Historic Prices: 1908

Automobiles

New None advertised Used None advertised

Clothing

• Boy's knee pants, .21-1.00/pair
• Boy's suits, Buster Brown, .69/each
• Boy's suspenders, .08-.15/pair
• Children's hats, straw, .15 & .35/each
• Gloves, canvas, .05-.10/pair
• Men's hat, straw, 3.50/each
• Men's overalls, striped, .45/pair
• Men's shirt, .79-1.50/each
• Men's shoes, 1.49-3.50/pair
• Men's suit, blue serge, 7.95-15.00/each
• Men's trousers, 1.23-1.75/pair
• Women's shoes, patent leather, 1.98/pair
• Women's skirt, white linen, 1.95-3.00/each
• Women's slippers, .39-.45/pair
• Women's suit, 7.98-15.00/each
• Women's waist (blouse), .79-.98/each

Employment

• Cigar salesman, 110.00/month, plus expenses
• Honest man, over 25 years old, wanted to travel in New Jersey, 60.00/month plus expenses

Food & beverages

• Baking powder, .45/1 lb
• Beef, prime rib, .14/lb
• Butter, Elgin Creamery, .27/lb
• Cake, coffee cake, .10/each
• Cereal, Wheat Farina, .07/box
• Cheese, cream, .15/lb
• Chocolate marshmallows, .15/two pkgs
• Cocoa, White Rose, .09/box
• Coffee, Choice, .12/lb
• Cookies, National Biscuit Company, ZuZu's ginger snaps, .10/three pkgs
• Crackers, National Biscuit Company, Uneeda, .05/pkg
• Eggs, .19/dozen
• Fish, salmon, .08/8 oz can
• Flour, Christian's Best, 6.25/bbl
• Hominy, Van Camps, hulled corn, .09/three one pound cans
• Jell-O, .08/pkg
• Ham, Swift's honey cured California, 8.5 cents/lb
• Juice, grape, .15/bottle
• Ketchup, Jacob Steiner, .25/three bottles
• Lamb, stew, .07/lb
• Lard, Swift's, .09/lb
• Lemons, .15/dozen
• Mustard, Heinz, .09/bottle
• Nuts, mixed, .25/2 lbs
• Olives, .25/three bottles
• Peas, Early June, .25/three cans
• Pork & beans, Van Camp's, .09/can
• Root beer extract, .10/bottle
• Salad dressing, .09/bottle
• Salt, Ivory, .09/box
• Shrimp, White Rose, .12/lb
• Tapioca, pearl, .07/box
• Tea, Formosa, .25/lb
• Tomatoes, .25/three no. 1 cans
• Vanilla extract (or lemon), .24/4 oz bottle
• Vinegar, pure cider, .09/bottle

Household

• Ammonia, .15/half gallon
• Blueing, .09/large bottle
• Borax, .09/half pound box
• Broom, parlor, .28/each
• Cleanser, Dutch, .10/can
• Ice chest, 4.50-16.00/each
• Clothes pins, .12/100 count box
• Ice cream freezer, 1-8 quarts, 1.65-4.50/each
• Napkins, fine linen, .79-1.25/each
• Oil stove, .75/each
• Pillow cases, hemmed, white muslin, .10/each
• Potash or lye, .10/can
• Rugs, reversible Smyrna, oriental designs, 6' X 9', 2.98/each
• Screen door, .95-1.50/each
• Sheets, hemmed, white muslin, .39/each
• Stove polish, X Ray, .04/container
• Towels, linen, 21" X 42", .39/each
• Wash board, .15/each
• Window shades, full size, .19/each

Lawn & garden

• Hammock, canvas, 1.06/each
• Lawn mowers, 8 inch wheel, 2.50-3.50/each
• Sprinkling cans, 1 to 6 quarts, .10-.75/each
• Window screens, .25-.50/each

Newspaper

.01/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Beecham's Pills, .10-.25/box
• Hay's Hair Health, .59-1.00/bottle
• Nerve Tonic, Moxie, .17/bottle
• Powder, Colgate, Talc, .15/container
• Shoe shine, .05/person
• Soap, B.T. Bobbit's, .25/7 cakes
• Witch hazel, Gould's double distilled extract, .15/pint

Real estate

Houses for sale None advertised Houses for rent None advertised Apartments & rooms Morristown, 6 rooms, 30.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Automobiles for hire, 4.00/hour; 25.00/day
• Bicycle, 16.50/each
• Children's wagon, .25-5.00/each
• Suit cases, .89-4.00/each
• Tent, 3.50/each
• Trunk, 2.98/each