1913

Automobiles

New none advertised Used several advertised, no prices

Clothing

  • Boy's knickerbockers, khaki, .59/pair
  • Children's play suits, cowboy or baseball styles, .98/each
  • Hat, Panama style, 2.90-5.90/each
  • Men's shoes, working, 2.50/pair
  • Men's suit, serge, 2 piece, 9.90-14.90/each
  • Men's slacks, 1.90-5.90/pair
  • Women's bathing suit, cotton, 1.50/each
  • Women's blouse, 4.50/each
  • Women's dress, house dress, 1.00/each
  • Women's parasol, .75-7.50/each
  • Women's shoes, white canvas pumps, 1.25-2.00/pair
  • Women's suit, linen, 10.50-18.00/each
  • Women's veil, Chantilly lace, .25/each

Food & beverages

  • Beef, rib roast, .15/lb
  • Butter, Elgin Creamery, .31/lb
  • Catsup, Blue label, .13/small bottle
  • Cereal, Kellogg's, Corn Flakes, .08/box
  • Chicken, .20/lb
  • Cocoa, White Rose, .15/5 lb tin
  • Coffee, Premier, .35/lb
  • Cookies, Grandmother's, .10/lb
  • Eggs, .24/dozen
  • Fish, salmon, .18/tall can
  • Flour, Christian's Best XXXX, .69/24 lb sack
  • Ham, Swift's, California, .14/lb
  • Juice, Welch's, grape, .23/pint
  • Lamb, hindquarters, .22/lb
  • Lard, Compound, .10/lb
  • Margarine, Butterine, .21-.25/lb
  • Oil, olive, J.S. brand, .24/bottle
  • Olives, Queen, .15/bottle
  • Onions, Bermuda, .29/6 qt basket
  • Peanut butter, .11/lb
  • Pickles, sweet gherkins, .12.dozen
  • Pineapples, Hawaiian sliced, .25/tin
  • Potatoes, finest white, .45/large basket
  • Salt, Ivory, .07/pkg
  • Soda water, .12/bottle
  • Soup, Franco-American, .25/3 cans
  • Strawberries, preserved, .22/tin
  • Sugar, .03/lb
  • Tea, Oolong, .45/lb
  • Tomatoes, O.K. brand, .12/tin
  • Vanilla extract, pure, .10-.25/bottle
  • Vinegar, Amruth, .09/bottle

Furniture

  • Bed, four post, Mahogany, 37.00-44.00/each
  • Bedroom set, Louis XVI white enamel, 4 pieces, 245.00/set
  • Chair, library, leather, 35.00-45.00/each
  • Chair, rocking, .79-5.00/each
  • Dining room set, colonial mahogany, 3 piece, 120.00/set
  • Hammock, 1.00-3.98/each
  • Lawn bench, painted & varnished, 1.20/each
  • Mattress, horsehair, 19.50/each
  • Porch screen, bamboo, 6' X 8', .98/each
  • Sofa, upholstered, 55.00-95.00/each

Garden & lawn equipment

  • Hedge shears, 9" steel blade, 1.25/pair
  • Hose, rubber, garden, .25-.38/foot
  • Lawn mower, 8 inch wheel, 18 inch cut, 3.50/each
  • Lawn sprinkler, .50-2.50/each
  • Rake, .25-.50/each
  • Sprinkling can, painted & galvanized, 1 to 20 quarts, .10-1.25/each
  • Turf edger, .50-.65/each

Household goods

  • Ammonia, Amruth, .09/bottle
  • Cleanser, Dutch, .07/pkg
  • Fly paper, .05/3 double sheets
  • Fruit jars, Mason, pint size, .38/dozen; quart size, .40/dozen
  • Ice cream freezer, White Mountain, 1.00-3.50/each
  • Matches, safety, .06/pkg
  • Refrigerator, enameled or white lined, 15.00-27.00/each
  • Starch, celluloid, .10/pkg
  • Towel, Turkish, bath, 17" X 36", .10-.13/each

Personal care & health

  • Asthma relief, Nozox, .25-.50/bottle
  • Indigestion medicine, Beecham's Pills, .10-.25/bottle
  • Soap, Castile, .08/bar
  • Toilet paper, Pacific, .25/7 rolls

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morris Plains, 7 rooms, 4,2000.00
  • Morristown, 9 rooms, double house, 2,500.00
  • Morristown, 5 rooms, near station, 1,800.00
Houses for rent
  • Morristown, 8 rooms, 27.50/month
  • Morristown, 8 rooms, 15.00/month
  • Morristown, 7 rooms, 15.00/month
Apartments & rooms none listed with rents

Recreation & amusements

  • Croquet set, 1.00-3.00/set
  • Flag, cotton, on pole, 4' X 6', 1.50/set
  • Player piano music rolls, .25-.75/each
  • Piano, new, 190.00/each
  • Piano, new, player style, 390.00/each
  • Shoe shine, .05/person
  • Steamer trunk, 5.50-10.00/each
  • Suit case, .75/each
How much did it cost to stock Thanksgiving tables in 1913? These prices were advertised in The Daily Record [Morris County New Jersey], November 21-25, 1913 Meat, fowl & fish
  • Bacon, Swift's, 22 cents/lb
  • Beef, sirloin steak, 16 cents/lb
  • Chicken, roasting, 25 cents/lb
  • Ham, Swift's Premium, 20 cents/lb
  • Lamb, legs, 20cents/lb
  • Mackerel, 5 cents/each
  • Pork loins, 22 cents/lb
  • Salmon, red, 15 cents/lb can
  • Sardines, imported, 19 cents/half lb tin
  • Sausage, pork, 25 cents/lb
  • Tuna fish, 25 cents/2 cans
  • Turkey, 32 cents/lb
Vegetables
  • Asparagus, Calif, Fancy Green, 21 cents/no. 1 can
  • Beans, green, finest, 13 cents/can
  • Corn, Moreca brand, 10 cents/can
  • Lima beans, medium, 13 cents/can
  • Olives, stuffed, 21 cents/large bottle
  • Onions, 35 cents/peck
  • Peas, AM&C, 22 cents/can
  • Potatoes, Maine, $2.60/sack
  • Succotash, 14 cents/can
  • Sweet potatoes, 29 cents/peck
  • Tomatoes, Noreca brand, 12 cents/can
Fruit & nuts
  • Almonds, Papershell, 28 cents/lb
  • Apples, Baldwin's, 25 cents/peck
  • Citron, 20 cents/lb
  • Cranberries, 10 cents/lb
  • Dates, pitted, 15 cents/pkg
  • Figs, Dromedary, 10 cents/pkg
  • Grape fruit, 25 cents/4
  • Grapes, Malaga, 12 cents/lb
  • Lemons, 15 cents/dozen
  • Orange or lemon peel, 15 cents/lb
  • Oranges, Florida, 25 cents/dozen
  • Peaches, cling, 21 cents/can
  • Pecans, 15 cents/lb
  • Pineapple, sliced, 25 cents/tin
  • Prunes, 40-50s, 10 cents/lb
  • Pumpkin or squash, 10 cents/can
  • Raisins, seedless, 10 cents/pkg
  • Walnuts, Imported, 18 cents/lb
Dairy, eggs & cheese
  • Butter, best creamery, 37 cents/lb
  • Cheese, cream, 24 cents/lb
  • Cheeses, Swiss, 29 cents/lb
  • Cheese, whole milk, 20 cents/lb
  • Margarine, Butterine, 22 cents/lb
Desserts
  • Chocolate, Hershey's, almond or milk chocolate, 10 cents/3 bars
  • Cookies, Fig Bars, 25 cents/3 lbs
  • Peanut Brittle, 10 cents/lb
  • Plum Pudding, R&R, 23 cents/No. 1 can
Baking, cereals, spices & condiments
  • Baking powder, Daisy, 45 cents/20 oz can
  • Bell's Poultry seasoning, 10 cents/can
  • Cereal, Quaker Corn Flakes, 5 cents/pkg
  • Flour, Pillsbury XXXX, 5.99/bbl
  • Karo corn syrup, 43 cents/No. 10 can
  • Ketchup, A&P, 18 cents/bottle
  • Mince Meat, Nonesuch, 25 cents/3 pkgs
  • Molasses, B&O, 14 cents/No. 3 can
  • Oats, Hecker's, 23 cents/5 lb box
  • Oil, olive, Lucca, 2.69/gallon
  • Sage, Thyme, or Marjoram, 25 cents/lb
  • Sugar, granulated, 5 cents/lb
  • Vanilla extract, 25 cents/2 oz. bottle
  • Vinegar, A&P, 10 cents/bottle
  • Worcestershire sauce, 15 cents/bottle
Beverages
  • Cider, Mott's, 23 cents/gallon
  • Cocoa, Hershey's, 15 cents/half lb tin
  • Coffee, Fancy Maracaibo, 22 cents/lb
  • Tea, English Breakfast, 23 cents/lb
"An Ideal Dinner for Thanksgiving No matter what kind of a holiday dinner you may intend to have it will not be right unless it is properly cooked. Good housekeepers know that they can get better cooking results with a gas range than with a coal fire. With gas the heat can be thoroughly controlled and directed just where needed for roasting, baking, boiling or broiling. Order a gas range now and have it installed in time for the cooking of the Thanksgiving dinner. They payments can be made later." ---display ad, Public Service Gas Co., Daily Record [Morristown, N.J.] November 21, 1913 (p. 4)
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