Thanksgiving roots span ancient festivals to American rite
The essay traces Thanksgiving origins from ancient Egypt, Judaism, Greece, and Rome through medieval and Reformation observances, noting Lincoln's 1864 proclamation and its evolution into a family gathering with feasting. It highlights the holiday as an American institution with the turkey, pumpkin pie, and shared gratitude shaping national identity.
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United States
New England
Pradford
Donati
Gratitude for Freedom and Power of Thought in 1911
A reflective monologue celebrating liberty, individual judgment, and self expression. The speaker expresses gratitude for freedom, equal rights, education, self support, and the capacity to feel joy and misery, highlighting the year 1911 as a pivotal time in a country bounded by water and distant lands.
Gratitude and grace in life memories by Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee writes on gratitude for life’s bumps and lessons. She thanks friends, relatives, and Emory for constant companionship and recalls how remembering gifts can double life. She notes fears of the Great Beyond are gone.
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Emory
Barbara Lee
Nation Blessed and Grateful On Thanksgiving Day
The text celebrates America as spared from war and as guardian of civilization. It praises mercy from Providence and national bounty, noting relief for the wounded and hungry, and keeping liberty’s light, urging thrice blessed and thrice thankful feelings.
Harvest Lord Tribute To Pilgrim Band By Alice Williams Brotherton
A verse honoring the Harvest Lord and the Pilgrim band for courage and daily bread. The dedication thanks the All Gracious One for guiding their steps and the feast of plenteous cheer.
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Alice Williams Brotherton
Fortunate Americans and the Strength of US Governance
The author praises American citizens for their universal respect for the government and high intelligence. They argue that despite partisan divides, the system maintains order, broad awareness, and steady political growth. Peaceful reforms strengthen national foundations by channeling dissent.
Thanksgiving Spirit Brings Hopeful Guests To Best Family
In crisp days of harvest and gratitude Mrs Best invites a diverse group to her Thanksgiving table. Old Lady Curtis, orphan Jacky Peebles, distant teacher Miss Blaisdell, and postmaster Gene Bowles join the Bests to share thanks with those who would otherwise be alone.
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Curtis
Jacky Peebles
Miss Blaisdell
Gene Bowles
Thanksgiving Fable and Civic Concession Joke
A turkey upbraids a peacock in a farmyard quarrel over vanity and usefulness. The peacock replies that Thanksgiving is near and jokes about cakewalk pride. A cheerless observer contrasts Thanksgiving with Fourth of July fireworks, noting cost differences.
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Tge Turkey
Thanksgiving Poem HANKFUL By Margaret G. Hays
A reflective Thanksgiving poem listing blessings from daily light to nature and emotions. The verse thanks God for work and play, love, skies, clothing, food, birds, flowers, rain, children's joy, sorrow, snow, moonlight, laughter, tears, and growing years.
Pass on the joy of Thanksgiving
Margaret E. Sangster Jr. reflects in Christian Herald on Thanksgiving as a time to count blessings and share joy. She contrasts gloom and grumbling with gratitude, urges helping others, and recalls Pilgrims who invited Indians to share their bounty. She notes the easy path of complaint and the harder duty of generosity.
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Fourth Avenue
Europe
Margaret E. Sangster, Jr
Christian Herald
No Shore to God's Mercy Tale by Talmage
A reflective meditation contrasts gratitude for earthly harvest with a parable of seeking divine mercy. It imagines ships sailing ages across an endless ocean of mercy, only to find no shore and angels returning to report emptiness before the throne.
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Heaven
Talmage
A Toast to Puritans Who Founded Our Nation
A nostalgic verse praising early Puritans for clearing forests and building the country. It lauds their labor, the soil they tilled, and the liberty and riches that followed, framing modern progress as a continuation of their legacy.
Shenandoah Man Trains Automobile With Phone Call Trick
A Shenandoah business man bought a car and, after a driving lesson, sped past his wife repeatedly. She watched him from the window as he whizzed by at speed. He shouted to call the garage for help to stop the car and to alert him next time he passes.
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Yella
Shenandoah, Ia
Shenandoah
Lizzie
Man Claims Snake-Charmer Feats With Hundred Rattlers
In Tucumcari New Mexico T Taylor of Leabia boasts a hundred rattlesnakes on a long string calling it his devil's rosary. He says the snakes are dangerous this season due to shedding skins leaving them blind and aggressive.
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Tucumcari
N. M
T. Taylor
Leabia
New Mexico
Taylor
Flood lifts cow into tree in Frederick county scare
A cloudburst swept Frederick county causing chaos. County Commissioner Frank M. Stevens of Creagerstown lost two cows and found one wedged in a peach tree seven feet up. Samuel Gelabert of Creagerstown reported a missing barrel of vinegar from a cellar.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Frank M. Stevens
Creagerstown
Samuel Gelabert
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