The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-08-22
NO GREAT RUSH !
FOR ARMY FOOD
POSTOFFICE SALES AVERAGE
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS DAILY
Early Prices Are Revised Which Will
Necessitate A Refund. Cherries
All Sold.

Parcel post sales of army foods
in Medina started on Monday.
The sale will continue until the vii
lagos allotment has been exhausted,
according to postoffice officials.
The items which can be purchased
in this way in Medina number 13.
Many OF the items offered for sale
are impracticable for private con-
sumers, unless the family is Of un-
usually large proportions. For in
stance, tomatoes are sold only in
12-pound cans, while it will hustle an
ordinary family to get rid of r.
pound can of bacon before the con-
tents spoil.
Instructions for buyers have been
issued as follows:
Purchasers must write out their or
der and itemiZe it. Give it to their
mail carrier or postoffice. Keep a copy
which will be receipted.
Cash must accompany the placing
Of the order. No one order will be
accepted 1ot more than 125 pounds, al
though purchasers may order as
many times as they desire.
Clubs may be formed but the total
order must be delivered to the leader
who accepts responsibility for further
delivery.
If any item is exhausted before an
oroer is filled Jne proportionate
amount will be deducted and rebated
to the one who ordered it.
First come, first served, will ap-
ply in all cases. Orders will be sent
in to Chicago each evening. They will
be delivered to purchasers homes up
on receipt.
Word was received Wednesday to
take orders, charging first zone rate
parcel post charges instead of the
usual third zone rate. This necessi-
tates a refund to all who purchased
earlier in the week. The new parcel
post rate is sc for the first pound
and cent for each additional pound
or fraction thereof.
Following is the list and amount al
loted Medina; the price for postage
may be figured out from the weights
given and should b. added to the
prices quoted ri
Beans, baked, 1902 No. / cans, &c
per can, VT. per can 1.25 lbs.
/ Beans, baked, LISP No. 8 cans, &c
! per can, W.T.. 2.6 lbs. 4, s ".
Beans, stringless, 246 No. 2 cans, Sc
per can, W.T.. 2 lbs.
Beef, corned, 1878 No. 1 cans, 29c
per can, W.T.. 1876 lbs.
Beef, corned, 1896 No. 2 cans, Soc
per can, VT. 2.72 lbs. =
Beef, corned, 2O4 6-pound cans,
S1.75 per can, VT. lbs.
Beef, roast, 1922 No. cans, 29c
per can, W.T.. 1.25 lbs.
Beef, roast 1880 No. 2 cans, 63c
per can, VT. 2.5 lbs.
Beef, roast, 1896 6-pound cans,
$1.90 per can, W.T.. 7 lbs.
Cherries, "a 21a-pound cans, 21c
per can.
Bacon, GOT l2-pound can, SAILS per
can, W.T.. II lbs.
Corn, 226S No. 2 cans, &c per can,
W.T.. 2.25 lbs.
Hash, corn beef, 924 No. l cans,
22c per can, W.T.. 1.25 lbs.
Hash, corn beef, 912 No. cans,
37c per can, W.T.. 3 lbs.
Peas, 2844 No. cans, &c per can,
W.T.. 2.25 lbs.
Pepper, Sc A-pound can, &c per
can, W.T.. u lb.
Soup, vegetable, LA 1-pint can, &c
per can. VT. Id.
Tomatoes, 1856, No. 10 cans, 33c per
can, W.T.. 8 lbs.
%Beans, dry, 101-pounds, $649 pkg.
*Flour 101-pounds, $500 pkg.
'Rice, 10l-pounds, $6,74 pkg.
*Original package only.
The last three articles named are
sold in the original containers, con-
tanning 101 lbs. each. The amount
to be sold is small-1700 pounds of
beans, OF II orders; flour, 1852 pounds
OF IL orders, while there are but 200
pounds Of rice OF but two orders.
There are also $40 2-lb. cans of
jam; 800 cakes OF toilet soap and 1856
small cans Of pineapple allotted to
Medina, but these probably will not
be sold as no price has been fixed by
the government.
Thursday morning the postotice Of
ficials reported their allotment Of
canned cherries had been sold. Sales
have been averaging about $500 day.