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Show "I REMEMBER" I 1 BVIHZ OLD HMEM From Mrs. MertleKelley, Bloom-Ington, Bloom-Ington, Illinois: I well remember March, 1892. My husband and I were just married and went to a hardware store in Bloomington to purchase articles for our new home. As I still have the bill of sale, I can list some of the items and compare them with difference of articles needed and the prices of the present day. Just to list a few: 1 Quick Helper Help-er Range, $40; 1 wash basin, 10c; 1 coal hod, 75c; 1 wash tub, 85c; 1 wash board, 25c; 1 tea pot, 10c; 1 coffee mill, 10c; 1 milk strainer, 20c; 1 rake, 45c; 1 hoe, 30c; 1 bread knife, 30c. I am past 87 years old and live just a few blocks from the location loca-tion of this hardware store. .-' From Mrs. Beulah Frlsby, Tah-lequah, Tah-lequah, Okla.: I remember when road and highway work was done by men of the country or district who either gave two or three days work, or paid someone to work for them. The work was done with common garden or field plows and what was called a scraper pulled by a team of horses or mules. The men put in culverts of wood and built wooden bridges. My father was an "overseer" as they were called at that time in Mayes County, Oklahoma. He needed the money to buy cotton hose and calico material to make dresses for his two daughters. Mother made the clothing, every garment we wore, even the head covering in the form of sun bonnets which we wore to church and anywhere we went. (Send contributions to this column to Tho Old Timer, Community Preos Service, Box 39, Frankfort, Kentucky.) |