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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1913
Page
1
A wide collection of editorials and notes discusses Thanksgiving reflections, prunes exports, holiday shopping, crime and politics. It laments high living costs, praises the Panama Canal defenses, comments on women voters, the Extradition Treaty, and Mexican warfare, and surveys social reform ideas.
The annual dairy report by State Dairy and Food Commissioner W. B. Barney shows Iowa creameries earned 114 percent more for butter than New York last year, with an average price of 33.92 cents per pound. Iowa produced 96,053,183 pounds valued at 28,285,249 dollars, led by Woodbury County with 10,962,252 pounds. Barney also highlights alfalfa as a top money crop and urges calf preservation to boost beef and leather supplies.
A nostalgic poem celebrates pumpkin pie and harvest memories from childhood. The speaker recalls autumn scenes on farms and in kitchens, praising family gifts and Thanksgiving gratitude. The piece links pumpkins, nostalgia, and enduring love across generations.
Thanksgiving centerpieces should resemble a cornucopia overflowing with fruits and flowers. Use wire silk linen or cardboard to shape a horn, decorate with galax leaves or blackberry vines, and let leaves trail toward the horn’s mouth with flowers spilling over the brim.
A cornucopia crafted from nougat or white candy serves as an attractive Thanksgiving table decoration. It can be broken up and eaten later by children and may be filled with candied fruits and marrons glaces. An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
The original Thanksgiving marked by fasting and prayer as Pilgrim fathers faced peril at sea and settled in new lands. Eleven years later Massachusetts began official observance, and over time a larger dinner replaced the solemn fast, evolving into the holiday meal we know today.
William C. Brown resigns as president of the four NY Central lines effective New Year’s Day after rising from section hand to top posts. Directors accept the resignation and Brown plans to focus on financial interests in real estate banks and manufacturing. He began as a cub telegrapher at Lime Springs and later ran the Decorah telegraph office.
Rev Dr N D Hillis proclaims Thanksgiving as the American home day. He describes the day as dedicated to heart and affections, youth dreams, and family reunion with returning sons and daughters, highlighting the home as a core American institution distinct from foreign traditions.
Republican leaders show growing interest in the upcoming national committee meeting and the possible convention. Senators Cummins La Follette and others debate timing and platform scope with fights likely, some urging a wait until 1916 to control reform and nominations.
The article lists Thanksgiving periods tied to national sorrow, noting 1875 mourning Vice President Henry Wilson with his casket in state in Washington, 1878 the Pom erania sinking near Folkestone, 1881 Garfield’s death, 1882 Ocean Grove wreck off Cape Canso, and 1885 Vice President Thomas Hendricks’s death in Indianapolis.
A reader notes that Stevenson wrote this prayer during his last illness in Samoa. It expresses gratitude for a homeland, love, peace, hopeful tomorrows, health, work, food, bright skies, and friendship across the earth.
A reflection on traditional Thanksgiving dishes emphasizes turkey cranberry sauce and desserts like mince or pumpkin pie as core while noting gratitude persists even without them. The piece cites Benjamin Franklin praising bread and butter as a baseline gratitude if other fare is unavailable.
W B Barney the state dairy commissioner told Waterloo retailers grocers are not required to obtain a state license unless they handle fresh meats. The guidance clarifies the confusion sparked by a previous article about licenses for butchers and bakers.
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