1920

Automobiles

New
  • Chandler, touring, 1,895.00
  • Cleveland Six, touring, 1,435.00
  • Overland, touring, 1,035.00
Used
  • Cadillac "8", 1917, passenger touring car, 1,600.00
  • Chandler, model 17 touring, 650.00
  • Dodge, touring, 775.00

Clothing

  • Boy's golf hats, 1.25-3.50/each
  • Boy's knee pants, 1.59/pair
  • Boy's suit, 15.00/each
  • Children's pajamas, Dr. Denton's, 1.00-1.45/each
  • Girl's dress, navy blue wool serge, braid trimmed, 12.75/each
  • Men's hat, felt, 3.85/each
  • Men's overcoat, 12.50/each
  • Men's shirt, chambray work shirt, 1.50/each
  • Men's shoes, work style, 2.95/pair
  • Men's suit, Style Plus Value First Fall Suits, 40.00-60.00/each
  • Sweater, 3.95-12.50/each
  • Women's coat, 37.50/each
  • Women's blouse, 3.95-17.50/each
  • Women's dress, flannel, 2.50-3.50/each
  • Women's petticoat, 1.19/each
  • Women's skirt, 1.19-1.75/each

Employment & services

  • Bricklayers, 1.25/hour
  • Laborers, 5.50/8 hour day
  • Laundress, 3.00/day
  • Men's suits pressed, .50/each
  • Shoe repair, men's sole & leather heel, 1.65/pair
  • Telephone operator, 14.00/week
  • Tutoring, 2.00/hour

Food & beverages

  • Bacon, Dixie Style, .29/lb
  • Beans, baked with tomato sauce, 12.5 cents/can
  • Beef, Libby's, corned, .29/lb can
  • Chewing gum, Wrigley's Doublemint, .05/pack
  • Chicken, liver, 1.00/each
  • Coffee, Mota, .27/lb
  • Corn, sugar, 1.00/7 cans
  • Crackers, NCB, Uneeda, .05/pkg
  • Cream, evaporated, 1.00/8 cans
  • Fish, Columbia River Salmon, .20/2 lb can
  • Fish, Gorton's, frozen, ready to fry codfish cakes, .25/pkg
  • Flour, 7.38/98 lb bag
  • Ham, Cala, .25/lb
  • Lamb, chops, .38/lb
  • Lamb, short forequarters, .24/lb
  • Lemon pie filling, Good Luck brand, .14/pkg
  • Milk, condensed, 1.00/5 cans
  • Potatoes, .78/16 qt basket
  • Prunes, canned, .14/can
  • Salt, Worcester, .25/3 boxes
  • Sugar, granulated, Domino, .15/lb
  • Tea, Tetley's, .04/lb
  • Tomatoes, 6 cans, 1.00/lb

Furniture

  • Bed, enamel, full-sized, 100.00/each
  • Bedroom set, mahogany suite, Louis XVI, 9 pieces, 1,928.00/set
  • Carpet binding, .10/roll
  • Music cabinet, mahogany, 22.00-38.00/each
  • Range, gas, Lorain, 110.86
  • Water heaters, gas, 2.00/each

Household & seasonal goods

  • Blanket, beacon, wool nap, 9.98/pair
  • Cooking utensils, granite ware, 1.00
  • Curtains, Renaissance lace, 10.50/pair
  • Flower bulbs, hyacinth, 1.10/dozen
  • Mirrors, 34" X 72", 50.00/each
  • Range, 94.70/each
  • Towel, Turkish, 1.39-2.00/each
  • Wallpaper, .15/roll
  • Window shades, .75-1.75/each

Newspapers

Daily Record [Morristown NJ], .02/weekday paper

Personal care & health

  • Beecham's Pills (for indigestion), .25/bottle
  • Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil, .15/bottle
  • Kotalko (for hair growth), .10/proof box
  • Postum, cereal health drink, .25/50 cup pkg
  • Wash cloth, .07/each

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Farm, 25 acres, 10 room house, 15,000.00
  • Morristown, 8 rooms, 2 family, 3,200.00
  • Morristown, 7 rooms, single family, 5,500.00
Houses for rent
  • 9 rooms & bath, 100.00/month
Apartments & rooms
  • YMCA, furnished rooms, 3.50/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Belgian hares (rabbits), 10.00/each
  • Bicycle, girl's, 10.00
  • Business supper, YMCA, .60/ticket
  • Cigars, Ms. J. Noltz, .10-.15/each
  • Concert, Enrico Caruso & others, 10.00/ticket
  • Dance, Elks Entertainment, 1.00-3.00/ticket, includes war tax
  • Horse show, Far Hills, .50/admission
  • Movies, Liberty Theatre, .17/matinee; .22/evening
  • Piano, 50.00
  • Scarf pins, 10.50/each
  • Steeplechase & pony races, Whippany River Club, 2.00/admission
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