1939

Automobiles

New

• Buick Convertible Coup, 900.00
• Packard, 867.00

Used

• 1936, Plymouth Deluxe Tudor, 375.00
• 1934, Ford Deluxe Coup, 175.00
• Automobile insurance: Property damage 5,000.00; Liability, 5,000.00-10,000.00, 12.50/year

Clothing

• Boy's shirt, 1.50/each
• Boy's slacks, 5.00/year
• Girl's blouse, 1.00/each
• Girl's dress, 5.98/each
• Girl's shoes, 1.69-1.98/pair
• Men's coat, reversible, 17.50/each
• Men's necktie, Botany, wool, 1.00/each
• Men's shirt, Arrow, 2.00/each
• Men's slacks, wool, 5.95/pair
• Men's sport coat, tweed, 15.00/each
• Men's sweater, 3.00/each
• Women's coat, reversible, 8.98-16.98/each
• Women's dress, 29.95/each
• Women's shoes, 6.50-16.75/pair
• Women's skirt, wool, 1.98/each
• Women's sweater, Shetland wool, 4.98/each

Employment

• Housekeeper, live-in, 7.00/week
• Maid, 30.00-60.00/month
• Salesman/collector, 22.50/week

Food & beverages

• Apples, McIntosh, .14/3 lbs
• Bacon, Mutual, .25/two half lb pkgs
• Baking powder, Davis, .25/two 12 oz cans
• Beef, rib roast, .27/lb
• Bisquick, Gold Medal, .25/large pkg
• Butter, Ideal, .25/lb
• Cantaloupe, .29/2
• Cereal, Wheaties, .10/pkg
• Coffee, Chase & Sanborn, .21/lb
• Cheese, Kraft, Velveeta, .41/2 lbs
• Chicken, broilers, .25/lb
• Cold cuts, .25/lb
• Corn, Jersey, .10/7 ears
• Corned beef hash, Broadcast, .31/two 16 oz cans
• Crackers, Nabisco, Ritz, .10/lb box
• Crisco, .17/lb
• Eggs, .21/dozen
• Flour, Pillsbury, .29/7 lb bag
• Graham crackers, Nabisco, .17/lb
• Ham, Puritan, smoked, .25/lb
• Ketchup, Heinz, .17/large bottle
• Margarine, Allsweet, .14/lb
• Miracle Whip, Kraft, .37/quart jar
• Ovaltine, .59-.75/pkg
• Onions, U.S. No. 1, yellow, .10/4 lbs
• Oranges, California, .19/dozen
• Pie, Lemon Chiffon, .25/each
• Potatoes, Idaho baking, .25/6 lbs
• Soda, Coca Cola, .25/6 bottles
• Soup, Campbell's, .08/can
• SPAM, Hormel, .23/can
• Sugar, .25/5 lb bag
• Tomatoes, Jersey, .10/4 lbs

Household & seasonal goods

• Bedroom furniture, maple, 12 piece set, 59.00/set
• Blanket, Kenwood, wool, 5.95-8.50/each
• canister set, 4 pieces, .69/set
• Casserole dish, Wear-Ever, aluminum, 1 3/4 quart size, 1.79/each
• Coffee percolator, Mirro, self-measuring, 1.98-2.25/12 cup unit
• Kettle, aluminum, whistling, .69/each
• Laundry detergent, Kirkman's, soap flakes, .20/large pkg
• Lawn seed, Scott's, 2.75/5 lb bag
• Light bulbs, General Electric, .07/each
• Paint, Moore, Sani-flat, indoor, 2.10/gallon
• Refrigerator, Sears, Coldspot, 119.88/each
• Washing machine, 69.95-89.95/each

Newspaper

.03/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Alka Seltzer, .49-.60/pkg
• Aspirin, Bayer's, .59-1.00/bottle
• Cough syrup, Stoke's, .49-.75/each
• Dry cleaning, men's suit, .95/each
• Hot water bottle, Trent, .79-1.29/each
• Mouthwash, Listerine, .59-.75/bottle
• Night cream, Novena, 1.00-2.00/jar
• Razor, Schick, .49-1.00/each
• Razor blades, Drury Lane, .25/25 count pkg
• Soap, Ivory, .25/3 large cakes
• Tissue, Kleenex, .55/two 500 count boxes
• Toilet paper, Scott, .20/3 rolls
• Toothpaste, Ipana, .39-.50/pkg
• Witch hazel, .09-.35/bottle

Real estate

Houses for sale

• Morristown, 6 rooms, 6,500.00
• Morristown, 5 rooms, bungalow, 4,200.00
• Morristown, 6 rooms, 3,500.000

Houses for rent

• Morristown, 8 rooms, 85.00/month
• Morristown, 7 rooms, 45.00/month
• Morristown, 4 rooms, 30.00/month

Apartments & rooms

• Morristown, 4 rooms, 62.50/month
• Morristown, 3 rooms, 50.00/month
• Morristown, 1 room, 3.00-4.00/week

Recreation & amusements

• Bicycle, Elgin, boy's, 19.98/each
• Bus trip, New York World's Fair, .75/child; 1.50/adult
• Card party & dessert, St. Virgil's Church [Morris Plains, NJ], .50/tally
• Clambake, Elk's Morristown Lodge [Morristown, NJ], 3.00/ticket
• Football, Kenwell, .89-1.50/each
• Golf, 18 holes, Valley View, [Whippany, NJ], .18/weekdays; 1.50/weekends & holidays
• Lunch, Day's Fountain [Morristown, NJ], .35/person
• Movie ticket, .25-.55/matinee; .55-1.10/evening
• Radio, Silvertone, 11 tube console, 59.95/each
• Roller skates, Union Hardware, .69/pair
• Theatre ticket, Papermill Playhouse [Millburn, NJ], .55-1.00/each

School supplies

• Girl's gym togs, "Official High School," blouse/1.00; shorts/1.39; bloomers, 1.89/pair
• Girl's school uniform skirt, 1.98-3.98/each
• Lunch kit, Sears, with pint bottle, .98-1.29/set
• School bags, genuine leather, 16", .95/each