Thanksgiving History Traverses Early American Records
The article traces early Thanksgiving mentions from 1607 with the Popham colony and the Monhegan service. It cites a William White Bible entry showing 1620 events on March 3 and December 19. It describes harsh voyage conditions and illness aboard the Mayflower era ship, noting a later crime in the narrative.
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New
William White
Susannah Tilly
Peregrine White
Cape Cod Harbor
Susannah White
John Smihan
Origins and evolution of the Thanksgiving feast
The article traces early colonial feasts amid hardship, detailing Massasoit and Pilgrims sharing deer and fowl, the 1622 famine, and Standish provisions. It notes Governor Winthrop’s charity, then shifts to the legal establishment of Thanksgiving by the Continental Congress in 1777 and later national recognition, ending with a summary of the holiday’s evolving significance in English-speaking magazines.
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Massasost
Europe
Bradford
Myles Standish
Boston
Cotton Mather
Olamsa
Winthrop
Continental Congress
Christian Register
A Place For the Minor Key Thanksgiving Reflections
The piece notes Thanksgiving has shifted from fasting to feasting and thanks. It contrasts joyful abundance with those facing hardship, who year after year endure uphill paths and stony places, yet still find a reason to give thanks.
Thanksgiving origins in Plymouth and Winthrop era
The text recalls Edward Winslow relating Plymouth harvests and a feast to honor God, with four men sent to hunt fowl and share fruits of labor. It notes Plymouth and John Winthrop’s religious groups observing days of public worship and thanksgiving, and references early 1630 proclamations and unfolding future Thanksgivings.
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Edward Winslow
Pymouth
England
Plymouth Colony
John Winthrop
China’s Emperor Dies and Dowager Empress Controls
Reports from Peking say the emperor of China has died while the dowager empress holds the real power. Details note long illness with nephritis diabetes and brain involvement, with a regimen of Western doctors declined. Regent-designate Prince Teal-Feng is a brother of the emperor and holds a military title.
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Har
Pekin
Ohun
Teal-Feng
C Kun
Plain White Banner Corps
Germany
Parliaments reopen amid floods and war news
Reports from multiple regions detail the Rosaian parliament reopening after legislation changes, widespread flooding in Bahama Inlands due to a hurricane, and the Yarmouth sunk with 23 crew lost in the North Sea. Other items note Turkish strife, Russian student strikes, a Chihuahua bank robbery case, and cholera delaying a U S transport.
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Yarmouth
Hook of Holand
Harwich
North Sea
Minster of War
Moalilla Mororca
Eight Die in Okmulgee Rioting Desperado Fire
At Okmulgee Oklahoma a race riot erupts after a confrontation between a negro man Charles Deckart and an Indian Steve Grayson. Officers are killed during attempts to seize Deckart as a mob loots hardware stores and sets a house ablaze. Gov. Haskell calls up ten militia companies to quell the violence.
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Okmulgee
Charles Deckart
Steve Grayson
Henry Klabber
Deckart
Ratf
Felix Chatman
Chatmans
Klabber
Robinson
Death of China’s Dowager Empress Ends Powerful Reign
The Dowager Empress of China dies at 74, ending a 57 year career of autocratic rule. Officials announce the empress dowager passed Sunday afternoon amid turmoil after the emperor Kuang Hsu’s death. Prince Pal, regent, is named on the throne as the empire adjusts to the succession.
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Emm Taze Hei An
China
Imperial
Kouang-Hsu
Pa-¥ l
Prince Chun
Dowager Empress of China and Her Realms of Power
The Dowager Empress is portrayed as formidable and decisive shaping Qing rule since 1841. Her reign involved mass executions and persecution of Christians and foreigners in 1888 with private funds aiding state campaigns. She maintained control over about 14,000 officials and the wellbeing of nearly 270 million subjects.
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China
Devine argues maladjustment. not personal fault, fuels poverty
Edward T Devine, editor of Charities, asserts that industrial accidents sickness widowhood and poor housing drive dependence more than individual depravity He urges charities to weigh maladjustment as the key factor and to rethink assumptions about personal fault and improvidence in aid strategies.
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Edward T Devine
Charities
America
Devine
Bowdoin President Attacks Maine Fairs and Fraud
President Hyde of Bowdoin College denounces Maine’s love of corruption and the growth of fraudulent corporations. He condemns county fairs for featuring swindling side shows and compares local fairs to Swiss exhibitions, urging farmers to oppose such degradation.
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Hyde
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Maine
Oklahoma
Nevada
Switzerland
Gomperes Defines the Boycott in McClure's
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor says the boycott is a natural human activity and cannot be stopped. He compares boycott to a blockade and notes workers use it as a weapon, while employers wield the blacklist under a different name.
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Gomperes
McClure
Gompere
American Federation of Labor
Iaw
Woman as Pawn in Industrial Life Says Dress Theme
Prof W I Thomas of the University of Chicago argues in American Magazine that modern life narrows women to adornment and economic roles. He critiques the image of woman as half angel and half bird, claiming it denatures her and makes her an object of manipulation rather than a transforming agent.
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W I Thomas
University of Chicago
T’rof Thomas
Tinkhen
Ian
Jamaica track all aged bandi cap winner QODS BLENDS ADE Fountain Blue
Tommy Burns writes from Australia that after his battle with Jack Johnson he will retire from the ring. Marvin Hart won on a foul in the fifth round of a planned twelve round bout in Boston. Central Baseball Association held annual meeting with Oskaloosa ousted for poor patronage and bids from Galesburg Illinois and Hannibal Missouri for the post. Cy Young has provided a hospital room in New Philadelphia Ohio and $1000 was donated after Cy Young day. Wisconsin football after defeating Indiana returns from Bloomington angry over Moll knock out claim. Minor Heir set a state record attempt in Aurora Illinois pacing first quarters in 18014 and 18014 then tired to 2 08.
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Fountain Blue
Jamaica
Tommy Burns
Australia
Jack Johnson
Marvin Hart
Jack (Twin) Sullivan
Boston
Central Baseball Association
Oskaloosa
Galesburg
Ill
Hannibal
Cy” Young
Union Hospital
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Cy Young
Indiana
Moll
Wisconsin University
Bloomington
Ind
Aurora
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Mexico
Moses Navarro
Martin Matues
Banco Minera
Manuel Miromar
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Manila
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Nagesaki
Japan
Madeline Pelletier
Woman's Suffrage Movement
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Sirs
Dowager Empress OF China
QODS
Ade
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