Grocer Shortages Explained as Capacity Expands Soon
We are enlarging our capacity as fast as possible and in a few days will be able to supply your wants. This explains why your grocer was obliged to disappoint you so many times the past month.
14 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
1
We are enlarging our capacity as fast as possible and in a few days will be able to supply your wants. This explains why your grocer was obliged to disappoint you so many times the past month.
Prices include Flour per bag Sugar granulated 19 pounds at 1.00 Native potatoes per bushel The rolled oats 5 pounds for 1e Eggs per dozen 120 Rice 5 pounds for 25c Coffee 80c per pound with no present.
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John Francis Dunne, bugler of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, won honor after Colenso. He crossed the Tugela, lost his bugle, and was later presented a silver bugle by Queen Victoria at Osborne. He stood bravely, signed birthday books, and held a levee before the queen’s summons.
The Lotus Club of New York hosted a Gridiron Club dinner for Washington on Saturday night with ragging roasts and a minstrel show described by the New York Sun. A minstrel number titled An Interview with a Presidential Candidate featured questions by a tenor and answers by a baritone, with lines lampooning political figures and debates.
A New York society woman inherits a locket once worn by her husband’s friend. She plots to reclaim it after a long separation, driven by the lure of its pearls and diamonds. The tale links tragedy, memory, and high society with a striking moral. The piece also notes a Paris Hussars exhibit and a Doyle anecdote.
The City of Mexico has 411 artesian wells and Andaman islanders average 3 feet 11 inches. Antwerp runs cabs with a $20 yearly pass. Nancy built a giant wine barrel for the Paria exposition hosting a dinner for 150 coopers. Russia’s 12 year fiscal balance shows a 790 million ruble surplus. Paris funerals are monopolized by a single company with class tariffs from 1 pound to 400 pounds.
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