Remember When for the week of 4/17/19
100 YEARS AGO … 1919
Announcing the reopening of the Quincy Theatre on Saturday evening at 8 o’clock p.m. with a showing of the western drama silent film: “The Man from the Painted Post”, written and starring Douglas Fairbanks and a second feature: a Mack Sennett comedy. Adults 30 cents, children 10 cents.
50 YEARS AGO … 1969
Easter advertisement: Come and Dine with us for Easter—Ranch style buffet at the Crossroads at Lake Almoner, $3.95 buffet or full menu service. Prime rib special special at Bob’s Fine Foods in Quincy, $3.25. Mohawk Dining Room smorgasboard featuring 25 salads and 5 entrees, $3.00.
Easter is for Happy Feasting—Ham 59 cents a pound, eggs for coloring 49 cents a dozen, yams 12 cents a pound, asparagus 29 cents a pound, butter 69 cents a pound, brown ‘n serve rolls 29 cents a dozen, jelly beans 39 cents a bag.
25 YEARS AGO … 1994
Easter Feasting—Ham $1.18 a pound, carrots for the bunny 39 cents a pound, asparagus 77 cents a pound, mayonnaise $1.19 a quart, hot cross buns $2.49 a dozen, butter $1.19 a pound, eggs for coloring 49 cents a dozen, yams 50 cents a pound, strawberries 57 cents a basket, cool whip 79 cents a tub.
10 YEARS AGO … 2009
Easter Entertaining—Ham 99 cents a pound, asparagus $1.29 a pound, Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls $2.00 a dozen, strawberries $1.25 a basket, 10 stem bunch of tulips $6.99.
Note: items included in the weekly Remember When column are taken from our bound newspaper archives and represent writing styles of that particular period. The spelling and grammar are not edited, so the copy is presented as it actually appeared in the original newspaper.
