26 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1914
Page
1
A fragment of Decorah Iowa business listings features multiple professionals and firms including physicians Dentists attorneys and shops. Entries show names such as A B Bailey and Son Urban and Urban Harriette Amy M D Woodward and J Thompson plus Lutheran Publishing House M Enger and T Haugen with offices on Water Street Main Street and surrounding avenues.
A sprawling collection of reflections on war and politics. It notes battles in Europe and Mesopotamia, cites figures like Wilson Bryan and Cummins, and comments on Mexican leadership and the U.S. tariffs and taxes, with political opinions and warnings about democracy and economy.
A late-war era summary notes Europe buying 250 million dollars of U S food since the war began, urging tariff reform to boost the economy. It reports Mexican civil unrest with Gutierrez Carranza and Villa, a New York bank opening in Buenos Aires, and Congressman Lever arguing for federal aid to farmers to combat plant diseases and sustain national prosperity.
The author argues Thanksgiving embodies homecoming and domestic life, praising housekeeping, domestic interests, and women's culture as civilizing Christian influences. He urges Thanksgiving to remain an institutional call to prayer and praise and to support the domestic sphere against modern hotel life.
A devotional verse thanks a higher power for春 life cycles and the resilience of faith. The lines express gratitude for seasons, love, and the life course, concluding with a personal dedication to Anna Louise Strong.
The narrative recalls the 1621 harvest readiness with fowl venison and corn. Edward Winslow writes of feasting with Massasoit and his men, hunting deer, and divine gratitude. Athletic games and daily prayers are noted amid their modest plenty.
Iowa communities rally to fill a big ship with corn for Belgium relief. Counties pledge cars, with Mr A H Nafus storing contributions in his elevator bins for direct dispatch to starved war victims. The plan aims to mobilize farmers for Thanksgiving charity and asks Winneshiek county to contribute.
In 1864 President Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving proclamation followed by most state governors. Since then Thanksgiving has become an annual nationwide holiday observed across the United States.
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