Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1917 — Food Prices Are Dropping. [ARTICLE]

Food Prices Are Dropping.

To the Housewife; If you have bought and hoarded Supplies—particularly flour—you may have to take a toes. Flour will keep only about sixty days and then became “sour” and I "rices are failing rapidly. Flour has dropped from $17.80 a barret to sl6 in two days. Garden stuff is coming tn m great abundance at much lower prices than canned goods. Buy plentifully of what you need far immediate need, but do not overstock. Be sure your economy is real.