My "N" ancestor is Anna Barbara NOLTE. She was born Apr 5, 1830 in Germany and died in St Louis March 24, 1902. She is buried at Bethany. March 24, 1861 she married Christian Sailer in St Louis. Children are Anna, Charles , Joseph, and Herman. Now for $50. in 1929. In November 1929 my grandparents and 3 children made a trip from St Louis to Los Angles California. They traveled 5,191 miles.Expenses for the trip (to and from only) were as follows: $ 58.34 gas (261 gallons) 8.60 oil (28 quarts) 45.59 food 30.55 Miscellaneous 18.25 Rooms $ 161.33 > > > > > Subject: > [StL-Metro] Economics Question > From: > SReif1956@comcast.net > Date: > Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:44:17 +0000 > To: > MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com > > >Here's a question for all of you economics majors: > >I found the notation for the funeral mass of my Great Grandfather, Carmelo Pitti, in the records for Our Lady Help of Christians Church. There was a mention that the family had made a donation to the church in the amount of $50. This was in June of 1929. What would that $50 be worth by today's economic standards? > >Anyone want to take a guess? I do not know, myself, but I think that $50 was probably quite a nice sum. > >Sharon > > > >> >>