Tombstone correspondent person
Summary: A correspondent from Tombstone writing to the Globe Democrat recounts a personal story about purchasing bacon at an effective cost of $10,000 per pound.
Completeness: 50/100 Grade D
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cited from BACON $10,000 PER POUND (1891)
BACON $10,000 PER POUND
A Tombstone correspondent of the Globe
Democrat says: Bacon at $10,000 per pound is
rather an expensive luxury, but I paid that
price for four pounds once. It was ten years
ago that I purchased a strip of land near So-
n…
paid
$10,000 per pound for bacon
cited from BACON $10,000 PER POUND (1891)BACON $10,000 PER POUND
A Tombstone correspondent of the Globe
Democrat says: Bacon at $10,000 per pound is
rather an expensive luxury, but I paid that
price for four pounds once. It was ten years
ago that I purchased a strip of land near So-
n…
purchased
cited from BACON $10,000 PER POUND (1891)
BACON $10,000 PER POUND
A Tombstone correspondent of the Globe
Democrat says: Bacon at $10,000 per pound is
rather an expensive luxury, but I paid that
price for four pounds once. It was ten years
ago that I purchased a strip of land near So-
n…
worked
mining property for 18 months
cited from BACON $10,000 PER POUND (1891)BACON $10,000 PER POUND
A Tombstone correspondent of the Globe
Democrat says: Bacon at $10,000 per pound is
rather an expensive luxury, but I paid that
price for four pounds once. It was ten years
ago that I purchased a strip of land near So-
n…
Sources (1)
BACON $10,000 PER POUND
1891 · newspaper · public-domain