26th – Worked at the mill all day. Ate breakfast, dinner & supper at boarding house, cost 50¢ a day.
According to the CPI Inflation Calculator, fifty cents in 1901 has the same spending power as $14.87 in 2019. Fifteen dollars maybe buys a tall mocha at Starbucks ($5) for breakfast and a fast food value meal for lunch ($9), or a trip to Noodles and Company for lunch only. That includes sales tax which he didn’t have. Again, all day would have been at least ten hours.
