Newspaper clippings 
from the Rienzi Courier 
September 17, 1915

 

THE LOCAL MARKET

Best Flour...................................$6.00 to $7.50

Coffee.......4 and 7 lbs to...........................$1.00

Sugar...........................11 lbs to...............$1.00

Rice.............................12 1/2 lbs to.........$1.00

Butter..........................................................   .15

Lard, compound.......................................   .14

Meat..........................................................     .16

Hay...............................100 lbs................     .90

Wheat shorts..........................................    1.65

Corn chops............................................     1.90

Oats, feed, 5 bu. sack............................     2.90

Meal, bushel.........................................       .90

Corn, per bushel..................................        .80

Hens, lbs 13............Eggs, doz............        .15

Spring chickens...................................        .16

Sweet potatoes....................................        .90

Irish Potatoes eating...................................  7

      Stone Jars for sale --CURLEE

 

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Ordinances of the Town of Rienzi

A FIRE LIMIT

   Be it ordained by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, of the Town Of Rienzi, Mississippi, at a regular meeting on August 1st., 1916.  That a Fire Limit be established: That all territory within a radius of two hundred feet from the public well, at corner of Earl Perry's store, be and is declared to be within the said fire limits.

   That this be in force 30 days after passage.

   To Restrain the building of Wood Buildings.

  Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the town of Rienzi, Mississippi

 

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Mr. Edwin Green's Duck Head Ov'ralls 95

$1.50 and $2.00 work pants...........................    .95

10-cent half hose.............................................    .05

Work shirts the best at.....................................    .45

Ladies skirts $1.00 to......................................    5.00

Misses and childrens' dress .........   .50 to            1.00

Ladies Waist    75 cents to................................   1.50

Ladies dresses  $1.00 to  .................................   1.25

Ladies' aprons................................................        .50

Middy Blouses  .50 cents to...............................   1.25

Ladies Hats at cost

10 cent jar rubbers dozen..................................     .05

1/2 gallon fruit jars..............................................    .25

10 bars washing Soap.........................................   .75

oiler(?) pads.......................................................   .25   

               ...........................................................  1.60

Cotton Seed Meal................................................ 1.45

Pure apple vinegar gallon........................................  .25

We have a complete stock of both black and white Tennis shoes.

And don't forget that we are giving some useful premiums with cash trade.

And with each $5.00 cash purchase we will sell you 15 pounds of sugar for $1.00.  See if others will do this.

"I'm Bound to Get You Yet."

Edwin G. Green

 

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