Sterling Daily Gazette from Sterling, Illinois • Page 6

STERLING DAILY FEB. a 1929 Telia extreme case of "tamiljr before people had teamed what such an expression meant: tttntfc. "Just BOW when away people Old StMtto of 1967 On $10 a Month (By Scott Wlffiams) The files o( The Dairy CtaMtto 33 or more years ago contain many items that anew vividly the eon- trast in bucmeas methods, wagee and general prcepertty hUmim. then and now It may eaUghtexK ing to the younger generation and refreshing to older folks to review a few of the old tteow. The file of year before the Spanish war.

shows that prices low. A number of people here now remmber working for wages of five to IS oenta aa hour and those who made over $10 a week were envied, warmers were far from being on easy street, as the following item from the Jan. 4 Gazette indicates: "The cold weather caused a small advance in the price of corn tola morning. If this weather continues for three or four weeks local phets say the price of ear corn win go up to 20 centi per bushel on the home market, which win result in vast quantities of it being hauled in for safe." No. 2 yellow corn was quoted on the Sterling market that day at Ho.

a winter wheat was 76. No. 3 oats 12tt. best hogs 3 to 3JO. cattle 3 to 3.5ft, eggs 18 centa doaen.

butter 18 cento a pound, potatoes 38 cents a bushel, large chickens 5 centa a pound, spring chickens 6 cents, old Toms 2 cents a pound. Beat turkeys wen 7 cents a pound. On Jan. the church held its annual meeting and J. F.

Platt of the building com- oat of work, living expenses have to be curtailed and everybody is anxious to make a as fat as possitkta. In Tiew of tfcH ex- ot an mgt who keeps a family oo Ittf a wfll be Interesting reading. Itt vxfitalM his method as follows in aft'Aurora paper in answer to an ittqoiry: "8toea I have been earnered by one who wishes to know how we on $10 a month. I will give him some facts. At the time I did not knew the exact fisrures.

neither did I it boestlngly, but rather deprecating the hard times and to em- IrtiMtTt my views of the condition of things made the remark published. "We rent a small house with lot 60 by 100 feet and pay $4 a month. My wife raised from the garden on this lot nearly everything we ate except flour and potatoes all last summer. From May 1 to Dec. 31 we paid out $98.18, which is an average of $13.27 for the eight months.

This includes a doctor's bill for $6.17, second hand table, etc. Out of this we have, all paid for, nearly enough coal to last during January, beside flour, etc. We have about 84 quarts of fruit and tomatoes, seven gallons saurkraut, eight gallcmc cucumber pickles, also turnips, beets and cabbage enough to last all winter. The sugar, fruit jars and part of the garden' seeds are included in the above mentioned amount. My wife keeps an account of every cent taken in and paid out, and wt find our were $30.07 for the months of November and December, an average of $10.04, including a daily paper.

"We do not use tobacco or liquors. We are both vegetarians and consequently do not eat much meat, our meat bill for eight months being 26 cents. Neither do we use much coffee. We have used only two pounds of butter during the two months. This we misc more than storea, from old silk, and worked a button hole to oaRutoUi collar in which the butten holt was entirely worn oat.

No one ought to be pelted to tqr ttw experiment We would eot amiM do otherwise," iummotted, pronouocwi dead. of fair of $57 lor the new church building had been let to P. T. Van Home and Son. and that work would begin in the spring, the cost of the new to about $20.000.

The building as Tt stands now actually cost more than that, but it would cost several times as much to build it now an it cost 31 years ago. People who were getting their start In business life in the 90's remember the panic of '93 and the resultant hard times. By 1687 times had unproved considerably, but there'were many people who lived on a pittance compared to living expenses today. The following from the Oaaetto of Jan. 8 that year is Illustrative of an CONDUCT XNQUB8T OVIR BIMAIKi OF IAT1HJBKRY HEIN Coroner C.

F. Frye conducted the taquett last evening at the Trouth parlor regarding the of Unary Hetn, who was striolKB MMtcfday morning, Thf verdlrt of tin onranatl Jury was that death wta cue to aeute endo- carditis. Walter Phelps, Lew Bridge and H. C. Johnson were the witnesses in the hearing, Mr.

Johnson told of having seen Mr. Hcln walking along the street In front of the I. O. O. F.

hall, but did not see him enter the building. A few minutes later Mr. Johnson walked across the street and as he started to enter the Odd Fellows hall he found Mr, Beta's body lying in the Mr. Johnson called to Mr. Phelps and Mr.

Bridge and they picked up Mr. Hein and placed him In a chair. He was dead at that time according to their opinion and a few minutes later. Dr. H.

Perry, who had been R. T. Staples has fatigue souvenir of the cold winter of fggf, in the form of ft poet card from an photograph shewing ice covered trees around the housa at Lincoln, HL He also distinctly remembers winter of 1881, as he was married on New Tear's day that year, wave began. the day the cold MEXICAN FEBRUARY 1820 Birthday of General William T. Sherman.

1847 General Fremont proclaimed the annexation of California. Congress adopted a provisional constitution. on Broadway, New York, destroyed 90 buildings and caused property loss of $3,000,000. whea we have the money to buy it and go without it when abort of money. We dont go in debt if wa can possibly avoid it "While our meals do not cost as much as do thoee of wealthier fam- liles we are reasonably well satis- fled.

Lately my wife made two good those bought in "CHALLENGE" AMERICAN FURNACES Win heat the home properly. PERCY CLOTTERHAM Exclusive Agent Fheae for Estimate. SU 1st Are. Telephone Mam 510 FOR BEST RESULTS Use our Battery and Electric Service EXIDE distributors SPEEDOMETERS OVERHAULED 'Air-way Castor Motor Oil Costs Less Only Licensed Govt. mechanic in Twin Cities.

STERLING BATTERY ELECTRIC CO. 4 W. 4th St. H.B.Mallette.Prop. Sterling Dress I You may have seen better values, fabric values, in shirt bargains but you never have seen better patterns in as good fabrics as we offer in this special bargain.

The styles are collar attached, neckband and collar to match, and their former selling price was $3.50, $3.00, $2.50. You'll miss a real bargain if you pass up this special shirt sale. $1.65 2 for $3.00 Bradley-Boynton Co. BUY Your Coal AT Cval Headquarters We deal in coal exclusively, both at wholesale pendability. At the price asked there is no better coal on the market No matter what heating system you use, have a coal specially for the purpose.

TELEPHONE 1108 Eckman Coal Co. The Home of Quality Fuels at Lowest Prices East Second Street at Third Avenue CAPT. FRANK M. HAWKS in a Lockheed Vega Monoplane Shatters the COAST TO COAST The Time To Treat A Cold Is At The Start For it may be the forerunner of more serious illness. Doctors -mH agree that February the most- dangerous month of the entire year.

More colds contracted during that month go into serious diseases than at any other time of the year. Therefore we cannot impress upon you too not neglect your cold, but at the first symptoms take heed and look to its immediate cure. If pneumonia sets in, "Watch Out." This dread malady costs the lives of thousands of our finest citizens every year and many of our own have just emerged from it. If you. have a cold, therefore, get rid of it and take no chances.

We can cure your cold and save you from pneumonia if you will but take heed and come to our Sanitarium for treatment We also treat Neuritis, High Blood Pressure and Rheumatism Many today owe their lives to the fact that they did come here for consultation and treatment. Dr. Wellington C. Fossler OSTEOPATBIC PBYSICIAN Lady Attendant SOS Lawrence Sldff. Phone Non-Stop Flight from Los Angeles to New York in 18 hours, 22 minutes Using Texaco Aviation Gasoline and Airplane Oil fail to see the large and interesting display of TEXACO products at the Mid-Winter Fair at Morrison all this week.

Buy TEXACO Qas qnd Oil at These Stations Wolfs Groc. Service Station 101 Avenue Sterling Broadway Service Station i Broadway uutd Bast Third Sterling Service D-K Station West Fifth Street and Avenue Sterling.