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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1903
Page
6
A warm unusual Thanksgiving in New York vs. snowless scene. Carolyn Martin wakes to gray pearl mist over the city from Battery to Bronx and hears distant street chorus as a lodger departs.
Carolyn, hungry and stranded on Thanksgiving, dons a masquerade costume to sing for coins. A chance meeting with Dick reopens old ties as he reveals family fraud and adoption secrets. They plan a quick wedding at the Little Church Around the Corner after a warm Holland dinner.
The preacher contrasts God's unchanging nature with human misconception of God. He traces revelation from creation to Christ, warns against false views such as universal Fatherhood or selective favor, and urges repentance through the unchangeable path of salvation in Jesus Christ. The piece includes moral reflections on kindness and the discovery of God's image in man.
Rev Lawrence Conant recounts a 1714 Thanksgiving in Danvers Massachusetts. The governor and royal commissioners attend a devout service at the Old South church with bear venison and a buck shot near Lynn woods. A Pequot Indian faces punishment for lying and desecrating the Sabbath, while deacons rebuke Pomp Shorter in the aisle. The council refuses the venison but later allows all present to eat after pruning the deer costs.
A collection of humorous Thanksgiving vignettes from early 20th century papers features quips about proper spirit, turkey indigestion, and clever insults. Jests include Uncle Rastus and Mistah Mose trading lines on thrift and wit, with jokes about turkey abundance and football after the meal.
A notes and comments piece reflects on Davids desire to build the temple, the need to secure peace first, and the chosen threshing floor of Ornan as the sacred site. It links Davids leadership to Solomon and emphasizes seeking Gods commandments with a perfect heart and serving others through God’s house.
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