1923

Automobiles

New
  • Chevrolet, Roadster, 2 passenger, 570.00
  • Hudson, Coach, 7 passenger, 1,450.00
  • Studebaker, Touring Light-Six, 5 passenger, 995.00
Used
  • 1920, Chevrolet, F.B. Coupe, 300.00
  • 1917, Buick, 75.00

Clothing

  • Hat, straw, .79-1.56/each
  • Men's coat, 9.95-35.00/each
  • Men's necktie, silk, .47-1.50/each
  • Men's shirt, percale, .79-1.25/each
  • Men's slacks, white flannel, 8.00/pair
  • Men's suit, mohair, 13.85/each
  • Men's union suit, Forest Mills, .69/each
  • Women's bathing shoes, .69-1.25/pair
  • Women's bathing suit, 1.98-4.98/each
  • Women's bloomers, silk, 3.98-4.98/each
  • Women's blouse, cotton, 1.98/each
  • Women's dress, gingham, 2.59/each
  • Women's jacket, fully lined, tweed, 3.95/each
  • Women's shoes, pumps, 1.29/pair
  • Women's skirt, pleated, silk, 7.95

Food & beverages

  • Bacon, sugar cured. .25/lb
  • Beef, pot roast, .10/lb
  • Bologna & frankfurters, .19/lb
  • Butter, Brookfield Creamery, .43/lb
  • Carrots, .10/bunch
  • Cookies, fig bars, .25/1 lbs
  • Corn, .10/no. 2 can
  • Eggs, .13/dozen
  • Ham, smoked Cali, .13/lb
  • Lamb, leg, .40/lb
  • Lard, Swift's pure, .17/lb
  • Lettuce, .10/head
  • Oil, olive, imported, 2.25/half gallon
  • Oranges, .50/dozen
  • Peaches, .15/basket
  • Peas, .25/2 quarts
  • Potatoes, .45/4 quart basket
  • Prunes, California, .24/2 lbs
  • Rice, .20/3 lbs
  • Tomatoes, .10/no 2 can

Furniture

  • Bedroom set, American walnut finish, 9 pieces, 199.00/set
  • Chair, arm, French split cane, 25.00/each
  • Chair, rocking, 25.00/each
  • Desk, 80.00/each
  • Dining room set, American walnut or antique mahogany, 10 pieces, 295.00/set
  • Flooring, Congoleum, 6' X 9', 1.98/each
  • Living room set, upholstered mohair, 3 pieces, 395.00
  • Rug, oriental, 20.00-50.00/each
  • Settee, 50.00/each
  • Sewing cabinet, 18.50/each
  • Tea wagon, 22.50-60.00/each

Garden & lawn equipment

Vegetable plants: celery, cabbage, cauliflower & brussels sprouts, .75/100 plants

Household goods

  • Fan, "G-E Whiz," 10.00/each
  • Dinnerware, American light porcelain, 52 pieces, 19.95/each
  • Lamp, with glass shade, 5.00/each
  • Range, gas, 77.00/each
  • Refrigerator, White Mountain, 49.50/each
  • Preserving kettle, "Wear-Ever," aluminum, 12 quart, 1.98-2.95/each
  • Vacuum bottle, .89/each
  • Vacuum cleaner, Sloane, 48.00/each
  • Washing machine, 125.00/each

Personal care & health

  • Aspirin, .10/12 pills
  • Bath brush, .98/each
  • Curling iron, Wavette, 2.19/each
  • Epsom salt, .09/lb
  • Hair brush, .89/each
  • Hair net, Zephyr, .25/4
  • Indigestion medicine, Bell-Ans, .25-.75/bottle
  • Laxative, Nature's Remedy, .25/box
  • Mineral oil, Russian, .60/pint
  • Mouthwash, Listerine, .79/bottle
  • Shampoo, coconut oil, .50/bottle
  • Soap, English toilet, 1.39/12 cakes
  • Talcum powder, Palmolive, .19/pkg
  • Toothbrush & holder, .49/set
  • Toothpaste, Pepsodent, .39/pkg
  • Vitamin supplement, Pinkham's vegetable oil, .93-1.20/bottle

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morristown area, 13 rooms, 2 barns, "country house," 20,000.00
  • Morristown, 6 rooms, 4,000.00
  • Morristown, large house, 7,000.00
Houses for rent Morristown, 6 rooms, 55.00/month Apartments & rooms
  • Washington Hotel, 5.00/week
  • YMCA, furnished room, 4.25/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Dinner, chicken, 2.50/person
  • Excursion to Bertrande Hotel, Lake Hopatcong, .75/children under 12; .90/adult
  • Luggage, black patent leather, 26", 12.50/each
  • Movie ticket, Palace Theatre, .17 & .22/matinee; .22 & .33/evening
  • Post cards, .05/20 cards
  • Swimming pass, YMCA, summer, pool, 2.00/boys; 5.00/men
How much did it cost to stock Thanksgiving tables in 1923? These prices were advertised in The Daily Record [Morris County, New Jersey], November 27-30, 1923. Meat, fowl & fish
  • Bacon, Swift's Dixie, 15 cents/lb
  • Chickens, 35 cents/lb
  • Duck, 39 cents/lb
  • Ham, 22 cents/lb
  • Pork, fresh, 19 cents/lb
  • Sausage, pork, 37 cents/lb
  • Turkey, 45 cents/lb
Vegetables
  • Asparagus, tips, White Rose, 40 cents/can
  • Carrots, 25 cents/4 qts
  • Celery, 10 cents
  • Kale, green, 15 cents/4 qts
  • Olives, stuffed, 45 cents/bottle
  • Onions, 5 cents/lb
  • Peas, White Rose, 27 cents/lb
  • Potatoes, 50 cents/bushel
  • Pumpkins, large, 15 cents/each
Fruits & nuts
  • Almonds, 35 cents/lb
  • Apples, 25 cents/dozen
  • Brazil nuts, 25 cents/lb
  • Chestnuts, 25 cents/2 lbs
  • Cranberries, Eat More, 25 cents/2 qts
  • Dates, Dromedary, 21 cents/pkg
  • Grapefruit, seedless, 25 cents/10
  • Grapes, Fancy Today, 15 cents/lb
  • Lemons, Sunkist, 20 cents/12
  • Oranges, Florida, 25 cents/20
  • Prunes, 15 cents/lb
  • Raisins, Malaga Cluster, 29 cents/pkg
  • Walnuts, 33 cents/lb
Dairy, eggs & cheese
  • Butter, Brookfield, 57 cents/lb
  • Eggs, Cloverbloom, 25 cents/doz
Desserts
  • Fig pudding, 45 cents/lb can
  • Mints, 29 cents/lb
  • Plum pudding, 45 cents/lb can
Baking, cereals, spices & condiments
  • Lard, Swift's Pure, 18 cents/lb
  • Lemon or orange peel, 35 cents/lb
  • Mince Meat, Heinz, 38 cents/lb jar
Beverages
  • Cider, 49 cents/gallon
  • Coffee, 27 cents/lb
  • Tea, 49 cents/lb
"Football The big game of the year. Thanksgiving Day at Memorial Field, 2 P.M. Dover High School vs. Morristown H.S. Admission One Dollar. Tickets on Sale by All Students, Stores of F.A. Trowbridge, R. Gurvitz, L. Robinson (Mendham), Daily Record and at the gates day of game. Parking space for autos, 25 cents, on the High School grounds." ---Daily Record [Morristown, N.J.] November 28, 1923 (p. 1) "Morristown, Win or Lose. Everything that is humanly possible has been done to stage Morristown's first big football game, which will be played on Memorial Field tomorrow afternoon, in the most satisfactory manner. From all indications, everything will pass off smoothly, and the only thing needed to insure complete success is favorable weather for football. Morristownians and pupils of its high school should be proud of the field. Not only is it the best in the county, but it is one of the best in the State. In fact, although few perhaps realize it, there are lots of colleges which do not have as fine accommodations for athletics. With the football and baseball fields entirely enclosed with the most modern type of fencing, and with a fine newly erected concrete grandstand, Memorial Field presents a most beautiful sight. Tomorrow the representative football eleven on the local school will meet the team from Dover High School. The latter is generally favored to win, but if the locals arouse a real fighting spirit the team needs the support of all Morristownians. It needs it whether it is behind or ahead in the first place, to spur it on to greater efforts, and in the latter to protect its advantage. It is to be hoped that the better team wins--that there are no flukes. But, above all, the thing for Morristownians to do is to support the maroon and white through thick and thin, no matter what the score may be." ---Daily Record [Morristown, N.J.] November 28, 1923 (p. 4) [NOTE: Dover won the game 37-0.]
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