Compiled by Keri B. Taborski

Newspaper Historian

 100 YEARS AGO....1909
    We offer an apology to our readers outside of Quincy for the newspaper reaching them a day late of the last issue. The delay was caused by a break in the newspaper press and the holiday.
    George Donnenwirth was here in Quincy early in the week with a head of turkeys. He sold 40 of these birds, many of them bringing in as much as $2.50 each.

75 YEARS AGO….1934
    Advertisement: Wine for your Thanksgiving dinner: 65¢ a quart or $1.95 a gallon at Quincy Drug Store.
    Advertisement: Thanksgiving dinner suggestions available from City Market in Portola: oyster cocktail sauce 25 cents a jar, cranberry sauce 19¢ a can, pickled watermelon 52 cents, fruit cake mixture 45 cents.

50 YEARS AGO….1959
    Advertisement: Grocery store advertised specials for Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings: turkey 41¢ a pound, cranberry sauce 20¢, yams 10¢ a pound, bunch of celery 10¢, marshmallows 25¢, Best Food mayonnaise 59¢ a quart, yellow onions 5¢ a pound, jello 7¢ package.

30 YEARS AGO….1979
    Advertisement: Featured grocery items at local grocery stores for Thanksgiving dinner: Turkey 59¢ a pound, cranberry sauce 39¢, yams 25¢ a pound, potatos 10 pounds for 69¢, pumpkin pie $2.19, mince pie 2.59.
    Advertisement: Due to public request Log Cabin Restaurant in Portola will remain open for Thanksgiving. Menu choice: turkey or baked ham dinner $6.95, roast beef dinner $7.95, lobster thermidor $8.95.
    Advertisement: Thanksgiving feast at St. Bernard Lodge—smoked barbequed turkey or ham $8.95.

Note:  Items included in the weekly Remember When column are taken from our bound newspaper archives and represent writing styles of that particular period.  The spelling and grammar are not edited, so the copy is presented as it actually appeared in the original newspaper.