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Image of Thanksgiving Menu From 1899 Goes Viral: 'Most Expensive Item on Menu is $2'
International Business Times ^
| November 25, 2024
| Morgan Music
Posted on 11/26/2024 12:03:01 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:03:25 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
The prices seem to be mostly in pennies, but if you just convert to dollars, they are pretty accurate. This is what happens when your government spends 100 years “fighting inflation”.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:05:43 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I noticed that....................
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:07:04 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
They ate well.
Hard to imagine a kitchen cooking up that variety of a menu.
I stick to one entree at a time for home dinner and let my wife handle vegetables.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:08:14 PM PST
by
doorgunner69
(Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
To: Red Badger
Not very interesting in the way of salad...
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:08:24 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
Wages were lower too.
I’m impressed by the variety of foods, including several game birds.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:11:11 PM PST
by
ChessExpert
(The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Your salary is also greatly inflated now, from what it was then.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:11:13 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:11:15 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(Jesus is Lord!)
To: Red Badger
Two of my grandparents were born in 1899 (one in 1892 and the other in 1904.
To: Red Badger
Always with the oysters in the old days
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:11:52 PM PST
by
j.havenfarm
(23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: Red Badger
In today’s money....
$.05 = $1.84
$.25 = $9.20
$.50 = $18.41
$1.00 = $36.83
seems like the prices were high!!
$11 for a cup of chicken broth???
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:12:21 PM PST
by
FredSchwartz
(What ever happened to common sense and simple logic?)
To: Red Badger
The 12 daysof Christmas wasn’t about getting a lot of avian pets, but dinner!
Our tastes and diets have changed. Interesting how much foul and game birds are on that menu.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:15:28 PM PST
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: Jamestown1630
“Your salary is also greatly inflated now, from what it was then.”
You neglect to mention that inflation spikes hits goods and services first and wages take several years to catch up. Inflation is government theft through money printing.
To: Red Badger
They still have turtle soup at Commander’s Palace in NOLA.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:16:20 PM PST
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
To: AbolishCSEU
Real?....................
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:16:53 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: FredSchwartz
What would it cost in a high end New York hotel’s restaurant today?
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:17:14 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Now unburdened by the Biden/Harris administration that has been.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:19:03 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
Kinda hard to come by terrapins anymore.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:19:10 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
To: Red Badger
For perspective:
Bartenders: Earned $425 per year
Surgeons: Earned $1,625 per year
Bankers and brokers: Earned $1,600 per year
Electricians: Earned $1,550 per year
Saloon keepers: Earned $1,500 per year
Hotel keepers: Earned $1,250 per year
Lawyers: Earned $1,200 per year
Journalists: Earned $950 per year
Photographers: Earned $700 per year
Waiters: Earned $500 per year
Servants: Earned $144 per year, plus board
Prices and Wages by Decade: 1900-1909 - Library Guides
General sources.
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posted on
11/26/2024 12:19:31 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(MAGA is not a historical blip. It is a trend https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4280749/posts)
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