Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1912 — SHE HAS CUT GROCER’S BILLS IN HALF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHE HAS CUT GROCER’S BILLS IN HALF

MRS. BLEECKER BANGS of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the originator of the Housekeepers’ Market club, which may be a solution of the problem of the high cost of living. There are six women in Mrs. Bangs’ club. Every Friday each member gives her a list of the things she wants, and Mrs. Bangs then goes to market and buys everything at Wholesale prices. The goods are delivered at her house, and the members of the club call there, settle accounts, and take their things home. The saying effected averages more than 50 per cent