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| This
date in Michigan History: May 14,
1898 |
| Bread prices skyrocket. |
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As the war with Spain was waged, bread
prices rose to the unheard-of price of a dime for a two-pound loaf. The Detroit
Free Press claimed that war had caused this "material rise in
the price of flour."
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