Thanksgiving Return and a Long Awaited Reunion
Jane Ward, who stopped keeping Thanksgiving after her son Asa vanished at sea, prepares a feast for the needy and for Asa's return. Esther Pike reconvenes with Jane as a ghostly memory of loss lingers, and Captain Smith brings news that Asa may be alive, prompting a tense night of grief and hope before a kitchen full of prepared dishes and a hopeful reunion.
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Ane Ward
Jane
Jane Ward
Boston
Esther Pike
Providence
Upper Village
Miss Pike
Asa
Esther
Captain Smith
Asa Wanri
Tane
Ann
Jane Wand
Acain
Asa Ward
Cape
South Sea Islands
China
Jane Wani
Thanksgiving Lesson From Willis B Hawkins Poem
Willis B Hawkins urges families to act on gratitude beyond words. The poem recalls a Thanksgiving day speech urging concrete deeds to honor blessings rather than merely verbal thanks.
A Family Sacrifice Theme In Rural Chorus
In dialogue heavy rural prose a family weighs self denial and pain as a duty. Ma urges more mortification while Sue gives up gum Tom splits wood and the narrator endures indigestion seeking to prove gratitude Pa assigns the moral test and the narrator volunteers for a stomach ache as the cost of devotion.
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Sue
Tom
Wishksh Block Legal Practice Practice in Courts
E. H. Fox attorney at law offers services for state and federal court practice. Located at rooms 10 and 11 Lombier Exchange, corner Wishkab Streets and Wishksh Block.
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Crowther-Woading Blocs
G and Heron Streets
Washington Hotel
Wishksh Block
Wishkab Streets
Lombier Exchange
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Willis B
Hawkins
Willis B. Hawkins
JF Hanksgivin
Childern
Jes
Bimeby
PLU
L. L. Maley
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Ship Chandlery
East
Wishkah St
E. Wishkah
School House Hill
BOWES
Aberdeen State Bank
East Hume &J. Telephone
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co. Co. E. Murray
DR. Watkins
B.N. Maclafferty
D. Mayme Maclafferty
Physicians and Surgeons
Anton
OR. McNiven
Ofice
Koebler Blk
Wash
Sp. m
E. Mohrmann
C. E. Bartlett
Koehler Lidg
Bassett’s
Heron Street
J. C. Cross
E. H. Fox
Ben Sheeks
Room
Dabner
Austin M. Wade
Wishkah Block
Aberdeen, Waab
Wilson Bluttner
E. Heron St
South L St
Aberdeen, Wash
The
Centremen
Ralston
Los South
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