Historic Prices: 1906

Automobiles

NONE ADVERTISED, NEW OR USED

Clothing

  • Boys' shoes, .73-1.50/pair
  • Boys' suit, 1.59/each
  • Cap, .20-.40/each
  • Children's boots, .99/pair
  • Children's coat, 1.98-8.50/each
  • Corsets, W.B. Nuform, 1.00/each
  • Men's coat, 9.39/each
  • Men's shirt, .29-.69/each
  • Men's socks, black, .25/3 pairs
  • Men's suit, 8.89/each
  • Men's trousers, 1.50-3.00/pair
  • Silk morning veil, 2.65-6.75/each
  • Women's coat, fur-lined, 4.50/each
  • Women's collar, .10-1.25/each
  • Women's dress shoes, 4.25/pair
  • Women's skirt, 4.98/each

Employment

Job ads placed in these papers did not indicate salary

Food & beverages

  • Asparagus, "Defender," .20/"tall" can
  • Bacon, fancy sugar cured, .10/lb
  • Beef, sirloin steak, .25/3 lbs
  • Butter, Fancy Creamery, .24/lb
  • Cheese, cream, .14/lb
  • Chocolate, .30-.60/lb
  • Cookies, Nabisco 5 O'Clock Teas, .09/pkg
  • Eggs, .15-.34/dozen
  • Fish, Best Red Maska Salmon, .12/1 lb
  • Flour, Purina Health, .20/3 lb box
  • Ham, .12/lb
  • Ketchup, .75/bottle
  • Milk, condensed, Borden's Eagle Brand, .12/can
  • Nuts, fancy mixed, .25/2 lbs
  • Peanut butter, .10/2 jars
  • Peas, corn, lima beans, string beans, .25/3 cans
  • Preserves, jam, .09/lb
  • Pies, .10/2
  • Potatoes, 2.49/sack
  • Salt, .10/8 lbs sack
  • Spaghetti, .07/box
  • Tea, Indian Ceylon, .25-.30/lb
  • Vanilla, .25/4 oz

Furniture

  • Bookcase, 11.25/each
  • Carpet, Brussels, .69/yard
  • Carpet, velvet, .85/yard
  • Chairs, Morris, mahogany, 7.98-9.75/each
  • Chiffoniers (high narrow chest of drawers), 3.98/each
  • China closet, 14.75-15.65/each
  • Parlour suite, mahogany, 45.00-60.00
  • Rugs, tapestry, 12.98/each
  • Sideboards, oak, 20.00-22.00/each

Household goods

  • Lamp, Angle, 1.80-9.00/each
  • Matches, .04/1000 count box
  • Pillowcases, 42" X 36", .09/each
  • Sheets, 59" X 96", .50/each
  • Soap, scouring, .07/each
  • Towels, cotton damask, .08/each; hemmed, .12/each

Newspapers

Daily Record [Morristown NJ] .01/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • California Prune Wafers, .25/100 wafers
  • Irving's Buchu Waters for kidney and urinary organs, .50/container
  • Laing's Magic Liniment, 1.00/large bottle
  • Toilet paper, .25/pkg

Real estate

Houses for sale NO HOUSES LISTED FOR SALE IN THIS PERIOD Houses for rent Morristown, Ridgedale Ave., double house, 6 rooms each, 12.00/month Apartments & rooms
  • Morristown, 13 Morgan St., 3 rooms, 1st floor, 8.00/month
  • Morristown, 19 Early St., 7 rooms, 2nd floor, 12.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Skates, Peck & Snyder's steel, .60/pair
  • Sleds, .25/each
  • Theatre, Lyceum, "Over Niagara Falls," .35-.75/ticket
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