Q. I am doing a great depression project for a project and we have to tell about the great depression and we have to make a magazine and i need to know prices of things? it would be soo helpfull if any one knew any prices of anything. :]
A. April 1930 fashion issue concentrated on advising the bride of all the latest fashionable styles from Paris and in particular the new silhouette and skirt length. The fashionable new length for the new thirties decade had dropped dramatically and was 4 inches below the knee. This issue also explained specific clothing items could be bought directly from that issue of Good Housekeeping. It also itemised the 1930 trousseau at a cost of $386.15. The fashionable 1930 trousseau included a satin wedding gown, a veil, a 3 piece going away suit and a suitcase of other items which amounted to more than 5 types of dresses, a full coat, jackets, lingerie and more sundry items.
Standard Grocery List For The Year 1930
Item Unit Cost Total Cost Average Weekly Salary
1 pound apples $0.11
2 pounds roast $0.41
3 pounds steak $0.48
1 pound bread $0.09
1 pound butter $0.46
3 pounds chicken $0.37
1 pound coffee $0.37
1 dozen eggs $0.52
2 half gallon milk $0.31
bushel of potatoes $0.38
1 pound rice $0.09
1 pound sugar $0.06
Total
$6.07
Cost of Food as a Percent of Weekly Income: 21.2%
.H. DeRoy and Co. advertised eyeglasses in white gold-filled frames for $7.50, including the examination, and you could pay 50 cents a week. Dr. Finkelstein, who advertised �lady attendants,� would pull your teeth for 50 cents each and make false teeth for $10 a plate.
Glosser Bros. Store sold girls' wash dresses for as low as 46 cents, men's dress shirts for 45 cents, children's school shoes for 79 cents, full-fashion silk hose for 59 cents and �very nice� toilet paper for 4 cents a roll.
Penn Furniture offered three rooms of furniture for $235. The Geis Store offered a 4-piece bedroom suite for $76.50 and threw in a free room-size rug. At Gately & Fitzgerald Furniture Co., you could get a new coal or gas range for $59.50, 5-piece breakfast sets for $29.75 and complete 5 piece curtains for 55 cents.
By 1936, food was still cheap compared to today's prices. American Stores sold coffee for 17 cents a pound, 6 pounds of bananas or a dozen oranges for a quarter, 25 pounds of sugar for $1.23, 24 pounds of flour for 90 cents and chuck roasts for 12 cents. Glosser's market had hams for 25 cents a pound, sausage for 20 cents, sirloin or porterhouse steak for 25 cents and pigs' feet for a dime.
At Better Tires Sales Co., new tires sold for as low as $3.95. Whiskey at the State Stores was $1.25 to $1.50 a full quart, and at Burkes Auto Store a new radiator for your Model A Ford set you back $5.95.
Levy's sporting goods sold baseball gloves for 95 cents to $3.95, and bats for a buck, a dozen for $10. DeRoy's advertised blue-white diamond engagement rings for $25, with a free 18-carat gold wedding band thrown in, or solid gold birthstone rings for $3.95.
Dr. Finkelstein was still charging 50 cents to pull a tooth, but dentures were up to $14.50 and $22.50 a plate. Woolfe & Reynolds had men's suits for $25 and shoes for $3.95 to $9.
Penn Traffic Co. threw in a 32-piece dinner set with a gas range for $79.50, and offered an electric washing machine for $49.50, or a 10-piece dining room set for $159.
By 1939, Economy Stores were selling 10 cans of milk for 55 cents, coffee for 17 cents, sweet potatoes for 5 cents a pound, two heads of lettuce for 15 cents and cheese for 19 cents. Glosser's market advertised 2 loaves of bread for 9 cents, 2 pounds of butter for 52 cents, 2 packs of cigarettes for 27 cents, 25 pounds of sugar for $1.13 and sliced bacon for 25 to 37 cents a pound.
A 10-diamond pair of bridal rings cost $29.75 at Rothstein's and men's Florsheim shoes were $7.85 at Peerless Shoe Store on Main Street. Penn Traffic had men's spring topcoats for $12.85 and ladies dresses for 95 cents for house dresses, $2.85 for more dressy attire - or a muskrat fur coat for $85.
Canadian Fur Co. had fur coats as low as $55.
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Standard Grocery List For The Year 1930
Item Unit Cost Total Cost Average Weekly Salary
1 pound apples $0.11
2 pounds roast $0.41
3 pounds steak $0.48
1 pound bread $0.09
1 pound butter $0.46
3 pounds chicken $0.37
1 pound coffee $0.37
1 dozen eggs $0.52
2 half gallon milk $0.31
bushel of potatoes $0.38
1 pound rice $0.09
1 pound sugar $0.06
Total
$6.07
Cost of Food as a Percent of Weekly Income: 21.2%
.H. DeRoy and Co. advertised eyeglasses in white gold-filled frames for $7.50, including the examination, and you could pay 50 cents a week. Dr. Finkelstein, who advertised �lady attendants,� would pull your teeth for 50 cents each and make false teeth for $10 a plate.
Glosser Bros. Store sold girls' wash dresses for as low as 46 cents, men's dress shirts for 45 cents, children's school shoes for 79 cents, full-fashion silk hose for 59 cents and �very nice� toilet paper for 4 cents a roll.
Penn Furniture offered three rooms of furniture for $235. The Geis Store offered a 4-piece bedroom suite for $76.50 and threw in a free room-size rug. At Gately & Fitzgerald Furniture Co., you could get a new coal or gas range for $59.50, 5-piece breakfast sets for $29.75 and complete 5 piece curtains for 55 cents.
By 1936, food was still cheap compared to today's prices. American Stores sold coffee for 17 cents a pound, 6 pounds of bananas or a dozen oranges for a quarter, 25 pounds of sugar for $1.23, 24 pounds of flour for 90 cents and chuck roasts for 12 cents. Glosser's market had hams for 25 cents a pound, sausage for 20 cents, sirloin or porterhouse steak for 25 cents and pigs' feet for a dime.
At Better Tires Sales Co., new tires sold for as low as $3.95. Whiskey at the State Stores was $1.25 to $1.50 a full quart, and at Burkes Auto Store a new radiator for your Model A Ford set you back $5.95.
Levy's sporting goods sold baseball gloves for 95 cents to $3.95, and bats for a buck, a dozen for $10. DeRoy's advertised blue-white diamond engagement rings for $25, with a free 18-carat gold wedding band thrown in, or solid gold birthstone rings for $3.95.
Dr. Finkelstein was still charging 50 cents to pull a tooth, but dentures were up to $14.50 and $22.50 a plate. Woolfe & Reynolds had men's suits for $25 and shoes for $3.95 to $9.
Penn Traffic Co. threw in a 32-piece dinner set with a gas range for $79.50, and offered an electric washing machine for $49.50, or a 10-piece dining room set for $159.
By 1939, Economy Stores were selling 10 cans of milk for 55 cents, coffee for 17 cents, sweet potatoes for 5 cents a pound, two heads of lettuce for 15 cents and cheese for 19 cents. Glosser's market advertised 2 loaves of bread for 9 cents, 2 pounds of butter for 52 cents, 2 packs of cigarettes for 27 cents, 25 pounds of sugar for $1.13 and sliced bacon for 25 to 37 cents a pound.
A 10-diamond pair of bridal rings cost $29.75 at Rothstein's and men's Florsheim shoes were $7.85 at Peerless Shoe Store on Main Street. Penn Traffic had men's spring topcoats for $12.85 and ladies dresses for 95 cents for house dresses, $2.85 for more dressy attire - or a muskrat fur coat for $85.
Canadian Fur Co. had fur coats as low as $55.
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What is the Best Burglar Alarm System?
Q. I AM GOING TO BE RENTING A NEW HOUSE AND AM LOOKING INTO ALARM SYSTEMS. HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS, AND WHICH IS THE CHEAPEST WAY TO GO?
A. The absolute best security system you can get would be hard-wired (no remote control, battery-operated units that need their battery changed every year), alarming every door, window and in-wall air-conditioner units you may have. Every window must be protected by detecting opening, as well as if the glass is smashed or cracked (via a "bug" on every piece of glass). This method, although very secure, can run into the thousands of dollars for a standard, 20 window, 3 door home.
Since you're renting your home, there's no need to keep your system when you leave, so ADT, or Brinks should suffice, but keep in mind, they'll charge you an arm and a leg for each "additional" opening you alarm (included in their lowball price is perhaps 2 doors, 1 window and a remote motion detector).
A good price for central station monitoring should be in the $20/mo range. $25/mo is approaching outrageous.
However, assuming you're not a frail, old woman living by yourself, your best bet is to go to Radio Shack and buy a 4-piece remote control motion detector set with built-in alarm system for less than $100, mount them in vulnerable locations (one by each door area and one coming up the stairs to the second floor, assuming your bedroom is on the second floor). Your biggest concern is protecting your life, not so much your valuables, so this advance warning, in the middle of the night, will give you ample time to reach for your shotgun and blow his head off. Remember, if an intruder is in your home, uninvited, and you fear for your life, you may use any means necessary to protect yourself, including deadly force.
A pit-bull works well too.
Good luck.
Since you're renting your home, there's no need to keep your system when you leave, so ADT, or Brinks should suffice, but keep in mind, they'll charge you an arm and a leg for each "additional" opening you alarm (included in their lowball price is perhaps 2 doors, 1 window and a remote motion detector).
A good price for central station monitoring should be in the $20/mo range. $25/mo is approaching outrageous.
However, assuming you're not a frail, old woman living by yourself, your best bet is to go to Radio Shack and buy a 4-piece remote control motion detector set with built-in alarm system for less than $100, mount them in vulnerable locations (one by each door area and one coming up the stairs to the second floor, assuming your bedroom is on the second floor). Your biggest concern is protecting your life, not so much your valuables, so this advance warning, in the middle of the night, will give you ample time to reach for your shotgun and blow his head off. Remember, if an intruder is in your home, uninvited, and you fear for your life, you may use any means necessary to protect yourself, including deadly force.
A pit-bull works well too.
Good luck.
Have you furnished your home with things from Ikea? If so, how do you like them?
Q. I really love ikea's style and prices. I want to redo my house (furnishings, etc...) on a budget and am considering buying from ikea.
I am interested in things like bed frames (not mattresses), a couch, dining table, rugs, lamps, etc...
How do you like your items from Ikea? Do they hold up well? Are they of good quality?
I am interested in things like bed frames (not mattresses), a couch, dining table, rugs, lamps, etc...
How do you like your items from Ikea? Do they hold up well? Are they of good quality?
A. I have had things from Ikea for 4 years. All of the pieces have been through two house moves and are still in great condition (except for a dresser that I picked up the wrong way once).
We own 2 desks and 2 office chairs, 3 shelves/book cases, an entertainment unit, a couch, a rug, lamps, pictures/frames, and an entire bedroom set. Just make sure when you pick major pieces like your couch, that you don't choose based on what is the cheapest, pick the ones you really like and they will last a long time!
Also, I recently took a furniture design class and my professor said that you can't beat the quality for the price. "Hinges and drawers are top of the line."
We own 2 desks and 2 office chairs, 3 shelves/book cases, an entertainment unit, a couch, a rug, lamps, pictures/frames, and an entire bedroom set. Just make sure when you pick major pieces like your couch, that you don't choose based on what is the cheapest, pick the ones you really like and they will last a long time!
Also, I recently took a furniture design class and my professor said that you can't beat the quality for the price. "Hinges and drawers are top of the line."
why is it so hard for others to admit their mistake?
Q. why do other people strive to make their mistake no a 'mistake'?
A. I'm guessing here that you mean the sort of mistake when someone comes to you for advice, they take the advice, and things wind up a mess (as opposed to someone just asking a factual question like "What's the capital of Latvia," or maybe "In what year was the Battle of Hastings fought?"). Well, first off, it's no fun being wrong--I mean, someone comes to you for advice because either they respect you, or consider you to posses a great depth of knowledge in whatever subject they need advice in. They ask, you advise, the situation goes straight into the crapper (This particular scenario has been played out countless times between George W. Bush and Karl Rove--but I betray my bias). Now the right thing to do is to be a stand-up person and admit you #%&*ed up. Let's face it nobody's perfect, and people who take their lumps when they're wrong are generally admired for doing so. BUT--many people (and I have been guilty of this in the past) will let their minds wander along one the following thought processes. 1) "If I admit to being wrong, they are going to somehow want me to make good on this mistake. (As in "Well, Mr. Bull Market, you were the one who told me what a bargain the Enron stock was at $78.50 a share. The least you could do is repay the $78,000 I lost following your advice.") 2) "If I admit to being wrong, nobody is going to want my opinion on this matter again." ("Looking to by an HDTV? Don't ask him about it. That piece of crap plasma set I have? Bought it on his advice."). 3) If I admit to being wrong, everybody will think of me as a schmuck on ANY subject. ("Why are you asking him about whole house air conditioners? He's the one who told me that gas prices were going down, and to go ahead and buy the Ford Excursion."). And finally, 4) (If you're a husband, you are painfully aware that this really does happen in real life) If I admit to being wrong, this mistake will take on a life of its own, and be grounds for assuming I am wrong about something comepletely different 15 YEARS FROM NOW! ("Oh, I'm going to ask YOU what color would look good in the master bedroom? YOU'RE the one who insisted we spent ten days at Disney World during the hottest, most humid, most crowed time of the year...in 1986.)
This is really an oversimplification. There are billions of people in the world, and probably just as many reasons for not admitting to mistakes, but it's a brief mention of some the reasoning I've encountered (and been guilty of as well) in real life. Oh, there is a #5 I just thought of...Many people can't admit to making a mistake, because (in THEIR minds) they've never made a mistake. (These folks can be identified by their use of phrases such as "I told you so," "Maybe next time you'll listen to me," and "My mother was right about you.") I hope this will start a discussion of sorts, and you'll get lots of answers. Incidentally, I've only been wrong once in my life--yeah, I thought I made a mistake, but it turned out I didn't. (If you believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn that you can buy---real cheap!)
This is really an oversimplification. There are billions of people in the world, and probably just as many reasons for not admitting to mistakes, but it's a brief mention of some the reasoning I've encountered (and been guilty of as well) in real life. Oh, there is a #5 I just thought of...Many people can't admit to making a mistake, because (in THEIR minds) they've never made a mistake. (These folks can be identified by their use of phrases such as "I told you so," "Maybe next time you'll listen to me," and "My mother was right about you.") I hope this will start a discussion of sorts, and you'll get lots of answers. Incidentally, I've only been wrong once in my life--yeah, I thought I made a mistake, but it turned out I didn't. (If you believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn that you can buy---real cheap!)
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