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- Currency/Items:
- Prices and wages set in 1910s equivalency. Any goods or services not found in later subsequent years will be reference in link (http://oregonredbox.wdfiles.com/local--files/call-of-cthulhu/1920s_PriceList) and converted to the measurement of appropriate time period.
- 1 small copper piece is worth 1 cent
- 1 large copper piece is worth 25 cents
- 1 silver piece is worth $1
- 1 gold piece is worth $5
- 1 large gold piece is worth $20
- The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
- Fuel for cars was sold in drug stores only.
- Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
- Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
- There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
- The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
- The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
- The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.
- The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
- A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year,
- A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
- Sugar cost four cents a pound.
- Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
- Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
- *Prices for goods, services, and boardings, as well as salaries shall be put later.
- Weapons:
- Dagger = $15
- Short Swords = $35
- Swords = $50
- Two-Handed Swords = $75
- Battle Axe = $35
- Great Axe = $50
- Hatchet = $15
- Compound Bow = $120
- Long Bow = `$25
- Short Bow = $15
- -Quiver w/ Arrows = $5/20 Arrows
- Two-Handed Polearm = $35
- Spear = $15
- Mounted Lance = $5
- Javelin = $5
- Club = $5
- Flail = $25
- Mace = $25
- War Hammer = $25
- Two-handed Morningstar = $50
- Bola = $25
- Whip = $25
- Darts = $10/5 darts
- Sling w/ 30 Bullets = $10
- Quarterstaff = $5
- Net = $5
- Armour:
- Full Plate Armor = $260
- Lamellar Armor = $215
- Chain Mail Armor = $175
- Scale Armor = $130
- Leather Armor = $100
- Hide or Animal Fur = $15
- Shield = $15
- Equipment:
- Flash light (10 hrs of continuous service/ 20 hrs of intermittent service) = $2.75/each
- -Battery = .30
- -Bulb = .30
- Electric Lantern = $5
- -Battery = .75
- -Bulb = .30
- Rope (50 ft.) = $5
- Grappling Hook = $25
- Crowbar = $5
- Small Hammer = $10
- Iron Spikes = $5/12 Spikes
- Wool Blanket = $2
- Pup Tent (1 Person) = $1.50
- -7 x 7 Tent (3 People) = $7
- -12 x 16 Tent (6 People) = $10
- Stakes (4) & Mallet = $15
- Thieves' Tools = $110
- Spell Book = $110
- Coal = $5.25-6.75/ton
- Kerosene = .50/5 gallons
- Backpack = $10
- Small Sack = $15
- Large Sack = $50
- Rations = .25/per Day
- Typewriter = $175
- Portable Camp Stove = $5
- Canteen (quart) = $1
- Medicine:
- Aspirin = .20/Bottle
- Birthwort (Neutralize Poison) = $25/lbs
- Comfrey (+1d3 HP) = $25/lbs
- Goldenrod (Cure Disease) = $25/lbs
- Woundwart (Cure Light/Cure Serious Wounds) = $25/lbs
- Livestock:
- Horse = $115
- Goods & Commodities:
- Food Stuffs:
- Soup, Campbell’s = .25/3 cans
- Crackers = .10/3 boxes
- Meat, fowl & fish:
- Bacon, breakfast = .15/lb
- Beef, chopped = .25/3 lbs
- Beef, Porterhouse roast = .18/lb
- Chicken, fresh killed, Morris County = .20/lb
- Flounder = .06/lb
- Halibut = .15/lb
- Ham, smoked = .16/lb
- Ham, fresh = .16/lb
- Lamb, hind quarter = .16/lb
- Mince meat, Armour’s Veribest = .20/pail
- Pork, loin = .15.lb
- Sausage = .20/lb
- Turkey, fresh killed, Morris County = .28/lb
- Vegetables:
- Asparagus, white, California = .50/qt jar
- Beans, lima = .16/can
- Beans, string = .10/can
- Carrots or Turnips = .25/6 qt basket
- Corn, J.S. brand = .12/can
- Corn, cream = .09/can
- Macaroni or spaghetti = .10/pkg
- Olives, fancy Queen = .35/jar
- Olives, plain or stuffed = .25/3 bottles
- Peas, early June = .05/can
- Potatoes, Maine = 3.25/sack
- Pumpkins = .10/can
- Rice, fancy = .10/pkg
- Sauerkraut, Heinz = .25/4 qts
- Squash = .10/can
- Succotash = .12/no. 2 can
- Sweet potatoes = .29/6 qt basket
- Tomatoes, Jersey = .12/can Fruits
- Cranberries = .13/qt
- Dates, stuffed = .20/box
- Figs, New Smyrna = .18/lb
- Grape fruit = .25/4
- Grapes, Malaga = .25/2 lbs
- Grapes, Tokay = .25/2 lbs
- Lemons, Messina = .20/doz
- Oranges, sweet = .25/doz
- Raisins, Sultana = .15/pkg
- Dairy, eggs & cheese:
- Butter, Elgin = .37/lb
- Cheese = .17/lb
- Condensed milk, Hire’s = .25/3 cans
- Eggs = .40/doz
- Desserts"
- Chocolates, French = .12/lb
- Chocolates, Sultana Raisin Clusters = .27/lb
- Jelly bon bons = .12/lb
- Mixed nuts = .18/lb
- Peanut brittle = .12/lb
- Pecans = .18/lb
- Peanut Butter = .09/jar
- Plum pudding, R&R = .65/3 lb tin
- Walnuts, English = .22/lb
- Baking, cereals, spices & condiments:
- Bread = .10/3 loaves
- Baking powder, Daisy = .45/20 oz can
- Cereal, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes = .09/box
- Buckwheat = .45/12 lb sack
- Celery salt = .15/box
- Chocolate, baking = .29/lb
- Cinnamon = .10/box
- Curry powder = .10/box
- Flour, Graham = .18/5 lb sack
- Flour, wheat, Ralstons = .23/6 lbs
- Ginger, crystalized = .30/pkg
- Honey, in comb = .18
- Lard compound = .10/lb
- Mustard, Colburn’s = .25/half lb tin
- Oats, Mother’s = .25/3 pkgs
- Paprika = .15/box
- Pepper = .10/box
- Poultry seasoning = .10/box
- Puffed rice, Quaker = .25/2 pkgs
- Sage = .25/lb
- Savory = .25/lb
- Thyme = .25/lb
- Vanilla flavoring = .10/bottle
- Beverages:
- Cider, sweet = .20/gal
- Cocoa, Huyler’s = .17/half lb tin
- Coffee, 8 O’clock = .25/lb
- Juice, Welch’s Grape = .19/pint; .35/quart
- Root Beer = .10/bottle
- Apartments/Flats:
- Rent (Urban Cities - Low) = $25/Month
- Rent (Urban Cities - Common) = $40-50/Month
- Rent (Urban Cities - High) = $50-75/Month
- Rent (Rural) = $12/Month
- Inns/Hotels = $1-5/Day
- Clothing:
- Boy’s knee pants for school = .49/pair
- Boy’s shoes for school, .98/pair
- Boy’s suit, fancy serges, worsteds, cashmeres, 2.98/each
- Girl’s dress, plaids, trimmed with silk and fancy buttons, 2.00/each
- Hat, Derby, .98-2.25/each
- Men’s coat, 4.98-60.00/each
- Men’s neckwear, .25-1.00/each
- Men’s rain coat, “rubberized,” 10.00/each
- Men’s shirt, .95-1.50/each
- Men’s suit, 10.00-25.00/each
- Men’s trousers, 1.98-2.45/pair
- Women’s corset, “Reduco,” 1.00-3.00/each
- Women’s dress, French serge, 12.75/each
- Women’s shoes, 2.00-8.00/pair
- Women’s silk waists, 1.44-2.69/each
- Women’s stockings, Buster Brown, 1.00/4 pairs in box
- Women’s suit, 22.50/each
- Health Care:
- Hair tonic, Hay’s, “Free sample,” = .10/postage
- Soap, Colgate = .25/3 cakes
- Toilet paper = .26/6 rolls
- Toothpaste = $1/Month
- Toothbrush = .10
- Furniture:
- Bed, brass = $25.00/each
- Bed spread, white crochet, double size = $1.35/each
- Chair, rocking, solid oak = $1.49-3.50/each
- Chairs, oak frames, imperial leather = 6 piece set = $11.98/set
- Rug, B. Altman & Co. = $145,00-375.00/each
- Table, extension, oak polished = $14.50/each
- Toilet = $18-23
- Stove = $37
- Fridge (GE Monitor Top) = $75
- Vacuum - $25
- Pleasantries & Other Things:
- Train Ticket (per 50 miles) = $1 per fare
- -per 100 miles = $1.50
- -per 500 miles = $3
- Streetcar = .05 per fare
- Motorcycle (1920 Indian Scout 60 mph/pg) = $75-135
- -Gas = .15/Gallon
- Small Vest Camera = $5
- -Film = .50
- Bicycle = $11
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