Richfield Reaper | 1915-11-04 | Page 4 | Prices 100 Years Ago

PRICES YEARS AGO following are a few prices of commodities modi ties and luxuries prevailing in eastern ohio nearly a century ago the prices given are taken from an old counter book of the year 1 eggs 4 centea dozen butter 8 cents a dozen sugar 10 cents a pound pepper 50 cents a pound coffee 31 cents a pound tea a pound bacon 61 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 cents a yard calico 50 cents and 36 cents a yard flowered wall paper 4 cents a yard salt 21 cents a pound