Thanksgiving Day and Its Modern Significance in American Culture
An exploration of Thanksgiving origins from ancient harvest festivals to Puritan readings and Lincoln era proclamations. The article contrasts religious observance with secular family feasts, noting football and athletics as modern centerpiece events. It emphasizes the holiday as a gathering of generations, the emotional core of family love, and the nonreligious feast as a true social sacrifice.
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Tabernacles
Demeter
Ceres
Massachusetts
Cotton Mather
United States
New England
New York
Continental Congress
Lincoln
Henry Ward Beecher
Dr. Storrs
Hall
E. H. Chapin
Palmer
New Orleans
Mirabeau
Lucullus
Thanksgiving Reflection on Simplicity and Cheer
A nostalgic note on the holiday emphasizing primitive good cheer and fellowship. It contrasts style dinners with the traditional warmth of roaring fires and family visits from both country and town.
Clothing an Army Costs of British Uniforms Abroad
The British government spends 6 1/4 million dollars yearly on army clothing with nations abroad paying back part of the cost. India covers its troops clothing and uniforms for British forces there. the homebound returns total about 1.5 million, cutting total annual army clothing to under 5 million. Prices for boots, headdresses, and materials are listed, with wages and inspector salaries noted.
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India
England
Pimlico
London
France
Germany
New York Journal
A Zoological Diversion by a Paris Elephant
The elephant at Jardin des Plantes in Paris deceives visitors by submerging part of its body in a pond and spraying water from its trunk to create a shower. Spectators flee from the rising water, then watch the elephant surface with apparent mischief and delight at the startled crowds.
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Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
Elephants’ Park
Pittsburg
Glacial Splendor of Alaska’s Glacier Bay and Grand Peaks
The Alaska News describes Glacier Bay’s ice walls and the mighty Muir glacier, named for John Muir, as the northern voyage from Seattle reveals Lituya Bay and Mount Crillon, Fairweather, and St. Elias towering above sea level. It notes immense ice calving, coastal villages, and inland forests with abundant wildlife and native Dena people. Colored emigrants from Washington to Monrovia face an 8645 mile passage.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Alaskan
Alaska
Glacier Bay
Muir
John Muir
Globe
Mount Crillon
Mount Fairweather
Mount
Van
Cape Spencer
Yakutat Bay
Tidewater
Northwest
Izaak Walton
Alaska News
Ongoing Bicycle Chain Lubrication Dilemma
A New York Post excerpt warns riders about overoiling bicycle chains and bearings. It urges thorough lubrication only within the links, drying surfaces to prevent dust and friction, and avoiding excess oil that attracts dust and creates noisy, hard to clean bearings.
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New York Post
Fashion notes on gown collars and trims from the New York Sun
The article describes collar bands as a key decoration on new gowns. It details edges that rise around the neck with knife plaited silk lace or chiffon. Trims include van dyke lace points outlined by colored ribbon and gathered at the neck, velvet collars with ribbon fan back plaits, and bias velvet or satin folds with narrow black ribbon edging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Hygienic Restaurant Proposed for Healthier Dining
A London Graphic suggestion praises a restaurant concept where waiters refuse to serve dishes that cause indigestion. The piece mocks indulgent snob foods like veal and ham pie as well as dressed crab and mayonnaise, noting scholars at the British Museum drink tea with pie, harming studies.
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British Museum
London Graphic
Dead Man's Claim and South Australian Women Vote
A Leadville tale recalls a miner killed for a burial that yielded pay rock and a new shaft, while The Australasian Review of Reviews reports South Australia granting women full citizenship voting. Women voters numbered 59,066 with 77,464 men, as informal ballots were rare and turnout high.
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Leadville
Dead Man
Sexton
Boston Journal
Australasian Review of
South Australia
An Aching Void
A doctor jokes about appetite and a patient seeks a dinner to match the appetite in a short Thanksgiving quip. The exchange plays on hunger and humor within a medical setting.
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Great Britain
Washington
Aml
Muir Glacier
Mount St. Elias
Rockies
Monrovia
Liberia
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Golden and
Chicago
ETS
W. A. Haynes & Co
Maynard, Mass
Boynton
Geo. G. Keith
Concord Junction, Mass
Summer Street
Renest Hosmer, D. D. S
Acton
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord
J. C. Friend
Norman A. Davidson
Middlesex
West Acton
Mass
Isaaac Reep Adhm
N.raymond Pratt
P.O
Sudbury, Mass
Mary Joyce
Spring Lane
N. B
C.d.holmes
D. Dilmore
Bij
Maynard’s Block
Maynard
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