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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1898
Page
6
A nostalgic Thanksgiving meditation from a civic figure voices gratitude for the wartime end and global aid while lamenting a quickened modern calendar. It highlights American resilience, farming strength, and festive abundance, with a patriotic portrait of holidays, sports, and a harvest feast.
An elderly widow Margaret Hudson, long denied her heart's desire of reuniting with her son Jim who ran away twenty years earlier, prays for trust in God's will. She confesses her doubt at a country church service, then meets Jim at home, and their embrace follows.
The Pilgrims hosted a state dinner on the last day of their Thanksgiving celebration. Despite wilderness kitchens lacking basic cookery essentials, the feast featured abundant and appetizing dishes, marked as the real Thanksgiving dinner per the Ladies' Home Journal.
A detailed guide explains expert turkey carving techniques. With precise joint separation a master can divide a large bird in minutes using a steady fork and downward knife motions. Steps cover breast slicing, wing and leg removal, wishbone extraction, and service on a warm platter.
The article estimates U S grain production and exports, noting wheat yields average 465 million bushels yearly with 140 million bushels exported. It details corn usage, dairy products, meats, eggs, and beverages, and calculates per person intake of flour, milk, meat, and drinks, concluding Americans are well fed with a vast national food economy.
A fragment describes a hypothetical giant who would need enormous daily rations. It envisions a loaf of bread 300 feet thick, a 100 foot diameter butter pat, a trolley car sized steak, and a 600 foot cube of food, all to supply four hours of meals for a single giant, illustrating vast daily needs and quantities.
A fragment describes a military academy scene resembling a West Point setting in Mexico. It notes cadets in neat dress with erect bearing, an ancient castle setting, and a wing devoted to summer training, conveying a formal, organized military atmosphere.
Fragmentary notes describe cadets taking absence from school with groups moving to a location. Mentions uniforms and arts of war taught, along with young men and banks of the led to. One record notes a bride and cook present and an April reference.
A poetic verse from the Chicago Times Herald thanks a higher power for the paradoxes of life and death. The speaker recognizes temptations, sins abhorred, bitter pains that yield sweetness, and the paradoxical peace found in death and life.
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