THE HOUSEWIFE'S MARKET 1912

From the Daily News, Port Arthur April 1, 1912
Nipigon Museum Archives

1912 Prices in Port Arthur for Life's Necessities

• Butter, table, per pound ........... $0.45 or 2 lbs for $0.85
• Butter, dairy rolls, per pound.... $0.40
• Eggs, local, fresh, per dozen  ....$0.35
• Eggs, fresh, per dozen...............$0.35
• Potatoes, per bag (burlap)........$2.00
• Apples, cooking, per peck ......$0.40
• Apples, eating, per peck...........$0.60
• Lettuce, per bunch....................$0.075
• Oranges, per dozen.....$0.50 - $0.60
• Bananas, per dozen ................$0.40
• Lemons, per dozen .................$0.30
• Milk, per quart........................$0.10
• Cream, per quart ....................$0.50
• Bread, 3 loaves for .................$0.25
• Bread, per 2 lb. loaf ...............$0.10
• Beef, roasts, per pound...........$0.125 to $0.15
• Beef, boiling, per pound .........$0.10
• Beef steak, select per lb. ........$0.22
• Beef steak, round, per lb. .......$0.18 to $0.20
• Pork, roast, per pound ...........$0.18 to $0.20
• Pork,hams, per lb. .................$0.20
• Pork, steak, per pound ..........$0.20
• Lard, per pound, prints ..........$0.20
• Lard (pails) , per lb. ...............$0.15

You could keep your children busy on a rainy day comparing food prices now , one hundred years later.


I,  myself, have a local store flyer by my keyboard,

•  Beef, T-Bone Grilling steak,  is on sale for $5.98 per pound.