Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1919 — MANY PURCHASE U. S. FOODSTUFFS [ARTICLE]

MANY PURCHASE U. S. FOODSTUFFS

POSTMASTER HAS LARGE DEMAND FOR GOVERN- * MENTSUPPLIES. , I . Postmaster Littlefield sent in an order Wednesday amounting to $475.95 for government foodstuffs now being offered to the A large number of orders are being placed and Thursday’s list will he even more than the Wednesday order. The orders run from sls to S7O and average about S3O. In Wednesday’s orders were included 168 cans of baked beans, 312 cans of corn, 648 cans of peas, 600 pounds of navy beans and 648 pounds of bacon. Evidently from tne way the orders are being placed and the cash that accompanied them, most of pur people here are able to meet the H. C. L. but have a desire if possible to lower it.