The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-28
IAPPETITES WKETTED
FOR THANKSGIVING
FEASTS ON THURSDAY

The spirit of Thanksgiving per-
rvaded the atmosphere Tuesday as
housewives began to plan the annual
thanksgiving dinner. There are tur-
keys, chickens, ducks and geese
a-plenty on sale.
Buyers of turkeys are expected to
be few, says one grocer; and another
states that he has given up the sale
of the birds altogether. because the
price this year is too prohibitive.
They're up in the tree at IS cents
per pound dressed" said a thrifty
housewife, as she left her order for
cranberries, nuts, celery and sweet
potatoes that will grace her Thanks
giving board Thursday, $50 we VIII
have to be content with chicken
roast"
Chicken at 25 cents per pound
dressed and geese and duck at 80
cents are the favorites for those who
delight in celebrating the great day OF
the forefathers with an diversified feed.
THE trimmings are going strong at
any rate and fruits, candies, nuts and
other palatable delicacies to aid IN
making Thanksgiving big success
are much in demand. Local dealers
say that turkey full dressed is COM
handing 68 to 20 cents per pound In
Cincinnati and Chicago
While the general class of Thanks
giving celebrators are whetting their
lappetites for the annual banquet at
home preparations are being made to
he Lose fnrt1In afn are
not forgotten.
To Distribute Baskets
I The Penny club will follow its an
nual custom of distributing baskets
of food atr the homes of the poor of
! the city and chicken dinners will be
served at the public institutions for
the unfortunate. The % inmates of
the Home for the Friendless will be
greeted on Thursday noon with a big
chicken dinner with all the trimmings
while those of the Margaret Smith
home will be served a special Thanks
giving dinner and it is possible that
there will be an entertainment during
the afternoon.
AS many of the Wernle home fam
lily as can will go to church Thursday
morning and upon their return will
be served with a chicken dinner. Fifty
four mates of the county infirmary
west of Centerville will be treated to
a big chicken dinner with cranberries,
celery, mince pie, cake and many 9th.
er lucious edibles.
Dance at Hospital.
A dance will be given for the pa
tients at Eastern Indiana Hospital for
the Insane, Wednesday evening at 7:15
o'clock and Thanksgiving morning
there will be divine services held for
the patients with the Rev. DR.. j. j
Rae. pastor of the First Presbyterian
church. delivering the sermon. This
will be followed by big Thanksgiving
dinner at noon ad there will be mo
ton pictures shown for the benefit OF
the inmates at 7:30 o'clock in the ev
ening. Friday evening there will be
o social held for the employees of the
institution and religious services will
be held for them Sunday afternoon a.
100 o'clock.
Large quantities of food will be con
sumed at the Thanksgiving dinner in
Guiding $50 pounds of roast chicken, 81
gallons of oysters, barrels of Gran
berries, 500 mince pies and large
amounts of celery.
The day will be celebrated in thu
city by a union church service at the
First English Lutheran church, a
which the Thanksgiving sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. w. McCleal
Work, pastor of Reid Memorial Unite'
Presbyterian church. tits expecte'
that a large body of people will be il
attendance.
Banks VIII Close
Banks and business houses vii
close for the day, as will the post o.
flee, court house and the city schools
which will dismiss the pupils Wednes
day afternoon for the remainder c
the week. The city hall will be close
on Thursday. except for the police d.
partment, which will remain open dul
ing the day.
The Y. NJ C. A. will stage wolfe
ball and hand ball tournaments in th
afternoon for the business men men
bers of the association, and the boy
department will stage a water earn
wal in the swimming pool during tn
forenoon hours.