Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1918 — FOOD COSTS 9 CENTS MORE [ARTICLE]

FOOD COSTS 9 CENTS MORE

Student Who Has Been Living on 23 Cents a Day Finds He Must Pay More. Greensberg, Pa. —Roy R. Momma of Jeanette, Pa., who, while a student at Carnegie Institute of Technology has beert living on 23 cents a day, has had to Increase his budget. He is now living on 32 cents a day. Since he graduated from Tech last June Mumrna found a job, saved S4OO, took unto himself a wife and has just been accepted as a private in the radiomechanics branch of the aviation service. Mumma’s- diet program includes bread, milk, cereals, cocoa, rice, peanut butter, fruit, eggs, meat, gelatin, oleomargarine and even pie.