Having been warned, wander over to the Division of Foods and take your choice of free biscuits, Aunt Jemima pancakes, soup, sandwiches of minced meat, pickles, jam, apple butter, mustard, chow-chow, cheese, clam broth, baked beans, pickled lobster, sponge cake, Welch’s grape juice, mineral water, plum pudding, buttered bread, malted milk, oatmeal, coffee, or a big slice of fresh-cut Hawaiian pineapple. 21st century people will recognize brand names here like Heinz, Borden’s, Libby, Swift, Wesson, Pillsbury, Nestle, Quaker Oats.

One woman finished grazing through this section, smacked her lips and announced, “Well, that meal’s the first thing I’ve got for nothing since I landed in Buffalo!”