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  Fixing the Price of Bread  
Fixing the Price of Bread (Broadside) Emergency Measures
One of the several official actions meant to prevent price-gouging on vital goods and services, this ordinance of October 10 set the cost of a twelve-ounce loaf at eight cents for the next ten days, with a penalty of ten dollars for each violation.


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