1916

Automobiles

New
  • Dodge Brothers Winter car, 950.00
  • Ford sedan, 740.00

Clothing

  • Boas, Stone Martin, 3.98/each
  • Boys' overcoat, 2.85-3.98/each
  • Children's pajamas, flannelette, .37/pair
  • Girls' velvet dress, 2.98-2.39/each
  • Gloves, woolen, .23/pair
  • Hat, velour, .98/each
  • Men's overcoats, 10.00/each
  • Men's rubber boots, .79-1.49/pair
  • Men's tuxedo suit, 17.00/each
  • Men's dress shirt, Arrow, 1.50-2.00/each
  • Men's trousers, 1.35-2.85/each
  • Muffs, badger, 10.98/each; black coney, 4.98/each; opossum, 9.98/each
  • Umbrella, 1.00-6.42/each
  • Women's blouse, voile, 1.09-1.69/each
  • Women's dress, satin, taffeta, fur-trimmed, 16.49/each
  • Women's dress, serge, 4.45-6.98/each
  • Women's skating suit, 13.50-14.98/each
  • Women's skirt, 2.49-3.69/each
  • Women's suit, fur trimmed, 22.50-27.50/each

Employment

  • Messenger/Delivery person 120.00/60 days work
  • Salesman, automotive, 30.00-40.00/week
  • Woman to introduce new sanitary specialty for residences and business buildings. Talking unnecessary, 25.00/week

Food & beverages

  • Apples, fancy table, .15/4 quarts
  • Bacon, .12/lb
  • Bread, .04-.98/loaf
  • Brussels Sprouts, .10/quart
  • Butter, Finest Elgin Creamery, .37/lb
  • Candy canes, .01/each
  • Capons [chicken], Fancy Philadelphia, .29/lb
  • Chocolate Filbert Kisses, .23/lb
  • Cocoa, Hershey's .08/box
  • Coffee, White Rose, .32/lb
  • Cookies, National Biscuit Company, Fig Bars, .10/lb
  • Corn, sugar, .25/3 tins
  • Cucumbers, hothouse, .10/each
  • Dates, .12/lb
  • Eggs, Choice Western, .20/dozen
  • Fish, tuna, canned, White Rose, .23/large can
  • Lamb, .08/lb
  • Lettuce, .05/head
  • Mincemeat, .39/3 lb pail
  • Oatmeal .08/large pkg
  • Onions, .05/large bunch
  • Oranges, Florida, extra large sweet and juicy, .25/13
  • Pineapples, sweet sugar, .10/each
  • Potatoes, Jersey, .55/half bushel
  • Tangerines, fancy, .25/dozen
  • Tomatoes, hothouse, .20/quart basket
  • Tunny [tuna] fish, White Rose, .23/large can; .14/small can

Furniture

Baby carriage, Pullman, 35.00/each

Household goods

  • Blanket, wool, 76" X 90", 2.27-2.98/each
  • Curtains, 1.35-2.29/pair
  • Matches, noiseless, .10/3 boxes
  • Mop, "Wizard," .25/each
  • Washing tablets, La France, .04/pkg
  • Sheets, Utica, 54" X 90, .55/each; 90" X 90", .77/each
  • Tablecloth, Irish Linen, 72" X 108", 3.95/each

Newspapers

Daily Record [Morristown NJ] .01/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Cough remedy, Medicum, .25/bottle
  • Danderine, for thicker hair, .25/bottle
  • Dental plates, 10.00/each
  • Fillings, 1.00/each
  • Laxative, Rexall Orderlies, .10-.50/bottle
  • Razors, 1.75-4.50/each
  • Syrup of figs for children, .50/bottle
  • Toilet paper, .25/7 rolls

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morristown, 10 rooms, improvements, 10,000.00
  • Morristown, 2 family, 6 bedrooms, 4,500.00
  • 5 room bungalow, large porch over the lake, 3,000
Houses for rent 6 rooms, near park, 12.00/month Apartments & rooms
  • Morristown, 5 rooms, corner of Market & MacCulloch, 15.00/month
  • Morristown, lower half of house, 2 Maple Ave., 18.00/month
  • YMCA furnished rooms, 2.00+/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Basketball game, .15/ticket
  • Cigarettes, Lord Salisbury, .15/20 count pkg
  • Movie, .25/ticket (adults); .15/ticket (children)
  • Photoengraving, 25" X 35", "Sherman's March to the Sea," .39-1.50/each
  • Steamer trunks (Brinks), 4.68-18.50/each
  • Suitcases, 1.00-18.50/each
  • Theatre, New Park, evening, .15, .25, .35 & .50/ticket
  • YMCA American Girls concert, .50/ticket; 1.00/season pass
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