[“Thanksgiving Food Never So Expensive: Turkeys Get Up to 50 Cents a Pound and Cranberries Bring 25 Cents a Quart.” The New York Times, November 29, 1917.]
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Previous Thanksgiving posts
In jail, 1916 : At the Waldorf Astoria, 1915 : In jail, 1914 : In jail, 1913 : Thanksgiving and mortality : In jail, 1912 : Competitive eating, 1911 : A 1917 greeting card : A found letter : Sing Sing, 1908 : Sing Sing, 1907 : I remember Thanksgiving
[Nathan Straus, co-owner of R.H. Macy & Company and Abraham & Straus, had a long history as a philanthropist.]
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving 1917
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Roasting chicken costs less, though---I'd go with that.
Strange that eggs, at least the plainer varieties at Aldi and Wal-Mart, are now cheaper: I’ve seen 27¢ and 40¢ a dozen lately. Loss leaders?
Yes, the egg price was the most striking to me as well. Wow. Production must have changed substantially since then (more than all the other foodstuffs).
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