1915

Automobiles

NO NEW CARS ADVERTISED; THREE USED CARS ADVERTISED, NO PRICES Tires, Diamond brand, plain tread, 9.00-43.80/each (many sizes) Alfalfa horse feed, 1.75/100 lbs

Clothing

  • Men's coats, 10.00/each
  • Men's suits, 7.85-16.50/each
  • Men's shirts, .79-1.00/each
  • Women's suit, wool, 8.98-15.00/each
  • Women's dress, serge, 2.87-5.98/each
  • Women's dress shoes, patent leather button and lace, 1.00-2.00/pair
  • Women's blouse (shirtwaist), China silk, 1.00-1.98/each
  • Women's coats, heavy plaid wool, 4.98-10.00/each
  • Boy's coats, 1.50-2.50/each
  • Boy's suits, 3.85-8.50/each
  • Girl's coats, heavy winter, 1.98-6.98/each
  • Girl's dresses, 1.00-1.50/each
  • Gloves, dress, 1.00-1.50/pair
  • Ostrich plumes, black and white, 1.00-1.98/each

Food & beverages

  • Apples, 8 quart basket, .35/basket
  • Bacon, Swift's Premium, .23/lb jar
  • Beans, baked, Campbell's, .25/3 cans
  • Beef, chopped, 12.5/lb
  • Beef, sirloin steak, .18/lb
  • Butter, fresh Elgin creamery, .37/lb
  • Candy, fancy boxes, 1.00-1.50/box (no size indicated)
  • Cereal, Post Toasties, .20/2 boxes
  • Chicken, 1.00/4.5 lb bird
  • Cocoa, Hershey's, .15/half pound tin
  • Coffee, .18/lb
  • Cookies, ZuZu, Nabisco, .04/package
  • Corn, .25/3 cans
  • Crackers, Uneeda, Nabisco .04/package
  • Eggs, 1.00/dozen
  • Flour, Christian's Best XXX, .95/24 lb sack
  • Fish, codfish, boneless, frozen .17/lb brick
  • Grapefruit, .25/7
  • Ham, Swift's sugar cured, .15/lb
  • Ice cream, 1.00/quart
  • Jelly, Curtice Brothers, .12/1b can
  • Ketchup, Blue Label, .18-.20/bottle
  • Lettuce, .05/head
  • Margarine, Butterine, .25/lb
  • Milk, condensed, Devon brand, .20/3 cans
  • Onions, red, .10/basket (no size specified)
  • Oranges, navel, Sunkist, .25/15
  • Potatoes, .29/6 quart basket
  • Soup, Van Camp's, .25/3 cans
  • Sugar, granulated, .19/3.5 lbs
  • Tea, Lipton, .28/half pound
  • Tomatoes, .08/large no. 3 can
  • Worcestershire Sauce, .10/bottle

Furniture

  • Bed, brass, full-sized, 14.00-21.25/each
  • Bedroom set, 4 piece, brown oak, 236.50-355.00/set
  • Bookshelves, bamboo, 1.00-1.50/each
  • Buffet, golden oak, 18.75-25.00/each
  • Chairs, tapestry covered arm chair, 20.25-27.00/each
  • China closet, golden oak, 30.50-34.00/each
  • Desk, mahogany, "drop lid," 20.50-31.00/each
  • Dining room set, 10 piece, mahogany inlaid, 318.00-424.00/set
  • Living room set, 3 piece, brown oak, tapestry seats, 154.00-171.50/set
  • Rugs, 9' X 12', Wilton and Axminster oriental style, 18.75-29.50/each
  • Table, folding card with leatherette top, 1.00-1.50/each

Tools

Scissors, Henckle's highest grade, .58-1.29/pair

Household goods

  • Ammonia, .25/bottle
  • Bedspread, full size, 1.00-1.50/each
  • Blankets, white wool, 70"X 82", 4.65/each
  • Candle sticks, sterling silver, 18.00-26.00/pair
  • Clock, alarm, .74/each
  • Curtains, French lace, 3.75-6.50/pair
  • Laundry soap, Borax, .25/6 cakes
  • Light bulbs, Edison Mazda, 1.00/5
  • Towels, 1.50/dozen
  • Wash board, .35/each

Newspapers

Daily Record, [Morristown, NJ], .01/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Beecham's pills (indigestion remedy), .25/bottle (no size indicated)
  • Comb, white or black, .25-.75/each
  • Curling irons, .10/each
  • Hair pins, invisible, .05/each
  • Knowlton's Danderine (anti-dandruff treatment), .25/bottle
  • Laxative, Cascaret's,.10/box (no size indicated)
  • Sloan's Linament (Neuralgia pain cure) .25/bottle
  • Soap, fancy toilet, .10/box
  • Toothbrush, .10-.25/each
  • Toothpicks, .05/box of 1,000

Real estate

Houses for sale:
  • Morristown, 14 rooms, 4,000.00
  • Morristown, 8 rooms, 2,850.00
  • Morristown, 12 rooms, 2,500.00
Houses for rent:
  • Morristown, 9 bedrooms, and bath, 40.00/month
  • Morristown, 12 rooms, South St., 83.34/month
  • Morris Plains, 7 rooms, 35.00/month
Apartments & rooms:
  • Morristown, 4 room flat, gas, and bathroom, 12.00/month
  • Morristown, 5 rooms, gas and garden, 14.00/month
  • Y.M.C.A., furnished rooms, men only, 2.00/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Baseball gloves, 1.00-3.00/each
  • Basketball game, Y.M.C.A. [Morristown, NJ], .15-.25/ticket
  • Books, complete works of Shakespeare, leather bound, 6.00-12.00/set
  • Dinner, Speedwell House and Restaurant, seven courses, .35/person
  • Novels, .10-.15/each
  • Ice skates, 1.00-1.50/pair
  • Phonograph, Aeolian-Vocalion, 90.00/each
  • Player piano rolls, 1.00-1.50/each
  • Recital, "Daddy Long Legs," .25/ticket
  • Roller Skates, Ball Ba brand, 1.00-1.50/pair
  • Skatemobiles, .85-1.50/each
  • Sneakers, men's, white tennis oxfords with rubber soles, 1.00/pair
  • Theatre, "Supreme Vaudeville," Palace Theatre [Morristown, NJ],.10-.25/ticket
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