Originally Posted by
Elaine433
And what do you suppose we can buy for $5.00 nowdays??? Lucky if you can buy a yard of cotton fabric or 1 spool of thread.
It is all about the value of a dollar or the lack thereof. There are places on the Internet where you can calculate the value. I did a quick search and found that $5.00 in 1896 is about $134.00 today.