1946

Automobiles

New NONE ADVERTISED Used
  • 1937, Oldsmobile, 250.00
  • 1935, Oldsmobile sedan, 175.00
  • 1931, Chevrolet truck, 150.00

Clothing

  • Boys' snow suit, 10.00-13.95/each
  • Cap & mitten sets, 1.48-1.98/each
  • Children's slippers, 1.89-3.75/pair
  • Girls' teen holiday dress, 14.95/each
  • Men's shirt, 3.70/each
  • Men's slippers, 1.89-3.95/pair
  • Women's blouse, "jewel neck," 2.90/each
  • Women's coat, Barbizon, 59.95/each
  • Women's dress, Huxley, 17.97/each
  • Women's handbag, pigskin, 6.40-8.00/each
  • Women's jacket, wool, 14.98/each
  • Women's skirt, wool, 5.40/each
  • Women's slippers, 2.89-5.95/pair
  • Woman's suit, wool, 21.00/each
  • Women's sweater, Peggy Parker's slipover, long sleeve, 4.98/each

Employment

  • Housekeeper, 35.00-80.00/month
  • S. Army, Master Sergeant/First Sergeant, 138.00/month
  • S. Army, Sergeant, 78.00/month
  • S. Army, Private, First Class, 54.00/month
  • S. Army, Private, 50.00/month

Food & beverages

  • Apples, Pippin, .25/2 lbs
  • Beans, baked, Van Camp, .12/no. 2 can
  • Beef, ground, .28/lb
  • Bread, Marvel, cracked wheat, .11/20 oz loaf
  • Celery, .10/stalk
  • Cereal, Wheaties, .11/8 oz
  • Cheese, Ched-O-Bit, .35/lb
  • Cheese, Philadelphia, cream cheese, .11/3 oz
  • Chicken, fresh, .41/lb
  • Chocolate bars, Hershey, .13/3 bars
  • Chocolate fudge mix, Tootsie, .21/14 oz pkg
  • Coffee, Maxwell House, instant, .29/4 oz
  • Crackers, Nabisco, Ritz, .21/lb
  • Doughnuts, fresh, .15/dozen
  • Eggs, .64/dozen
  • Fish, cod fillet, .36/lb
  • Flour, Gold Medal, .32/5 lbs
  • Grapefruit, .07/lb
  • Juice, V-8 Cocktail, .15/18 oz
  • Ketchup, Pride of the Farm, .17/19 oz
  • Lettuce, iceberg, .11/head
  • Malted milk, Borden's, chocolate, .25/16 oz
  • Margarine, Nutley, .18/lb
  • Milk, Fyne-Taste Evaporated, .35/4 tall cans
  • Oysters, fresh, .39/dozen
  • Peas, Reliable sweet peas, .14/20 oz
  • Pickles, Lang's, dill, .27/quart
  • Ravioli, Chef Boy-ar-dee, .15/16 oz can
  • Salami, cooked, .39/lb
  • Soup, Campbell's, tomato, .25/3 10.5 oz cans
  • Tea, Salada, .47/lb
  • Tomatoes, .29/lb
  • Walnuts, budded, .43/lb

Furniture

  • Baby carriage, 27.00-35.00/each
  • Bed, mahogany, used, 25.00/each
  • Couch, studio, 39.97-59.50/each
  • Dining room set, steel, 30.75/set
  • Hamper, 6.98/each
  • High chair, maple, 7.98/each
  • Lamp, portable, sun, 32.50/each
  • Living room set, 2 piece, 249.00/set
  • Radiator covers, metal, .69/each
  • Stool, upholstered, 1.19-3.98/each
  • Table, poker, 12.50/each
  • Wardrobes, Odora, 9.98/each

Household goods

  • Blanket, North Star, wool, 14.95/each
  • Bleach, '33', .12/quart
  • Broilmaster, Faraday, 3.95/each
  • Heater, Herzog, electric, 17.50/each
  • Paint, Paqua, 2.35/gallon
  • Range, kerosene, table top, 79.95/each
  • Rinso (laundry detergent), .23/large pkg
  • Rubber gloves, .23-.49/pair
  • Wax paper, Cut-Rite, .15/125 feet

Newspapers

  • Daily Record [Morristown NJ] .03/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Bel-Ans (anti-gas remedy), .25/bottle
  • Castor oil, .49-.75/bottle
  • Cotton swabs, Q-Tips, .09-.25/pkg
  • Cough remedy, Pertussin, .89-1.00/bottle
  • Epsom salts, .09-.20/lb
  • Hair brush, nylon, 1.79-2.98/each
  • Hair tonic, Kreml, .49-1.00/bottle
  • Laxative, Nature's Remedy, .25/box
  • Lotion, Tussy Wind Weather (hand), 3.00/6 8 oz bottles
  • Mouthwash, Listerine, .59/largest size bottle
  • Pain reliever, aspirin, .11/100 count bottle
  • Paper towels, Scotts, .07/150 count roll
  • Safety pins, .07-.10/box
  • Shampoo, Crestone, 1.00/8 oz bottle
  • Shaving cream, Barbasol, .11-.25/pkg
  • Soap, Hershey's cocoa butter, .19/3 cakes
  • Soap, Ivory, .29/3 large cakes
  • Sun lamp, portable, 32.50/each
  • Toothbrush, TEK, .51/2 brushes
  • Toothpaste, .27/tube
  • Vitamins, Vita-Link, 1.95/120 capsules

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Denville, 4 room bungalow, steam heat, 4,000.00
  • Mendham, 5 room bungalow, 6,250.00
  • Morris Plains, 6 rooms, 9,500.00; taxes, 123.00
  • Houses for rent
  • NONE LISTED Apartments & rooms
  • NONE LISTED (there are listings for "rooms wanted," mostly for returning soldiers, without price)

Recreation & amusements

  • Canteen, Co-ed teenage@YMCA, .25/ticket
  • Dance, Morris Grange Hall, .35/ticket
  • Dinner & entertainment, Terrace Room, 1.75/ticket
  • Movie, Palace Theater, .25/ticket
  • Type-a-tune, (musical instrument and educational toy), 14.95/each