Digging into Thanksgivings past, when the paper was 'social media'

Let's be honest. Before you gobble yourself into a huge turkey nap this Thanksgiving, you're going to have your phone out to post and read on social media.

Yes, we can all see you trying to hide your device under the table. It's become a holiday tradition, right up there with carving the bird and wearing stretchy pants while you eat.

But you might be surprised to know that long before today's social media existed, long before smartphones and the internet were even imagined outside of science fiction, people still had the unstoppable urge to share their holiday happenings with the world.

At least as far back as the 1920s, the Montgomery Advertiser was there to scratch that itch on a massive scale. Video didn't exist and the use of photos was still pretty limited, but a single paper ran t