First of all, I hope no one finds this story offensive, there is literally a lot of “tongue and cheek” humor in the following newspaper article. After all, this was type of writing was common a century ago. With that mind, the following is from the Lassen Mail of October 20, 1926:

”The sale of indigestion tablets should take a big jump this week and antidotes for ptomaine poisoning and kindred stomach ill should be much in demand for the men of the Methodist Church are cooking a “big feed” for the women of the congregation this evening at the first get together meeting of the season. The women are rather dubious, but if for  nothing more than curiosity, there were will be no doubt a large crowd present. The massacre begins at 6:30 p.m.”

Happy Thanksgiving, Tim