Days of Thanks for God and Mercy English Customs
The article traces Thanksgiving origin from English roots to American practice. It cites Plymouth's 1623 observance after a drought, New England's long history of annual days, and New York Dutch influence. It notes Washington and Lincoln proclamations, Jefferson's resistance, and the shift toward a civil holiday focused on devotion, rest, and feasting.
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Plymouth Colony
Oliver Cromwell
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New York
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Bragg
Prayer of Thanksgiving Verses by Alonzo Rice
Poetic plea praising peaceful vales and harvest abundance while urging charity. The verse thanks The Giver for gifts and renews vows, urging awareness of others in need and welcoming strangers at the door.
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Alonzo Rice
Lesson in Observance of Thanksgiving Day
A reflection on Thanksgiving as an American institution rooted in pilgrim hardship and gratitude. The piece stresses worship and dependence on a higher power, urging generosity and charity toward others as a consequence of thanksgiving. It cites the Houston Post Dispatch quote praising the day’s religious and moral significance.
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Houston Post-Dispatch
The Thankful Heart Magnet of blessings in life.
A meditation on gratitude compares a thankful heart to a magnet that attracts blessings. The sand and iron stand in for everyday gifts revealed by mindful attention, while an unthankful heart sees nothing. The message honors gratitude as a spiritual force.
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Oliver Wendel
Holmes
Missouri crop report forecasts lower state yield
Missouri counties will report an average yield of twenty nine bushels per acre totaling 168 896 000 bushels on 5 824 000 acres planted down from last year 176 011 000 bushels on 6 471 000 acres with 77 percent merchantable. Frost slowed harvest in November while northeast counties report light corn quality and northwest Missouri shows high yields and good feeding value.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
E. A. Logan
United States Bureau of Agriculture Economies
Jewell Mayes
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Northwest
Boy survives six foot fall from car in Porterville
Milburn Brook two, grandson of Policeman R. P. Brook, fell six feet from an auto when the front seat boy pitched out during a turn. He landed on his head, rose, and walked toward the sidewalk with a small lip cut.
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Porterville
N. Y
Milburn Brook
R. P. Brook
Horse With Quick Wits Survives Fire Escape
In Chicago Oscar the horse at Garner Bros. stable used his “horse sense” to escape a hotel fire. After a cigarette ignited hay, he climbed to a shed roof and slipped into a hotel room through a French window. Clerk and guest Fred Vicker were startled. Vicker injured trying to flee, while Oscar was rescued with a block and tackle.
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Chicago
Oscar
Garner Bros. ‘Teaming Co
Fred Vicker
Vicker
Dead Man Returns To Prove Funeral Mistake
Wiley Fry 32 a Thayer Missouri farmer reappeared after burial in a cemetery near Thayer Sept 8 proving a misidentification caused another man to be buried as him. Fry had left for Oklahoma a month ago to find work and returned home to his wife and five children.
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Thayer
Wiley Fry
Fry
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Claim to Ring Lost by Girl Unless She Weds
Magistrate Henry Goodman in the Tombs court ruled a woman has no claim on an engagement ring unless she intends to marry the giver. Mollie Levy sued Morris Bocola after he took the ring to buy a guard at a jeweler and left in a taxicab. She said she does not want to marry him. The summons was dismissed.
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New York
Henry Goodman
Mollie Levy
Morris Bocola
Miss Levy
Bocola
Walks 15 Miles to Answer Court Call
New York New Jersey truck driver Louis Stafford of Lebanon walked 15 miles to Orange to answer a court summons for failing to stop at a new through street. Acting Judge Giodano fined $2, but Stafford could not pay, so two days in jail. Tears filled his eyes as he was led away. The judge suspended sentence and gave him a dollar to ride home.
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New York
Louis & Stafford
Lebanon
N. J
Orange
Stafford
Giodano
Castoria Promotes Calm Baby Health and Sleep
A vintage promotion touts Castoria as a safe remedy for infant ailments guiding mothers to use plain Castoria for fussiness fever colic and sleep. It emphasizes gentle effects similar to castor oil without shock and notes physicians recommend Fletcher's Castoria plus an included baby care booklet.
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Fletcher
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