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HOW A MAN LIVED ON FIFTEEN CENTS A DAY

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 22, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 16.

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HOW A MAN LIVED ON FIFTEEN CENTS A DAY.

A REPORTER of one of the New York papers recently tried the experiment, for a week, of spending only fifteen cents a day for food. Here is his menu for one day.

BREAKFAST.

Soft-boiled egg. Oatmeal and sugar. Buttered Toast. Coffee, milk, and sugar.

LUNCHEON.

Rice, sugar, and milk. Buttered Toast. Iced tea.

DINNER.

Bouillon. Stuffed potato. Boiled onion, with butter. Bread and butter. Café noir. Assorted nuts.
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