Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — Chicago's Fenny Lunch Room. [ARTICLE]

Chicago's Fenny Lunch Room.

A penny lunch room was recently opened in Chicago. The average amount received for each check was 8%-cents. Every article on the bill of fare is one cent, and for three cents a man gets a good, wholesome breakfast The projectors intend to operate twenty rooms, and expect to feed from 25,000 to 30,000 persons a day. The experimental lunch room has proved to be a great success. A There are forty Islands In the Scilly isles, with a total area of fifty-five square miles.