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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1909
Page
15
Turkeys and diverse meats command steep prices with many noting little relief for households. Dealers report 28 to 35 cent per pound turkey ranges and rising costs for chicken duck goose and other provisions while fresh vegetables fruits and staples show mixed increases. Households face tighter budgets as vendors warn prices may climb further into the holiday week.
Prom the New York 'Herald' the public has swung back toward postwar prices for Thanksgiving feasts. Hotel men and restaurant keepers in New York report a six-person dinner from turkey to coffee costs $8.40 this year, with coffee fixed at one cent. Comparisons show dinner prices fluctuating since 1869, with wine and champagne adding extra amounts, while coffee remains unchanged. A detailed list of items follows.
Washington today sees the elusive Fluffy Raffles resume city wandering with a noon to 1 pm appearance on Pennsylvania Avenue and a later route from Fifteenth and F to Seventh and F, then to Eatrest and back to Pennsylvania Avenue. Tonight she performs at Majestic Theater with her photo broadcast on screen for identification and a $100 reward from The Post and Corby Baking Company for the capture.
Mrs Thomas A Edison, wife of the inventor, lies in a Battle Creek sanitarium with nervous illness. Nurses attend her day and night though she declines interviews, registering as Mia T A Edition Orange NJ. A Baltimore opera showing La Traviata tomorrow night features the Metropolitan Opera Company with special train from Washington, leaving Union Station at 7:10 am and returning after the performance, directed by T A Smith.
Washington churches and Associated Charities mobilize Thanksgiving aid with baskets of meat vegetables bread and other foods. Salvation Army Central Union and Gospel Mission organize dinners and clothing for the needy as ceremonies and services unfold across multiple congregations and venues.
Mrs ME Snowden, wife of a member of Parliament, sails to Washington from Baltimore to meet President Taft via Representative David J Toster of Vermont. She will tour Belmont, then attend Belmont College, speak at Masone Hall on "Peeps at Parliament Through a Woman's Eyes." A reception precedes at the Woman's Suffrage Association HQ.
A December charity event by the United Daughters of the Confederacy will be held at Rauscery to raise funds for the Arlington Confederate monument and to establish a fund at the Confederate Memorial Home for the relief of needy widows and veterans or their dependents who seek food and shelter there. Mrs Leonard Hoffman chairs a committee of officers and members of the chapter.
The piece describes Dowager Duchess of Manchester’s death and King George V and Queen Alexandra sending condolences. It notes Miss Nathalie Clifford Barney restoring The Temple of Love in Paris with hints of her theater work. It mentions Lady Alan Johnstone visiting Washington Copenhagen and London social scenes, plus Danish royal ties aiding British diplomacy amid tense England Germany relations.
Delegates from the District Woman Christian Temperance Union reported from the thirty sixth national convention held in Omaha. Mrs Fernald noted ten states with state wide prohibition and railroads demanding abstinence from employees. Mrs Hull summarized the South Carolina fight and cited limited counties with liquor rules. Mrs Wenng led the branch in the prohibition anthem.
A memorial service for Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota will be held Sunday afternoon in New York by the American-Scandinavian Society, led by President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University. Speeches planned by Governor Hughes and ex-Senator Charles Towns. President Tardon invited.
A pamphlet published by the Confederated Southern Associations of New Orleans details the cabin John episode to restore Jefferson Davis’s name. It reprints civil correspondence and campaign articles, notes dates from 1907 to 1909, and includes numerous illustrations led by a frontispiece of Jefferson Davis. The editor is Mrs J Enders Roiaon.
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