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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1909
Page
41
Turkeys and other meats rise as shoppers face 35 cent per pound rates by Thursday. Dealers warn prices will climb further with corn costs and scarce supplies. Vegetables also see modest gains while household staples stay costly amid broad inflation. Delta Kappa Epsilon plans December 11 feast honoring Peary with Bowdoin chapter hosting about 1000 members.
Hotel men and restaurant keepers in New York say a fall Thanksgiving dinner for six, including turkey and all the trimmings, now costs 8.40, with coffee at one dime. Prices show fluctuation since the Civil War era, coffee constant, other items varying with years and wartime costs, a detailed list to follow.
Elusive figure Fluffy Raffles resumes city exploration with planned street strolls and a Majestic Theater appearance. November 15 activity includes 12 to 1 pm arrival on Pennsylvania Avenue, 4 to 6 pm walk from Fifteenth and F to Seventh and F, and a theater photo display tonight to aid public identification and capture.
Mrs Thomas A Edison is in a sanitarium at Battle Creek Michigan with nervous trouble though not seriously ill. Nurses attend her day and night while rest is advised. She refuses interviews, using the name Mia T A Edition, Orange NJ for registration. An operatic screening of La Traviata in Baltimore will be presented by the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York with special transport from Washington to Union Station and then to the Lyric Theater.
Washington churches and charitable groups coordinated plans to feed the hungry on Thanksgiving. Baskets from Associated Charities and Salvation Army will supply dinners for five to ten people, with clothing and home meals distributed. Various missions will host dinners, evangelistic meetings, and special services across multiple congregations, including Central Union and Gospel Mission.
Mrs ME Snowden, wife of an English member of parliament, travels from Baltimore to Washington to meet President Taft via Representative David J Toster of Vermont. She will be hosted at Belmont by Mrs A L Barber and attend a College of Equal Suffrage League event. A lecture titled Peeps at Parliament Through a Woman's Eyes will be delivered at Masone Hall, with a reception beforehand at the Woman's Suffrage Association headquarters on 18d Street.
United Daughters of the Confederacy plan a December fundraising event at Raussery. Proceeds fund the Arlington Confederate monument and a relief fund for needy widows and veterans or their dependents at the Confederate Memorial Home. Chair Mrs Leonard Hoffmann leads the committee with officers and members of the chapter.
Inside New York society circles, a renowned English speaking insider recalls the Gaventh Fakts gathering with 90 women present. King Howard and Queen Alexandra mourn Dowager Duchess of Manchester, while Miss Nathalie Clifford Barney revives The Temple of Love in Paris.
Delegates from the District Woman Christian Temperance Union report at a Wesley Chapel meeting. James C. Fernald noted new members, funds from Ohio Pennsylvania and New York, and widespread prohibition measures. Mrs Hull summarized the South Carolina fight, and Mrs Wenng led the central branch in the prohibition anthem.
Service in memory of Governor Gey John A Johnson of Minnesota will be held next Sunday afternoon by the American Scandinavian Society of New York. President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University is president. Speeches will be delivered by Governor Hughes and ex Senator Charles A Towns of Minnesota. President Tartdon has been invited to attend.
The pamphlet by the Confederated Southern Associations of New Orleans details the Cabin John Bridge naming restoration campaign. It includes civil correspondence, letters from prominent supporters, reprinted articles from The Washington Post, and numerous illustrations led by a frontispiece portrait of Jefferson Davis. The editor is Mrs J Enders Roiaon.
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