1948

Automobiles

New Austin of England, Devon, sedan, 1,660.00 [note: other cars were advertised without prices] Used

• 1946, Chrysler New Yorker, sedan, 2,495.00
• 1941, Oldsmobile, sedan, 1,395.00
• 1939, Buick Club Coupe, 1,195.00

Clothing

• Boy's suit, seersucker, 3.98-4.98/each
• Girl's bathing suit, 2.50-6.98/each
• Girl's dress, 1.00-5.98/each
• Girl's pinafore, 1.00-5.98/each
• Men's shirt, Basque, .98/each
• Men's shoes, Florsheim, 8.95/pair
• Men's slacks, washable, 3.95/pair
• Men's sport jacket, 17.95-45.00/each
• Men's suit, Palm Beach, 26.75/each
• Women's blouse, 2.00-5.00/each
• Women's dress, 7.98/each
• Women's shoes, dress, 9.95-16.95/pair
• Women's skirt, 2.50-5.00/each
• Women's slacks, 5.00-7.98/each
• Women's suit, summer, 19.98-29.98/each

Employment

• Barber, 50.00/week
• Counterman for coffee shop, 50.00/week
• Handyman to work in garden, 1.00/hour
• Telephone operator, New Jersey Bell, 32.00/week
• Tree men, 1.25/hour

Food & beverages

• Apples, Western Winesap, .15/lb
• Bacon, Armour's Star, .69/lb
• Blueberries, .39/pint
• Bread, .14/sliced loaf
• Cake, Virginia Lee, Angel, .45/each
• Cake mix, Gold Seal, .23/box
• Cereal, Kellogg's, Rice Krispies, .14/5.5 oz pkg
• Coffee, Nescafe, instant, .39/4 oz jar
• Cookies, Nabisco, Fig Newtons, .18/8 oz pkg
• Cracker Jack, .09/2 pkgs
• Crackers, Nabisco, Ritz, .31/lb pkg
• Eggs, .79/dozen
• Fish, tuna, Breast of Chicken, .45/can
• Frankfurters, Armour's Star, .55/lb
• Ham, smoked cala, .57/lb
• Jelly, Shimmel's grape, .15/12 oz jar
• Juice, Del Monte, orange, .25/no. 5 can
• Juice, Welch's, grape, .39/quart bottle
• Lamb, leg, .69/lb
• Margarine, Asco, .41/lb
• Marshmallows, Campfire, .31/lb
• Mayonnaise, Hellmann's, .49/pint
• Milk, fresh, .23/quart
• Olives, Ideal, stuffed, .25/3 oz jar
• Onions, yellow, .17/2 lbs
• Oranges, .19/dozen
• Peanut butter, Fyne Taste, .31/lb jar
• Pickles, Colonial Kosher dill, .35/quart jar
• Plums, red, .19/lb
• Pork & beans, Rodal Scarlet, .27/two 16 oz cans
• Potato chips, .23/5 oz bag
• Processed meat, Hormel, SPAM .47/12 oz can
• Soda, Coca Cola, .25/six 6 oz bottles
• Soup, Campbell's, tomato, .29/3 cans
• Spaghetti, Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, with meatballs, .21/6 oz can
• String beans, fresh Jersey, .23/2 lbs
• Sugar, Jack Frost, .42/5 lb bag
• Tea, Asco, .28/4 oz pkg
• Watermelon, .05/lb

Household

• Ammonia, Sped-up, .25/two 32 oz bottles
• Cleanser, Ajax, .11/14 oz can
• Cot, roll-away, includes mattress, 59.50/each
• Diapers, 2.00/dozen
• Dutch oven, 6 quart, 3.99-6.98/each
• Fan, electric, 8", 4.45/each
• Laundry soap, Octagon, .39/3 pkgs
• Mason jars, .69/pint; .75/quart
• Paint, house, 4.25/gallon
• Sheets, Cannon, percale, 42" X 72", 1.37-1.98/each
• Towel, Martex, bath, 1.79/each
• Washing machine, Bendix, 199.95/each

Lawn & garden

• Charcoal briquettes, .39/2 lbs
• Grill, charcoal, folding, 3.98/each
• Hose, garden, 3.35-5.00/each
• Insecticide, Flit, .39/quart
• Lawn chair, Telescope, canvas with wood frame, 7.98/each
• Picnic jug, gallon size, 3.95/each
• Picnic table, California redwood, table & benches, 19.95/set

Newspaper

• .05/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Alka-Seltzer, .49/pkg
• Aspirin, Bayer, .59/bottle
• Calamine lotion, .49/bottle
• Cleansing cream, Noxema, .49/jar
• Mineral oil, Squibb, .69/pint
• Permanent wave, Lustra Oil, 7.50/person
• Soap, Ivory, personal size, .20/3 cakes
• Sunburn cream, Diana Grey, .59/pkg
• Suntan lotion, Norwich, .23/pkg
• Tissue, Lidia Grey, .65/two 400 count pkgs
• Toilet paper, Petal Soft, .25/2 rolls
• Toothpaste, Ipana, .43/tube

Real estate

Houses for sale

• Mendham, 4 bedrooms, 12,000.00
• Morris Plains, colonial, 6 rooms, 12,500.00
• Morris Plains, 4 rooms, 8,500.00
• Houses for rent
• Wharton, 5 rooms, 95.00/month
• Apartments & rooms
• Morris Plains, 7 rooms, 65.00/month
• Morristown, large room, 15.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Auto picnic tray, 1.99/each
• Bertrand Island Amusement Park [Lake Hopatcong], .10/ride
• Camera, Anso, Rediflex, 14.70/each
• Horse racing, Monmouth Park, 1.80/general admission
• Radio, auto, 29.95/each
• Telephone call, Morristown-San Francisco, 3 minutes, 2.50+tax/each
• Television, Philco 1001, 349.50/each
• Theatre ticket, Lakeside Theatre [Lake Hopatcong, NJ], 1.00-1.50/ticket