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100 Years Ago: Thanksgiving Turkeys Sold For About 25 Cents a Pound
Just about every day Marlborough Patch will highlight an interesting story from the Marlborough Daily Enterprise published on that date 100 years ago.
On Thanksgiving, 1911, residents of Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard were expected to consume 70,000 pounds of turkey. Of this amount, 64,000 pounds were furnished by Nelson Morris and Armour agencies, both located in Marlboro. This Thanksgiving Day staple, which managers of both coolers said was the best around, sold for 22 to 28 cents a pound.
According to George O'Halloran, manager of the Armour agency, they housed "32,000 pounds of some of the finest birds" he had ever seen. The turkeys, wich came from Kentucky and Vermont, were better than usual due to favorable weather and better food than usual for the birds.
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Maurice Kirby, from the Nelson Morris agency, said that the 32,000 pounds of turkey in their coolers came from Illinois and Vermont.
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