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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
3
Barbara Lee writes of thankfulness for freedom of thought and speech, self rule, and equal rights for women, celebrating national heritage and personal growth. The piece reflects 1911 optimism on liberty, learning, humor, and resilience amid life’s trials.
The author reflects on Thanksgiving with gratitude for avoiding war and maintaining liberty. It lauds the United States as guardian of civilization, capable of easing suffering, protecting freedom, and sustaining progress amid a hostile global tide.
Poem line recalling the Harvest Lord and the Pilgrim band. It honors divine guidance and daily bread, ending with praise for providence and thanksgiving.
The piece extols American citizens for their stable government, broad political intelligence, and steady independence. It credits peaceful reforms with strengthening national foundations as citizens stay informed and cautious in public affairs.
An essay traces Thanksgiving beyond New England to antiquity. It links the American festival to ancient ceremonies of Egypt, the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, noting harvest feasts in Demeter's Thesmophoria and Bacchic rites with offerings and tabernacles.
Meditative verse fragment invokes praise to a divine Lord of light and darkness amid agricultural toil and human health and sickness, attributed to J. G. Holland.
In a festive note from Woman's World, Mrs Best wife of the school superintendent invites for Thanksgiving a diverse group including Old Lady Curtis orphan Jacky Peebles and Miss Blaisdell a distant teacher. Postmaster Gene Bowles joins the gathering as other relatives are unavailable.
The article traces Thanksgiving origins from religious proclamations in New England to Lincoln’s 1864 national observance, notes its nonstatutory status, and describes the turkey as the era’s symbolic centerpiece. It reflects on historical events like the Donati comet and 1859 frost, linking them to national mood and the holiday’s evolving customs.
A farm yard tale features a turkey berating a vain peacock who responds that he merely basks in looks, not self admiration. The fable ends with a moral that beauty is skin deep while edibility endures beyond appearances.
A brief reminiscence of friendship and gratitude titled The Circle of Our Love. The verse celebrates treasured friends and a thankful spirit, framing Thanksgiving Day through shared memories and reverence.
A cheerless speaker favors an old-fashioned Fourth of July over Thanksgiving, arguing fireworks are cheaper than buying a turkey. The remark contrasts holiday costs and celebration styles.
A reflective Thanksgiving tribute listing gratitude for light and day, work and play, love and greetings, nature, food, sound and sorrow, seasons, and faith. The poem closes with reverent thanks for the gift of feeling and sight by the author iMargaret G. Hays.
Margaret BE. Sangster Jr. urges readers to move beyond complaint and share blessings this Thanksgiving. She recalls Pilgrims, missions, and hungry families while stressing gratitude for others, not just personal abundance, and to pass joy to those in need.
Poem praising divine providence for seasonal farming. It speaks of plowing sowing and harvesting funded by God's hand. The verses describe winter snow rain and the gifts of heaven and call for gratitude to the Lord for all his love.
A Talmage quotation frames God’s mercy as an ocean with no shore. It envisions four ships sailing endlessly for ten thousand years without reaching mercy, and angels failing to cross the vast sea, returning to the throne with the same refrain.
A brief poetic tribute recalling Puritans who settled forests and laid foundations for growth. It expresses gratitude for the nation’s fields and liberty, celebrating those early settlers who helped build a rising country.
A junk dealer Sam Shamberg bought a used liquid acid tank and a startling chase ensued. The brass nozzles hissed as the tank rammed along Chestnut Street injuring a driver’s horse and leaving bystanders in a panic before the tank finally collapsed.
A Shenandoah businessman buys a car and learns to drive from a lesson. His wife watches him zoom by repeatedly at speed. He shouts for his wife to call the garage and learn how to stop the machine and to notify him on his next pass.
C. T. Taylor of Lesbia claims the title of eastern New Mexico’s snake killer after collecting a string of one hundred rattlers. He describes rattlers as dangerous this season due to shedding and partial blindness, making them especially agresive.
A sudden cloudburst in Frederick County caused a cow to be lifted into a peach tree seven feet above the ground. County Commissioner Frank M. Stevens of Creagerstown reported the loss of two cows, finding one wedged in the fork of a tree. Samuel Geisbert of Creagerstown meanwhile lost a barrel of vinegar from his cellar.
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