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Lloyd_E

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So, I am doing a little reno - putting in a half bath under the stairs. Pick up the supplies on September 14, 2011, start on September 15, 2011. Just removed a section of wall to install shelving... found newspaper dated - SEPTEMBER 15, 1926... too scary!!!!!

Some of the info found...
Ford Runabout $405, Ford Touring $445, Ford Coupe $695, Ford Sedan $785, Ford Truck $495. Edison Record Player $69 - Special $39 - Records, 6 for $2.25. Three piece suite -ordered from London - $28.
Article and headline - "How to make your money grow. An open letter to the man or woman who wants an independent income." - - - don`t we all!!!!! Illustrated lecture, Nelson Hall, Allenby in ********* and Lawrence in Arabia. Women`s coats: All with beaver collars - $4.50, $8.50 and $3.50. Baby chicks 100 for $20.00. Marion-Sheppard Fur CO. Toronto - wanted raw furs: Rats, Beaver, Wolf. From the `Hunting`section of the paper(who would have thought|) Wanted 10,000 muskrat. Caron - Light Water and Power Plant(our modern day generator) $147 for 3hp engine, $160 for 100 watt generator.

This was at the base of the wall behind the fireplace/bake oven - too cool!

Lloyd

PS: my buddy took down an old cape for clients many years ago. Found substantial cash in the cellar rock wall - 15+K.
Halted project and contacted clients. They split it with him in the end... ya never know.
 
   / Historic Reno... #2  
Neat find. I always enjoy seeing old newspapers and what things were selling for. What usually puts it into perspective is looking at the employment ads and seeing jobs that are paying $30 a week! Good luck on the renovation.
 
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Hey, I get a kick out of reading the newspapers used to pack stuff I get from E-bay. Finding something from 1926 would be cool.

A friend of mine was telling me about a renovation he was doing when he found a paper from Dec. 6, 1941. I guess there was some article in there talking about how well peace talks were going with Japan.
 
   / Historic Reno... #4  
When I was a kid I helped an uncle reno an old farmhouse and we pulled out all sorts of ww1 era newspapers. They all went into the bin sadly, I wish I had some now.

Neat find!
 
   / Historic Reno... #5  
Yeah it's cool to find stuff like that. We found some czechoslovakian money in a renovation project used for insulation.
 
   / Historic Reno... #9  
I've found a few old coins and tools working on older places... nothing older than 1910...

One home had a pair of 1920 license plates in great shape in the rafters... still have them.
 

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