1904

Automobiles

NO AUTOMOBILES ADVERTISED IN THESE PAPERS.

Clothing

  • Men's top coats, 6.48-9.88/each
  • Men's suits, 1.78-25.00/each
  • Men's shirts, .45-.89/each
  • Women's skirt, 3.75-3.98/each
  • Ladies' shirt waist (blouse), .49-1.49/each
  • Ladies' & misses' tailored-made suits, 5.00-15.00
  • Women's corsets, .25-.50
  • Boys suits, 4.98-8.98
  • Boy's oxford shoes, 1.98/pair
  • Gloves, kid, .59/pair
  • Hats, women's, .23-1.89

Food & beverages

  • Baking powder, Daisy, .45/lb
  • Bacon, .23/lb
  • Bologna, .10/lb
  • Cereal, H-O Oats, .12.5/package
  • Cheese, imported Swiss, .27/lb
  • Cocoa, .19/2 lb can
  • Coffee, .25./b
  • Fish, cod, .13/2 lb "bricks"
  • Cornstarch, .07/package
  • Ham, fancy sugar-cured, Swifts, .11/lb
  • Ketchup, Snyders, .17/bottle
  • Lamb, leg, .13.5/lb
  • Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce, .19/bottle
  • Milk, Eagle Brand condensed, .12/can
  • Molasses, .15/1 quart can
  • Olives, .10/8 oz jar
  • Preserves, .10/2 lb jars Salt Pork, .09.5/lb
  • Soup, Campbells, .25/3 cans
  • Tea, .35/lb
  • Tomatoes, .25/3 cans

Furniture

  • Bed, white iron 2.98-11.98/each
  • Chairs, dining room .39-1.39/each
  • Sideboard, 9.98-18.98/each
  • Sofa, 4.50-10.98/each
  • Tables, extension (dining room), 4.48-12.48

Garden equipment

  • Flower seeds, .25/6 packages
  • Garden tools, 3 piece set, .10-.50/set
  • Grass seed, .10/quart
  • Lawn mowers, 2.25-3.25
  • Rake, .20-.60/each
  • Wheelbarrow, 1.60/each

Household goods

  • Ammonia, Ebby's, .05/2 packages
  • China bowls, .05-.38/each
  • China plates, .04-.10/each
  • Egg beater, .10/each
  • Frying pan, steel, .10-.75/each
  • Laundry soap, Fells Naptha, .04/cake
  • Paint, ready mixed, 1.25/gallon
  • Range, 12.98-14.98
  • Refrigerator/ice chests 3.50-15.00/each
  • Teapot, enamel, .25-.75/each

Newspapers

Daily Record .01/weekday paper

Personal care & health

  • Cod liver oil, .50/bottle
  • Cough mixture, .25/bottle
  • Rheumatism cure, 1.00/bottle
  • Soap, .25/7 cakes
  • Toilet paper, .25/6 packages
  • Tooth brush, .05/each
  • Toothpicks, .05/pack
  • Vaseline, .05/jar

Real estate

  • Property (no description of building):
  • Boonton, Williams St., 500.00
  • Dover, Blackwell St., 3,000.00
  • Morristown, South St., 200.00
  • Randolph, near Calais Rd., 365.000
  • NOTE: No advertisements for house sales appeared in these papers. A single column headed "Real Estate Transfers Recorded in the County Clerk's Office" was published; property descriptions were not provided. Tracts and properties sold may have included houses and other buildings.

Recreation & amusements

  • Baseball .05/each
  • Bicycle, 20.00-50.00/each
  • Children's garden sets, .10/set
  • Croquet set, .98-2.50/set
  • Doll go-carts & doll carriages, .25-2.50/each
  • Hotel, Park House (Morristown), 8.00-14.00/week; 2.00/day
  • Rubber balls, .05/each
  • Theatre ticket, Lyceum Hall, Chas. K. Champlin and His Powerful Stock Company "Ups and Downs of Life," .20-.30/ticket
  • Train fare, St. Louis Exposition (Lackawanna), 23.25-34.00/round trip
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