Firetrap Schools and Food Prices

The big headline of Saturday, June 18, 1921:

Thousands Imperiled in Dank, Dirty, Firetrap Schools, Survey Shows

Meyer Calls Enright Bluff by Supboena

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Graft Investigators End Pussyfooting and Order Police Head in Monday; May Call Hylan Next

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Clubwomen Blame Hylan for Shocking Condition of Buildings Where Pupils Crowd Classes

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Menace Revealed In All Boroughs

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Squalid Structures, With Leaky Roofs, Called Breeders of Pestilence

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--New-York Tribune, June 18, 1921

I didn't actually read the article...I hear enough about horrible schools in the present day...

Retail Food Prices Drop 4.8P.C. in Month
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WASHINGTON, June 17.--Retail food prices to the average family declined 4.8 per cent in May, as compared with April, while wholesale food prices dropped 5 3/4 per cent in the same period, according to statistics made public to-day by the Department of Labor. General wholesale prices, including farm products, food, building materials, metals, house furnishings and miscellaneous commodities, declined approximately 2 per cent during the month.

--New-York Tribune, June 18, 1921

And, just one quick ad. I thought it looked cute.

--New-York Tribune, June 18, 1921