Show prices price years ago I 1 following are a few prices of co commodities modi ties and luxuries prevailing in eastern ohio nearly a century century ago the prices given are taken from an old counter book of the year eggs 4 cents a doz butter 8 cents a pound sugar 10 cents a pound pepper 50 cents a pound coffee 31 cents a pound tea a pound bacon 6 14 1 4 cents a pound whiskey 25 cents a gallon wheat 40 cents a bushel oats 15 cents a bushel corn 25 cents a bushel muslin 29 cents and 27 12 1 2 cent a yard calico 50 cents a yard flowered wall paper 4 12 1 2 cents a yard salt 2 12 cents a yard |