EXPENSE LIST FOR 1889
List of expenses in Irene Bamfords diary for 1889
beads and buttons $.13
Diamond dye $.10
Soap $.25
Sugar $.75
Tea $.30
Starch $.10
Overalls for Wells $.75
Shirt for Volty $.75
Toll $.02
Turkish toweling $.37
Thread $.15
Toll $.02
Boat $.25
5 buckwheat flour $.25
Corn meal $.25
5 sugar $.35
2 cheese $.25
Snuff $.05
2 flat irons $.25
Bird seed $.07
1 box of matches $.10
1 pair of towels $.30
Dinner $.25
Grace’s dress $.92
6 gobblets $ .25
1 salt dish $ .05
1 book $ .10
1 pair stockings $ .09
Tobacco $ .05
Shoes for Grace $1.25
Darning needles $ .03
Candy & nuts $ .10
Rice $ .25
Corn meal $ .25
Lunch $ .09
5 yards bleached cotton $ .45
2 spools white thread $ .10
Lunch $ .14
4 lead pencils $ .05
Letter paper $ .14
Soap $ .25
Cinnamon $ .05
1 pak. Diamond dye $ .10
Doll $ .21
Buckwheat flour $ .25
Yeast cakes $ .10
Baking soda $ .10
Lamp chimney $ .08
Two brooms $ .20
Oat meal $ .25
Corset for Grace $ .40
John’s overshoes $1.00
John’s cap $ 1.75
John’s shoes $ 2.00
2 yds brown ribbon $ .18
3 tobacco plugs $ .15
2 oranges $ .05
2 sticks gum $ .02
1 pair garters $ .50
½ pound pepper $ .20
10 pounds sugar $ .60
6 lemons $ .10
1 tea from Strouds with basket $. 50
5 factory cloth $.08 per yard $.40
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