Thanksgiving at the White House A presidential holiday ritual
A historical overview of how U S presidents observed Thanksgiving over a century, detailing family gatherings at the White House, guest lists, church attendance, turkey gifts, and the evolving dinner time plus the president’s duty to issue the Thanksgiving proclamation. The piece notes Roosevelt’s self written prose, the role of a State Department aide as a proxy, and varied postures toward holiday observance.
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United States
Iiven
White House
Presidential
Turkey
Keir
S Lang
State Department
Roosevelt
Smith
Rhode Island
Grant
Cleveland
Washington
Lincoln
St. John's Church
Taft
Presidential Mansion
Helen
St. John’s
Good Reasons For Thankfulness
A reflective piece on gratitude across everyday annoyances and social roles. It urges embracing simple comforts, resisting envy, and finding contentment in small pleasures rather than chasing idealized superiority. Women, gossip, mornings, fashion, and finances are touched as examples of accessible thankfulness.
Grim Reminders of a Heavyweight Fight
A stark cartoon caption portrays a desperate heavyweight asking a Doctor for weight loss aid. The doctor warns of danger, the fighter dismisses safety, and the exchange ends with a grim jab about labor and pallbearers.
Pretty Schoolma'am Wins Fight With Pupils in Penn Township
Miss Roberta Atkinson, the new Sandy Creek teacher in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, faces a school board trial after disciplining a group of nine husky pupils who mocked her with a painted mask and other classroom props. A violent clash followed, ending with her maintaining control after about three minutes of fighting.
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Pittsburg
Roberta Atkinson
Sandy Creek
Penn Township
Boy Snugged From Coal Bin After House Fire Incident
Philadelphia youngster Harry Nutall Jr. set fire to his mother's bed using matches. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and saved the home. A missing boy scare ended when Joseph Nagle of engine company 19 found a small foot in a coal bin and freed Harry crying, fearing his mother’s scolding.
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Philadelphia
Harry Nutall, Jr
Harry
368000 Miles by Stage Driver Bowman Ties World Tour Route
Oscar Bowman of Paoli has driven the New Albany to Paoli stage for ten years and completed 3276 round trips totaling 368000 miles. He traveled every day except none, covering 40 miles per trip through coldest and hottest days recorded by the weather bureau in a decade. He is a Kentuckian and has never stopped for rain snow or sleet on the pike between Albany and Paoli.
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New Albany
Ind
Paoli
Oscar Bowman
Bowman
Albany
Pike
Weather Bureau
Censor Sparks Near Riot Over James Boys Film
A Wichita cinema faced near riot as censor orders cut violent James boys scenes from a film about bank robberies. Patrons protested, manager retreated behind barricades, then Reeves arrested the cast after displaying Martling insignia to quell the disturbance.
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Wichita
Jesse James
Kansas
Cole ‘Younger
Bob Ford
Cshsor Reeves
Martling
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White Holls
McKinley
B Hayes
Lé&Bt
Attedos
Tapp Leavlsc Church
Quietus
Husky
James
Wiebila
Kan
James Boys
C. R. Reeves
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