The Plutocrat
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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Here’s a page with a link to various sources listing prices of common goods in the 1880s:
https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages/1880-1889
Even back then, a nickel wasn’t all that much money, but it could buy about half a pound of sugar, which suggests that it might go a decent way in a candy store. A bottle of Coke cost a nickel, which doesn’t sound impressive, but likely most of that was the cost of the bottle, and you could get the deposit back.Report