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The year was 1905. Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt were on their honeymoon, trotting around Europe, buying dresses, furs, linens, rare books and antiques. They were hobnobbing with the great and near-great, but they never forgot to write to Mama. Sara Delano Roosevelt had tried to break up her son...
Retailers' worries were the customers' delights. In Cleveland, a $25 Thanksgiving dinner for eight was thrown in with every refrigerator bought from Sears, Roebuck & Co. In Chicago, washing machines were offered at $50 below list price. Manhattan stores trimmed prices of women's dresses, furs, shoes, gloves...
In some cases (notably soft goods and furs) retail prices had fallen close to wholesale levels. The reason was that the cost of materials had fallen but manufacturers and wholesalers, loaded with goods made at higher costs, were still trying to get the old prices. Retailers wanted new stock at...
Billie Burke, who now plays twittery movie matrons, used to be the vivacious, red-haired toast of New York. She earned $1,500 a week, kept a Rolls-Royce for herself and a "nice Packard" for her mother. She lived in a whirl of furs, maids and flowers, and married...
The rubber industry, which a year ago cut tire prices 10% but later raised them, was getting ready to raise them again. Up went roller bearings, cable products, plastics, furs. Two-for-15? cigars (Bayuk) were boosted to 9? apiece. The Aluminum Co. of America last week granted a 10...