The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-11-25
WILL Be A QUIET DAY HERE.
AN OLD FASHIONED TAANksGlV.
ING DAY IN NORFOLK.
EGGS ARE scARcEsT ARTICLE
No Football, No Skating, No Sliding
Down Hill-Two Theatrical Per.
formances at the Auditorium--Good
Supmtuous Dinners Everywhere.
IFrom wednesdays Dnllyl

From Wednesdays Dnily.1
Signs today point to n rather quiet
Thanksgiving day in Norfolk. with
the sunshine of the good old summer
time, no snow, no ice, and no football
games, there Is every indication that
the day will be given over in this city
to the quiet, peaceful day for resting
and true thanksgiving, for which 1t
was primarily intended.
There will be nothing doing, to
speak of, In the commercial world to.
morrow. Stores and shops will be
locked and the workmen as well as
the merchants will enjoy day of rest.
There will be no traffic over the Coun.
ters of the stores, and little travelling
about.
The city schools closed early today
for the holiday, and will have a yaca-
ton on account of the Thanksgiving
day. There will be no school on the
day following, Friday.
Church services will be held in the
morning, as announced and hundreds
of Norfolk people, no doubt, will at
tend.
There will be the usual number of
Thanksgiving dinners, with family re.
unions as feature and guests at 9th.
er tables. A number of people-rel-
atives and friends-from out Of town
have been arriving during the past
few days and are still coming, to OBJ
serve the day in Norfolk; and, on the
other hand, number have been and
still are leaving the city, to be pres
ent at gatherings in other cities and
towns throughout the state. Dozens
of travelling men have arrived home
today to spend the day with their fam
lilies and at their hotels, with friends
Eggs are Scarce.
A notable feature of the day is the
scarcity Of eggs. 1t is said that eggs
are even more uncommon than tur-
keys and in many a home a pretty
nearly eggless dinner will have to go.
1t is reported that the little spherods
with their thin, white shells are even
being imported into the west from
eastern points. Turkeys are not so
rare as it was at first reported and the
markets have them to spare.
For amusement seekers, there will
be two plays in Norfolk tomorrow.
"A Fatal Scar" appears at the Audi
torum twice, for matinee and evening
performances. This is the troupe car.
rying Frank James as a feature.
In some cities, but not in Norfolk,
there will be gridiron contests. The
chief game of interest in this section
is the Tllinois-Nebraska game at Lin
coin, for which large number of peo
pie from this section have gone to
Lincoln today.
In some former years skating has
been good on the rivers which run
around Norfolk, but there's nothing to
it this Thanksgiving. Norfolk resi-
dents will all recall the notable ice
storm which fell over this city sever
al years ago on Thanksgiving day. AT
o'clock at night the rain began to
drizzle and when the city awoke next
day there was vast eXpanse of white
ness covering every nook and corner
of the town; with heavy cOatings of
the frozen rain, clinging to trees and
wires and poles. Hundreds and hun
dreds of trees were broken bodily
down, hundreds of wires were snapped
! in two and even huge telephone poles,
| staggering beneath the tremendous
weight, swayed and sank to the
ground.
But there is no indication Of rep
etition of that storm tomorrow. There
is no indication of anything, in fact,
except a good, plain, old fashioned
Thanksgiving day, with turkey dinner
and cranberry sauce; and with houses
full of happy, healthy children to make
a townful of mothers and fathers hap
py and bubbling over with sincere
thanksgiving.