1944

Automobiles

NO NEW CARS ADVERTISED FOR SALE, WWII

  • Used, Oldsmobile, sedan, 1934, 50.00
  • Used, Packard, 120 sedan, 1936, 175.00

Clothing

  • Men's coat, worsted, 50.00-65.00/each
  • Men's suit, Stein Bloch, 50.00-60.00/each
  • Men's shoes, Nunn-Bush, 10.00-13.50/pair
  • Men's shirts, Van Heusen "lightweight," 2.50/each
  • Women's suit, cotton, 7.89/each
  • Women's dress, cotton and seersucker, 8.98-12.95/each
  • Women's handbags, 7.50-13.95/each
  • Infant's dresses, 1.79/each
  • Hats, 7.95/each

Food & beverages

  • Apples, Rome, .23/2 lbs
  • Bacon, sliced, Sunnyfield, .37/lb
  • Beans, baked, B & M, .10/13 oz can
  • Beef, pot roast, .27/lb
  • Bread, white, Marvel, .09/20.5 oz loaf
  • Butter, Louetta, .49/lb
  • Cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, .08/11 oz package
  • Chicken, fryers, .48/lb
  • Coffee, Eight O'Clock brand, .41/2 lbs
  • Duck, Long Island, .35/lb
  • Cheese, American or Velveeta, Kraft, .21/half pound
  • Cookies, Fig Newtons, Nabisco, .15/7 oz package
  • Corn, canned, Niblets, .10/12 oz can
  • Crisco, .23/lb jar
  • Eggs, Grade A, .45/dozen
  • Fish, cod, fresh, .25/lb
  • Hot dogs, .37/lb
  • Juice, orange, .46/46 oz container
  • Juice, V-8 Cocktail, .15/18 oz can
  • Ketchup, Asco, .12/10 oz bottle
  • Macaroni or spaghetti, .11/two 8 oz pkgs
  • Margarine, .24/lb
  • Mayonnaise, Fre-Mar, .17/8 oz jar
  • Milk, evaporated, White House, .27/3 tall cans
  • Onions, Yellow no. 1, .28/3 lbs
  • Oranges, Florida large sweet, .53/8 lb bag
  • Peanut butter, Sultana, .21/lb jar
  • Pineapples, fresh whole, .20/each
  • Potatoes, .25/5 lbs
  • Preserves, Ann Page, .18/lb jar
  • Soda, Coca Cola, .05/bottle
  • Tea, Asco, .21/quarter pound package
  • Tomatoes, .10/19 oz can
  • Tuna, canned, .26/6 oz can

Furniture

  • Baby carriage, 35.00/each
  • Bedroom set, maple, 3 piece, 89.00/set
  • Cedar chest, Lane, 39.50/each
  • Chair, "Gainsborough" living room-type, 55.00/each
  • Kitchen stool, 3.19-3.79/each
  • Linoleum, 1.49-1.58/square yard
  • Living room set, maple, chair and davenport, 68.00/set
  • Mattress, full or twin, 39.50/each

Garden equipment

  • Garbage can, 9 gallon, .98/each
  • Hose, rubber, 25', 1.69-2.19/each
  • Rake, steel, .89-.98/each
  • Seed, grass, 2.55/5lbs

Household goods

  • Bleach, Clorox, .17/quart
  • Laundry soap, Lux Flakes, .19/2 5 oz packages
  • Mothballs, .17/2 12 oz packages
  • Ovenware, Fireking, .79/8 piece set
  • Refrigerator, Coolerator, 75.00/each
  • Sheets, muslin, Utica, 1.50-2.15/each
  • Vacuum cleaner, Electrolux, 16.95/each
  • Window shades, 3.10-10.95/each

Newspapers

  • Daily Record .03/weekday paper

Personal care & health

  • Absorbine Jr., .73-1.25/4 oz bottle
  • Alka-Seltzer, Miles, .49/25 tablets
  • Aspirin, Anacin, .19-.25/12 tablets
  • Carter's Little Liver Pills, .19-.25/40 count pkg
  • Cream, face, Jergens, .43-.75/jar
  • Laxative, Ex Lax, .19/18 count package
  • Milk of Magnesia, Squibb, .33/12 oz bottle
  • Shampoo, Eaton's .19/pint
  • Shaving cream, Barbasol, .28-.50/tube or jar
  • Soap, Ivory, .06/bar
  • Toilet paper, .13-.20/3 rolls
  • Toothbrush, Tek, .29-.50/each
  • Toothpaste, Listerine, .33/double size
  • Vitamins, Puretest, 1.10/2 containers

Real estate

  • Madison, 6 rooms, 2 car garage, 8,700.00
  • Morris Twp., bungalow, 5 rooms, 4,900.00
  • Morristown, double house, 6 rooms, 5,000.00
  • Morristown, 12 rooms, 7 acres, 4 baths, 25,000.00
  • Apartment, Morristown, 5 rooms, 33.00/month
  • Apartment, Morristown, 3.5 rooms, 16.50/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Baseball game, Morristown, Ledgewood Field, .50/ticket
  • Circus, Hunt's 3 Ring, .35-.70/ticket
  • Co-ed Teenage Canteen, Morristown YMCA, .25/ticket
  • Corsage, roses, .50-1.00/each
  • Dance, Morris Grange Hall, .55/ticket
  • Dinner, Methodist Church fair, turkey a la king, 1.00/person
  • Movie, Morristown, Palace Theatre, "His Butler's Sister," .20/ticket
  • Theatre, Papermill Playhouse, "The Red Mill," 1.20-3.00/ticket
  • Wagon, children's, U.S. Traveler, 5.95-9.95
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