The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25

rom First rage.
For the first time in. the history of the
meeting OF the two teams, Central
Nigh has been taken away on trip to
the country for "secret" practice.
Shorter Postoffice Hours
Active preparations for the holiday
occupied citizens to-day, preparations
mostly being in the nature of filling the
larder for the big dinner. More and
more Thanksgiving Day is getting to
be the time for family gatherings and
hundreds of reunions will be hel1
around heavily-laden tables. Many per
sons were disappointed this morning at
being compelled to pay thirty to forty
cents pound for turkeys, but farmers
had no difficulty in getting rid of the
birds at that price. Farmers. expecting
to get rid of many chickens to persons
with non-turkey poeketbooks, were dis
appointed and chickens were not great
ly in demand. Materials for pumpkin
pies and cranberries sold we'll.
No city, county or State offices will
be open tomorrow and all business
places in the city will be closed, to
give the employees a chance to observe
the holiday. Schools will close this aft
ernoon to remain closed until Monday
morning.
Business of the railroads running
into Harrisburg will be curtailed as
much as possible tomorrow. Trolley
men and policemen will be the only
persons to work full time. Fifteen
oiueeoats will work overtime at the
FOOTBALL game in the afternoon. Holi.
day hours will be observed at the post
omees. The main postoffice and Hill
and Maclay street stations will be
closed from 10 a. m. until midpioht
Carriers will make one delivery in tbe
morning. The regular evening collec-
tions will be made.
Turkeys Touch 40 Cents
The markets this morninp waro
s"amPed with cranberries, which at first
soid FOR 10 cents quart, but finally
dropped to 8. Several hundred dressed
cniekens were taken back home bv
farmers. They said that, while turkeys
sold very well, the demand for chickens
was not large.
hundreds bought turkeys for their
Thanksgiving dinner, while those who
could not afford this luxury, instead of
buying chickens, bought oysters. or. al
least, this was the opinion expressed bv
the farmers who had killed large nun.
bers OF their fattest hens, expecting n
heavy demand from the THANKSGIVING
shoppers.
While the dealers in the central part
of the town were selling dressed tur-
Keys for thirty cents a pound, the same
prlce as charged last year, many of the
farmers sold theirs for as high as forty
cents.
Flat prices in many instances were
quoted for turkeys, chickens. ducks and
geese, many farmers refusing to weigh
them. While there were not very
many ducks and geese in the markets,
selling at fifteen cents a pound, live
weight, the dealers found it most diff |
cult to dispose of them
Toward the end of market the price |
Of chickens started on a steady decline
and kept it up until the last farmer
had reluctantly left, which was several
hours later than usual.
Eggs, which were very scarce. sold
market for fortv-five and
forty eight cents a dozen. There was
q general complaint among dealers that
they were not selling nearly as many |
nuts or as much fruit as they formerly |
sold at Thanksgiving.
Union Services in Churches
Thousands of church members will
attend Thanksgiving services to-mor-
row in the morning and in the after
noon.
The Lutheran churches of the Hill