New Britain herald., 1919-09-19
HOUSEWIVES TO
 BUY ARMY GOODS
Blankets and Other Commodities
 Will Be Sold

That New Britain will at last have an opportunity to get army blankets as well as other goods for the body was evident this morning when it vas learned that a government store will be opened in New York next Thurs day. It was hoped at first that a store would be opened at Hartford
 but it appears that the appropriation , made for these stores throughout the country was not large enough to cover the establishment of a store there at least for the present.
 The people of this city can send mail orders for goods listed below, all
 of which are new and unused. Addi- tional lists of prices will be issued
 from time to time.
 On September 25, tkere will be
 opened to the public in different parts
 of the country Quartermaster corps
 retail stores The nearest one to this
 city will be opened at 22 West 18th
 street, New York city for the sale of
 excess supplies of the army, under
 the supervision of the Now York zone
 supply officer This store is estab-
 lished for the purpose of reaching
 the household consumer and the sale
 will therefore be limited to such Quan-
 titles as are manifestly for house.
 hold or personal use only, and not for
 sale to retail establishments, hotels,
 etc.
 The store is organized to conduct
 a retail cash counter business with a
 mail order department. Mail orders
 will be received only from patrons
 outside the district of greater New
 York and limited to lower New York
 state, Connecticut and New Jersey. Mail orders will be accompanied by postal money orders, express money orders or certified checks drawn to order of quartermaster corps retail store. Only new articles will be sold on mail orders and no exchange will be permissible. Mail order purchases of over $2 will be insured at govern
 ment expense. Mail order purchases for amounts under S2 will be at the purchasers risk unless he remits suf- fcient funds with the order to cover cost of insuring same. There is am- ple stock to last for some time. It is not the intention at present to sell army surplus food at these stores. The principal articles with prices are as follows:
 Arctics, cloth top (new) $1.60 per
  per pair; blankets cotton New) $3 per pair; blankets, wool and cotton mixed (new) S5 each; blankets, wool (new) S6 each; boots, rubber, hip (new) $5.25 per pair; brushes, scrub (new) 15c each; brushes, shaving (new) 15c each; candles, tallow l (new) zoe per pound; cans, ash or garbage (new) assorted sizes, $3 each; drawers, wool heavy, winter l (new) $1 per pair; drawers, wool | light, soc per pair; drawers, summer, 1 balbriggan (new) soc per pair; draw CTS, summer, nainsook, (new) soc per pair; drawers. summer, elastic seam 1 (new) soc per pair; drawers, summer, knee length (new) soc per pair 1 drawers, summer, full length (neW) soc per pair; gloves, jersey knit tneW) 1 2Oc per pair; overalls, combination (new) s2.5O per pair; overalls, big 1 (new) $1.25 per pair; paper, toilet, ] rolls, three for 25c.
 l Secretary of the food committee,
 F. w. Pinches, has returned from l New York where he has been con-
 ferring with the zone supply office l there relative to further supplies Of government surplus food in this city. 1 It is a question as to whether there l will be any further orders now, how l ever. in view of the fact that MT. | Pinches finds that the supplies avail l able are so small in quantity. This | matter will be brought up at 1 meeting of the food committee which l was to have taken place this morning l but which will take place Monday 1 morning instead.
 While the supply available is small
 there are some goods that would go | well here if ordered and placed on | sale including tomatoes, rolled oats, l evaporated peaches, apples, baking 1 powder, lemon extract, flour, white ! beans and yellow corn, the last three in 100 pound bags, dried pruneS, l seedless raisins, and jams.