The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-25
1t Is Estimated That 1000
"Birds" Were Centerpieces
In the Tables of Richmond
Families.
BIG HARVEST REAPED
BY LOCAL DEALERS
Many Visitors Come to Spend
The Day With Relatives and
Friends - Observance in
Most of the Churches.

It is estimated that a large juicy
turkey was the center of attraction on
approximately 1000 tables in the city
today. At least that number of fam
lilies consumed the big gobblers and
considering the average weight of a
turkey to be twelve pounds and at a
cost of % cents a pound, the total
amount Of money spent on turkeys
alone in Richmond aggregated $500.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
price of the birds is high, the usual
number was sold, practically everyone
realizing that Thanksgiving wouldn't
be Thanksgiving without the presence
of big gobbler on the dinner table.
Although the cost put an awful
''crimp" in the purse of the willing
producer, the turkey was bought even
il the family was forced to 60 hungry
for the remainder of the week.
Day Of Big Feastins.
Perhaps on no other one day in the
year are such good dinners provided
in almost every home in the city as
on Thanksgiving day. Hundreds of
bushels Of potatoes floating in per-
feet seas of gravy, thousands and
thousands of cranberries, without
which all Thanksgiving dinners would
be dismal failures, tons OF dressing,
and in fact everything possible in the
line Of edibles adorned the tables Of
thousands OF families in Richmond to-
day
Can't you just picture the hundreds
of small boys in the city today who aft
er gorging themselves to what appears
to be the limit of human endurance.
passing the plates again to Pater Fa-
milias for the 'steenth time, and be-
tween mouthfuls, asking for more stuff
white meat?
The doctors are preparing for a busy
time tomorrow, and there no doubt will
be many cases of acute indigestion re-
sulting from this great feast day. But
who cares for little Indigestion? In
this case the means seem to justify the
end. to quote an old saying back
wards. 1t would be hard to imagine
a small boy following the advice of his
physician on this day to "Fletcherize"
his food.
Many Visitors Here.
The interurbans were crowded all
through the day. carrying people out of
the city and bringing others in. The
railroads also did great business, and
number Of Richmond people spent
their Thanksgiving in Cincinnati and
Indianapolis, these. two cities being
favorites with local persons.
Thanksgiving services were held in
practically all of the churches and
were largely attended. Special musi-
cal programs were rendered.
Local nimrods took advantage of
the day to flock into the fields and
surrounding woods Of Wayne county
where they might engage in their IA
vorite sport. Hundreds of rabbits and
quail were killed today by the hunt
ers.
Richmond has cause for great re-
joicing on this day. There are many
things to be thankful for Throughout
the day baskets of provisions were
sent out to brighten the home of many
poor families of the city and the Asso-
cfated Charities did great amount of
good. Practically every poor family
in Richmond was aided by this worthy
organization and many sad hearts
were made glad.