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The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices
The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices

The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices

Date10/11/1972
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Special discounts and net prices for Smart & Shepherd's hardware catalogue
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1881
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Economic grocery prices
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Approximately 1910
Inflated prices: Lyle Goff, left, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada, says drug prices are inflated to make up for pharmacists' low dispensing fee
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Blue-haired Lois Magwood, 40, and son Ian, 11, are dejected after the Jays' heart-breaking 6-5 loss to the A's
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Leaving old city hall today after his last court appearance-at least until late fall - is MPP Ed Ziemba, and his wife, Lois. Last month, he spent six (...)
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