Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-11
MAY RUN ABOUT SAME AS LAST
YEAR, BUT MORE LIKELY FEW
CENTS HIGHER.
TURKS SCARCE, BUT
CHICKENS PLENTIFUL
Market For Thanksgiving Dinners is
Going to Be Filled With Good Things
and at Prices That Are Within Reach
of Average Purse Some of the
Staples and Delicacies.

While the Thanksgiving dinner this
year does notS promise TO cost much
more, if any. over recent years, there is
still considerable uncertainty in the
price of the centerpiece for the Thanks
giving table, the great American bird
OF paradise commonly termed turkey.
Turkeys are scarce, as they always
are, and while there appear TO be as
many, if not more. in the country near
here, than for several seasons, the
farmers are hanging on 10 them. One
farmer who has a large number has
asked . cents live weight, and the
price is prohibitive From the best in
formation now at hand turkeys will re-
Tail here a not less than - cents, and
possibly will go up to -. TWENTY-FIVE
cents was the price paid last year
Old Reliable Chicken.
But if there are not turkeys enough
70 so around. or the price is considered
beyond the reach of the Housewives
purse, there is the old reliable yellow
legged Plymouth Rock 10 fall back on
Chickens will probably retail at from
Is 10 Is cents for Thanksgiving. and
ducks and geese Will be about Is. Ducks
are m higher than last year but geese
which last year sold at a shilling, will
likely be nearer Is cents.
Fish and Oysters.
Then Cor tho 1,-l1n 1,,l
on lots of style. and start a Thanks
giving dinner with a soup course an6
serve fish and oysters, there will be a
market for their wants in the shape OF
salt water and lake fish that are gen.
orally pretty good during the winter
months Halibut and salmon will be
available at around 10 cents. and Lake
Superior white fish will come cents
higher Fresh cod will probably be ir
the market by that time, with the price
as Yet unquoted. Standard oysters, fol-
which there is the greatest demand, viii
retail at 30 cents per quart.
Vegetables and Reishes.
After the meat problem is settled ther
come the vegetables and relishes so1
the big meal. The Irish potatoes are
in the cellar, OF course, unless they
have begun to spoil because of being
nirped by the frost. Sweet potatoes
Iare always good for a Thanks giving
dinner, and nee Jerseys can be hat
for 4 TO ) cents per pound.
a little parsley TO sarnisi1 the meat
and sprinkle over the top of that fin
giblat gravev. can be bought for
!cents a bunch, and bunch will go
Ian
be bought for Is 10 35 cents the pound
head lettuce is available for 10 TO 12I
cents per head. and leaf lettuce for
cents a bunch Radishes, hot nous.
grown sell from 10 10 cents, and egg
plants at Is cents each. Caulihow z,
can be bought for Is 10 90 cents a head
and hot house cucumbers, good size
sell at Is cents each.
Ii one likes squash for side dis)
Hubbards, while scarce are retailn.
from 10 TO 20 cents each. Spanisl
onions, that are extra choice, retail a
S cents per pound.
4 Fine Kalamazoo celery. which woui
b. missed at Thanksgiving time. sal
from 10 TO 1919 per pound, accord
ling TO quality Olives, anothe
never-to- be- omitted dish for n
Thanks giving table. retail at so cen.
a quart in bulk. for extra large siz
/ Spanish, imported In quart jars oi
ives may be had at % cents Man
people are using ripe olives, and the
are becoming more popular as tast
for them is cultivated These sell j
-, 3d. 30, and 60-cenr packages, an
are choice.
Green Peppers For Digestion.
Another nive dish, and one that
said will materially aid digestion
one overeats at his Thanks giving mea
is green peppers obtainable no.
at from % cents 20 80 cents
dozen. By Thanksgiving, howeve
they viii probably retail at 5 cent
each. \ stuffing of bread crusts an
minced ham. seasoned with butter an
salt, makes the peppers VERY palatabl
The seeds and shreds alrroundin
them. must be thoroughly remove
however. before preparing, or the per
pers viii be 100 much like the old
fashioned tobasco sauce
Cranberres Are Fine.
Cranberries, for the sauce that goe
with turkey, are very nice this yea
The berries, nice rudy ones and plum
sell from 10 TO 12la cents per quart, az
cording to grade The Jerseys ru
at 10 cents, and the late Howes exit
choice, at 1919
Pumpkin Pies For All.
Altho strange as it may seem, punr
kins are scarce owing to the han
freeze before harvest, still pum1
kin pie is within the reach of a
Large pumpkins. and enough to NAL
pies for neighborhool, are selling
10 and Is cents. A hint to the hous,
, wife might be acceptable in the az
vice to not be afraid to cook the puml
kin. An all-day cooking will not hu
it any, and many good pumpkin p
has been spoiled because of too gre
hurry to get filler into the crust.
Fruits and Nuts.
, In the fruit line there will be nothir
, lacking. Florida oranges, which a
. now on the market, should be ve1
r nice by Thanksgiving. They will Sc
at from 80 to 40 cents a dozen, accor,
a ing to size. Late Valencias, last year
crop, sell at 40 cents for the best one
Grapes, big and luscious, are alwa.
acceptable at Thanksgiving time, b
OF course must be classed as del
cacy Malagas sell at 90 cents poun
, and Tokays at Is. Delawares, in sms
baskets, retail from 25 to 80 cents.
Figs at 20 cents a pound, import,
from Smyrna, and dates at 10 cent
make nice additions to the fruit Sc
ton Of the table. Nice layer raisins,