1910

Automobiles

NONE ADVERTISED, NEW OR USED

Clothing

  • Boy's knee pants for school, .49/pair
  • Boy's shoes for school, .98/pair
  • Boy's suit, fancy serges, worsteds, cashmeres, 2.98/each
  • Girl's dress, plaids, trimmed with silk and fancy buttons, 2.00/each
  • Hat, Derby, .98-2.25/each
  • Men's coat, 4.98-60.00/each
  • Men's neckwear, .25-1.00/each
  • Men's rain coat, "rubberized," 10.00/each
  • Men's shirt, .95-1.50/each
  • Men's suit, 10.00-25.00/each
  • Men's trousers, 1.98-2.45/pair
  • Women's corset, "Reduco," 1.00-3.00/each
  • Women's dress, French serge, 12.75/each
  • Women's shoes, 2.00-8.00/pair
  • Women's silk waists, 1.44-2.69/each
  • Women's stockings, Buster Brown, 1.00/4 pairs in box
  • Women's suit, 22.50/each

Employment & services

  • Automobile salesmen, 10.00/week [trainee]; 25.00/week [experienced]
  • Shoe shine, .05/customer
  • Waitress & chambermaid, 30.00/month

Food & beverages

  • Apples, .19/6 qt basket
  • Bacon, Swift's, .20/lb
  • Beans, baked, White Rose, .15/no 3 can
  • Beef, pot roast, 12.5cents/lb
  • Bread, .10/3 loaves
  • Butter, fancy, .30/lb
  • Cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, .09/box
  • Crackers, NBC, Uneeda, .10/3 boxes
  • Eggs, Fresh Western, .27/dozen
  • Flour, Christian's Best, .3.25/98 b sack
  • Ham, Swift's Sugar Cured Cal. Ham, .12/lb
  • Juice, Welch's Grape, .19/pint; .35/quart
  • Ketchup, .10/bottle
  • Lamb chops, .18/lb
  • Macaroni, Muellers, egg noodles, .25/3 boxes
  • Oats, rolled, New White, .19/6 lbs
  • Peaches, .15/no 3 can
  • Peanut brittle, .10/lb
  • Peanut butter, .09/jar
  • Root beer extract, .10/bottle
  • Sardines, domestic, in oil, .25/6 cans
  • Soup, Campbell's .25/3 cans
  • Tea, English Breakfast, .35/lb
  • Vinegar, .10/bottle

Furniture

  • Bed, brass, 25.00/each
  • Bed spread, white crochet, double size, 1.35/each
  • Chair, rocking, solid oak, 1.49-3.50/each
  • Chairs, oak frames, imperial leather, 6 piece set, 11.98/set
  • Rug, B. Altman & Co., 145,00-375.00/each
  • Table, extension, oak polished, 14.50/each

Household & seasonal goods

  • Blueing, .10/bottle
  • Coal, 5.25-6.75/ton
  • Cookware, enamel ware, .10-1.65/each
  • Feather dusters, .10-1.00/each
  • Flash light, 1.10-2.75/each
  • Flower pots, .50/3 pots
  • Kerosene, .50/5 gallons
  • Mason fruit jars, .45/pint; .50/quart size
  • Pail, .15-.65/each
  • Rakes, lawn, .35-.50/each
  • Range, "Ben Hur," 18.50-25.98/each
  • Step ladders, .50-2.00/each
  • Tea kettle, iron, .25-.98/each
  • Vacuum, Regina, pneumatic cleaner, 25.00/each
  • Wall brushes, .75-1.00/each
  • Window shades, .25-.59/each

Newspapers

Daily Record [Morristown NJ], .01/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Hair tonic, Hay's, "Free sample," .10/postage
  • Soap, Colgate, .25/3 cakes
  • Toilet paper, .26/6 rolls

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morris Plains, 6 rooms, city water, 2,250.00
  • Morristown, 8 rooms, bath, heat, and gas, 6,000.00
  • Morristown, 7 rooms, bath, heat and gas, 4,200.00
Houses for rent None listed with prices Apartments & rooms 5 rooms, 25.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Piano, The Llwellyn, 195.00-250.00/each
  • Theatre, Baker [Dover], .10-.50/ticket
  • Theatre, Lyceum [Morristown] "Black Beauty," .25-1.00/ticket
  • Trunks, steamer, 3.89-18.50/each
How much did it cost to stock holiday tables in 1910? These prices were advertised in The Daily Record [Morris County New Jersey], December 15-25, 1910 Meat & fowl
  • Morris County geese, 20/lb
  • Morris County ducks, .22/lb
  • Ohio dry picked turkeys, fancy, .28/lb
  • Ohio dry picked chickens, .22/lb
  • Hind quarters of lamb, .16/lb
  • Loins of Pork, .18/lb
  • Fresh hams, .18/lb
  • Sirloin and Porterhouse steak, .16/lb
  • Sardines, imported, .10/can
  • Bell's Poultry Seasoning, .10/box
Vegetables
  • Mushrooms, .60/lb
  • Sweet sugar corn, .09/can
  • Maine cream corn, J.S. brand, .11/can
  • Sweet peas, Pride of Jersey brand, .12/can
  • Jersey Tomatoes, J.S. Brand, .14/can
  • Lima Beans, Burlington brand, .11/can
  • String beans, Golden Wedding brand, .09/can
  • Asparagus tips, .23/can
  • Olives, plain or stuffed, .25/bottle
Fruits
  • Cape Cod cranberries, .12/quart
  • Finest Leghorn citron, .18/lb
  • Candied lemon or orange peel, .15.lb
  • Crystallized ginger, .15cents/box
  • Table raisins, .12/lb
  • Smyrna figs, .10/box
  • Fard dates, .08/package
  • Large grape fruit, .25/4 fruits
  • Sweet Florida oranges, .25/dozen
  • Oregon Apples, .40/dozen
  • Malaga grapes, .15/lb
  • Bartlett pears, .23/can
  • California apricots, .15/can
  • Hawaiian Pineapple, .15/can
Dairy, eggs & cheese
  • Fresh western eggs, .28/dozen
  • Fresh creamery butter, .35/lb
  • Swiss cheese, imported, .29/lb
  • Cream cheese, .17/lb
Cakes, candies, & nuts
  • New Years cake, .12/lb
  • Plum Pudding, Curtis Bros., .22/lb
  • Mince meat, None Such, .25/3 pkgs
  • Walnuts, .18/lb
  • Pecans, .18/lb
  • Taragona almonds, .18/lb
  • Jumbo Brazils, .15.lb
  • Filberts, .15/lb
  • Old fashioned broken candy (fancy ribbon candy), .15/lb
  • Chocolate drops, .15/.lb
  • Peanut brittle, .10/lb
  • Jelly Bon Bons, .10/lb
Beverages
  • Sweet cider, .25/gallon
  • Condensed milk, .25/3 cans
  • Tea, Viceroy, in fancy Xmas cans, .50/lb
  • Coffee, 3 lb bag, .25/lb
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