may 'yet surpass it” . But why should the American public drink coffee which admittedly coptains a deadly alkaloid, caffeine, that stimulates and overworks the heart, disarranges the digestive apparatus, fcaudes headaches and constipation. This question is unusually pertinen! in view of the fact that BONANO, an American product made from bananas, | contains no such drug or deleterious! substance, and instead of causing harm! really benefits. This latest discovery in drinks, is made of the pulp of bananas; ripened in the tropics, then fcried under scientific processes, roasted had granulated. The banana contains an essential oil whiih, while It does not taste at alii -Hike bananas as fruit, does closely resemble the richest and finest •of mild, Government Java. - - BONANO, the new fruit table drink fc rapidly taking the place of coffee and tea and coffee substitutes, being 1. only one-third as much as coffee, and while satisfying, really benefits the health instead of causing harm and discomfort' '*■ s

- The intelligent housewife la rapidly discarding old customs and embracing new, modem ideas, and no longer serves coffee as formerly. Cdffee contains no food value, only a flavor and aroma, and many house- ' '■ .IWMI .1 "I. taM. I. id. I.