Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1903 — WHAT THREE BEERS A DAY COST. [ARTICLE]

WHAT THREE BEERS A DAY COST.

A merchant at Coleman has been doing a little figuring, and as a result, attempts to discourage drinking among the people of his town by publishing the following nniqne advertisement in a Coleman paper: “Look at this: Three beers a day for a year wonld bring into your home: One barrel of flour, fifty pounds of sugar, twelve pounds of corn starch, ten quarts of beans, ten pounds of macaroni, four twelve pound hams, one bushel of sweet potatoes, ten ponnds of coffee, ten pounds of rice, twenty pounds of crackers, one hundred bars of soap, three twelve pound turkeys, five quarts of cranberries, ten bunches of celery, ten pounds of prunes, four dozen oranges, and twenty-five good beefsteaks.” If you doubt the accuracy of bis statements just do a little figuring on the proposition.