17 Nov 1904
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1904
Page
1
A rustic Thanksgiving piece extols gratitude across a community, voice set in a river of thanks. The narrator vows a one day celebration, praising family, land, and divine providence while acknowledging envy, hunger, and the costs borne by others. The passage blends dialect and lyric sentiment to honor simple blessings.
Marion A Long recounts two boys Bob and Roy who gather pumpkins for lanterns and plan a prank on a lonely hollow house. They carve into a frightening jack o lantern, leave Miss Phillips unaware, then scout the damp hollow for the dramatic reveal at dusk.
In a Detroit neighborhood, brothers Roy and Bob Phillips plot a trick on a poor family, but spare the risk by instead filling two pumpkins with pies, cakes, bread and a turkey. Their mother agrees to fund part of the feast, and the gesture earns forgiveness and friendship the next day.
A rustic verse recalls Thanksgiving imagery with autumn harvests and memories of home. The turkey gobbler, pumpkins, pumpkin pies, and warm kitchen scenes evoke seasonal nostalgia and family comforts.
Dialogue captured about gratitude over the past year. Grumby and edmelling discuss hardships and the prospect of a tougher year ahead.
Readable quips and gibes from Chicago News Boston Traveler Philadelphia Press and others capture playful exchanges. Jokes about gifts proposals cigars hats and clerks mix with light social satire and overseas impressions.
Travel to points within 160 miles of the selling station for Thanksgiving. Valid November 28 and 29 with return by November 28. Sea agents or address Co Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind. (480).
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt recalls a decrepit Black performer with a wooden leg singing a bawdy refrain as he travels Georgia streets. His comments imply that the poor buy rattles for babies to outlive tin versions, a grim snapshot of rural life and material scarcity.
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