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Re:Why Coke Cost a Nickel for 70 Years (2012) by tim333 on Monday June 29, 2015 @06:21AM (#9797272)
In 1900 A coke was 5c, average income $438 per year = 8760 cokes per year.

So in coke terms wages shot up 1900 to 1950. Or coke was just cheap then.

http://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/his/e_prices1.htm

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