I took a spin through the archives and—lo and behold, I discovered something quite fascinating: today, even the richest among us do not eat Thanksgiving like the rich of 1900. 

Click-through to read Macy Halford on the time Mark Twain tried to move Thanksgiving, and for more on Thanksgiving menus in 1900.

Group portrait at Mark Twain’s seventieth-birthday party.

There are several indicators one might use to judge the level of one’s fame. One is being the highest-paid writer in the history of the world. Another is not being dissuaded by anyone from writing over two thousand pages of autobiography. And another is feeling comfortable asking the President of the United States to move Thanksgiving for your birthday celebration…

Macy Halford on the time Mark Twain tried to move Thanksgiving.

And, for those who are interested, see the menu from Twain’s seventieth-birthday bash.