Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1916 — Why Bread is High. [ARTICLE]

Why Bread is High.

In the elevators in Chicago 27,383,000 bushels of grain were in storage Oct. 31, and hundreds of cars loaded with grain lay on the tracks outside the city, while the price of bread was soaring in all parts of the country, according to J. S. Brown, transportation manager of the Chicago Board of Trade, testifying before the interstate commerce commission in its investigation into the car shortage.

There is a reason why Hilliard & Hamill are selling so many pinch back and belted back overcoats and suits. Maybe it’s because they have the largest stock, or give the best values, or have the best selected stock. Maybe it’s a combination of all three reasons—however there IS a reason.

The Bakongo people in Africa have a proverb containing good advice for tale-bearers: “If you receive a message deliver it; but if you are only told of an affair, leave it where you heard it.”

Many varieties of tomatoes grow wild in Peru.